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victorious in Round 1. From Hungary, Maria Celeng triumphed in Round 2. | :00:15. | :00:21. | |
Last night, Olena Tokar, from the Ukraine, reigned supreme. Who will | :00:21. | :00:27. | |
be named as our five finalists? Tonight, we find out. Only 20 made | :00:27. | :00:33. | |
it to Cardiff. They are following winners including Roberto Di Matteo, | :00:33. | :00:36. | |
Dmitri Hvorostovsky and Angel Cabrera. They came to Cardiff as | :00:36. | :00:43. | |
virtual unknowns, now they're opera superstars. It really launched my | :00:43. | :00:49. | |
career. It's where everything started. We're still counting. | :00:49. | :00:55. | |
here, they face a daunting panel of judges, including the competition's | :00:55. | :01:01. | |
patron, the edge endary soprano, Paolo Di Canio. To have that name | :01:01. | :01:05. | |
attached to yours, I wouldn't mind it. For the winner, it's a launch | :01:05. | :01:12. | |
pad to the world of operatic stardom. Two years ago the young | :01:12. | :01:15. | |
Moldovan soprano, Valentina Nafornita, took the Crown. My sister | :01:15. | :01:21. | |
was calling me. She was asking me, "what, you are the Sing of the World | :01:21. | :01:28. | |
now? You are? I cannot believe it." Who will win this time? By Sunday | :01:28. | :01:38. | |
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Tonight, the last of the prelip near rounds of Cardiff sin singer. By the | :02:10. | :02:14. | |
end of the evening we will know the names of the five young performers | :02:14. | :02:21. | |
who have made it through to the Sunday's final. We had a great night | :02:21. | :02:28. | |
here yesterday. My guest, Mary King, talked of the "bar being raised." | :02:28. | :02:33. | |
"Things are hotting up" was the view of Nicholas Payne, Chairman of the | :02:33. | :02:43. | |
jury. The deserving winner was a terrific Ukranian soprano. Mary is | :02:43. | :02:50. | |
with me again. Joining me is baritone, Tommi Hakala winner of BBC | :02:50. | :02:53. | |
Cardiff Singer of the World 10 years ago. Welcome back. Did the | :02:53. | :02:57. | |
competition have an immediate impact? It did. It opened an | :02:57. | :03:06. | |
international mark in quite a huge sense. Also that the opera world and | :03:06. | :03:11. | |
music world got interested. Regrets that you entered? Not at all. I'm | :03:11. | :03:17. | |
enjoying still the prize and the trophy. Mary, you said that it will | :03:17. | :03:26. | |
trophy. Mary, you said that it will be a wonderful programme? Yes. It | :03:26. | :03:31. | |
will be very interesting. We have taste, refinement, fire and mystery. | :03:32. | :03:36. | |
Great. Have had three round winners this week. I guess they are tiebl | :03:36. | :03:42. | |
relax tonight. They are here. They with are with Josie. Jamie, you are | :03:42. | :03:52. | |
in the audience, does that mean you are relaxed? Oh, no. I'm excited to | :03:52. | :03:55. | |
sit in the audience and see my colleagues do their best. You have | :03:55. | :04:00. | |
gotten to know the other singers, will you watch as a rival or as a | :04:00. | :04:10. | |
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friend? Well both maybe a little bit. I'm crossing my fingers very | :04:28. | :04:35. | |
much. I like it. Autumn the best to all three of you tonight. Have one | :04:35. | :04:40. | |
more Round winner to crown. These three have faced our jury and come | :04:40. | :04:50. | |
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out victorious. Let us mean the important decision makers. Nicholas | :04:53. | :04:58. | |
Payne, Dame Felicity Palmer. We have to say, is this person actually | :04:58. | :05:07. | |
ready to go. Tenor, Neil Schicoff. They have to bring us into their | :05:07. | :05:17. | |
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world. Casting manage manager Maren Hofmeister. And Paolo Di Canio? | :05:18. | :05:28. | |
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the moment of the wow factor, you think, ah, they have just nailed it. | :05:42. | :05:47. | |
I like them to take risks. You can call a winner as well. Later in the | :05:47. | :05:52. | |
programme details of how you can vote in the Dame Joan Sutherland | :05:52. | :05:58. | |
Audience Prize. Will your favourite be one of tonight's singers? Let's | :05:58. | :06:08. | |
