Beautifully sung despite the ridiculous tempo set by the conductor. He otherwise holds that flawless C-sharp a lot longer. I'm glad to see that vids of Brownlee are still popping up; thanks for sharing!
@@mikedeieso920 Perhaps that was the problem. I've long been a fan of Brownlee; for his voice type, he is unmatched in technique. But this interpretation of Bellini left something to be desired. There was a certain tenderness that was missing here but that I would normally expect given the subject matter.
Cada vez estoy más convencida que voces tan prodigiosas como la del Sr. Brownlee nacen una de cada trillón y no siempre se descubren. Me siento privilegiada de poder escucharle a placer. Dure muchos años Don Lawrence. Gracias.
his emotions are just fine bravo bravo maestro some of us on here forgot to park there prejudice at the curb where it belongs god gives this gift to all nations and groups just an other great American tenor / singer ! I know it takes one to know one !
I've been a fan of Jussi Bjorling since I was about 13-14 years old and this brother thrills me the same way. Especially his flawless beautiful high notes. I know he's a lyric tenor, but his flowing legato singing just floors me. Yeah the sopranos do Bel Canto like birds but Mr Brownlee..damn! I'm also the number 1 Jackie Wilson fan in the world, especially in his prime (he brought me to opera and Bjorling). So although I stumbled upon you late (I live in Hawaii..I gotta get off this rock more often!) rest assure Mr. Brownlee you're in great company in my book. I never thought anyone could do Nadir's lament as well as Gigli but...damn!!!
I am not impressed with many of the new voices so I am thrilled to hear Maestro Brownlee. May he have a long and glorious career! Best voice I have heard for a long time, since the older great voices have retired or passed away.
I don't understand why Mister Brownlee has chosen such a high tempo, he has the vocal power and technique to shine in one of the most complicated arias.
Yes the tempo is a little slow but the stunning voice of one of the best American tenor.I had the chance to hear him last week with the young amazing South African Tenor Levy Segakapane together a great happiness , a miracle🌹🎵🎶🌸🙏🎶🤲
Ok, so that is a beautiful voice; natural; beautiful timbre, good placement; clear sound; not covered; and excellent singing. Those high notes amazingly were not forced, were on pitch and actually beautiful to listen to. His is a world class voice. He is new to me so don't know how long he is singing but continued performance will refine his art/performance to include more nuance, appropriate changes in dynamics suitable to type of music (too consistently mezzoforte to forte) and refining his bel canto line (this was just to fast for the standard performance of this aria). This will come with time, good coaching (hopefully he is getting it from someone) and good choice in rep to maintain his vocal health and have a long career. This voice is the real thing; the artist needs time to develop.
Mi chiedo a chi si offriva una composizione di musica e canto di tanto valore in un secolo in cui l'analfabetismo toccava l'80 per cento della popolazione.E oggi istruiti come siamo quasi tutti mi chiedo che fine ha fatto la cultura,la musica,la poesia,l'arte.
David Zhang Exactly, this is why opera is colorblind, it cares about voices more than anything else. Only in opera can one have a black women in the roles of French countess, Irish princess, German demi-goddess, Spanish gypsy or a Japanese Geisha; a black man - Flying Dutchman or Germanic God or have an Asian "Spanish prince" or have a white Ethiopian slave. You don't even need to close your eyes. Opera audiences doesn't expect singers to "look the part" and say Simon Estes was no less believable as a Flying Dutchman than Pavarotti as a starving poet. dquibs2 - if you've not done it yet, please listen to Leontyne Price.
+Jonathan Linton - For crying out loud, calm down. a) did you not get his point, which is that the voice is paramount; b) are you saying there is a 'black' sound? one kind of 'black' voice? and c) have you listened to this? He sounds like a man, pure and simple.
Lindokuhle Msimango Unfortunately, all countries are in love with "mainstream garbage" these days. We do know wonderful South African opera singers like Pretty Yende here. There was also a very good bass among the winners of the Met Council auditions. In general, there is a long history of black opera singers in the US as well, it's just that most people in the US (and for that matter all over the world) don't know much about opera.
