Sarah Brightman - O Mio Babbino Caro

Comments on 'Sarah Brightman - O Mio Babbino Caro'

1. She looks like an alien...Why did she sing this,when she's
   not an opera singer? She is a modern Florence Jenkins,but
   little beter...
2. Then don't call her an opera singer. "Opera singer" refers
   to singers who actually perform in opera. A lot of
   disagreements and discussions would go away if POPera fans
   stop calling POPera singers "opera singers" and treat popera
   as a different genre. And I am not comparing her to Callas
   or Caballe, but to singers who perform in top opera theaters
   today - to whom you don't want to listen to. Why not? Aren't
   you at all curious?
3. Look, if i wanted to listen to those singers, i would visit
   their pages and listen to them. BUT, i'm choosing to give
   the divine Ms Brightman my time and listen to how she
   interprets the music for herself. She is a Diva in many
   ways, and i love her for that. Comparing her to Callas and
   Caballe would be foolish.....but this girl has an energy all
   her own, and if you're not a fan, then i guess you just
   won't ever get her magic like we who adore her do.
4. @lastalot - she is undoubtedly talented, but she is not an
   opera singer. And no, she is not younger than opera singers:
   she is almost the same age as Renee Fleming, older than
   Angela Gheorghiu, Anna Netrebko among others, and I am not
   even talking about young singers like Ailyn Perez. Listen to
   them; also listen to how a 21-year old Nadine Sierra sang
   this aria when she was only 17. Others too. As to whether
   commentators can sing - some can; but as others aren't paid
   to sing, it's irrelevant.
5. I am just disgusted with the level of disdain with most of
   the comments on here towards the very talented
   Brightman. Why is everyone picking her to shreds? Because
   she is alot younger than other opera singers? Because she's
   flirted wth the pop charts? Or probably because she looks
   better and can sing better than any of the "commentators" on
   here, who couldn't reach a high note to save their
   lives. If u don't appreciate what Sarah does, the leave her
   pages. Find something else to listen to
6. @tenaciousgirl - I think people honestly don't know better
   and have no real frame of reference. In addition to what
   readhead said about some people not being able to tell the
   difference, many people just haven't been exposed to opera
   at all. Since they haven't heard the names of real opera
   singers, they feel these singers aren't "famous". All they
   hear here is a pleasant voice - much better than pop singers
   they listen to - hitting the notes and sounding pleasant and
   singing beautiful music.
7. This was horrible. Horrible. Horrible. And her vibrato?
   Equally horrible.
8. @tenaciousgirl, The people who defend her just don't have
   the ear to distinguish a fine opera singer from a pop diva
   like Brightman. And you're right, the non-classically
   trained won't have any voice left in a couple of years.
   Some of them, like Charlotte Church, don't even learn how to
   sing anything correctly. Listening to her gulp for breath
   every few measures is awful.
9. Ooh, and for those people who keep voting me down for giving
   advice to someone who claims to be an "opera" singer, but
   cannot even take a breath right. I am a classical singer in
   training. A lyric soprano.
10. @redhead529 I just don't understand why people keep
    defending her. This is not even such a difficult aria to
    perform, but she just butchered it. She can't keep a note
    well below soprano C,so why do this people call her a
    soprano? She is not even a Soubrette. :/ I agree, the
    people who are not classically trained should refrain from
    singing opera. Not only do they look bad, but they won't
    have any voice left in a couple of years.
11. Excelente actuación de O Mio Babbino Caro,,,me gustaria
    oirla cantar Barcarola de la opera los cuentos Holfman
12. @chaconazo7 - does it matter if redhead529 can sing better
    or not? I saw your criticizing Renee Fleming who is actually
    one of the best sopranos today singing in top opera theaters
    like the Met and La Scala. Can you sing better than Renee
    Fleming? What a hypocritical comment!