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meet them. Ben Johnson, a tenor from England. Daniela Mack a | :06:10. | :06:20. | |
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mezzo-soprano from Argentina. Jeongcheol Cha from south Korea a | :06:21. | :06:27. | |
bass-baritone. And Romano from Italy a soprano. To start everything off, | :06:27. | :06:33. | |
Michal Partyka a baritone from Poland. Michal Partyka lives in | :06:33. | :06:39. | |
Paris he has been a member of the National Opera since 2009. He has | :06:39. | :06:43. | |
performed all over the world. Singing wasn't his first passion. | :06:43. | :06:48. | |
begin with piano. My mother send me to music school. Then I was too | :06:48. | :06:56. | |
lazy. I had a choice to play tuba object to sing. At the beginning I | :06:56. | :07:01. | |
thought, singing is simple. They too took me to opera studio in Paris. | :07:01. | :07:06. | |
Someone told me there is an addition for this competition. What a | :07:06. | :07:12. | |
surprise when you get the email saying you are in? I had my Italian | :07:12. | :07:18. | |
class. I received email. "You are going to represent Poland" my | :07:19. | :07:28. | |
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teacher was mamameya. Much water under the bridge since Michal | :07:32. | :07:42. | |
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Partyka got that email. Now, he is on stage here in Cardiff. He opens | :07:44. | :07:54. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 283 seconds | :07:54. | :12:38. | |
his programme with a Cardiff Singer CHEERING AND APPLAUSE | :12:38. | :12:44. | |
That is the 22nd time that aria has been performed in Cardiff Singer of | :12:44. | :12:53. | |
the World. Michal Partyka with Mozart's Marriage of Figaro. A | :12:53. | :13:03. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 283 seconds | :13:03. | :15:30. | |
change of mood next with CHEERING AND APPLAUSE | :15:30. | :15:36. | |
Now, Pierror, dreaming of lost love, and considering the misery that is a | :15:36. | :15:46. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 283 seconds | :15:46. | :17:20. | |
for BBC Cardiff Singer of the World 2013. Tommi and Mary are here. Mary, | :17:20. | :17:23. | |
you have been having Korngold moments this week, was that another? | :17:23. | :17:29. | |
Nearly. Not quite. I love what he does to sing within himself. He | :17:29. | :17:35. | |
tries really brave colour choices, but they don't always come off. We | :17:35. | :17:40. | |
need more resonance at the bottom of the voice, to be honest. Beautiful | :17:40. | :17:44. | |
artistic sensitive things. He doesn't push. It a focussed voice | :17:44. | :17:53. | |
for you a fella baritone He has a beautiful voice. I would like to | :17:53. | :17:58. | |
also hear the body, to get it through the body. The whole body | :17:58. | :18:01. | |
working. Sometimes you got a little clue about that. I would like to | :18:01. | :18:06. | |
hear it more. We will talk about looks later. He looks great? He has | :18:06. | :18:14. | |
wonderful cheek bones. He is very, very slight. Incredibly slight body. | :18:14. | :18:19. | |
He will grow into that voice. go backstage. You Opened with the | :18:19. | :18:24. | |
Mozart. Did you feel the audience appreciating that? A lot. They are | :18:24. | :18:29. | |
amazing. They support me when something doesn't feel so good, you | :18:29. | :18:34. | |
feel there is a good energy. enjoy your performance overall? | :18:34. | :18:39. | |
Yeah. It was a bit difficult. You know, for a show like this it's | :18:39. | :18:46. | |
always great pleasure to sing it. huge pleasure to listen to you, I | :18:46. | :18:55. | |
assure you. Thank you very much. You may have a favourite competitor who | :18:55. | :19:00. | |
may or may not have given the jury pleasure. You can express your | :19:01. | :19:06. | |
support by voting for them in the Dame Joan Sutherland Audience Prize, | :19:06. | :19:12. | |
named after the much-miss missed soprano who was a loyal jury member | :19:12. | :19:16. | |
and later pat Ron of this econvenient. Here are details of how | :19:16. | :19:22. | |
you can vote for those who appeared in the first convert Round of BBC | :19:22. | :19:32. | |
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in the first convert Round of BBC to vote for singers in subs Gwents | :20:03. | :20:06. | |
rounds throughout the programme. If you have missed any of the | :20:06. | :20:10. | |
