Here’s an interesting video of twenty singers doing a part of the Queen of the Night aria. There are some big differences. The thing that I am bothered by with some is the heaviness … the singers sound “stuck” on the notes rather than singing them lightly and moving forward. Or something. I’m not a singer, so I’m not sure how to really explain what I’m hearing. And intonation can be a bit iffy, even with some very well known names. One begins with a really weird way of going from one note to the other … it almost made me think she was doing some scat singing!

Criticisms aside, I can’t imagine singing this! Oboe is so much easier for things like this. :-)

Give it a listen. Who would you pick for your fave. (Try listening without watching maybe … we can hear differently that way, you know?)