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  • Roberto Alagna as Des Grieux in Massenet's Manon
    Vienna, 10th March 2007.

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  • @steakopera
    @steakopera 15 років тому +5

    This aria is the most challenged aria for a spinto tenor which Alagna is. Unlike other arias where one cannot push it through and done with it. Alagna would have done it better but it appears he is not in good vocal condition. He didn't get carried away and distroy his reputation and ruin the night for everyone like Villazon.did. Alagna handled a situation well. This is what it takes to be a world class tenor. =)

  • @josemartin9974
    @josemartin9974 4 роки тому +4

    Ah Roberto quelle merveille quel souffle quelle technique c est superbe on ne s en lasse pas écouter réécouter

  • @annea1b
    @annea1b 17 років тому +3

    Finally, Alagna shows us that when it comes to French rep, he has no peer. He doesn't exude emotional torment; it's more like everything has been leached out of him. Bravo!!! Welcome back.

  • @ericobartelloni
    @ericobartelloni 2 роки тому +2

    Grand Roberto !
    Roberto est un ténor Lyrico spinto. il à donc un coeur de voix lyrique avec un caractère Spinto. il interprète les rôles qu'il juge en rapport avec ses deux éléments.
    avec parfois il est vrai une part de risques d'allergando...sur des opéras de type Paliacci ou Turandot.
    Et si depuis 20ans certains prédisent sa fin...
    Il est toujours là et continue à mettre la pâtée à pas mal de ténors de diverses générations.
    🤞🤞🤞

  • @colora40
    @colora40 13 років тому +10

    colora40 From the first moment when I heard him first time he has filled my heart and soul.He is every day in my life.His voice and his person.In my opinion he is absolutely the best.It is not easy to sing as lyric tenor but his tecnic is good and voice is welling out whith this marvellous vibrato.Iwhish him many years more on stage for our joy who love him.

  • @ximenadore
    @ximenadore 14 років тому +3

    Alagna wonderful singer and beautiful face!!!

  • @user-uq6rt1ld9o
    @user-uq6rt1ld9o 2 роки тому

    How much pain,expression!!!
    The artistry and beauty of the voice fascinates the listener!!!
    Bravissimo!❤️❤️❤️👏👏👏🌹🌹🌹

  • @gaytenor
    @gaytenor 15 років тому +1

    Alagna's vibrato helps give his voice the metallic quality that carries and his singing here, while not as fresh as it once was, is, by current standards, top shelf.

  • @tenorandrewowens
    @tenorandrewowens 17 років тому +6

    This is actually some of the best singing from Alagna in years, he should stick to this rep and never EVER stray from it. No more Pagliaccis, Trovatores, and esp. no more Aidas.

  • @myyellowlabfan
    @myyellowlabfan 15 років тому +2

    You can hear Alagna singing in this very same performance "En fermant les yeux" - absolutely beautiful! As to his '90s performances you can see the Romeo & Juliette from '94 Covent Garden, L'Elisir d'amore" from '96 in Lyon ( This is hilarious & available on DVD which I highly recommend), his duet with Bryn Terfel " Au fond du temple sant" from '96, and more...

  • @isabelescudero4119
    @isabelescudero4119 5 років тому +2

    Que grandisimo tenor

  • @jmj4879
    @jmj4879 Рік тому

    Merveilleuse Alagna, un des meilleurs !

  • @guilhem32
    @guilhem32 15 років тому +17

    I'm sorry to say that if all tenors of the world could sing as "bad" as he does in this video, it would be wonderful for the future of the opera ! Maybe he was not in a good day, but the base is strong, nothing is out of tune or cracked. Stop being so negative !

  • @tenoregrande
    @tenoregrande 16 років тому

    Bravo maestro Alagna!!!
    He has been strongly chilled and drank antibiotics.He had a heat.

  • @steakopera
    @steakopera 14 років тому +1

    tdeane
    Yes. He was. Listen to his early recordings.

