Have you ever heard the great Yuri Marusin singing this? Gedda is definitely in top for - great voice, great control, excellent technique yet I believe he based himself on Marusin's interpretation - Marusin was one of the star tenors of the Kirov/Maarinsky and he travelled the world singing the role - he was at la Scala and other very central theatres so Gedda might have heard the great tenor. This, in no way undermines Gedda's interpretation; he is a great master, especially not being Russian
@corellipersempre But Gedda IS Russian. Or at least half Russian. His father was Russian and it was spoken around his house when he was growing up. He got his start on records Singing Dimitri on the EMI Boris. If we hadn't been in the middle of the Cold War he probably would have been promoted as a Russian rather than as a Swede.
@Biper311 cambia il tuo "stile" caro,tu hai soltanto 16 anni... sul YT parliamo della lirica con rispetto..."idiots","(ignoranti)"...ferma ti piccolo vai à scuola ad' imparare di parlare e sopra tutto di apprendere le buone maniere.sei troppo giovane,prima di insultare pensa perché a queste 12 persone l'interpretazione di Gedda non piace.pensa,rifletti... anche à me non mi piace,allora siamo 13...mi dirai in faccia che sono una idiota e ignorante anche à me?...
Definitely the best voice and technique for this aria and the part in general, but Lemeshev's performance is so genuine... I simply can't help falling in love with his interpretation. Gedda is too academic in the way of playing and pronunciation.
@leoniemikele Answering you, maybe Lemeshev is the best. This is a little too "muscular" for my taste. Wonderful singing, but Lensky guesses that he's going to die, he can't compete with Onegin. It's works if it's a little less perfect, a little unsure.
voce piccola e non troppo bella ,i suoi registrazioni non hanno nessun valore artistico per me ...infatti ognuno ha i suoi
gusti . Faccio molta attenzione di non giudicare mai i cantanti che non ho ascoltato dal vivo ! Una registrazione é una informazione niente di piu,grazie al microfono e alla sua intelligenza vocale Gedda ha riuscito a convincere molti fans ,tanto meglio e viva la musica........
Certo che ognuno ha i suoi gusti e lei e libero di amare o di non amare Gedda. E che il suo commento non mi pareva adatto (poca voce), visto che lei ha preferito in quest'aria Lemešev e Sobinov che sono anche tenori lirici, cio e con voce non grande.
Quanto ai microfoni - Gedda ha cantato per 26 anni in Met ( se mi limito solo a quella casa) , cosi sembra che ha convinto qualche fan anche in vivo.
This comment has received too many negative votesshow
@Herur22 era un segreto pubblico che durante 26 anni in Met Gedda e stato sempre microfonato e non soltanto lui,Pavarotti ecc................PS avete sentito dal vivo Lemescev e Sobinov ?
E perche dovrebbero farlo? Non era neccesario prenderlo, quando ha fatto l'audizione.
Citazione:
" We don't amplify the onstage singers, states Rob Gorton, sound engineer at the Metropolitan Opera. It constantly surprises me how many people think that we amplify. - Google - Opera's Dirty Little Secret.
Certo che non ho sentito Lemešev ed altri dal vivo. Pero mi piacciono. Anch'io ho masso parecchi videi di Lemešev sul mio canale. In questo abbiamo gusti simili.
Non ha letto tutto l'articolo, vero? E poi non si puo microfonare un solo cantante - almeno no in quel tempo. Puo leggere sopra la tema in Wikipedia - Opera house. Naturalmente, sono certa che lei non vorra credere. Con questo finisco la discussione e la saluto.
@Herur 22 mi conosce per cortesia ?E libera di leggere e di credere in quello che vuole , so molto bene questo che vedo e sopratutto quello che avevo ascoltato dal vivo .Con questo anch'io finisco la discussione e la saluto con rispetto .
@Herur22 non leggo mai quello che scrivono gli altri,da 52 anni vado nel Teatro e ascolto dal vivo i cantanti,preferisco i spettacoli dal vivo .L'anno scorso ho visto 169 recite dal vivo,questo anno vedro 140 spero...per me una registrazione e una illusione un spettacolo dal vivo una realta...prima adoravo la voce di Gedda,le sue registrzioni sono bellissime,poi per la prima volta ho visto Gedda dal vivo a Garnier nel Faust,che delusione...Con rispetto Signora .
@bodiloto E per una recita, che non l'e piaciuta (ognuno puo essere indisposto a volte) lei ha cominciato ad odiarlo ed a perseguitarlo qui? Mi pare molto strano. Pero ad altra parte ci sono milioni di spettatori che hanno anche ascoltato Gedda dal vivo in tanti teatri del mondo e che l'hanno trovato fantastico. Ed io (che leggo anche quello che scrivono gli altri) ho letto parecchie volte, che nessuna registrazione puo rendere l'idea della bellezza della sua voce sentita dal vivo.
@bodiloto Quanto a persecuzione - lei visita assiduamente i videi di Gedda per dichiarare che era un buono a nulla. Un buono a nulla perche non aveva la voce tanto grande come del Monaco? Perche non fare commenti uguali anche sulle pagine degli altri tenori lirici e dire alla gente di non sprecare il tempo li, perche hanno una voce piccola? Sembra proprio che lei ha una guerra personale con Gedda.
@Herur22 questo che Gedda e stato cito un buono a nulla sono le sue parole non le mie ! Ho scritto che accanto i tenori di 21 secolo Gedda era un grande,Signora svegliatevi io La rispetto; La prego leggete questo che scrivo ! Con molto rispetto Nicola .
