This must be what you're discussing :
I'm not aware of this recording and I don't recall reading of it being discussed here at SD ....I must have missed it !
What jumps out right away is that her voice cracks upon first speaking the first lines of the night :
"thank you ! thank you very much!"
The source for the video at youtube says it is from three nights of singing at Wembley, so from that I would conclude that they extracted the best versions from each night ? [[?) Either that or they picked the worst night for her voice to record ...perhaps the last night , thinking she'd be well rehearsed and the most comfortable at that point , not factoring in the notion that by then her voice could be stretched to its limit.
That strikes me as likely plausible , as its a loud , long, strenuous show to do three nights in a row. Pitchers in baseball don't do that !!
And performing in an arena is a whole different ballgame than smaller more intimate ones. You have to keep a lot of people, most sitting far away, engaged , which means amping it up [[louder faster) to suit the size of the crowd.
And to top it off Diana is doing it all alone !! [[Except the non-featured back up singers).
It's kind of a shocking, the nondescript staging. The style of the day is lots of flash, energetic dancers dominating, with lots of orchestrated lighting, and any other array of theatrics stuck in , pyrotechnics, etc.. . No dancers here at all , the lights are but spot lights and generic ambiences of red , blue, .. is there even a large screen ?? Very clever, the two costume changes , perhaps the one thing the most thought was put into.... but even at that , were the first and last looks too similar?? and to continue being picky, she changes out of a slinky tight sequinned Supremes type gown into an exaggerated broad and flowing ball gown .... to then do a Supremes medley!
Very surprising , [[and I'm guessing disappointing to the audience). Diana's performing a rather lengthy intro to LOVEHANGOVER only to truncate it right when it kicks in. [[that would've been a good time to let a dance instrumental take charge for a few minutes while taking a break, beyond the quick costume change).
Also I bet when she started singing the slow and vocally taxing ENDLESS LOVE , she was thinking ,
"Damn why did I just run around throughout this entire arena like that !" lol!!
Overall , I get the impression she's in over her head. But, she is one tough cookie , out there on her own taking on the crowd like that !
oh and WONDERFUL WORLD is ......wonderful ....
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