9 HIGH C's?! | Aria Explained: Ah, mes amis!

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  • 🔥 Back with another Aria Explained, and this time the tenors are up!
    Anyone who's seen Donizetti's La Fille du Regiment knows the tenor's aria, Ah, mes amis!, is a beast of an aria! But did you know that it doesn't actually have 9 high C's?! Found out why in today's episode.
    We look today at two of the world's most famous tenors, Luciano Pavarotti and Juan Diego Florez. Which is your favorite?!
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    Clips used in this video:
    🎼 Juan Diego Florez as Tonio - Covent Garden 2007
    • La fille du régiment -...
    🎼 Luciano Pavarotti as Tonio - Metropolitan Opera 1972
    • Luciano Pavarotti - Ah...
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  • @soleamici2757
    @soleamici2757 2 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Fun fact: Florez made a phone call to Pavarotti right before he had to go on stage to sing this role. 40 years after Pavarotti had a phenomenal success with this aria at the MET at the beginning of his career. Pavarotti encouraged him and he made it very good. Comparing the voices it's like comparing a lovely fountain with the niagara waterfalls. With all respect for Florez and his unbelievable high notes. Every time I hear other tenors I come back to Pavarotti. He has a wonderful timbre and so much volume and feeling in his voice. And something you can not explain. Energy, warmth, love...

    • @operaanna
      @operaanna  2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Wow, what a cool tidbit! I love that - I know Pavarotti named Florez as someone whom he expected to take his place. Wonderful that he could encourage Florez before such a pivotal performance. Shame that there's not more footage of Pavarotti performing the role, although I did find some very shaky footage from the wings of a performance. I return to Pavarotti for almost everything, so I agree!

    • @soleamici2757
      @soleamici2757 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@operaanna Yes, Florez is a friendly and very talented guy. But if you know Pavarotti... I also don't know any good video of Pavarotti singing Ah mes amis. Perhaps audio is better because the make up artist had a bad day. What a terrible wig and make up. 🤭 ...the way Pavarotti spoke of other tenors makes me love him even more. I know the interview about Florez, Corelli and others. Florez also admires him and visited him in Pesaro. And lives sometimes there. He often sings there at the Rossini Festival.

    • @LeeJCander
      @LeeJCander 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yeah I think Pavarotti gets more mass or 'chest' into the high Cs. They honestly sound like a machine gun! Florez has a beautiful very agile voice but that force generated by Pavarotti in this is ridiculous for this repertoire.

    • @Un_Gordo_De_Derecha
      @Un_Gordo_De_Derecha 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Maybe 30 years, but Pavarotti had that succes at the met in 1972, or maybe you mean the one of 1966 at the covent garden?

    • @soleamici2757
      @soleamici2757 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Un_Gordo_De_Derecha I mixed up the two houses. Sorry, I meant Covent Garden 1966 (Pavarotti) and 2006 (Florez).

  • @jimbelfiore1149
    @jimbelfiore1149 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Great video! (I just discovered your channel.) We saw Florez at the Met on opening night of "La Fille du Regiment" (April 2008). The only thing more electric than when he hit the 9 C's was when he did an encore immediately afterwards, which brought the house down. It was the first time an encore was sung during a Met performance since 1994 (Pavarotti, "Tosca"). 18 high C's, all perfect. Amazing.

    • @operaanna
      @operaanna  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Amazing!! I've never seen him live, I'm sure it's fantastic.

  • @andrewmiller5950
    @andrewmiller5950 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Fun fact the high Cs were supposed to be falsetto. It was supposed to mimic the alpine yodeling near were Tonio is supposed to be from in the opera!

    • @jaakkomantyjarvi7515
      @jaakkomantyjarvi7515 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      ...and this was not a special effect. Tenors routinely sang high notes in falsetto up until the mid-19th century. A high C in full voice in Rossini's 'Guillaume Tell' caused a sensation in Paris in 1837 but caused Rossini to remark that it sounded like "the squawk of a capon [chicken] with its throat cut".

  • @Mumbles_
    @Mumbles_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I don’t even listen to opera but now I will, love the memes added and you’re energy and insight. love this video keep up the good work from Australia 🇦🇺

    • @operaanna
      @operaanna  2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      THANK YOU!! the literal whole purpose of the vlog, you don't know how much this means 🥰😭

  • @razzking
    @razzking ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I think JD Florez was considerably younger than 48 at the time that performance was recorded. Maybe 38 or less? But you're right, he's like the Dorian Gray of opera singers and seems to be eternally 28 no matter what performance I'm watching

    • @operaanna
      @operaanna  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Haha oh yeah i definitely didn't factor in time that had passed since the recording but STILL! definitely Dorian Gray syndrome 😅

    • @ballyhigh11
      @ballyhigh11 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I'm imagine he was 48 when she made this video, but am pretty certain he was in his mid thirties when he performed this opera which i believe was in 2007.