competitors or want to refresh your memory, you can catch their | :20:10. | :20:14. | |
performances on the BBC iPlayer. There is an aria from each | :20:14. | :20:19. | |
competitor on our website. Join the discussion on Twitter using the | :20:19. | :20:23. | |
hashtag Cardiff Singer. The A rule change this year means there can be | :20:23. | :20:27. | |
more than one entrant from each country, next our second English | :20:27. | :20:37. | |
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singer of the competition. Tenor, Music in London and is a young | :20:43. | :20:50. | |
artish at English National Opera. You didn't grow up around classical | :20:50. | :20:56. | |
music, you introduced yourself to it? I heard classical music as a | :20:56. | :21:02. | |
young kid. It got me in my stomach and heart. I thought - what is this? | :21:02. | :21:06. | |
Once you have that rush you never want to let it go. I'm getting a | :21:06. | :21:10. | |
nice picture of a young man in love with classical music. Did that | :21:10. | :21:15. | |
isolate you in anyway? It wasn't always easy, especially as I got | :21:15. | :21:18. | |
older, I found it more difficult to cope with the bullying and things | :21:18. | :21:22. | |
like that. Muse sick a great companion for those sort of | :21:22. | :21:30. | |
situations. I never felt totally isolated in retrospect because I | :21:30. | :21:36. | |
always had music. We have never an English or indeed British winner at | :21:36. | :21:43. | |
Cardiff Singer. Could this be the year things change? It really is | :21:43. | :21:53. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 283 seconds | :21:53. | :24:36. | |
time that Benedict settled down. He stage. I will ask my guests about | :24:36. | :24:42. | |
that later. Opera very much at the heart of Cardiff Singer we get the | :24:42. | :24:52. | |
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occasional owe orchestral song, like this setting of Keats by Frank | :25:00. | :25:10. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 283 seconds | :25:10. | :28:43. | |
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE Mary King? Very, very good. Very, | :28:43. | :28:53. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 283 seconds | :28:54. | :32:03. | |
very contained. A fantastic from the audience here at St David's | :32:03. | :32:07. | |
Hall. He was going to audition for Cardiff Singer two years ago, but | :32:07. | :32:12. | |
managed to break his leg very badly on the way to a rehearsal. He said | :32:12. | :32:18. | |
he wasn't ready then anyway, but feels that 2013 has much more hope | :32:18. | :32:28. | |
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for him. A lovely tenor sound there? Yes, beautiful voice. Beautiful way | :32:30. | :32:35. | |
of using that, my opinion a little bit lack of support, support | :32:35. | :32:38. | |
connection with the party with the voice. Could bring the most of it | :32:38. | :32:46. | |
out. But very beautiful. It's interesting how he focuses on | :32:46. | :32:50. | |
Italian repertoire? He has a good track record. That is a very big | :32:50. | :32:54. | |
house. You must remember that the orchestra there will be in the pit. | :32:54. | :32:58. | |
They are not on the stage, not fighting the space with you. It is | :32:58. | :33:03. | |
harder to Carrie over the orchestra when they are alongside you. | :33:03. | :33:09. | |
delighted he included that song by Frank Bridge. A brave decision. It | :33:09. | :33:15. | |
starts very quiet? It's an atmosphere song. Personally, I | :33:15. | :33:22. | |
agreed a lot to hear something that is not the every day repertoire. | :33:22. | :33:32. | |
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us go backstage and join Ben Johnson with Josie. You said to Daniela | :33:33. | :33:39. | |
Mack, "have fun", did you have fun? I think so, yes. What other feelings | :33:39. | :33:44. | |
did you experience up there during your performance? I was quite | :33:44. | :33:50. | |
involved with what I was doing, which I suppose is a good thing. | :33:50. | :33:56. | |
When that happens I can't quite remember what came out. I enjoyed | :33:56. | :34:01. | |
the performance very much. The audience was lovely. The Bridge | :34:01. | :34:08. | |
seemed to go down a treat? It is is a gorgeous piece. I had to do it. I | :34:08. | :34:13. | |
