American soprano Danielle de Niese, whose family background goes back to the European/South Asian Sri Lankan Burghers, is being marketed as the next hot vocalist, having come on the scene with a group of spectacular stage performances that equally showcased her powerhouse voice and her exotic charisma. This, her sophomore album release, offers a good place to stop and consider what kind of a singer she is developing into. It was Mozart's music that put her on the map, and to her credit she mostly avoids the arias that show ...
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American soprano Danielle de Niese, whose family background goes back to the European/South Asian Sri Lankan Burghers, is being marketed as the next hot vocalist, having come on the scene with a group of spectacular stage performances that equally showcased her powerhouse voice and her exotic charisma. This, her sophomore album release, offers a good place to stop and consider what kind of a singer she is developing into. It was Mozart's music that put her on the map, and to her credit she mostly avoids the arias that show up on every other vocal Mozart album, reserving the really familiar "Là ci darem la mano" for a reunion with former co-star Bryn Terfel. More good news comes in the overall musical relationship between de Niese and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment with its venerable conductor, Charles Mackerras; de Niese is front and center where a diva should be, and Mackerras gives the orchestra a unique hushed tone. As for the voice, the results might be called mixed but still continuing...
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