Most of the tenors here are world famous....I am not.I would like to work with good teacher and coach to become better operasinger. I HAVE high notes though... Listen to me sing a strong high D flat as "Great high D flat,karifrid" and hire me for some consert jobs. I know 9 operas "by heart". La traviata,Rigoletto,Un ballo,Il trovatore ,Aida,Lucia di Lammermoore,Chavalleria rusticana,Tosca and La boheme....Voice perhaps not dark for Aida,but i will become older ,I hope..Kári Friðriksson .
Type in "David Phelps Jesus Saves" view the one by LisaDepp. go to 1 minute 55 seconds. David's C# is easily comparible to Pav's. David doesn't sing opera anymore, but he definitely should be on this list. Certainly over the likes of Bocelli.
Well, number 18! Not sure he did it much after about 1979, though??? Pavarotti, of course - most distinctive, and it sounds like it is still part of his voice - not somehow disconnected.
Pavarotti easy...he has the fullest sound(which is hard to achieve at a C#)...and has the ability to sustain the note longer than any of the others....just awesome.
N° 1 and N° 2 are EASY and DIFFICULT: the fisrs has just a "bigger" voice in a better position when the second one push a ligfht and small voice in a throat not completly relaxed. And also others notes you describe as difficult when are easy and easy when you can era some scratches (example: the enad ofm nà10.....).
17 also is not so DIFFICULT: it's just a light voice....
this is so ridiculous. The human voice is the most important instrument. They should take a lesson by the "bulgarian voices" or some indian masters, maybe begum parveen sultana or lata mangeshkar. I am waiting for the day when opera is dead. it 's kitsch.
Juan Diogo Flores is really top at this point. Will he ever (in my eyes) be able to replace or sing as good as Pavarotti??? that remains to be seen...I really hope so.
Pavarotti had such a different voice from any other tenor or baryton-martin...his voice had a natural quality in the sound....but nevertheless, Mr. Flores is just great in his own right....he will eventually develop a richer sound that will highten his performances.
Please send me the answers. I'm not very knowledgeable about tenors and it amazes me that fans can identify a singer from a single note. I could tell that 14 is Caruso just from the lousy recording. And 16 is Mario Lanza...but you get to hear more than one note....and also, he's my favorite tenor, so he's easy for me to recognize. I
I appreciate the sentiment, but you have misinterpreted the comments, which pertain to my opinions on how obscure, or obvious, the tenors singing are.
I can't tell with one listening --half of them sound like Pavarotti(for better or worse)! ...And there's no way I'm going to subject myself to that again...
Pra que isso??? Plenamente dispensável esses Cs para a beleza das árias. É ridículo transformar a ópera num campeonato de notas agudas. Quando eu era jovem, ficava preocupado em ter o dó, e treinava-o sempre nos vocalizes. Hoje em dia, meu treino vai no máximo a 3 lab e, de vez em quando, a um sib. E canto todos os agudos com perfeição. Não me preocupo mais com esta bosta de dó de peito que, por sinal, é um som feio.
I like the fourth one, as I hear it's Alfredo Kraus, it's light and lyric kind of high note, light but not weak and rounded, not that kind of sharp, cutting tone, but with enough power, and with a great technic.
I also like the 1st, 10th and 16th. Who are they?
Who is the 5th??????
I think a tenor don't need to sing a high E or even a high C! Look at Domingo, Monaco, Filippeschi, Corelli, altouhgt they had the C, but not that's the reason why are they famous for.
#1 might be Bjorling, no idea who #2 is but I don't like the sound at all. #5 might also be Bjorling, I'm guessing #9 is Placido and #11 is almost definitely Pavarotti, #13 kinda sounds like Andrea Bocelli, #14 sounds like falsetto but I think it might just be a very early recording, and #18 might also be Bjorling. On another note tho a C# is a few notes below what a true tenor should be able to produce. My voice teacher once sang a high E for me, it was like I was swimming in sound.
The last one is from Pavarotti and I agree is the best one. It is from a recording of "I Puritani", with the London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Richard Bonynge.
I think # 14 may have been the poster of the video.... The sound quality is very muffled... There is no way in hell that that is a professional singer... The sound is breathy which is not as bad as the absolute lack of enerfy put into it.....
