"Though his voice is not what I call dramatic tenor ..." - He's singing the whole aria way better than most "dramatic" tenors. I'd be glad if I came across somebody like Dennis O'Neill when I go to see Aida! Beautifully executed!
You seem to forget (or ignore) two things. One is that this singer was able to sing roles that brought operas to the provinces which otherwise wouldn't have been seen - such as 'I Puritani'. Secondly it was not some wilful decision that made him employ this method of voice production but how his voice sounded and how it was trained. Many liked his singing and people are entitled to like what they enjoy without anyone telling them they are wrong to do so. The audience decides as always!
@mrluistena I travelled from Swansea to Cardiff with him in a mini. The back seat had been removed and he was sprawled on rugs. Driver was the bass Sean Rea, who was my significant other at the time. Pretty sure that was an Aida they'd just done, with Sean as Ramfis. I seem to recal they all wore fezzes. When Dennis sang in the Duke in Rigoletto at ENO, his Gilda was his sister Patricia, which was a bit weird, but a lovely blend of voices.
It's a beautiful voice with not only ring, but COLOR! It is in no way throaty. Btw Cessare there is no way a voice can be nasal AND throaty. It's got to be one or the other. The sound can't be stuck in the throat and the nose at the same time. It's a great chiaroscuro balance. He's a great dramatic tenor!
Ni fu ni fa, abierto a veces, nasal, el primer Sib rascadito. Llega hasta el final y sabe lo que se hace, pero probablemente fuera de repertorio. Dicho eso, quién tuviera tenores así a día de hoy!
Efectivament es Dennis O'Neill, vaig fer els 80' com tenor del Cor del Liceu de Barcelona un Ballo in Maschera amb ell i realment cantava molt bé. Potser que Aida no sigui per la seva veu.
Very good. Many tenors find that opening some of the F and F# are ore comfortable than covering; at the end each singer have to find the most comfortable way, and everybody is DIFFERENT. I think he do a great job.
Carlos Montane indeed. And there is only one single note that must absolutely always be covered and that’s a G. The rest depends on repertoire and preference.
I'm sorry I think you're mistaking O'Neil for Domingo. That throaty, pushed sound is Doming all over. This is why all his Operalia winners sound like that, and the reason we're hearing it in all the opera houses today. That or singing through the Nose like Florez or Krause.
Now, I know some tenors, which one has cheered and thought their "approach" in a similar fashion. I think that this was the tenor Rolf Böttcher. One of my first teachers. I do not know what you may have against his approach. Maybe even his critics explicate their approach?
There is NOTHING terrible about this guy! He's got great breath flow (except a LITTLE strain in high notes and going up to them, because of nerves, not technique), nice resonance that you need in a big hall, he doesn't spread, the sound stays vertical, he doesn't try to make the low notes bigger so they keep the same color and brilliance. Sure it's a little nasal sometimes but so is Domingo!! Nothing wrong with this. He actually reminds me of tenor John Osborn.
Your comment makes no sense. How can you sing in your throat and your nose at the same time? You are just used to hearing tenors yell the high notes, so when someone sings them it is not normal to you.
è di passaggio per andare da Turandot!....a furia di ammazzare la tecnica di affondo...son rimasti questi cantanti qui....gli altri cantano da baritoni!
He must have had something going for him if he was a "regular"both sides of the Atlantic. But it's not a memorable voice. And he's got one hell of a tremolo.
Horrible throathy voice. O'Neill is one of the first to have implemented this terrible taste for throathy suffocated sound instead of the traditional, true Italianate singing. Critics and public should never have accepted a thing like that. That's why nowadays opera is at such a miserable state.
Well, opera is not in a miserable state, and there is nothing throaty about his voice. It is much freer than the typical tenor and he does not yell the high notes. He actually sings them.
shells500tutubo listen to Corelli, Del Monaco, Merli, Filippeschi, and Caruso singing this and you will hear the distinct difference. This guy is not terrible, but he is very constricted, and has a wobble vibrato. He is singing in the wrong repetoire, he has nowhere near the voice needed for Radames, so he is pushing and constricting to keep up with the score. I'd like to hear him singing something more his suit before I judged him as a singer in whole, but considering this performance alone, he is very very constricted.