  • @georgestroian6093
    @georgestroian6093 Рік тому

    Mon Dieu que de spécialiste, c'est incroyable ! Mais ont-il seulement compris les paroles ?

  • @steakopera
    @steakopera 14 років тому +1

    Nessun dorma is just an aria. Pav was not known for the hole production(Turandot) of it nor for the most of verismo. He tried crossover to spinto roles but not that successful. Pavarotti had the most beautiful voice for this century. Our ears are so tune to his stunning quality and we forget his true voice classification.

  • @loggione1984
    @loggione1984 10 років тому +12

    Ma quanti professori qui... Dicono che la voce di Alagna non vibra, che la posizione è bassa, che la maschera è inesistente, che la voce non è a fuoco... Ma dove le avete le orecchie??? Si vede che è un po' in difficoltà, ma la complessità di quest'aria giustifica la sua preoccupazione. In ogni caso, l'esecuzione è ottima e convincente. Se non avesse appoggiato i suoni in maschera e se la posizione fosse stata bassa, non sarebbe arrivato alla fine...

    • @NEWJAMPA2000
      @NEWJAMPA2000 8 років тому +3

      +loggione1984 Sono pienamente d'accordo, credo che molte persone esprimano opinioni senza conoscere realmente la tecnica vocale, la voce di Alagna sta in maschera pienamente, poi siamo tutti esseri umani, credo che un po' di stanchezza può' creare qualche problema di appoggio, ma si tratta comunque di un grandissimo tenore, questo è un pezzo difficilissimo.

  • @whyvehess
    @whyvehess 16 років тому

    la soprano es ANNA NETREBKO the maravillossssssa!!!
    I was at the performance that night! in vienna!

  • @Jaaakob
    @Jaaakob 14 років тому +2

    no, I mean what I wrote. Spinto qualities would be his unusually large instrument (for a lyric) and piericing core. His timbre differs in 'weight' and darkness from one recording to another; imo his voice was darker when he was younger.
    Some argue that the voice declined because he sang too heavy rep. Personally I believe that he had the qualities necessary for alot of the spinto rep. and that the decline had most to do with his age and general health. So to sum up I see him as a 'full' lyric.

  • @bradleymonroe6443
    @bradleymonroe6443 4 роки тому +1

    4:17 This is my favorite part. I am here for the high B flat!!!

    • @bradleymonroe6443
      @bradleymonroe6443 5 місяців тому

      @ian1856 This could apply possibly to the high B and high C arias too.

  • @myyellowlabfan
    @myyellowlabfan 15 років тому +1

    I think Alagna is acting & singing so way above most tenors, who stand & gesture & look embarrassed to show any emotion - so he has matured into a spinto which of course is different from his Romeo & Nemorino, but which is why now he is singing "Trovatore" & "Carmen" at the great opera houses - I think he sang "Trovatore" at ROH in June? & will be singing "Carmen" with Elaina Garanca (sp?) in October (new young fabulous Mezzo) at ROH and also at the Met in NYC in January...

  • @guedouarandree9285
    @guedouarandree9285 3 роки тому

    ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️👍👍👍👍👍👍

  • @Jaaakob
    @Jaaakob 14 років тому +1

    Pavarotti is not regarded as a lirico-leggiero. He was however, a full lyric with spinto qualities. His overtones were very pronounced, moreso than in the typical lyrical from what I've understood.

  • @prelasser
    @prelasser 15 років тому

    can anyone recommend UA-cam videos of the "90s" Alagna as was being discussed below?

  • @Jaaakob
    @Jaaakob 14 років тому

    I can't imagine Pavarotti singing the 'true' leggiero rep, like Almaviva or something like that. That, and I also think his success in the light lyric department actually had to do with the vocal thrill it gave that he _wasn't_ the typical voice for the part. It's a bit like hearing Jon Vickers, MDM, Corelli - you don't expect their voice type(s) to be able to cope with what they sing and when they do it really adds a thrill to the listeners experience.
    IDK, I guess we just judge differently...

