Hmm. It depends on the performance, to me? There are some where even a great performance with an inspired singer/actor can leave me wondering what exactly is going on, if I don't have the words available (especially if it's plot-heavy). But there are some where the performance is all.
ETA: Re "scans as distortion": I had a hard time with the sort of "typical" operatic vibrato-heavy voice for many years as well (although now with a ton of exposure I am getting more used to it, ha) and I wonder if it's the shared instrumental background we share -- I slid into opera sideways, through choral music and oratorio and John Eliot Gardiner, who tends to use very pure-toned thin-vibrato voices. (I think a voice person would say "very lyric voices"?)
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Date: 2019-06-22 03:54 pm (UTC)Hmm. It depends on the performance, to me? There are some where even a great performance with an inspired singer/actor can leave me wondering what exactly is going on, if I don't have the words available (especially if it's plot-heavy). But there are some where the performance is all.
ETA: Re "scans as distortion": I had a hard time with the sort of "typical" operatic vibrato-heavy voice for many years as well (although now with a ton of exposure I am getting more used to it, ha) and I wonder if it's the shared instrumental background we share -- I slid into opera sideways, through choral music and oratorio and John Eliot Gardiner, who tends to use very pure-toned thin-vibrato voices. (I think a voice person would say "very lyric voices"?)