James King sings Allmächt'ger Vater from Rienzi (Richard Wagner)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 ต.ค. 2024
- The great American tenor James King sings Allmächt'ger Vater (Rienzi's prayer) from Richard Wagner's opera Rienzi, accompanied by Jeffrey Goldberg.
Kennedy Center. June 16, 1982.
He had the ideal heroic ring, burnished steel, like a trumpet. It was his trademark. Audiences wanted to hear it. Always!
Timbro, squillo, intonazione, gusto , linea, fraseggio, morbidezza, musicalitta, dolcezza, virilita' . Aria difficile che Lui rende ai massimi livelli. Hrande artista
Magnificent voice, noble phrasing, beautiful dynamics - a true example of the Golden Era of opera.
Absolut. Sehe ich genauso so 👍
Habe ihn oft gehört in Wien, großartig. Ein Liebling des Publikums!
57 years old and his voice is SOLID AS A ROCK. No wobble in this great voice. And remember he sang Strauss’ Bacchus to Jessye’s Ariadne just as solidly as this (and with many high Bbs!) even when he was past 60. It’s on the Met DVD.
Such a glorious outpouring of voice.
He is simply perfect! Was a good friend and great teacher.
An absolutely magnificent voice and technique not least to mention an outstanding performance of this superb Wagnerian aria .
Is it odd to anyone else that given the repertoire and the wonderful voice of Mr. King they chose to keep the lid on the piano down?
Merveilleux, c est MERVEILLEUX!It cannot be better!!
By God, what a singer. I adore James King.
Indescribably impressive and beautiful.
Bravissimo!!! Großartige Interpretation!
SUPERB
…trying this Rienzi with Piano only proves the core of his voice. Extraordinary quality that lasted for decades. James King will always one of the gems in Tenor Olympus. Mentioning Mr. Kaufmann in this context gives a hint of the diminished standard in Tenor Singing. Limited to say the least.
This is a prayer. So tell me God, could you hear it?
Kaufmann sings it rather differently. He doesn't sing it this way, first of all because he couldn't. No one else can either. King sings it full out, balls to the wall. I love it but I wouldn't want to hear it that way in my living room. This is a voice for big theaters singing over a big orchestra.
Fortunately I've heard him just that way and he was stupendous. He sang Florestan in Fidelio with Gwyneth Jones. The two biggest voices on the operatic stage in my life time. In the finale Jones and King sing alternating phrases with the whole chorus and orchestra. King and Jones were louder.
Lucky! What other famous singers have you seen?
This is a beautiful video/audio of James king. Why o why is the first thing you write "Kauffman" ?????????????
I have just listened to Domingo
WHAT a difference!,
I prefer Domingo’s interpretation because of the warm timbre of his voice, the elegance of his singing, the orchestration and the slower tempo
This music wasn't written for a living room. Also it doesn't work without a full symphony orchestra.
Some of the comments here are certainly ridiculous. Gotta love TH-cam.
BRAVISSIMO!!!
Maravilloso!!!! ❤️ ❤️ ❤️
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The pianist is Jeffery Goldberg
Thanks!
Can’t remember the name of the accompanist, but this was from the Kennedy Center in 1982.
Thank you!
Top...auch das Diminuendo
Grande
DEL MONACO SHOULD HAVE TAKEN SOME SINGING LESSONS WITH MR. KING
We all should have.
And King should have taken lessons from Caruso. Or Gigli. Or Björling.
Fora de serie !
Bad Wagner, that he knows how to magnify to perfection!
Hi, do you have the full concert?
I normally like his voice but here he is singing way too loud and not very good.. sorry to say so.
Its a prayer after all. A relentlessly LOUD prayer.
I am in a way happy that those big stars can have weak moments where they sound too a bit like us, faulty mortals although for me this would be a top moment of course.
How wrong you are. His singing is brilliant here.
King was one of the greatest tenors ever!!!
He was singing this at the Kennedy Center, not someone’s living room. It’s a beautiful performance, and comparing him to modern tenors is futile. This is open-larynx, balanced registration , pitch-centered singing. He’s 57 and sounds 40. No wobble in THIS voice. Ever.