Roberto ALAGNA - Che gelida manina - La Bohème - Puccini

[rie26ni23]

rrrrtvv h

[rogacu]

これはお手本にしたい素晴らしい発声だな

[mrodicalp]

bravissimo! finalmente in tono. gli altri mezzo tono sotto. Piero Visconti,

[truvianni]

I love the way Angela looks at him and so playfully says "cerca" (look for it) the second time before Roberto goes in to "che gelida manina"

[a00915191]

what happened to the brass at 5:38? seem´s they have farted...

[colino72]

6:30 to 7:30 is a train wreck. Timing all out and dodgy pronounciation. And right at the end, it sounds like he is just on the wrong note before the very last note.

[ximenadore]

voilà la voix du role: DOUCE,CHARMEUSE ET VIRILE À LA FOIS, LA VOIX DE ALAGNA!!

[polaco76]

Miren mi version!!! estoy estudiando y necesito que critiquen mi trabajo!!!

[truvianni]

@polaco76 jestes Polak?

[tenorschofield]

Alagna resembles the caliber of Pavarotti, but with his own touch and wonderful voice color. He is for me the N-1 on this days, probably followed by some in a short range,... but still the best for my ears!!!

Hope he keeps up doing so well...Bravooo Alagna!!!!!

[truvianni]

@tenorschofield He is good no doubts but I prefer Villazon

[tenorschofield]

@truvianni He also is very good indeed; in any case I like them both very much.Bravo for both of them!!!

[truvianni]

@tenorschofield I agree totally

[truvianni]

@tenorschofield I wrote an article about this very aria if you care to read it please google "Truvianni, Che Gelida Manina"

[65attila]

Interesting

[compadrecerro]

finlayma84 You couldn´t have better described the difference of alagna singing this aria in two ocassions and as you say he went to the wrong repertoire and finish up his beautiful lirical voice.

[acitipo]

Aqui canta Alagna en la nota original, cantada por poquisimos tenores.

Claro no tiene el timbre de Luciano, pero se defiende, ademas es valiente de cantar en esa nota extrema para un tenor.

[military94]

era meglio Pavarotti

non solo come tenore, ma anche come recitazione

[pacomusisa]

beh pavarotti sull'acuto prende il si naturale ma il signor alagna prende un do??? e da profano non mi sembra reciti male

[robertocresca]

indietro?!? Ma non mi sembra proprio...anzi, considerando che è un live all'aperto, visto che è ad Orange...lo trovo meraviglioso, come sempre nel repertorio da tenore lirico, più idoneo alle sue corde...cmq nn trovo né stecche né errori...poi magari i gusti sono gusti...ma è un altro discorso...

[robertocresca]

scusami forse mi è sfuggita, in che punto intendi?

[finlayma84]

There is an earlier clip of him singing this same aria that is much better. I still think he's a wonderful musician, but very past his prime: like Carreras, he overextended himself singing the wrong roles and his voice has lost some of its color as a result.

[InfernoDaBaka]

C'est du plein air non? N'y a-t-il pas besoin de micro ici?

[finlayma84]

Oui, de plein air. En general, les chanteurs d'opera n'utilisent jamais des micros.

[InfernoDaBaka]

Si, ça dépend de la disposition des lieux. Dans un amphithéâtre, l'absence de micro je concois mais là, on dirait un lieu assez faible niveau résonance non?

[TheInquisitive4Ever]

Alex-Correct indeed!

[JockamoGoon]

by the way to all who meanly criticize his high...

high notes aren't everything, as demonstrated by the overwhelming reaction to the performance

[TheInquisitive4Ever]

At this day an age, people would applaud everything sheepishly. That is why. Get a clue. Besides is weak top, he sounds strained throughout. His timbre is literally damaged. Sounds nothing like what he was in the early 1990s.

[JockamoGoon]

You're a douchebag. Do yourself a favor and go see an actual live opera. Alagna sounds terrific in the house.

People who criticize opera singers based on a youtube flash player need to contribute something to the arts and buy a goddamn ticket.

[TheInquisitive4Ever]

Jock-And you're an expert on women's hygenic products, especially used one? I did see Alagna live over the years, starting in the mid 90s. I did observe his vocal decline because of his mistakes in choosing the proper repertoire. So what are you talking about you pinhead? If you're deaf, I can't help. Go to your corner and wait until I throw you a bone.

[donde2k]

@JockamoGoon TOTALLY agree with your post !

[JockamoGoon]

honestly, if i had that much air blowing in my face the whole time i'd probably blow the high notes too

[jira3312]

Alagna has beautiful voice but nowadays I feel something like he is going to lose his voice:( and thats is not only about one note in this aria. Thats sad because a lot of young singers lost their voices...

