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Bernarda Fink, mezzo-soprano & Anthony Spiri, piano

Philadelphia Chamber Music Society

January 22, 2010

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Argentinean mezzo-soprano Bernarda Fink possesses one of opera's most elegant voices. Her PCMS recital debut with pianist Anthony Spiri includes works by Schumann as well as a selection of Iberian songs.

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  Tickets: $23, $10 for students

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  Dates:
  January 22, 2010

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  8 pm

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  Kimmel Center - Perelman Theater

  260 S. Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102

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  • Event Name: Bernarda Fink, mezzo-soprano & Anthony Spiri, piano
    "Bernarda Fink - warmth and beauty"
    Review posted by: Tandy Warnow from Austin, TX, Jan 23, 2010
    

    Singer Bernarda Fink gave a wonderful recital yesterday at Kimmel. The concert included well known works by well known composers (Schumann, Granados and Rodrigo), and some other pieces that are rarely... Expand

    Singer Bernarda Fink gave a wonderful recital yesterday at Kimmel. The concert included well known works by well known composers (Schumann, Granados and Rodrigo), and some other pieces that are rarely performed (Gianneo's Seis Coplas and Dallapiccola's Quatro Liriche di Antonio Machado). Bernarda Fink is an exceptional artist. Everything was beautifully sung, but I found her particularly idiomatic in the second half, and especially in the Argentine folk poems set by Gianneo where she was quite playful. Her voice is not very large, but it is extremely expressive and filled with warmth. She reminded me of the young Teresa Berganza at times with the wonderful color in her chest register she brought to some of the Granados, while her very beautiful high notes lit up other songs, reminding us that she started off as a soprano and can still sound like a soprano when she wishes. I travelled from Texas to come to this concert - it was worth the trip. Collapse