José Cura Bach - Gounod: Ave Maria Budapest 2000

[MrMelouch2]

preciosso

[julioalcorcon]

DESPUÉS DE ESTO, DIOS SEGURO QUE VENGA A SU MADRE Y ESTE ELEMENTO ACABARA EN EL INFIERNO.

[Maripudelmonaco]

@julioalcorcon - ESTOY TOTALMENTE DE  ACUERDO, ESTE SR, TODO LO QUE TOCA LO ASESINA, TU COMENTARIO ES EXTRAORDINARIO. ENHORABUENA !! SALUDOS !!

[croalaprincess]

Very very super marvellous!!

[coy6642126]

What a gorgeous man and quite talented... No wonder almost all of the audience are mesmerized as I am.

[svjatazarov]

эверарди сказал бы: кричит на горла как извозчик....ну я слышу..шо голос в разных местах и на горле......особно это наглядно видно на верхней ноте......а так для нашего времени....прям шикарно!!!! ну..он молод....ну..мож найдет шикарного учителя и буд петь повно и без горла.........ну...мне..всё равно....в ообщем нравится......хотя его техника несовершенна...

[HOMEOPATICWOMAN]

por lo demas muy bonito..

[HOMEOPATICWOMAN]

habia que poner un minuto y medio de aplausos?

[gentleonmymind1966]

Excelente interpretación Cura!!

[anastasia7536]

Not a real Bach nor Gounod ! Why he don't want to sing only italian repertoire ? Bad choice and bad musical taste !

[PhxATT]

Igazi lélek-hangszer!!!! :)

I LOVE IT!!!!

[escarinae]

I am an absolute Jose Cura fan, but his technique and voice are not suitable for this piece. You can't sing this Ave Maria like opera... I bet he also can't really sing Bach or any other pre-classic composers, but it does not stop me from liking him as a singer - as long as he sings what he really can sing.

[callastoujours]

BRAVOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!! LOVE IT!!!!

[randommagnum]

That clapping trend was freaking me out...maybe them too! I like how he was able to rein it in. A stunning rendition. Marvelous!

[julioalcorcon]

una interpretación que solo puede calificarse como sacrílega, digna de un comando islámico, que malo es el desgraciado

[nailycai]

Wow! Very talented. He's young and has a great future. Anyone that calls him a 'bad singer' is just ridiculous.

[somewiseguy84]

Was it just me or was there absolutely no build-up to the high section. It's like he was singing two completely different pieces of music. I thought his screaming was kind of inappropriate; I know its not marked piano there but this isn't turandot.

[Mrrsz1]

half step down???? ... very bad ... he is a very bad singer!

[davidsolo]

beautiful richly-toned voice -- but he can't hold a note very long it seems.

[operadawg]

Beautiful singing. He's ahead of the beat through much it, however.

[jpstenino]

operadawg..."ahead of the beat" no, he is drop dead on. Except at about measure #20 when he starts the push...which everybody does.

[uknowwho889]

Lots of singers do that, by allowing the beginning consonant of a word to slip out just before the beat, the important vowel sound is heard on the beat. Its a kind of poetic license singers allow themselves.

[btsg]

THE SPINTO you are an intelligent guy.

This is very pretty, and if he can get tenors away from wearing a big fat tux---all the best.

I wish he would keep his mouth open for the high notes and not do the Awe-Oh thing always--it kills the ring. no need to darken or cover those notes for him.

[sirnubenegra]

get to it!  applause all the way!

[fitoflores1]

pesimo , no sabe que es una negra ni una blanca y encima cuando sube no libre solo ajusta la garganta eso noe scanto lirico ...guacala

[dddufus]

Too fast, I think. And voice is weak. He can do better if he tried.

[jpstenino]

dddufus...."too fast" no. You may hear it as fast and that is because he is exactly on the beat.

[osvaldoutube]

uy, pero como se habla basura aqui, que va, me voy.....

[coloresuono1948]

Come sarebbe bello Maestro sentirla anche nell'Ave Maria di Mascagni.

[Witha46]

I must cry....wonderful....

[THESPINTO]

La ansiedad y la falta de competencia real hace que el publico avido de voces aplauda a quien no tiene el mas minimo interes en complacerlo... Ruego a Dios por mas tenores menos engreidos y mas profesionales. Una aclaracion no es intenciòn menospreciar el trabajo de cura pero si la actitud.

