I'm So Easily Amused by the WWW

[chomiji]

The Washington Post had a review of a recital by U.S. opera star Joyce DiDonato, in which she performed pop standards as well as arias. The WaPo reviewer loved her, so I was wondering what she sounded like.

Well, of course YouTube had videos. Lots of them. So for the past half hour I've been listening to her sing "Over the Rainbow," "I Could Have Danced All Night," and stuff like that.

She's far too mannered for my taste, and she has that operatic vibrato, which I don't like much. But man! What a set of pipes! When she goes for a high note, you know she's still got a lot more to give: such power.