"Though his voice is not what I call dramatic tenor ..." - He's singing the whole aria way better than most "dramatic" tenors. I'd be glad if I came across somebody like Dennis O'Neill when I go to see Aida! Beautifully executed!
It is Dennis O'Neill - a Welsh tenor who sang regularly at Covent Garden and the Met in the 80s and 90s
whouaww superbe magnifique quelle belle voix de Ténor !!!
Beautiful tenor voice...
I thought he nailed it. I've heard hundreds of tenors and this man had a voice worth hearing.
You seem to forget (or ignore) two things. One is that this singer was able to sing roles that brought operas to the provinces which otherwise wouldn't have been seen - such as 'I Puritani'. Secondly it was not some wilful decision that made him employ this method of voice production but how his voice sounded and how it was trained. Many liked his singing and people are entitled to like what they enjoy without anyone telling them they are wrong to do so. The audience decides as always!
@mrluistena I travelled from Swansea to Cardiff with him in a mini. The back seat had been removed and he was sprawled on rugs. Driver was the bass Sean Rea, who was my significant other at the time. Pretty sure that was an Aida they'd just done, with Sean as Ramfis. I seem to recal they all wore fezzes.
When Dennis sang in the Duke in Rigoletto at ENO, his Gilda was his sister Patricia, which was a bit weird, but a lovely blend of voices.
The sound could be taller but hey, how many of you can sing this aria as evenly as him??
The Welsh Dennis O’Neill. Wonderful singer and person!
Outstanding voice. Denis was born of Irish parents.
Je crois que les gens qui commentent ne savent pas ce qu'ils disent: SUPERBE! PERFECTION TECHNIQUE!
Es Dennis O'Neill
¡¡¡Fantastico!!!
This is without a doubt the Welsh man
wonderful singer!!!
I loved his voice.. Very good technic and colour. His name is Dennis O'Neil
Bravo Dennis !!!
Dennis Morgan... Superb
Super!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wunderbarer Vortrag.
ahhhh o'neill, good voice
Solid voice,solid technique, fine rendition.Isn't mr O'Neill British?
No Dennis is from Wales born of Irish parents.
Great o' neill
It's a beautiful voice with not only ring, but COLOR! It is in no way throaty. Btw Cessare there is no way a voice can be nasal AND throaty. It's got to be one or the other. The sound can't be stuck in the throat and the nose at the same time. It's a great chiaroscuro balance. He's a great dramatic tenor!
Denis had a lovely Tenor Voice and a fine Career
Molto bello
It is the fine welsh Tenor,Denis O'Neill,trained in Italy
Colin Dowson And boy can you hear that gorgeous italian style technique!
Ni fu ni fa, abierto a veces, nasal, el primer Sib rascadito. Llega hasta el final y sabe lo que se hace, pero probablemente fuera de repertorio.
Dicho eso, quién tuviera tenores así a día de hoy!
Efectivament es Dennis O'Neill, vaig fer els 80' com tenor del Cor del Liceu de Barcelona un Ballo in Maschera amb ell i realment cantava molt bé. Potser que Aida no sigui per la seva veu.
U must be crazy guys sayng he's terrible. A solid average tenor.
dal vivo e senza microfono era un'altra cosa...
no comment .
Io Le credo. Anche se, qui mi anoia ascoltarlo. Penso (Lei me lo dirà) non è un tenore adatto per questo capolavoro. Saluti.
@@jobeshufe06
È vero non aveva la voce per questo ruolo drammatico eroico .
Lei ha ragione.
il vecchio
Very good. Many tenors find that opening some of the F and F# are ore comfortable than covering; at the end each singer have to find the most comfortable way, and everybody is DIFFERENT. I think he do a great job.