@Mooorhe 14sounds like a falsetto note- or is it the lack of vibrato? I thought 18 as very good, but I'm wearying of tenor high notes that ruin the flow of the music. If they're interpolated, they're not justified. It's like backflips in figure skating.
The natural ease of JDF is just fine at C and I hope he stays there and preserves his voice.
@bighugephil So, I just listened to David Phelps. . .you should listen to JUAN DIEGO FLOREZ . Phelps doesn't sound like he has EVER been classically trained. I thought his rendition of Nessun Dorma was the worst attempt I have ever, ever heard. WAY overrated.
@brandoncbishop Listen to David sing oh holy night, let freedom ring, child you're forgiven, or he's alive. He sings better high C#s than any of these and a high D in Child you're forgiven that will blow your mind. When he covered Nessun Dorma, he had switched styles to christian pop to reach out to a different community of young christians. He was in no way whatsoever trying to sing operatically there. David is the best tenor alive whether he sings opera or not.
@flatpicker15 I have to admit, that high D was unbelievable. although it was a little smoothed out more than these. cant say that i didnt love the way it sounded though.
I can't read music, but am reading Webster Booth's joint autobiography and am curious to know to just how this note sounds. I'm not sure if I'm any further forward, but some of them here are very impressive!
Pavarotti has been and will always be the best. The way his throat opens, tongue relaxed in his mouth, breathing technique and sustained by a strong diaphragm...it makes all the others pale in comparison.
@Bikerbeardan Pavarotti was a miracle, but honestly, do you not think Juan Diego Florez sounds just as incredible? And if not now, what about in 10 or 15 years!?
If you are interested,you can listen to my versions. I have 2 videos with high c sharp,I sing it in the cadenza in La donna e mobile. Also I think my high D flat is strong in the duett from Rigoletto.Marked,great high d flat , karifrid . (Addio.) My name is Kári Friðriksson,tenor from Iceland. Know the tenorpart (by heart) in 7 operas.Put the tenor part in Rigoletto on youtube.Know ,La traviata,Un ballo,Il trovatore,Tosca,Lucia di L..and Chavalleria.Ready for smaller operahouses.Bon Natale
I would honestly have to say that of all the tenors I really like the C# from David Phelps. If ya dont know who he is just look him up here on you tube
I prefer Pavarotti here eventhough this is not my favorite ''A te o cara'' of his. I believe the one from his 1971 studio album is better (you can hear it on my favorites).
The C# you heard is from "A Teo Cara," from Bellini's "I Puritani." That opera is a tenor killer. Late in the opera there is another aria in which a tenor is supposed to sing an F above high C. I heard a recording on the radio of Pavarotti singing it once in full voice. I've never been able to find that recording. The sound was incredible. I don't know if it was done in performance and not just recording, but I can hardly imagine any tenor risking it.
-C# isnt any harder than c. In fact it is easier because theres no "thing "about it, like there is about the hi c. These arias were written for light tenors, a voice which goes up to e-flat naturally(tenore leggiero)--it's just that after Duprez, they learned to add the remnant of the chest voice little by little, so we have the tenor voice of today. In Bellini's time they used a mixed falsetto-plus "pharyngeal" voice, after G, as Donzelli described in his famous letter.
:o Oh em Gee. I have a C# Its not as.... good sounding as these guys though. :o i can't vocalize past that without some sort of change in my voice.... ~.~ Can a baritone sing up to C#?
Can David Phelps hit a C# in a 2,000-seat opera house on top of a 60-piece orchestra without a microphone and be heard to the farthest seat? I didn't think so.
#2 Gigli, @7 Bjorling, #8 lanza? #9 Carreras #10 Domingo? #13 Corelli #18 Pavarotti -- #18 my favorite -- such brilliance -- second favorite #13 very bright as well
#4 is Kraus... euch... not only scary looking but scary sounding. Those eyes, like a robot, a cybernetic dirty old German man singer. Strange, just strange.
#3 Corelli: Never heard him reach those heights; not fully open but with a great deal of presence none the less.
Pavarotti is the best, at least amongst the recordings you've selected.
Para mi Luciano Pavarotti de los años 60.70 es el agudo mas bello que ha existido, su timbre en los sobre agudos de esos años son insuperables por el gran fiato, el color del timbre, es unico.
