Friday, September 30, 2011

Guleghina on youtube; an analysis

Guleghina ("G"), WTF?  Rejuvenated, powerful, chest, but still deliciously screamy, more-often-than-not in tune. How is this possible?  Let’s all watch a youtube video together - be careful to keep your speaker volume down:


You have to see it.  She's out of control. G’s chest is back. It’s ugly, but it’s magnificent. And those high notes! Yum! And the less-than-stratospheric notes are even in-tune, some even oh so pretty~!

Second by second, here it goes:

14 seconds: Bb below middle C. Disgusting chest. Rippingly deep. Love it!

27 seconds: more filthy chest. Resonating in a nasty way, delish!

33 seconds: chesty heaven!

41 seconds: here’s the vibrato G I’m used to hearing.

: Yes! Back to usual! But not flat…. Well, almost.

WTF! Higher? Yes! More please!

dipping into chest and then back up to highs? Who is this woman?

"Acting." Haha, she’s so crazy.

nice try at soft singing Maria, we don’t fall for it.

flat, sorry.

, same note, better, good job!
sliding into note, flat flat flat flat, okay.

grabbing co-star’s ear and trying to tear it off hard is NOT cool. He appears undamaged.

chest. Yes! He looks disgusted. Is he acting, or his physical response to such ugly sounds; who knows?

typical G crystal piano, first so far.

wow, her first breath in a long time.

first-and-last comment on tenor: “You sound very nice, will blog more about you upon hearing you live.”

can’t see her, but she’s f-ing loud!

, wow, how does this newly configured Guleghina keep hitting notes on key?

4:36, sorry, sure, she hits them on key, but then she slides all over the f*-ing place.  Get your sh*t together G!

– is she using her magnificent powers to suck the singing energy out of him by grabbing his arm? Sounds like it… / What are these sustained notes and where did they come from (stolen from tenor)?

wow, midrange note, not screaming, not off-pitch, not-crazy-crystal, I’m impressed! Oh so pretty ending to this tenor-soprano duet! Great job G!  

Can’t wait for next Wednesday. So bitter about winning tix for this Saturday and having to give them away (to very cute British boy with adorable accent. And he really almost drowned in the sudden rainstorm tonight, so he must be a deserving fan; note: G – please scream out that E-flat for him, he earned it!).

And G - you’d better save some filthy chest and that E-flat for at least 1of my 4 upcoming Nabuccos... but really, please, please please please scream that E-flat every time so I can go home happy. No matter how badly it turns out.

With my dorky big headphones and J's Ipod, I made a man cringe on the subway today with that E-flat (whoops, was it really that loud?), and I think maybe I lost some hearing (whatevs, worth it!). But it really made my day.  And what's a little ear damage anyway?

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