  • @rosca04
    @rosca04 13 років тому +1

    @guilhem32 love you for that comment !

  • @tdeane34
    @tdeane34 14 років тому

    @steakopera Obviously I have heard his early recordings and you have not. He was a spinto that became a dramatic tenor.

  • @steakopera
    @steakopera 14 років тому

    Jaaakob
    I think we are arguing over subtle differences here. I want to concur your argument by this classification. Pavarotti, lirico-leggiero became a full lyric in later career as Caruso was a lyric and became spinto in his later career. Thanks. Good luck.

  • @steakopera
    @steakopera 14 років тому

    Jaaa

  • @dibeling
    @dibeling 16 років тому

    Help me out--are you saying Manon is too heavy for him or previous roles?

  • @camandrula
    @camandrula 17 років тому

    bravo. quien es la soprano?

  • @steakopera
    @steakopera 14 років тому

    Pavarotti is no doubt a great singer who classified his own league. His earlier repertoire were Donizetti's. Most tenors with "full lyric" type would not able to attempt in "La fille du regiment". Only the leggiero's could. Pavarotti is not soley typed as leggiero, those who could only part take in leggiero role. Now Pav's wide rage covers from leggiero to lyric or full lyric. So it is best to describe him as "lirico-leggiero. Not just "full lyric"

  • @philthompson8574
    @philthompson8574 4 роки тому

    Great fan of Alagna but I wonder given that he is French that he does not sing in the French style which is not to put weight on the top notes and sing them like Italian opera
    I wonder if there is any French tenor singing in the traditional in French opera

  • @LordMgls
    @LordMgls 13 років тому

    he takes it as a prayer. imo, this aria should be faced and sung like the expression of a psychological drama rather than as a prayer. different opinions... i accept, thumbs up for alagna.....hehe for now XP

  • @davidSBG
    @davidSBG 17 років тому

    always scooping and approaching the note from the bottom! sounds a bit tired as well. Great mood setting though.

  • @GylchrisSprauve
    @GylchrisSprauve 10 років тому +3

    Hmm...Bobby sounds sick here...head cold or something...the vocal cords are thick, resulting in that dark sound without the usual core, and the passaggio exceptionally cloudy. I'd like it much if there were posted a video of him singing this aria while healthy. I know he's got it in him.

  • @dunrob3
    @dunrob3 15 років тому

    If it weren`t for his wife (or girlfriend) he wouldn`t be anywhere near an opera house.

  • @jaketaz2848
    @jaketaz2848 12 років тому

    how is a prayer different from a psychological drama

  • @sidossi
    @sidossi 17 років тому +1

    Seems really tired... I really don't understand why he makes the last note so long (it's stupid, whe have to listen the orchestra here).

  • @steakopera
    @steakopera 14 років тому

    Jaaa
    You are stretching a bit. MDM,Corelli and Vicker is noway near lyric, if I understand you correctly. Yes, heavier voices tend to be more explosive on the high notes then those with lighter voice. However, Pavarotti is an exceptional tenor. He has both leggiero and lyric voice. We cannot disregard and solely put him in one classification.

  • @tdeane34
    @tdeane34 14 років тому

    @steakopera What? Caruso was never a lyric tenor.

  • @steakopera
    @steakopera 14 років тому

    Matt54e
    It's somewhat inevitable for Alagna and Carrearas to be led into sing heavier roles. They both have heroic quality in their voices. Lyric but quite robust and vulgar at the same time. I disagree on the part about Pav . He was a lirico-leggiero and Pav did lose high notes such as high C,C# and D which he possessed in early time of his career.

  • @steakopera
    @steakopera 14 років тому

    Well. Yes. I think he is lyric-spinto. Same goes for Carreras.

  • @MAPIAKALLAS
    @MAPIAKALLAS 14 років тому

    he has a wide vibroto on the high notes but he is still great i think he should stop singing roles that requiere so much of him now

  • @joanabanyeres
    @joanabanyeres 17 років тому +1

    The whole broadcast was in Vienn TV. Bad, bad.

