Good Lord, how exquisite his french! I've heard tons of marvellous french tenors singing this, but none phrased, or _said_ the text, this thrillingly. Also realised the final high C may not have been written by the composer.
Totally agree with the previous Commentator. Such effortless and lovely Singing. The cadence of the Phrasing must be the result of being a Natural French-speaker. And the slightly quicker Tempo (than unusually heard with the 《Je Crois...》Aria) does make the Listener hear with "New Ears." I Sing this - as a 《Troubadour Chanteur des Chansons d'Amour Française》 in Chicago. My public Audiences are Small - but What-th'-Heck: Chicago is in French North America 🌎 - (If you ignore the Treaty of Paris [1763]). What is "220" in Dog-Years ??
Which high C? Highest note in this piece is a B......just as written. I've sung it many times.This is not the first example where commentators display a lack of understanding but nonetheless keep posting....
@@ilecierMost tenors repeat "charmant souvenir" at the end on the higher line with the instrument (is that a clarinet? Oboe? I only have a piano score and a terrible ear for distinguishing instruments). That brings in the high C and wasn't what Bizet wrote. I think that was the point of the comment.
@@ilecier No, I haven't. I suspect English is not your native language: you clearly didn't understand what I wrote (see? I can be rude, too). Listen to most recordings and the tenor repeats the line (which isn't in my score, and Legay doesn't do it), following the instrument's line, to give themselves a willy-waving opportunity to hit a top C. Given you seem to be unaware of this, we have to take your claim to have sung it yourself with a big pinch of salt.
Il a été critiqué par certains qui prétendaient qu'il a été meilleur enseignant que chanteur. J'avais dès 1960 acheté l'enregistrement de cette oeuvre et je pense pouvoir affirmer que je n'ai rien entendu de meilleur au regard des légers ou légers lyriques qui ont enregistré cet air.
une des meilleurs interpretations!
Lovely! Thanks for posting!
Good Lord, how exquisite his french! I've heard tons of marvellous french tenors singing this, but none phrased, or _said_ the text, this thrillingly. Also realised the final high C may not have been written by the composer.
Totally agree with the previous Commentator.
Such effortless and lovely Singing.
The cadence of the Phrasing must be the result of being a Natural French-speaker.
And the slightly quicker Tempo (than unusually heard with the 《Je Crois...》Aria) does make the Listener hear with "New Ears."
I Sing this - as a 《Troubadour Chanteur des Chansons d'Amour Française》 in Chicago.
My public Audiences are Small -
but What-th'-Heck:
Chicago is in French North America 🌎 -
(If you ignore the Treaty of Paris [1763]).
What is "220" in Dog-Years ??
Which high C? Highest note in this piece is a B......just as written. I've sung it many times.This is not the first example where commentators display a lack of understanding but nonetheless keep posting....
@@ilecierMost tenors repeat "charmant souvenir" at the end on the higher line with the instrument (is that a clarinet? Oboe? I only have a piano score and a terrible ear for distinguishing instruments). That brings in the high C and wasn't what Bizet wrote. I think that was the point of the comment.
@@davidgould9431 Oh, I see. You have mistakingly confused the instrument's line
with the singing line....
@@ilecier No, I haven't. I suspect English is not your native language: you clearly didn't understand what I wrote (see? I can be rude, too).
Listen to most recordings and the tenor repeats the line (which isn't in my score, and Legay doesn't do it), following the instrument's line, to give themselves a willy-waving opportunity to hit a top C.
Given you seem to be unaware of this, we have to take your claim to have sung it yourself with a big pinch of salt.
MAGNIFIQUE! .
I’ve known about him for a few years and wondered why he wasn’t famous.
Maybe George Thill stole all his thunder?
@@mickey1849thill was a superb tenor,pity he squandered his voice
@@amantedellopera1681 Undoubtedly a fantastic voice!
Stunning
C’est si bien chanté
Il a été critiqué par certains qui prétendaient qu'il a été meilleur enseignant que chanteur. J'avais dès 1960 acheté l'enregistrement de cette oeuvre et je pense pouvoir affirmer que je n'ai rien entendu de meilleur au regard des légers ou légers lyriques qui ont enregistré cet air.
That's really so beautifully sung!
Thank you.
Ah now that is a real tenor voice! I’m shocked you would applaud a bad tenor voice like Mocchia and yet support a good tenor like Legay.