Possente amor mi chiama, por Alfredo Kraus

[antonellocito]

absolutely yhe best tenor ever

[cocoazedodoinferno]

Pavarotti sings much better.

[laletraalreves]

Qué potencia increíble!!! Hubo, hay y habrá muchos brillantes tenores cada uno con un su forma de potenciar ese don maravilloso de la voz, pero el maestro Kraus es en único que me emociona de esta forma... ante tanta entrega no puedo más que dajarme llevar por la belleza de su voz, por la pureza de su interpretación, por su hermoso timbre, por los exquisitos matices, ahhh, cómo me gusta!!! Te amo Kraus....

[tanpeke]

observen lo que es esa version /watch?v=ARCzMXjptp4 y la del maestro kraus sin palabras kraus perfecto lo otro es una ofensa al bel canto

[tanpeke]

observen lo que es esa version  /watch?v=ARCzMXjptp4 y la del maestro kraus sin palabras kraus perfecto lo otro es una ofensa al bel canto

[bodiloto]

Grande Kraus! Che marmelata fa Solti?Tutti dicono -"che grande direttore d'orchestra"...finalmente é Kraus "il Grande"!

[liEder89]

@bodiloto Grazie alla sua tecnica è riuscito a trasformare una voce non particolarmente bella in uno strumento eccezionale!Grande Kraus

[bodiloto]

@liEder89 parole sante amico mio!

Un abbraccio!

[liEder89]

@bodiloto Per non parlare del fatto che è sempre stato rispettoso verso il suo strumento,studiando con costanza e cantando solo il repertorio che poteva affrontare,meritandosi così un posto fra i più grandi di sempre,cio icantandi moderni purtroppo non comprendono,facendosi compremettere forse una delle cose più belle che Dio puo regalare ad un uomo!A te amico mio

[bodiloto]

@liEder89 Kraus era un Artista molto intelligente! Giusto hai ragione!

Ah,carissimo amico mio cerco le parole per darti forza à TE e tutti giovani come TE che adorano la lirica ITALIANA e che hanno una bella VOCE.

CANTA AMICO MIO,CANTA CON IL TUO CUORE E NON TI FERMA MAI!!!

SEI FANTASTICO!!!

[MicheleSbig]

compressore!

[sopranosd]

Rock on Alfredo -- great singing, heroic quality, and on top of that a huge high D over the chorus! Totally owning this.

[tranxuannghia]

It was really a D flat,not a natural high D

Bravo Alfredo

[iiAFX]

@tranxuannghia No it is a D, I just checked on my piano, he is right on pitch.

[tranxuannghia]

actually it was a great D flat

[Misterkastel]

Senza parole,Kraus ha una tecnica paragonabile a quella della Stupenda in campo femminile!!!!!

[Operaphile]

Superb!!!!!!

[xjavierss]

Pues eso es cantar y el Re natural final, sin respirar despues del La ....que alguien lo supere.....The best maestro Kraus!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[as6146273]

No doubt, Kraus is the best Duca ever singing Possente amor. Well, of those recorded... His voice is pure, without fault. And the final High D is impeccable. Not even Pavarotti in his good times... Today... well, you have Florez, but he`s too leggiero. We all miss you, dear Alfredo!

[JoanNilson]

One of the greatest of all times! Technique, style and tone to die for! Where are the Bjoerling, di Stefano, del Monaco, Corelli, Bergonzi, Pavarotti, Kraus, Domingo and Carreras of today?? They don't exist!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Siamo rimasti con poca roba!!

[kgarmaker123]

You are right, those singers were elegant, these singers holler a lot today.

[Jaaakob]

That is exactly the problem - people are looking for the equivalents of those artists when there weren't any even in their own time; because they were unique in their own way. Which is why they are remembered, and in turn also the reason why alot of people are consistently dissapointed with todays singers.

There are a few singers today comparable to the greats but everyone is looking for carbon copies imo.

Singing has changed, todays singers are not bad, if anything they are in forced to hurry.

[JoanNilson]

@Jaaakob

Excuse me, Jaaakob - I'm an old timer -

and not apologetic at all about it. And YES!

