:00:47. > :00:53.truly international. Over 400 singers entered with auditions in
:00:53. > :01:00.cities across the globe. Only 20 singers have been invited to make
:01:01. > :01:04.the journey to Cardiff. They're following winners include including
:01:04. > :01:09.Karita Mattila, Dmitri Hvovostovsky and Nicole Cabel. They came to
:01:09. > :01:14.Cardiff as srirual unknowns -- virtual unknowns. Now they're
:01:14. > :01:18.superstars. It launched my career. It's where everything started. We
:01:18. > :01:23.are still counting. Once here they face a daunting panel of judges
:01:23. > :01:28.including the competition's patron, the soprano Dame Kiri Te Kanawai.
:01:28. > :01:35.It's a big title. To have that name attached to yours, I wouldn't mind
:01:35. > :01:41.it. For the winner it's a launchpad to the world of operatic stardom.
:01:41. > :01:45.Two years ago the young Moldovan soprano Valentina Nafornita took the
:01:45. > :01:50.Crown. My sister was calling me and asking me, what, you are the singer
:01:50. > :02:00.of the world now? You are? ! I can in the believe it. Who will win this
:02:00. > :02:05.
:02:05. > :02:11.wonderful hall that has become something of a sacred space in the
:02:11. > :02:14.opera world. It was back in 1983 that Cardiff Singer made its first
:02:14. > :02:19.stars in the 30 years since it's become the world's most high profile
:02:19. > :02:27.singing competition. What an impressive roster of past winners
:02:27. > :02:31.and this anniversary event promises to be another vintage year. Tonight
:02:31. > :02:34.the first of four preliminary rounds. Joining me all week
:02:35. > :02:39.distinguished guests including some of the competition's form Irwiners.
:02:39. > :02:43.Mary King is back. The vocal coach singer and advocate of the voice
:02:43. > :02:47.will be here throughout and tonight I am delighted to be joined by that
:02:47. > :02:51.distinguished opera director, David Pountney. David will surely have
:02:51. > :02:55.casting in the back of his mind, he is artistic director of Welsh
:02:55. > :03:00.National Opera. Do you remember the first Cardiff Singer 30 years ago?
:03:00. > :03:03.remember it taking place and who won it, the incomparable Mattila.
:03:03. > :03:08.the best possible start. A golden occasion and it did a huge thing for
:03:08. > :03:15.the name of Cardiff. At that point, you know, it seemed like an
:03:15. > :03:18.important event taking place here. Mary, when it first come on to your
:03:18. > :03:26.radar? Into then, because of her because she was extraordinary and
:03:26. > :03:29.then singers then were following every time. It was like our
:03:29. > :03:33.Eurovision Song Contest. Thank you both. To complete our team here in
:03:33. > :03:38.Cardiff someone who's definitely too young to remember the first Cardiff
:03:38. > :03:43.Singer, Josie D'Arby who is on stage with the orchestra.
:03:43. > :03:45.I can just about remember it, I was at school. Some of our singers
:03:45. > :03:49.weren't even born. I have been lucky enough to spend sometime with them
:03:49. > :03:53.over the last few days and I will be waiting for them back stage to get
:03:53. > :03:59.their reaction to their performances Our first singer this evening is
:03:59. > :04:08.just about ready to go. They'll be performing in front of a daunting
:04:08. > :04:10.ensemble - the jury. Director of Opera Europa and Chairman of the
:04:10. > :04:12.Jury Nicolas Payne, English Mezzo-Soprano Dame Felicity Palmer,
:04:12. > :04:13.renowned baritone Hakan Hagegard, Casting Manager /director Maren
:04:13. > :04:16.Hofmeister, internationally acclaimed tenor Neil Schicoff,
:04:16. > :04:23.Norwegian Opera Director and manager Per Boye Hansen and the
:04:23. > :04:33.competition's Patron legendary soprano Dame Kiri Te Kanawa. I like
:04:33. > :04:36.
