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From:  "Wim Ritzerfeld" <w.ritzerfeld@c...>
"Wim Ritzerfeld" <w.ritzerfeld@c...>
Date:  Sat Aug 4, 2001  3:06 pm
Subject:  Re: Renee Fleming at the Proms


Linda,

I have watched Renee Fleming's Proms concert on TV (our cable
network in the Netherlands picks up the BBC signal from the coast)
and I wholeheartedly agree with what you wrote. I found it sad to
see such a tremendously talented singer treat the Exsultate Jubilate
which such degree of unnecessary bravura. I also agree that she
sounded wonderful in the Strauss lieder, although I would have
expected her to have somewhat better German diction (I couldn't
understand the words at all), especially after the interview they
showed with the conductor (Christoph Eschenbach), who hailed her
as THE Strauss singer of the 20th and 21st century. She could
easily be heard over the orchestra, but that's obviously due
to the microphones/mix.

It's one of the nice things of this group: to watch a concert
on TV and then read a review by someone who was actually there.
Thanks !

Wim Ritzerfeld
baritone
Eindhoven, The Netherlands



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