Number 14 is bad (too bad if it is Caruso) but Number 18 is Pavarotti and of course the best. I also like Fisichella's in number1 and suprisingly, Domingo in #9, I never thought he could even reach higher than C.
Most of the tenors here are world famous....I am not.I would like to work with good teacher and coach to become better operasinger. I HAVE high notes though... Listen to me sing a strong high D flat as "Great high D flat,karifrid" and hire me for some consert jobs. I know 9 operas "by heart". La traviata,Rigoletto,Un ballo,Il trovatore ,Aida,Lucia di Lammermoore,Chavalleria rusticana,Tosca and La boheme....Voice perhaps not dark for Aida,but i will become older ,I hope..Kári Friðriksson .
karifrid 3 weeks ago
Type in "David Phelps Jesus Saves" view the one by LisaDepp. go to 1 minute 55 seconds. David's C# is easily comparible to Pav's. David doesn't sing opera anymore, but he definitely should be on this list. Certainly over the likes of Bocelli.
flatpicker15 1 month ago
without looking I thought #5 was di Stefano...
love this kind of thing!
opera1dan2 2 months ago
Nikola Nikolov .
bodiloto 2 months ago
Well, number 18! Not sure he did it much after about 1979, though??? Pavarotti, of course - most distinctive, and it sounds like it is still part of his voice - not somehow disconnected.
colino72 3 months ago
Pavarottis' is not only the easiest, but the most beautiful and natural.
Some others are nearing the ease, but not the beauty and not the grace and ping of Pavarottis' voice.
chaiter1 3 months ago
In my opinion, (And many others) Pavarotti's was the best. (18)Besides, he was and still IS the King, the Maestro. :)
mrk624k 4 months ago
The very best is the number #14!! The very best POOF!!!
Takken1256 4 months ago
Pavarotti easy...he has the fullest sound(which is hard to achieve at a C#)...and has the ability to sustain the note longer than any of the others....just awesome.
Nater389 4 months ago
Pav is the one and only King of the High C's. Always and forever!
Valkyrie91a 5 months ago
#2.....Bocelli, it's got to be. By far the best.
livdaprano 5 months ago
9 Is very good !! How is he ?
clown84700 6 months ago
18, pavaroti ftw
vsldk 6 months ago
N° 1 and N° 2 are EASY and DIFFICULT: the fisrs has just a "bigger" voice in a better position when the second one push a ligfht and small voice in a throat not completly relaxed. And also others notes you describe as difficult when are easy and easy when you can era some scratches (example: the enad ofm nà10.....).
17 also is not so DIFFICULT: it's just a light voice....
4 is Kraus and 18 Pavarotti.
opricnik 6 months ago
a low larynx C5 its pretty tricky! Really hard to hear and really hard to CONTROL! every single C5 is unique!
High Larynx C5 are kinda easily! but there's a vocalist who I love most who could (In his early days) hit a D#5 in Chest Voice easily:
watch?v=JwyuAljLGAQ
His name is James LaBrie. This song have only one part that he goes up in head voice.. everything else is chest notes.
demonight2 7 months ago
#4 - Alfredo Kraus for poise
saltburner2 8 months ago
Last one is Pavarotti :))
Irakliussss 9 months ago
Pavarotti may have been King of the High C's but Gedda was King of the High "D's"
even Pav admitted no-one had a higher register than Gedda.
Etnalleb 9 months ago
Pavorotti
mactopolis 9 months ago
#7 - Caruso methinks?
#13 - Florez?
#18 - Pavarotti!
alexdeaguiarreuter 9 months ago 2
PAVAROTTI
leonardo94ism 10 months ago
For Pavarotti singing a great C#, listen him singing Donizetti rep, not Bellini rep - Deserto in Terra 2 C's and 1 C# if I'm not incorrect
Silveracidity 10 months ago
#14 - Jerry Hadley ??
issueagent 10 months ago
this is so ridiculous. The human voice is the most important instrument. They should take a lesson by the "bulgarian voices" or some indian masters, maybe begum parveen sultana or lata mangeshkar. I am waiting for the day when opera is dead. it 's kitsch.
emeraldomusik 11 months ago
y liked the 18 i think is pavarotti
deft21 11 months ago
im sorry but for me all of them the same, i wish i have better ears
fondo121 1 year ago
manca il migliore di tutti cioè mario filippeschi ascoltatelo e poi mi darete ragione.
pincopall69 1 year ago
@pincopall69 NON C'è DUBBIO: FILIPPESCHI SUGLI ACUTI SQUILLANTI NON HA RIVALI CHE LO POSSANO IMPENSIERIRE!
muchogustavo1 1 month ago
what song is Bonisolli singing in number 3
violencelover89 1 year ago
sorry, can you tell me some title of the pieces that you have posted in the video?
