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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ก.ย. 2024
- Boris Christoff sings King Phillip's aria from Verdi's Don Carlo.
His voice is not quite in its prime, but still has incredible and unique qualities.
Vienna, 1980s.
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68 and STILL doing it on a higher level than most of us will ever reach in our prime... bravo, Mr. Christoff, bravo! What an expressive, wonderful performance!
The best basso in the world up-to-now! What kind of voice - divine heavenly!
This is a jewel.
For me, this is one of the most beautiful performances ever. I've seen a lot of really good singers singing this aria live or recorded.
Yes he wasn't a young man when this was recorded. His voice wasn't exactly that good anymore.
But his FEELING and UNDERSTANDING of his role is phantastic !
This is by far my most favourite performance of this great aria.
I love it so much !
the greatest bass of the all time
Uno dei più grandi interpreti di tutti i tempi!!!Un'arte innata per far capire all'ascoltatore le proprie emozioni e quelle dell'autore...Grande... Immenso.Saluti
Proud he is Bulgarian! The best in XX century! Strongly beleive - the best in XXI century too!
Bravisimo!!!, what a voice, great sound and so ellegant emision.He is one of the best ever for me!!!,Bravo!!!
According to the information I have, this must be a recording from a concert on 10.05.1982. Boris was then almost 68 years old and had been on the concert and opera stage for well over than 30 years.
Boris is truly a musical phenomenon of incredible calibre.
great performance!
Just listen to the nuances of the voices, how he conveys the words!!!
Unrivalled
I am proud he is Bulgarian. R.I.P Boris...
няма такова пеене. и аз нямам епитети. поклон, маестро
Great voice. Great singer. Great actor.
A trully great artist.
Il grandissimo basso in un'aria del Don Carlo.
OMG. He is past his proie here but what an incredible artist. A lion! One of the truly great singers.
Boris Hristov is a true legend!
immense !!! what a voice!!! immortal boris !!!!!
Amazing beautiful voice and perform. The best is to me.
Ho avuto l'onore di sentire uno dei suoi ultimi concerti ad Amsterdam 1981-82. Ho avuto la sensazione di sentire Beniamino Gigli, per lamorbidezza assoluta della voce bellissima ed elegantissima. Senso teatrale incredibile con un estro formidabile. é uno dei grandi maestri del passato. Dio lo abbia in grazia
Forse il più grande basso del suo tempo.
Mai sentito cosi! BRAVO! Cosi si interpreta!
Just like Carlo Bergonzi's performances from the 1980's and 1990's, this isn't "the prime of his career," BUT the outstanding artistry and feeling (AND, MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE VOICE) are still there. Good to see this performance: thanks for posting it!!!
Amazing performance at any age, especially so for a man in his late 60s.
Meraviglia,fantastico un basso profondo autentico e in età avanzata. ❤
Вечное браво Борису Христову!
Maybe not in his prime, but, Oh my! What a voice!
How impressing !!! The great Christoff at the age of 66 years at least ( or more if you wrote that this was recorded in the 80´s ) ... with an amazing interpretation and - what a preserved voice !! This is a jewel.. thanks for posting this !!!
Борис Христов 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻браво !!! Очень хорошо ❤️❤️❤️
che voce!!! da brivido
...incredibile voce!!!!
Impressing impressing very impressing.
¡Grandioso!
Es un gran Bajo en todo su registro. Excelente
It’s all about highest technical achievement which is called “Bel Canto”
He is not well here at his age but he is trying to stick with his technique.
What an artist he was!
Браво браво браво !!!! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻❤️❤️❤️
Christoff interpreta il personaggio, sente e fa sentire il dolore della sua condizione di padre tradito. Siepi è stilisticamente bravissimo, ma sembra cantare senza interpretare il personaggio, cioè senza dolente partecipazione. Come se cantasse a freddo.
I was presented alive this man talked to us..,. god save us he knows something, he is talking to god
simply beautiful. Thanks for posting this!