  • @annea1b
    @annea1b 17 років тому

    If you send me your email address, I can point you to a source for this.

  • @janejones11
    @janejones11 17 років тому +3

    I completely agree. He had a beautiful voice once; however, the combination of a incomplete technique, and insanely heavy roles has ruined him :(

  • @joanabanyeres
    @joanabanyeres 17 років тому +2

    Not too good and I am a fan of Roberto

  • @rosca04
    @rosca04 13 років тому

    @Manric0 90% agreeing - exept the wife thing...

  • @Manric0
    @Manric0 15 років тому +2

    To the critics: If you don't like his performances, why do you watch? There are plenty of tenor arias on UA-cam. Just don't listen to the tenors you don't like.
    Although there are tenors who I like a lot better, there are obviously people who like Alagna a lot. He still keeps getting signed. I doubt that his beautiful wife is the sole reason.
    And one more comment to the critics: Can you sing better? I doubt it.

    • @AdrienneLaVey
      @AdrienneLaVey 7 років тому

      Manric0 Bravo, e grazie, signore. 👏🏻❤️

  • @trem0lo
    @trem0lo 17 років тому

    Well all the heavy Italian rep he sang certainly took a toll... He sounds tired and bleaty, especially in the upper range.

  • @unotenore
    @unotenore 14 років тому

    This is surely not one of Alagna's finer moments in an operatic role. He conveys the drama of the role visually, but his voice suffers without enough Chiara in most areas of this recitative and aria.

  • @steakopera
    @steakopera 14 років тому

    I never said Pav was leggiero. His is a lirico-leggiero. Names you mentioned above except Araiza are leggiero. Ariza falls into lirico-leggiero as well. Quit contrary to your opinion, Pav's innate talent overwhelms his technique. JDF did Rigoletto. That doesn't make him a lyric tenor and same for Pav. He sang frome Donizetti to Verdi but where had his voice flourished in? If you measure it on a scale, it will lean toward lirico-leggiero classification.

  • @philthompson8574
    @philthompson8574 6 років тому +1

    I'm no expert but my singing teacher has always told me to sing French opera with the same technique that would be used for donizetti or Mozart. I'm sure I'll Alagna is aware of the distinction between French and Italian Sstyles or delivery I should say but he prefers to sing his French stuff in a big Italian way which is great when you're younger and fit and if you don't sing too too many large roles too frequently but eventually it will take its toll he's starting to sign sound like his in the early stages of developing a di Stefano like hollow voice .Di Stefano is my favourite Italian tenor with a miraculous voice and I love Alagna as well I think he's been the outstanding and brilliantly consistent younger tenor of the last 20 years

  • @Jaaakob
    @Jaaakob 14 років тому

    Yes, his earlier reperoire was alot of Donizetti but not because he was a leggiero. Do you seriously think he fits in the same fach as JDF, Rockwell Blake, Luigi Alva or Araiza? I sure don't.
    A lyric tenor should be able to sing La Fille - it's not about ability in that case; it's about if it's fits. And Pavarotti isn't most tenors so his ability to sing Donizetti doesn't have much to do with his innate voice type; rather his technique.

  • @MAPIAKALLAS
    @MAPIAKALLAS 15 років тому

    he has such a whide whobble here its bad this opera role is not for him we need a strong lyric tenor for this opera but yes in the 1990 he was great

  • @wotan10950
    @wotan10950 6 років тому +2

    He certainly has the French language perfectly, but the French style is lacking. He sings Massenet's des Grieux like it's Puccini's des Grieux (which I saw in New York, and he was outstanding). But French style requires delicacy and finesse, which I don't think Alagna has in his technique anymore.