didn't quite sing it as well as I have done. I wanted people to hear | :34:13. | :34:20. | |
it, I think it is so beautiful. did it proud. Thank you very much. | :34:20. | :34:27. | |
Thank you Josie. Now, for more phone numbers. Your chance to vote for | :34:27. | :34:33. | |
your favourite singer from the Concert Rounds of BBC Cardiff Singer | :34:33. | :34:37. | |
of the World 2013. If they appeared in Round 2, here are the numbers you | :34:37. | :34:47. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 283 seconds | :34:47. | :35:39. | |
Handel, Gluc and Rossini coming up from our next singer, Daniela Mack, | :35:39. | :35:44. | |
a mezzo-soprano from Argentina. An experienced performer, she will | :35:44. | :35:53. | |
appear with the San Francisco Opera later this year. Welcome to Cardiff | :35:53. | :35:57. | |
Singer of the World. Thank you.The reason we are ballroom dancing is | :35:57. | :36:02. | |
because you used to teach ballroom dancing? A little bit. I taught | :36:02. | :36:07. | |
beginners, I loved it. I believe you met your husband at one very special | :36:07. | :36:14. | |
ball, didn't you? Cindrella's ball. We were doing a production and he | :36:14. | :36:20. | |
was Prince Charming. I was the leading lady. O, there you both are. | :36:20. | :36:26. | |
What a strikingly handsome couple you are. Will he be in the audience? | :36:26. | :36:33. | |
I don't know. He is so close. He is in the UK. I hope he makes it here. | :36:33. | :36:42. | |
Think her husband is here. He was given a ticket. Daniela Mack begins | :36:42. | :36:50. | |
as Isabella, Rossini's Italian girl in Algiers, inspiring the Italian | :36:50. | :37:00. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 283 seconds | :37:00. | :40:10. | |
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE The cheering gets louder. Daniela | :40:10. | :40:18. | |
Mack, Argentinan mess sdoe soprano singing from Rossini's Italian girl | :40:19. | :40:25. | |
in Algiers. Tommi? I love her temperament. She is bringing it in a | :40:25. | :40:35. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 283 seconds | :40:35. | :42:37. | |
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE Daniela Mack singing from Handel's | :42:37. | :42:44. | |
Alcina. The first of two trouser roles for her here at St David's | :42:44. | :42:54. | |
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Hall. She takes us to the under world to finish Orpheus and Eurydice | :43:00. | :43:10. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 283 seconds | :43:10. | :48:10. | |
by Gluck. Orpheus off to Hades to mezzo-soprano, Daniela Mack, | :48:10. | :48:19. | |
resident now in San Francisco. Performing with the orchestra of | :48:19. | :48:26. | |
Welsh National Opera and conductor Graeme Jenkins. The trouser role, | :48:26. | :48:34. | |
woman performing as a man. What a wonderful audition that was? Shi is | :48:34. | :48:39. | |
fantastic. She is an artist already. It's not all about the singing, it's | :48:39. | :48:43. | |
about the whole thing. To take the stage with that control. Honestly, | :48:43. | :48:52. | |
it brought a tear to my eye. It was just such a bravery, such boldness. | :48:52. | :48:57. | |
Fantastic top to bottom. Fantastic technique. With it all, this spirit, | :48:57. | :49:02. | |
this power and spirit and love to get that music out there. I do think | :49:02. | :49:12. | |
it's worth mention that everybody it to begin with. To take that simple | :49:12. | :49:17. | |
song and make this atmosphere, it was just, you could have heard a pin | :49:17. | :49:23. | |
drop. It was fantastic. I have nothing to add. I enjoyed. That is | :49:23. | :49:30. | |
the way to sing. Let us meet her again. She is backstage. Tremendous | :49:30. | :49:34. | |
audience response there, how do you feel? It feels great to do it in | :49:34. | :49:39. | |
front of an audience. Having practiced those pieces over and all | :49:39. | :49:44. | |
with the piano and by myself and have it with the orchestra it was | :49:44. | :49:48. | |
awesome. You gave your all?We are all here to do that, right? If not | :49:49. | :49:54. | |
here, where else? Thank you very much. Mary is reaching for her | :49:54. | :49:59. | |
tissues here. It's not over until the Fat Lady Sings they used to joke | :49:59. | :50:03. | |
about opera singers, the reality today is different. Mary has been | :50:03. | :50:10. | |
exploring how the look of singers has changed greatly in recent years. | :50:10. | :50:14. | |
