At least that is what the English translation of his website says. Is that kinda like a musical messiah? Hmm. You can decide.
Brother Ursi continues to introduce me to amazing musicians, and this one is no exception. VITAS, who is Russian, has the ability to sing into the soprano range and sound like an interesting morph between a high alto dominatrix vixen and a theremin on steroids. But the power inhis voice can only be likened to the evil chain-smoking Kung Fu mistress in KUNG FU HUSTLE where she inhales an entire cigarette and let’s out a wall of sonic destruction, splitting walls and buildings, ripping out trees, and destroying virtually everything in its way, that is except another Kung Fu master.
Here is a video of his Lucia di Lammermoor. Get ready: This is not your Mama’s Lucia.
This is an artist to watch. I hope that he invests in a better English translator for all of our sakes.
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He can contact me and I’ll recommend a very good Russian to English translator.
As for your description of “an interesting morph between a high alto dominatrix vixen and a theremin on steroids”, I’m not sure whether it says more about you or me that I could actually “picture” (is there an equivalent word for imagining a sound?) it.
I knew SOMEONE would get the image. Even if they didn’t, the voice speaks for itself!
Ok midwestern skeptic here…I believe Vitas was born with two x’s and not the requisite y…has anyone heard him/her sing truly live without the digital enhancement? But ok, wow! all the same.
Another friend wonders whether he is a castrato.
A midwestern busybody here…
It does sound more like a male rather than a female voice to me. (Not that I’m a voice expert, but I do know a little about men…
) Anyway, just thinking out loud…
He could be a castrato, yes
He could have an extra x on top of the standard xy
He could have a hormonal condition
He could have some other condition
Or he could just be able to sing that high…
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