    • @axelzeltsch7791
      @axelzeltsch7791 5 років тому

      Alagna does better at the French reportoire than at Italian reportoire

    • @user-py1jg6bb2r
      @user-py1jg6bb2r 4 роки тому

      i like his 1990's recording, saw his Romeo at Met, no longer has the ringing voice, much drier and it was decades ago, now, not sure... but management loves him, who knows.

  • @Operafiend22
    @Operafiend22 16 років тому

    I'm glad to see Alagna back where he belongs rep. wise. But the damage from singing the heavier roles is evident here...the sound has lost it's beautiful bloom. Young singers should take note

  • @pkohalloran
    @pkohalloran 14 років тому

    jeez. follow the conductor much?

  • @jaketaz2848
    @jaketaz2848 12 років тому +1

    this is in Vienna, it's so that the German-speaking audience can understand, for fuck sake

  • @unotenore
    @unotenore 14 років тому

    THis is not one of Alagna's shining moments. THe voice is placed badly for this music: Oscuro but no Chiara. Strangely, his high B-flats are better than expected, but note how he throws his body into reverse posture to sing those.

  • @SlavKulikov
    @SlavKulikov 5 років тому

    теряет голос и не реставрирует его ничем....нет груди, нет правильной эволюции голоса

  • @Bjoerrelli
    @Bjoerrelli 14 років тому

    I think the problem with Alagna is that he´s so autodidact. He could always hit those high notes so he never have been forced to think about what he is doing, so when his registration turns heavy he can´t do anything to light it up. Pavarotti had the knowledge to be very small and focused above A-natural so he never sang with a heavy top.

  • @forallyouknow
    @forallyouknow 16 років тому +2

    Oh god... is voice. Such a waste, such a waste. As a French tenor, he could've done so much with the French roles but, now, look...

  • @FacePaster
    @FacePaster 14 років тому +1

    Alagna is great, his Romeo & Werther mid 90s are unsurpassed. His singing now, while still good, is not as good. He's taken some heavy rep as of late (Radames, Canio) which aren't right for his vocal weight, but I think his technical approach isn't quite right. Here, I think he sings a little loose in the passaggio and top, he loses core and focus F G Ab and gets too covered and out of resonance. Maybe in trying to singing darker/thicker as he took heavy roles he lost some focus in the tone...

  • @jaketaz2848
    @jaketaz2848 12 років тому

    That is hypocritical. The people that signed Alagna can't sing either. If you're going to say that everyone must be a better singer than Alagna in order to criticize him, then that means the non-singers that praise him are also invalid.
    Sure it's not the best rendition I've ever heard (Gedda) but it ain't bad, & better than a lot of the crap I've seen lately. But if the opinions of non-singers that dislike it don't matter, the exact same goes for any non-singer who praises it.

  • @Jaaakob
    @Jaaakob 14 років тому

    Listen to Pav singing verismo rep; then listen to Araiza. Take Nessun dorma for comparison - not close imo, in regards to timbre and voice type.
    Pavarotti has a considerably darker timbre than leggiero or light lyrics and his coloratura was nothing special. He was equally, or more, famous for singing Verdi and Puccini as he was for Dnz/Bellini. Rigoletto, hm? La boheme?
    You are getting things backwards; I said that his ability to sing light rep has to do with his talent, not his voice type.

  • @Jenissej
    @Jenissej 16 років тому +1

    Ma dove stà il grande tenore? Molte note non sono a fuoco. Manca di vocalizzazione!

  • @ClaireConrad
    @ClaireConrad 14 років тому +1

    Not Roberto Alagna's best role . . . Many notes sound forced, the fullness varies too much. And some notes sound actually flat to me.
    Is this, like the Aida Radames, again mostly a casting problem? Not to say that Alagna does not have some beautiful notes here, but the overall qualilty fluctuates too much . . . When the vibrato flattens me, it is never good singing.

  • @anyany
    @anyany 15 років тому

    I think Alagna is a decent singer, but this response I don't like. In comparison with Villazon he clearly loses. Very small emotions. This aria needs greater costs.

  • @petrof4056
    @petrof4056 15 років тому

    awful...