:00:12. > :00:15.Last night on Cardiff Singer, Ariunbaatar Ganbaatar
:00:16. > :00:22.from Mongolia secured a place in Sunday night's final.
:00:23. > :00:24.Joining Anthony Clark Evans from the USA ? the winner
:00:25. > :00:32.Both of them baritones ? and we've two more tonight ? there could be
:00:33. > :00:37.We'll be meeting a soprano a mezzo and a tenor too -
:00:38. > :00:40.all hoping to win this coveted trophy.
:00:41. > :01:12.Welcome to BBC Cardiff Singer of the World 2017.
:01:13. > :01:16.Welcome back to St David's Hall and round three of BBC Cardiff
:01:17. > :01:21.It's BBC Music Day - a nationwide annual celebration
:01:22. > :01:25.of the power of music - even more reason to spend the next
:01:26. > :01:27.90 minutes with us, enjoying rich operatic treats,
:01:28. > :01:31.highlights of performances from our five singers
:01:32. > :01:32.with music ahead by Handel, Mozart, Bizet and
:01:33. > :01:38.Once again, the singer and vocal coach Mary King is with me.
:01:39. > :01:41.And tonight, we're joined by South African baritone
:01:42. > :01:44.Jacques Imbrailo, who joins us on a night off from Brett Dean's
:01:45. > :01:48.new Hamlet at Glyndebourne which opened on Sunday.
:01:49. > :01:52.Jacques is a veteran of the competition -
:01:53. > :02:00.Jacques, it must be special to be endorsed by the public -
:02:01. > :02:03.what memories do you have of your winning moment?
:02:04. > :02:11.though I knew I had lots to work on, it was great, confirmation that I
:02:12. > :02:16.was doing something right and so getting over the line towards the
:02:17. > :02:20.audience which was great. Are you relieved that your days of
:02:21. > :02:22.competitions are behind you? Very much so. I was not a competition
:02:23. > :02:25.singer. Mary, you've been watching
:02:26. > :02:33.rehearsals, what treats Very excited tonight and perhaps the
:02:34. > :02:37.most varied repertoire of the week so far. Great. Lots to look forward
:02:38. > :02:39.to. And do remember to gather thoughts
:02:40. > :02:41.about your favourite singer We'll give you the details
:02:42. > :02:46.and the numbers you need to vote Now Angel Blue is, as ever,
:02:47. > :02:55.backstage tonight. Good evening. Thank you. It's always
:02:56. > :02:58.exciting to be backstage. The singers are warming up and doing
:02:59. > :03:08.vocal acrobatics to get ready for tonight. We have five ambitious
:03:09. > :03:10.singers from Turkey,... They all hope to impress our judges, so let's
:03:11. > :03:15.meet our panel. Artistic Director of
:03:16. > :03:17.the Welsh National Opera and chairman of our
:03:18. > :03:29.jury, David Pountney. One of the leading opera singers of
:03:30. > :03:42.her generation, Grace Bumbry. The voice that has the tone to it is so
:03:43. > :03:46.exciting. Anu Tali. It is quite an extreme situation but if you can
:03:47. > :03:51.forget about the pressure of competition and try to make the
:03:52. > :03:55.music come through. Grammy award-winning South Korean soprano,
:03:56. > :04:02.Sumi Jo. And from Austria, world-renowned recitalist, baritone
:04:03. > :04:08.Wolfgang Holzmair. What you have to do when you go onstage and show what
:04:09. > :04:15.you can do, not to think of the environment, to speak.
:04:16. > :04:21.The people tasked with deciding tonight's winner. Let's meet
:04:22. > :04:58.tonight's competitors. John Chest will start tonight's
:04:59. > :05:03.competition. Originally from South Carolina, 31-year-old John is a
:05:04. > :05:10.graduate of the operator studio in Munich. Before coming to Cardiff, he
:05:11. > :05:14.took advice from someone very close to home. My wife is also a singer
:05:15. > :05:18.and she was a very big help in pointing me in the right direction.
