Luigi Alva as Don Ottavio "Il mio tesoro" Don Giovanni

[royaloak67]

Così non ne nascono più. Purtroppo.

[MmeFigaro]

Dio che meraviglia, che bravura.... potessero tornare questi tempi! ... purtroppo non è possibile. Perchè quei grandi cantanti di quei tempi, erano bravi, ma non hanno voluto trasmettere la loro saggezza nelle generazioni successive. chissà perchè... Stasera Gruberova canta la sua millesima Norma a Munchen. Perchè non lascia la scena a qualche piu giovane, insegnandole la sua bravura?

[atchicago1]

What a gift. Alba was a true "tesoro". And what a poise! Makes me wish I had been around in Aix-en-provence in 1960!

[MegaBreez]

The Prinz of Charm and Stile! As on of the comments says.Cannot say better.Every time I am depressed and unhappy, all I need is to listen this clip.

he also has very appealing presence on the stage

Long Life Maestro! Thank you!

[Gardenia262]

Muy buena interpretación. Gracias por publicarla

[Gardenia262]

El Don Juan de Mozar es una maravilla. Gracias por permitirme escucharlo

[marlyharris]

Sung the way it was meant to be sung with superb breath control. I understand what FeuilledAcanthe is expressing, I so admire Alva but I don't find his an inherently beautiful voice. He is a great artist and musical but it's his elegance and technique that create his supremacy rather than a basically gorgeous instrument.

[Renfeildette]

His voice is perfect to me. :)

[FeuilledAcanthe]

Not my favorite, by the second best Don Octavio. His breath is a wonder, but something in his voice is bothering me.

[blichilde]

The definitive Don Ottavio.Marvellous voice,technique,style:great class. Bravo,maestro.

[vivegedda]

@blichilde What about Wunderlich???

[blichilde]

@vivegedda Wunderlich (and many others) are wonderful, but Alva remains the definitive Don Ottavio, in my opinion. :)

[Cavaradossi1981]

wow!!! 1:43 - 2:03 !!!!!

[Houndentenor1998]

Very elegant.

What is so marvelous about this is his breath control!

[marcobenve]

Alva è ottimo per mozart,con la sua voce leggera,elegante e con un ottima dizione.perfetta immascherazione dei suoni,notevole estensione bravo

[HenryBakerHarvington]

Those aperggios are marvellous...sublime technique.

[Brahmsfourth]

What beauty!  A truly sublime interpreter of Mozart.

[lizaar19]

un maestro de verdad luis alva todo un orgullo de ser nacido peruano gracias

[acitipo]

Lucho, como lo conocemos con cariño, es una leyenda, fue el rey de los ligeros en los años cincuenta al setenta, canto 26 años en la Scala!!! perfecta tecnica, fraseo unico, hoy tiene 80 años, y sigue cantando de vez en cuando, hace poco lo escuche, se me cayeron lagrimas de emoción. viva Lucho Alva!

[Merryjest]

El rey de los ligeros, me inclino ante los maestros. Luigi como Rosiniano y Mozartiano, y Kraus en los papeles mas lirico-ligeros.

Que voces... que técnicas...

[ElVizconde]

Alva, Palacio, Juan Diego Flores, Alejandro Granda, Yma Sumac, probably the best Peruvian singers

[roloco9]

Asi es lo mejor esta aqui viva bravo alva..

[arashk83]

He is such a fantastic tenor! As a Mozart tenor he is even beter than Araiza.

thnx fo sharing this video.

[rjkcware]

I sang for him in a studio class in Greece in 1991. His voice was great then as well, and he is a charming person. A great teacher, and a superb artist.

[erlynsaravia]

yes he was great I fortunetely I mwt him here i nLima

[jonzalen]

The best Ottavio ever!!!

[tylerward2]

It's interesting to me that Juan Diego Florez is also from Peru and has a light tenor voice as well. I wonder if he Florez ever studied with Luigi Alva. I would be interested in what others are thinking about the two of them.

[jonzalen]

JDF studied with Ernesto Palacio, another peruvian light liric tenor who is his actual manager... sure Luigi Alva is a sort of inspiration for JDF but nothing more, I think.