-musicians: voice: Jakub Józef Orliński, piano: Alphonse Cemin -piece: A. Vivaldi "Vedro con mio diletto" from Il Giustino -original video: th-cam.com/video/yF4YXv6ZIuE/w-d-xo.html
@Fru Gal Orlinski has released a number of CDs. If I remember correctly, he's released this aria as a single. This recording got a lot of attention. It's called 'Vedro con mio Diletto' by Vivaldi
Music that's nearly 300 years old being performed by two guys in their 30s who look like they're heading to a beachfront bar immediately afterwards. Love it.
For this performance, Jakob have said in an interview that he didn't know that there were cameras, originally it was a radio broadcast without visual support. He was to sing in the middle of summer in the region of Aix-en-Provence in France. That's why he sings in everyday clothes and that the pianist plays piano in flip flops.
They thought it would be just for radio but when they got there they found out it would be camera broadcasted as well... That was the result and we love it haha
Perhaps the caption's "too literally" angelic. I found that description needlessly condescending and possibly tin-eared. In 2024 counter tenors are not exotic creatures; anyone with passing familiarity of Baroque vocal music should have some appreciation of them. @@divxxx
@@a.galvaop.787 This person means they have a full sound, therefore he sounds like a whole choir singing just by himself, because of his deep resonating sound.
So true! He is really a world renowned countertenor opera singer. His wikipedia page also says that he is a champion break-dancer. He has also modeled for fashion brands such as Nike and Levi's.
I never expected to read the sentence, ""I never expected to read the sentence, "Jakub Józef Orliński is a Polish operatic countertenor singer and breakdancer.""
@@lenacathcart i expected to read a comment that said "I never expected to read the sentence, ""I never expected to read the sentence, "Jakub Józef Orliński is a Polish operatic countertenor singer and breakdancer."""
@@aplaszc I expected a reply to a comment that said "i expected to read a comment that said "I never expected to read the sentence, ""I never expected to read the sentence, "Jakub Józef Orliński is a Polish operatic countertenor singer and breakdancer.""""
The story behind this performance is very interesting. The boys were in a radio interview (and dressed for radio) when they were asked to fill in for another musician at this lunchtime concert in Aix en Provence in France. There was no time to change so they did this totally off the cuff. It shows what consummate professionals they really are
Bisognerebbe prendere l'abitudine di fare concerti in cui artisti e pubblico fossero "ad agio" e non in ghingheri: credo che tutti vivremmo meglio quei momenti di musica condivisa (e chiunque abbia sentito musicisti dal vivo in casa potrà darmi ragione)
I was wondering about the odd outfit choice for this type of event. Thanks! Not that I care about it. I just care about the talent, and they're excellent!
I was like: This is either gonna be a comedy sketch or a really good, phenomenal opera singing. AND IT'S A PHENOMENAL HEAVENLY SINGING. Congrats to the singer and the rest of the musicians
You need to hear more counter-tenors and (more rare) male sopranos - e.g. Iestyn Davies, Andreas Scholl, Valer Sabadus, Max Cencic, Bejun Mehta etc etc (I've deliberately picked a variety of different styles and approaches).
If you want to hear what heaven sounds like for 4 min straight… please listen to the best singer in the world (I do not say this lightly). Dimash Kudaibergen singing Ave Maria (a new composition) th-cam.com/video/mLG8g2ooFSA/w-d-xo.html Then understand this song doesn’t come close to encapsulating all this amazing human does. He & his artistry is about so much more than his insane abilities. However just for reference his full range that we know of is about 7 octaves… Yes I copied & pared this a couple times, because it’s criminal people don’t know a human like this exists. You’re welcome ;)
The analyzing of vocals, the studying of vocals, using Mariah Carey and Celine Dion as a reference all the time... Meanwhile, he just went to a music conservatory and just sang. People with voices like he has don't analyze singing even remotely close to "vocal TH-cam scholars."
I heard the original Radio France recording on the radio in my car and just broke down in tears. I'm a nurse and I lost a patient that night, I was a wreck and just ready to go home and cry myself to sleep. Then this came on, and the sun was rising and the sky was so beautiful after a long dark night shift. It reminded me that life was so precious and stunning. I slept like a baby
Even if you understand nothing about vocal technique it should still be pretty obvious that this is INSANELY difficult. His form is flawless and many vocalists spend their entire lives to get even somewhat close to this level. Damn, very impressive.
Yeah I know extremely little. Only thing I know is tenor means high pitched voice is gonna be there. No way in hell could I do this, maybe not ever idk.
Probably the nicest countertenor voice I’ve ever heard. Nothing quite like that particular sound. It’s kind of uncanny, all the richness and darkness of a male voice but in this piercing, lyrical range.
Imagine going to fight this guy at a bar and he just busts out the angelic voice. Your knees would buckle and tears would stream from your eyes as he forced you to remember that time you were mean to your mom on her birthday.
I thought this was going to be someone singing ridiculously based on the title so I didn't click on it for weeks. But it kept coming up so I finally gave in. I love that men can sing like this.
Everything about this is perfect. The voice, the look, the guy in the back that looks a bit bored, the iPad. It feels like a clash of worlds in the best way possible.
I was not wondering as my ear is not that good and definitely not absolute. But thank you!! The piano is also transposed, right? Else all the armonies would have changed
Yes, interesting, I wouldn't have noticed...it seems that the whole thing is being transposed down a third, from D major to Bb major. Two flats instead of two sharps, go figure.
I agree with you completely. His voice is amazing. I have no idea how he can make these impossibly hard pieces sound so light and full at the same time. I hope I will be able to hear him live one day, maybe even as the soloist together with the King's Singer. :) Well, one can dream... I'm glad there is TH-cam, at least.
@@interroga-te-ipsum I saw him sing a couple of weeks ago and it was genuinely magical. He had the audience completely wrapped around his finger - when I was leaving the recital hall I heard an older lady say she'd never heard that particular hall go that crazy before. Definitely go see him if you ever have the chance! Fair warning though: his final encore was so beautiful that it made me super emotional, so before leaving I genuinely had to lock myself in the bathroom to have a little cry :')
Dude embodies the whole “I’m just here for the food and alcohol but somehow ended up on this stage” vibe EDIT: Apparently that is not too far off from the actual story
@The Irish Viking Apparently, the story is "It was a spontaneous performance. Jakub and the pianist were in a radio interview (and dressed for radio) when they were asked to fill in for another musician at this lunchtime concert in Aix en Provence in France. There was no time to change so they did this totally off the cuff. "
Man I was just thinking how funny it would be if he just took off and flew away by the end with that same slightly detached, melancholically surprised look on his face …
when the title said too literally I thought that this was going to be a joke about biblical angels looking like Lovecraftian monsters and that his voice would be super scary and low. Instead I witnessed perfection.
Actually!!! It is angelic, funnily enough. Countertenors (or basically boys who can sing like girls) are said to have the voice of angels because of how androgynous it is. They’ve been sacred since the 16th century. So yeah there’s your fun fact :)
I'm obsessed with how the pianist is using an ipad for the piece, and the woman swipes the screen much like they would swipe the page in the olden days 😭 funny how with the technology it's different and yet much the same
Yeah, I’m interested to know about the relationship between the player and page turner. She’s like right in there with him. Would she be a peer? A teacher? A trainee? I guess it’s hard to remember all the notes but I’d find it hard to sit ‘in the pocket’ with someone that in the space with me that isn’t also playing.
definitely not just a natural gift though. Talent can only get you so far, but to reach this level there was 100% a lot of time and effort into perfecting his technique.
According to another classical professional singer, he's actually flawed in technique or rather training. Even though the quality of the singing is top notch, you couldn't expect him to sing a 3h Opera without his voice failing eventually.
