Title: Glorious singer, sensuous music
Product review: I'll come right out with it: I think Fleming is the best Strauss singer to come along since Elisabeth Schwarzkopf. There, I said it and I'm glad. There seems to be amongst some opera mavens a vendetta against this wonderful singer. 'Great voice, but there's nobody home.' Or some such. But just listen to the Marschallin's monolog. I defy you to say she doesn't sing the drama as well as the music. That one little phrase ". . . Resi war" tells you volumes about how she feels about her passing youth. And the wisdom of "Und in dem 'Wie', da liegt der ganze Unterschied" is conveyed in her phrasing. Yes, a major Strauss singer with brains, a creamy voice, perfect control, dramatic involvement.
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