:05:19. > :05:22.She helped me decide to be a little brave, maybe I'm and to touch
:05:23. > :05:28.something else that might bring more to the competition setting. Putting
:05:29. > :05:32.together a first round when you also have Duplan a possible second round
:05:33. > :05:37.for the finals was a little tricky. The question was what best
:05:38. > :05:49.represents me as a singer at this stage in my career. Cardiff City has
:05:50. > :05:55.been the competition, sort of, in my mind for a long time, so as far as
:05:56. > :05:59.competitions go, the end goal. It sounds a bit of a cliche but I feel
:06:00. > :06:02.like a bit of a winner already being here. I've really feel like I've
:06:03. > :06:10.already won the lottery, so to speak. John Chest joins the BBC
:06:11. > :12:02.Orchestra of Wales and he is going to thing Bizet's the Pearl Fishers.
:12:03. > :12:12.APPLAUSE And to finish, John Chest is going
:12:13. > :12:15.to sing from Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor.
:12:16. > :12:19.Lucia is secretly in love with the son of the family's enemy -
:12:20. > :12:23.Filled with shame, he thinks he might grieve less if she had been
:12:24. > :16:42.CHEERING AND APPLAUSE American baritone John Chest, from
:16:43. > :16:47.South Carolina, performing at the BBC National Orchestra of Wales,
:16:48. > :16:51.conducted by Thomas Sondergard. Is he to be part of another battle of
:16:52. > :16:57.the baritones? Talks about watching that encounter between Bryn Terfel
:16:58. > :17:01.and Dmitri Hvorostovsky back in 1989 already two baritones through to the
:17:02. > :17:08.final. Could we be setting ourselves up for a return this year? Let's get
:17:09. > :17:11.an immediate response from my guests, Jacques Imbrailo and Mary
:17:12. > :17:16.King. Jab-macro, a baritone on a baritone, give is your opinion? John
:17:17. > :17:21.is a very classy singer and he very much knows what he wants, right
:17:22. > :17:24.through his range. He's got a very good top. It's a very solid
:17:25. > :17:27.technique and he uses it well. What about the scale of voice,
:17:28. > :17:38.particularly the Donizetti weather is a big orchestral texture to work
:17:39. > :17:48.with? Is probably the one which at this stage is a bit too big. He's
:17:49. > :18:05.got a very good top line, he should stick to his strengths. It tells you
:18:06. > :18:11.a lot about the American teaching. We have had some special baritones
:18:12. > :18:17.this week. John joins Angel. Wonderful job. You have great high
:18:18. > :18:22.notes on how do you produce in a competition like this? Yes, I wasn't
:18:23. > :18:27.sure it was going to happen that way but I felt comfortable on stage. I
:18:28. > :18:31.was nervous, but as soon as I go on stage and I'm in front of the
:18:32. > :18:36.orchestra is feels right. It didn't show up at all. I wish you the best
:18:37. > :18:40.of luck. Wonderful. If you've missed John's performance, or any of the
:18:41. > :18:45.performances this week, be sure to catch up with is on BBC iPlayer. Now
:18:46. > :18:47.it's time for our second competitor of the evening, from England, Louise
:18:48. > :19:02.Alder. Born in London, Louise Mensch tested
:19:03. > :19:06.is at the Royal College of music and started singing with the operas
:19:07. > :19:10.Frankfurt three years ago. She has sung in Glyndebourne and is
:19:11. > :19:16.currently performing as Sophie and Rosenkavalier with the Welsh
:19:17. > :19:23.National opera. I've had music in my life since I was born. My parents
:19:24. > :19:29.are both professional musicians and I grew up in a grisly musical
:19:30. > :19:36.household. -- crazy musical household. I've watched Cardiff Sing
:19:37. > :19:41.all my life, on TV with my parents and always looked at the fingers and
:19:42. > :19:46.thought, my goodness, they are so talented and I couldn't even imagine
:19:47. > :19:53.what it would be like to be in that competition -- looked at the
:19:54. > :19:59.singers. I feel very lucky to be here and to be picked to represent
:20:00. > :20:02.England. It's about singing music that I absolutely adore with one of
:20:03. > :20:11.the best orchestras in the world. APPLAUSE
:20:12. > :20:19.Handel's Julius Caesar to begin and the role Louis has sung onstage
:20:20. > :20:24.alongside her friend and fellow winner, Jamie Barton. She sings of
:20:25. > :23:01.the battle to come between him and Tolomeo.
:23:02. > :23:14.Louise Alder singing from Handel's Giulio Cesare. Massenet's Darmon
:23:15. > :23:19.next, in this barrier the impulsive and headstrong Mano tells her cousin
:23:20. > :23:25.Lescaut how excited she is at first of travel, unaware as she is of the
:23:26. > :27:13.turbulent times that lie ahead -- Manon next.