:04:36. > :04:46.the singers to take risks. Go beyond They have to create around them a
:04:46. > :04:57.
:04:57. > :05:02.world and they have to bring us into you say ah, they've just nailed it.
:05:02. > :05:06.A tough bunch to impress. This year to ensure the best talent is on
:05:06. > :05:10.display the select reports haven't had to restrict themselves to one
:05:10. > :05:16.singer from each country. There are two competitors from Italy, England
:05:16. > :05:26.and South Korea. Here's two is performing tonight. Katherine
:05:26. > :05:26.
:05:26. > :05:36.Broderick, a soprano from England. Yi Li, a Chinese tenor. Jamie Barton
:05:36. > :05:44.
:05:44. > :05:54.from the USA, a mezzo-soprano. Bass baritone, -- Marko Mimica from crow
:05:54. > :05:59.
:05:59. > :06:05.atia and to start Kihwan Sim from Welcome to Cardiff Singer of the
:06:05. > :06:11.World. Who are we looking at here? This is my baby. I had just four
:06:11. > :06:17.weeks ago a baby boy. Wow. He's back home in Germany. You must really be
:06:17. > :06:20.missing him? Yeah. I miss very much my baby. You are first on, opening
:06:20. > :06:30.the competition here in Cardiff. How are you feeling about that prospect?
:06:30. > :06:47.
:06:47. > :06:52.Oh, well, I think it's difficult to home to start tonight. The first
:06:52. > :06:57.competitor in BBC Cardiff Singer of the World 2013, Kimwei from South
:06:57. > :07:07.Korea joining the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, and the
:07:07. > :07:07.
:07:07. > :10:45.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 217 seconds
:10:45. > :10:55.conductor Jun Markl to begin Figaro, to war. Bizet next putting Scotland
:10:55. > :10:55.
:10:55. > :13:14.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 217 seconds
:13:14. > :13:24.with Rossini's Barber of Seville. Dr Bartolo is hatching up a plan to
:13:24. > :13:24.
:13:24. > :17:03.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 217 seconds
:17:03. > :17:09.two contenders from South Korea. He is based in Frankfurt, where he is a
:17:09. > :17:12.member of the ensemble of Frankfurt Opera. Well, David and Mary, let's
:17:12. > :17:17.get a response to you. True basses always in great demand, aren't they?
:17:17. > :17:22.They are. It's wonderful to hear such a fantastic instrument. He's
:17:22. > :17:26.got a huge range and it's marvellously equal throughout that
:17:26. > :17:32.range. Interesting enough, it sort of also demonstrates the problems of
:17:32. > :17:38.having a very beautiful voice. A beautiful voice is not the first
:17:38. > :17:40.requirement of any of these arias. That's a paradox, isn't it?
:17:40. > :17:46.there enough characterisation, enough interest in his depiction for
:17:46. > :17:50.you? Not for me. Figara has to be all the things he was vocally but
:17:50. > :17:56.much more playful and teasing and difficult. In a character sort of
:17:56. > :18:02.way. The same is true of Bartolo, as well. There is a problem here I
:18:02. > :18:06.think. If anything it was too smooth. And too equalised out.
:18:06. > :18:10.doubt he pleased the audience here at the start of this 2013 Cardiff
:18:10. > :18:16.Singer of the World. Let's go back stage and join I dose.
:18:17. > :18:22.-- Josie. You were first on, how was it? Yeah, I just tried to... My best
:18:22. > :18:27.on the stage and I just tried to enjoy on the stage. Thank you very
:18:27. > :18:31.much. Thank you. Your views are very welcome. Get in touch via Facebook
:18:31. > :18:39.or Twitter. Lots more about our singers and the xe competition on
:18:39. > :18:43.our website. We journey all the way up the vocal spectrum next to a
:18:43. > :18:53.soprano and the first of two English singers this year. Katherine
:18:53. > :19:04.
:19:04. > :19:08.Win Winning an award in 2007. Music has always been in her blood.