  • @jamesmather2839
    @jamesmather2839 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Florez is SO GOOD for this role, just the right style of voice, and those Cs are just rock solid.

  • @singermanz
    @singermanz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Great work! Going from pav to Flores is like going from Hercules to Mickey Mouse. They’re both great. Just different kinda of great, lol.

    • @operaanna
      @operaanna  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      HAHAHA I love this comparison SO MUCH! So true!

    • @blaht15
      @blaht15 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Well, the difference is HUGE...in favour of the BIG PAV of course

    • @ballyhigh11
      @ballyhigh11 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yeah but opera is also a theatrical art. Pav was the ultimate park and park, even in his (slightly slimmer) youth, whereas JDF has always been a very believable actor.

    • @singermanz
      @singermanz 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@ballyhigh11 if you actually read reviews of Pav in the 60s and 70s, people didn’t complain about his acting, they actually praised it. Complaints about his struggles on stage came much later in the 80s and 90s due to his notorious weight gain. One could easily argue JDF wouldn’t have to resort to such extreme physicalities had he the instrument and technique of Pav. But to each his own.

  • @robinhahnsopran
    @robinhahnsopran 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Living for this whole series! ✨

    • @operaanna
      @operaanna  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      More coming very soon 😊😊😊

  • @jnieuwerf
    @jnieuwerf 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great video again! Loved it, keep it coming 👌

  • @milycome
    @milycome 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Yes, Pavarotti likely the greatest tenor ever. With Pavarotti, remember it's not only how loud he can get, but the "size" of his voice. Beautifully spread out, No ?? The Daughter of the Regimen is my second favorite comic opera after Don Pasquale. Both are Donizetti operas as my favorite comic operas. Oooh. My apologies to Mozart. The best of the many versions of The Daughter of the Regimen in my opinion is clearly with Diego Flores and Natalie Dessay - both vocally on the mark. Aaaah, but Natalie Dessay 's performance - perfect. The best Marie ever. The most convincing Tom boy. Royal Opera House orchestra - thumbs up.

  • @pradagio_
    @pradagio_ หลายเดือนก่อน

    Delightfully done! Anna, you are as much fun to watch as the Opera itself!

    • @operaanna
      @operaanna  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you!!

  • @stevegrimes5105
    @stevegrimes5105 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great video! I can't believe I haven't discovered this channel after all of the arias, operas, and artists I've searched on TH-cam.

    • @operaanna
      @operaanna  5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Welcome!

  • @annechome
    @annechome ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Love this aria-explanation session, thank you! (Nice to hear your voice interjected on occasion, too). :-) You chose my two favs--Pavarotti and Florez! Loved your presentation. (Note: Florez will be in LA in Jan 2023, my chance to see him after the last time--his performance with Natalie Dessay in La Fille du Regiment some years ago in San Francisco).

    • @operaanna
      @operaanna  ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you!! That's so exciting that Florez will be in LA. I would die to see him live!

  • @jamesweeks9478
    @jamesweeks9478 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I sang in the chorus in a regional opera production of “Daughter” in 1981. I enjoyed this informative and, at times, whimsical video. Thumbs up! Subscribed! Thanks!

    • @operaanna
      @operaanna  25 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Thank you!

  • @lucathe5881
    @lucathe5881 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I just discovered your channel and I absolutely love it! I'm Preparing to sing this aria so your video was very helpful! Thank you! ♥️

    • @operaanna
      @operaanna  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you!! So glad it was helpful 🥰

  • @mohabghobranios1246
    @mohabghobranios1246 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Great video, one of the greatest Arias of all time, and in my opinion, the greatest Pavarotti's performance ever

    • @operaanna
      @operaanna  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He was so great in that role. I wish there was more video of him singing it!

    • @mohabghobranios1246
      @mohabghobranios1246 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@operaanna It is insane how effortless he signs it!, compare it to other LEGENDS signing it and the difference is obvious

    • @singermanz
      @singermanz 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      No match for this role! And Rodolfo (1971), and the duke (also 1971- Japan live performance on YT is my favorite I think, albeit distorted sound).

  • @andresbottero2180
    @andresbottero2180 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Juan Diego Flórez ¡MONUMENTAL!

  • @edigabrieli7864
    @edigabrieli7864 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

    The clarity of Pavarotti voice is the stuff of legend but records are meant to be broken except this one will take thousand of years to happen.

  • @porkscratchings5428
    @porkscratchings5428 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I enjoyed this thanks, my fave is Javier Camarena doing this role and hitting the high C’s as he looks like a cuddly Ewok.

