Jeff Buckley's version of Dido's Lament so beautiful and powerful, even though he is not a professional opera singer. His range is amazing and his natural talent is outstanding. I particularly like the highest "remember me" in the middle of the song because you can really tell how difficult it was for him to hit that note, but he does. The reason I like this so much (other than the fact it's a beautiful rendition) is because Jeff mainly sings rock, so it's really interesting that he would choose something so difficult and unfamiliar to him is really cool. I also did some research on what he based his version on and I found that it was likely Janet Bakers version, which is equally lovely. I think there is a fairly clear similarity in the two renditions and both are very beautiful, one from a professional opera singer, and one from a rock singer.
Thursday, October 1, 2015
Dido's Lament
Jeff Buckley's version of Dido's Lament so beautiful and powerful, even though he is not a professional opera singer. His range is amazing and his natural talent is outstanding. I particularly like the highest "remember me" in the middle of the song because you can really tell how difficult it was for him to hit that note, but he does. The reason I like this so much (other than the fact it's a beautiful rendition) is because Jeff mainly sings rock, so it's really interesting that he would choose something so difficult and unfamiliar to him is really cool. I also did some research on what he based his version on and I found that it was likely Janet Bakers version, which is equally lovely. I think there is a fairly clear similarity in the two renditions and both are very beautiful, one from a professional opera singer, and one from a rock singer.
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I really enjoyed this, it is always cool to see classical vocal music brought into more modern contexts (Venues? Styles?). And -oddly- I think the lesser sound quality lends a feeling of distance and hollowness to the sound that goes very well with the music. As for the original Aria, Dido’s Lament comes from the opera Dido and Aeneas, which recounts the “apocalyptic love” between Dido and Aeneas of Virgil’s Aeneid. Some interesting history of Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas includes the fact that some of the original score has been completely lost, forcing many to adapt the prologue or simply skip over some parts. It was also originally written to be performed by students at a London girl’s school, which has lent the opera great popularity due to its accessibility.
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