Battle of the Basses

[JackYoony]

Beautiful!

[07rabo1]

WOW!!! What a passage from 3.08 to 4.10 !!!

What's the name of this opera??

[bibimir]

@07rabo1 The name is Khovanshchina :)

[openmind5050]

Someone employed at 64 - At 60 then I can hope- openmind5050 has me singing Ol man river. That is about a year ago and since then I have been training to rid my voice of the phony Baritone quality - one full lyric basso here. But not singing f's etc all the time yet. Work on the middle and the edges will follow. Nice voices here - Luciano Neroni, Jose Mardonas, Mr Rammey of course, Ezio Pinza ans Shalapin - poor recording for these older Golden age singers unfortunately and Modesti, Siepi.

[xOEHLALA]

Lol at all the vocal range experts

[SinisterSkip]

Forgive me if it's a stupid question, but who's the guy in green? He's obviously not a bass, but man, he sings amazing as well!

[mrboombasticx]

That was amazing

[calwal2010]

The basses are Nicolai Ghiaurov e Paata Burchuladze, but I don't know the tenor althoug the beautiful voice.

[sparafucile2]

@calwal2010 The tenor is YURI MARUSIN

[sparafucile2]

Dos bajos extraordinarios, pero el tenor es buenísimo !!!!

[sparafucile2]

who is the tenor ?

[mik1972den]

Откуда эти вольности в тексте? Это не Досифей, а какой-то папа римский, и что это за кабалистический символ вместо Православного Креста?! Не смотря на гениальность Гяурова, русскою оперу должны исполнять русские! (((

[TheCantator]

@mik1972den Вряд ли Гяуров выбирал костюм Досифею, это всё же вина постановщиков, которые к тому же увлекшись декорациями кажется немного подзабыли о музыке. Ну а на счёт русские не русские, мне кажется что даже Шаляпин бы смотрелся немножко нелепо исполняя оперу скажем на болгарском языке (хотя всё зависит от подготовки). Ну а если до спектакля допускаются певцы которые путают слова а иногда даже и ноты, то это лишнее подтверждение того что для многих постановщиков музыка не важна.

[mik1972den]

@TheCantator Согласен с Вами полностью.

[saintsaens21]

The basses do a good job, but that tenor steals the show!

[starbreez3]

Russian opera, my first time here!

[operacaster]

It's best to be a basso cantante if you want to sing the verdi roles. some of the russian and german roles are better suited to basses. but try singing hans sachs if you're a bass... i sang most of the verdi type roles, beethoven 9 and mahler 8 and verdi requiem and considered myself a bass/baritone or basso cantante. as i got older my voice dropped. it's mostly the color that counts unless you can't hit the notes..

[Agorante]

@operacaster

That's funny. As I have gotten older my voice has risen. I am more comfortable with high F#s and Gs now, while my low Cs and Ds have become gravelly. Maybe you're still too young? I auditioned for and was cast in my first baritone role when I was 64. I sometimes call this the Domingo effect - you live long enough and you become a baritone.

[valarangel]

@Agorante same here...

[sarastro87]

Type of voices isnt about just the range but rather a tone ,colour of voice. Bryn terfel is typical baritone but with large scale, typical bass- baritone is for example Hans Hotter. Ghiaurov, Ramey , old Italian masters like Siepi they are basso cantante (nobel and lyrical tone) , Burchuladze ,Moll, Tavela they are typicall basses but with profondo skills ( more dark tone, more aliquotes and lower than other basses). But for me it dosent matter , beauty of voice is important not classification.

[imadey0utube]

I tihnk I'm a mix between baritone and bass. Or is that possible?

[Agorante]

@imadey0utube

Many guys wonder if they are a "real" bass. A real bass is a singer who can get someone to pay him for singing a bass part. I posted a bunch of karaoke videos of famous bass arias and songs to help people like you. Try my "Im Tiefen Keller" video. If you can't sing the low Fs you are probably a baritone. If you can't sing the high Fs you probably aren't a baritone.

[Jpmadore1]

@Agorante-

Agreed. I'm not sure what fach you fall into, but I'm a solid basso cantabile and have been ever since my voice changed. It's a little weird explaining to non-vocalists that I have the "highest true bass voice", though...

[Agorante]

@Jpmadore1

Basses are more likely to sing in multiple fachs. For example, women who sing Susanna seldom sing Tosca, and Rigolettos don't sing the Count. But Sam Ramey sings Colline and Mephistofele and Basilio and Sarastro. My resume say "Basso Cantate" but I sing profondo roles like Seneca and Caronte. I sing buffo roles like Bartolo and Geronimo. I sing comprimario roles like Zuniga and Simone. I also do drammatic roles like Fasolt and The Magistrate (Cardillac).

[Guyonastage]

@imadey0utube

It takes time for a voice to settle into it's true range. For men it's even more difficult, as our voices don't really mature until late 20's-early 30's. The best way to determine whether you're a baritone is to find where you're voice "breaks." Men have two passagios...primo and secundo, depending where your voice switches, you might discover what your voice is telling you it is. See Richard Miller's Securing Baritone, Bass-Baritone, and Bass voices for more info.

[Genialnyj]

Das ist "Khowantschina" von russischen Komponisten Modest Mussorgski.

Szene zwischen den Mönch Dosifej (Paata Burchuladze, Bass in Schwarz), Fürsten Golizyn (Tenor) und Khowanskij (Nikolaj Gjaurov).

