| re: It’s a privilege to…hear?… | |
| Last Edit: PlayWiz 06:52 pm EST 02/06/25 | |
| Posted by: PlayWiz 06:47 pm EST 02/06/25 | |
| In reply to: re: It’s a privilege to…hear?… - ryhog 06:31 pm EST 02/06/25 | |
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| When I saw Patti LuPone in "Evita", I was impressed by her voice and presence, but realized (and had to admit to myself) that I really couldn't understand a lot of what she had sung. She got much better in "Anything Goes" and some other shows, though her diction can be very lazy (and she's been called on it over the years). Joan Sutherland in opera was lauded for her tone and derided to some extent (since most Americans didn't understand what she was singing in foreign languages anyway in opera) by those who spoke Italian and French about her mushy diction. There has been in more contemporary times some combination of lack of (or substandard) diction training and also the mixing of amplification which at times does interfere with what can be heard clearly in a theater. One doesn't need to have their hearing looked into. Films and tv have had some mixing problems, coupled with the fact that if you haven't a good sound bar for your tv, those thin screens haven't room for good speakers, so there have been articles written how many folks now watch tv with subtitles on. Again, not a reason to suggest someone's hearing is impaired. | |
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