Pass the
smelling salts, please. The multinational quartet, Il Divo, conjured a romance-novel
fantasy of dashing suitors tearing their hearts off their sleeves, which made
the ladies in the audience faint with ecstasy on Saturday, Sept. 2.
Il Divo — the American tenor David Miller, the Spanish
baritone Carlos Marin, the French pop singer Sebastien Izambard, and the Swiss
tenor Urs Bühler — constitutes an astutely selected mixture of operatic and
quasi-operatic voices, singing in several languages, which blend seamlessly while
maintaining perfect pitch. Saturday's Atlanta performance was a beautiful feat
of vocal coordination.
"For me, singing a great song is
like making love," the suave Spanish baritone, Carlos Marin, explained during one of four segments in which the
individual singers introduced themselves and cracked jokes. "You start softly," Marin stressed.
"You never rush."
The
Best of Il Divo's repetoire stretched across a vast variety of styles and
songs, going from balladic pop, to musical theatre, Latin/dance to
classical.
This
quartet is known for their romantic sound and the tree-cover, tiered-levels and
stonework at Chastain Park Amphitheater provided an intimate, cozy setting. How lovely it was to sit outdoors, listen to music, chat with a dear
friend and sip wine in soft, fluttering candlelight.
Thank
you Live Nation for bringing The Best of Il Divo to Atlanta.
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Happy to see this review from Atlanta. Brings back wonderful memories of our night in the open air venue of Sidney-Myer Music Bowl in Melbourne Australia. So much fun, we were in the front row and Seb's family were in the audience! A very special night it was! ?..Divomad
ReplyDeleteThanks bunches, Gwen. It was an awesome night!
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