she certainly had a very breathy tone in the first piece, which was not consistent with the rest of her singing to my ear. A friend suggested that was a dramatic choice because she was grieving.

I’m so sorry people are being ridiculous in your replies. You asked for trained vocalists to weigh in, and everyone who is Not Trained But Has an Opinion Anyway is chiming in to ruin what could be decent discourse between people who actually studied technique. (I’m turning off replies because I don’t trust the internet not to be ridiculous and have more people willfully missing the point weighing in)