A favorite mezzo performance from Matthew Byrd

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マシュー・バードは、声楽専攻の学部生時代にPBSの生中継で観たメゾ・ソプラノ歌手ドローラ・ザジックのガラ公演での歌唱を振り返り、その圧倒的な声に仲間とともに息をのんだ体験や、メトロポリタン歌劇場でサントゥッツァ役の実演を一度聴いた思い出を語っている。

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A favorite mezzo performance from Matthew Byrd From the moment she started to sing until the end, all of us sat in complete silence letting this voice engulf us. I know this selection is not surprising but as an undergrad voice major whose world of opera and singing was still in a discovery period, I remember watching this gala live on PBS with my fellow opera nerds. Some of us were familiar with Ms. Zajick from the Met Aïda on laserdisc in our music library, some of us had never heard of her. From the moment she started to sing until the end, all of us sat in complete silence letting this voice engulf us. It was a very visceral feeling and one I will never forget. At the end I and my fellow nerds looked at each other mouths agape and said, “holy shit…” I was able to hear Zajick live only

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