@@Raaschid opera singers have this misconception where if it's not opera, it's incorrect. Look at opera today, they are all incorrect. Regardless, this guy is a master baroque singer. Why would he use opera technique to sing three hours when he is a baroque singer?
Can we just take a moment to appreciate the pianist as well? He played with so much emotion and complemented the singer perfectly in the way the dynamics change through the piece. Especially impressive given that both of them pulled this together so last minute.
bruh.... obviously they are professionals and obviously they practiced this 100 times before, BUT this particular "concert" was last minute, they replaced another artist who couldnt make it. So the performance itself is last minute.@@heidim7530
You would love him for a week then you would file a complaint. It takes thousands of hours of practice to get good at something, you just enjoyed the 5 minutes of perfection that came out of it, and avoided all the long and excruciating process.
Wow. As an opera singer by hobby, this man has one of the most amazing voices I have ever heard. I truly don’t think I’ve heard anyone who matches him.
I'm remembering a story that he had shown up in those clothes during a summer heatwave expecting to be performing for a radio broadcast and was ambushed by the presence of a concert hall audience. Don't know if it was this same performance.
I read your comment before finishing watching the video, and waited for that 2.15 moment and ..........Blimey ! nearly knocked me out of my seat ! 😆😆😆But he has a Lovely voice. Lovely old song...........And salute to the pianist.
2:15 The way he goes higher db, his voice is so smooth there's no tearing, it's almost as if you're just sliding a volume bar in a computer, which still isn't perfect enough to replicate this.
A month old comment but...could I ask what tearing is? Or what it may sound like? Just curious and thought I'd ask someone who seems to be more knowledgeable and can break it down for someone who isn't well versed in musical terms :)
@@Otsena I'm not completely sure myself (being a layman also), but if I had to take a crack at it, they are referring to the audio itself. So they are complementing both the singer, as well as the recording hardware. When you record really high decibel sounds, they can "tear" meaning lose quality and have random pops and scratchiness. Even a small amount of audio tearing can exacerbate fluctuations in the singers voice too.
I think it may be that there is no break in how the vocal cords "slide up" into a high range without having to change to a falsetto or something. This a wild guess on my part, and I don't know this stuff, but I am very sensitive to the differences in how voices move through various ranges. The gift of these vocal cords and probably his care for them has produced this beautiful sound.
Jakub Józef Orliński (born 8 December 1990) is a Polish operatic countertenor singer and breakdancer. He has performed leading roles with many opera companies, including Carnegie Hall, Metropolitan Opera, Royal Opera House, Warsaw Grand Theatre and Oper Frankfurt. - Wikipedia
you sound like you're a musician worth your salt. too bad i'm not a musician worth my salt... 'cause that means i can't recognize how this is damn near perfection :(
With two music performance degrees, I strongly agree with you. The pianist is flawless. I’d love to hear his piano solo work where he truly gets to shine. But this young vocalist sets a gold bar standard for sure! And he himself is classically beautiful as well! If they were doing a major concert in an ancient venue with authentic acoustics, it’d be worth booking the tickets and hotel for a trip across the pond to experience them in person. The greatest electronic sound technology in the world just can’t replicate those sounds in those spaces. These young men are rare gems!
He took effortless perfection to a whole new level. I'm glad young people still love this enough to keep it alive. Opera apparently is struggling as a musical genre and that is horrifying.
Well, yeah, it was an elitist thing that couldn't be passed onto their snotty kids. Tickets should be more accessible if they want regular people who are actually or could be enthusiastic about the genre.
Opera companies are running the art into the ground because of terrible management. I myself am a young opera singer, the industry's worse for wear right now. The one thing I'll give the musical theater companies credit for is the fact it runs in a way that's much better for the singers than opera companies.
It's also because Opera is up against what I call "Kleenex music" or "Mc Music". The great dumbing down is certainly a part of this. Fewer and fewer people even read good books anymore, or even know what a good book is. Just 100 years ago the most popular musical genres were classical and jazz. How we have fallen. Many college educated young people will refer to this kind of music as that of dead white males. But I prefer it this way. Small and exclusive, made by and for those who truly appreciate it. Like a Michelin star restaurant. Opera just might be uncorruptible, because so few can master that level of singing.
Such a rare gift ---- His breath control incredible ----- The notes simply flow from him so naturally. A powerful voice but he knows how to restrain that power and when to use it for maximum impact. Imagine being in the audience to experience such a voice?
Yeah, I think he might be one of the rare "Counter Tenors" that were basically Altos and Sopranos before women were allowed to do those sorts of things Truly a gift indeed
@@yrggaEven if you had all the training and dedication in the world, you could never match Lionel Messi, Pelé, Ayrton Senna or Michael Phelps, Got It?
@@AK-jl2wm nope, that wasn't what I was imagining, dearie. I was imagining your run of the mill little old lady, which is what Little Lord Fauntleroy here sounds like
What an absolutely gorgeous countertenor voice. It might sound a little weird but I also really kind of like the breaths that he puts in. I'm a classically trained mezzo soprano with asthma, and one of the biggest things I've struggled with my whole life has been really long melismas and sustained notes, because I often just can't get enough air and breath support to make it all the way through. I've always been self conscious about it, and it was one of the most consistent notes I got in college. But honestly? This makes me feel a lot less self conscious about it. On more than one occasion I've had to add in breaths where they weren't written, and it always kind of felt like cheating in a way. But here he allows himself the time he needs to breathe, and it sounds completely relaxed, natural, and absolutely stunning.
I'm the same as you: a classically trained mezzo with asthma! I wasn't diagnosed with asthma until my 2nd year of college (when I suffered a severe, prolonged asthma attack). I took one lesson with a "top-tier" voice teacher during my 1st year of college (before I was diagnosed). At one point she asked me, "Do you have asthma? No? Then stop inhaling so noisily." It took all my composure not to burst into tears. Turns out I DID have asthma...but she was so unkind about something I had no control over.
@@joker6solitaire Oh man that's absolutely awful. Sadly there are really talented people out there who make very cruel teachers, and even if they are a "top" instructor, it means very little if they break their students' confidence and belittle them instead of working together with them where they're at. I hope you were able to continue your studies with a kinder teacher - thankfully I've had incredible luck in that area. Finding the right instructor who sort of "speaks your language" makes a WORLD of difference.
Not only a beautiful voice but also a perfect pronounce of the ancient italian in this Vivaldi's masterpiece. Proud and pleased by the performance. Thank you.
@@petemartell677 Countertenors are usually baritone singers (rarely tenor, never bass) who practiced their falsetto until it developed into a real voice. They also sometimes use a modal voice for lower notes. The reason they are so rare is that there's a big stigma of sounding like a woman and it's extremely difficult to learn this.
There's some kind of biblical beauty about this whole situation. The dude singing like an angel with a backing pianist with flip-flops on and playing beautifully
I've never heard a man sing in this range so beautifully. I play instruments and don't sing, so correct me if I'm wrong but the entire piece was an insanely impressive falsetto.
He is using Mixed voice. The note is resonating in His chest, and his head. That is why He the note at 2:15 sounds so full. Mixed resonance takes awhile to truly master, and sounds breathtakingly beautiful.
Spent 6 years in classical voice programs and competition before I took a big step back from performing due to illness. Since then my relationship with singing has been bittersweet and I have to say this is the first classical voice performance I have been really excited by in a long time. The big wide eyed, goose-skin, presentness. Triggered my urge to listen as a musician and maybe eventually I’ll perform again. Edit: the fact that this was a spontaneous performance is immensely impressive given the rigor and hard physical work it takes to do this.