@bodiloto "Buono a nulla" era oviamente la mia recapitulazione di ' voce poco bruna, piccola', 'questa voce non mi piace affatto', 'portamenti brutti, senza dolcezza', 'evviva la mediocrita', 'hahaha, voce pucciniana..', ' una piccola voce al limite, senza mezzavoce, senza colore' .... e tanti altri. Ma perche non ha risposto anche a qualche altra domanda mia?
@bodiloto Le domande erano quelle con i punti interrogativi. Non ho mai scritto che Gedda era Il piu grande tenore del mondo. Ritengo pero che era UNO dei piu grandi. Per lei Boheme e Tosca non e Puccini, Rigoletto, Traviata, Ballo non e Verdi? Forse non le piace, ma a tanti altri piace. Deve un tenore cantare tutto? MDM non ha cantato Wagner, Donizetti, Mozart - e meno grande per questo? Lemešev non ha cantato Puccini, verismo e di Verdi solo Rigoletto - lo fa questo un tenore da tre soldi?
@Herur22 Gedda era UNO dei piu grandi ?Rispetto il suo gusto ma che cosa c'e in comune fra Gedda e tenori come Marconi,Caruso,Fleta,Escalais,Piccaluga,Pertile,Masini,Lauri-Volpi,Pertile,Paoli,Schipa,Alva,Wunderlich ecc...ecc... ?
This comment has received too many negative votesshow
@Herur22 lei si serve dal YouTube per far regnare il terrore ! Il fatto che durante 4 mesi cercava d'essere "gentile" e che oggi há blocata il suo sito per me conoscendo il suo fanatismo non sono sorpreso da questo atto. é il suo diritto ma come si permette di cancellare i miei commenti,ma come há riuscita di far sparire i mie commenti!E poi dicono che il sistema sul YouTube é democratico !
Ma come si permette di annulare i miei commenti,chi le da il diritto di farlo?Brutta persona,Vergogna!
Mi meraviglio di sua idea che IO la cercavo. Si, avevo le discussioni con lei, che comminciavano tutte con i suoi commenti. La mia non era falsa gentilezza, perche di carattere sono una persona gentile, ma anche persone molto gentili perdono i nervi dopo un tempo. La sua notizia che da ora in poi per lei non esisto piu mi da molto piacere.
@Herur22 Ton ignorance est grande,ta lâcheté la surpasse:N'ayant rien à m'opposer,tu te permets de supprimer mes commentaires?La censure comme arme,le révisionisme comme défense:effacer les traces comme on cache un crime.Tu redoutes la confrontation: tu ne peux justifier ton incompétence devant moi ,elle serait dévoilée devant ton public même.Je te convie donc sur ma chaîne,ainsi ta honte n'éclaboussera pas ceux qui croient en toi.Si tu as quelque honneur,je t'y verrais bientôt..Serviteur.
@Herur22 Sais-tu que c'est totalement stupide de ta part de t'enfermer comme tu le fais?Je n'ai même pas pu laisser un commentaire positif sur tes vidéos! Tu ne peux vivre enfermée,nous nous rencontrerons sur des pages que tu ne pourras fermer.En voulant étouffer l'affaire tu vas contribuer à l'ébruiter.Viens chez moi et expliquons-nous posément.Ne méprise pas la main qui se tend.
Je vous ai laissé écrire pour presque deux jours et j'ai prié bodiloto d'aller ailleur. Comme je lui ai dit, je suis de caractere une personne gentille, mais j'en ai eu assez.
Je vais vous debloquer en esperant que nos futures rencontres soient plus temperées.
@bodiloto E chi mai ha mai comparato Gedda, un tenore lirico, ad un tenore dramatico come del Monaco, per esempio. S'intende per definizione che una voce lirica e piu piccola di una voce dramatica ed e per questo che Gedda non ha mai cantato ruoli come Manrico, Calaf, Otello etc. Pero d'altra parte nessun leggiero non ha cantato Le prophete, Les Huguenots etc. dal vivo. E nel mio parere per giudicare un cantante non e la grandezza della voce che e l'unica importante.
Il ne bouge pas beaucoup, mais à quoi bon s'agiter dans les airs où c'est l'intimité qui s'exprime. Comme dans l'extrait avec Wunderlich sur scène, il ne bouge pas du tout lui non plus, mais la magie du son opère, il n'y a qu'à entendre la réaction du public après. Ici la précision de Gedda est remarquable, un ténor à la fois lyrique et léger, le rêve!
Such a sombre and subtle version. I love it! He was really a master in technique and sentiment in his active days. The voice is truly magnifiscent. Bravo, Mr Gedda!
I never heard him sing so softly like this;One is often surprised by the complete mastery of the voice these opera singers have, and the range of tonal possibilities theyre capable of. Especially when they are young like this.
Gedda sencillamente espléndido. Canta como un gilguero, frasea con la naturalidad de las olas del mar. Su estilo es perfecto para cada aria, sea Chaicowsky, Mozart o Puccini. Muy pocos como él. Piel de gallina.
Best Lensky ever to sing the role in my opinion. While there are certainly many others of note, something which I cannot put into words leaves me feeling in that emotional, unreasoning part of myself that this aria is Gedda's masterpiece. It's a pity we may wait in vain for decades, perhaps generations before another Lensky of this calibre reveals himself to us. Simply brilliant! Thank you for posting this for all to enjoy!
I intended it to be a REPLY to rvronsky's former comment:
"Best Lensky ever to sing the role in my opinion. While there are certainly many others of note, something which I cannot put into words leaves me feeling in that emotional, unreasoning part of myself that this aria is Gedda's masterpiece. It's a pity we may wait in vain for decades, perhaps generations before another Lensky of this calibre reveals himself to us. Simply brilliant! Thank you for posting this for all to enjoy!"
