Sergei Lemeshev "Una furtiva lagrima" L'elisir d'amore

[evaonly1972]

нет слов!!!!!!! достояние России на все времена!!!!!!! чистейший бриллиант!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[21frol]

Божественный! Совершенство! Сомнений в том, что это лучший Неморино всех времён и народов, не может быть! Паваротти на порядок ниже был. Спасибо!

[yolka64]

I wonder who are the 11 people that didn't like this piece??? Are they deaf? Or Gaga fans?

[irinakuzmina58]

Божественный голос, проиникающий в душу. Уникальное "раскрытие" звука и глубочайшее  проникновение в образ. Какоке счастье, что мы можем слушать и наслаждаться каждым звуком этого чарующего голоса.

Браво, Лемешев! Навсегда, Браво!

[TheKyomu2010]

Beautiful Bel Canto technique!

[PashaPetrovich]

Old school masterpiece.

[MrSkylark1]

The SUPREME tenor of the operatic world. He knew what CHIAROSCURO meant and is consistent throughout his entire repertoire. Nothing like this type of singing is evident anywhere in the operatic scene today because teaching singing is an art, a science not acquired by university degrees which are costly and therefore require endorsement.

[Nushika9]

@MrSkylark1 As I've written already, I am teaching this "lost" art of Bel Canto. Come to my channel, to my web, and revitalize this "lost art". women and men, baritones and mezzos, tenors and sopranos-all are equally welcome. Check it out on my channel!

[Spanglefeather]

Particularly starting at about 4:00, it seems like he can intone each pitch with any quality or flavor he wants to add... amazing subtlety and control. Bravo Sergei.

[Spanglefeather]

This guy is fabulous --- wont somebody make a PLAYLIST for us?

[marfushka48]

@Spanglefeather Please see my playlist in my accaunt.

[MrMiettu]

Italy harmonizes with him, well, native Russian-speaking majority.

[pradamiju]

lemesev unikalen,slusat mozno bezkonetsno.on nesravnim,edinstvenno kogo mozno postavit na odnu stupen s nim,eto velikii svetskii tenor jussi björling.zametsju , ja ne v koem slutsjae ix ne sravnivaju,poskolko oni oba genii.mozet gospod poslet kogda nibud rossii ese odnogo lemesego.nu a poka.....k sozaleniju.......xotja konetsno est otlitsnie pevtsi......no ne to ((((((

[micky9321]

une si belle voix

[vf220a]

Thanks God for Sergei Lemeshev and thanks to those who save his voice to this world.

[ira76ful]

Brilliant!!!

[Smorchevsky]

Я написал портрет Сергея Лемешева в роли Ромэо,теперь этот портрет находитца в Музеи Американского искусства в Москве на Поварской ул.,

г.Москвы,Россия.

Художник Миша Сморчевский-Потоцкий.

01.25.2011

[SuperLuckydream]

Sergei Lemeshev seems to be one and the only who is perfect in every performance without no exeption.

[RoyKa2010]

@SuperLuckydream Amen! I've been thinking the same thing myself, recently. Whether it's Nemorino or Werther, Duke of Mantua or Onegin, Count Almaviva or whomever, he always sings beautifully AND in the right style. It's surreal, really!

[RoyKa2010]

@RoyKa2010 *By Onegin I mean the title of the opera, I was actually referring to Lenski's character, of course :)

[MrNeveman]

MITICO!



[bobb60]

The more I hear Lemeshev, the more attractive his voice becomes. The voice grows slightly darker with age but still beautiful. He must have been sensational in the thirties.

Imagine the Bolshoi with both Lemeshev and Kozlovsky available to them. They must have thought they struck vocal gold. As lyric tenors go this is as good as it gets.

[younglemeshevist]

Причем надо учесть, что он пел это не в лучшие свои годы, уже после болезней и разных других проблем, сказавшихся на голосе. Как бы это звучало в его лучший период представить можно, тут бы вопрос "кто лучший исполнитель этой арии" совсем бы отпал:)

[lanickon]

Теперь - то мы понимаем , что Сергей Яковлевич Лемешев - лучший!!!

[marfushka48]

Не могу наслушаться! Всех Великих прослушала -прошлых и настоящих, но это..... Сколько чувства! А красота голоса какая!!! Природное "belcanto" И произношение отличное! Даже JDF поет с акценто испанским. Хороршо бы еще что-нибудь на итальянском услышать в исполнении Лемешева, если есть.