ChalieChaplin 1 year ago
Well, I've a tin ear, but I think I hear, as well as Luciano's famous (deservedly so) coice, Bjoerling and Crooks. The only two I'm familiar with.
C'mon, give me a break!
baghend 1 year ago
Juan Diogo Flores is really top at this point. Will he ever (in my eyes) be able to replace or sing as good as Pavarotti??? that remains to be seen...I really hope so.
Pavarotti had such a different voice from any other tenor or baryton-martin...his voice had a natural quality in the sound....but nevertheless, Mr. Flores is just great in his own right....he will eventually develop a richer sound that will highten his performances.
Bikerbeardan 1 year ago
Wow, you picked just about the worst Db Gedda ever sang in his life...
GermanOperaSinger 1 year ago
PAVAROTTI WAS THE KING ... BUT JUAN DIEGO FLORES IN OUR DAYS IS THE MASTER... IS JUST MY OPINION... :)
ramirex82 1 year ago
i think the third one is gedda, 7th kraus, 13th chris meritt and 18th is of course pavarotti
mxjukebox 1 year ago
11 is pavarotti
nicktabus1000 1 year ago
delete number two! or just take his mic, don't like bocelli. not an opera tenor!
IHATEWINDOWS 1 year ago 2
who's the number twelve?, thanks
mauriciomille 1 year ago
@mauriciomille one, and eighteen please!!!!
the number two, sounds like bocelli's voice
mauriciomille 1 year ago
i tested this on a metronome and its not c# all the time its mostly D
dannyleeg 1 year ago
The best is the Pavarotti's. Duh.
xkyousukex 1 year ago
Are they in Chest voice or do just have an amazingly strong head voice ?!
XxSomeonePersonXX 1 year ago
Please send me the answers. I'm not very knowledgeable about tenors and it amazes me that fans can identify a singer from a single note. I could tell that 14 is Caruso just from the lousy recording. And 16 is Mario Lanza...but you get to hear more than one note....and also, he's my favorite tenor, so he's easy for me to recognize. I
BarbaraBastron 1 year ago
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My favorite is #11!
Eriksrudzitis 1 year ago
My favorite is #11!
Eriksrudzitis 1 year ago
Lanza!!!!
xTROJANxX 1 year ago
15 & 17 were the best =]
CantoSemper49 1 year ago
it is obvious Pavarotti
gervicha 1 year ago
pava baby
musc124 1 year ago
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nicktabus1000 1 year ago
@nicktabus1000
I appreciate the sentiment, but you have misinterpreted the comments, which pertain to my opinions on how obscure, or obvious, the tenors singing are.
Mooorhe 1 year ago
1 - good; 3 - really good; 8 - good; 10 - good
the rest = not that amazing
to my ears at least ;)
xunap 1 year ago
Why is one easier than the other?
WhynotMiha 1 year ago
ahah last one is a tad obvious.
law0010 1 year ago
very bad compareason!!!!!
UchihaGege 1 year ago
Luciano!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
robertocozzarin 1 year ago
pavarotti and di stefano
henrifrombarcelona 1 year ago
lol did anyone else watch lord of the flies and type this in?
iiAngelic 1 year ago
The second one might be bocelli but the last one if Pavarotti foresure
ledzeppelin104 1 year ago
In my opinion the best high C in youtube is to hear on the end in :
Jan Kiepura - La donna e mobile
Somebody agree?
By the way: my high C is hopefully also not so bad for an unprofessional!
GERMANYFrankie 1 year ago
1. Fisichella 2. Bocelli 3. Bonisolli 4. Kraus 5. ? 6. del Monaco 7. di Stefano 8. ? 9. Domingo 10. Gedda 11. Kunde 12. Blake 13. Florez 14. Caruso 15. ? 16. Lanza 17. Brownlee 18. Pavarotti
phatphace 1 year ago
Las notas más altas las he escuchado mejor en Juan Diego Flores.
manuelbond007 1 year ago
9 - Domingo & 18 - Pavarotti My favorites of these.
crazycellist973 1 year ago
Disculpa pero 13 no es JDF.
acitipo 1 year ago
11- Pavarotti.