1:20 I love the facial expressions classical singers make while performing, my mom does the same so it always feels like I'm seeing a little bit of her when I'm watching videos like this!
@@charleshastings9452 i didn’t mean it that way 😭 lol , he is beautiful in both ways ( ngl , i watched the video again and HE IS good looking ), i just wanted to say that every human can be beautiful in their own way regardless of nowadays beauty standards
@@hi-ve1cw I think it's because he has the face/head of something from a piece of Renaissance art. He kind of looks like a living statue/sculpture/bust from that time period, possibly depicting a character of even older origins.
The fact he actually looks like an angel from those renaissance paintings is sending me.. Edit: I found the painting yall. Fallen Angel by Alexandre Cabanel - 1847
It’s great that musically trained people listen to music like this glorious performance, but so sad that all they hear are the “errors” and only want to show how clever they are and don’t seem to want to praise the beauty of the performance . Maybe it was a class exercise to spot the difference, but in any case I hope that people with musical knowledge allow themselves to enjoy the music and not just to analyse it to death.
When you're learning performance it's so hard to just sit and enjoy the music when you're beaten on the head with all the technicalities of it. As much as I enjoyed singing and learning to play an instrument I didnt like being constantly reminded of my inferiority. I took a private lessons teacher that wouldn't let me get past a single set of notes without playing it almost exactly to their standards. It's great for a learning but doesn't make it fun to practice and experiment with the music.
...unfair ,a listener merely noted the singer sang the melody line lower....Frank Sinatra did that with some Hoagy Carmichael songs .....lower and slower.....added to the musicality of performance. Vivaldi picked a key , these singers sang another set of notes that is ,another key. Each "key " has its own colour.
@john blaine As someone who started out being classically trained, this comment resonated with me. When I was young and learning, I had natural ability (talent) that showed an affinity for music, so my parents had me in voice and violin performances early. At first, it was fun learning terms and how to recreate a piece with my voice or violin, getting praised for the final performance. However, despite having natural ability that seemed to take to even difficult music easily, there were so many course corrections done along the way for every single song (not just for myself, but for the group when playing with an orchestra or singing in a chorus) that it really did become almost like a burden to be around music. I had to take a break from it because I LOVED music and wanted to love it again. Unfortunately, a lot of people (several who I personally know) who continue with the rigors of classical training end up moving into the land of Hubris where their accomplished pieces, years of work with this or that maestro or maestra, and library of technical knowledge become their whole identity, which they have to share with EVERYONE whether they ask for it or not. The best thing I did to break away from that so I could actually enjoy music again was join a church choir where the conductor pointed out that I was technically correct when I sang, but there was no character, no true individuality to my performance. He taught me how to feel the music, be moved by it, and then put myself into it. I had never had that kind of encouragement before and it was life changing. Now, I can actually share something I love with my children in a way that fosters their love for it, too. There is value in knowing the technical aspects of music, but living in that world too much kills the appreciation of it (from what I've experienced and seen).
I appreciate this comment thread. I too as a young adult had a similar internal experience. Somewhere along the way I had lost the innocent love for beauty and I twisted music performance, technique, and knowledge into a self absorbed identity idol. I literally felt so much freedom when I changed majors from music in college. Music doesn’t play as large a role in my life as it once did, but I’m hopeful that I will continue to find healing in Christ, the creator and remaker of all things, and once again be able to enjoy music innocently and partake in it in thankfulness as part of God’s good created order. I will say, as Donna above did, that choral music did have a special way of opening up beauty while leaving behind the shackles of self absorption.
Jakub is amazing, this was his first performance I listened to and I immediately fell in love with his voice. If you don't know him: he's a polish countertenor and a break dancer, strange combo but it fits him perfectly. A great artist! About their informal dress, they were not supposed to play on stage that evening that's why they're wearing slippers and shorts.
Wow! It's not just that he has great breath control, precision in rhythm and pitch, great projection and range as well as tonal stability, he blends it all so seamlessly as if that wasn't even hard to do. Vastly impressive.
There are more and more channels sharing certain mesmerising parts of classical pieces, and describe them with interesting titles (and credit to the original creator of course). Imo, such the titles r more effective in promoting classical music to a layperson like me ;)
How the hell does this even work lol Like I´m no way a professional singer but I´ve been a musician for 25 years and people consider my singing good yet I had no idea you could even do that and I have never heard anyone do this before :O
He makes this look effortless, amazing. I can't imagine how many years of learning and practice it takes to get to this no matter how naturally gifted he is.
I was expecting a series of variating high pitched low pitched beeping sequences that when synced together vibrated "Be not afraid" in all audibly perceptible pitches both to humans and animals but this was nice too!
He looks and sings like an angel. "Beauty is an experience, nothing else. It is not a fixed pattern or an arrangement of features. It is something felt, a glow, or a communicated sense of fineness." D.H. Lawrence
This part is called a Countertenor. They were really big in Brogue style operas - Tempest\Enchanted Island(Opera mash-up of Tempest and Midnight's summer dream). The part of the Tempest is usually a Countertenor. Orpheus and Eurydice are another two operas that use this vocal part. The part of Orpheus' muse is a Countertenor. The singing style has been around since about the 16th century.
-musicians: voice: Jakub Józef Orliński, piano: Alphonse Cemin
-piece: A. Vivaldi "Vedro con mio diletto" from Il Giustino
-original video: th-cam.com/video/yF4YXv6ZIuE/w-d-xo.html
*Vedrò :)
Polish Singer!!
…I’ve been transported to the heavenlies…
Pure class and top talent!!
o kurde, Polak :0
@Fru Gal Orlinski has released a number of CDs. If I remember correctly, he's released this aria as a single. This recording got a lot of attention. It's called 'Vedro con mio Diletto' by Vivaldi
Music that's nearly 300 years old being performed by two guys in their 30s who look like they're heading to a beachfront bar immediately afterwards. Love it.
Hate it. Shorts are not okay. Especially for occasion like this. It looks silly and inappropriate.
@@garry_wshld I thought there was a story behind why he dressed like that, I can’t remember exactly what it was 😂
@@williamweimian they thought it was just an audio recording,they didn't knew that it was filmed.
Very much “don’t judge a book by its cover”
@@garry_wshld Может быть это была аудиозапись,никто не предполагал,что в сеть выложат видео.Поэтому и в шортах
The pianist getting "in character" and doing the elegant wrist and hand movements while wearing flip flops. Love it.
I was about to say the same, thanks❤😂
That's technique, not for show.
Like the person said above, it’s just the technique for playing piano. It makes it easier to move and press keys (I’m a pianist myself)
Called playing with your body.
Still love the vibe but that’s just how piano looks when you’re playing it correctly, especially for such an emotional piece!
For this performance, Jakob have said in an interview that he didn't know that there were cameras, originally it was a radio broadcast without visual support. He was to sing in the middle of summer in the region of Aix-en-Provence in France. That's why he sings in everyday clothes and that the pianist plays piano in flip flops.
"without visual suport" a waste with that appareance.
@@linablues6881 for sure !
Plus, in Aix, I lived near here for almost 15 years, the weather is hot as fuck, and lighr clothes are a must
I’m honestly more shocked about the pianist cause usually playing in flip flops is a nono
so... literally a zoom meeting
The outfit. The pianist wearing flip flops. The voice. This is perfection
Deve ser um ensaio.
The singing didn't feel 100% all the time. I'd say 96.5
What a contrast) Gorgeous, love it
They couldn't have dressed up or they'd bust into flames or something
They thought it would be just for radio but when they got there they found out it would be camera broadcasted as well... That was the result and we love it haha
this man is exactly what I imagine Orpheus to look AND sound like
He really does! He looks so classical
He's played Orpheus
@@redpink99 Oh well that explains it lol he's amazing!!!