There are not too many tenor duets in opera, thank God. It is difficult enough to find even one decent tenor for a performance :). However, here is one: th-cam.com/video/QeH_Nu6J0yU/w-d-xo.html
@@ssr6036 Why...he is a great Bel Canto...dont compare him to different spinto Tenors..he is highly rated..winner of the Richard Tucker Award...Greg Kunde sang,brilliantly,the same Operas but now sings heavier roles.. I have heard none better than him singing Rosinni or Bellini th-cam.com/video/u_rWhmcVnQw/w-d-xo.html
@@rationalsceptic7634 Who was comparing him to spinto tenors? Salvatore Fisichella, Bjorling, Pavarotti, Di Stefano, Tito Schipa, Lauri Volpi, Kraus. Those people knew how to sing belcanto. Brownlee is fine, he can definitely sing, but he leaves a lot to be desired and his vibrato is very off putting. That being said, I wouldn't say he has much competion today anyway. Also, I don't need him to be highly rated or to have won awards to tell me whether he is good or not, I have ears.
@@rationalsceptic7634 Yeah and I didn't disagree with you (although I probably do), i just said that's pretty sad if that's all we got. The other tenors I were referring to was just an example of great belcanto tenors, because you said don't compare him to spinto tenors which I obviously wasn't. Read again!
y'all just shut up! I want to hear some good music, typical classics, pav this pav that,...this is what you do and hip-hop don't want to listen to you.... you are chocking the breath out this young man. I think Mr Brownlee is beautiful.
It is not only Pav here Pav there......... it is also Corelli here Corelli there...... if you say Mr.Brownlee is beautiful then you are obviously referring to his appearance... as for his voice: it is okay. A bit too much of a vibrato. Due to that there is a real danger that he sounds like a bleating goat at times. No squillo which is what an outstanding tenor should have to evoke goose bumps. As I said: overall it is okay. For more turn to the aforementioned singers.
El vibrato no es un defecto. Es algo que forma parte de la peculiaridad de una voz. Conchita Supervía, extraordinaria mezzo española de principios del pasado siglo XX, tambien lo tenía. Es algo con lo cual se nace. En cuánto a la interpretación del aria, si le podríamos pedir un poco más de sentimiento ... En cualquier caso, desde mi opinión personal, debo de decir que es un magnífico tenor.
Geez, settle down. He is fine, nothing special though and certainly dosen't come close to being the best, by a long shot. Much better singers out there and his vibrato is so weird, just sounds like a wobble. Listen to Salvatore Fisichella for this Aria, and Pavarotti ofcourse. Then you will hear how belcanto should be sung.
Very beautiful voice and rendition but the conductor kinda ruined it with the tempo. This is a very emotional aria and should be sung slower, allowing the voice to expand more and display its full leggato capacities. Bellini is the epitome of long and well-developed melodies and this maestro seems to have forgotten that. It's no so "bubbly" and "upbeat" like Rossini. I also can't say I love his pronunciation of some words... it screams "English-speaker" at times.
Certo...la pronuncia, o meglio la mitica "dizione". Meglio Di Stefano vero? Secondo me lei non capisce nulla di canto in generale e di belcanto in particolare: vuol dire che non ha studiato abbastanza, mi spiace.
Mr. Brownlee parla perfettamente Italiano e ha una sua natura che non riusciva pronunciare certe consonante alla perfezione, mi far stare male leggere certe commenti dai Italiani che oltre di criticare non sanno apprezzare la bellezza che ci regala questo straordinario creatura. secondo voi, qualche italiano ha coraggio di criticare la pronuncia di grande Bergonzi ? no, semplice, perchè lui è italiano.Lawrence no, in più è di colore....che tristezza ,
Mr. Brownlee is the pride of the American opera scene! I've followed him for quite a while and I'm so thrilled to see him succeed so spectacularly!
Bravo Lawrence. Beautiful singing in the styles of Bellini, Rossini etc. May you have a long full career.
I just played this four times in a row - such integrity in his sound !!!
Beautifully sung despite the ridiculous tempo set by the conductor. He otherwise holds that flawless C-sharp a lot longer.
I'm glad to see that vids of Brownlee are still popping up; thanks for sharing!
I agree. The tempo did not let his voice air out, which a voice of his power and timbre really needs to express its full potential. What a talent!
@@mikedeieso920 Perhaps that was the problem. I've long been a fan of Brownlee; for his voice type, he is unmatched in technique. But this interpretation of Bellini left something to be desired. There was a certain tenderness that was missing here but that I would normally expect given the subject matter.
Clearly the best tenor of our times.
i'm so thrilled to have discovered this angelic tenor. oh my!