If you read the book long ago you forgot how it really was. His biologic mother, Clary Linnea Lindberg, was Swedish and his biologic father, Nikolaj Gädda, was half Swedish (through the father Gustaf
Gädda), half Russian, (through his mother Anastasia). He (Nicolai) was not born under the name Nicolai Ustinov, but as Harry Gustaf Nikolai Gädda. He was then taken by his aunt Olga Gädda, who met and married Mihail Ustinov about two years later.
However that is one of the best Lensky arias, I ve ever heard. Another amazing stuff is "pourquoi me revellier" from Werther. You find it here on youtube.
1) Swedish Wikipedia is wrong - not so surprising as anyone can write in Wikipedia. I have the second Gedda's book ( and I have read also the first one) and I would certainly put more trust in it as he writes extensively about his parents (biologic and foster). There is also an extensive interview from 1988, found on Frank Zimmerman fan page, where he also describes the intricacies of his birth.
2) It is true that when he went to school in Leipzig he was using the name Ustinov and he continued to use it for a while when they returned to Sweden, though it was not clear for how long. As I said he was baptised as Harry Gustaf Nikolai Gädda - Harry after an uncle, Gustaf after grandfather and Nikolai after his real father. Ustinov was not yet around at the time.
That is not true, he was born in sweden and both of his parents were swedish but he had a russian stepfather.Newertheless his russian is with out any accent.
You're wrong. His biologic father was half Russian and his biologic mother was Swedish, so he was one quarter Russian. But he was adopted by his half-Russian aunt (father's sister) and her Russian husband.
I certainly mean Olga whom Gedda himself calls his mother. She was Russian of mixed Russian/Swedish descent. Since we talk about his language skills, his biologic mother Linnea, whom he never met, hardly matters.
How do define emigrees children nationality? Well, I share the understanding of one's nationality as cultural identity, mother language and upbringing traditions... Whole discussion around Gedda is about his fluency of Russian language, which stems from that he is a natural-born Russian speaker. That's all :)
Do you think Lenski really knows that he and not Onegin is going to die? I mean, do you think Lenski has no intention of killing Onegin and just is there in order to be killed?
Lensky doesn't know he is going to his death, but he is accepting the fifty percent chance that it will happen, that he is putting himself in mortal danger and will not reconcile with his friend. It's tragic nonetheless.
Lensky barely knows how to hold a pistol and Onegin is well-versed in military combat, I think Lensky pretty much knew he was going to his death, which is why the love letter to Olga is like a final goodbye.
In some productions, he doesn't even raise his pistol.
I think because once you've committed to it, you must do it or face disgrace, which was perhaps considered a fate worse than death. Don't they have a duet immediately before the duel about what a tragedy it all is and how they don't want to duel at all? The problem I suppose, is that Lensky challenged him so publicly, and at the time of the duel, there are seconds there and everything.
I've been learning this aria for a concert, and this Gedda recording has to be the most reliable around. He gets the good diction from his swedish side (Swedes are known to have the most "forward" placement of vowels - ideal for maintaining resonance space in the pharynx) and the accurate pronunciation from his russian side.
Awesome voice too, though I don't necessarily agree with all of his musical choices (I prefer to speed up the tempo at a couple of points; each to his own I guess).
Of course it's wonderful! But for me there is no one in the world who sings this role better than Sergey Lemeshev. Gedda is fantastic vocally, but he is cold. Lemeshev is always warm and every note that he sings comes from the heart.
It doesn't seem cold to me. Quite the reverse, I was always moved to tears listening to this. But I like Lemeshev too - that video is also among my favorites.
Yes, Wunderlich, wonderful, but Gedda, in THIS role, in the native language, Russian, offered more ease of tone, better sustained, more velvety, and calm. When Gedda sings in Russia or Sedish, he beats Wunderlich singing in German. Perhaps too, because the sounds prononced in Russian sort of focuses the tone high up between forehead and nose cavities, allowing great easeness in the upper range. Also it's a very UUUUUUU sound as to the ICCHHH, ECCHH, ACHHH. : i : e : a : )
Arie Lenského je v kvalitním provedení N.Geddy. Je stavěn na lyriku.
fjanicek1 4 weeks ago
great
Jenniferclerk 1 month ago
In every aspect sheer perfection and great emotion that goes together.
klokheten 4 months ago 2
Comment removed
piggybead 7 months ago
I can't watch this without getting goosebumps all over my body - 5:20. I love how the clarinet swirls around his voice. Amazing.
piggybead 7 months ago
Together with Lemeshev thet are the best postrevolution int.
IRA77GEOTENORE 8 months ago
Have you ever heard the great Yuri Marusin singing this? Gedda is definitely in top for - great voice, great control, excellent technique yet I believe he based himself on Marusin's interpretation - Marusin was one of the star tenors of the Kirov/Maarinsky and he travelled the world singing the role - he was at la Scala and other very central theatres so Gedda might have heard the great tenor. This, in no way undermines Gedda's interpretation; he is a great master, especially not being Russian
corellipersempre 8 months ago
@corellipersempre But Gedda IS Russian. Or at least half Russian. His father was Russian and it was spoken around his house when he was growing up. He got his start on records Singing Dimitri on the EMI Boris. If we hadn't been in the middle of the Cold War he probably would have been promoted as a Russian rather than as a Swede.
Agorante 8 months ago
@Agorante
His biological father was half-Russian and his biological mother was Swede. His adoptive father was Russian.
Herur22 8 months ago
@Herur22 I guess you told me!