Aye!
Orpheus the frat bro
What is the most impressive is that this is a Vivaldi piece that is not Four Seasons. Vivaldi will be ecstatic.
So true 😂
Vivaldi?? *Like the Four seasons?* *can you sign my shirt, not your signature but just "four seasons"* 🤓
Some people may be surprised to learn that he composed anything else. 😄
@@naomigwolfe8112 🤣😂
As a bassoonist i can think of about 37 concerti that aren't the four seasons that are getting plenty of play
His outfit screams "do you know who my father is?!" But his voice begs you to crash your ship into the rocks. Beautiful.
No it doesn't. It's just very casual.
🤣🙌🏿
He's missing the sweater draped over the shoulders and boat shoes
Vineyard Vines FTW🤣
Ahahahahaha this comment
All jokes aside, singing like this is incredibly technical and requires tremendous vocal skill.
What jokes?
Perhaps the caption's "too literally" angelic. I found that description needlessly condescending and possibly tin-eared. In 2024 counter tenors are not exotic creatures; anyone with passing familiarity of Baroque vocal music should have some appreciation of them. @@divxxx
Thanks for clarifying that I assumed it was pretty easy until I read this.
And also lots of study, technical training and probably some nights without sleeping. This is the result.
Yes. I wonder if he started as a choir boy.
this man don't need no backup singers, he's the entire choir
yes, it’s called a solo
do you khow the definition of choir?
thats why theyre called arias
@@a.galvaop.787 🤓
@@a.galvaop.787 This person means they have a full sound, therefore he sounds like a whole choir singing just by himself, because of his deep resonating sound.
This man looks like he stepped out of a Botticelli painting, and he sings like one of the heavenly choir. Just beautiful!
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So true! He is really a world renowned countertenor opera singer. His wikipedia page also says that he is a champion break-dancer. He has also modeled for fashion brands such as Nike and Levi's.
2:00 he looks like the statue of David
@@whatadollslife yes he does!
Exactly! As in he looks like Michaelangelo's "Adam " on the Sistine ceiling...
I never expected to read the sentence, "Jakub Józef Orliński is a Polish operatic countertenor singer and breakdancer."
Yep! He loves breakdancing and he’s pretty good at it too. I was surprised when I found that out in a magazine
I never expected to read the sentence, ""I never expected to read the sentence, "Jakub Józef Orliński is a Polish operatic countertenor singer and breakdancer.""
@@lenacathcart i expected to read a comment that said "I never expected to read the sentence, ""I never expected to read the sentence, "Jakub Józef Orliński is a Polish operatic countertenor singer and breakdancer."""
@@aplaszc I expected a reply to a comment that said "i expected to read a comment that said "I never expected to read the sentence, ""I never expected to read the sentence, "Jakub Józef Orliński is a Polish operatic countertenor singer and breakdancer.""""
Didn't realise countertenor breakdancing is a thing, very cool.
That guy is like the living 2023 equivalent of a Michelangelo statue
i was thinking the same...
Hey, keep your eyes on the singing...
AGREE❤
he is 😀
Foi exatamente o que eu pensei quando o vi!! I-GUAL!!!
When he sings, he looks like he can see past the veil of the universe. So casually, like it ain't a big deal
And his knowledge is so complete that sharing it with us could lead to our self destruction.
So beautifully described.
Lol totally.
If that isn’t one of the biggest flexes I’ve ever seen lol.
Great comment. Die in God's grace and you can too
The story behind this performance is very interesting. The boys were in a radio interview (and dressed for radio) when they were asked to fill in for another musician at this lunchtime concert in Aix en Provence in France. There was no time to change so they did this totally off the cuff. It shows what consummate professionals they really are
Off the cuff in cut offs
Thanks for the backstory Rio. It adds another layer of interest and amazement to what we are watching!! 😇
Bisognerebbe prendere l'abitudine di fare concerti in cui artisti e pubblico fossero "ad agio" e non in ghingheri: credo che tutti vivremmo meglio quei momenti di musica condivisa (e chiunque abbia sentito musicisti dal vivo in casa potrà darmi ragione)
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I was wondering about the odd outfit choice for this type of event. Thanks!
Not that I care about it. I just care about the talent, and they're excellent!
I was like: This is either gonna be a comedy sketch or a really good, phenomenal opera singing.
AND IT'S A PHENOMENAL HEAVENLY SINGING. Congrats to the singer and the rest of the musicians
And it's even also slightly comedic
I'm so glad I wasn't the only one who thought it was going to be a comedy sketch... 😅
Literally thought the same. So beautiful
It's so good, that it's actually funny. 😂😍
(Of course I mean this in a good way. 😊)
Absolutely gorgeous: nothing funny about this … it’s pure heaven
Michaelangelo's David has come to life and is singling like an angel. You go guy!!!
Man's dressed like he wandered in from a nearby walmart but has the vocal chords of a goddamn siren
Exactly whats in my mind
He strikes me as more of a Target shopper. He's dressed too nicely for Walmart.
@@lei1474 Good point. He's not 100 pounds overweight and no sign of his butt crack
WEEWOO! th-cam.com/video/PuBXMsAC86M/w-d-xo.html
Looool
I have never heard a man sing that high and still sound so clear and effortless. So beautiful
Dimash
Mitch Grassi from Pentatonix
charlie zhou shen singing rubia
You need to hear more counter-tenors and (more rare) male sopranos - e.g. Iestyn Davies, Andreas Scholl, Valer Sabadus, Max Cencic, Bejun Mehta etc etc (I've deliberately picked a variety of different styles and approaches).
I would suggest listening to Philippe Jarrousky. His Vivaldi renditions are phenomenal, amongst others.
The breath control, the vocal stability, the projection, (just to name a few) all amazing. His voice really is angelic
What do you mean with "projection", if I may ask.
@@elwray3506 projection means to be able to sing so that even a person who is at the back of the audience could still hear you
If you want to hear what heaven sounds like for 4 min straight… please listen to the best singer in the world (I do not say this lightly). Dimash Kudaibergen singing Ave Maria (a new composition) th-cam.com/video/mLG8g2ooFSA/w-d-xo.html
Then understand this song doesn’t come close to encapsulating all this amazing human does. He & his artistry is about so much more than his insane abilities. However just for reference his full range that we know of is about 7 octaves…
Yes I copied & pared this a couple times, because it’s criminal people don’t know a human like this exists. You’re welcome ;)
The analyzing of vocals, the studying of vocals, using Mariah Carey and Celine Dion as a reference all the time... Meanwhile, he just went to a music conservatory and just sang. People with voices like he has don't analyze singing even remotely close to "vocal TH-cam scholars."
@@jimmorrison4ever529 What the fuck are you even talking about, bud. Take a pill
The guy casually doing paperwork behind him cracked me up.
I heard the original Radio France recording on the radio in my car and just broke down in tears. I'm a nurse and I lost a patient that night, I was a wreck and just ready to go home and cry myself to sleep. Then this came on, and the sun was rising and the sky was so beautiful after a long dark night shift. It reminded me that life was so precious and stunning. I slept like a baby
Thank you so very much for your work. Hope the sky looks beautiful today also. We are very grateful for what you do.
"Weeping endures thru the night But JOY Comes in the morning!"
@@lmbiez5952 That is so sweet, thank you so much. Right now the sunset is gorgeous
that's beautiful.
You are just the person I would want for a nurse. How lovely.
Even if you understand nothing about vocal technique it should still be pretty obvious that this is INSANELY difficult. His form is flawless and many vocalists spend their entire lives to get even somewhat close to this level. Damn, very impressive.