:19:08. > :19:14.dad's a wonderful musician and he was always singing folk music, he
:19:14. > :19:19.was in a folk band, he plays guitar. He's also a classically trained
:19:19. > :19:26.tenor and we grew up singing and playing Irish folk music and I sing
:19:26. > :19:30.all the songs that my dad taught me when I was a kid. - when I was a kid
:19:30. > :19:36.to my son and it's a joy to be able to pass them on. We can't have you
:19:36. > :19:46.here and you tell us you sing Irish folk songs and not give us a blast
:19:46. > :19:53.
:19:53. > :19:59.of one. OK, I will try. # Sings a lullaby, there grows a lily fair. #
:19:59. > :20:09.Beautiful. Thank you. Gorgeous folk song from Katherine
:20:09. > :20:11.
:20:11. > :20:15.Broderick. She begins her operatic programme on a bigger scale, Wagner.
:20:15. > :20:25.Katherine is Eva in the Mastersingers, pouring out her heart
:20:25. > :20:25.
:20:25. > :31:01.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 217 seconds
:31:02. > :31:06.Tchaikovsky next and u -- Eugene English singers, singing the letter
:31:06. > :31:10.scene. She told me she learned it in Russian for the competition. I
:31:10. > :31:13.wonder if the fact she does know it so well in English helped hir
:31:13. > :31:20.interpretation there of the letter scene. She seems absolutely on top
:31:20. > :31:24.of the words. I think the thing she has in her huge favour is that she
:31:24. > :31:27.is in every second. All these long complex interludes, she clearly has
:31:27. > :31:31.a thought process and it's going through the whole time. It's one of
:31:31. > :31:35.the great things about her. She's totally watchable. Absolutely.
:31:35. > :31:41.is a wonderful radiance about her personality and about her singing,
:31:41. > :31:50.particularly the way the voice blossoms towards the top. If one's
:31:50. > :31:58.slightly picky, you might say she misses for Tatyana, some of that
:31:58. > :32:04.lower Reg ister -- - that comes out at some moments How happy are you
:32:04. > :32:07.with the performance? Really happy, I wanted to convey these two young
:32:07. > :32:10.women that I feel so much for. They're fantastic. I wanted to go
:32:10. > :32:17.out with joy and communicate to the audience and I really hope I
:32:17. > :32:21.achieved that. I think you did achieve that. How was it sing
:32:21. > :32:26.singing that, of someone who knows the role so well? I have to be me
:32:26. > :32:32.and as much as I admire Kiri, I could never be here so I was trying
:32:32. > :32:35.to do my version and tsdz the first time I have sung that in Russians,
:32:35. > :32:39.it's fantastic to sing it in the original language. You can be very
:32:39. > :32:45.proud of yourself. Hopefully.Thank you. You may have gathered by now
:32:45. > :32:48.that we are rather proud of the fact that 30 years after its birth, BBC
:32:48. > :32:52.Cardiff Singer of the World is still going strong. It struck gold in the
:32:52. > :32:57.first year when a 22-year-old Finnish soprano took to the stage
:32:57. > :33:07.and won. Karita Mattila is now one of the world's most celebrated opera
:33:07. > :33:08.
:33:08. > :33:11.singers. I considered myself so lucky to be invited. I was like
:33:11. > :33:16.Alice in Wonderland, I was very innocent and excited about
:33:16. > :33:20.everything. Karita Mattila from Finland with Richard Armstrong, who
:33:20. > :33:24.will conduct the orchestra. When the TV is there the pressure is double,
:33:24. > :33:30.triple, whatever. It's not only to be in front of the audience, at the
:33:30. > :33:40.same time it's extra pressure and it's also an extra award. If you
:33:40. > :33:47.
:33:47. > :33:55.There are still people from Cardiff who say that they were there when
:33:55. > :34:02.you won and you know, it's really - moves me. It moves me now. Beautiful
:34:02. > :34:11.audience. They carry you like that. It was like a lottery win for a
:34:11. > :34:15.young sippinger. Better than that. -- singer. Better than that.