Agorante 8 months ago
Nicolai Gedda is one of the best Lensky.
Great performance!
FrancoMFT8 9 months ago 2
The best performance of Lensky as well as Sobinov and Vinogradov. Lemeshev is too fake. Wunderlich is sweet.
zajchyk1 10 months ago
The 12 people who voted "thumb's down" are f*****g idiots (IGNORANTI) :P
Biper311 10 months ago
@Biper311 cambia il tuo "stile" caro,tu hai soltanto 16 anni... sul YT parliamo della lirica con rispetto..."idiots","(ignoranti)"...ferma ti piccolo vai à scuola ad' imparare di parlare e sopra tutto di apprendere le buone maniere.sei troppo giovane,prima di insultare pensa perché a queste 12 persone l'interpretazione di Gedda non piace.pensa,rifletti... anche à me non mi piace,allora siamo 13...mi dirai in faccia che sono una idiota e ignorante anche à me?...
ranigema 8 months ago
Definitely the best voice and technique for this aria and the part in general, but Lemeshev's performance is so genuine... I simply can't help falling in love with his interpretation. Gedda is too academic in the way of playing and pronunciation.
dissolveANDcollapse 11 months ago
Qui Gedda,che non sempre nell'opera classica Italiana mi entusiasma,è davvero grande.Bravo Nicolai
1947Rollo 1 year ago
The best Lensky after Sergei Lemeshev and Leonid Sobinov.
GreenBaldrick 1 year ago 2
nešto najljepše što sam čula !
alena9952 1 year ago
Absolut perfekt....wunderbar!
GuidoKaiserBariton1 1 year ago
This has been flagged as spam show
please my friends, i need this music for sing on a race , my email fitoflores1@hotmail.com help me please, god is so big
fitoflores1 1 year ago
The best Lensky after Sergei Lemeshev.
PetitGrisMoineau 1 year ago
шикарно
makemeeasy 1 year ago
AMAZING!!!! MAAAAASTEEEEEER!!!! Delicious singing!
igancedo 1 year ago 2
Velikolepno, absolutno! Soglasen! Luchshe etovo ispolneniya prosto ne suschestvuyet.....
banaliltes 1 year ago
Awesome! TY.
paulostroff99 1 year ago 4
oh mon dieux.... je pleure...
dilnazar 1 year ago 2
this aria was never sung better than this
FacePaster 1 year ago 9
Великолепно! Лучший исполнитель этой арии!
777Muse 1 year ago
@777Muse Nu koniechno shto luchshiy...
bodiloto 1 year ago
Awesome singing! TY
paulostroff99 1 year ago
El más grande de todos...magnífico!
MarioAColmenares 1 year ago
Bravo! Absolutely beautiful! He was one of the best tenors ever.
Fegen 1 year ago 2
Nikolai Gedda paras Lensky
MrsPakila 1 year ago
oh ja tak ljublju etu pesnju !!!!
Miranda7237 1 year ago
nikolai gedda paras Lensky
MrsPakila 1 year ago
Вот что значит мастер своего дела! Какой чудный голос!
Galiah13 1 year ago
THIS is the true voice of Lensky... Sorry Mr. Villazon :)
Karismartist 1 year ago
@Karismartist what do you make of Lemeshev ? :-)
ainhoator 1 year ago 2
@ainhoator The best.
leoniemikele 1 year ago 2
@leoniemikele I couldn't agree more.
ainhoator 1 year ago
@leoniemikele Answering you, maybe Lemeshev is the best. This is a little too "muscular" for my taste. Wonderful singing, but Lensky guesses that he's going to die, he can't compete with Onegin. It's works if it's a little less perfect, a little unsure.
leoniemikele 1 year ago 3
@Karismartist sono d'accordo
nonnopirro52 1 year ago
Великолепно!
777Muse 1 year ago
Villazon should kneel before Gedda!
labambinajohnson 1 year ago 2
@labambinajohnson Villazon should ask for forgivenness!!
ainhoator 1 year ago 2
WHERE IS THIS FROM????
cheerybombom 1 year ago
kuda kuda vy udalilis?
pashli pasrat e provalilis!!!
davisbone 1 year ago
Kolya......ti nasha...gordost'
The Russian spirit....Spasibo.
MichaelDalberg 1 year ago 4
Kolya....ja lublu tebya. !!!
MichaelDalberg 1 year ago 3
One of the greatest artists of the 20th century.
Lovelytenor1 1 year ago 4
Удивительный голос!
DmitriyD71 2 years ago
Just perfect..
The best for this aria.
KevorkianM 2 years ago
This recording is a playback..But he has a very nice voice.
tobobba 2 years ago
Very, very good! I'm surprised his Russian is nearly perfect. It's just I still think Lemeshev was the best Lensky ever.
yolka64 2 years ago
One of the best versions of this great aria. TY.
paulostroff99 2 years ago
sophisticated
hulik243 2 years ago 4
poca voce ........................
bodiloto 2 years ago
Ma certo, dovrebbe gridare a piena voce (come Sobinov, he, he).
Herur22 2 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
@Herur22 per me dal vivo Gedda aveva
voce piccola e non troppo bella ,i suoi registrazioni non hanno nessun valore artistico per me ...infatti ognuno ha i suoi
gusti . Faccio molta attenzione di non giudicare mai i cantanti che non ho ascoltato dal vivo ! Una registrazione é una informazione niente di piu,grazie al microfono e alla sua intelligenza vocale Gedda ha riuscito a convincere molti fans ,tanto meglio e viva la musica........
bodiloto 2 years ago
Certo che ognuno ha i suoi gusti e lei e libero di amare o di non amare Gedda. E che il suo commento non mi pareva adatto (poca voce), visto che lei ha preferito in quest'aria Lemešev e Sobinov che sono anche tenori lirici, cio e con voce non grande.