What a wonderful opera artists this small country (Bulgaria) has- some of the greatest ever.. Christoff, Ghiaurov, Gjusselew.. Kassarova, Tomova-Sintow, Dimitrova, Kabaiwanska..
I hope to visit it one day and hear some beautiful voices like these they have given to the world..
Also Raffaele Arie, Nikola Nikolov, Todor Mazaroff, Dimiter Uzunov
Don't forget Krassimira Stoyanova and Sonya Yoncheva ❤
To hear this! What a wonderful thought, but you never know. I have no words to express my gratitude for this interpretation. Thank you for posting it!
I heard this in the trailer for Lust, Caution. It's really cool to hear the entire piece here.
Bravissimo
MARAVILLOSA VOZ
Che brivido ... un'emozione senza pari !!!!
It isn't a criticism of him, he is my favourite singer and even at this age he is better than every other bass I've heard. I am just comparing him to his recordings which I know and love very well indeed.
Гениальный Дядька!💖
Вначале- родились головные резонаторы, топор дровосека, а потом - Он.
Гений!❤
Ecoutez ici l'enregistrement du meme air interprete toujours par B.Christoff et presente avec des tableaux de Rembrandt. C'est un enregistrement en studio et c'est encore mieux.Peut-etre c'est le meilleur.
. . . da brivido !!! Dopo di Lui il nulla assoluto.
Dopo di lui Ghyaurov!
simplemente... wao!
Cello 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
I think we will not get a bass like Cristoff in the future….
ma come si fa a cantare cosi a 66 anni suonati? un mito intramontabile....grazie Cristoff
sure there is difference. Every singer has his own unique technique. Besides the different teachers who have their own way of teaching their students.
He is one big reason to be a better man. I want meet him in heaven.
I wonder if nowadays there is the way or technique or something to learn singing like that.
Ramey, Furlanetto are alive and also have beautiful bass voices. Furlanetto is Italian, and it is something I hear and value (like I did for Cesare Siepi)
I note that Siepi and Furlanetto do not do dieresis on "Escurial", while Bulgarians do.
It seems to me that Italians tend to vary colors a bit more (chiaro-oscuro), than other basses who remain slightly darker on all voyels.
I was a bit meh at the beginning, but when I watched it to the end I changed my mind.
NERI-CHRISTOFF los dos unicos INHUMANOS QUE VIO este planeta.
Für mich die größte Basstimme aller Zeiten. Man sollte ihn hören wo er auf der Höhe seines Schaffens war! Dennoch großartig!
I agree.
Too bad Verdi never got to see this.
Questo concerto è stato in 1882, non è in 1980.
Yes?
People are always applying superlatives to individual artists here. I would be happy if we had any one of those great basses today, Pinza, Kipnis, Reizen, Siepi or Christoff they were all great artists. Luckily I suppose we don't have records of Leblanche ... otherwise someone would be saying "But Leblanche..."
@emmatoth watch videos of Hayk Deinyan, an Opera Singer from armenia. I think this comes close to Mr. Christoff, only is Hayk Deinyan not as famous as him. But I think he is absolutley stunning and very unique. :) ;)
@BassoCantante19 Ton oreille te trompe;le son est dans la gorge et produit des résonances apparemment nasales mais ne passant pas du tout par le nez:Illusion auditive!
also that they grew up in different areas and learned different styles and their main language affected their singing... bulgarian vs. italian.... boris is more masked and dark (russian/bulgarian)... where siepi is dark but still bright (italian)
prendo atto che LENTO significa Veloce. se tutti fanno così vuol dire che Verdi sbagliava il lessico italiano. (mi riferisco agli arpeggi).
i think that the maestro is Lothar Zagrosek. can anyone confirm this? thanks
@bodiloto Ma amico mio!!! Lei cita spesso il grande Riccardo Stracciari...lei sicuramente sa che Christoff ha studiato con Riccardo Stracciari. Lei sicuramente sa che Stracciari riteneva Christoff un baritono, lo ha addestrato da baritono...e Christoff ha fatto il basso. Chi aveva ragione, il maestro Stracciari o l'allievo Christoff? Comunque, "ove son?" e "sparì dai miei occhi" sono suoni COMPLETAMENTE nel NASO.
