http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NMS3bj3QGo&feature=related
Matthew Polenzani
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7xrPHPFH9Y
Barbara's performance of Mozart's Et incarnatus is very well controlled. What I notice is her constant modification of the [a] vowel in the melismatic passages. As she moves into her upper register her [a] becomes more [o]-like in. Everything in between is some variant of [a]. Otherwise, during the entire performance her body and mouth are completely relaxed--almost astonishingly so.
Matthew Polenzani? Yeah, this guy is a freak of nature. Crazy. I don't know how he does this. His body barely moves from the neck down. At least not in anyway that seriously compromises his sound. His neck seems to extend a bit in during his higher notes but otherwise he's very relaxed. Unlike Barabara, although he modifies vowels some the result seems less apparent in his sound.
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