I heard all of these great artists I mentioned

when I was growing up at the Met. I know what IO hread,

and I know what I'm hearing now - and there

is no comparison. And by the way - none

of them were carbon copies ...they were all unique.

All I want is talent that knows

how to groom itself - and that's a lost art!

[Jaaakob]

@JoanNilson You don't have to be apologetic about being an oldtimer if you don't suspect that you have a bias against the new stars in the opera world. I didn't say that the oldtimers were carbon copies - I was saying the exact opposite. I was getting at the fact that people want the old timers back - they want the current singers to sound like X did back in the day. This, I think, is robbing yourself of proper appreciation of the artist at hand - not giving him/her a chance to be themselves.

[JoanNilson]

@Jaaakob

Hi, Jaaakob..By all means I want the artists of today to be themselves (just as Corelli, Bergonzi , Kraus, Sutherland, Callas, Gencer and Sills were indeed themselves in their own epoch in their own way) . I don't want carbon copies of the past!! My concern about today's artists is that I sense a real lessening of technical prowess and capability as well as stylistic elegance. And furthermore, there is a general complacency that that is OK. The last is the most galling thing to me....

[65attila]

@Jaaakob

IMO The selves of too many singers today they have very little personal identity.

The old timers did, To be like an old timer is NOT to sound like them but to have a character or point of identity of one's owns. IMO Vanilla signing is NOT individual.

[mrluistena]

@JoanNilson Well you do have great singer today, not that many though. Alagna, Florez, Alvarez, Cura. But they do not have the personalities as the ones you mentioned. Regards.

[TheTenor95]

Una grandissima interpretazione dello strabiliante Alfredo Kraus... Uno dei più Grandi Tenori di tutti i tempi.

[andara1987]

A true master. Rest in peace, maestro. You won't be forgotten <3

[karifrid]

I post this and must say I use his recordings to become a better singer.Only a few days ago I found out that I could sing the HIGH D in this aria.The disk with him is in my car.Good tenors help us to get better.After some time I will post a better filming of this aria. Kári Friðriksson. (karifrid,20 songs and arias on youtube)

[OzzyKingofKings]

The high D. Mind is blown.

It's a pity, but I don't think Jussi Bjorling ever recorded this particular aria. His control over the high register, I think, is unparalleled (I read somewhere that he could supposedly hit a G above the Tenor high C in his prime...).

[seektheforce]

Where did ya read this? I wanna read it too :) Bjorling is my favorite.

[OzzyKingofKings]

I believe it was a biography written by his widow Anna-Lisa. The book's called "Jussi."

Isn't he amazing, though? I feel there's a canyon-like gap between Jussi and "the rest" of the pack.

[voncarmelo]

Magnifico!!! Così si canta!!! BRAVO!!!

[Eruption1910]

Fantastico!

[Tenortone21]

Holy Shit PPL FAGTENOR Has a good point....I only heard lanza sing a high C#

[gaytenor]

When did anyone hear the late Mario Lanza sing a high d''? With all respect some people need, badly, a pitch pipe.

[jmccracken1963]

GREAT PERFORMANCE from one of my favorite recordings of RIGOLETTO!!!!! Anybody out there have Tucker's performance of this cabaletta from the 12/8/51 broadcast of RIGOLETTO with Erede??

[ddzz37]

perfection from kraus. as always. the gods were in fine form when the brought this tenor to earth....i wonder how lanza would have performed this aria with his high d hmmm....

[acitipo]

Cuando JDF tenga 30 años cantando al mas alto nivel podremos llamarle: Leyenda, mientras tanto esta escribiendola. Que tiene JDF a su favor? un bellisimo timbre que nunca lo tuvo Krauss ni de joven.

[acitipo]

Dejen de ser subjetivos, Kraus y Flores son parecidos pero distintos...Hay 35 años de diferencia.