The greatest tenor in history.
Ade76 1 year ago
1 fisichella, 2 bocelli, 3 bonisolli, 4 kraus, 7 di stefano, 9 domingo, 10 gedda, 11 pavarotti (joven), 12 blake (creo), 13 florez, 14 caruso, 16 lanza, 17 albelo, 18 pavarotti
operafanatic01 1 year ago
#18. Full, clean, power to spare, Pav, young and eager to please.
blakemooney 1 year ago
1 Fisichella
2matteuzzi
4kraus
1212625bear 1 year ago
What song/opera is it btw, where this high C# note belongs to? Does somebody know?
MsMate2 1 year ago
#13 & 15 sounded like Juan Diego Florez! haha i can't decide!
he's my favorite tenor!!! :)
only opera dorks have a favorite tenor... and a favorite mezzo, and a favorite soprano and a favorite bass/baritone!!!
I'm a soprano singer and a bass clarinet player!
hahaha
xbcg9489x 1 year ago
Jussi.
82kls 1 year ago 2
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phatphace 1 year ago
#11 is Kraus.
ib4colts2 1 year ago
Pavarotti the best! clear and power...
microredant 1 year ago
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phatphace 1 year ago
I can't tell with one listening --half of them sound like Pavarotti(for better or worse)! ...And there's no way I'm going to subject myself to that again...
Randidan 1 year ago
Pra que isso??? Plenamente dispensável esses Cs para a beleza das árias. É ridículo transformar a ópera num campeonato de notas agudas. Quando eu era jovem, ficava preocupado em ter o dó, e treinava-o sempre nos vocalizes. Hoje em dia, meu treino vai no máximo a 3 lab e, de vez em quando, a um sib. E canto todos os agudos com perfeição. Não me preocupo mais com esta bosta de dó de peito que, por sinal, é um som feio.
gutoguidoegreg 1 year ago
4 est kraus?
clown84700 1 year ago
the second one is almost a quartertone flat if i'm not mistaken. i wouldn't regard it as easy if one doesnt actually hit it.
Sellasella123 1 year ago
# 9 all the way :)
PoptartFreak720 1 year ago
pavarotti #1 always =D
bigus 1 year ago
Number 18 is definitely the best - but maybe also just the best quality recording. Who is it? Pavarotti?
TheLotusdragonfly 1 year ago
Fisichella the first one-is the best tenor for high note!!!
And great Bonisolli on the 4th place!
Huljic 1 year ago
I like the fourth one, as I hear it's Alfredo Kraus, it's light and lyric kind of high note, light but not weak and rounded, not that kind of sharp, cutting tone, but with enough power, and with a great technic.
I also like the 1st, 10th and 16th. Who are they?
Who is the 5th??????
I think a tenor don't need to sing a high E or even a high C! Look at Domingo, Monaco, Filippeschi, Corelli, altouhgt they had the C, but not that's the reason why are they famous for.
EnzoBelcanto 1 year ago
drake becuz he pwns
ftwmarioftw 1 year ago
#1 might be Bjorling, no idea who #2 is but I don't like the sound at all. #5 might also be Bjorling, I'm guessing #9 is Placido and #11 is almost definitely Pavarotti, #13 kinda sounds like Andrea Bocelli, #14 sounds like falsetto but I think it might just be a very early recording, and #18 might also be Bjorling. On another note tho a C# is a few notes below what a true tenor should be able to produce. My voice teacher once sang a high E for me, it was like I was swimming in sound.
Greatheil 2 years ago
FUNNY !!!
gestas60323 2 years ago
I love 15. Its delightful. Who is it?? WHO!?? I want to hear more of him. :-)
serpechia 2 years ago
The last one is from Pavarotti and I agree is the best one. It is from a recording of "I Puritani", with the London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Richard Bonynge.
Garopera 2 years ago
First one is Salvatore Fisiccella!!
Huljic 2 years ago
the best high C is the last one......can you gess who that may be...
rafe234 2 years ago
I think # 14 may have been the poster of the video.... The sound quality is very muffled... There is no way in hell that that is a professional singer... The sound is breathy which is not as bad as the absolute lack of enerfy put into it.....