[Tyhjis1988]

Best tenor in history

[H04b]

у лемешева очень лиричный и нежный тенор.. как немарино и ленского лемешева никто не провзошел.. послушайте данную арию в исполнении поворотти - у меня лично вянут уши... марио дель монако великий тенор, но данная ария и у него хуже... народ, голоса все разные, хоть и теноры и каждому своя ария, как то так... голос может быть богаче, но не цеплять... так, отметишь для себя что слушал и забыл...

[H04b]

у марио дель монако может правда голос ярче, но у лемешева очень лиричный тенор.. и ленский и неморино в исполнении лемешева это лучшее исполнение.. сам тембр настолько нежный и проникновенный,, очень чистое и техничное исполнение.. например данную арию в исполнении паваротти слушать даже противно.. что есть голос-тенор? они же все разные эти голоса, хоть и относятся к тенорам, и для каждого голоса свои песни.. послушайте арию ленского в исполнении других певцов, и не фальшивят, а не цепляет..

[MrMikeo2010]

Неморино, безусловно, непревзойденный!

[MrMikeo2010]

Только вот "Онегина" (оперу) лучше вообще никогда не слушать - заснёшь!

[marfushka48]

Спасибо Вам большое Onegin! Замечательная запись!!!! И, вообще за все, что Вы выкладываете на YouTube. Может молодежь наша русская прислушается, наконец. А я еще успела поработать с Сергеем Яковлевичем на ТВ. Ольга Доброхотова приводила его в свою передачу. Приходил в пледе теплом, а то в студии кондишн сильно задувал. Успехов Вам!!!

[EgorKorovyev]

@marfushka48, даже сейчас по-детски вам завидую. Настолько глубоко впитался образ Сергея Яковлевича с первыми музыкальными впечатлениями. А "Музыкальную историю" помню как сказку, наравне с "Морозко".:-)

А в душе так и осталось - Лемешев - лучший тенор мира. Хотя и слышал много после этого и умом понимаю, что есть голоса и ярче и богаче. А внутри всё равно сидит восхищённый ребёнок. :-)

[Tatjana4419]

@EgorKorovyev Позвольте с Вами не согласиться. Есть и были голоса богаче. Но ни в коем случае не ярче, не красивее. И его манера пения - каждый раз мурашки по коже и слёзы на глазах. Эту арию я в лучшем исполнении не слышала. Ну а про его Ленского и говорить не стоит. Лучший. Perfekt

[Tatjana4419]

@EgorKorovyev Позвольте с Вами не согласиться. Есть и были голоса богаче. Но ни в коем случае не ярче, не красивее. И его манера пения - каждый раз мурашки по коже и слёзы на глазах. Эту арию я в лучшем исполнении не слышала. Ну а про его Ленского и говорить не стоит. Лучший.

[marfushka48]

@EgorKorovyev Лемешев-это русский Гений! Несравненый! И мы гордимся им, как итальянцы гордятся всеми своими Великими певцами. Будем слушать их и восхищаться настоящим Искусством! Спасибо за ответ!

[MrMikeo2010]

@marfushka48 Но Марио дель Монако ему не пришлось превзойти НИ В ЧЁМ!! А гордиться следует Собиновым и Атлантовым. И сдыдиться Козловского.

[MrMikeo2010]

@marfushka48 Но Марио дель Монако ему не пришлось превзойти НИ В ЧЁМ!! А гордиться следует Собиновым и Атлантовым. И стыдиться Козловского.

[younglemeshevist]

@marfushka48 Очень верно сказано.

[MrMikeo2010]

Неморино - безусловно величайший!

[MrMikeo2010]

@musiker4 Ну, положим, спорный вопрос, вообще лучших и худших, наверное, нет. Одни лучше в одних партиях, другие в других. Для меня лучший русскоязычный тенор - Атлантов и его Германн - никаким Нэлеппам не сравниться! А в мире, опять же для меня, не было лучшего тенора, чем Марио дель Монако.. так что в музыке всё очень относительно и субъективно, ибо слышит и чувствует каждый всегда только по-своему...

[MrMikeo2010]

@musiker4 Ну, положим, спорный вопрос, вообще лучших и худших, наверное, нет. Одни лучше в одних партиях, другие в других. Для меня лучший русскоязычный тенор - Атлантов и его Германн - никаким Нэлеппам не сравниться! А в мире, опять же для меня, не было лучшего тенора, чем Марио дель Монако.. так что в музыке всё очень относительно и субъективно, ибо чувствует каждый всегда только по-своему...

