as a singer who HAS actually trained with REAL opera coaches, one a prof emeritus from Juilliard, here’s my take - the song is ok, musically, BUT I cannot believe Oksana seriously ever studied with anyone as far as her singing is concerned - at least, not anyone who she learned what opera singing is supposed to be.  She is not on her breath, but breathy.  Her diction is horrible - even good pop singers have good diction - look at Sinatra!  Excellent diction.  Her voice, described by others as ‘thin’ is not abdominally produced - I don’t know if in this video she is actually singing live or lip synching, but her neck muscles look strained and she is jutting her head out - bad form for singing - you keep the chin in and don’t sing on the throat.  She is not singing with good support.  Her tone is thin because of that.  And her tone also sounds scratchy at one point.  She is scooping all over the place and sliding between notes - a good ‘opera’ singer knows how to sing LEGATO and tries to connect their notes from one to the next fluidly - or at least practices their buns off working to achieve that.  I won my local Met auditions years ago - didn’t go to regionals - but there are so many wonderful singers out there who, win or not, can sing circles around this gal.  Just shows the injustice of the ‘entertainment’ industry that those who have talent oftentimes don’t get a chance whereas those who haven’t got what it takes do.  Her skills are obviously more in the piano department than in the singing department.  There is no opera company in the world that would hire her for any role, even a soubrette one.  She would not carry over an orchestra.

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