[Jate0000]

no fue para tanto

[THESPINTO]

Buena respuesta... Pero aun sigo en la misma posicion y es probable que la diferencia cultural entre nuestros paises haga ese sentimiento... Sin embargo le deseo mucho trabajo y exito pues cada vez somos menos quienes detentamos el gusto por la opera. Saludos.

[Jate0000]

mirá vos, justamente que pedias gente "menos engreída"... sin embargo te deseo mucho trabajo y éxito pues cada vez somos menos quienes "detentamos" el gusto por las buenas respuestas

[troverista]

estoy deacuerdo contigo

[PLASTINA1]

IDOLO ARGENTINO

[adremoid]

SIMPLY TOO FAST

[Salvanus]

Yeah, waayyy too fast

[gharusa]

Jose's voice is beautiful warm, technically perfect. What can I say. Round full voice.

[btsg]

Ok to all VT's and regular humans:

The tempo is too fast for the beauty and line of the piece to come through.

His tech is what it is. If you don't like his "in the mouth", covered sound, I understand.

He has the abilty to sing anything, anyway he wants, so this is an artistic choice.

He is popular, and works all over the world. There are tenors on the horizon who don't have a "pretentious" vocal tone ,

so don't despair.

[wljmrbill]

I find that many posts ( the real negative ones with errors pointed out etc etc) are from young people who could not, possibly know the technique/ or problems envolved with vocal production.. Wonder what they base their opinions on.. oir if they even sing?????.. I am a voice teacher as well as a vocal coach.. just wondering?

[somewiseguy84]

Age does not equal knowledge, wljmrbill. While MOST young singers have a good deal of growing to do, you must remember, flores debuted at la scala at the age of 23...besides, isn't critiquing performances part of how young singers learn? Sure, kids think they know everything, but were you really that different when you were younger?

[donnamariealba]

Handsome man, handsome voice. I love his tone.

[joanna4659]

I'm not as well trained in singing to say anything about his technique, but I love the timbre and the tone of his voice.

[susejf]

Perdio otra oportunidad para cerrar la boca...No tiene nada que se pueda salvar,en fin una mierda.

[schreiern]

I really like his version, and I do not think he is exhibiting a big ego, actually the opposite.

[brendant19]

Great tone and potential but horrible technique and some of the worst phrasing ever! He adds an "H" sound to any phrase with more notes than consonants, which is one the easiest things to correct and avoid. This is just pure bullshit, he shouldn't be singing on any stage of that size without having first mastered the ability to not sing "ave mahreheeyah" ugh!

[somewiseguy84]

That was also a consistent problem for Beniamino Gigli, brendant19. Are you saying he shouldn't have been able to sing on a stage of that size? All singers have their faults and all listeners have their own pet peeves.

[jessenemitz]

@brendant19

thought I was the only one to notice the broken legato in every one of his phrases. Almost unlistenable. But what a talent nonetheless. What tone he could have by mastering the legato huh?

[jackfrost281]

Domingo wanna be... and this bad. is this really what opera has become??? sigh :(

[fabrizzzio48]

With Villazon, another tenor badly imitating Placido Domingo, with a double injection of EGO ala Domingo.

[1Ooppera]

Totally agree. Domingo has natural carisma, a humble mans carisma, this guy is just arrogant, thats not a carisma, he does not have it, but still he thinks he has it. He has a pretty good voice with a poor and strange technique, and yeas maybe women like his machoimage, but thats about it! He is not worth of his salarys.He is not worth to sing in worlds leading houses.There are much more better Dramatic tenors today, one like Aleksandrs Antonenko forexample

[impromtu77]

I love Cura and his music!

I think he is not just a great singer and artist,but a very great man!!!

"I pray God that my mission as artist will bring some peace to the souls of whoever come across my work." 

(José Cura, Introduction to Japan Concert Program, October 2001)

[corellimonaco]

cosa e` grande!! suo passaggio e` brutto.

[bernif]

If this is good singing, then the criteria for what that actually means, have changed. A lot. Whoever taught him to open his mouth like he wants to swallow the conductor before every high note, should not be allowed to teach ever again. It's the most distracting thing I've ever seen. And he could reach those notes without doing that.