[VMagirusL]

Эх, Онегин, где же Вы такое находите?

[donerlich]

wow, just started listening to Lemeshev, fast becoming someone one of my fav's

[leoniemikele]

@donerlich Me too!

[msk691]

красив был как бог и пел как ангел

[msk691]

он гениален!иногда бог посылает своих ангелов нам что бы мы ощутили гений божественный!

[paulostroff99]

Awesome!  TY.

[Elaguine81]

SUBLIME !!!!!!!!

[jukkap1955]

Я согласен с вами. Сергей Лемешев tenoreja был лучшим в мире.

Замечательно, что мы до сих пор не слышал этого. Спасибо всем

[micky9321]

sublime .....

[mdgaultney]

Wow. In Italian. This must have been quite a feat in a very closed off Russia. Thanks as always, Onegin65. You continue to impress.

[S01041873R]

Genialbniy tenor,nepovtorimyi tembr i massa tepla !

[yolka64]

это просто чудо... какой раз слушаю, не помню

[Love09081979]

Great!

[Cantormatis]

Gorgeous singing. What year was this?

[chillisnake]

I must say that Sergei Lemeshev is one of the better I have heard so far. What a beautiful voice and strong performance. He is up there with the big names.

Personal taste is the only thing that can separate these wonderful tenors if you have an urge to do that.

Thankyou for posting!

[lanickon]

Наш волшебный Лемешев !!! Он неповторим . Какая глубина и красота голоса.

[Webarton]

Was Kozlovsky, was so much of a better singer its not even funny... haha

[mashadubrovsky]

@Webarton It's just your opinion...haha

[Webarton]

I mean technically.

[Cordylcoh]

This is very beautiful, it sounds perfect - like Corelli, Bjorling and Bergonzi rolled into one! :) Only discovered Lemeshev recently through these postings but he must surely be considered one of the greatest tenors of 20th century. Thank you Onegin65.

[f15mos]

this is cooler that Caruso's

Thanks

[TexasAmigo]

Great tenor, great voice of the bygone years!

[Masicians]

The fagott is a bit flat but I love this performance, it's so flowless....

[Tanechka80]

It's a pity, but your English is either not flawless...

[Masicians]

It's so easy to make fun of my english but in fact I made a mistake of word, I've just realized it. I was thinking that it was really sweet, as if the guy was surfing on a wave.

I really think it's beautiful!

Tanechka80, I'm not here to insult anyone, I'm a musician and I love music. If my message looked pretty ironic it was just a MISTAKE!

[yolka64]

@Masicians

This "fagott" was married at least 7 times. The women he fell in love with were beautiful, intelligent, and artistic. Never in Russia I heard even a hint that he could be possibly homosexual. Then suddenly, on some English language site it is suggested. This is just a pure insinuation. Maybe wishful thinking on some people's part.

[aidavdbrake]

@yolka64

when i saw his lenski, my first impression was: wow, is he gay or what!! he's extremely delicate and beautiful too, very womanlike. i like that! and btw, i'm a lesbian myself, but i've been with men too, long time ago. i'm not surprised at all that lemeshev got divorced all the time! under stalin he could never have been openly gay.

[yolka64]

@aidavdbrake

This suggestion made me curious and prompted to do a search online in both Russian and English. In Russian, I could not find a single reference to Lemeshev being possibly guy. I tried all kinds of search words and came up with nothing! In English, there are a few cites where it is suggested that he was a closet guy, they all could be tracked down to one single source, some book about gays on that side of the iron curtain. Lemeshev was mentioned once. No source or prove was given.

[aidavdbrake]

@yolka64

i don't need links or a book, i only need to follow my gaydar (=gay radar), my built in gay detector, which went totally crazy when i saw his lenski. and being in the closet, most of the time means that it's not meant to become public. :P

[yolka64]

@aidavdbrake

I always thought that gays can't stand women and I have not heard of a gay who would fall in love with numerous women. On the other hand I know a guy who is definitely not gay, but he is so good looking that gays often make passes at him. It's kind of similar to how my Jewish friends try to find Jewishness in any smart person :)

[aidavdbrake]

@yolka64

some gays hate women, but many gays that i know almost exclusively have girls for friends, which is logical, because they like the same things: shopping, fashion, gossip and... men! i'm a woman and i have plenty of male gay friends. and yes, it's true, gaydar isn't infallible, but most of the time it works just fine.

