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SLOW BURN.(Olga Borodina)

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| August 01, 2001 | MELICK, JENNIFER | COPYRIGHT 2001 Metropolitan Opera Guild, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

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.

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