Lol =P nice
@bodiloto Va bene, spero che lei abbia ragione, la registrazione non è un granchè.
A proposito di Stracciari.Non credo che fosse un grande Maestro,ma un grande baritono.(IL Maestro vero di quell'epoca fù Cotogni).Il grande Paolo Silveri,che ho conosciuto di persona,mi diceva che nel primo periodo di studio aveva studiato,appunto,con Stracciari,che gli ripeteva che riteneva la sua voce decisamente da Basso.Se Silveri non avesse cambiato maestro,non sarebbe,forse,mai diventato il Baritono che tutti conosciamo!Capace di cantare un Renato ed un Figaro superbo,e tante altre cose.
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@bodiloto La registrazione può essere fedele o traditrice. Può fare schifo o può essere accurata. Ma se il cantante è bravo, professionista e sa cantare, risulta una perlomeno una bella voce SEMPRE in QUALUNQUE registrazione. Qui sento un Christoff nasale, goffo e vecchio. Non si può dare la colpa SOLO alla registrazione: non si addice a un cantante professionista.
Strong voice in the low register. But sounding unnatural. As if he was chewing on some food while singing. Top notes not sounding out unless forced. Many people sing like this these days. Emphasis on over-prouciation of consonants. Contrast this with Pavarotti's "r", which never breaks his legato. Still, quite a nice performance.
He´s one of the great basses of all times! His rounded voice reminds me George London´s, another magnificent singer too.
Grandioso. Never sang at the Met. Unbelievable.
No bass can match this one!
grandioso....con quanta forza, quanta anima e quanta voce!❤❤❤
Прекрасный певец и бас!!
The best Don Carlos I've ever heard. I'm born in Bulgaria and I'm sorry that Boris Christov could not be known to the world public like was Pavaroti.
I have heard recordingso of Pinza, Siepi, Ghiaurov, Van Dam, Ramey, Cheek, Pape, EARLIER Christoff--I even went up in the library in college to find an old recording of Chaliapin--and I've concluded this performance is the BEST.
unico!!!
I've never heard him sing with a Bulgarian accent!?! His Italian is perfect...he lived there for 40 years!?!
OMG! i finally found this song! so beautiful! i heard this from Lust Caution's trailer! and fell in love with this song!
Велик и любим певец и Човек - Борис Христов ! Нека Душата му почива и светлина ! Поклон !
Great Bulgarian voice - Bravo !!!
I also speak Italian, and Russian too, which is close to Bulgarian, and have lived in both countries, and he certainly does have an accent - slavic consonants and vowels, especially the "l" and "oh" vowel. But I also agree that this only increases the emotive power of his performance, the text of which is perfectly clear.
What a voice, what a personality!
She never loved me!
No, her heart is closed to me,
she doesn't love me!
I still recall
how sad she looked
when she saw my white hair
the day she arrived from France.
No, she does not love me
1:00 that's exactly how a crying man would sound.
voce meravigliosa, è un piacere immenso ascoltarlo !
Che meraviglia!!!!!!grazie!!!
Right. Yet a great voice, and a truly great singer.
No words about this ! Great composer, great song and great artist. I love it !
Това изпълнение ти разбива и сърцето, и душата!!!
je ne suis pas d'accord = la voix unique a conserve toutes ses qualites et l'interpretation est sublime !!!
Merci Boris Christoff !!! Vous appartenez au Pantheon des Artistes Lyriques por l'eternite
"Лебедовата песен" на най-великия бас в световното оперно изкуство.
Ele cantava com todo o seu ser diferenciado❤
Eccezionale ...
Ho avuto la fortuna di ascoltare Christoff dal vivo, in tardissima età, e vi posso assicurare che non c'era nulla di nasale ! Ricordo solo una potenza ed una morbidezza straordinari, ed un colore di un fascino unico.