    • @operaanna
      @operaanna  2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      He would've been great to include!

  • @marshallalbritton9521
    @marshallalbritton9521 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is my first watch of your channel. Great job!!

    • @operaanna
      @operaanna  ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!

  • @pelinalptekin9403
    @pelinalptekin9403 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Please bring more mezzo arias :)

    • @operaanna
      @operaanna  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hi, thank you so much - I'm definitely going to be bringing more Aria Explained's in general... Of course as a mezzo myself I'll bring some more amazing arias for us but can't be biased :P

  • @christianzotter4224
    @christianzotter4224 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Richtig! In manchen Rollen, Pavarotti war der Einzige mit diesen tollen "Tönen"! Früher gab es Franco Corelli, der genau so "strahlte"! Andere kenne ich bisher nicht mit so einer extremen Stimme! Aber es gibt viele sehr gute "neue" Tenöre, die mir auch gefallen!

  • @williammcenaney1331
    @williammcenaney1331 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I've never been a big fan of Pavarotti. But I love a London recording of Madama Butterfly where he sings Pinkerton. My favorite tenor will always be Jussi Bjorling.

  • @welisonqueiroz4116
    @welisonqueiroz4116 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you for the video!!! I just subscribed! I was doing the same expressions here too haha

    • @operaanna
      @operaanna  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank YOU! I'll be back to uploading regularly soon 🙌🙌

  • @JoshFreilich
    @JoshFreilich 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    If it were up to me and I had the right voice to do it, and I was asked to concede the encore, I'd be like "screw 18 high C's, you're getting 20! Wait no, I'll even sweeten the deal by adding a high F at the end!"

  • @rafaelmichael2366
    @rafaelmichael2366 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video as always. Really like your type of humor as well! Can I ask you where I can find the lyrics for the whole aria?

    • @operaanna
      @operaanna  ปีที่แล้ว

      I tend to use www.opera-arias.com but sometimes they can be a bit ... Poetic. I'll make sure and add the translations for Aria Explained in the description in the future!

  • @kajettt
    @kajettt 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Hey, I'm glad I've found your video! It's nice that you explain the whole scene and the build up. "La fille du régiment" is my favorite opera. Probably because I like happy endings and it's hard to find one in opera world ;) And I think that this version with Desay and Florez is wonderful, especially with Natalie's acting skills and Juan's light voice.

    • @operaanna
      @operaanna  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you! It's a great one, and both of them are indeed just SO GOOD

  • @EandVEntertainment
    @EandVEntertainment ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love Flores, but the robustness of Pavarotti's voice is just amazing in this role.

    • @operaanna
      @operaanna  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Fully agree. They both have amazing voices but no one comes close to the Pav

    • @EandVEntertainment
      @EandVEntertainment ปีที่แล้ว

      @@operaanna In this role, maybe only Alfredo Kraus in his prime.

    • @EandVEntertainment
      @EandVEntertainment ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@operaanna It depends on the role. Pav had a magic lyric tenor voice, with the beautiful high extension that allowed him to be a Hercules of the bel canto rep.

  • @diegocastro3776
    @diegocastro3776 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    ESPERO PUEDAS LEERLO, ENCONTRE ESTA PIEZA HACE UNOS MESES Y HOY APRENDI QUE ERA UNA ARIA Y LOS 9 HICH, GRACIAS POR LA EXPLICACION Y SERA POR ESTO QUE ME GUSTA TANTO ESA PARTE LOS 9 C HIGH

    • @operaanna
      @operaanna  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      thanks diego! glad you liked it!

  • @YgorCortes
    @YgorCortes 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Please make an Aria Explained of I Puritani. It has a freaking tenor F5 (the only one written in existence I believe.) It's absolutely bonkers!

    • @operaanna
      @operaanna  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      YES - NEEDS TO BE DONE!

  • @alainbergeron4520
    @alainbergeron4520 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    For me Xavier😂Camanera is the best, I heard him and he did it " da capo" for us, great video I sure like your positive energy!! Besitos 😘

    • @operaanna
      @operaanna  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      That sounds so fun! He'll be in my next tenor Aria Explaiend, so keep an eye out!

  • @softlavender4550
    @softlavender4550 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks for the explanations. Also check out tenor Yijie Shi encoring "Pour mon âme" and nailing the 18 high Cs. The whole production is on TH-cam; it's a 2018 production from Beijing at the National Centre for the Performing Arts. The soprano is very fine as well.

    • @operaanna
      @operaanna  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks for the tip!

  • @rintintinification
    @rintintinification 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Bravo!