I prefer the banjo
I could tell from the vein bulging in his neck that this wasn't easy.
Yeah I know extremely little. Only thing I know is tenor means high pitched voice is gonna be there. No way in hell could I do this, maybe not ever idk.
Flawless form doesn’t tend to have that tight of musculature in the neck
Is he countertenor? Sound higher than regular tenors and more relaxed…
This guy is a professional break dancer. It's not fair that he can sing like this, model, and dance, too.
you gotta be kidding me ?
@@schoolinJOO Nope, it's true.
You cannot be serious 😭
@@aquaman6166 I am serious. And don't call me Shirley.
@@corvus1374 never pass up an airplane joke, even if they didn't say "surely" hahaha
His voice is softer than air. I would never look at him and expect this. Just goes to show you, you should never judge a book by its cover.
The pianist sounds great, and he plays so well in flip flops! I love how casual they all are, and then they perform beautiful music in beach clothes
They had no idea it was going to be filmed
Personally, I think we should all lounge around in beach clothes and sing and dance all day but that's just me.
Considering the guys in the background, apparently taking care of business, I wonder if this is a rehearsal.
@@jeannerogers7085 they were recording for a radio station I think, they weren't meant to be seen in these clothes
They were asked to fill in for another musician last minute, thus the attire & flipflops.
Probably the nicest countertenor voice I’ve ever heard. Nothing quite like that particular sound. It’s kind of uncanny, all the richness and darkness of a male voice but in this piercing, lyrical range.
After 20 years of only liking Andreas Scholl, he's the first new great CT voice for me, too!
have you heard of Dimash Kudaibergen? check him out, he's got incredible range too
You captured in words the alluring quality of his voice!
@@extrasoap4881 yes
@@extrasoap4881 dimash is a tenor and sing other music genre
Imagine going to fight this guy at a bar and he just busts out the angelic voice. Your knees would buckle and tears would stream from your eyes as he forced you to remember that time you were mean to your mom on her birthday.
😭
Suspiciously specific….
Pls lmfao... wait.. I was mean to my mom once on her bday 😭
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
😂😂😂
this guys voice is so holy i feel myself burning listening to this
Lucifer is the God of music, so you'll be fine 🙂 😉
@@sbostic08 What the damn monkey?
@@sbostic08bro what
@@sbostic08 ... .... .....
@@sbostic08: Stop telling lies or you really will burn. May God rebuke you for your attitude.
If I had an eighth of his vocal talent, I'd never shut up. 😭
LITERALLY 😭😭
Nah, this is abt 30% talent and 70% decades of extremely hard work, which is even more impressive
@@morgoth_bauglir And yet. If the OP had 1/8th of his vocal talent. He'd never shut up.
No but he looks like he was sent to earth and dressed as the first guy he saw
@@gogglestransparent9720 I love this
I’ll be honest, I didn’t know it was possible to sing a trill like that until this moment.
Man is playing his voice like a percussive instrument there on some of the trills
Yess i was so amazed with the trills 🔥🔥🔥
The trills were so simplified, yet so bold and executed perfectly. Best part for me.
Thanks for that comment, Cameron
I’m not sure what I was expecting but as soon as he opened his mouth my jaw dropped. This is so beautiful it feels illegal.
Got me good, too. Beautiful.
illegal? any man or woman trying to take this operatic angel to jail needs to be locked up themselves.
@@TakoiKadoozle 👏🏼👏🏼🕊️
I think castrato is illegal nowadays
@@PinkCampfire But he is not castrato! I guess you can see it! You would destroy the shoes by walking and looking for another such wonderful man.
I thought this was going to be someone singing ridiculously based on the title so I didn't click on it for weeks. But it kept coming up so I finally gave in. I love that men can sing like this.
Everything about this is perfect. The voice, the look, the guy in the back that looks a bit bored, the iPad. It feels like a clash of worlds in the best way possible.
THE IPAD OMG
I think the guy with the ipad is the music page-turner.
can we appreciate the pianist's flip flops?
This music moment was organized on the same day of the meeting
No, we can't
@@heika_206 quality always has its own classiness.
Top shelf is top shelf with and without costume’s.
We can only hate it
hicks gotta hick
For those wondering : he’s singing a major third lower from what is written in the score
I was not wondering as my ear is not that good and definitely not absolute. But thank you!! The piano is also transposed, right? Else all the armonies would have changed
Yes, interesting, I wouldn't have noticed...it seems that the whole thing is being transposed down a third, from D major to Bb major. Two flats instead of two sharps, go figure.
ahhh -- ok. It felt weird, because the piano didn't feel like a b minor. I don't know why, but it felt like a "flats" minor, not a "sharps" minor
Haha I noticed that too! I heard Gm at the beginning and my eyes popped out of my skull when I saw the Bm key signature!
If you compare the studio version, you'll hear the difference.
His voice is like the sound of glass ringing through icy cold morning air I am crying
You're a frickin poet
I second this.@@walqqr1
I'm heterosexual but I can securely say that I think I love this man. His voice just captured me like nothing I've ever heard 😭
Orlińsky is arguably the best young countertenor in the world. This off-the-cuff performance is just sublime
PLUS he is a pretty good breakdancer!
I agree with you completely. His voice is amazing. I have no idea how he can make these impossibly hard pieces sound so light and full at the same time. I hope I will be able to hear him live one day, maybe even as the soloist together with the King's Singer. :) Well, one can dream... I'm glad there is TH-cam, at least.
@@interroga-te-ipsum I saw him sing a couple of weeks ago and it was genuinely magical. He had the audience completely wrapped around his finger - when I was leaving the recital hall I heard an older lady say she'd never heard that particular hall go that crazy before. Definitely go see him if you ever have the chance! Fair warning though: his final encore was so beautiful that it made me super emotional, so before leaving I genuinely had to lock myself in the bathroom to have a little cry :')
Definitely one of the best castratos I've heard.
@@RealNovgorod not castrated! Definitively not!😂
Dude embodies the whole “I’m just here for the food and alcohol but somehow ended up on this stage” vibe
EDIT: Apparently that is not too far off from the actual story
Lol ❤
this comment is gold😂
... Now I want to know what the actual story is...
@The Irish Viking
Apparently, the story is
"It was a spontaneous performance. Jakub and the pianist were in a radio interview (and dressed for radio) when they were asked to fill in for another musician at this lunchtime concert in Aix en Provence in France. There was no time to change so they did this totally off the cuff. "
Lol apparently he has some voice tho
I fully expected him to start floating off into the heavens with the way he was singing. What a gift.
Just boxer briefs would be great too
"gift"
@@DieselDog1982 ok dieseldog
Man I was just thinking how funny it would be if he just took off and flew away by the end with that same slightly detached, melancholically surprised look on his face …
@@DieselDog1982 beach thats creepy
Gave me goosebumps! They both look like frat boys and sound like artists! The voice was magical and the piano was inspiring!
when the title said too literally I thought that this was going to be a joke about biblical angels looking like Lovecraftian monsters and that his voice would be super scary and low. Instead I witnessed perfection.
same
I was scrolling looking for this :D - and then the blood of all the listeners boiled and their heads exploded
Yes. Exactly.
Yeah me too
Actually!!! It is angelic, funnily enough. Countertenors (or basically boys who can sing like girls) are said to have the voice of angels because of how androgynous it is. They’ve been sacred since the 16th century. So yeah there’s your fun fact :)
His voice sounds ancient, like from a time none of us are from.. it’s hypnotizing.. 🥴💜
Best comment ever.
