A very nice range video on Amelita Galli! She had so much ease in 6th octave. Just half of the video spanned from C6 to E6 😄 She didn't receive vocal training but as pianist. I read that she got a vocal fold paralysed due to general anaesthesia for thyroid surgery and she lost the higher register afterwards.
I can see why people want to split the lyric into full and light lyric, it seems that singers like her, Adelina Patti, Tetrazzini and other coloratura's of that era had much more sweetness in their tone, especially in their upper range, while singers considered "full lyrics" have more noticeable warmth in their voice
This is an insightful comment! It helps me identify the differences of lyric sopranos. I myself have a lot of warmth in my voice as a likely soprano but can’t seem to figure out who I sound like for reference. This is why I try to read comments on vocal range videos to learn more, in layman’s terms because I am just fascinated but not educated in opera or vocal performance.
Singers back then were more conservative with their range, if the note didn't sound "agreeable", they wouldn't attemp it on stage or at least rarely sing it. I think it was something that Callas changed to, as her upper range was called rather screechy even at her prime.
I have only heard 2 classical singers are Luciano Pavarotti and Andrea Bocelli . I don’t know how good are they with belting . I used to see someone comment that Luciano is consistent to C#5
It seems like early opera required singers to refine their vibrato. Rolling powerful vibrato weren't ideal, especially with female singers. It changed just before the golden age which were the early to mind 1900's.
Mediocre. Heard plenty of his recordings, both classical and not. Highly overrated. As much as he does sometimes create interesting characterisation, he is far, far from the technical ‘god’ people claim he is. There’s many singers better in the same voice category (not that I think he actually is a ‘bass-baritone’ but he gets hired for it so this is what I am talking about), both famous and quite obscure.
@@bradycall1889 Lyric baritone. Also I should mention that 'mediocre' for opera is a very different standard. He's not a horrible singer. Just quite meh. And uber overrated.
I mean, she was good and very agile, but let's not forget her high notes were rather weak, unlike Tetrazzini which were powerful (for that alone, Tetrazzini was a better soprano for me). Nevertheless, apparently her voice started to decay once she premiered at the Met at the 20's. Her instrument was most fresh and laudable until that point, probably same as Natalie Dessay in her ealier years.
@@KajiVocals so u don't need training as one..imma go do more research on what coloratura is,my ears are just unfamiliar to what coloraturas sound like
