Simone Kermes

She is amazing, you should hear her sing on Youtube, and tell me what you think.

Could you recommend a specific video with her? There's so much with her, many kinds of music. What does she specialize in? I hear it's definitely not baroque but it sounds like a good voice.

Do you have any albums with her?

for example "Manca sollecita" by Leornardo Leo or "Agitata da due venti" by Vivaldi

I just listened to "Agitata da due venti". I like her use of chest register but I think the singing was a bit unfocused. She moves a lot so that probably makes it harder to stay focused in an aria like this.

What do you like most about her voice?

I like her colour its very clear, but also thick and of course how she masters the high notes. I think the slow and emotional arias fit more to her than the others, but she has a good coloraturatechnique

It's a nice rendition of Agitata da due venti. beautiful and florid voice. but i sort of like Cecilia Bartoli's one because it seems more focused with more power, and also a richer darker tone. Note that i didn't say i like Cecilia Bartoli's voice, I feel it's quite unnatural. but i liked her interpretation and performance of Agitata da due venti. It's more, desperate, scared and powerful, like the panicky sailors on a turbulent sea.

but her way of singing coloraturas is very unnatural, she sings it with glottis stop and this is very "romantic" (first introduced by garcia)
and not "baroque" using either chest or (later at mozarts time) only using the throat. and her "thick dark tone" is in rality verey, very small ( i heard her live)its all made by cd technique