:34:15. > :34:19.Everybody talks about how supportive the Cardiff audience is here in St
:34:19. > :34:24.David's Hall, all these years on it still means a lot to Karita Mattila
:34:24. > :34:31.who I am delighted to say will be joining me here for Sunday's final
:34:31. > :34:36.with the acclaimed tenor Joseph Calleja. Keep Sunday night free.
:34:36. > :34:40.That performance really put Cardiff on the map. She was so young, it 22
:34:40. > :34:44.and such poise and sophistication and ravishing tone and I am such a
:34:44. > :34:54.big fan. Fantastic. Back to the young singers of today and the next
:34:54. > :35:00.
:35:00. > :35:09.competitor, hoping to follow in her foot-steps, Chinese tenor Yi Li. Yi
:35:09. > :35:16.Li began his studies and then moved to the United States in 2010. He is
:35:16. > :35:22.a student in Cinncitti. Welcome to the competition. Can you tell me
:35:22. > :35:29.what do you like doing outside of opera? I love playing basketball,
:35:29. > :35:35.cooking and eating. Right now I am busy helping my wife to get ready
:35:35. > :35:45.for our first baby. Congratulations! Are you having a boy or girl?
:35:45. > :35:45.
:35:45. > :35:52.soprano. How big is opera in China? It's getting big bigger. The economy
:35:52. > :35:55.of China grows. Most large cities have an Opera House. Only one tenor
:35:55. > :36:04.has won Cardiff Singer of the World in the whole of our 30-year history.
:36:04. > :36:14.Is it time for another one? Let's hope so. Yi Li to perform what's
:36:14. > :36:17.
:36:17. > :36:27.been called the Mount Everest for tenors. Tonio tells his regiment he
:36:27. > :36:28.
:36:28. > :39:29.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 217 seconds
:39:29. > :39:33.he will be disappointed by that. He was spot on with the nine Cs in
:39:33. > :39:43.rehearsal. More than once, in fact but didn't happen on the night. He's
:39:43. > :39:46.
:39:46. > :39:56.not been well and we are off to French farming country next. He is
:39:56. > :39:56.
:39:56. > :47:09.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 217 seconds
:47:09. > :47:14.in miserable mood, his hearts had David and Mary, well, David, what an
:47:14. > :47:20.illustration on how not to put together a programme for an opera
:47:20. > :47:26.competition. Yes, the Donizetti is a stupid piece of music and the only
:47:26. > :47:34.conceivable reason for doing it is if you can bang out nine effortless
:47:34. > :47:38.top Cs. And suddenly he was in his comfort zone. Yes, it's much lower
:47:38. > :47:43.and Italian repertoire that suits him well. What about what he
:47:43. > :47:46.finished with? The demons had not gone away and that one phrase that
:47:46. > :47:49.rises up and it was not convincing and you could see again that he was
:47:49. > :47:54.now worried because of what he had done before, that it was not going
:47:54. > :47:59.to work. I think it has to be totally abandoned, the character has
:47:59. > :48:04.to be completely abandoned and then it has to be so secure vocally that
:48:04. > :48:08.you can be dramatically abandoned. Let's go back stage. A brave
:48:08. > :48:18.performance from you there. Did you enjoy yourself? Yes, I am very enjoy
:48:18. > :48:19.
:48:19. > :48:24.the concert. Are you happy with how it went? Yes. But because I got re
:48:24. > :48:28.reflex, so some notes is not good. OK. Well, we enjoyed your
:48:28. > :48:32.performance. Thank you very much. If you have just joined us, welcome to
:48:32. > :48:35.Cardiff Singer. If you love great music, BBC4 is the only place to be
:48:35. > :48:39.this week. We are here every night through until Sunday. Round one this
:48:39. > :48:43.evening. Three singers down, two to go. We have heard sippingers from
:48:43. > :48:52.South Korea so far -- singers from South Korea and China and England.