GINOFALUS 2 years ago 8
Don't worry, that C# is not mine.
It originates from a professional tenor - a superstar. The first superstar.
The sound quality is poor due to the primitive recording techniques.
Mooorhe 2 years ago
Ha ha yeah, you're not kidding. I'm pretty sure that's Caruso! It's from Rossini's Cujus Animum if I'm not mistaken.
tfalbanese 2 years ago
*Cujus Animam
sorry for the misspelling!
tfalbanese 2 years ago
@Mooorhe 14sounds like a falsetto note- or is it the lack of vibrato? I thought 18 as very good, but I'm wearying of tenor high notes that ruin the flow of the music. If they're interpolated, they're not justified. It's like backflips in figure skating.
The natural ease of JDF is just fine at C and I hope he stays there and preserves his voice.
nmcaia 1 year ago
@nmcaia 14, I have to say, is indeed falsetto/head voice
okebaram 1 year ago
The first Super star singer in USA was Al Joleson. He was a baritone though.
GINOFALUS 2 years ago
@GINOFALUS Hahaha!
Sybriix 6 months ago
They all sounded good... 14 sounded very very bad..... I am not sure why it was mixed in with the others
GINOFALUS 2 years ago
who ever posted this video....you need to listen to a guy called david phelps....waw he can hit these notes with way more power than these guys
bighugephil 2 years ago
Lol.
Mooorhe 2 years ago 4
@bighugephil So, I just listened to David Phelps. . .you should listen to JUAN DIEGO FLOREZ . Phelps doesn't sound like he has EVER been classically trained. I thought his rendition of Nessun Dorma was the worst attempt I have ever, ever heard. WAY overrated.
brandoncbishop 1 year ago
@brandoncbishop Listen to David sing oh holy night, let freedom ring, child you're forgiven, or he's alive. He sings better high C#s than any of these and a high D in Child you're forgiven that will blow your mind. When he covered Nessun Dorma, he had switched styles to christian pop to reach out to a different community of young christians. He was in no way whatsoever trying to sing operatically there. David is the best tenor alive whether he sings opera or not.
flatpicker15 8 months ago
@flatpicker15 I have to admit, that high D was unbelievable. although it was a little smoothed out more than these. cant say that i didnt love the way it sounded though.
BenjaminTheBatchelor 6 months ago
@bighugephil
Do you mean the Olympic swimmer with the big feet?
.
Cheers.
from,
del-boy
LieutenantShweinHund 7 months ago
I can't read music, but am reading Webster Booth's joint autobiography and am curious to know to just how this note sounds. I'm not sure if I'm any further forward, but some of them here are very impressive!
guzel1952 2 years ago
Some of them sounded just curious...or ill...to me it was Francesco Bonisolli´s. So mighty and ringing - when you heard him life.
Andi6205 2 years ago
The King of the high C you can see on youtube
on the end of: --Jan Kiepura - La donna e mobile--
medusaview 2 years ago
Pavarotti has been and will always be the best. The way his throat opens, tongue relaxed in his mouth, breathing technique and sustained by a strong diaphragm...it makes all the others pale in comparison.
Bikerbeardan 2 years ago 10
@Bikerbeardan His voice is far behind an can hardly be heard in a big hall without a microphone. The tenor of the century is Nicolai Gedda
vivegedda 1 year ago 2
@vivegedda Nicolai Gedda? Have you ever heard Juan Diego Florez?
brandoncbishop 1 year ago
@Bikerbeardan Pavarotti was a miracle, but honestly, do you not think Juan Diego Florez sounds just as incredible? And if not now, what about in 10 or 15 years!?
brandoncbishop 1 year ago
If you are interested,you can listen to my versions. I have 2 videos with high c sharp,I sing it in the cadenza in La donna e mobile. Also I think my high D flat is strong in the duett from Rigoletto.Marked,great high d flat , karifrid . (Addio.) My name is Kári Friðriksson,tenor from Iceland. Know the tenorpart (by heart) in 7 operas.Put the tenor part in Rigoletto on youtube.Know ,La traviata,Un ballo,Il trovatore,Tosca,Lucia di L..and Chavalleria.Ready for smaller operahouses.Bon Natale
karifrid 2 years ago
Bonisolli e Pavarotti i migliori secondo me!!