[yolka64]

@aidavdbrake

Female friends and female lovers are two very different things. And frankly, why there is not even a hint in a Russian source about this? Tchaikovsky's inclinations weren't a secret. It's a known fact that many ballet dancers were gay. But there's not even a trace of rumor about Lemeshev. Given that common folk like to gossip, there is probably no basis for this speculation. I admire Tchajkovsky and would have admired Lemeshev if he were gay, but he wasn't.

[younglemeshevist]

@yolka64 I know that book; its author listed several straight celebrities as gay.

[yolka64]

@aidavdbrake

I don't want to spend more time repeating the search so you will have to find that book yourself. I don't have anything against gays, but I think it's a stretch to label Lemeshev as one just because he was a very gentle person, artistic, softly spoken and kind. The fact is he fell in love with many women. Who can blame him? He had so many women admirers who would do everything to get his attention. I would fall in love with him myself if I met him!

[younglemeshevist]

@aidavdbrake Lemeshev in fact was famous as a womanizer. He was married six times and had a daughter. As for his beauty, you would have thought that all the Soviet tenors were gay, if you saw them onstage. they wore really heavy makeup with long eyelashes. it was a tradition. A tenor had to be very handsome, especially, when he sang Lensky. Leonid Sobinov had set such a high standart of handsomeness, that others had to match him.

[Cantormatis]

@younglemeshevist He was spectacularly handsome in photographs of him in costume, and it went with his pretty boy voice! ;)

[Masha9898]

Thanks for giving that rare and exusive pleasure. That is really appreciated. Magnifica voce,e stupenda pronuncia italiana... Please do tell if there is a Lemeshev site, it is lonley to live away from my country for so long

[AriaLenskovo]

Exquisite rendition! Thank you!

[simonian46]

Thanks for the posting that is really appreciated. Uncomparable voice and technique in such a unique interpretation. It is great pity not to see him in motion while singing.

[spqrmor]

Bravo Sergey Yakovleviich! Silver voice of Russian school! Onegin,you're genius!

[bodiloto]

In questo repertorio preferisco  BONCI,MARCONI,CARUSO,PERTILE,S­CHIPPA..........

[Torquemada0]

Beautiful voice with an excellent vocal technique and sense for interpretation. Bravo!!!!

[MaximUstinoff]

grazie ...

Il tenore più bella del mondo

[faffyssimo]

magnifica voce,e stupenda pronuncia italiana.Veramente un grande che per fortuna ,grazie a Onegin65, possiamo goderci oggi.Grazie

[tata78]

My friend's Grandma used to go to Bolshoi to listen to him

[adremoid]

incredibly good. He promounces italian better then many itaian singers. Onegin,  you deserve a monument!

[Noillj]

The divine tenor

[loybillyrock]

Superb!

[archiloque]

Fantastic, thank you for sharing. A piece of advice : try listening to this with the sound of your computer set to "auditorium" or "stone room" (a little bit of echo), and set the equalizer to "live vocal" or whatever, and you will hear Lemeshev as he would sound live if the recording was better. You will hear his true voice. Same league as Gigli or Corelli : one of the best singers of the century, the voice of an angel. Thanks again for this great document !

[GermanOperaSinger]

How do you do that? You have to have a special program, or does every computer come with these features?

[Suturb55]

Thank you SO much for the advice! I never knew I had that capability! HUGE difference!

[archiloque]

I know, right ?! Changed everything for me. Before that, I thought that people who claimed to like Gigle or Caruso were just snobs. But with this "trick", you can actually hear something close to their "true" voice, what they would sound like if you could hear them live... and, well, they are terrific indeed ! Sergei Lemeshev sure is. I'm glad I could be of some assistance in that regard !

[Kostastenor]

Сергей Яковлевич -молодца!!!!

[younglemeshevist]

Воистину!

[stefakamelpash]

Italian is one of the languages I speak, and his Italian is perfectly legitimate. The only thing one notices is that his method of vocal production--open phonation-slightly alters the musical line, primarily because some words at the bottom of his range are stressed more than an Italian would stress them. While that lends a slight "foreign" feeling to the music, it is a question of musical style as opposed to language itself. A GREAT tenor, and a beautiful rendition!

[marcmomus]

Wonderful to hear this in the original language from this great singer.

[tklogan11809]

well sung, thank you for posting.