Renee Fleming, Vissi D´arte, Tosca

She sings it with no feeling.
I prefer Angela Gheorghui in this role

Renee is still incredible. She is simply singing this aria as anyone else would who has never performed it on stage. I think it's done very well.

Whooops, ms Fleming.This is not up to the standards at all. Fleming appears so mainstream one loses interest until she fails to hit numerous tones towards the ending. Personally I prefer Leontyne Price´s interpretation to the overly dramatic Calls. Now go and get me! I will be torn into pieces, I guess...

Es una láastima que al final se desafinara tratando de hacer pianissimos......pero el resto del aria está bien, sin llegar a ser especial!.

bad,BAD,BAD, b,as,g!????terrible, NOT a first rank soprano!

anyone understand wtf shes saying?

She actually was flat on the third note of the "Signor"... but the rest was beautiful...

And please don't ever call Renee Fleming a "bitch"... she's far from it.

Your choice of words is totally low class!! Maybe she doesn't meet your standards, but I doubt you meet her's. Stuff it!

the pitch was not drastically off man lol, she was being very dramatic at the climax to the end as it is a very emotional statement.

The bitch was F**king flat.

Tears in my eyes from the very first note... brava!

I don't see how anyone can't see emotion in that. Sure, it's not what you'd do in the actual opera, but in a recital setting THAT would look rather ridiculous. I love how her sound seems to be coming from her whole body, not just her mouth. A great singer can do that.

I enjoyed her performance, although my all-time favorite Tosca is Maria Callas. She acts pretty well, but I personally like her voice better in other lighter pieces she does.

And actually, in her book, 'The Inner Voice: The Making of a Singer', Ms. Fleming refers to herself as a lyric soprano (and I would recommend reeading the book). :]

could you expand on the "Grabbing the air" comment. i am a thrirtysomething lyric tenor with an inconsistent top and it sounds like something i am doing..HELP!

I always thought that spinto's were brighter and were refered as kind of dramatic not by their timbre, but by their similar ability to be heard over an orchestra. But, I admit, I was, for some reason, thinking more soubrette than spinto. Spinto's can have a darker timbre, but usually keep the brightness of a lyric. In a sense, we are both right haha. Sorry for the confusion!