:48:52. > :48:56.When Cardiff Singer started 30 years ago the vast majority of competitors
:48:56. > :49:01.came from western Europe. Now it has a more global reach. Mary's been
:49:01. > :49:07.looking at how the opera map has changed over the years. BBC Cardiff
:49:07. > :49:12.Singer travels the globe in search of the best young opera talent.
:49:12. > :49:16.There are auditions held in places as far-flung as Buenos Aires and New
:49:16. > :49:26.York and the cast list of competing countries keeps growing. This year
:49:26. > :49:30.Egypt is taking part for the first time. In 1983 BBC Cardiff Singer's
:49:30. > :49:39.first year, the world of opera was very different. The iron curtain was
:49:39. > :49:47.firmly drawn. In a famous final Dimitry was representing 15
:49:47. > :49:52.Republics of the Soviet Union, not just Russia. In the months following
:49:52. > :49:59.his victory, the Berlin Wall fell. And the countries of a new Eastern
:49:59. > :50:05.Europe emerged. Now we see exciting young artists from Ukraine, Belarus
:50:05. > :50:15.and Estonia competing and two years ago soprano Valentina Nafornita
:50:15. > :50:19.clinched the title for Moldova. The cultural boycott during the
:50:19. > :50:26.apartheid era prevented South Africa from entering and then in 1997 a
:50:26. > :50:30.young man from the north-west province reached the final. At the
:50:30. > :50:35.same time as the first appearance of South Africa, the countries of the
:50:35. > :50:39.Far East were coming to the fore. As in business and in finance, the
:50:39. > :50:44.biggest change in recent years in classical music has been in the
:50:44. > :50:54.emergence of Asia. Two Chinese singers have been crowned Singer of
:50:54. > :51:05.
:51:05. > :51:10.the World, in 1997 and ten years later the. So, who will be next?
:51:10. > :51:13.Could it be South Korea? As with China, the passion for western
:51:13. > :51:18.classical music there is growing stronger and stronger and more
:51:18. > :51:21.students from the country are moving to the West to study. In BBC Cardiff
:51:21. > :51:25.Singer of the World this year we have two competitors from South
:51:25. > :51:34.Korea. Maybe when we look back in another 30 years that's what we will
:51:34. > :51:40.be talking about. Cardiff Singer's own foreign affairs correspondent,
:51:40. > :51:43.Mary King. It's true the net is cast wider these days. It's wider but
:51:43. > :51:47.look at the fascinating imbalances. The country with the most Opera
:51:47. > :51:52.Houses in the world, Germany, is not represented this evening. But we
:51:52. > :51:56.have China, we have Korea represented. And this raises another
:51:56. > :52:01.big challenge because it means that people are coming from Asia having
:52:01. > :52:05.to deliver four arias in different languages. How can they be expected
:52:05. > :52:09.to have those different cultures at their finger tips? It's not just a
:52:09. > :52:12.question of language. Thank you, David. We are going to turn from the
:52:12. > :52:22.Far East to the deep south of the United States of America for our
:52:22. > :52:30.
:52:30. > :52:38.of Georgia and is already making a name for herself in the US. Recently
:52:38. > :52:42.singing in Carnegie Hall. Appearing at Cardiff Singer has been a
:52:42. > :52:47.long-held ambition. When did you first hear about this competition,
:52:47. > :52:52.Jamie? Years ago, probably in university. It's the kind of
:52:52. > :52:55.competition that you know of, if you are an opera singer, you know of BBC
:52:55. > :53:00.Cardiff Singer of the World, it's just part of the heritage of it now.
:53:00. > :53:04.Even though it's only 30 years old, it's already part of the hopeful
:53:04. > :53:14.part of your career, if you are lucky enough you get to be invited
:53:14. > :53:14.