  • @ganson560
    @ganson560 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    12 minutes?!? Was 15! But i loved it!

    • @operaanna
      @operaanna  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      HAHAH yeah, I definitely didn't keep that promise.

  • @jackeldestripador4619
    @jackeldestripador4619 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Flores 💪😁

  • @leonardodavinci2218
    @leonardodavinci2218 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Pavarotti has powerfull high lyric voice. Best tenor of all time.💥👌

    • @operaanna
      @operaanna  2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Honestly though, he gives me goosebumps every time I hear him sing! Unbelievable... Thinking of doing a series on singers themselves, cause there's so much to say that I can't get to in the Aria Explained videos!

    • @leonardodavinci2218
      @leonardodavinci2218 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      You thought very well👏😊

    • @Kursun_Asker
      @Kursun_Asker ปีที่แล้ว

      🤙🏻❤️

  • @jamesmather2839
    @jamesmather2839 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Massive respect to Florez, but I can only hear Pavarotti when I imagine this aria in my head. The little vid on TH-cam from Pav’s peak, The Met '73 🥰

  • @55realitycheck
    @55realitycheck ปีที่แล้ว

    i really enjoy your channel, Good work. Can you answer a stupid question. When you learn an opera, do you just learn the words or do you understand the language or a bit of both?? Silly question, but I am curious.

    • @operaanna
      @operaanna  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you! And definitely not a stupid question, no worries. I mainly sing in German, Italian, and French, and i speak varying degrees of each language (and similar words tend to pop up a lot over and over). That being said i have to translate and commit to memory everything regardless! If i don't know the meaning of a word, you can immediately *feel* it as an audience member, and i think that's true of any singer. For some reason you can just tell when someone doesn't know what they're saying, and it's a hugely important part of learning a role or a song!

    • @55realitycheck
      @55realitycheck ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks. Keep up the good work

  • @PatrickMorinSpeaks
    @PatrickMorinSpeaks 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great, great job.

    • @operaanna
      @operaanna  5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you!

  • @roberthudson1959
    @roberthudson1959 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This aria is the membership card for the tenors guild. With very few exceptions, real tenors have this song in their repertoire.

  • @patton303
    @patton303 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Wasn’t the love forbidden because Marie was supposed to marry the Duke of Crakenthorp?
    And she was French and Tonio was Tyrolean which was another strike against him.
    But they marry anyway, so it all worked out as operas usually do. Lol.

    • @operaanna
      @operaanna  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      That's right! But MUCH later in the opera when her long lost aunt/mother finds her. Also the Tyrolean thing, but i mentioned that, no? It always seems to work out in the comic operas at least 😅

  • @ludovico6890
    @ludovico6890 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I haven't seen the opera, but as a native French speaker the correct translation would be probably "The Girl in the Regiment" or "The Girl from the Regiment".

    • @operaanna
      @operaanna  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Makes sense, but it's typically translated as The Daughter of the Regiment, also to tie into the story more.

    • @ludovico6890
      @ludovico6890 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@operaanna Yeah, I see why, but I think you then lose the double entendre (daughter or a female soldier?). Actually I'd translate it as "The Girl of the Regiment". (Side note: you might be able to tell that I used to work in the translation industry).

    • @operaanna
      @operaanna  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ludovico6890 oh, of course. Interesting take, although she never really picks up arms to fight even though she motivates the men to do so...i think daughter is usually chosen because of the way she was found on the battlefield and subsequently raised by the regiment, but i could be wrong.
      I do love a double entendre though! 🤪

    • @softlavender4550
      @softlavender4550 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The Chinese apparently translate it as "The Girl in the Army".

  • @bankfinanzas6348
    @bankfinanzas6348 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Greetings from PERU

  • @meljackson1985
    @meljackson1985 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    my favorite

  • @Opera_Madman
    @Opera_Madman หลายเดือนก่อน

    Why didn't so many people sing this Aria before, but now almost every tenor sings it? Is the technique better? This is worth thinking about.

    • @operaanna
      @operaanna  หลายเดือนก่อน

      What time frames are you referring to?

  • @ronbusch3359
    @ronbusch3359 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Have you seen Javier Camarena in this aria? I think he looks even more childish :)

    • @operaanna
      @operaanna  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes!!! So good, i should've included him!!!

  • @DreynHarry
    @DreynHarry 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I sing this aria but only in concerts and only if I dont have another concert in the same week, because this aria kills me.... a lot. I try to sing the 8 cs but the 9th I do an a and I happy with that 😀

    • @operaanna
      @operaanna  7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The C isn't even written!!! I was flabbergasted. It's a killer, I totally understand!

  • @aileenteo7027
    @aileenteo7027 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love Juan Diego Flórez and Natalie Dessay.