30 years ago opera singers came in all shapes and sizes, but the | :50:14. | :50:19. | |
expectation was that the majority of those singers would be large. The | :50:19. | :50:22. | |
common assumption was that the bigger the body, the bigger the | :50:22. | :50:32. | |
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voice. The voice, primarily, was what mattered. Over the span of BBC | :50:32. | :50:36. | |
Cardiff Singer things have changed. There is now a greater emphasis on | :50:36. | :50:46. | |
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acting and also on looks. The last two winners have both had movie star | :50:48. | :50:56. | |
glamour. The stars of today must offer even more, with opera now | :50:56. | :51:00. | |
accessible through a multitude of media. This is partly to do with | :51:00. | :51:05. | |
marketing. There are other factors. Theatre and cinema directors have | :51:05. | :51:11. | |
branched out into opera and are demanding more naturalistic and | :51:11. | :51:21. | |
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consumption, perhaps you shouldn't be 18 stone! The new trend of hi-def | :51:31. | :51:37. | |
anythings, live relays of operas into cinemas has created an even | :51:37. | :51:42. | |
greater demand for photogenic performers. The modern-day singer | :51:42. | :51:50. | |
needs to have a wonderful voice, musicianship and artistry and, above | :51:50. | :51:53. | |
all, an ability to communicate with heart and soul. Only then can they | :51:53. | :51:59. | |
be a true singer of the world. Mary King reporting. Mary, you do believe | :51:59. | :52:03. | |
that singers need to be able to offer the complete package, the | :52:03. | :52:08. | |
voice needs to be good, the dramatic skills have to be there too? | :52:08. | :52:12. | |
Absolutely. You have to look appropriate for the parts you are | :52:12. | :52:19. | |
playing, you have to be intent. Good musician, speak several languages, | :52:19. | :52:22. | |
you have to be able to move and have the right voice for the right part. | :52:22. | :52:28. | |
Yeah. Let us see how our next singer fits into that set of requirements. | :52:28. | :52:32. | |
Like England and Italy, South Korea is represented by two contend they | :52:32. | :52:40. | |
ares week. We have heard a south Korean bass now it's the turn of | :52:40. | :52:50. | |
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bass-baritone Jeongcheol Cha. JC started studying music in his | :52:53. | :53:01. | |
hometown of Seoul. He is now a student in New York. Did you grow up | :53:01. | :53:08. | |
listening to classical music? What did you listen to? Korean pop. | :53:08. | :53:13. | |
's massive now. How did you move from Korean pop to singing classical | :53:13. | :53:23. | |
music? When I saw my first opera at 18 I was in shock. The music was so | :53:23. | :53:31. | |
beautiful. I just fell in love with music, classical music. Well, JC, | :53:31. | :53:38. | |
all the best in this competition. Jeongcheol Cha brings Scotland to | :53:38. | :53:48. | |
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Cardiff first with Georges Bizet's setting of Walter Scott's novel the | :53:50. | :54:00. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 283 seconds | :54:00. | :03:07. | |
Fair Maid of Perth. Ralp h sings of Rachmaninov opera Alkeo. "Call me | :03:07. | :03:17. | |
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JC" he tells those he meets. It's difficult to think of Rachmaninov | :03:18. | :03:24. | |
without remembering Shenyang? Absolutely. What was wonderful is | :03:24. | :03:28. | |
how that last phrase led into the moment with the orchestra. | :03:28. | :03:34. | |
Marvellous. I had a tear in my eye, but in a different place. Were | :03:34. | :03:38. | |
telling me earlier you have been follow following south Korean | :03:38. | :03:42. | |
singers and interested in their background and their approach to | :03:42. | :03:48. | |
performing? Yes. It has to be something like all the different | :03:48. | :03:52. | |
nationalities are depending on the native language. It must be | :03:52. | :03:58. | |
something with the Korean language that is bringing the voice. A lot of | :03:58. | :04:03. | |
Handel this week? Isn't it great. Differently by him? This is | :04:03. | :04:08. | |
marvellous. It has been wonderful tonight to hear people singing this | :04:08. | :04:13. | |