:53:14. > :53:17.to try your hand at it. The thing that always moves me when I see
:53:17. > :53:23.somebody performing on stage isn't if their vocal technique is perfect
:53:23. > :53:26.or something like that, it's if they in their character or in the text of
:53:26. > :53:31.their songs can convey something to me that gets me on the edge of my
:53:31. > :53:41.seat. That's the thing I always go for and something that I think I've
:53:41. > :54:04.
:54:04. > :54:10.got good experience with. So, I'm Giconga, a love quad rangle, Laura
:54:10. > :54:20.about to elone with Enzo and praying from protection from the forces that
:54:20. > :54:20.
:54:20. > :58:32.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 217 seconds
:58:32. > :58:42.would keep them apart, her husband # Where keep the saints
:58:42. > :58:42.
:58:42. > :00:21.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 217 seconds
:00:21. > :00:31.# Oft drop their eyelids well. Elgar's Sea Pictures, she made
:00:31. > :00:34.
:00:34. > :00:41.her UK debut at the Barbican Centre. To close her programme Donizetti's
:00:41. > :00:51.La Favourite. Another love triangle. Leonore realising explaining her
:00:51. > :00:51.
:00:51. > :06:46.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 217 seconds
:06:46. > :06:50.past to her new love may not be singing from Donizetti's La
:06:50. > :06:54.Favourite. An opera usually performed in Italian, but originally
:06:54. > :06:58.written in French, that was the language Jamie choose to sing in.
:06:58. > :07:07.Jun Markl conducting the National Orchestra of Wales in this first
:07:07. > :07:11.round of BBC Cardiff Singer of the World, 2013. Well, certainly getting
:07:11. > :07:16.the biggest response of the evening from the audience. She's the real
:07:16. > :07:22.deal. She's absolutely the real thing. The voice is splendid. It's a
:07:22. > :07:26.brilliant - she's a marvellous rich bottom, it's right there all the way
:07:26. > :07:36.through and she's an imperious character and performer. She says
:07:36. > :07:37.that The Sea Pictures fit her voice like a glove. A great choice I can't
:07:37. > :07:42.remember anybody singing those in the competition before and if they
:07:42. > :07:48.did, they would be English, I am sure, and it did fit her very well.
:07:49. > :07:56.I think this is the key. She knew that every single note in every
:07:56. > :08:00.single piece was totally safe and secure. Absolute confidence.She
:08:00. > :08:05.therefore could be generous with it. What's convincing about her is her
:08:05. > :08:10.whole demeanour and the scale of her voice is in scale with the scale of
:08:10. > :08:18.her person. She's a large lady but she has an imperious voice, an
:08:18. > :08:22.imperious presence and you don't feel there is a dichotomy there.
:08:22. > :08:28.tremendous display of control, did you feel fantastic and in control?
:08:28. > :08:32.Maybe not in control at all times!s thrilling, absolutely thrilling. It
:08:32. > :08:37.felt good. Felt very, very good. think the audience appreciated it.
:08:37. > :08:42.How did that feel? Overwhelming. To look up and see the rafters of
:08:42. > :08:47.people sitting up there and then to hear them cheer like that, I am
:08:47. > :08:52.grateful to Wales and to all the people in the audience, truly
:08:52. > :08:58.grateful. Well, Jamie and Katherine and Marko Mimica, who's about to
:08:58. > :09:08.sing, are also all this week taking part in the Cardiff Singer Song
:09:08. > :09:12.
:09:12. > :09:18.Prize where they perform with accompaniment from piano. The heats
:09:18. > :09:28.finished today. On to tonight, Marko Mimica, the last competitor here at
:09:28. > :09:33.
:09:33. > :09:38.St David's Hall. He is a bass before turning to singing. He now
:09:38. > :09:43.lives in ber minute where he work -- Berlin where he works for the opera.
:09:43. > :09:48.It's not just music that inspireses his performance. -- inspires his
:09:48. > :09:53.performance. Lights, camera action. Welcome to Cardiff. Thank you.You
:09:53. > :10:00.love the movies, we all love movies, but for you it helps you with the
:10:00. > :10:05.acting side of your career. When I watch movies I pay attention to
:10:05. > :10:09.acting and how people move, behave, why do they underline this or that.