[SebasGreco]

If you see lot of Arias from his shows. And if you see him playing the roles in theaters....then you´ll see that he have several resurces and tecnics. You can see how he preper the next note, depending the role or moment he plays, for example. You remember Pavarotti open his mouth wilder than this. Or Domingo open the mouth "from one side only", or Carreras proyecting the note or making a base from his neck to reach the note. Cura have several. You can like it or not, but the job its done.

[Colemanzs]

Great Voice¡¡¡¡

[inasexymood]

wow. he went a little too rapid. a tad bit too early the whole time.

[Dadak]

Great Argentinian tenor: Josè Cura

[yitan198515]

great man

[SoloUnTipoSF]

Funny how all of you "critics" have never sang at any of the places Jose Cura has, nor has your so-called talent gotten you as far as his has, nor have you gotten any recognition for you mediocre opinion.

[Corenero]

You're right. Are all this "opera experts" that good at their jobs ? And the most funny part is that they are wrong. They criticize him while he signs for the most important theatres .

[neosquid]

Errr? Remember, music is an art and not everyone appreciates art the same way. To say that I need to have done what he has done to comment on any of his work is about as ignorant as saying that Tiger Woods doesnt need any coaches, teachers, or caddies because they are not as good of a golfer as he is.

If not turn on the TV and watch it for 5 min, you will see that "not as good commentary" occurs around you more often than you care to realize.

[operawhore64]

since when does someone have to know how to sing to know good singing? if someone sounds like crap doesn't everyone know it? so why does the opinions of someone who doesn't know how to sing change the validity of it... .

[mlazyboi26]

wow..hes rushed through that...i feel bad for the harpist.

[philippecoulon]

Je suis entierement d'accord avec Lyrico Spinto.

[Heraopera]

I can only agree with LyricoSpinto¨Cura have a nice voice but he isnt able to sing fluently the big needed legato in a chambertonetechnique with the harp! This is the need.. Cura is not very good with his technique ...is he still better? Didnt hear him since 2006 live...

[tehen162]

I liked this very much. A superb rendition.

[philippelouvet]

ça c'est chanté comme une prière. Muy bien

[karinamayai]

What a wonderful nice, incredible voice, ...

[griffcats]

I like this guy. The harpist is at fault here. The Soloist MUST sing his tempo, the instrument is there to enhance the voice and shouldnt be noticed, but here the harp sounds choppy and distracting. This is a wonderful voice overcoming a poor accompaniment. Very glad to have heard him, need to hear him showcase his voice in the right musical setting. Perhaps too the quality of this recording is not as good as it should be either

[LyricoSpinto]

Sorry, but you are wrong - the accompaniment is Bach and the tenor's rhythm is wrong. There is nothing the harpist can do- she/he can slow or fast, but in this case the Gounod vocal line MUST stay in the rhythm to pull this off. I have sung it many times and this is what makes this piece so difficult, that and the exposed high not at the end. By the way "ven of ventrice" is flat, more problems with being a better voice than he is a musician

[griffcats]

You are perhaps right about the "better voice than a musician." I think then that I wouldnt sing this arrangement. It puts the voice at a disadvantage in showcasing one's best musical and lyrical qualities, if you cannot lead the solo with your best phrasing and technique. in a natural flow. Hardly any of the major tenors sing any of the classics exactly the same way, but this piece is not really suited to him. My apologies to the harpist.

[tete28akira]

A mi me gusta Placido Domingo ,pero si dijo q no me consta, q este pendejo era bueno ,es por q esta sordo o viejo el pobre , por q pa' meterse a este pendejon hay q estar sordo o tener mal gusto, una de otra, por q este es inmetible.

[poepienose]

No entiendo como gente asnorante puede hablar sin saber nada de musica, decir que el tempo es muy rapido o cosas por el estilo. Jose Cura es de los mejores tenores del momento y decir me atrevo a decir que es el mejor. La calidad vocal, interpretativa, fraseo, tiene todo para ser el mejor.