Exactly…
You did it! You captured the feeling in words. 💯💯💯
Imma steal that if you don't mind😉
Yes :)
I'm obsessed with how the pianist is using an ipad for the piece, and the woman swipes the screen much like they would swipe the page in the olden days 😭 funny how with the technology it's different and yet much the same
It's time saving for pianists to use swipe control devices.in that way, they can focus more on playing, no distractions whatsoever 😊
my boyfriend is a pianist and there are nowadays page turner pedals which are used my feet like the pedals of pianos 😊
Bro is playing with flip flops omg howwww
there are apps to put the time to the page turn it self
Yeah, I’m interested to know about the relationship between the player and page turner. She’s like right in there with him. Would she be a peer? A teacher? A trainee? I guess it’s hard to remember all the notes but I’d find it hard to sit ‘in the pocket’ with someone that in the space with me that isn’t also playing.
😭That voice could make stones weep.
His technique is flawless. His voice that perfect choirboy innocence and great faith. A gift beyond measure.
perhaps you can check out the chinese singer Zhou Shen then. you will be mind-blown!!
definitely not just a natural gift though. Talent can only get you so far, but to reach this level there was 100% a lot of time and effort into perfecting his technique.
@@poodle5421 Chopin University of Music 2009-2014, finishing with a Masters in Baroque Music then went on to Juilliard for another 3 years.
According to another classical professional singer, he's actually flawed in technique or rather training. Even though the quality of the singing is top notch, you couldn't expect him to sing a 3h Opera without his voice failing eventually.
@@Raaschid opera singers have this misconception where if it's not opera, it's incorrect. Look at opera today, they are all incorrect. Regardless, this guy is a master baroque singer. Why would he use opera technique to sing three hours when he is a baroque singer?
Can we just take a moment to appreciate the pianist as well? He played with so much emotion and complemented the singer perfectly in the way the dynamics change through the piece. Especially impressive given that both of them pulled this together so last minute.
Absolutely!
“Last minute”?? Don’t let the shorts fool you-these guys are professionals who practice to sound that good.
Harpsicord be better 🌹
bruh.... obviously they are professionals and obviously they practiced this 100 times before, BUT this particular "concert" was last minute, they replaced another artist who couldnt make it. So the performance itself is last minute.@@heidim7530
❤️
Imagine having a neighbor with such a heavenly voice
Haha, my neighbor wasn't so lucky
You would love him for a week then you would file a complaint. It takes thousands of hours of practice to get good at something, you just enjoyed the 5 minutes of perfection that came out of it, and avoided all the long and excruciating process.
It did not sound like a heave I thought it was heavenly.
I play the cello and my neighborgs casually stop walking for a minute or two at my gate to hear me practice, it is a very comforting feelin ngl.
@@julittok *insert girl singing I Will Always Love You fail video*
Proud of this very talented young Polish artist. His music transcends the ordinary
Wow. As an opera singer by hobby, this man has one of the most amazing voices I have ever heard. I truly don’t think I’ve heard anyone who matches him.
Do you like Dimash?
There's a vtuber called ironmouse who's sang a few songs with opera I recommend you give some of those videos a try :D
@@khlilg.h9780 💀
You might enjoy Dimash Kudaibergen. He mixes opera with other genres but has a lovely voice.
@@alacatooo machita chima also do some amazing singing
he sings and looks like art.
The casual dress, flip flops and sneakers helps bring this classical music into present time and touch a younger audience with its beauty.
I'm remembering a story that he had shown up in those clothes during a summer heatwave expecting to be performing for a radio broadcast and was ambushed by the presence of a concert hall audience. Don't know if it was this same performance.
@D Witte You are correct, it is this one.
Giving me chills. What a voice! The flip-flops while playing the piano is perfect. Reminds me of the workers that gutted my kitchen.
I listened to this with headphones on; at 2:15 he sent his voice up into the stratosphere and I almost didn't survive it. Oh my word that was amazing.
THIS! I had the privilege of hearing that with headphones
@@charlieasarchive Did it yank you off the ground too?
I read your comment before finishing watching the video, and waited for that 2.15 moment and ..........Blimey ! nearly knocked me out of my seat ! 😆😆😆But he has a Lovely voice. Lovely old song...........And salute to the pianist.
@@maryfiaola3686 There's some mighty power in those lungs, isn't there?!
0:33 too
2:15 The way he goes higher db, his voice is so smooth there's no tearing, it's almost as if you're just sliding a volume bar in a computer, which still isn't perfect enough to replicate this.
A month old comment but...could I ask what tearing is? Or what it may sound like? Just curious and thought I'd ask someone who seems to be more knowledgeable and can break it down for someone who isn't well versed in musical terms :)
@@Otsena I'm not completely sure myself (being a layman also), but if I had to take a crack at it, they are referring to the audio itself. So they are complementing both the singer, as well as the recording hardware. When you record really high decibel sounds, they can "tear" meaning lose quality and have random pops and scratchiness. Even a small amount of audio tearing can exacerbate fluctuations in the singers voice too.
@owenstevens7151 i kinda thought they were meaning to say his crescendo was smooth haha
@@Otsena in crescendo when you fail to reach peak properly and have a crack, break or skip.
I think it may be that there is no break in how the vocal cords "slide up" into a high range without having to change to a falsetto or something. This a wild guess on my part, and I don't know this stuff, but I am very sensitive to the differences in how voices move through various ranges. The gift of these vocal cords and probably his care for them has produced this beautiful sound.
He could be singing about literal poop for all I know and I would still be moved to tears by his voice.
This is a beautiful comment
He could be literally pooping and singing and I would still be moved to tears
He could be singing about tears and I could be pooping
He could be pooping tears, and I would still be moved to sing.
He could be moving poop and I would still be singing tears
I was honestly not expecting that…how incredibly beautiful.
Jakub Józef Orliński (born 8 December 1990) is a Polish operatic countertenor singer and breakdancer. He has performed leading roles with many opera companies, including Carnegie Hall, Metropolitan Opera, Royal Opera House, Warsaw Grand Theatre and Oper Frankfurt.
- Wikipedia
Dancer???!
@@ferma5101 not just any dancer... Breakdancer 😆
Well-deserved
Good to know. At first I thought he was lip syncing! Good to know I was wrong.
Totally amazing how much talent just one person can have. Not to mention, he's also quite good looking.
I don't even know how to describe this. Any musician worth their salt knows this is damn near perfection
you sound like you're a musician worth your salt. too bad i'm not a musician worth my salt... 'cause that means i can't recognize how this is damn near perfection :(
Not damn near. This IS perfection. 👌🏻
With two music performance degrees, I strongly agree with you. The pianist is flawless. I’d love to hear his piano solo work where he truly gets to shine. But this young vocalist sets a gold bar standard for sure! And he himself is classically beautiful as well! If they were doing a major concert in an ancient venue with authentic acoustics, it’d be worth booking the tickets and hotel for a trip across the pond to experience them in person. The greatest electronic sound technology in the world just can’t replicate those sounds in those spaces. These young men are rare gems!
@@ogsus5773 it's just insanely beautiful. How is he singing like that so perfectly?!
If i had that voice my family would hate me because i would sing 24/7 non stop
He took effortless perfection to a whole new level. I'm glad young people still love this enough to keep it alive. Opera apparently is struggling as a musical genre and that is horrifying.
Well, yeah, it was an elitist thing that couldn't be passed onto their snotty kids. Tickets should be more accessible if they want regular people who are actually or could be enthusiastic about the genre.
It isn't opera that's struggling, it's us.
And without music like this our struggle is meaningless.
Opera companies are running the art into the ground because of terrible management. I myself am a young opera singer, the industry's worse for wear right now. The one thing I'll give the musical theater companies credit for is the fact it runs in a way that's much better for the singers than opera companies.