Quanto ai microfoni - Gedda ha cantato per 26 anni in Met ( se mi limito solo a quella casa) , cosi sembra che ha convinto qualche fan anche in vivo.
Herur22 2 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
@Herur22 era un segreto pubblico che durante 26 anni in Met Gedda e stato sempre microfonato e non soltanto lui,Pavarotti ecc................PS avete sentito dal vivo Lemescev e Sobinov ?
bodiloto 2 years ago
E perche dovrebbero farlo? Non era neccesario prenderlo, quando ha fatto l'audizione.
Citazione:
" We don't amplify the onstage singers, states Rob Gorton, sound engineer at the Metropolitan Opera. It constantly surprises me how many people think that we amplify. - Google - Opera's Dirty Little Secret.
Certo che non ho sentito Lemešev ed altri dal vivo. Pero mi piacciono. Anch'io ho masso parecchi videi di Lemešev sul mio canale. In questo abbiamo gusti simili.
Herur22 2 years ago
@Herur22 certo Rob Gorton dice la verita ............hahahahahahahahahahaha.
Con rispetto .
bodiloto 2 years ago
Non ha letto tutto l'articolo, vero? E poi non si puo microfonare un solo cantante - almeno no in quel tempo. Puo leggere sopra la tema in Wikipedia - Opera house. Naturalmente, sono certa che lei non vorra credere. Con questo finisco la discussione e la saluto.
Herur22 2 years ago
@Herur 22 mi conosce per cortesia ?E libera di leggere e di credere in quello che vuole , so molto bene questo che vedo e sopratutto quello che avevo ascoltato dal vivo .Con questo anch'io finisco la discussione e la saluto con rispetto .
bodiloto 2 years ago
@Herur22 non leggo mai quello che scrivono gli altri,da 52 anni vado nel Teatro e ascolto dal vivo i cantanti,preferisco i spettacoli dal vivo .L'anno scorso ho visto 169 recite dal vivo,questo anno vedro 140 spero...per me una registrazione e una illusione un spettacolo dal vivo una realta...prima adoravo la voce di Gedda,le sue registrzioni sono bellissime,poi per la prima volta ho visto Gedda dal vivo a Garnier nel Faust,che delusione...Con rispetto Signora .
bodiloto 1 year ago
@bodiloto E per una recita, che non l'e piaciuta (ognuno puo essere indisposto a volte) lei ha cominciato ad odiarlo ed a perseguitarlo qui? Mi pare molto strano. Pero ad altra parte ci sono milioni di spettatori che hanno anche ascoltato Gedda dal vivo in tanti teatri del mondo e che l'hanno trovato fantastico. Ed io (che leggo anche quello che scrivono gli altri) ho letto parecchie volte, che nessuna registrazione puo rendere l'idea della bellezza della sua voce sentita dal vivo.
Herur22 1 year ago
Comment removed
bodiloto 1 year ago
@bodiloto Quanto a persecuzione - lei visita assiduamente i videi di Gedda per dichiarare che era un buono a nulla. Un buono a nulla perche non aveva la voce tanto grande come del Monaco? Perche non fare commenti uguali anche sulle pagine degli altri tenori lirici e dire alla gente di non sprecare il tempo li, perche hanno una voce piccola? Sembra proprio che lei ha una guerra personale con Gedda.
Herur22 1 year ago
This has been flagged as spam show
@Herur22 questo che Gedda e stato cito un buono a nulla sono le sue parole non le mie ! Ho scritto che accanto i tenori di 21 secolo Gedda era un grande,Signora svegliatevi io La rispetto; La prego leggete questo che scrivo ! Con molto rispetto Nicola .
bodiloto 1 year ago
@bodiloto "Buono a nulla" era oviamente la mia recapitulazione di ' voce poco bruna, piccola', 'questa voce non mi piace affatto', 'portamenti brutti, senza dolcezza', 'evviva la mediocrita', 'hahaha, voce pucciniana..', ' una piccola voce al limite, senza mezzavoce, senza colore' .... e tanti altri. Ma perche non ha risposto anche a qualche altra domanda mia?
Herur22 1 year ago
Comment removed
bodiloto 1 year ago
Comment removed
bodiloto 1 year ago
@bodiloto Le domande erano quelle con i punti interrogativi. Non ho mai scritto che Gedda era Il piu grande tenore del mondo. Ritengo pero che era UNO dei piu grandi. Per lei Boheme e Tosca non e Puccini, Rigoletto, Traviata, Ballo non e Verdi? Forse non le piace, ma a tanti altri piace. Deve un tenore cantare tutto? MDM non ha cantato Wagner, Donizetti, Mozart - e meno grande per questo? Lemešev non ha cantato Puccini, verismo e di Verdi solo Rigoletto - lo fa questo un tenore da tre soldi?
Herur22 1 year ago
@Herur22 Gedda era UNO dei piu grandi ?Rispetto il suo gusto ma che cosa c'e in comune fra Gedda e tenori come Marconi,Caruso,Fleta,Escalais,Piccaluga,Pertile,Masini,Lauri-Volpi,Pertile,Paoli,Schipa,Alva,Wunderlich ecc...ecc... ?
bodiloto 1 year ago
@bodiloto
Tantissime cose....ma, lasciamo stare. Non ha gia detto addio? Addio.