great music, incredibly popular, being done in big houses. You don't | :04:13. | :04:21. | |
only need a tiny voice for Hadel you eat it up with your body. We are | :04:21. | :04:25. | |
getting wonderful singers tonightment we can go backstage now | :04:25. | :04:31. | |
to hear from JC. You knew what you had to do tonight, did you do it? | :04:31. | :04:36. | |
don't know, not really. Really?Just a little... I could be better. I | :04:36. | :04:43. | |
think. Actually, every singer is thinking, yeah. All perfectionists, | :04:43. | :04:48. | |
aren't you? Did you feel how warm the audience were towards you? | :04:48. | :04:52. | |
Actually I couldn't feel the audience really because I was so | :04:52. | :04:59. | |
busy on the stage. You did seem to embody and live each character. It | :04:59. | :05:04. | |
was wonderful to watch. Thank you very much, JC. Wonderful evening the | :05:04. | :05:11. | |
of music making tonight. Great performances yesterday as well. If | :05:11. | :05:20. | |
you want to vote for one of the competitors in that Concert Round of | :05:20. | :05:23. | |
BBC Cardiff Singer of the World 2013 here are the all-important numbers | :05:23. | :05:33. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 283 seconds | :05:33. | :06:13. | |
for the Dame Joan Sutherland that we have kept the best until | :06:13. | :06:17. | |
last, let us find out? Our second I tralian here in Cardiff this year, | :06:17. | :06:27. | |
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all over Italy and made her debut in 2006. Her passion for all things | :06:38. | :06:43. | |
Italian extends beyond the stage. Football, Brazil or Italy? Italy. | :06:43. | :06:49. | |
Football, France or Italy? Italy. What about opera, Germany or | :06:49. | :06:56. | |
Italy? Italy.I see. I'm sorry but... I can see you love Italy. | :06:56. | :07:06. | |
Would you describe your voice as typically Italian? Se.How will you | :07:06. | :07:16. | |
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Italian shows in her repertoire, all in her home tongue. Mozart's | :07:34. | :07:44. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 283 seconds | :07:44. | :09:55. | |
Fiordiligi to start, Come scoglio CHEERING AND APPLAUSE | :09:55. | :10:03. | |
Italy's Teresa Romano. Mary? Very good, full of tire and temperament. | :10:03. | :10:13. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 283 seconds | :10:13. | :13:40. | |
-- fire and temper meant. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE | :13:40. | :13:50. | |
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Teresa Romano singing from Aida. To conclude her campaign for the title | :13:53. | :14:02. | |
of Cardiff Singer of the World, Teresa sings from Madame Butterfly. | :14:02. | :14:12. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 283 seconds | :14:12. | :16:21. | |
Surprised this is the only time we 10 years for manslaughter after a | :16:21. | :16:31. | |
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..following the death of Branislav Gula from Slovakia. | :16:34. | :16:44. | |
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10 years for manslaughter after a brutal assault in a flat in Bala. | :17:00. | :17:10. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 283 seconds | :17:10. | :21:07. | |
We | :21:07. | :21:07. | |
We have | :21:07. | :21:08. | |
We have one | :21:08. | :21:16. | |
give you for the Dame Joan Sutherland Audience Prize. If you | :21:16. | :21:20. | |
want to back one of tonight's competitors, here are the numbers | :21:20. | :21:28. | |
you need to vote for your favourite from Concert Rounds 4 of BBC Cardiff | :21:28. | :21:38. | |
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will be shown in the Final on Sunday here on BBC Four when the very first | :22:07. | :22:17. | |
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winner of this competition Karita Mattila and Josef Calleja will be | :22:19. | :22:25. | |
keeping me company. I have been joined by Dame Palmer. Have you | :22:25. | :22:30. | |
enjoyed your week? Very enjoyable the whole week. It is pretty | :22:30. | :22:34. | |
relentless. Important do you think the Song Prize is as part of Cardiff | :22:35. | :22:43. | |
Singer of the World? It's important. It's like opera in micro cosim. The | :22:43. | :22:46. | |
requirements for opera are on a bigger scale. They are playing with | :22:46. | :22:53. | |
