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SLOW BURN.(Olga Borodina)
OLGA BORODINA PROJECTS MELTING INTENSITY AT ANY TEMPO
IN A CLASSICAL-MUSIC WORLD DEFINED MORE AN MORE BY WHAT SOUNDS BEST ON RECORDINGS, OLGA BORODINA IS A SINGER WHO TRULY NEEDS TO BE EXPERIENCED LIVE. EVERYTHING ABOUT HER IS OLD FASHIONED AND LARGE-SCALE. SHE IS TALL, WITH AN ALMOST REGAL PRESENCE. SHE MOVES BEST IN A BIG SPACE, AND HER SOUND NEEDS ROOM TO REVERBERATE. IT IS TEMPTING TO COMPARE HER VOICE TO A FERRARI -- FAST, AGILE AND UNCOMMONLY POWERFUL, A BREATHTAKING FEAT OF ENGINEERING. THERE IS, HOWEVER, A LANGUID AIR TO THE WAY SHE CARRIES HERSELF; IT IS HARD TO IMAGINE HER HURRYING TO GET ANYWHERE.
In her best-known roles -- the proud Polish ...
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