Herur22 1 year ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
@Herur22 lei si serve dal YouTube per far regnare il terrore ! Il fatto che durante 4 mesi cercava d'essere "gentile" e che oggi há blocata il suo sito per me conoscendo il suo fanatismo non sono sorpreso da questo atto. é il suo diritto ma come si permette di cancellare i miei commenti,ma come há riuscita di far sparire i mie commenti!E poi dicono che il sistema sul YouTube é democratico !
Ma come si permette di annulare i miei commenti,chi le da il diritto di farlo?Brutta persona,Vergogna!
bodiloto 1 year ago
Comment removed
VelikiKlek 1 year ago
@bodiloto
Le ho detto di andare a giocare altrove... ma lei non l'ha voluto.
Herur22 1 year ago
Comment removed
bodiloto 1 year ago
@bodiloto
A si? Non ho il diritto? E contro la legge?
Mi meraviglio di sua idea che IO la cercavo. Si, avevo le discussioni con lei, che comminciavano tutte con i suoi commenti. La mia non era falsa gentilezza, perche di carattere sono una persona gentile, ma anche persone molto gentili perdono i nervi dopo un tempo. La sua notizia che da ora in poi per lei non esisto piu mi da molto piacere.
Herur22 1 year ago
@Herur22 Ton ignorance est grande,ta lâcheté la surpasse:N'ayant rien à m'opposer,tu te permets de supprimer mes commentaires?La censure comme arme,le révisionisme comme défense:effacer les traces comme on cache un crime.Tu redoutes la confrontation: tu ne peux justifier ton incompétence devant moi ,elle serait dévoilée devant ton public même.Je te convie donc sur ma chaîne,ainsi ta honte n'éclaboussera pas ceux qui croient en toi.Si tu as quelque honneur,je t'y verrais bientôt..Serviteur.
abracadabranque 1 year ago
Comment removed
bodiloto 1 year ago
Comment removed
bodiloto 1 year ago
Comment removed
Herur22 1 year ago
@Herur22 Sais-tu que c'est totalement stupide de ta part de t'enfermer comme tu le fais?Je n'ai même pas pu laisser un commentaire positif sur tes vidéos! Tu ne peux vivre enfermée,nous nous rencontrerons sur des pages que tu ne pourras fermer.En voulant étouffer l'affaire tu vas contribuer à l'ébruiter.Viens chez moi et expliquons-nous posément.Ne méprise pas la main qui se tend.
abracadabranque 1 year ago 3
@abracadabranque
Je vous ai laissé écrire pour presque deux jours et j'ai prié bodiloto d'aller ailleur. Comme je lui ai dit, je suis de caractere une personne gentille, mais j'en ai eu assez.
Je vais vous debloquer en esperant que nos futures rencontres soient plus temperées.
Herur22 1 year ago
Comment removed
Herur22 1 year ago
@bodiloto Bonjour!Je viens d'envoyer une "sommation" à Herur22 sur cette page.Je prie son auteur de me pardonner.J'attends.Mitia.
abracadabranque 1 year ago
Comment removed
bodiloto 1 year ago
@bodiloto E chi mai ha mai comparato Gedda, un tenore lirico, ad un tenore dramatico come del Monaco, per esempio. S'intende per definizione che una voce lirica e piu piccola di una voce dramatica ed e per questo che Gedda non ha mai cantato ruoli come Manrico, Calaf, Otello etc. Pero d'altra parte nessun leggiero non ha cantato Le prophete, Les Huguenots etc. dal vivo. E nel mio parere per giudicare un cantante non e la grandezza della voce che e l'unica importante.
Herur22 1 year ago
you always make such an interesting point herur 22; and such a natural polyglot ,too. Mes compliments.
moo7chi7ld 2 years ago 2
Comment removed
Herur22 2 years ago
@Herur22 si ,preferisco Lensky di Lemescev,Sobinov ,Atlantov e tantissimi altri tenori ...ognuno ha i propri gusti .
bodiloto 2 years ago
Best Lensky ever!!
operacrasher 2 years ago
Il ne bouge pas beaucoup, mais à quoi bon s'agiter dans les airs où c'est l'intimité qui s'exprime. Comme dans l'extrait avec Wunderlich sur scène, il ne bouge pas du tout lui non plus, mais la magie du son opère, il n'y a qu'à entendre la réaction du public après. Ici la précision de Gedda est remarquable, un ténor à la fois lyrique et léger, le rêve!
Alexandrep49 2 years ago
Je pleure,I'm criying,piango,ich träne,llorem,plakam..
Siberiaeterna 2 years ago
che tenore dolicissimo!
Tanechka80 2 years ago
Danke sehr ;)
TIEFEderZEIT 2 years ago
Wow einfach toll. Eugen onegin ist meine lieblingsoper, und die aufnahme ist einfach toll.
Nicolai Gedda hat eine tolle stimme
Operndiva1 2 years ago
Fantastic!!!
trisvirilaiva 2 years ago
Many of us are fans of Nicolai Gedda. Does anyone know how to send him an e-mail ?
marcmo2004 2 years ago
sin acento exelente!!!
verdi17 2 years ago
Conductor: Sir Georg Solti
operafan85 2 years ago
Gedda's Lensky is superb! Of course, his Russian is perfect, which helps...
TexasAmigo 2 years ago 2
well, he was raised in Russian... ;)
amballa 2 years ago
Such a sombre and subtle version. I love it! He was really a master in technique and sentiment in his active days. The voice is truly magnifiscent. Bravo, Mr Gedda!
Gclef11 2 years ago 16
Comment removed
Gclef11 2 years ago
I never heard him sing so softly like this;One is often surprised by the complete mastery of the voice these opera singers have, and the range of tonal possibilities theyre capable of. Especially when they are young like this.
moo7chi7ld 2 years ago 2
this guy performs it well! way better than Rolando Villazon. I respect Rolando, but Nicolai has the voice that suits this Aria.
