Jerry Hadley is fantastic here. In my humble opinion he was one of the greatest lyric tenors of all times. Although Hampson is an undeveloped tenor, his voice is beautiful here. This tenor duet is not bad at all. Beautiful performance!
@Detectivefiction That's your opinion, and you are entitled to it. By the old school of singing standards, he is most definitely not a baritone. I know many critics argue that he is a very light lyric baritone, etc. He is a very intelligent singer with a beautiful voice, and like Leo Nucci (another tenore corto), he has been able to have a successful career singing baritone repertoire. Does that make him a real baritone? In my opinion (which is shared by many voice teachers and critics), it does not. It is one of those cases where there is much debate and abundant defenders on both sides. Anyhow, this performance was very beautiful, and tenor or not, Hampson remains a first-class singer with much success. I was by no means trying to trash him or diminish him.
@@verista2744 Dear Ones: I am a Baritone who sings in the Falsetto range as a Light Tenor. I do not push my Voice, having acquired proper training (at last) from a Voice Professor, who sang Bass with the Lyric Opera of Chicago, for 15 years. Performance Work is not a Contest. While it is lovely that people want to rate & rank Vocalists, Singers generally see themselves as Artists, sharing a Gift with Listeners Every Performance is a Privilege. And every Audience is a Gift.
I've never heard a more beautiful version of this gorgeous song. Both singers are so in sync and in such good voice, but I think Hampson's entrance in "Strange spice from the south" could be the most beautiful phrase I've ever heard sung! Bravo. RIP, Jerry Hadley; what a needless loss.
@@user-py1jg6bb2r baritenor. I've heard Mr. Hampson referred to as a lazy tenor on many occasions. I don't agree - no one is LESS lazy. He just has a beautiful light lyric baritone voice. And he still sounds pretty darned good in his mid-60s, which he probably wouldn't if he'd tried to sing as a tenor.
@@lilibetp I am not sure lazy is ever be the right word on him or any professionals. I do not see any comments of his singing is not beautiful at all. I think you are more emotion on this. The common feel is that his voice is very high pitched. He frequently be the go to singers at Met, huge presence on stage decades.
I think this is the concert I saw on PBS years ago in which Hampson sang a beautiful rendition of Cole Porter's "In the cool of the Night." Thank you for uploading selections - could you upload it if you have it PLEASE. Love this duet & duet from "The Pearl Fishers." THANKS FOR SHARING!
I've seen and heard them do the same with the Metropole Orchestra concucted by Eric Stern at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw. For me it was something nòt to forget.
@@Shamsithaca I think he is right, Tomas is a Tenor, even if you compare his look to other Baritones , you will find out , there is no other Baritone like him :) if Kaufman sad "I am a baritone" and start to sing Baritone arias, we would say yes he is a Baritone? of course not. The voice has ability to sound like baritone if you sing as a baritone for a long time :)
Lovely performance. My only caveat is the partnership between a lyric tenor and a high lyric baritone. More timbral contrast would have been welcome. That said, two fine singers give us a fine performance. Almost sufficient to make us less inclined to recall Hadley's heartbreaking suicide --
Disagree with you re the Timbre thing..They're SO perfect together - musically and temperamentally in sync, always. No surprise that they were very good Friends. Perfect artistic Partnership. Both smart, both Good People.
You may want to check the Gotlieb Archival Research Center at Boston University. They have Hadley's papers. Apparently he did arrangements... possibly of this song.
I read through many of these comments. Some are accurate and some are absurd. There was only one tenor that accomplished singing completely in all ranges from the lower baritone and and high C ranges of a dramatic tenor, to include singing forcefully always - to a point of coming across as if singing softly and that was Mario Lanza. Thomas Hampton comes closer to this than other tenors I have heard (he is a tenor!).
Check out Mario Lanza singing this song that ends in a high B flat of his upper range. It is simply incredible that a tenor could sing those difficult vowels so convincingly at the end of this beautiful composition!
+Tam Olyn I'm aware of that. I wasn't judging his voice adversely. I realize that this happens in various male vocal pairings. Caruso and Ruffo come to mind.
Aram Sargsyan I'm sure Thom knows his own range..some dark Baritones, who who could sing Verdi,could hit high notes ...it all depends on his training and what he wants to sing...Carlo Bergonzi started as a Baritone as did Domingo....