  • @bacassa
    @bacassa 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Goddess if you care my favorite 4 tenors are LP, Mario Del Monaco, Mario Lanza, Antonio Paoli but considering Corelli. did you know A.Paoli kept breaking the gramaphone at 20 feet away facing it so they had to turn him away from it for all his recordings!!!

  • @ludovico6890
    @ludovico6890 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'll give you my own (if utterly trivial) fun fact: my opera teacher sang with Pavarotti back in the 80s. Can't remember which opera.

    • @operaanna
      @operaanna  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      😱😱😱😱😱 how you just gonna say that and walk away?! Hahah

    • @ludovico6890
      @ludovico6890 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@operaanna True story. Her name is Claudine Côté. She did it at the beginning of her career, she won a competition or something. Will get back to you with more details about it. I feel very privileged for having learned from her, although sometimes I wished I had developed my talent more seriously.

  • @normanzurich2781
    @normanzurich2781 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Chris Merrit, Rockwell Blake, ont une technique irréprochable pour ces 9 high-C. Florez chante dans le nez 👃
    Pour comprendre le tilt du larynx qui est LA technique permettant d’accéder au registre aigu sans truquer ou serrer le larynx, voici l’explication physiologique du processus : th-cam.com/video/aajFNsyytsw/w-d-xo.htmlsi=oH4Nzi9BqR2po8dh
    🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷

  • @edwillard1790
    @edwillard1790 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Please look up Santiago Ballerini. He's an astonishing rising tenor. He brought the house down at the Atlanta Opera several years ago.

    • @operaanna
      @operaanna  7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Will do!

  • @dott.zellneradriano1494
    @dott.zellneradriano1494 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Pavarotti is undoubtedly one of the greatest, but the prince of tenors was Franco Corelli IMHO. Cheers

    • @operaanna
      @operaanna  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Fully obsesseddd with Corelli. I'm on a mission to get him as popular as Pavarotti. 😅 (fully unrealistic I know) I looked at his Vesti la giubba a few months ago 😍😍😍

    • @dott.zellneradriano1494
      @dott.zellneradriano1494 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I agree, it will be a hard task, but it is worth it...

    • @dott.zellneradriano1494
      @dott.zellneradriano1494 หลายเดือนก่อน

      To start, It would be nice to see an analysis from Corelli's "Celeste Aida". Cheers

    • @operaanna
      @operaanna  หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@dott.zellneradriano1494 yes! I think that will be the next one I look at, I've had quite some people request it 🥰

  • @Mariano-ge6de
    @Mariano-ge6de 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Kraus ha sido el mejor Tonio de la historia por encima de los dos. Por estilo, dicción y longevidad vocal.

  • @therealmerryjest
    @therealmerryjest ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Alfredo Kraus needs to be in this video though. He was the absolute master.

    • @operaanna
      @operaanna  ปีที่แล้ว

      He deserves an entire video to himself, an entire channel!

    • @therealmerryjest
      @therealmerryjest ปีที่แล้ว

      @@operaanna You are absolutely right. He is my role model as a tenor- my voice teacher (Martile Rowland) sang Lucia at the Met next to his Edgardo and had nothing but wonderful stories about him as both a singer and a gentleman. What a treasure that man was.

  • @pilartrujillo3790
    @pilartrujillo3790 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Pavarotti ❤❤❤❤❤

  • @edigabrieli7864
    @edigabrieli7864 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I have just discover your channel ❤ can you make a vid about Diana Munrau? Thanks.

  • @carlosestrada298
    @carlosestrada298 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Would you check this aria sung by Carlos Alberto Velasquez?

  • @YgorCortes
    @YgorCortes 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Flórez >>>>>>>> Pavarotti. Yup, I said that.

    • @operaanna
      @operaanna  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      👀👀👀👀

  • @thomasborgsmidt9801
    @thomasborgsmidt9801 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hmm... I liked Pavarotti as well, though sopranos had their reservations - at least in part because of his partiality to garlic. Standing with 10 feet of him blasting away and all the flies dropping from the loft to their deaths. You kind of understand it. The problem with Pavarotti was that he was uneven - one night he was splendid - the next, hmm... so so.
    Picking La Fille de Refiment is a choise; but I sort of like the story behind the opera L'elisir d'amour. It was sung by Enrico Caruso and he took 3 da capo's which is some panache.
    Here with sung by Rolando Villazón, that repeats once - despite being asked by Schenk: "Are you sure???" Normally you don't take da capos, because it will mean risking a failure in the repitition.
    If I am correct: The lead in is by the basoon - normally for the barytone.
    But what I like about Villazón is he makes the sopranos sound better than they are - especially Anna Netrebko (Анна Нетребко). And she sounds much better in a duet. She has the stage presence and look (Ok, she gained weight - but so do we all).
    th-cam.com/video/h8_AfrqbT5k/w-d-xo.html

