Neil Shicoff live in Chicago in 1990 - Flower song from "Carmen"
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Neil Shicoff sings "La fleur que tu m'avais jetée" (the flower song) from Bizet's "Carmen." This is from a live performance of the opera with Emily Golden and Lucia Mazzaria in Chicago on December 15, 1990 with Eduardo Mata conducting. Shicoff is fantastic here!
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People talk about his acting ability, and yes sure he was a great actor. But to my ears he had one of the most beautiful tenor voices of all time. Listen to those blossoming overtones every time he opens his mouth. And it was a good sized lyrico spinto with ample ring and projection. His legato line was impeccable, and the rich vocal quality was equal throughout his range.
@@redgrapeskins It was sensational, I was there almost every night he sang, but missed once--even better then it sounds here!
The free and open throat produces wonderfully bright and brilliant tones, often at the cost of more precise pronunciation, but who can argue with such beautiful singing?!
Mind-blowing perfection and beauty. Such and artist he was, among the truly best ones!
After listening to this many times, I finally bought the entire opera. Even so, I still come back to this, rather than going in to put the whole thing in my stereo--Thank you for this posting!
Thank you for posting Shicoff in this role and live--very impressive; a remarkable singer who is still a very effective interpreter.
I remember Troyanos being out long before the Carmens started. When I had run into Neil in the fall of 89, Troyanos was already out due to illness and I believe that Emily Golden was already cast. I went to Chicago for one of these Carmens (and it was fab), got to hang out in his dressing room and he invited me to the Flute dress the next day before I went back to NY. He then cancelled his Met Toscas and didn't sing in the NY again until the 97 Onegins. Boy I miss him!
this aria is so elegantly done here, I love Jose Carriaris' version, but this is so dear to heart! Deeply touching, how solid and honest the artistry of Neil Schicoff! No push or extra twists, Bravo!
I believe this is the correct spelling "Carreras" He was Magnificent in his best years, I saw him early singing in Tosca, in 1974, wonderful voice and I only really judge singers I saw in house, as for being most accurate. Some sound much better and some not at all better in the house.
@@shicoff1398 I find these 2 videos, I thought there may be a chance that you missed it. He sang for his son's occasion. Forgive me if I am wrong. Probably you got it long ago!
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@@道-p2e I attended and taped basically the same concert program selections he sang with Terfel in August 1998, but at the Hollywood Bowl Calif. in a concert, that I flew into LA for, but also my sound quality was perhaps not even as good as this, the Bow also is Outside and really huge, but I remember a great version of the Pearl Fishers duet they sang that was a great success of the evening, it was really sensational, and in fact this Tosca aria was Neil's first selection and he was in wonderful voice all night. Thank you for mentioning this one.
Dawn was making her Lyric debut and the patron's dress was the day after the Carmen. It was so much fun to sit with him with our feet hanging over the seats in front and his reading the surtitles too. Jerry Hadley was Tamino. I don't remember the rest of the cast. I hopped on the train back to NY after the rehearsal. A lifetime ago . . .
i must say, He is by far the most inventive and honest tenors of our time. A true artist.
perfectly said
Marvelously done, so gorgeous, I love his start of the aria,
Bravo🔺🔺🔺👍
@SHICOFF1 would be great to watch live, not hard to imagine... this is so beautiful, and deeply sad, heartbroken from a young man...Bravo!
@SHICOFF1 so painful to hear especially the ending of this aria... perfect fit for his voice!!!!
@@道-p2e He was the greatest singing /acting Don Jose I've ever seen, considering it all, acting ETC. and I've seen some great ones in house, among them Domingo at age 31, Tucker at age 57 and many more.
@@shicoff1398 I cannot even see the video, let alone live Carmen by Neil.
Do not like Domingo's film version, this is a great role for Tucker and Neil S.
I love the video posting of Mario Del Monaco's carmen final scene...so mad. I also read some writings of female partner "complained", scared of his eyes, they thought he was going to kill in real time...
Met's new production of carmen is horrible, they still used Robert Alagna's cracking voice, and pretentious acting. I saw him live at 2006, dried voice already back then. I was lucky to see the old Met Carmen production, gorgeous, that was 20 years ago. The leading soprano was sick, the famous american black carmen, but the tenor was fantastic, I love his voice, Argentinian MARCELO ÁLVAREZ.
Acting and singing, Neil Shicoff was way ahead of those current stars on Met stage.
@@道-p2e Shicoff was way head as you said of current Met. tenors and most all of those in his time also, h was under rated because at sometime in his career, he had some vocal problems, but he did over come and came back as the great American Lyric tenor.
I agree with you Don Paolissimo . He is "Il Piccolo Franco"
mon artiste préfěrě
What three? I only know of operatic tenors, not pop ones.
Bella aria
I just moved from NYC a few years ago. If I was still there, I would have been at the Tucker tribute in a flash! I think I last saqw him either after La Juive or Luisa Miller. So mad a Gelb over Peter Grimes, lol.
Bjorling Bergonzi Schicoff 3 GIANTS all the rest have to stand on their shoulders
This is mainly to do with recordings placing the microphones too close to the stage I think. When you hear recordings from the back of the hall you can appreciate much better what the voices really sound like
@@raphaelhudson I was at all his performances of this run, except one and of course in house the sound was better as you mentioned for his ringing squillo, tone and motion --- it was magnificent, especially the last act, he was at that time really amazing .
@@shicoff1398 That was at 12.1990. It was not easy to have that kind of ringing tone when not that young.
He was one of the last to realize that opera is an excessive art form - big throbbing sounds and extroverted dramatics. (Also the last tenor to my knowledge that had a tone very particular to the Central European cantorial tradition of his father.)
Interesting comment, yes his father was well known and a respected Cantor , Sidney Shicoff.
@louvet66 ...mais le fait de le cataloguer comme "demi caractère"n'est pas du tout réducteur,bien au contraire,c'est une expression qui avait cours au siècle dernier car il y en avait beaucoup plus qu'aujourd'hui,Thill Luccioni,Gigli,Bergonzi...en ce moment je ne vois que Kauffman,Alvarez,Domingo,et bien sur Schicoff un peu tardif tout de même,je l'ai entendu dans la juive et aussi dans les "contes"rôle casse pipe ou il est excellent..
Cordialement.
@papidou1934 slt Papidou; va voir son interprêtation de l'air de la Juive: "Rachel..." et tu me diras si c'est un 1/2 caractère!
Neil est un excellent ténor demi caractère et non "lyrique"....
Je pense qu'il correspond à la définition telle qu'on l'entendait par le passé. C'est à la limite du spinto.
Je voudrais savoir où se situe selon vous le demi caractère...entre quels registres ? Probablement entre lyrique et spinto ....? Ou alors s'agit il de dramatiques légers type domingo ? Merci de me dire .
quelle interpretation style sensibilite elegance et quelle voix magnifique merci pour ce partage je suis fan
@@claudinevoirain5945 Agreed! 100%.