Voigt, 47, insists that the Ariadne incident made little difference.
Jessica Duchen profiles the "Svelter Belter" for the Independent.
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Voigt, 47, insists that the Ariadne incident made little difference.
Jessica Duchen profiles the "Svelter Belter" for the Independent.
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I am sorry to have to say this but I found the new YouTube video concocted by DeVoid and her publicists to be in gross poor taste. I also found baffling (though not surprising), Tony 'publicist' Tom's writeup in today's NYT. And all this for a bland and generic American singer in vocal trouble.
I can't claim to understand this scene any longer.
Posted by: Marshie | June 11, 2008 at 04:30 PM
she gets my vote for doing a live interview mid-Isolde. i don't know what state her voice is in, but i bet she just printed herself a copy of OC's photoshopping.
Posted by: deadtenors | June 11, 2008 at 05:18 PM
Miss Voight owns a beautifully rich instrument which I feel has aged like a great wine that is oaked casked. Anyone who can't appreciate the luxurious qualities of her voice today, is simple of mind... end of discussion.
The Ariadne incident was of the most vulgar and unforgivable nature. That The Royal Opera House Covent Garden was the culprit shocks me to no end. I blush with embarrasment for the great house to have behaved in such a, well, American manner. The vacuity of that decision is in keeping with the vapid tempermant of todays nobodies that find a employment refuge in these administrations.
Personally, I would have advised Miss Voight to not give Covent Garden the time of day, let alone appear in that same production. The London audience would do well to give Miss Voight significant applause just for having condescended to show up.
Posted by: CrewMantle | June 12, 2008 at 02:24 AM
Voigt's instrument has been damaged by the wieght loss--it has lost its sheen and beauty in the high notes. It is still more than listenable, and I do not think she is in danger of losing it, but there has definitely been an effect.
She lost a lot of weight, but she is still a "big" girl. No one will ever call her svelte or thin.
And of course the covent garden incident made a difference. The story ran in the pres for weeks, and if it was not for that the general public would not know who she is.
Posted by: Chiopman | June 12, 2008 at 04:27 AM
the OC photoshopping might be one for Ms Voigt's fridge. Though she also says in Jess' article that having shed the weight, the singing is a bit harder....
Posted by: violainvilnius | June 12, 2008 at 08:27 AM
Right on CrewMantle!
If I were DV I would keep them in suspense until the very last minute, and then would have canceled the whole thing - with an excuse (to tired of weight losing to sing Ariadna for your crowds). They fired her THEN for a similar "reason", so now they may just kiss off! :)
Chiopman, she doesn't need to be skinny or svelte. Being as fat as she used to be cannot be healthy. So the effort she's put in is truly admirable and I hope she stops the process now. She looks great and sings marvelously. Bless her.
Posted by: dze | June 12, 2008 at 08:56 PM
Gastric bypass shmastric smypass... whatever happened to the grand operatic tradition of weight loss through tapeworms?
Posted by: Steven | June 13, 2008 at 04:43 AM