I hope this means more Vickers clips are coming! (One of my favourites, just for laughs, is his part of Mon coeur s'ouvre a ta voix opposite Verrett from Covent Garden. He sings most of it leaning back, and softly. Then he leans back some more and sings louder, then leans back even more-at this point, he's practically horizontal-and sings even louder. Just because he can LOL. Je T'AAAAAIIImehhh! You'd have a hard time finding open, full-throated singing like this anymore-and I mean both him and Verrett. These days it's all about that pinched sound forced out through the mask, whatever that means.)
Great performance by Vickers!!!Along with Ramon Vinay ,MDM, Jon Vickers in the performance conducted by Tulio Serafin in 1960 , had not then sung the role on stage, but his interpretation has a maturity to be wondered at. ‘Dio! mi potevi scagliar’ is near perfect: correctly accentuated, sung mezza voce with no muttering, truly dolcissimo at ‘l’anima acqueto’. If the top B flats aren’t quite there in the duet with Iago, the love duet has a manly robustness and the final ‘Un bacio’ as he lies dying is tenderness itself!
The mezza voce is for me what really cinches his supremacy in this role. No one else floats the lines at the end of the love duet along with his Desdemona. Absolutely exquisite
Quelle mort dramatique émouvante ! Vickers, vu en 70 à Salzbourg dirigé par Karajan, avec Freni et Glossop, reste égal à lui-même, mon meilleur Otello, d’une grande sensibilité, grande musicalité, interprète des plus intelligents, grand verdien, très bien soutenu ici par l’excellent Levine, autre grand Verdien, et une très sensible Scotto au très bel art du chant, fragile et poignante. Vickers Don Josė était éblouissant, Vickers Peter Grimes fut stupéfiant d’humanité dramatique. Un merveilleux artiste rarement égalé. Merci Lohengrin.
That great voice. It looked as if Renata Scotto was really frightened of him. I remember watching an interview with Scotto, and she said he was so intense and she thought he was really going to strangle her. He looked so evil. Horribly taken by Alzheimer’s. That was a stellar cast at the Met.
Jon Vickers, foi um dos melhores, se não o melhor Othello, Tristão e Peter Grimes de todos os tempos. Ele bem merece o título que recebeu do NYTIMES. "Tenor monumental" será que vai aparecer alguém que possa enfrentar estes três papéis com a grandiosidade deste Deus. Duvido. Bjs.
As much as I like Vickers I still think Mario de Monico's early 60's recording is the finest and the same for Tebaldi and Karajan/VPO/Decca engineering all at their very best. A classic recording if ever there was one.
Vickers non interpreta Otello : egli È Otello ! Un immenso monumento alla tragedia della mortifera gelosia. Opera che adoro, che ho ascoltato moltissime volte, cantata da altri tenori molto bene , ma da nessuno come Vickers , con la sua forza tragica e l'arte rarissima della totale simbiosi dell' uomo col suo personaggio .12:25
Dopo aver letto questo splendido commento mi sono ricordato anche di altri altrettanto splendidi. Sono andato a rivederli e non mi ero sbagliato. La fonte era la stessa come la stessa è la perfetta analisi del brano ascoltato. Ancora brava ma....per la miseria , come nel celebre film " lei mi ha letto nel pensiero". Buona giornata e spero di trovare altri suoi commenti che riconoscero' sicuramente.
@@lz43p15 Si riferisce a me ? Se così fosse la ringrazio, ma non sono sicura d'essere proprio io , Bruna Bruno , la persona di cui parla. Mi scusi tanto per non aver capito.
@@brunabruno4421 Il commento oltre che bello aveva una impronta che avevo già incontrato a proposito di un Sansone e Dalila con S. Verrett. Sono andato a verificare ed era proprio lei. Buona serata
@@lz43p15 Sì, allora sono proprio io. Sono rimasta abbagliata da " quella " Dalila che non ho mai sentito esprimersi con la stessa potenza espressiva ed emotiva da nessun' altra cantante , per quanto brava vocalmente. Grazie della sua gentilezza!
Christa Ludwig's favorite tenor in her favorite role of his
could u please name the source from where this information is?
@@konstantincherkasov3392 correction, Christa Ludwig's second favorite singer after Callas, and those two ended her list of favorite singers
Saw him LIVE at the Met Opera and was truly amazed how he threw himself into this role.
I'm captivated every second... Vicker's didn't rely on gimmicks....just conviction and a hell of a lot of god-given talent
I have seen some very moving Otellos, McCracken and Domingo in particular.
But Vickers was in another dimension. He rips your heart out --
Powerful, intense, deadly sad: great tenor, magnificent Otello. Thank you.
I do love Jon Vickers!!!....thank you 😘
I hope this means more Vickers clips are coming! (One of my favourites, just for laughs, is his part of Mon coeur s'ouvre a ta voix opposite Verrett from Covent Garden. He sings most of it leaning back, and softly. Then he leans back some more and sings louder, then leans back even more-at this point, he's practically horizontal-and sings even louder. Just because he can LOL. Je T'AAAAAIIImehhh! You'd have a hard time finding open, full-throated singing like this anymore-and I mean both him and Verrett. These days it's all about that pinched sound forced out through the mask, whatever that means.)