Well done Nicolai. Beautiful! bravo
polopattypolo 2 years ago
Comment removed
SieurPlanchet 2 years ago
This has been flagged as spam show
Mr Gedda is born under the name of Nicolai Ustinov in Russia of a swedish mother and a russian father.
The family moved to Germany and then to Sweden, where he took the name Gädda (Pike (fish)), I think it was his mother's name.
Then when he began to sing abroad, he changed the name to Gedda because of the absence of "ä"
in the English alphabet.
It is many years since I read his book (30), but this is about how it is.
ForAll23 2 years ago
Thank you for making this video available.
It is a pleasure to listen to a tenor with such an expressive beautiful voice! TY!
CanadaPisces 2 years ago
A great too oft forgotten great tenor! Bravo!
paulostroff99 2 years ago
Listen to Donald Braswell sing Lensky's Aria. It's a treat.
Ratisbone68 2 years ago
Maravilloso!Es tan desesperado,enamorado...estoy llorando
evita010 2 years ago
Gedda sencillamente espléndido. Canta como un gilguero, frasea con la naturalidad de las olas del mar. Su estilo es perfecto para cada aria, sea Chaicowsky, Mozart o Puccini. Muy pocos como él. Piel de gallina.
carloschardon 2 years ago 4
How to get this fantastic DVD ?
marcmo2004 2 years ago
Unfortunately it's only a separate clip. He never recorded a video of Onegin.
VelikiKlek 2 years ago
MERAVIGLIOSO!
operazurih 2 years ago
Living, retired and dead tenors : They are ALL in my playlist "SUPER TENOR ARIAS" ! ( including this video of course )
upatoia 2 years ago
Saludos desde Perú.
30martin082007 2 years ago
Comment removed
TheRealEmit 3 years ago
Best Lensky ever to sing the role in my opinion. While there are certainly many others of note, something which I cannot put into words leaves me feeling in that emotional, unreasoning part of myself that this aria is Gedda's masterpiece. It's a pity we may wait in vain for decades, perhaps generations before another Lensky of this calibre reveals himself to us. Simply brilliant! Thank you for posting this for all to enjoy!
rvronsky 3 years ago 5
I couldn't agree more with your opinion.
Ardaline 2 years ago
I intended it to be a REPLY to rvronsky's former comment:
"Best Lensky ever to sing the role in my opinion. While there are certainly many others of note, something which I cannot put into words leaves me feeling in that emotional, unreasoning part of myself that this aria is Gedda's masterpiece. It's a pity we may wait in vain for decades, perhaps generations before another Lensky of this calibre reveals himself to us. Simply brilliant! Thank you for posting this for all to enjoy!"
Ardaline 2 years ago
Neither could I.
ForAll23 2 years ago
Well, thank you very much for your kind words.
rvronsky 2 years ago
I love this song with Nicolai Gedda. Gedda does not sing any longer..All good singer have retirred or are dead..
I´m crying..
tobobba 3 years ago 6
He trumps all Russian tenors when it comes to Russian opera. Best tenor for this type of music. In my opinion of course.
GermanOperaSinger 3 years ago 6
Well he is Russian, albeit born in Stockholm.
AlexeiRelaxed 2 years ago
No he is half - half
He is born under the name of Nicolai Ustinov in Russia of a swedish mother and a russian father.
The family moved to Germany and then to Sweden, where he took the name Gädda (Pike), I think it was his mother's name.
Then when he began to sing abroad, he changed the name to Gedda because of the absence of "ä"
in the English alphabet.
It is many years since I read his book, but this is about how it is.
ForAll23 2 years ago
If you read the book long ago you forgot how it really was. His biologic mother, Clary Linnea Lindberg, was Swedish and his biologic father, Nikolaj Gädda, was half Swedish (through the father Gustaf
Gädda), half Russian, (through his mother Anastasia). He (Nicolai) was not born under the name Nicolai Ustinov, but as Harry Gustaf Nikolai Gädda. He was then taken by his aunt Olga Gädda, who met and married Mihail Ustinov about two years later.
SieurPlanchet 2 years ago
However that is one of the best Lensky arias, I ve ever heard. Another amazing stuff is "pourquoi me revellier" from Werther. You find it here on youtube.
Martiboy23 2 years ago
Comment removed
ForAll23 2 years ago
That is "right" :-)
Humlis 2 years ago
I agree. It is so perfect, in its mastery of voice, that I tend to think it isnt real......
moo7chi7ld 2 years ago 10
Comment removed
ForAll23 2 years ago
"SieurPlanchet"
Thanks for your response.
Nice for me and many others that you share your knowledge.
You wrote that he was not born under the name of Nicolai Ustinov.
However, I believe that it is so. As a result I looked it up on the Swedish Wikipedia
and got it confirmed (Nicolai Gedda född Nicolai Ustinov den 11 juli 1925 i Stockholm).
On the other hand, Wikipedia, as well as other encyclopedias, can be wrong
Please return and give us your opinion.
ForAll23 2 years ago
ForAll23.
1) Swedish Wikipedia is wrong - not so surprising as anyone can write in Wikipedia. I have the second Gedda's book ( and I have read also the first one) and I would certainly put more trust in it as he writes extensively about his parents (biologic and foster). There is also an extensive interview from 1988, found on Frank Zimmerman fan page, where he also describes the intricacies of his birth.