[SebasGreco]

Señores. Hace mas de 15 años (con pavarotti vivo) la prensa internacional se derretia con Jose Cura. Para el 2000 una prestigiosa critica Rusa de Opera dije "Los tres tenores han muerto, larga vida a Jose Cura". Se lo concidera desde hace años el mejor Canio, por ejemplo. Su capacidad vocal, se suma a su capacidad interpretativa y actoral, lo que lo hace completisimo. Placido Domingo hace años de confeso admirarlo. Tambien dirige, arregla y compone. Y esto fue un "bis" a final del recital...

[davidoso22]

jose cura< es un grande los otros tenores cantan y tienen otros tonos pero eso no quita la calidad y la voz de semejante tenor el comparar es por envidia que lo hacen dale jose para adelante

[NAHUMDSC]

B H UUUUUUUUUUU BHUUUUUUU!!!!!!!

[xav71176]

He's much too fast, and keeps being ahead of the harp and the orchestra. Unacceptable at this level. Otherwise his singing is quite good.

[sweetlikeADAM]

Who is the soloist here? Did you know the soloist always has control of the tempo?

[ivancin25]

mmmm. si me dicen quiene s mejor cura noe sta entre los mejroes sino entre los intermedios y eso que nos e ha escuchado a los grande de los 50 60 y 70.. claro placido y jose carreras son muy buenos y s elo llevan a de encuentro a jose cura.. osea.. por mas argentinos que sean .. sis aben de musica ya deben dirferenciar cuando uno es bueno y otro maravillos jose cura solo es bueno

[socceroos123]

Ugh. He destroyed it. Kept getting ahead of the harp. Gross.

[HistoryGeek4U]

Awesome tenor with an awesome voice and a talent for acting....and he's not too bad in the looks department either.

[rodnu]

Comparado con el Tenorcito Ingles Paul Potts que no canta nada solo susurra con la ayuda del microfono, Cura es un maestro.

Senores Cura es de verdad, lo demas es solo envidia, no se puede decir que Cura es malo y alabar al ingles que casi no canta, eso no es canto lirico, Forza Cura lo tuyo es verdadero.

[natalli30]

jeje, chicos cura es muy bueno, pero no de la gran talla de tantos otros tenores del pasado e incluso contemporáneos..pero tranquilos que no es malo...en esta interpretación no me transmitió demasiado, pero hay otras en las que ha estado mejor. Saludos.

[SebasGreco]

Y por ultimo, una sentencia TREMENDA sentencia del Berliner Morgenpost en el 2001:

Berlin, July 2001: 'Finalmente ha estado en Berlin, José Cura, la nueva estrella en el cielo de los Tenores, el amante latino con una poderosa voz, la esperanza de los Tenores del siglo XXI. Los Tres Tenores han muerto. Larga vida a Jose Cura!' Berliner Morgenpost, July 2001

Obvio que despues a cada oido le gusta o no, pero semejante talento amado por el mundo merece el respeto Argentino.

[SebasGreco]

Turandot, Verona: '[José Cura] ha llenado la Arena con solo dos palabras, "all'alba vincerò," como un reto para el mundo completo, cantando con la actitud y el orgullo de un antiguo Romano.' Il Corriere della sera, June 2003

Turandot, Verona: 'José Cura... canta un impecable Calaf y un 'Nessun dorma' un Si Agudo que otros pueden solo soñar.' Kurier, June 2003

[SebasGreco]

'As Alfredo, Cura ha probado que no existe en estos tiempos otro Tenor de su calibre en los escenarios . Su presencia su voz timbrada, el impulsivo modo de su canto y su atención a las palabras, componen en su conjunto un retrato complejo de un hombre atrapado en una tormenta de emociones..' San Francisco Chronicle, August 2000

[SebasGreco]

Otello, Washington: 'Cuando Desdemona lo traicióna, se arrastra como un gusano machacado. Pero cuando escupe y agrede a sus enemigos, usted puede casi oler la sensación de estar en la Arena de la época de los gladiadores.' The Globe and Mail, March 2000

Otello, ROH, April 2001: '"Esultate" fue casi ideal: sin miedos y segura, un fraseo con confianza...Cura es el Otello de hoy y de mañana...su timbre y su representación son agradables como su apariencia.' Opera, July 2001

[SebasGreco]

Tras debutar con el dificil Otello en 1997 La Nazione puso en su titular "José Cura: un nuevo Otello a nacido!"

