Roberto Alagna & Béatrice Uria-Monzon (final duet Carmen)

[lucyrmb]

pales into comparison when compared to Jonas Kaufmann at ROH 2006!

[orozcoboy]

Carmen's death, a little over-acted, don' t you think so?

[lydiaguarro]

Lo maravilloso de Alagna es que canta en francés como un frances y en italiano como un italiano. Estilo, dicción. ünico.

[eurydike]

on the web of bbc3 you can listen to Alagna in Aida on the 21.April,2011, and (maybe, i don´t know) for the 7 following days.

[LaDameDeMonteCarlo]

I LOVE both : Monzon & Alagna here are realy GREAT ---- wath an amazing rendition ---- wath an achievement ---- It is difficult to get such great Artists and here they are : we are lucky we can see this Video !!!

[starlingbird]

Roberto Alagna is superb! Brings tears to my eyes.  We saw him in Carmen recently in our local Cinemark theater, LIVE from New York Lincoln Center, thanks to FathomEvents(dot)com All the Met performances are wonderful, but he is my very favorite. See him in the wonderful Don Carlo in December with Encore in January. We've seen it before and will see it again because Roberto Alagna is spectacular in it. Gorgeous music - beautiful royalty costumes and staging. You will love it!

[TheStonCollector]

I saw this opera last night, played on the Gran Teatro de Liceu, and he was absolutlly amazing. She sang like an angel (and she also was so hot xD)

[OrtizHugh]

The best tenor / actor peroid.

[caquenanaud1]

tout simplement génial. Alagna est sublime et Beatrice Uria Monzon est une gitane plus vraie que nature : sauvage, entière, sublissime.

de l'émotion à l'état pur

[ballet701]

What a performance from Roberto. The best tenor/actor I have seen in a long time.

[boy170ful]

perfecto

[uptilthesky]

watched him in the Met, his Don Jose is simply incredible, he's especially electrifying in the final scene, so adorably desperate:)

[arisargiris]

Alagna is sooo great!!! All these years is giving us really wonderful operatic moments!!!

[cantanteporsiempre]

Carmen shit!!! Don Jose bravo

[miglefitz1]

perfect.

[potatoskins87]

I love the way he sings "pour que tu t'en ailles, infame, entre ses bras RIRE de moi".

[miCeciliaBartoli]

Trés emouvant......quelles emotions!!!!! Bravooooooooooo

[tonixerez]

Excelente interpretación tanto en lo vocal como la

interpretación artistica.

Bravo

[dadidada2]

Quel enchantement!  Quelle voix!

[dvdkokoro]

si quelqu'un a la version integrale je lui serais reconnaissant de bien vouloir m'envoyer un message

merci

[amfortas1978]

I saw him yesterday in london sing this role.

I think his voice is not as good as 10 yrs ago... but his act 4 is great as always.

I know what will happen, I know he will kill carmen, but my heart beat speed up when they argue.... so intense!

[xarissof]

5 stars for the effort

there's always a Domingo not to mention a M.D.Monaco to compare this aria

so

5 stars for the effort after all it's his native language

[amneris54]

yesssssssss j'adore merci

[isabelle070209]

Magnifique....

[myyellowlabfan]

Alagna does not turn his characters into "pampered brats" - Don Jose is a passionate & obsessed man who is driven by passion to kill the one he loves - and Alagna shows us magnificently with his acting & singing what passion in opera is all about.

[gcalvet81]

Roberto est criant de vérité, il est à fond dans son rôle . Merveilleuse interprétation .

[MrAinouz]

pouf

[supersyle]

J'ai assisté au spectacle il y a 5 ans à Orange et c'etait vraiment magnifique.

[dalilababe]

This lady is really something!! And not in a good sense at least in this scene.The voice is all over the place and she's almost never sings the "right" notes, it's all either sharp or flat..hard to hear that kind of singing. But she looks great. Mr. Roberto is as usual sharp on the high notes, what a shame.

[fandopera]

Quelle diction !!! Si seulement l'ensemble des chanteurs pouvaient avoir cette qualité d'interprétation. Merci monsieur Alagna pour cette belle leçon : une grande simplicité apparente qui cache un vrai travail d'orfèvre !!!

[leonore0210]

all the scenes of this performance you´ve posted are so great, could you please tell me where I can get it on DVD?

[vivijd14]

J'aime beaucoup le jeu d'Alagna dans cette scène!

[Harrypotterdeconne]

Maintenant, c'es mickaela, qui tue Carmen, een poussant la Main de Jose qui n'osait pas la tuer...

[shinderera]

Wonderful. Gorgeous voices, and in such exquisite contrast too.