:10:09. > :10:14.Yeah, it's fun. I see in your repertoire we have a couple of good
:10:14. > :10:20.guys and a villain. Which is easier for you to portray? I think it's
:10:20. > :10:25.much easier to portray bad guy because, especially in theatre, you
:10:25. > :10:28.can fool yourself to be theatrical. How are you enjoying the Cardiff
:10:28. > :10:36.Singer experience? They're treating us like stars and it's really nice.
:10:36. > :10:46.Treating you like a movie star? a movie star, yeah. A villain to
:10:46. > :10:47.
:10:47. > :10:57.come. He starts in English. A Handel Oratorio to begin with, maybe a
:10:57. > :10:57.
:10:57. > :16:32.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 217 seconds
:16:32. > :16:37.APPLAUSE AND CHEERING Marko Mimica singing from Verdi's
:16:37. > :16:47.Nabucco David? Well, that was a great relief after the Handel, which
:16:47. > :16:47.
:16:47. > :21:18.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 217 seconds
:21:18. > :21:25.was a big moment of cultural APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
:21:25. > :21:30.Marko Mimica singing from Rossini's Semiramade. One of the youngest
:21:30. > :21:37.contenders here at the Cardiff Singer of the World 2013. There are
:21:37. > :21:40.three 25-year-olds taking part this year. Well, I did wonder if singing
:21:40. > :21:45.that was a brave thing to do. think it was a terrible mistake. I
:21:45. > :21:52.suppose the British feel we have a particular kind of right to sing
:21:52. > :21:57.that music, we have led the way in baroque singing for a long time. It
:21:57. > :22:03.was outdated and lumpy. The runs weren't there, it was a mistake.
:22:03. > :22:13.moved on to Verdi then. This is a fantastic voice. This is a very
:22:13. > :22:14.
:22:14. > :22:19.robust - it's a kind of Balkan voice. I wouldn't mind that in my
:22:19. > :22:25.ensemble. He looks great. He has a great presence on stage. This voice,
:22:25. > :22:30.I mean, it's huge. We should say in the hall, it's a huge, huge voice.
:22:30. > :22:34.Bottom to top. Fat sound. They're rare. We don't find these voices. We
:22:34. > :22:39.can't find them in this country at all. He should calm down and stop
:22:39. > :22:41.trying to prove he has a loud voice. He doesn't need to do that. A quick
:22:41. > :22:44.word with Jun Markl who's been conducting the orchestra this
:22:44. > :22:47.evening and has developed a wonderful relationship with the
:22:47. > :22:52.singers, they feel they can trust him. Absolutely. He is clearly
:22:52. > :22:56.absolutely on their side, very sensitive to their desires. Watching
:22:56. > :23:01.every moment, only one or two moments have there been slip
:23:01. > :23:06.stitches and that's a phenomenally difficult thing. In a moment Dame
:23:06. > :23:09.Kiri Te Kanawai is going to take David's seat. First, let's go back
:23:09. > :23:15.stage and join Josie. It's been a long night for you
:23:15. > :23:21.waiting to the bitter end to go on. How was your performance for you?
:23:21. > :23:26.don't know, I feel like this was - warming up, I should do it again.
:23:26. > :23:30.You guys wait a long time to get on stage, it takes months to prepare.
:23:30. > :23:37.Now, 15, 20 minutes and that's it. Do you feel that you made the most
:23:37. > :23:41.of it and impressed the jury? It's such a shame to see you so
:23:41. > :23:45.disappointed. You did better than you think, I am sure of it. Thank
:23:45. > :23:49.you very much. Thank you. Thank you, Josie. I am delighted to
:23:49. > :23:54.say that Mary and I have been joined by the competition's patron, Dame
:23:54. > :24:01.Kiri Te Kanawai. Welcome back to Cardiff Thank you.Are you having a
:24:01. > :24:05.great time, second time around? really very much. Great amount of
:24:05. > :24:09.wonderful colleagues and the jurors and they're very excited. You said
:24:09. > :24:14.in an interview in the Radio Times this week you are fed up with all
:24:14. > :24:21.these talent competitions that cast people to fame incredibly quickly. I
:24:21. > :24:27.suppose this event is the antithesis of those shows: This is long-term.