:27:14. > :27:26.APPLAUSE Louise Alder singing from Massenet's
:27:27. > :27:33.Manon. Let's get a quick response from Mary King. Absolutely stunning,
:27:34. > :27:40.right on top of her game. Wonderful. For her final piece she's going to
:27:41. > :27:56.sing No Word From Tom, from Stravinsky's rakes progress.
:27:57. > :27:58.# Guide me, Omoon, chastely when I depart
:27:59. > :29:24.# No, my father has strength of purpose, while Tom is weak
:29:25. > :29:39.# And wants the comfort of a helping hand.
:29:40. > :29:52.# O God, protect dear Tom, support my father
:29:53. > :30:35.# Though it be shunned or be forgotten
:30:36. > :30:53.# Though it be shunned or be forgotten
:30:54. > :31:28.# It will not alter, if love be love, if love be love
:31:29. > :31:34.# It will not alter, it will not alter, it will not alter.
:31:35. > :32:05.# Love cannot falter, cannot desert
:32:06. > :32:21.# Cannot desert, time cannot alter
:32:22. > :32:36.# A loving heart, an ever loving heart.
:32:37. > :33:05.No Word From Tom from Stravinsky's rakes progress by Louise Alder, who
:33:06. > :33:10.has already won many hearts here in Cardiff, currently singing Sophie at
:33:11. > :33:15.the world -- currently singing as the Welsh National Opera. One more
:33:16. > :33:19.performance there alongside thinning hair. Mary King and Jack umbrellas
:33:20. > :33:25.are here. Mary, you were obviously impressed? I think she is wonderful
:33:26. > :33:30.and she is one of the people we have seen here thing repertoire that they
:33:31. > :33:35.can really sing. Making really smart choices. The other thing with Harry
:33:36. > :33:40.is that she acts with her voice and cheese thing and she takes her time.
:33:41. > :33:45.It's incredibly impressive. She's a member of the opera company in
:33:46. > :33:49.Frankfurt in Germany. Several of our singers are on contract with opera
:33:50. > :33:53.houses in Europe, the experience you get from that is incredible, isn't
:33:54. > :33:57.it, doing lots of roles? Yes, and you can see that they are so
:33:58. > :34:02.polished, well rounded performances in every way. You believe everything
:34:03. > :34:07.she says because she means it but she has also got the vocal technique
:34:08. > :34:11.to express what she wants to. It's very, very good. And there is an
:34:12. > :34:16.enormous charm when she gets inside the character? Look on the big
:34:17. > :34:20.screen and you can see in high-rise, you can see everything. You really
:34:21. > :34:29.do believe every character which is rise -- rare in a competition where
:34:30. > :34:35.you are so nervous. And, Mary, confidence to do what is right for
:34:36. > :34:39.her at this time? She was in charge of that August. Make no mistake.
:34:40. > :34:47.They played how she wanted them to play. -- she was in charge of that
:34:48. > :34:51.orchestra. Well, will she make it through to Sunday's final? She is
:34:52. > :35:01.already three to one final on Saturday evening. Let's join a jewel
:35:02. > :35:04.backstage now with Louise. Well, I have the honour to stand next to
:35:05. > :35:11.Louise. What were you thinking during your Stravinsky peace? I
:35:12. > :35:16.don't know. I think that singing is really just acting but with a few
:35:17. > :35:20.nights, or should be, I hope. I was trying to put myself in her shoes
:35:21. > :35:25.and convey the words but also thinking about the technical side.
:35:26. > :35:31.The top seed at the end. But you are in the middle of shows at the
:35:32. > :35:35.moment. Does that prepare you? I think that means I have had less
:35:36. > :35:44.time off to worry, affording me less stressed time, which is probably
:35:45. > :35:54.good. I wish you the best of luck. You are a star, Louise. Oh, thank
:35:55. > :36:05.you. Now, another baritone, Iurii Samoilov from Ukraine. Born in the
:36:06. > :36:13.Odessa region of Ukraine, Iiuri's upbringing was a stark difference
:36:14. > :36:18.from his current life now with the Frankfurt Opera. I grew up next to
:36:19. > :36:22.the Black Sea, spending every summer at my grandmother's country house,
:36:23. > :36:29.working a lot with different animals, like with sheep and cows. I
:36:30. > :36:35.know how to milk cows. At Frankfurt, he has played title roles that
:36:36. > :36:42.include Don Giovanni, Peter Rimes and Eugene on again. It's one of the
:36:43. > :36:46.most important opera houses in Germany and in Europe I think, too.