    • @operaanna
      @operaanna  ปีที่แล้ว

      Lots to unpack here...
      I recall being told about the garlic "problem" now that you mention it. 👃😩 I've never read that he was uneven, though! Where can I find info on that?
      I would love to do na Aria Explained on Caruso singing una furtiva lacrima- it is STUNNING. (Hmmm next tenor aria explained? 😏)
      I've seen the Rolando video before, which is thrilling although encores STRAIGHT after the aria has been done always breaks the magic for me which you say as well. Not my thing so much. Hahah he was thrilling but because he just threw his voice around, and it caught up with him unfortunately...

    • @thomasborgsmidt9801
      @thomasborgsmidt9801 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@operaanna Well Rolando has one thing that is essential to opera: Charm.

  • @shirleymuhleisen683
    @shirleymuhleisen683 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    So much fun! You made my day🌹🌹

    • @operaanna
      @operaanna  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Ah how nice!!! You've now made mine 🥹

  • @jamesmather2839
    @jamesmather2839 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Unlike a lot of people, I prefer Flores in this role. I find Pav too shouty.

    • @operaanna
      @operaanna  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I go back and forth, so I totally get it! Like I said in the video, i find Florez' stage presence really "young" and therefore perfect for the role

    • @jamesmather2839
      @jamesmather2839 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@operaanna I have a friend, a retired major label recorded operatic sop. and teacher who is forever teasing me about tenors, the obsession with banging out high-Cs, and less attention to the middle of the range, where most of the work is done.

    • @YgorCortes
      @YgorCortes 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Exactly!

  • @ulrikemorollo6872
    @ulrikemorollo6872 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Florez !!!!!!!

  • @randalcolucci6833
    @randalcolucci6833 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Anna, where are your newer vids?

    • @operaanna
      @operaanna  5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I just recently started posting again, so my newest is the A cenar teco from Don Giovanni! I'm sticking to a video every two weeks, but I'll be starting a Patreon very soon (Feb. 1!) where I'll have a range of things. Hopefully soon I can do 1x per weej

    • @randalcolucci6833
      @randalcolucci6833 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@operaanna Glad to hear it. Looking forward to seeing you again. TY for responding.

  • @Iluvatara
    @Iluvatara 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    so unfortunately too late to know your channel Greetings from Taiwan

    • @operaanna
      @operaanna  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Too late?? What do you mean, I'm still here! Hi, from Amsterdam!

    • @Iluvatara
      @Iluvatara 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@operaanna which means I should have known this channel two years ago not two years later

    • @operaanna
      @operaanna  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Iluvatara well I'm glad you're here now ❤️❤️

    • @Iluvatara
      @Iluvatara 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@operaanna it would be my pleasure I really can't find anyone who loves operas in my country there are only few who love

  • @gabykogut6462
    @gabykogut6462 ปีที่แล้ว

    marquise is the feminine form of marquis - pronounced like mar-KEYS
    if you every want any help from an american who knows french pronunciation let me know! i've helped opera singers with french dialogue before!

  • @aiulina
    @aiulina 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    mar'keeZe loool!

  • @dandaniel3488
    @dandaniel3488 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Did you think that this high c is more of a falsetto - a height of musical notes that many teenagers can easily reach? Pavarotti had nothing to do with that scenario - but unfortunately he is to blame. The real opera music stopped at him and from him the new "opera" began, where television is everything. Opera means: Beniamino Gigli. Callas, Corelli ,Mario Del Monaco , Tucker, Merill, and many others, forgive me for forgetting them, but this is the old generation, where voices don't have to be processed to be heard by the public no matter where they play. But if you young people want something else, and you're probably right, because the world is moving forward; ....!!!!!!!!!?????? , continue to glorify the new ones. They don't have voices but microphones, studios where their voices are changed ...... they are just ..... I can't find the right word, but if you find it you put it in parentheses, for me the one who disputes everything. ()

    • @operaanna
      @operaanna  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hey Dan, thanks for your comment! It's interesting what you say about the high C, although I think it was Gilbert Duprez who first sang the "full chest" high C (which Rossini HATED). I'm not sure Pavarotti himself was to blame for the television-ization of opera. I would argue that theaters themselves backed themselves into a corner with that... I agree that the last 50 years or so of singers has been interesting, and the most famous singers of the time aren't necessarily the most talented. We still have some amazing singers, though! Bartoli, Didonato, Julia Bullock, and Florez(!)
      That being said, I think there needs to be more light shed on old singers - planning a series.... 😉

    • @dandaniel3488
      @dandaniel3488 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      th-cam.com/video/ARNOu2KHayo/w-d-xo.html..............What do you think? I didn't know about him because he wasn't publicized like the others, but I can just as well say that I love the tenor voice, this being the second reason I didn't hear about him. It seems like a dream, a voice from the golden years, maybe among the last ......! Cei tineri au de invatat.It is in the Romanian language and means: the young have something to learn.