:24:27. > :24:30.These people are going to have a career. What's nicer than that? It's
:24:30. > :24:33.nothing worse than having a career that's finished in a blip. I know
:24:33. > :24:37.you won't give away anything about your opinion of tonight's singers
:24:37. > :24:41.and about what the jury talked about and have been discussing as they sit
:24:41. > :24:46.at their bench here in the stalls at St David's Hall. Has it been a good
:24:46. > :24:52.night? A very good night, yes and I would like to say the orchestra's
:24:52. > :24:56.been wonderful. The conductor's been just a gem. I am so thrilled that
:24:56. > :25:01.he's - he accompanied so beautifully and gave the young people such a
:25:01. > :25:05.wonderful opportunity to sing very, very well. He was very considerate.
:25:05. > :25:08.Thank you for being with us, we will let you join the rest of the jury.
:25:09. > :25:13.Meantime, Mary and I are just going to recap on all the competitors we
:25:13. > :25:19.have heard this evening. Let us start with Kihwan Sim from South
:25:19. > :25:26.Korea. Great, well organised. Totally secure technically. I felt
:25:26. > :25:29.that he lacked something of drama and difference between pieces, it's
:25:29. > :25:35.a wonderful voice. Second up, England's own, Katherine Broderick.
:25:35. > :25:39.She was all heart and soul. I wasn't entirely sure her two choices really
:25:39. > :25:44.got to the bottom of what she does best. Yi Li from China, who had a
:25:44. > :25:49.tough night. Yeah, just goes to show howtives to to choose programmes
:25:49. > :25:53.that are completely safe, but will stretch you and show what you are
:25:53. > :25:57.going to be able to do in a few years' time, as well. Jamie Barton
:25:57. > :26:00.from the United States. I think she's great and she's the complete
:26:00. > :26:03.performer in the round that we have seen tonight in the sense that she
:26:03. > :26:07.is well in command of her repertoire and projecting it to the audience
:26:07. > :26:11.with generosity. Lastly, Marko Mimica from Croatia. I think he is a
:26:11. > :26:16.dark horse, in a few years' time he is going to be fantastic, that's a
:26:16. > :26:21.very unusual and beautiful voice. It just needs more variety, I suppose.
:26:21. > :26:24.I asked David to call it as he sped off a few minutes back. He said
:26:24. > :26:27.absolutely Jamie Barton his winner tonight. Your choice as well?
:26:27. > :26:32.would be my choice, although the others have lots of wonderful things
:26:32. > :26:36.you can say about them. Let us see if the jury agree. Remember it's the
:26:36. > :26:40.five best singers overall who make it through to the final, not
:26:40. > :26:50.necessarily the winner of each round and the jury are now about to come
:26:50. > :27:13.
:27:13. > :27:23.on the platform with the name of tonight's concert but there has to
:27:23. > :27:24.
:27:24. > :27:26.be a winner That winner of this first concert is Jamie Barton.
:27:26. > :27:35.APPLAUSE AND CHEERING Well, Mary, no surprise there.
:27:35. > :27:39.most accomplished performer on the night, without question. Sang a
:27:39. > :27:45.repertoire that really suited her, in command of it. It's the right
:27:45. > :27:52.person. Look at that expression on her face. She's been working towards
:27:52. > :27:57.getting here to Cardiff. Will she be in the final? Will there be more
:27:57. > :28:07.from one singer in the final from tonight's round? We are here every
:28:07. > :28:08.
:28:08. > :28:16.night this week with coverage of Cardiff Singer of the World.