text, the creating of character in miniature is a very useful tool to | :22:53. | :22:58. | |
transfer to the operatic stage, I think. And, it's a discipline that | :22:58. | :23:02. | |
all singers really have to get. It's a dying discipline, I think. It's | :23:03. | :23:12. | |
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good that we keep it alive in this competition. We will have 2, 000 | :23:14. | :23:19. | |
people. Not exactly intimate.You is have a decision to make about | :23:20. | :23:25. | |
tonight. We will let you go. Thank you very very much. Can see the Song | :23:25. | :23:33. | |
Prize Final here on BBC Four tomorrow night when I will be joined | :23:33. | :23:43. | |
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by zzo mezzo-soprano Bernanda Fink and soprano Ailish Tynan who won the | :23:46. | :23:52. | |
Song Prize back in 2003. Here is who will be on stage tomorrow night. | :23:52. | :24:01. | |
Jamie Barton a mezzo-soprano from the USA. The song Prize Final | :24:01. | :24:11. | |
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make a (inaudible) on the stage. From Hungary Maria Celeng? I'm very | :24:20. | :24:25. | |
happy. Of course I would like to win it. I really would like to be in | :24:25. | :24:33. | |
good shape and show what I can do. Ben Johnson, an English tenor. | :24:33. | :24:38. | |
feels great to be in the final and excited to see my programme because | :24:38. | :24:48. | |
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I'm proud of it. Soprano, Olena be a wonderfully intimate atmosphere | :25:05. | :25:10. | |
here tomorrow night with the stage empty but for singer and pianist. | :25:10. | :25:14. | |
Very lively right now in St David's Hall as the audience here await | :25:14. | :25:19. | |
tonight's winner and the names of the finalists. It's the five best | :25:19. | :25:29. | |
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singers from across the week who go through. The winner tonight? | :25:31. | :25:38. | |
Argentina. Completely. You can talk us through your five dream team | :25:38. | :25:43. | |
finalists? I would like to see Argentina. This is not in any order, | :25:44. | :25:53. | |
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tonight, a world-class voice. I would like to see Jamie Barton. I | :25:56. | :26:04. | |
have four. One more? I think I would like to hear the Portuguese girl, | :26:05. | :26:08. | |
again. Those are the people I would like to hear. Those are the people I | :26:08. | :26:13. | |
would really like to hear again been fantastic having you back here | :26:13. | :26:23. | |
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in Cardiff. Don't leave it so long? in Cardiff. Don't leave it so long? | :26:26. | :26:36. | |
I am coming, give me a call. Dame Kiri Ta Kanawa leads the jury on and | :26:36. | :26:46. | |
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Dame Palmer. The Hawkan Hagehard, Neil Schicoff, Marin Hofmeister and | :26:49. | :26:55. | |
the Chairman Nicholas Payne. winner we have choosen from | :26:55. | :27:00. | |
tonight's concert is Daniela Mack. That is not really a huge surprise. | :27:00. | :27:04. | |
No, absolutely the right decision. Absolutely. Towering ahead of all | :27:04. | :27:08. | |
the others tonight. Yeah, completely. The one and only choice | :27:08. | :27:18. | |
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for tonight. I completely agree. Argentinan, mezzo-soprano. Winner of | :27:32. | :27:38. | |
this Fourth and final round. Will she make it through to the final? | :27:38. | :27:43. | |
The five finalist that is we have chosen from the four different | :27:43. | :27:50. | |
rounds are as follows. Jamie Barton, mezzo-soprano from the United States | :27:50. | :28:00. | |
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mezzo-soprano from the United States Romano. So there we are. That is the | :28:16. | :28:21. | |
line-up for the Final. No-one going through from Round 2. Mary King, a | :28:21. | :28:24. | |
couple of surprises there. Italy, Teresa Romano, you weren't sure | :28:25. | :28:31. | |
about? I'm very happy about the Croatian boy. I think he is really, | :28:31. | :28:35. | |
really promising. We are all set for an exciting final on Sunday night, | :28:35. | :28:42. | |
live on BBC Four from 7. 30pm. Join us here tomorrow night for the Song | :28:42. | :28:47. |