Otello, Munich: 'La noche se movió de una soberbia escena a la otra, con Cura ganando en intensidad hasta que su pasión deslumbró totalmente a la audiencia.' Opera News, June 2000

[SebasGreco]

Puccini Spectacular, Sydney and Melbourne: 'Nos ha dado mucho de Puccini y es un gran trabajo para un Tenor. Por aclamación popular la noche perteneció a José Cura, la audiencia compartía su visión de lo impresionante que era, en los cortes. Es altamente impresionante. Su fuerte timbre y vigorozo sonido tendían a opacar su igual excelente interpretación de "E Lucevan le stelle" y su ardiente, y no histérica "Nessun Dorma' The Age, May 1996.

[SebasGreco]

'...Pero Cura lo tiene todo. Tiene esa presencia especial que hace que nunca puedas dejar de notar que esta en el escenario. Canta con una firmeza en su voz, y con un suave pasaje en todo su registro, y aún asi muy viril. El da a cada frase una forma musical, puede actuar, y seguramente no molesta que el pueda componer y conducir al mismo tiempo. Lo mejor de todo, Cura es un intérprete de la más alta nobleza, no haciendo nada que dañe la escena, sólo la mejora.' Los Angeles Times, September 1996

[SebasGreco]

'El Tenor Argentino José Cura, un verdadero intérprete con un instrumento más allá de lo común, muy fuerte y expresivo, se impuso en el rol del protagonista, mostrando que es un auténtico Tenor Spinto-Dramático, un registro muy raro en estos días. Cura, detrás de una fuerte y bella voz, tiene en el escenario la fuerza de un verdadero actor.' Il Quotidiano, Agosto 1994.

[SebasGreco]

No se por que tanto recelo con este excelente cantante. Triunfa en el mundo desde hace años. La critica especializada en el mundo lo aclama....y en Argentina lo matamos? Tiene un registro extraordinario y amplio donde llega con facilidad a un Baritono Ligero. Les voy a copiar a continuacion distintas publicaciones de criticas especializadas en el mundo (traducidas) y en los distintos años:

Crítica sobre Fedora, Chicago: 'Debemos dar gracias a Dios por la madre que te trajo al mundo.' Exito, 1994

[desarrolladores2004]

Este Cura tiene algo, o hace pensar que tiene algo, si no no habría tantos que lo aman y que lo odian. Mi opinión... en esta pieza particularmente no me gustó, ni aún cerrando los ojos y escuchando sólo su voz, no me transmite el espíritu de esta pieza. Opiniones son opiniones, sigo escuchando...

[forallyouknow]

oh dear. it's beautiful, but there's no solemnity. perhaps if he'd sung a bit slower...

[jdfoxnew]

no es el mejor pero si es muy bueno

[poepienose]

Jose Cura es el mejor tenor del mundo y punto. Argentinos y latinoamericanos deberian sentirse orgullosos de tener un cantante tan extraordinario como él.

[boomjack]

Cura el mejor tenor del mundo???

Que desayunaste??? hongos alucinógenos!!!

Hay cosas que canta bien, pero la mayoría, no las canta, las perpetra!!

Y en lo últimos años no se lo puede ni escuchar.

Habiendo tanto buen artista por ahí decir que Cura es el mejor del mundo es, al menos una pavada grande como una casa.

Saludos

[7thViking]

I liked Cura's voice and style when I first heard him on Operalla Contest... Very well justified; not just any regular rendition wherein a tenor would just belt out his lungs- Cura's rendition is prayerful, the way this song should be sung.

[eduardenrique]

no es el mejor pero está entre los mejores tenores del mundo. A mi parecer todavía le hace falta trayectoria para llegar a la talla del maestro Pavarotti

[unisonn]

jajaja paraaa, tampoco es el mejor

es muy bueno y soy generoso

[luciliuk]

el mejor tenor del mundo

[tena2]

yo no llearia a ese extremo, es bueno pero no el mejor, no hay nadie que sea el mejor.

[ginger5162]

superb - hoy es por la primera vez que puedo oir este canto!

[darewolf]

Beautiful!

I didn't expect such tender pianissimo from a dramatic tenor like Jose Cura.

I'm impressed.