His voice is magnificent.
best tenor i ever heard in my 6 decades of existence. his vibrato is impeccable and the warmth and texture of his voice is angelic. bravo
Just listened again. Great diction lovely vibrato and what a voice !
Cada vez estoy más convencida que voces tan prodigiosas como la del Sr. Brownlee nacen una de cada trillón y no siempre se descubren. Me siento privilegiada de poder escucharle a placer.
Dure muchos años Don Lawrence. Gracias.
Absolutely magnificent....just magnificent.
Wonderful vocal characterisation. Pleasant tone.
his emotions are just fine bravo bravo maestro some of us on here forgot to park there prejudice at the curb where it belongs god gives this gift to all nations and groups just an other great American tenor / singer ! I know it takes one to know one !
Excellent, easy technique. Vocal agility is magnificent. Projection is perfect. Excellent Bel Canto technique. Well done
Amazing voice! Impeccable execution! Bravo!!!
Magnifique voix de ténor merci pour ce partage
Outstanding voice and feeling, throughout!
I've been a fan of Jussi Bjorling since I was about 13-14 years old and this brother thrills me the same way. Especially his flawless beautiful high notes. I know he's a lyric tenor, but his flowing legato singing just floors me. Yeah the sopranos do Bel Canto like birds but Mr Brownlee..damn! I'm also the number 1 Jackie Wilson fan in the world, especially in his prime (he brought me to opera and Bjorling). So although I stumbled upon you late (I live in Hawaii..I gotta get off this rock more often!) rest assure Mr. Brownlee you're in great company in my book. I never thought anyone could do Nadir's lament as well as Gigli but...damn!!!
I am not impressed with many of the new voices so I am thrilled to hear Maestro Brownlee. May he have a long and glorious career! Best voice I have heard for a long time, since the older great voices have retired or passed away.
Magnifico....
Excellent rendition of a very difficult aria especially if sung in the opera house since it comes close to Arturo's first entrance.
Singing is not a contest! This guy is great and everyone who is great is great in their own way! Art is about adding not subtracting!
Quelle voix ! quelle prestance ! je suis subjuguée !
Superbo! Magnifico! Sfarzoso!
QUE VOZ MÁS INCREÍBLE!!
IMPECABLEEEEEEEEEE❤❤❤❤
DOMINIO TOTAL Y ABSOLUTOOOO😢😢❤
PERFECTOOOO🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Bravo bravo bravissimo un canto eccezzionale un suono emesso dalla tua voce molto grazioso ed allo stesso tempo molto potente.bravo.
A me non piace x niente goat voice.
강력한 힘이들어간 음성!
매혹적입니다!
I enjoyed!
Very good Mr Lawrence.
What sweetness in his voice
His technique is glorious.
awesome...so graceful....
Genial, hermoso ,divino el registro de este tenor !!!
Quelle magnifique voix !
BRAVO!!!
Superbe voix ❤❤
Amazing!
beautifullllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll
Fabulous!!!!!
My God, how wonderful !
molto bravo, mi piace tanto
What an Artiste! Bravo!!!
Wow~!
Bravo bravo bravo
The victory of Lawrence Brown lee.Great,Great, Great. There is no top, only there is BEing Lawrence Brown Lee.
I don't understand why Mister Brownlee has chosen such a high tempo, he has the vocal power and technique to shine in one of the most complicated arias.
Excellent. Without seeing Ralph's post below, I questioned, where is the emotion? In some categories, 100 / 100.
A new golden age singer-bravo .
Bravvvooooooooooo!
Brownlee is just the best!
The best Bel Canto Tenor alive
Natural vibrato pushing te larinx down and the high notes come with sound, not by pushing forward, bravo!!!!
Super!!!
Extraordinario
Quelle voix ! Aucun effort, tout coule. Splendide !
Mo Oui je suis de votre avis, même si plus haut je lis des critiques. Enfin, nous cela nous plait et là est l'essentiel! :-)
Gorgeous phrasing!
A clear and soaring tenor
Yes the tempo is a little slow but the stunning voice of one of the best American tenor.I had the chance to hear him last week with the young amazing South African Tenor Levy Segakapane together a great happiness , a miracle🌹🎵🎶🌸🙏🎶🤲
damn you have a voice out of this world
Fearless tenor. No holding back with fingers crossed.
nice~
Ok, so that is a beautiful voice; natural; beautiful timbre, good placement; clear sound; not covered; and excellent singing. Those high notes amazingly were not forced, were on pitch and actually beautiful to listen to. His is a world class voice. He is new to me so don't know how long he is singing but continued performance will refine his art/performance to include more nuance, appropriate changes in dynamics suitable to type of music (too consistently mezzoforte to forte) and refining his bel canto line (this was just to fast for the standard performance of this aria). This will come with time, good coaching (hopefully he is getting it from someone) and good choice in rep to maintain his vocal health and have a long career. This voice is the real thing; the artist needs time to develop.