En los ultimos 30 años Kraus cantaba repertorio lirico, por eso le iba muy bien, el Duque de Mantua, y nunca perdio sus Do 4, y Re4. Flores algun dia cantarà repertorios liricos, pero aun no puede. Un mal ejemplo: Rigoletto

[acitipo]

Rigoletto con JDF fue un casi desastre, la orquesta lo tapaba,lo mandaron a cantar atras y no se le escuchaba, creo mal intencionado al director. Recuerden Kraus en su juventud canto la mas dificil Opera para un ligero, Opera que ni asoma en el repertorio de JDF y como lo escucho cantar... hummm creo que no la hara, cual es esa opera? Guillermo Tell

[iiAFX]

what an amazing high D

[JuillHope17]

what the hell. really kraus, a d? do you have to be so amazing you make all other dukes want to stop singing altogether? what a bully. high d's.... i don't CARE if it's traditional! it's also tradition to SKIP this cabaletta! jeez, kraus, grow up. just grow up.

(this is a JOKE)

[ivancin25]

queeee que la voz de florez no sirve pero si el es el mejor de la historia despues de rubinni en cantar arias de rossini lo cual nunca pudo hacer alfredo kraus

[Beathame88]

Florez es un tenor muy bueno, con una voz muy bonita y delicada, y buena tecnica en algunos roles, pero no oseis a compararlo con Kraus por favor, el maestro, si viera estas cosas... esque no hay discusion cojones.

[ivancin25]

queee ese que dice que la voz dcer florez no sirve jajaj a ver juan diego tiene lña tecnica que alfredo kraus no tuvo por tiempo para ahecr rossini y a jhuan diego se le considera el mejor de la historia de roosinni asi que se callan la voz

[heikalu]

Yo creo que, aunque parecidos, son distintos. JDF tiene una voz quizás más ágil, con agudos brillantes, muy de Rossini. Pero no lo saques mucho de ahí. A ver cuándo JDF (que me encanta) canta un Duca como Kraus (Él mismo dice que no está preparado y que no se siente cómodo, por eso ha cancelado el Rigoletto del 2009 en el Real de Madrid).

Viva el MAS GRANDE

[Huljic]

really great high D!!!!!!!

[OettingerCroat]

wow, haven't watched this one in months, but it is a STUPENDOUS rendition!!!

[jboothperry]

Aaron, this is how to sing this cabaletta.

[TrovadorManrique]

Aaron?

[Mooorhe]

Very nice singing from Kraus here, perfect technique as usual.

[GermanOperaSinger]

A superb recording and a very nice rendition.

[adremoid]

puedo rogar que nota es la del final?

[OettingerCroat]

esta es una Re.

[TrovadorManrique]

Qué divertido, un italiano y un croata conversando en español... :)

[OettingerCroat]

haha buena observación :-D

pero ¿por qué no? ¡es una bellísima lengua! y también más interesante que el inglés... ;-)

[dgraydgray]

Fantastic, nobody sings Rigoletto better than this Gentleman, though this is not live.

[ivancin25]

el maestrooooooooo el re el rey del re .. muerete de la envidia juan diego florez... amen kraus maestro del bel cnato..

[deutchesrequiem]

Porque tendria q morirse de envidia?, la verdad que, empiezo a creer lo que se dice en españa que un peruano es enemigo de otro peruano, yo escuche esta misma aria en un recital de Florez, como propina, despues de tres arias de Rigoletto, la gente estallo en bravos y palmas, pero lo mas increible fue que soltara ese re sobreagudo impresionante, despues de un recital tan exigente, espero con impaciencia su Rigoletto en Dresde, en cuanto al video, Kraus esta por encima del bien y del mal. MAESTRO

[tena2]

no hya necesidad de hablar mal de la gente y menos de diego flores, por que desearle a un caballero como diego que no tenga envidia?

diego tiene una voz distinta a la de kraus y la envidia estoy seguro que no le corre por la mente, los dos son unicos en lo suyo.

[ivansperanza]

Muy cierto,donde la voz de Kraus sirve,la de Flores no.Flores vivira siempre a la sombra de Kraus.

[ivancin25]

mmaaaestroo l rey del sobreagudoo

[zurriuss]

Bravo!!! Fantastic ending!!!!

[lasultanica]

muchísimas gracias Trovador, es una maravilla.