You know, whether he intends it or not, Alagna's performance somehow always seems to turn his characters into pampered brats pouting about their fates... Which isn't necessarily a bad thing, seeing as most tenor characters make sense in that interpretation. *g*

[bleuprofond2002]

superbe!

[federvarela]

wow, snif, snif!

[CONTESTAR]

Although he is a lyric tenor who has to give it all for it, he keeps it up all the way through. If this harms him it's not for me to judge and thus I find his performance of a high level.

She misses the overtones most of the time which makes her sound dangerously under the key. I dont know her other performances but this sounds like she needs a rest.

[silvr94]

The mezzo isn't that good and the last two notes were too short...

[climatechangekills]

I agree Uria-Monzon isn't very good and she is not a mezzo she's a soprano dramatico. She artificially inflates her voice to sounds mezzo it is a shame because the timber is lovely but she is going to wreck her voice if she carries on like that! She continualy scoops the notes it's painful!

[taurdur]

Oh My! This interpretation is really the best one I've ever seen. Every word, gesture, join the music for dramatic purpose within a perfect rendition of this Bizet's work. Nothing is missing. Good job, honestly.

[alepeccia]

God this is astonishing, I'm still crying.. The two are superstars, and Bizet wrote something incredible.

[BariTenoreDram]

this is the best final of carmen ever in the history of this opera

[canafinwe]

For me Domingo is the perfect Don José, but Roberto does it well, too.

[viennaman89]

alagna is great! he cries wonderfully

[brindlemay]

Alagna is wonderful!

[brindlemay]

I know that begging doesn't work too well in general, however, if I were in her shoes and Alagna was pleading with me, I'd say, "yes, I adore you Roberto...I mean "Jose", I'll go with you anywhere."

[Luindriel]

Certain tenors have a similar affect on me, lol! I just saw him live- he's amazing!

[peterbaldcat]

Alagna is one of my favourite singers,but I think a role of Don Jose is a bit too dramatic for him.Unfortunately he pushes and forces his voice too much.But still great, no doubt.Uria Monzons timbre and breath technique unacceptable.

[azzz09zzza]

Beautiful beautiful beautiful expresssive eyes and lovely hair! Alagna at his best!

[montoyapaulo]

Excellent singing, great acting... Dramatically, I like how Alagna accentuates the contrast between his delusional begging before the first chorus that alerts him to Escamillo and afterwards when he becomes more desperate and disturbed. Passionately sung by both, especially from 'Ainsi, le salut de mon âme'.

[altodivo]

Berganza played her as a coquette. Monzon plays her as a tigress and the 'muscular' way of singing works perfectly. She is beautiful enough to pull it off, and it is not HER that needs to sing beautifully (in this scene anyway) it is the Jose, and Alagna is just a little inelegant for me. Frequently pitchy, thank god he can act. I think Monzon is remarkable and her recording is excellent. Lovely to hear the music sung by a French singer.

[Elisabetta611]

I've got to agree! I had the pleasure to see her live (As Carmen, in Vienna) and I just LOVED her, especially in this scene.

[opera84]

roberto alagna reviendra cet été au théâtre antique d'Orange, quand à Béatrice reviendra aux chorégies d'Orange en 2008 à nous pour Carmen, nous retrouverons également dans la distribution, le même chanteur qui joua le rôle D'Escamillo

[opera84]

roberto alagna est vraimenet très très émouvant dans ce rôle de Don José qui lui va comme un gant

[tosca31]

Je suis bien d'accord avec vous.

[alexgomez2]

WOW!! I had never had the chance to hear Alagna in such a passionate rendition. What a wonderful diction in the French language. As far as she is concerned, I don't like her part. She is overly dramatic as to destry the beautiful melodic yet dramatic lines. Berganza could sing the written notes and add dramatism. Bravo Alagna!

[tosca31]

Great he's wonderful

[dinacarina88]

I really dont like her at all

[rjw0886]

she is too muscular

[hanja2etoile]

j'adore mon petit Roberto!!!!

[Revmira]

Alagna is not only good tenor or wonderful singer. Не is splendid opera artist!

[hightenor123]

Uria-Monzon does not seem up to the challange of Alagna's full bodied singing, and resonant gorgeous legato. Although many say that he pushes the voice too much, he makes a fine Jose here by any standard.

[michaelphilly]

WOW...here, Alagna is INCREDIBLE

[MrChowChow]

I tapped this performance from TV5 US.Alagna was perfect Don juse. I also like his duet with micaela, warm and tender.

[lyrictenore]

alagna is singing is so passionate and electrifying. awesome