[Corenero]

I'm sick and tired of all those people who the only thing they do is criticize. Who are you ? Are you that good whatever you do ? I'm not Alagna's fan, but his interpretation is so emotional here, despite his technical singing. Sometimes in Opera, doesn't matter crack a note if interpretation is emotional as should be.

[Turee85]

la Gheorghiu non è tagliata per il ruolo di Mimì. Bravo Alagna, anche se la sua voce sente delle fatiche "forzate" e non è brillante come un tempo, rende sicuramente meglio il personaggio.

[marioj34]

criticism is easy, art is difficult. Roberto sings the aria in the tone it does not transpose like 99% of Rodolphe.

[alvarogm86]

Horrible. I love Alagna, but in the 90's...his Rodolfo used to be wonderful

[OperaBohemian]

I love Alagna! He's amazing... but that C was just awful... It sounded like a car stalling...

[everlynnie]

There's no wind machine.

It's an outdoor stage.

[FrankieGrasshoppa]

That is one creepy Rodolfo

[hansquad]

wow...what a very risky, tensed high C!.... I was thinking he's gpnna crack it... phew.

[SonoPortoricano]

Come one, 'la speranza' is totally forced and pushed! So much, that i felt my vocals hurt. Oh my, I hope is not usual, but certainly it was not normal.

[toscadepuccini]

I like this video so much. I like this version, more than the pavarotti's version that i have in DVD. Some "opera specialists" of youtube should better shut the fuck up because Orange is an open stage, and the voice of alagna is fantastic, with a lot of emotion and power, and shining.

[ynnor2z]

This most be a parodi of the greatest operas ever made. The windmachine nearly blew the to singers avway. They even had to hold their hand beside the candles for not blowing them out. Allagna is to weak in his performance, he has no deepnes in his voice and sound more like a caraoce-singer in a windstorm. Sorry!

[mariusfelix]

Get informed before you write stupidaggini! Windmachine??? Orange is an open air theatre, the wind is real! Too many "experts" on youtube ...

[TurandotFanatic]

We can see clearly a wind blowing the singers. How can they allow that? Can be dangerous for the singers. Where were they singing? Is it an open stage? I didn't see it so wrong as the comments before. He did that ok to me (and to the public). She is wonderful on her presence.

[ILBARONE45]

THAT WAS NOT A HIGH C. He started to high and fell short with "SPERANZA'.. Most of this video he sang both heavier and upper register

at the wrong time. He seemed to have lost his breath control earlier in this opera. Possibly recovering from a cold..He is a good tenor evident by other performances. He his wife carried him throughout the entire opera.

[kawai1]

This is really disappointing. No emotion, no voice, no nothing.

Keep licking the lips doesn't add to it either.

Something happend to Alagna in the recent years. At his beginning he was pretty good and fresh, but now his voice is sounding more and more like screams.

There is a video here of Domingo. Look at it. This is how it should be sung.

[kawai1]

I Just watched now the other video of Alagna here, from 1995 with Vaduva. See the difference for yourselves.

[amdnovello]

i like him very much. his timbro is clear and powerful at the same time. but i don't know if he got worse in the last few years

[aguacun]

Difference that the equation below shows:

force abuse + time = what you got today!

[Operafiend22]

The are some absolutely lovely moments, but I don't know why he insists on making the voice heavier than it needs to be. His vibrato starts to wobble when he presses on the sound...to bad. Still better than most though, but nothing like he use to be.

[theonlygriffo]

Shite from start to finish.

I thought he was going to implode during the high C.

How is he highly regarded as a tenor?

[danielc45]

Very enjoyable! Thanks for posting. How can I get the full opera video?

[AlexSuciu]

Leoncavallo - Pagliacci ( Alagna, Gheorghiu, Mastromarino, Kwiecien, Fedderly - c Luisotti - Los Angeles) common he just isn't good here. if he practices bauybe but there is no pasion in his arias, it's like he is solving a math problem...concerned only about the result. i have no other recordings with him in pagliacci

[AlexSuciu]

ok..alagna is a good tenore but i really think you should listen to other operas that he sung...i mean he was terrible in pagliacci...he was a wonderful voice but he cant play a grand repertory...

[MrChowChow]

I don't know what kind of terribleness of Alagna's Pagliacci you are talking about? I just got his DVD Pagliacci recorded live at Verona, and I have seen him sung Canio live in 2005, beside he is little young for that role, he was captivating in every way, I have never seen him show his dark side in that violent, bitter but very moving way.

[chocorose89]

Simply Wonderful

[classikclems]

Oui c'est vrai que ce couple est une légende vivante!! Magnifique prestation de notre ROberto national !:D

[LaCarusiella]

I love this couple,they're a legend!

[Oneguin65]

Alagna is a of best tenors today. Bravo!

[tenoregrande]

how wonderfull he was!!! Thanks for posting.