:36:47. > :36:51.It's growing very fast, winning a lot of opera awards and Opera house
:36:52. > :36:55.of the year. They give me all the opportunities and I'm very glad I
:36:56. > :37:06.got this chance and I'm very glad that my role is going this way. I
:37:07. > :37:12.think that this is the top -- competition of the world for opera
:37:13. > :37:13.singers and I'm glad to be here. I think I will touch people's hearts.
:37:14. > :37:18.I will try to do it. Iurii Samoilov starts his programme
:37:19. > :37:25.with Mozart's Marriage of Figaro. Count Almaviva believes
:37:26. > :37:26.he is meeting his wife's maid, Susanna, for a romantic tryst ? only
:37:27. > :37:29.to hear her telling her fiance, the manservant Figaro,
:37:30. > :37:32.that they can now be married. Iurii Samoilov singing from the
:37:33. > :47:23.marriage of Figaro. APPLAUSE
:47:24. > :47:27.Pushkin set by Rachmaninov. Sung by Iurii Samoilov, 28-year-old
:47:28. > :47:31.Ukrainian baritone. He too is through to the Song Prize final,
:47:32. > :47:36.with Louise Alder and also John Chest, who we heard first this
:47:37. > :47:44.evening. They will be on stage here, the Song Prize final, which you can
:47:45. > :47:49.see on Saturday evening on BBC Four. Let's get an immediate response to
:47:50. > :47:54.his performance from Djakpa-macro and Mary. A role he has sung
:47:55. > :47:59.recently Frankfurt, where he is based, where he is in the company.
:48:00. > :48:04.How was he for you? It was good, full of character, full of energy
:48:05. > :48:07.and real dynamism. He's a great communicator. Maybe the bottom of
:48:08. > :48:12.the voice hasn't quite settled. I'm not quite sure, it wasn't all fun
:48:13. > :48:16.absolute peace, but maybe that was nervous. It was interesting he's in
:48:17. > :48:20.the Song Prize, singing that Rachmaninov songs in Russian, a
:48:21. > :48:24.language which is one he knows well? Yes, you almost came into his own in
:48:25. > :48:28.that, the voice was clear, you could almost hear what his voice is like
:48:29. > :48:31.better in that. And the other, there's over darkening and it falls
:48:32. > :48:36.back a bit but in the Russian, in his own mother tongue, you can hear
:48:37. > :48:39.the beauty of his voice. Let's go backstage and join Angel.
:48:40. > :48:44.One of my favourite pieces by Rachmaninov, usually we don't hear
:48:45. > :48:51.it orchestrated. Why did you choose this piece? This piece, this song by
:48:52. > :48:53.Rachmaninov, is very close to my heart and this orchestration and
:48:54. > :48:59.transposition for baritone was made especially for me and I'm glad to
:49:00. > :49:03.present it here in Cardiff and share this music with the Cardiff
:49:04. > :49:09.audience. You did it beautifully, congratulations. Thank you very
:49:10. > :49:10.much. Continuing with our dramatic concert this evening as Turkish
:49:11. > :49:26.mezzo-soprano Ezgi Karakaya. Nice to see you!
:49:27. > :49:33.LAUGHTER 28-year-old Gil-macro recently
:49:34. > :49:36.attended a masterclass in Finland, where she was asked by her
:49:37. > :50:48.profession she's ever been in an international singing competition.
:50:49. > :51:04.Bravo! Ezgi Karakaya is going to start with Offenbach's opera,
:51:05. > :51:05.Nicklausse laying the violin, and exploring the links between music
:51:06. > :54:50.and love. -- playing the violin. Ezgi says she has chosen this
:54:51. > :54:58.programme simply because it is music For her final song a piece from
:54:59. > :55:04.Donizetti's grand opera La Favorita. Leonora is to marry the man
:55:05. > :55:07.she loves, Fernando ? but she realises she is going
:55:08. > :55:11.to have to tell him the truth, She imagines herself rejected,
:55:12. > :02:20.and veiled in black. 20 H a road Turkish mezzosoprano, --
:02:21. > :02:25.28-year-old Turkish mezzosoprano Ezgi Karakaya.