@@tcb268 hahaha ur a funny fella, a goofy goober even
It's also because Opera is up against what I call "Kleenex music" or "Mc Music". The great dumbing down is certainly a part of this.
Fewer and fewer people even read good books anymore, or even know what a good book is. Just 100 years ago the most popular musical genres were classical and jazz. How we have fallen. Many college educated young people will refer to this kind of music as that of dead white males. But I prefer it this way. Small and exclusive, made by and for those who truly appreciate it. Like a Michelin star restaurant. Opera just might be uncorruptible, because so few can master that level of singing.
Congratulations on your Olympic opening ceremony performance!!
Such a rare gift ---- His breath control incredible ----- The notes simply flow from him so naturally. A powerful voice but he knows how to restrain that power and when to use it for maximum impact.
Imagine being in the audience to experience such a voice?
Damn what a gift!!!!!❤
Yeah, I think he might be one of the rare "Counter Tenors" that were basically Altos and Sopranos before women were allowed to do those sorts of things
Truly a gift indeed
This is not a gift, this is a skill. Calling it a gift would cover up the amount of improvement and practice this guy has
@@yrgga Perhaps a honed gift, as we can't ignore that what he's achieving is just not possible for the majority no matter that amount of training.
@@yrggaEven if you had all the training and dedication in the world, you could never match Lionel Messi, Pelé, Ayrton Senna or Michael Phelps, Got It?
Honestly, the dude sings and looks like an angel!
He is also a great breakdancer.
angels sing like little old ladies? didn't know that
@@Marcel_Audubon yes, if you are imagining an old lady with an unusually beautiful, clean, and powerful voice that she has retained despite her age
@@AK-jl2wm nope, that wasn't what I was imagining, dearie. I was imagining your run of the mill little old lady, which is what Little Lord Fauntleroy here sounds like
@@Marcel_Audubon then go somewhere else. it's clearly not your thing so don't bother
Bropera. A thing none of us knew we NEEDED in our lives. I am grateful to these young men for inventing it.
It's just opera
@@ASMRyouVEGANyet no it's clearly bropera...
@@sweetgirl070707 No it is baroque opera
If you came up with that term yourself, i take of my hat to you.
''BROPERA'' was divine
What an absolutely gorgeous countertenor voice. It might sound a little weird but I also really kind of like the breaths that he puts in. I'm a classically trained mezzo soprano with asthma, and one of the biggest things I've struggled with my whole life has been really long melismas and sustained notes, because I often just can't get enough air and breath support to make it all the way through. I've always been self conscious about it, and it was one of the most consistent notes I got in college. But honestly? This makes me feel a lot less self conscious about it. On more than one occasion I've had to add in breaths where they weren't written, and it always kind of felt like cheating in a way. But here he allows himself the time he needs to breathe, and it sounds completely relaxed, natural, and absolutely stunning.
I'm the same as you: a classically trained mezzo with asthma! I wasn't diagnosed with asthma until my 2nd year of college (when I suffered a severe, prolonged asthma attack).
I took one lesson with a "top-tier" voice teacher during my 1st year of college (before I was diagnosed). At one point she asked me, "Do you have asthma? No? Then stop inhaling so noisily." It took all my composure not to burst into tears. Turns out I DID have asthma...but she was so unkind about something I had no control over.
@@joker6solitaire Oh man that's absolutely awful. Sadly there are really talented people out there who make very cruel teachers, and even if they are a "top" instructor, it means very little if they break their students' confidence and belittle them instead of working together with them where they're at. I hope you were able to continue your studies with a kinder teacher - thankfully I've had incredible luck in that area. Finding the right instructor who sort of "speaks your language" makes a WORLD of difference.
It gets better when you realize he’s also a breakdancer 😂
What really?
@@pogemon2191 really
Omg 👁️👄👁️
NO! ..really? Oh, that *does* make it even better!!
But can he do both simultaneously
Not only a beautiful voice but also a perfect pronounce of the ancient italian in this Vivaldi's masterpiece. Proud and pleased by the performance. Thank you.
A rare countertenor. In a word, sublime.
A beautiful interpretation, entirely outside his vocal qualities. I will have to listen to more of his work.
Hes somehow a Castratti voice without the...castratti
Forestella (a band from Korea) has one
@@petemartell677 Countertenors are usually baritone singers (rarely tenor, never bass) who practiced their falsetto until it developed into a real voice. They also sometimes use a modal voice for lower notes. The reason they are so rare is that there's a big stigma of sounding like a woman and it's extremely difficult to learn this.
@@reisshep this guy does sound like a woman
I saw him in concert a few weeks ago, and it was INCREDIBLE. The singing, of course, but also the dancing.
There's some kind of biblical beauty about this whole situation. The dude singing like an angel with a backing pianist with flip-flops on and playing beautifully
I've never heard a man sing in this range so beautifully. I play instruments and don't sing, so correct me if I'm wrong but the entire piece was an insanely impressive falsetto.
No, countertenor is a rare vocal range, he's not singing falsetto
@@apowellintheweeds Counter tenors sing in falsetto, or head voice if you will.
@@Opuskrokus Aren't those two different things?
@@FxdGearQueer Not really. You can't have one without the other.
He is using Mixed voice. The note is resonating in His chest, and his head. That is why He the note at 2:15 sounds so full. Mixed resonance takes awhile to truly master, and sounds breathtakingly beautiful.
Spent 6 years in classical voice programs and competition before I took a big step back from performing due to illness. Since then my relationship with singing has been bittersweet and I have to say this is the first classical voice performance I have been really excited by in a long time. The big wide eyed, goose-skin, presentness. Triggered my urge to listen as a musician and maybe eventually I’ll perform again.
Edit: the fact that this was a spontaneous performance is immensely impressive given the rigor and hard physical work it takes to do this.
I hope you have the music in your life, whether or not you decide to perform again. Good luck 🍀
Goose skin?
@@bigol9223 like when you get shivers and bumps on your skin. i call it goosebumps?
💐 I hope you sing again
I had my throat crushed by someone who crushed my heart too. When I sang I forgot my troubles, now I hear his hands. Please sing for me🙏💖
I can never thank you enough for introducing me to this man. What a voice.
2:14 The way he crescendos is absolutely beautiful 🥰
now that is one way to say orgasm
Dio mio
My god
Meu Deus
This guy looks like a very confused 17th century civilian who just got pulled into the future, put modern clothes on, and forced to sing
😅💀
LMAO the creativity of this comment
1:20 I love the facial expressions classical singers make while performing, my mom does the same so it always feels like I'm seeing a little bit of her when I'm watching videos like this!
Dude that's literally so sweet
fr
It seems you miss your mother
its to hit certain notes the way they want them to hit it.
Omg he is so beautiful, not his face , he’s just a beautiful human
Yes he is. So incredibly modest and down to earth with a good wit too. I had a pleasure to meet him and it was a treat.
@@otkaczalkawariatka you have met him !! you’re so lucky 💳💥
"not his face" lmaoooooooo, what a burn !
@@charleshastings9452 i didn’t mean it that way 😭 lol , he is beautiful in both ways ( ngl , i watched the video again and HE IS good looking ), i just wanted to say that every human can be beautiful in their own way regardless of nowadays beauty standards
It does my heart good to see young people carrying on the tradition of mastering this beautiful music. Thank you!
So many can beltos and mediocrities these days. Ut us uplifting and refreshing to be treated to this
Why do i want to see him sing this dressed in one of those white togas you see in those classic Roman art on ceilings? Simply beautiful.
Imo he us classically beautiful.
@@hi-ve1cw I think it's because he has the face/head of something from a piece of Renaissance art. He kind of looks like a living statue/sculpture/bust from that time period, possibly depicting a character of even older origins.