De los grandes tenores del siglo XX, un músico excelente, un artista insuperable, intérprete consagrado en todo aquello que cantó. Bravo maestro.
Difficile de commenter la perfection, merci d'avoir partagé.
Great performance by Vickers!!!Along with Ramon Vinay ,MDM, Jon Vickers in the performance conducted by Tulio Serafin in 1960 , had not then sung the role on stage, but his interpretation has a maturity to be wondered at. ‘Dio! mi potevi scagliar’ is near perfect: correctly accentuated, sung mezza voce with no muttering, truly dolcissimo at ‘l’anima acqueto’. If the top B flats aren’t quite there in the duet with Iago, the love duet has a manly robustness and the final ‘Un bacio’ as he lies dying is tenderness itself!
Splendido Vikers...ma lei è Renata Scotto...
The mezza voce is for me what really cinches his supremacy in this role. No one else floats the lines at the end of the love duet along with his Desdemona. Absolutely exquisite
Quelle mort dramatique émouvante ! Vickers, vu en 70 à Salzbourg dirigé par Karajan, avec Freni et Glossop, reste égal à lui-même, mon meilleur Otello, d’une grande sensibilité, grande musicalité, interprète des plus intelligents, grand verdien, très bien soutenu ici par l’excellent Levine, autre grand Verdien, et une très sensible Scotto au très bel art du chant, fragile et poignante. Vickers Don Josė était éblouissant, Vickers Peter Grimes fut stupéfiant d’humanité dramatique. Un merveilleux artiste rarement égalé. Merci Lohengrin.
Φωνή και ηθοποιία, μέλος και δράμα, ... εξαιρετικός.
Ευχαριστώ, φίλε.
That great voice. It looked as if Renata Scotto was really frightened of him. I remember watching an interview with Scotto, and she said he was so intense and she thought he was really going to strangle her. He looked so evil. Horribly taken by Alzheimer’s. That was a stellar cast at the Met.
I was fortunate to see and hear Vickers twice, in Chicago, as Florestan and Parsifal. Wish I could say the same for his Otello, Tristan and Grimes --
My first Otello
Sublime Jon Vickers et Mirella Freni !
C'est Renata Scotto et non Mirella dans cette production !
Completely fabulous
A true helden voice singing Otello, something we don't find anymore nowadays. Just wonderful. And Scotto is superb as well.
Can’t get enough! Thanks so very very much 🌹🌹🌹
simplemente maravilloso
Bravo vikers ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
total legend!!!
Exquisite.Thank you for posting.♫♪ ॐ¸¸.•*¨*•♫
Jon Vickers, foi um dos melhores, se não o melhor Othello, Tristão e Peter Grimes de todos os tempos.
Ele bem merece o título que recebeu do NYTIMES. "Tenor monumental" será que vai aparecer alguém que possa enfrentar estes três papéis com a grandiosidade deste Deus. Duvido.
Bjs.
Cornell MacNeil and a young James Morris
This was vicious.
It was fabulously vicious 👏👏
@@samueljaramillo4221 Agreed!
Vickers is excellent! But my favourite Otello is Ramon Vinay.
As much as I like Vickers I still think Mario de Monico's early 60's recording is the finest and the same for Tebaldi and Karajan/VPO/Decca engineering all at their very best. A classic recording if ever there was one.
With cuts in the ensemble at the end of the Third Act? Really?
Cuando el arte estaba por encima de sensiblerìas polìticas y faltas de criterio histórico.
Vickers non interpreta Otello : egli È Otello ! Un immenso monumento alla tragedia della mortifera gelosia.
Opera che adoro, che ho ascoltato moltissime volte, cantata da altri tenori molto bene , ma da nessuno come Vickers , con la sua forza tragica e l'arte rarissima della totale simbiosi dell' uomo col suo personaggio .12:25
Dopo aver letto questo splendido commento mi sono ricordato anche di altri altrettanto splendidi. Sono andato a rivederli e non mi ero sbagliato. La fonte era la stessa come la stessa è la perfetta analisi del brano ascoltato. Ancora brava ma....per la miseria , come nel celebre film " lei mi ha letto nel pensiero". Buona giornata e spero di trovare altri suoi commenti che riconoscero' sicuramente.
@@lz43p15 Si riferisce a me ? Se così fosse la ringrazio, ma non sono sicura d'essere proprio io , Bruna Bruno , la persona di cui parla. Mi scusi tanto per non aver capito.
@@brunabruno4421 Il commento oltre che bello aveva una impronta che avevo già incontrato a proposito di un Sansone e Dalila con S. Verrett. Sono andato a verificare ed era proprio lei. Buona serata
@@lz43p15 Sì, allora sono proprio io. Sono rimasta abbagliata da " quella " Dalila che non ho mai sentito esprimersi con la stessa potenza espressiva ed emotiva da nessun' altra cantante , per quanto brava vocalmente.
Grazie della sua gentilezza!
@@brunabruno4421 grazie a lei per i suoi bellissimi commenti.