:02:26. > :02:30.She sang jazz as a teenager until Headteachers showed her a video of
:02:31. > :02:37.Carmen and that is what made her consider a career as an opera
:02:38. > :02:41.singer. She says she is very happy to have a career in the six opera
:02:42. > :02:45.houses in Turkey. She was debating whether she was even going to enter
:02:46. > :02:49.this competition, left it until the last minute to decide but Jacques, I
:02:50. > :02:57.think it's pretty good for us that she came? Wow, what a voice. What an
:02:58. > :03:00.instrument. And pretty unique? That's does not a voice we hear very
:03:01. > :03:06.often, certainly not in this country? Not in this country or in
:03:07. > :03:11.the world, really. It's so lush at the bottom and the smoothness and
:03:12. > :03:15.the line is fantastic. A little bit of work to do at the top so she
:03:16. > :03:22.doesn't over open at it but it's a wonderful, wonderful instrument. And
:03:23. > :03:28.to hear her singing lap ivory tower there, such as JP is for the
:03:29. > :03:33.mezzosoprano. But he said this was a singer -- such a showpiece for a
:03:34. > :03:38.mezzosoprano. But you said this was a singer embarking on a journey.
:03:39. > :03:43.It's a wild instrument with the expression and I really loved it.
:03:44. > :03:46.The moment she opened her mouth, I knew we were in for something very
:03:47. > :03:55.special. Let's go backstage to Angel. It's not very often that we
:03:56. > :04:04.hear large voices that can also have such feeling. Firstly, thank you so
:04:05. > :04:09.much. I was feeling so strong and so deeply whilst I was singing the aria
:04:10. > :04:19.from Donizetti because this aria is so special for me. This role is one
:04:20. > :04:24.of my dreams. I'm so happy to perform in here, this aria. Yes,
:04:25. > :04:32.well we enjoyed your performance. All the best of luck. Thank you so
:04:33. > :04:36.much. We continue with our powerful support than this. Back to you. --
:04:37. > :04:41.our powerful performances. And onto our final competitor
:04:42. > :05:03.in tonight's concert - After two years at university
:05:04. > :05:11.studying IT, Lukhanyo left to study opera. There are too many singers in
:05:12. > :05:14.South Africa and only one opera company, so if you are chosen to be
:05:15. > :05:22.one of their singers, then you are lucky. So you needed to keep on
:05:23. > :05:37.singing, make sure you don't fall, because when you fall, they will
:05:38. > :05:42.just pass you. I've tried other competitions but this one is, I
:05:43. > :05:49.think it's the top. So I decided to take part in this one so that many
:05:50. > :05:53.people will see me. I'm here for Africa instead of South Africa
:05:54. > :05:54.because I'm the only African who is here, though it feels great to be
:05:55. > :06:03.one of the 20. Bravo. The former rugby player who took up
:06:04. > :06:05.singing when he was injured. He starts his programme
:06:06. > :06:08.with Verdi's Rigoletto. The Duke of Mantua,
:06:09. > :06:09.discovering Rigoletto's daughter Gilda gone,
:06:10. > :06:11.sings of his loss - declaring his love for her
:06:12. > :06:13.and vowing revenge on whoever The Duke in Rigoletto, a role he has
:06:14. > :09:19.just sung at Cape Town Opera. The poet Rodolfo seizing
:09:20. > :18:29.the hand of the young Mimi APPLAUSE
:18:30. > :18:32.Lukhanyo says he is the only singer from the continent in Cardiff this
:18:33. > :18:38.year. He's not just singing for South Africa, but for all Africa.
:18:39. > :18:44.Thomas Sondergard conducted the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Well,
:18:45. > :18:47.as we have a South African singer is our guest this evening, Jacques
:18:48. > :18:50.Imbrailo, we should start immediately with your views on your
:18:51. > :18:55.company create? You're the bobbin I think you did the country proud. He
:18:56. > :19:02.sang beautifully. He's so likeable. He has a lovely aura. The voice is a
:19:03. > :19:05.little bit tense at points, but amazingly, he still manages to take
:19:06. > :19:13.you along with him. He still gets it out. I was very surprised he would
:19:14. > :19:18.get through the whole programme after singing it this afternoon as
:19:19. > :19:22.well. He did a really good job. What wonderful heft, he'd have no problem
:19:23. > :19:25.in the biggest operetta houses. You could hear that in front of a
:19:26. > :19:29.massive orchestra, twice that size. It cuts through too much sometimes,
:19:30. > :19:33.you feel you want a little more yields, a little more warmth in the
:19:34. > :19:41.tone, but he will learn that. Thanks very much. That's hear from
:19:42. > :19:45.Lukhanyo. Bravo, you seemed to live the part
:19:46. > :19:49.of Rodolfo so well. I've never sung Rodolfo, I'd love to sing Rodolfo.