"are they singing about the same lady?" The original is actually very sweet. Marsinah (sop.) is telling her Dad about this great bloke, the Caliph (I think she doesn't know he is the Caliph) she is in love with. Whereas the Caliph is explaining to the Wazir (chief of police or more accurately - Mr. Fixit) about this girl he fancies. It makes a truly stunning quartet, sung by Alfred Drake, Doretta Morrow, Richard Kiley & Henry Calvin in the original Broadway production (recording available on youtube) I assure you the music only comes to full flower with a (good) quartet. It comes from a string quartet by Alexander Borodin.
Hampson: about the best recording of his I‘ve heard
Hadley: as fabulous as ever
The power; and the glory....
Jerry Hadley is fantastic here. In my humble opinion he was one of the greatest lyric tenors of all times. Although Hampson is an undeveloped tenor, his voice is beautiful here. This tenor duet is not bad at all. Beautiful performance!
Please post a video of you singing this duet please!
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An "undeveloped tenor"? Hampson was never a tenor; he was a baritone.
@Detectivefiction That's your opinion, and you are entitled to it. By the old school of singing standards, he is most definitely not a baritone. I know many critics argue that he is a very light lyric baritone, etc. He is a very intelligent singer with a beautiful voice, and like Leo Nucci (another tenore corto), he has been able to have a successful career singing baritone repertoire. Does that make him a real baritone? In my opinion (which is shared by many voice teachers and critics), it does not. It is one of those cases where there is much debate and abundant defenders on both sides. Anyhow, this performance was very beautiful, and tenor or not, Hampson remains a first-class singer with much success. I was by no means trying to trash him or diminish him.
@@verista2744 Dear Ones:
I am a Baritone who sings in the Falsetto range as a Light Tenor.
I do not push my Voice, having acquired proper training (at last) from a Voice Professor, who sang Bass with the Lyric Opera of Chicago, for 15 years.
Performance Work is not a Contest.
While it is lovely that people want to rate & rank Vocalists, Singers generally see themselves as Artists, sharing a Gift with Listeners
Every Performance is a Privilege. And every Audience is a Gift.
Jerry Hadley what a great tenor. complimentary in this duet
Danke🌹🌹
They blend together so beautifully.
Jerry is fantastic here.
OH what a treasure I stumbled upon. THANK you to Virginia Abrahamse for my accidentally have found this!
I agree. The other two versions of this song on youtube are good, but this is simply stunning!
Their voices were like velvet here. Perfect articulation.
I prefer passion to elecution lessons!
Tom and Jerry on a breathtaking version
Oh, God! Did not realize - Tom and Jerry!!!🤣
Once again a year later - I repeat my comment - entranced by this version
Gave me goosebumps! Wonderful voices! Thrilling to hear!
Probably the song with the most beautiful words imaginable !!!
I've never heard a more beautiful version of this gorgeous song. Both singers are so in sync and in such good voice, but I think Hampson's entrance in "Strange spice from the south" could be the most beautiful phrase I've ever heard sung! Bravo. RIP, Jerry Hadley; what a needless loss.
Holy crap! Never saw this before.
A great performance as a duet. And a great arrangement.
I think I read somewhere that JH did some of their arrangements...
breathtaking!God bless Jerry Hadley!
Probably one of the most beautiful songs ever composed.
Gorgeous and sensitive!
Heard this often - but sit entranced with this version by these two great singers
Graham-
I just love these two performers. Jerry was perfect in musical theatre. He should have been the one to record West Side Story.
Absolutely! He was Bernstein's first choice for West Side Story, but he could not get out of his contract with the NYCO.
I've thought that since that version came out.
Wonderful!!!
Exquisite!🎼🎹
absolutley wonderful
Grandes voces.Excelente música.
Really darling, this Duet.
Gorgeous!
Breaks my heart!
I liked both of these singers, but I really liked the presence of Thomas. His facial expressions captures a picture of true love!
Muito lindo. Ótimo para nossos ouvidos.
Just wonderful! Bravo!
This is exquisite singing! Hampson might have trained as a tenor! Bravo!
I thought it is only me thinking that way, maybe there should be another name for the catagory sake.
@@user-py1jg6bb2r baritenor. I've heard Mr. Hampson referred to as a lazy tenor on many occasions. I don't agree - no one is LESS lazy. He just has a beautiful light lyric baritone voice. And he still sounds pretty darned good in his mid-60s, which he probably wouldn't if he'd tried to sing as a tenor.