Gio0587 2 years ago
16) Lanza
so many of them sings a D and not a C sharp
petrof4056 2 years ago 2
@petrof4056 Yes, agree, Lanza is the best, the best, very easy singing and it is the real C sharp!
zsazsamario 1 year ago
@petrof4056 Your ear is broken.
Cleroth 1 year ago
yes david phelps is good. but he is also pop opera. way different technique. pavarotti is the man
carpedieming01 2 years ago
yeah i agree. however if you look at phelp's early videos before he lost weight his high notes were operatic in quality
aspsingr 2 years ago
I would honestly have to say that of all the tenors I really like the C# from David Phelps. If ya dont know who he is just look him up here on you tube
Scsibut 2 years ago
#16 Mario Lanza
cryozo 2 years ago
Pavarotti- the best here in my opinion!! But where is Corelli's note from A te o cara? (EMI studio recording) It's flawless, believe me!!
antoheionn 2 years ago
Well, the only impressive is just 18 - Pavarotti.
djkostya76 2 years ago
o.O I think I accidentally clicked on this. Is most of this european?
lovexmexemox1 2 years ago
3 - bonisolli
9 - (maybe) domingo
10 - di stefano
12 - gedda
16 - lanza
18 - pavarotti
14 is the worst! too much falsett.
1 is my king. a lot of swinging in the voice
greghauser 2 years ago
I prefer Pavarotti here eventhough this is not my favorite ''A te o cara'' of his. I believe the one from his 1971 studio album is better (you can hear it on my favorites).
castorp278 2 years ago
nicolai Gedda and after Luciano Pavarotti
TheMarxistis 2 years ago
pavarotti voice[the last of course] is easily identifiable as is jussi's[not here] and Gigli [not here] This is a much tougher list.
lpvcrcd 2 years ago
1. Fisichella
4. Kraus
7. Gedda
11.Kunde
12.Blake
13.Florez
15. Lawrence Brownlee
18. Pavarotti
Almeno 7 penso che sono giusti
ertjfk 2 years ago
15 isnt Lawrence Brownlee lol no offense :)
datboiq10 1 year ago
Number 18 was Pavarotti.
luvmuzik4me 2 years ago
The C# you heard is from "A Teo Cara," from Bellini's "I Puritani." That opera is a tenor killer. Late in the opera there is another aria in which a tenor is supposed to sing an F above high C. I heard a recording on the radio of Pavarotti singing it once in full voice. I've never been able to find that recording. The sound was incredible. I don't know if it was done in performance and not just recording, but I can hardly imagine any tenor risking it.
Largo64 2 years ago
The aria you mention is 'Credeasi Misera' from Act III. I believe the studio version in which Pavarotti sings an F is on YouTube.
Mooorhe 2 years ago
-C# isnt any harder than c. In fact it is easier because theres no "thing "about it, like there is about the hi c. These arias were written for light tenors, a voice which goes up to e-flat naturally(tenore leggiero)--it's just that after Duprez, they learned to add the remnant of the chest voice little by little, so we have the tenor voice of today. In Bellini's time they used a mixed falsetto-plus "pharyngeal" voice, after G, as Donzelli described in his famous letter.
moo7chi7ld 2 years ago
C# is harder than the C, depending on the voice. Some tenors here struggle with the C# but could hit solid high C.
Mooorhe 2 years ago
@moo7chi7ld rofles!
Cleroth 1 year ago
:o Oh em Gee. I have a C# Its not as.... good sounding as these guys though. :o i can't vocalize past that without some sort of change in my voice.... ~.~ Can a baritone sing up to C#?
restlesspride666 2 years ago
Listen to David Phelps C# on O Holy Night!!! Makes these guys sound rubbish!!!
bighugephil 2 years ago
Can David Phelps hit a C# in a 2,000-seat opera house on top of a 60-piece orchestra without a microphone and be heard to the farthest seat? I didn't think so.
stryker704 2 years ago
I think he`d do it easy fella, the guy is unbelivably talented
bighugephil 2 years ago
Leeland is my favorite C#
Memoreism 2 years ago
I like 18, 14, because they have a calming effect and they are less piercing
Music2BeDreamer 2 years ago
The best high c you can hear in youtube with jan kiepura la donna e mobile!