Magnificent from Lawrence to Lawrence
MAGNIFIQUE ! Imparable !!!!!
Je découvre cette voix !!!
Wouah !!!!! 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩
Mi chiedo a chi si offriva una composizione di musica e canto di tanto valore in un secolo in cui l'analfabetismo toccava l'80 per cento della popolazione.E oggi istruiti come siamo quasi tutti mi chiedo che fine ha fatto la cultura,la musica,la poesia,l'arte.
A black man singing an opera like this Wow. Amazing. Who would've heard.
dquibs2 When you are closed your 2 eyes , then listening this music, you do not feel he is a black man.
David Zhang Exactly, this is why opera is colorblind, it cares about voices more than anything else. Only in opera can one have a black women in the roles of French countess, Irish princess, German demi-goddess, Spanish gypsy or a Japanese Geisha; a black man - Flying Dutchman or Germanic God or have an Asian "Spanish prince" or have a white Ethiopian slave. You don't even need to close your eyes. Opera audiences doesn't expect singers to "look the part" and say Simon Estes was no less believable as a Flying Dutchman than Pavarotti as a starving poet. dquibs2 - if you've not done it yet, please listen to Leontyne Price.
What on earth are you saying? Close your eyes and you don't feel it's a black man, singing? How completely ignorant!!
+Jonathan Linton - For crying out loud, calm down. a) did you not get his point, which is that the voice is paramount; b) are you saying there is a 'black' sound? one kind of 'black' voice? and c) have you listened to this? He sounds like a man, pure and simple.
Lindokuhle Msimango Unfortunately, all countries are in love with "mainstream garbage" these days. We do know wonderful South African opera singers like Pretty Yende here. There was also a very good bass among the winners of the Met Council auditions. In general, there is a long history of black opera singers in the US as well, it's just that most people in the US (and for that matter all over the world) don't know much about opera.
First rate singer.. ! First rate.. unbelievably good. Very musical too.. Brava Brava..
What a beautiful Bel Canto
Wonder if there are any tenor duets in opera ?
Would love to hear Brownlee collaborate with Florez
There are not too many tenor duets in opera, thank God. It is difficult enough to find even one decent tenor for a performance :). However, here is one: th-cam.com/video/QeH_Nu6J0yU/w-d-xo.html
From I Puritani by Vincenzo Bellini
C est un bon tenor léger
Ma que bello, Paizá!
His vibrato is something else.
Sorry to lower the tone but not just his vibrato either..... 😜 Looks, coupled with musical talent are just irresistable!
A national treasure.
Is my internet connection much too fast or is just the orchestra?
Brilliant performance, though the tempo is a bit too fast for my liking.
Я русская. БРАВО!!!!!
Big fan of Brownlee. I'm not sure who set the tempo though, it's just stupid fast!
The best living Bel Canto Tenor
Pretty sad, if that's best we got.
@@ssr6036
Why...he is a great Bel Canto...dont compare him to different spinto Tenors..he is highly rated..winner of the Richard Tucker Award...Greg Kunde sang,brilliantly,the same Operas but now sings heavier roles..
I have heard none better than him singing Rosinni or Bellini
th-cam.com/video/u_rWhmcVnQw/w-d-xo.html
@@rationalsceptic7634 Who was comparing him to spinto tenors? Salvatore Fisichella, Bjorling, Pavarotti, Di Stefano, Tito Schipa, Lauri Volpi, Kraus. Those people knew how to sing belcanto.
Brownlee is fine, he can definitely sing, but he leaves a lot to be desired and his vibrato is very off putting. That being said, I wouldn't say he has much competion today anyway.
Also, I don't need him to be highly rated or to have won awards to tell me whether he is good or not, I have ears.
@@ssr6036
They are mostly dead or retired...I meant alive!
I never meant he was the greatest!
Read again!
