"The World's Favorite
Cluckoratura Arias" - Arias from The Magic Flute, Lucia di Lammermoor, Rigoletto, The
Tales of Hoffman, Dinorah, The Daughter of the Regiment and Mozart's Exultate Jubilate Orriel Smith, coloratura soprano (?); L'Orchestra d'Eggstraviganza ORRIEL SMITH CD TT: 23:08
If you happen to have a bizarre sense of
humor (as I do) you surely will get much pleasure from both of these CDs
devoted to vocal art gone wrong….
…The major difference between the above
and Orriel Smith's chicken-style CD is that the latter has, truly, a remarkable
voice and is trying (successfully)
to be funny. Classically trained, Smith specializes in folk music, has toured
extensively in concerts, appeared as an actress on TV, and even was on the
Johnny Carson show as a singer with a "voice higher than Yma Sumac"
performing The Russian Nightingale.
For the last two decades she has been teaching presentation skills for major
companies while continuing her performing career. These seven well-known
coloratura arias all receive the same imaginative treatment, and stratospheric
high notes remind us that Smith does, in fact, have a fine voice. This is
another CD that inquiring vocal collectors should investigate. The only
negative feature is that the playing time is rather short (22 min).Cluckoratura Arias can be ordered
from this address: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/orriel
The CD is a hoot, or should I say a "cluck"?