[winnipoo1]

Ich frage mich wieso ich an verdi gedacht hab^^ So ein quatsch... Aber ich kenne die russische Oper nicht wirklich... Ich versuche mich seit dem ich das gehört habe ran zu tasten^^ danke

[hubertus1997]

der golizyn ist Juri Marusin.

[francesca7564]

Impressionnant, splendide !!!

Merci Agorante !

Francesca

[hackihacki]

ist das nicht paata burchuladze, der mit dem kreuz auf der brust?

[winnipoo1]

ich denke ja, ich glaube zu wissen ja^^ Weißt du aus welcher oper das ist? Einer von Verdi vielleicht?

[Ernecio06]

Wich Opera is this one???

[INNER7HAPPINESS]

Is the man with the yellow top a baritone-bass?

[Agorante]

What is a baritone-bass? Is that like a bass-baritone? The man in the yellow shirt is Nicolai Ghiaurov - a bass. Currently Bryn Terfel is the best known bass-baritone. He would not sing this.

There isn't a whole lot of difference however. A bass sings F to F. And a bass-baritone sings about G to G. So most of the time they overlap.

[INNER7HAPPINESS]

ok thanks, : ) and yeah bass-baritone is what i meant.... its cool to see and listen

to two basses singing together....

And whats tessitura of the reverend?

I'm really amazed about his timbre

and his potency *---*!!

[alexandre3494]

the reverend is the famous georgian bass Paata Burchuladze

[INNER7HAPPINESS]

Thanks man! I allready searched/listened to him, he's great O:!

[winnipoo1]

@Agorante A bass sings about e - e, and a bass - baritone from f -f and a baritone from g - g

[Agorante]

@winnipoo1

Well you can make whatever pronouncements you like but in opera there are no working bassses who can't sing a high F. I happen to have the Schirmer Operatic Anthology for bass on my desk this afternoon. It has 41 bass arias from about thirty operas. A few of them don't have high Fs but most do or have them elsewhere in the role. There are also a couple high Gs or G flats. There are a couple low Es and one optional low D. A bass without a top F is unemployable.

[Nightschism]

@winnipoo1 I'm a bass. roughly three octave range: G2-G4 give or take depending how I project. I'm not a professional, that's just my range. My tessitura stops maybe around middle C, though (C4). However, this is not what I sing. It's what I can sing, but in reality, most basses rarely touch, as Agorante said, the low D or E, and the range is always far more than an octave.

[MarkBernes]

Does anybody has lyrics of this part? please!!

[DalilaCarmen]

Who is the tenor????

[Agorante]

He's the one with the high voice.

[RickZwart]

Nice, haha

[DalilaCarmen]

I know that he is a guy with a HIGH voice.I was asking about his NAME:))))))A very good tenor he is...

[Astinokiko]

Tenor - Yuri Marusin!

[tantricsurfer]

ROFL!

[leadoffeohippus]

What's funny about this is that the tenor (who's a got a very good voice) is probably a spinto, but he sounds sooo much smaller next to the other guys.

[VenenVipera]

Восхитительно! очень красиво!! что за опера, не подскажете?...

[DalilaCarmen]

"ХОВАНЩИНА" МУСОРГСКОГО

[gyorgy11]

Wow! The basses are great but the tenor holds his own too. Who is he?

Ochen' Prikrasno! Spasibo!

[FredGuitar89]

thanks for the answer. I have one more question, how did you get this video, I really liked it but I dont know how to get it

[Agorante]

This is an excerpt from a DVD I rented from NetFlix.

[FredGuitar89]

please somebody tell me the name of the priest and also the play PLZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ­ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ­ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ­ZZZ

[Agorante]

Paata Bucheladze. Khovanshina

[Agorante]

In a way this scene is unfair to Ghiaurov. He was near the end of his career when this was recorded and Burcheladze was near the beginning of his.

[poupounakis]

the first is Ghiaurov and the best..one of the best!!!

[theodor28uzunov]

Is this Ghiaurov there?

[XxValkyrxX]

Opera is so fascinating to me. It's literally hearing the soul speak. Vocal styles rise and fall but I believe Opera is singing in it's most pure state.

[MrNietzschesMustache]

3:15 - 4:10 is concentrated awesome in music form.

[tebiano]

i love that part is amazing

[sorbino9]

I heard Burchuladze at the Ekaterinburg Opera House once. His voice was so rich and resonant it rose up through the seat and I felt like I was having my guts massaged, and that was sitting in the back row of the gods.

[Agorante]

Burchladze is a very nice guy too. I went on a double date with two Georgian girls who insisted that we go back stage and meet him. They invited him to out for drinks with us. He declined but was very polite and charming.

[RVP57]

Thanks for posting this...yes, Khovanschina is a bit of a mess, but what a glorious one. There's some thrilling choral music, a helluva mezzo role, and they all burn up in the end...a great night in the opera house, especially when done with the conviction that these singers evince.

[BorisGodunov]

Now wait... Khovansky isn't evil. He's a power player, just like everyone else in the opera. Galitsky is a far more malevolent character, IMO.

[Agorante]

I bow to your expertise.

[BorisGodunov]

It isn't that strong, apparently since the character's name is Golitsin, not Galitsky (who is a character in Borodin's Prince Igor). Oops. :)

[Imogenn]

Great clip - thank you for posting.

Does the whole video exist?

[Agorante]

Sure. This is from the Vienna Opera DVD. The easiest way to get it is to sign up for NetFlix. There is a free period. Get this DVD. Watch it and cancel. Or better yet don't cancel. There are a lot of opera DVDs on NetFlix.