13. @chaconazo7 - there is more to singing an opera aria than
    "hitting the notes". "O mio babbino caro" is not a difficult
    aria in terms of just "hitting the notes". Not like Casta
    Diva/w cabaletta or Sempre Libera or Der Holle Rache. What
    makes "O mio babbino caro" difficult is the expression
    needed, the nuances. A singer need to show that this is
    really a heartfelt plea of a young girl in love, be a young
    girl. Sarah is completely expressionless (ignoring other
    flaws).
14. @ST3WARTcee & Chel0751L: Have you listened to Renee Fleming
    or Angela Gheorghiu? How about any soprano that actually
    sings this role on stage? And STWARTcee - this is not a
    song. This is an aria of from opera Gianni Schicchi. So it's
    not enough to just hit the notes, a singer actually needs to
    express, to show that she is a young girl pleading with her
    father to help her to marry the boy she loves.
15. @liysopr. Soprano simply refers to voice range, so sure, she
    is a soprano, she has high voice. She is not an operatic
    soprano though. She has never sung in live operas and she
    doesn't have the technique to do so. And no, she did not
    start as an opera singer but as a musicals' actress/singer.
    There is a huge difference between musicals and operas -
    musicals are amplified not to mention not as demanding
    vocally. She has never sung in live operas.
16. I'll take Maria Callas and Monica Naranjo, any day over
    this. Oh, and don't get me started with Charlotte Church or
    Andrea Bocelli; ugh!. These 3 are in the same category;
    their sound is sooo sacharine-sweet and commercial, like I
    said before; UGGHHHH!!!!! But, that's just my personal
    taste, I think "to each individual his own". Some people
    like Sara over Maria Callas and vice-versa!, thank God for a
    free world!!!. From the living legends I'll take Monica
    Naranjo over anyone. ; )
17. Being beautiful has no bearing on her as an opera singer.
    Jussi Bjorling, the famous operatic tenor, was as short and
    squat, not attractive at all, but what an extraordinary
    voice. If you still think beauty is important to a singer,
    go listen to Samuel Ramey on YouTube. He's gorgeous, but he
    is also a brilliant opera singer. He would, however, have
    been a success in opera if he had been short, fat, bald,
    stoop-shouldered, bowlegged, cross-eyed, hunchbacked, and
    pigeon-toed.
18. The fact that she is a "pop opera" singer doesn't have
    anything to do with she being a soprano. I don't know where
    do you get the information from... Who told you she is not
    trained? She started as an opera singer but yet she decided
    to carry on her career in a different way. There's nothing
    wrong with it and it doesn't mean she can't sing opera.
19. chaconazo7, There's no need to be rude. All I stated was my
    opinion that neither Sarah Brightman nor Charlotte Church
    have the voices for opera nor are they trained opera
    singers, and that they should not be singing opera. The
    fact that I'm not a performer doesn't mean that I can't have
    an informed opinion. You are the one who is embarassing
    yourself... with your rudeness, and your poor spelling and
    bad grammar.
20. Sarah hits the notes well. May not be the "operatic sound"
    people are expecting, but she sings it well in her way of
    singing music. She is a great singer period and plus she's
    beautiful.
21. So.. redhead529 I'm sure you can sing it better. In what of
    your CD's can i find your onw version ? or is that your pet
    eat them all. Get a life! Sarah Brightman or Charlotte
    Church may not been the opera singers, but hello this is an
    Aria not an opera. I'm sure they've studied more than you,
    don't embarrace yourself w/ your poor comments.
22. Oops, misspelled, it's Olga Mykyntenko.
23. @redhead529 - Oops, my mistake, I was confused by this video
    - (didn't know her by face not having seeing her up close
    before). She did Zita here, not Lauretta, Olga Martynenko
    was Lauretta: /watch?v=QXV-SsMgSOo
24. @jewelmarkess Which Blythe? Certainly not Stephanie. She's
    a mezzo.
25. @jewelmarkess Bravo! I agree with you completely!