    • @operaanna
      @operaanna  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@dandaniel3488 Wow, that is a PHENOMENAL voice. So clear and bright and consistent!! Maybe the first singer for my new series...?! i need to track down everything he's recorded now!!

    • @dandaniel3488
      @dandaniel3488 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@operaanna You don't even know how happy I am that you liked it? That's what you young people who go to the opera have to see and hear, you have to! The diaphragm and the voice she holds are the beauty of the work and the larynx that changes a lot over time. The diaphragm that he certainly uses professionally is what gives it quality and support. I'm not a teacher, I'm just a 58-year-old man who regrets not following his heart in his youth. And I could easily get to c4 but not c4 means opera .... Corelli was not the happiest when he had to play in c4 because the note no longer offers the necessary quality but you have to make compromises. Keep looking for the old ones. You have to learn from them. The soprano or tenor, baritone or bass used the diaphragm as the propellant of sound. And the halls vibrated at their notes without today's microphones.

    • @timrogers5309
      @timrogers5309 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hey Dan, interesting take indeed. The Top C can sound and in truth is more falsetto in certain tenor voices (both past and present) than others. It depends on the color of the voice, the fach, the periodof the opera, the language AND YES CERTAINLY HOW RECORDED. Dan, please don`t write off young singers. Most of them worhship the demi-gods you mentioned ....why else would they consider for a moment taking on such a brutal profession ...and let's face it...a pretty tough crowd )))

  • @mbus2506
    @mbus2506 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Sono facili da fare. Io riesco, però sembro una gallina 😅

  • @ellenlyons7413
    @ellenlyons7413 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    yes he was a big man with a huge resonating chambers, you can't get the same sound out of a little skinny violin of a tenor as you do with a stand up bass.

  • @richieg8432
    @richieg8432 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Florez couldn’t shine Luciano’s shoes

  • @talianasamaniego4605
    @talianasamaniego4605 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love Flores

  • @pelinalptekin9403
    @pelinalptekin9403 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Una voce poco fa

    • @operaanna
      @operaanna  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      coming VERY SOON!

  • @lz43p15
    @lz43p15 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This aria belong to Pavarotti while Nessun dorma belong to Corelli and Vesti la giubba belong to Del Monaco and for Di quella pira nobody is near to Corelli.

  • @yogajedi3337
    @yogajedi3337 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Why only 9 high c´s and not 37. Why not measure who is the loudest, who can hold the longest note, doing most trills in a row, the widest vibrato, the slowest vibrato, the most spinning vibrato. Why not also highlight for example opera Elektra (R. Strauss) and check out for how long a normal person can endure such a piece😀.

    • @operaanna
      @operaanna  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      What are you even saying

    • @yogajedi3337
      @yogajedi3337 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Elektra, anyone impressed with this singing. Wonder why people are not interested in opera. A few high notes, some trills and the rest +2 hours this level of singing, if you even can call it singing, more of a noise production to me th-cam.com/video/GGnD-JkvWaA/w-d-xo.html 😂

    • @operaanna
      @operaanna  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@yogajedi3337 this is even less clear. Why are you being rude to the singers in this video and trying to belittle the hard work they've put into their work and their voices? If you don't like it that's perfectly fine and you're entitled to your opinion, but please stop spamming my channel with rude comments about the singers.

  • @SimonTBam
    @SimonTBam ปีที่แล้ว

    Luciano's voice was a lot more substantial than Florez with a lot less vibrato. Luciano had none of the nasal sound that Florez has. But Florez has an ability with high notes that few contemporary tenors have, but he will never get to the same level as Pavarotti.
    Within the tenor sphere in terms of voice Luciano Pavarotti was without comparison except perhaps for Lanza from the film world and Caruso from the world of the opera. Domingo was a totally different type of tenor, far more dramatic and without top C and top D, Carreras again was not the same type of tenor. Again there Gigli, Schipa were totally different types of tenor.

  • @pelinalptekin9403
    @pelinalptekin9403 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    aria explained for example Ah! mio cor and vedrai carino

    • @operaanna
      @operaanna  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Love these suggestions!

  • @tyebo2010
    @tyebo2010 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    what happened next in the story?