:19:50. > :19:56.It's the aria I've been singing in many competitions actually. This is
:19:57. > :20:05.why it fits so well with you? Yes. Bravo to you, fabulous job. That's
:20:06. > :20:08.the end of round three. Back to you, Petroc.
:20:09. > :20:13.Thank you, Angel. Joining me is the internationally acclaimed baritone
:20:14. > :20:16.Wolfgang Holzmair, one of our distinguished panel of judges in the
:20:17. > :20:20.Cardiff Singer this year. Welcome. We spoke to you before the
:20:21. > :20:23.competition began. You said you would be looking for above
:20:24. > :20:28.everything else, above even vocal ability, the ability to tell a
:20:29. > :20:33.story. Have you heard that so far? I've heard that many times in this
:20:34. > :20:40.competition. I'm extremely excited, I have to tell you. I'm surprised
:20:41. > :20:45.about the overall level of all the competitors. It's wonderful. I've
:20:46. > :20:54.had many times this storytelling. I've seen real personalities
:20:55. > :21:00.onstage. Well, the voice quality matters a lot. I mean, it's not that
:21:01. > :21:05.I put it aside. It's just the package. The package contains the
:21:06. > :21:12.voice, the personality, the storytelling, reaching out to the
:21:13. > :21:16.audience and at the end forgetting about the competition and just
:21:17. > :21:21.perform. You work with a lot of young singers. You have a lot of
:21:22. > :21:25.students. I guess competitions are an essential part of the job of
:21:26. > :21:31.being a singer now, aren't they? They are because they are in many
:21:32. > :21:38.cases the real start to a career. They start in smaller theatres, or
:21:39. > :21:42.do oratorio, then they have to chance to come to such a
:21:43. > :21:48.competition, which is one of the most distinguished competitions.
:21:49. > :21:55.They are seen, you know? It's televised. To the world. Yes, they
:21:56. > :22:00.are seen, and that's a real boost to their career. It means much more
:22:01. > :22:07.than all the publicity you are doing always for the singers. Well, we
:22:08. > :22:10.would love to know what goes on behind the closed doors, but that
:22:11. > :22:16.remains secret. We will let you go there and join your fellow jurors.
:22:17. > :22:18.Thank you for talking to us, Wolfgang Holzmair. Mary and Angel
:22:19. > :22:22.have been talking about different aspects of the world of opera
:22:23. > :22:23.singing. Tonight, they are talking about the different types of voices
:22:24. > :22:38.we are listening to here in Cardiff. It's interesting to me, when it
:22:39. > :22:42.comes to singing and just the voice on its own, there are so many things
:22:43. > :22:45.that make up the voice. There's musicality, there's the artistry,
:22:46. > :22:49.the charisma, the connection with the piece of music that one is
:22:50. > :22:54.singing. All of these great little tiny facets that make up the artist.
:22:55. > :22:59.Absolutely, and are you a lyrical voice, are you a light and high
:23:00. > :23:04.voice that moves fast, or are you a strong, full toned rich voice,
:23:05. > :23:08.singing loudly is not enough. Is it? All voices have so many vocal
:23:09. > :23:12.colours. There are so many vocal colours and those are triggered by
:23:13. > :23:17.involvement with the words and the drama. Absolutely because if there's
:23:18. > :23:21.no connection, then how can the feel anything? The audience will feel
:23:22. > :23:24.nothing. There's a lot of pressure on young singers that they should be
:23:25. > :23:28.as great as their predecessors and they are thrown very early into
:23:29. > :23:32.doing huge roles that are very, very demanding. When you think about
:23:33. > :23:38.people like Grace Bumby, who were doing starring roles, at 23, this
:23:39. > :23:42.would be unusual now. You can't necessarily compete with those
:23:43. > :23:45.people. You have to be yourself. Right that goes with being able to
:23:46. > :23:51.trust herself when she was 23 years old to know she was able to do that
:23:52. > :23:58.musically and have a connection with it. It's such a large role to thing
:23:59. > :24:02.at an early age. She had great guidance, it's that thing that makes
:24:03. > :24:05.you confident as a performer. As the jury consider their verdict let's
:24:06. > :24:15.remind ourselves who is in contest and this evening. We started tonight
:24:16. > :24:20.with American baritone John Chest. Thorough, warm, well-prepared,
:24:21. > :24:26.beautiful voice. English singer Louise Alder followed. A beautiful
:24:27. > :24:30.voice. Baritone Iurii Samoilov from Ukraine. Lots and lots of character.
