Last night I wondered if Joaquina Kalukango, the singer for the In Memoriam (whose name I always have to look up to get right, so I accept no credit for typing it correctly) had ever performed the role of Christine in Phantom of the Opera. She has not, but I thought hers was a beautifully paced and sung performance of that song, which I like a lot, and which often seems to me to be an awkward one for singers.
I thought she was dreadful. I hated her voice.
No kidding?
I'll listen to it again sometime and see what I think.
I know vocalists are a matter of taste, but I found her changes in register pathetic, her vibrato worse than Ben Platt's, and I kept wondering who the hell thought this was a good spot for her. I went to YouTube to watch it again. She's bad when she forces. Some it is quite lovely, but I don't think it's consistenrtly good.