Añadido: May 9, 2008
De: faatzy
Duración: 2:25
Countertenor Timothy P. Faatz performs at a recital given at Bethel University on May 6th, 2008. Positive feedback welcome and appreciated.
Categoría: Music
Tags: countertenor das der faatz mädchen opera schubert timothy tod und
Rating: 4.25 (4 ratings) Visto: 1129' favoriteCount='1 Comentarios: 3
Juceomgomg Says:
May 31, 2008 - Your german needs some serious work. And so does your voice. Sorry.
faatzy Says:
May 31, 2008 - I am always working to improve my skills, both from a diction stand point and from a vocal standpoint. Might you have specifics that you are referring to?
CountertenorJ Says:
Jun 4, 2008 - I think this is a pretty good performance of this piece. A few things: I don't care for the hand gesture at the beginning, because you are supposed to be the maiden at that point....and she is certainly not reaching out for death. I highly suggest some vowel modification up high until you can get the open-ness that you have in your lower register up high. The mixed vowels have too much tongue and not enough lip shape for my tastes. Take that D at the end. You're a man. Do it!
faatzy Says:
Jun 4, 2008 - Well, in what I was abel to attain from me research of this piece, Schubert intended for the beginning chords to represent Death's arrival in the scene. This, in my opinion, probably would have taken the maiden by surprise, therefore, I used that gesture to represent Death coming to collect the maiden, just before she realized he was there. Whether or not this was exactly what Schubert had intended, I will never know, but it did help to define the characters for me.
faatzy Says:
Jun 4, 2008 - I certainly know what you mean in the German. This is something that I have continued to work on, but I appreciate your honesty. As to the low D, I rarely have one and when I do, it is usually a result of morning voice, which obviously was not the case here. Thanks for the comments.
nute008 Says:
May 10, 2008 - You about scared the crap out of me when you first came in! I love your low register. You sustained your pitches well and had a great light vibrato. Besides the entrance, you sounded great!