@@hi-ve1cw You are aware renaissance was the goal to reach the heights of the classical period in terms of culture and such?
@@hi-ve1cw it's from the 18th century actually, 1724 to be precise.
Because he looks like a Greek demigod?
The fact he actually looks like an angel from those renaissance paintings is sending me..
Edit: I found the painting yall. Fallen Angel by Alexandre Cabanel - 1847
He looks like an angel who was sent to earth and told to ‘blend in,” but just dressed like the first guy he saw.
@@AbsintheRed2019 I bet they told him, “Whatever you do, don’t sing- it’ll give you away”
@Thaiquer Williams 🤣🤣 bestie he ain't mine
He lowkey hot in a highkey way.
RIGHT HOLY
I saw this a while ago, and someone said "If I sounded like him I'd never shut up!" 😂 Absolutely hilarious, and true ❤😂❤
It’s great that musically trained people listen to music like this glorious performance, but so sad that all they hear are the “errors” and only want to show how clever they are and don’t seem to want to praise the beauty of the performance . Maybe it was a class exercise to spot the difference, but in any case I hope that people with musical knowledge allow themselves to enjoy the music and not just to analyse it to death.
When you're learning performance it's so hard to just sit and enjoy the music when you're beaten on the head with all the technicalities of it. As much as I enjoyed singing and learning to play an instrument I didnt like being constantly reminded of my inferiority. I took a private lessons teacher that wouldn't let me get past a single set of notes without playing it almost exactly to their standards. It's great for a learning but doesn't make it fun to practice and experiment with the music.
I get the impression that a lot of classically-trained musicians end up hating music and other musicians.
...unfair ,a listener merely noted the singer sang the melody line lower....Frank Sinatra did that with some Hoagy Carmichael songs .....lower and slower.....added to the musicality of performance.
Vivaldi picked a key , these singers sang another set of notes that is ,another key.
Each "key " has its own colour.
@john blaine As someone who started out being classically trained, this comment resonated with me. When I was young and learning, I had natural ability (talent) that showed an affinity for music, so my parents had me in voice and violin performances early. At first, it was fun learning terms and how to recreate a piece with my voice or violin, getting praised for the final performance. However, despite having natural ability that seemed to take to even difficult music easily, there were so many course corrections done along the way for every single song (not just for myself, but for the group when playing with an orchestra or singing in a chorus) that it really did become almost like a burden to be around music. I had to take a break from it because I LOVED music and wanted to love it again. Unfortunately, a lot of people (several who I personally know) who continue with the rigors of classical training end up moving into the land of Hubris where their accomplished pieces, years of work with this or that maestro or maestra, and library of technical knowledge become their whole identity, which they have to share with EVERYONE whether they ask for it or not.
The best thing I did to break away from that so I could actually enjoy music again was join a church choir where the conductor pointed out that I was technically correct when I sang, but there was no character, no true individuality to my performance. He taught me how to feel the music, be moved by it, and then put myself into it. I had never had that kind of encouragement before and it was life changing. Now, I can actually share something I love with my children in a way that fosters their love for it, too. There is value in knowing the technical aspects of music, but living in that world too much kills the appreciation of it (from what I've experienced and seen).
I appreciate this comment thread. I too as a young adult had a similar internal experience. Somewhere along the way I had lost the innocent love for beauty and I twisted music performance, technique, and knowledge into a self absorbed identity idol. I literally felt so much freedom when I changed majors from music in college. Music doesn’t play as large a role in my life as it once did, but I’m hopeful that I will continue to find healing in Christ, the creator and remaker of all things, and once again be able to enjoy music innocently and partake in it in thankfulness as part of God’s good created order. I will say, as Donna above did, that choral music did have a special way of opening up beauty while leaving behind the shackles of self absorption.
I don't think I've ever heard better singing before. It's mesmerizing.
Well it’s subjective but this is an incredible sound that is for sure
You should listen to Philippe Jaroussky! He sings this piece as well, he's an amazing countertenor
SOS - Dimash, thank me later (the one with a red thumbnail for me is the best version)
Jakub is amazing, this was his first performance I listened to and I immediately fell in love with his voice. If you don't know him: he's a polish countertenor and a break dancer, strange combo but it fits him perfectly. A great artist! About their informal dress, they were not supposed to play on stage that evening that's why they're wearing slippers and shorts.
I love this version-it was the song that emotionally helped me in the pandemic
Thanks for the bit about their dress, I was wondering!
i like to think someone had to give the angels clothes when they showed up to perform
Wow. That is legit pretty cool!
Noon: perform a Vivaldi masterpiece
3pm: drinks with the bois
Wow! It's not just that he has great breath control, precision in rhythm and pitch, great projection and range as well as tonal stability, he blends it all so seamlessly as if that wasn't even hard to do. Vastly impressive.
Yes, yes!
While standing there in beach clothes like the statue of David.
There are more and more channels sharing certain mesmerising parts of classical pieces, and describe them with interesting titles (and credit to the original creator of course). Imo, such the titles r more effective in promoting classical music to a layperson like me ;)
Yup, it’s amazing
You mean like: Music you listen to when you think you were meant to save the world, but actually you are supposed to destroy it.
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i love classical music, and if you hate it i will fight you
Classical music clippers lmao pog
I was stunned when he sang this trill 1:03 perfectly. His voice is performing like Violin!
How the hell does this even work lol
Like I´m no way a professional singer but I´ve been a musician for 25 years and people consider my singing good yet I had no idea you could even do that and I have never heard anyone do this before :O
@@janmischa5750 you should look into "The Epic of Gilgamesh" Sung by Peter Pringle for an amazing example of that kind of singing.
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1:03 ?
@@jkscout just listen from there jz
instant tears. that truly is the voice of an angel
He makes this look effortless, amazing. I can't imagine how many years of learning and practice it takes to get to this no matter how naturally gifted he is.
I was expecting a series of variating high pitched low pitched beeping sequences that when synced together vibrated "Be not afraid" in all audibly perceptible pitches both to humans and animals but this was nice too!
Haha! Me too!!!😄😂😂
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ME TOO!
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This guy is one of the singers you can listen to and not be at all worried that their voice will slip.
I already cried once to night. Here comes the waterworks again.
Thank you!
people dont understand how effortless he made that look. like my mouth dropped OPEN THE WHOLE TIME OH MY GOD THIS MAN IS AMAZING
I love how pure and natural his voice sounds, like it is a joy to sing!!!
isn't the least bit natural ...
@@agnidas5816 you're right, it took years and years of training! Nothing an average unmusical commoner/nobody like you can achieve.
How does it feel to have complete, utter control over your voice? Must be amazing
I think it can be rewarding, just frustrating to not know lyrics to everything as it comes on
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His voice was like floating through the sky amidst the wispy clouds 😇
He looks and sings like an angel.
"Beauty is an experience, nothing else. It is not a fixed pattern or an arrangement of features.
It is something felt, a glow, or a communicated sense of fineness." D.H. Lawrence
This part is called a Countertenor. They were really big in Brogue style operas - Tempest\Enchanted Island(Opera mash-up of Tempest and Midnight's summer dream). The part of the Tempest is usually a Countertenor. Orpheus and Eurydice are another two operas that use this vocal part. The part of Orpheus' muse is a Countertenor.
The singing style has been around since about the 16th century.
do you mean... Baroque?
No wonder…I was just thinking how similar this guy sounds like Orpheus from Hadestown
Amazing💜
Wow. Interesting. I don't know why but it reminds me the movie about Farinelli
he actually played orpheus' music self in eurydice!! at lincoln center!!
This man's voice is an instrument in its own right. Absolutely stunning
Vocals are always considered an instrument.