Carlos Montane indeed. And there is only one single note that must absolutely always be covered and that’s a G. The rest depends on repertoire and preference.
This tenor definitely likes Bergonzi.. :)
Brilliant, he could sing.
Anche se alcune note non sono coperte l'esecuzione dell'aria è buona!!! grazie
correct
Dennis O'Neill, Welsh tenor
Sounds like Lanza in some parts
Oui, c'est Dennis O'Neill
I'm sorry I think you're mistaking O'Neil for Domingo. That throaty, pushed sound is Doming all over. This is why all his Operalia winners sound like that, and the reason we're hearing it in all the opera houses today. That or singing through the Nose like Florez or Krause.
He isn't pushing.
Alex Thomas this guy singing is very nasal and light sounding. Small voice, too bright.
No its not domingo.... deff dennis o neil from wales.
He was underrated in his time
Now, I know some tenors, which one has cheered and thought their "approach" in a similar fashion. I think that this was the tenor Rolf Böttcher. One of my first teachers. I do not know what you may have against his approach. Maybe even his critics explicate their approach?
There is NOTHING terrible about this guy! He's got great breath flow (except a LITTLE strain in high notes and going up to them, because of nerves, not technique), nice resonance that you need in a big hall, he doesn't spread, the sound stays vertical, he doesn't try to make the low notes bigger so they keep the same color and brilliance. Sure it's a little nasal sometimes but so is Domingo!! Nothing wrong with this. He actually reminds me of tenor John Osborn.
Most have a little strain, bjorling did not! He was the supreme tenor
He is Dennis oneil
@Pathetikos I wouldn't say horrible, but throaty and nasal, most of today's tenor immitate his type, rather then Corelli, Bjorling or Caruso
Your comment makes no sense. How can you sing in your throat and your nose at the same time? You are just used to hearing tenors yell the high notes, so when someone sings them it is not normal to you.
You are the one who is horrible
loooks like Carlo Bergonzzi
Looks like Bergonzi how? Two arm, two legs?
Dennis O'Neil.... He's great
Piotr Beczala?
Dr
Nice wobble, there, Dennis...
Che ci fa Nemorino in Egitto?
è di passaggio per andare da Turandot!....a furia di ammazzare la tecnica di affondo...son rimasti questi cantanti qui....gli altri cantano da baritoni!
¿Portamento?
El tenor inglés O´Neill, canta Celeste Aida.
Non inglés, galés
Dennis O'Neill
Canta aperto e compromette la linea di canto. Peccato.
Although I appreciate your comment, may I ask - which star tenors singing this role in the last 10 years have done it bstter?
Pardon ! :*( "interesting"
that is not a dramatic tenor. Is a spinto one
mayito jl and Pavarotti was what kind of a tenor. Certainly not a dramatic tenor
Pavarotti was a light lyric
Boo!
He must have had something going for him if he was a "regular"both sides of the Atlantic.
But it's not a memorable voice. And he's got one hell of a tremolo.
wrong vocal technique very very bad sorry
INTRISTING
Horrible throathy voice. O'Neill is one of the first to have implemented this terrible taste for throathy suffocated sound instead of the traditional, true Italianate singing. Critics and public should never have accepted a thing like that. That's why nowadays opera is at such a miserable state.
Well, opera is not in a miserable state, and there is nothing throaty about his voice. It is much freer than the typical tenor and he does not yell the high notes. He actually sings them.
shells500tutubo listen to Corelli, Del Monaco, Merli, Filippeschi, and Caruso singing this and you will hear the distinct difference. This guy is not terrible, but he is very constricted, and has a wobble vibrato. He is singing in the wrong repetoire, he has nowhere near the voice needed for Radames, so he is pushing and constricting to keep up with the score. I'd like to hear him singing something more his suit before I judged him as a singer in whole, but considering this performance alone, he is very very constricted.
ghastly
Dennis O'Neill