Coloratura

 I listened to the Virtual finals of the Camille Coloratura Awards tonight. 

I had forgotten how beautiful a voice can be.

I am certainly no judge of any sort of singing, especially this sort, but when I closed my eyes I had no doubt what pleased me and what made me cringe a little.

Some of the high notes sounded tinny to me and some had a bit of an edge I found unpleasant, but one person melted my heart and my ears.

The music was silky and smooth, it literally slid up and down the scales like some sort of heavenly light on a divine vocal chord. I could have listened to that one all night.

To my surprise, when I opened my eyes, it was a man!

I did not know men could be Coloratura sopranos, but there was no doubt this one was.

Among all the lovely voices, his was the one that stole the show for me.