:24:31. > :24:37.It might be too soon for him to go on to the top prize here. Turkish
:24:38. > :24:42.soprano Ezgi Karakaya. Wrote wonderful instrument, a Rolls-Royce
:24:43. > :24:48.or voice. From South Africa, tenor Lukhanyo Moyake. Fantastic stamina,
:24:49. > :24:53.likeable to watch. A very likeable singer. All five after Mike's
:24:54. > :24:56.competitors also took part in the Song Prize held at the Royal Welsh
:24:57. > :24:59.College of Music and Drama. You can hear the last round of the Song
:25:00. > :25:02.Prize on Radio Three tomorrow lunchtime. If you missed the others,
:25:03. > :25:09.you can catch up with them on the iPlayer radio. The Song Prize final
:25:10. > :25:12.here on BBC Four, 7:30pm on Saturday evening. As fortnight, what a night.
:25:13. > :25:17.The tension continues to build. Angel is in the thick of it
:25:18. > :25:21.backstage. Ewan-macro surprisingly the singers are very relaxed and
:25:22. > :25:25.there's a wonderful tranquil spirit. I wish I could say the same for me,
:25:26. > :25:28.I'm excited and nervous for all of them but I think everyone sang to
:25:29. > :25:33.the best of their ability. We had wonderful coloratura, very dramatic
:25:34. > :25:37.performances, and overall, very strong competitive evening. Even
:25:38. > :25:40.though only one singer will be chosen tonight, there's always the
:25:41. > :25:44.judges' wild card which means on finals night there is another singer
:25:45. > :25:48.who will have the opportunity to perform that evening. It's also
:25:49. > :25:54.suspenseful, but it's also very exciting! Very close to win it this
:25:55. > :26:00.evening. I'm going to push my guests to name who they think should go
:26:01. > :26:04.through. Lots of things you liked tonight, Jacques. Who will take the
:26:05. > :26:11.prize for you? I think between the two girls and that Bush I would
:26:12. > :26:17.think Louise. Mary? I think it will be Louise. I think the jury jury are
:26:18. > :26:23.about to announce the result. Let's see if they have agreed. Thank you
:26:24. > :26:29.very much, Jacques and Mary King. Thank you. Dame Kiri Te Kanawa where
:26:30. > :26:35.once again leads the party onto the stage. She is patron of Cardiff
:26:36. > :26:41.Singer of the World. David Pountney, Anu Tali, Wolfgang Holzmair, Sumi Jo
:26:42. > :26:46.and the great American mezzo-soprano, soprano grace bubble.
:26:47. > :26:51.Cardiff Singer of the World juror. Dame Kiri Te Kanawa will announce
:26:52. > :27:01.tonight's winner. The winner tonight, Louise Alder. England.
:27:02. > :27:06.CHEERING AND APPLAUSE Louise Alder, the 30-year-old
:27:07. > :27:13.English soprano singing here in Wales, in Welsh National opera into
:27:14. > :27:22.Rosenkavalier. The winner of this third round. Jacques? It was the
:27:23. > :27:25.right choice. A great performance, captivated the whole audience.
:27:26. > :27:30.Wonderful to hear somebody saying the things they should sing now.
:27:31. > :27:36.Were thank you both very much, Mary King and Jacques Imbrailo. We will
:27:37. > :27:44.see Louise Alder alongside Anthony Clark Evans from the USA and
:27:45. > :27:49.Ariunbaatar Ganbaatar in the Sunday night final. Join us tomorrow night
:27:50. > :27:54.for the final round of Cardiff Singer 2017, 7:30pm on BBC Four,
:27:55. > :27:58.singers from Armenia, England, Scotland, Australia and Uzbekistan.
:27:59. > :28:00.Thank you for your company tonight. On BBC Music date, we leave you with
:28:01. > :28:27.Moross tonight's winner, Louise Alder. -- BBC Music Day.
:28:28. > :28:34.# A loving heart, an ever loving heart.