    • @operaanna
      @operaanna  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      😜😜😜 Maybe I should include that in the explanation as well! Marie goes to live with the Marquise who tries to make her a 'proper lady' as it were, but she hates it and doesn't want to go through with the arranged marriage, but then the regiment and Tonio come and everyone lives happyily ever after.

    • @edwillard1790
      @edwillard1790 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Really?

  • @bandarte
    @bandarte ปีที่แล้ว

    Hizo a un lado a Pavarotti para la mejor parte 😐me fui🚶‍♂

    • @operaanna
      @operaanna  ปีที่แล้ว

      I know right, that was my bad, they definitely shouldve been switched. I watched it back and was like why did i do that?? ... There's a new video of ONLY Pavarotti coming soon. hope you'll stay for the full one of that!

    • @bandarte
      @bandarte ปีที่แล้ว

      @@operaanna Es evidente que te gusta mas Juan Diego, por eso lo hiciste y esta bien, es valido y se respeta. Mucha gente prefiere a Caruso, yo prefiero a Pavarotti pero disfruto a cualquiera que cante bien y en este caso también me gusto la versión de Juan Diego. Lo que me atrajo al video fue ver la opinión de alguien que también disfruta a Pavarotti, ver que le apasiona igual que a mi, pero al hacerlo a un lado por Juan Diego pues... Me equivoque aquí no era. Por ello gracias por la invitación al nuevo video pero siento que será fingido o solo descriptivo por eso no estaré pendiente de el.

    • @operaanna
      @operaanna  ปีที่แล้ว

      @Bandarte haha i definitely enjoy Caruso and the older singers, it's just really hard to find videos of them! Even with Pavarotti that was the case. i will be doing more videos that incorporate older singers in 2023, not just with video. Not sure what you mean by that it's fake or descriptive, I'm just trying to entertain with opera and when i made the video these 2 singers seemed like a good fit for the video!

  • @luismanuelvalenciabravo2490
    @luismanuelvalenciabravo2490 ปีที่แล้ว

    What about Javier Camarena?

    • @operaanna
      @operaanna  ปีที่แล้ว

      I definitely need to feature him in this series!

  • @johnfields8308
    @johnfields8308 ปีที่แล้ว

    I saw Javier Camarena at the Met. I think he is better than either Pavarotti or Flórez. he has so much fun in the role and I think his tone is incredible

  • @user-vs9it4wl1i
    @user-vs9it4wl1i ปีที่แล้ว

    They are so different types of tenors and for this particular role, Flores’ voice seems to fit the character. But my favorite is Javier Camarena, having cuteness and power in one package.

  • @user-vt5qn2tl3o
    @user-vt5qn2tl3o ปีที่แล้ว

    Вот ей-богу, зла не хватает! Не существовало и не существует в мире других теноров??? А Rockwell Blake и Alfredo Kraus, которые совершенно бесподобно пели Тонио? Зациклились на Паваротти🤨

    • @operaanna
      @operaanna  ปีที่แล้ว

      Umm sorry i can't read Russian, but if you're asking why i didn't include Rockwell Blake or Alfredo Kraus in the video, there are a lot of amazing singers and I just decide to go with Pav and Floris for this one. I would LOVE to do a video with Blake and Kraus though. They're amazing!

  • @pavarotti744
    @pavarotti744 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    comparing a once in a lifetime legend with a bleating sheep.

  • @phoebusapollo4677
    @phoebusapollo4677 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Useless.

    • @operaanna
      @operaanna  6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ?

    • @phoebusapollo4677
      @phoebusapollo4677 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      There are no nine high c’s, i heard only 4 but actually they are bflats.

    • @operaanna
      @operaanna  6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@phoebusapollo4677 well I didn't check the tuning, but in the score they are most definitely C's. Sometimes compression needed to upload to TH-cam changes the pitch. And other than that I literally have a counter so unless you didn't watch all the way through, I don't know how you got 4 😅

    • @phoebusapollo4677
      @phoebusapollo4677 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@operaanna I have perfect pitch. And I have trained as a Hindustani Classical singer of the Benares Gharana , and then trained on a full scholarship at the Rome Conseratoire as a lyric tenor with Gianni Bavaglio.

    • @operaanna
      @operaanna  6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@phoebusapollo4677 I didn't mean to imply that you're not hearing something other a Bflat. What I meant is that they are written Cs and the upload must have changed it. Since you studied classical music you will know the aria

  • @gavingodbey2025
    @gavingodbey2025 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I’ll admit Pavarotti is good but Diego Flores sucks

    • @edwillard1790
      @edwillard1790 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yep, too nasally and reedy

    • @edwillard1790
      @edwillard1790 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Please check out Brownlee or Ballerini or both to hear for yourself.