SieurPlanchet 2 years ago
ForAll23
2) It is true that when he went to school in Leipzig he was using the name Ustinov and he continued to use it for a while when they returned to Sweden, though it was not clear for how long. As I said he was baptised as Harry Gustaf Nikolai Gädda - Harry after an uncle, Gustaf after grandfather and Nikolai after his real father. Ustinov was not yet around at the time.
SieurPlanchet 2 years ago
He ways also not born in Russia but in Stockholm.
SieurPlanchet 2 years ago
That is not true, he was born in sweden and both of his parents were swedish but he had a russian stepfather.Newertheless his russian is with out any accent.
Martiboy23 2 years ago
His father was half Swedish half Russian.
SieurPlanchet 2 years ago
"Martiboy23"
What you write is definitely not true.
Se what "SieurPlanchet" wrote.
Humlis 2 years ago
an outstanding example for the right russian-opera pronounciation. he articulates all the sounds extremely correct.
and the singing is beautiful like always.
i believe he makes a perfect Lensky for a non-russian speaker.
thanks for posting
marlouskai 3 years ago 3
He was Russian speaker. He grew up in a Russian speaking home, because his step father was Russian.
Herur22 3 years ago 4
And mother. Gedda's mother tongue is Russian. Then he spoke German when they lived in Leipzig which they fled for Sweden.
AlexeiRelaxed 2 years ago
You're wrong. His biologic father was half Russian and his biologic mother was Swedish, so he was one quarter Russian. But he was adopted by his half-Russian aunt (father's sister) and her Russian husband.
Herur22 2 years ago
I certainly mean Olga whom Gedda himself calls his mother. She was Russian of mixed Russian/Swedish descent. Since we talk about his language skills, his biologic mother Linnea, whom he never met, hardly matters.
AlexeiRelaxed 2 years ago
Yes, but you declared that Gedda is Russian, born in Stockholm.
Herur22 2 years ago
How do define emigrees children nationality? Well, I share the understanding of one's nationality as cultural identity, mother language and upbringing traditions... Whole discussion around Gedda is about his fluency of Russian language, which stems from that he is a natural-born Russian speaker. That's all :)
AlexeiRelaxed 2 years ago
Comment removed
SieurPlanchet 2 years ago
Brilliant frasing, Grate russian pronunciation,very emotional. For me it is true tempo.
larepimtb 3 years ago 2
One of my favors duels..couldnt understand the lyrics yet almost natural to sense their intensity, the all ensemble is so vivid!!
Enchantingly heartbreaking for the listeners....
Rhythmics4you 3 years ago 4
This comment has received too many negative votes show
Excellent singing, but i consider he sang it a little cold
i like more Ramon Vargas , Lensky
danteorochi 3 years ago
He'll die in few minutes. Surely he's cold :)
Very sensitive. Brilliant!
ravaliak 3 years ago 4
Do you think Lenski really knows that he and not Onegin is going to die? I mean, do you think Lenski has no intention of killing Onegin and just is there in order to be killed?
asisecanta 3 years ago
Lensky doesn't know he is going to his death, but he is accepting the fifty percent chance that it will happen, that he is putting himself in mortal danger and will not reconcile with his friend. It's tragic nonetheless.
ShamusMacGuffin 3 years ago
Lensky barely knows how to hold a pistol and Onegin is well-versed in military combat, I think Lensky pretty much knew he was going to his death, which is why the love letter to Olga is like a final goodbye.
In some productions, he doesn't even raise his pistol.
Catchascatchcan 3 years ago
Very good assessment. I didn't think of it that way. Still, was he confident Onegin would open fire on his friend?
ShamusMacGuffin 3 years ago
I think because once you've committed to it, you must do it or face disgrace, which was perhaps considered a fate worse than death. Don't they have a duet immediately before the duel about what a tragedy it all is and how they don't want to duel at all? The problem I suppose, is that Lensky challenged him so publicly, and at the time of the duel, there are seconds there and everything.
Catchascatchcan 3 years ago
...Gedda is light years better than Vargas.
Webarton 3 years ago 9
I've been learning this aria for a concert, and this Gedda recording has to be the most reliable around. He gets the good diction from his swedish side (Swedes are known to have the most "forward" placement of vowels - ideal for maintaining resonance space in the pharynx) and the accurate pronunciation from his russian side.
Awesome voice too, though I don't necessarily agree with all of his musical choices (I prefer to speed up the tempo at a couple of points; each to his own I guess).
5nick3r5 3 years ago
Maravilloso,noelie!El tercer Lensky de mi colecciòn màs que privada...
Vive este maestro todavìa?`
Porque no he escuchado que haya fallecido...
Ankhsnammon
Ankhsnammon 3 years ago 2
The best Lensky all times...not more!
neronnenn 3 years ago 3
Of course it's wonderful! But for me there is no one in the world who sings this role better than Sergey Lemeshev. Gedda is fantastic vocally, but he is cold. Lemeshev is always warm and every note that he sings comes from the heart.
Desideria7 3 years ago
It doesn't seem cold to me. Quite the reverse, I was always moved to tears listening to this. But I like Lemeshev too - that video is also among my favorites.
Herur22 3 years ago 2
I am moved to tears
wobblatura83 3 years ago
Yes, Wunderlich, wonderful, but Gedda, in THIS role, in the native language, Russian, offered more ease of tone, better sustained, more velvety, and calm. When Gedda sings in Russia or Sedish, he beats Wunderlich singing in German. Perhaps too, because the sounds prononced in Russian sort of focuses the tone high up between forehead and nose cavities, allowing great easeness in the upper range. Also it's a very UUUUUUU sound as to the ICCHHH, ECCHH, ACHHH. : i : e : a : )
fabrizzzio48 3 years ago