@@rationalsceptic7634 Yeah and I didn't disagree with you (although I probably do), i just said that's pretty sad if that's all we got. The other tenors I were referring to was just an example of great belcanto tenors, because you said don't compare him to spinto tenors which I obviously wasn't. Read again!
y'all just shut up! I want to hear some good music, typical classics, pav this pav that,...this is what you do and hip-hop don't want to listen to you.... you are chocking the breath out this young man. I think Mr Brownlee is beautiful.
Jude Mills he’s garbage
@@stone8193 you are garbage! Fuck your self!
It is not only Pav here Pav there......... it is also Corelli here Corelli there...... if you say Mr.Brownlee is beautiful then you are obviously referring to his appearance... as for his voice: it is okay. A bit too much of a vibrato. Due to that there is a real danger that he sounds like a bleating goat at times. No squillo which is what an outstanding tenor should have to evoke goose bumps. As I said: overall it is okay. For more turn to the aforementioned singers.
Este chico cuando su voz "madure" con esa potencia quiero escucharlo en Otello, Aida.... De momento es lógico en papeles mas belcantistas.
El vibrato no es un defecto. Es algo que forma parte de la peculiaridad de una voz. Conchita Supervía, extraordinaria mezzo española de principios del pasado siglo XX, tambien lo tenía. Es algo con lo cual se nace.
En cuánto a la interpretación del aria, si le podríamos pedir un poco más de sentimiento ... En cualquier caso, desde mi opinión personal, debo de decir que es un magnífico tenor.
Absolutamente de acuerdo con todas sus apreciaciones
Vibrato is good and everyone has it, a caprino like brownlee here has is not good.
Er ist großartig !!!
2:37 Beautiful
He's very very good
Fabulous although a bit on the fast side.
Why is this guy not at the Met???????????????????????
He is ;)
He is and he is fabulous!
Because he isn't white
He's one of the MET's biggest tenors. I've heard him live there a number of times. He also made his professional debut in a leading role at La Scala.
@@pjkhunold Yeah, I'm sure the Metropolitan Opera of New York is full of rascists....then again, they probably all are democrats.
Nice job
I agree!
geniallll
BEST LYRIC TENOR WHO EVER LIVED!!!
He's Leggiero Tenor tho.
Geez, settle down. He is fine, nothing special though and certainly dosen't come close to being the best, by a long shot. Much better singers out there and his vibrato is so weird, just sounds like a wobble.
Listen to Salvatore Fisichella for this Aria, and Pavarotti ofcourse. Then you will hear how belcanto should be sung.
Young singers can achieve so much more if they would listen to the singers of the past such as BENIAMINO GIGLI, GEORGES THILL and SERGEI LEMESHEV
Wonderful execution, considering the difficulty of the aria, not much support from the orchestra, they let u go at it alone....well done
bel canto !
Very nice but check out Franco Corelli's version.
Corelli version is really good...
LordTaki corelli’s version is sublime.
Fleda,Corelli ,Lauri Volpi and Krauss...this good version,diction perfect,but filato.....
@@andreamoro6928 ¿is he black? ¿no?
Very beautiful voice and rendition but the conductor kinda ruined it with the tempo. This is a very emotional aria and should be sung slower, allowing the voice to expand more and display its full leggato capacities. Bellini is the epitome of long and well-developed melodies and this maestro seems to have forgotten that. It's no so "bubbly" and "upbeat" like Rossini. I also can't say I love his pronunciation of some words... it screams "English-speaker" at times.
Sounds a bit fast to me. The voice is wonderful though
"A te o cara amor TALLORA". Se si sbaglia pronuncia già alla prima frase vuol dire che non si è studiato abbastanza, mi spiace.
Certo...la pronuncia, o meglio la mitica "dizione". Meglio Di Stefano vero?
Secondo me lei non capisce nulla di canto in generale e di belcanto in particolare: vuol dire che non ha studiato abbastanza, mi spiace.
Non pronuncio perfettamente. Proprio per questo non stai commentando un mio video in cui canto Britten.
Mr. Brownlee parla perfettamente Italiano e ha una sua natura che non riusciva pronunciare certe consonante alla perfezione, mi far stare male leggere certe commenti dai Italiani che oltre di criticare non sanno apprezzare la bellezza che ci regala questo straordinario creatura. secondo voi, qualche italiano ha coraggio di criticare la pronuncia di grande Bergonzi ? no, semplice, perchè lui è italiano.Lawrence no, in più è di colore....che tristezza ,
Voce caprina non mi piace .