@@lilibetp I am not sure lazy is ever be the right word on him or any professionals.
I do not see any comments of his singing is not beautiful at all.
I think you are more emotion on this.
The common feel is that his voice is very high pitched.
He frequently be the go to singers at Met, huge presence on stage decades.
Omg this fantastic maybe years years ago but brilliant.👏👏👏👏
I think this is the concert I saw on PBS years ago in which Hampson sang a beautiful rendition of Cole Porter's "In the cool of the Night." Thank you for uploading selections - could you upload it if you have it PLEASE. Love this duet & duet from "The Pearl Fishers." THANKS FOR SHARING!
I will upload the Thomas Hampson. Cole Porter song soon.
É a boa música que entra no ouvido com facilidade e deixa a memória com dificuldade.
Due tenori..
Quel duo ! Quelles belles voix ! Merci de partager avec nous .
The best
Great singing
great!
I've seen and heard them do the same with the Metropole Orchestra concucted by Eric Stern at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw. For me it was something nòt to forget.
Great works for two Tenors !!!
Thomas Hampson ist immer noch Bariton ...
one of them is a baritone. not a tenor.
@@Shamsithaca I think he is right, Tomas is a Tenor, even if you compare his look to other Baritones , you will find out , there is no other Baritone like him :) if Kaufman sad "I am a baritone" and start to sing Baritone arias, we would say yes he is a Baritone? of course not. The voice has ability to sound like baritone if you sing as a baritone for a long time :)
Lovely performance. My only caveat is the partnership between a lyric tenor and a high lyric baritone. More timbral contrast would have been welcome. That said, two fine singers give us a fine performance. Almost sufficient to make us less inclined to recall Hadley's heartbreaking suicide --
Disagree with you re the Timbre thing..They're SO perfect together - musically and temperamentally in sync, always. No surprise that they were very good Friends. Perfect artistic Partnership. Both smart, both Good People.
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Is there an arrangement of this anywhere?
You may want to check the Gotlieb Archival Research Center at Boston University. They have Hadley's papers. Apparently he did arrangements... possibly of this song.
I read through many of these comments. Some are accurate and some are absurd. There was only one tenor that accomplished singing completely in all ranges from the lower baritone and and high C ranges of a dramatic tenor, to include singing forcefully always - to a point of coming across as if singing softly and that was Mario Lanza. Thomas Hampton comes closer to this than other tenors I have heard (he is a tenor!).
Check out Mario Lanza singing this song that ends in a high B flat of his upper range. It is simply incredible that a tenor could sing those difficult vowels so convincingly at the end of this beautiful composition!
Jaw, meet floor.
I must disagree with those who claim "Kismet" defiled the music of Borodin.
Hampson sounds more like a tenor than Hadley.
+James Caputo Hampson is a very light lyric baritone.
+Tam Olyn I'm aware of that. I wasn't judging his voice adversely. I realize that this happens in various male vocal pairings. Caruso and Ruffo come to mind.
Hampson is 6ft 4 with a voice to match..he just has a high Baritone but sings with great Intelligence and charm
@@rationalsceptic7634 Why High Baritone? maybe Low Tenor? :) I am almost sure Tomas is a Tenor :)
Aram Sargsyan
I'm sure Thom knows his own range..some dark Baritones, who who could sing Verdi,could hit high notes ...it all depends on his training and what he wants to sing...Carlo Bergonzi started as a Baritone as did Domingo....
Weird - are they singing together about the same woman? Lovely voices though.
Beautiful, but it makes me wonder; are they singing about the same lady? That could raise some major problems. Oh well, I’m over thinking it.
"are they singing about the same lady?"
The original is actually very sweet. Marsinah (sop.) is telling her Dad about this great bloke, the Caliph (I think she doesn't know he is the Caliph) she is in love with. Whereas the Caliph is explaining to the Wazir (chief of police or more accurately - Mr. Fixit) about this girl he fancies.
It makes a truly stunning quartet, sung by Alfred Drake, Doretta Morrow, Richard Kiley & Henry Calvin in the original Broadway production (recording available on youtube) I assure you the music only comes to full flower with a (good) quartet.
It comes from a string quartet by Alexander Borodin.
Great but nobody touches Mario Lanza singing this
Why are two men singing a girl's solo song?
the real tenor and the fake bariton ( a not developed tenor)
Competent but uninspiring.wimped out on the final note. Rather listen to lanzas rendition.