OS NOVOS E OS VELHOS

Music
Some Voices That Might Carry for a While


By ANNE MIDGETTE
Published: December 23, 2007
OPERA lovers, myself included, are fond of wringing their hands about the failings of the present generation of singers compared with the great voices of the past. But in 2007, even as we furrow our brows about opera’s increased focus on the visual at the expense of the vocal, a number of artists offered evidence that the pendulum may be swinging back far enough that more singers understand the part about artistry, and are developing it.