Anybody agree?
medusaview 2 years ago
numbes 1, 4, 5, 9, 11,13, 15 and 18 sound pretty good!!!! specially #1 and # 18!!
Mrilovemusic777 2 years ago
TheViking1977 2 years ago
pavarootii is just a little better then corelli.they have simple the best voice
krajncuk 2 years ago
1 sounds like Fisichella to me.
coryisawake 2 years ago
# 4 is Kraus right? This is the best for me with the last one that must be Pavarotti.
aguacun 2 years ago 3
I KNOW 13 is Juan Diego Florez....that man can sing.
mbaggarly 2 years ago
11 is Kraus i think
Singknabe 2 years ago
#2 Gigli, @7 Bjorling, #8 lanza? #9 Carreras #10 Domingo? #13 Corelli #18 Pavarotti -- #18 my favorite -- such brilliance -- second favorite #13 very bright as well
julesv307 2 years ago
#2 is bocelli, #9 is domingo, and #13 is diego florez
damn, lol
iiAFX 2 years ago
14 caruso
Los3JInetes 2 years ago
Pavarotti, Kraus , Kunde
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#4 is Kraus... euch... not only scary looking but scary sounding. Those eyes, like a robot, a cybernetic dirty old German man singer. Strange, just strange.
#3 Corelli: Never heard him reach those heights; not fully open but with a great deal of presence none the less.
Pavarotti is the best, at least amongst the recordings you've selected.
Thank you for the post.
Nicrhind 2 years ago
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Nicrhind 2 years ago
9 or 18... Im guessing Bjoerling and Pavarotti
Alieaz 2 years ago
18, pavarotti, king.
madbeetz11 2 years ago
Is Joseph Schmidt amongst those?
Marthinusjacobus 2 years ago
which one is phelps??
kingkotze 2 years ago
18 is Pavarotti ;)
IHATEWINDOWS 2 years ago
Number 3 sounded cool, but maybe it's because number 2nd sounded like crap lol?
Invalidstyrkan 2 years ago
It's because he is one of the most underrated tenors ever. Sure Bonisolli was nuts, but he was still a wonderful tenor.
Honken 2 years ago
search david phelps just as i am and listen to it
trivialdisputes 2 years ago
david phelps high E ooo yeaaa its nasty
trivialdisputes 2 years ago
#18 is my king!
Who is 16?
TraVoiBelle 2 years ago
Bonisolli hits a D, not a C#.
Honken 2 years ago
Yeah I'm sure it was a Db though
FuntageCrew 2 years ago
Isn't a C# the same note as a Db?
benh66 2 years ago
Yes it is, I was under the impression that he was singing dein ist mein ganzes herz with the high D, but it was actually C#. Sorry! ^^
Honken 2 years ago
yes
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PGUTTA03 2 years ago
Guys guys...listen to David Phelps O Holy Night...way more powerfull than any of these....
bighugephil 2 years ago
robert plant.
of led zeppelin
sharrer2 2 years ago
Para mi Luciano Pavarotti de los años 60.70 es el agudo mas bello que ha existido, su timbre en los sobre agudos de esos años son insuperables por el gran fiato, el color del timbre, es unico.
acitipo 2 years ago
Kraus... or Pavarotti... both of them where perfect! :) Thanks for the video!!
BeatricediTenda 2 years ago
1 - Fisichella 2 - Bocelli 3 - Bonisolli 4 - Kraus 5 - ? 6 - Monaco 7 - Stefano 8 - ? 9 - Domingo 10 - Gedda 11 - Kunde 12 - Blake 13 - Florez 14 - Caruso 15 - ? 16 - Lanza 17 - ? 18 - Pavarotti
Personally, my favorite is Monaco. He has always been my favorite tenor.
iiAFX 2 years ago
I don't know..I think the C# is WAY easier than the high C..more of a mix and further away from the passagio break for me.
spyderwalk 2 years ago
Number 14 is bad (too bad if it is Caruso) but Number 18 is Pavarotti and of course the best. I also like Fisichella's in number1 and suprisingly, Domingo in #9, I never thought he could even reach higher than C.
Why no Gedda? Didn't he record any?
Milordvega 2 years ago
Listen carefully, Gedda is in here.
Mooorhe 2 years ago