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Daniel
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« Reply #30 on: 22:30:29, 17-06-2007 »
The final was the first time I had sat down and listened to the competition. I listened to the Australian, the Hungarian and then Elizabeth Watts and the moment she started singing I felt a much stronger response to her than I had done with the others. For me there seemed a large gap between them, though I am not sure I could describe why, but I felt an immediate emotional response to her voice that I didn't have to the others.

Irritatingly I was then dragged out and did not hear the Chinese or Chilean(?) singers. Frustrating because they were both described afterwards as having incredibly 'rare' voices, which intrigued me. I just heard Shen Yang singing a few seconds of Mozart during the titles and it sounded pretty good.

(The Hungarian guy seemed very angry between songs! Was he like that in every round?)
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Rolmill
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« Reply #31 on: 23:29:39, 17-06-2007 »
Now that I have watched the final on TV I would second most of the views expressed here - and, like many, my favourite was Elizabeth Watts: great programme, superbly delivered, loved the Berlioz.  However, I was struck by the several occasions on which Antonio Pappano and Mary King either said or implied that the TV audience might not be hearing the full picture - and I suspect this may explain why our (TV or radio-based) reactions to the Chinese bass-baritone have been less ecstatic than that of the audience (and of both Pappano and King).  So I am happy to accept that, despite the uneven quality of his programme, the power and warmth of his voice (in the Verdi and Rachmaninov especially) when heard live justified the result.

Anyway, I enjoyed the evening's singing and believe that each of the final three competitors, at least, will go on to have a very successful career.
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