Ildebrando d'Arcangelo "Votre toast" Carmen

[ferrykalos]

sexy!

[yumiyumiharu]

it must be very difficult to sing upon a horse! But I find his way of singing a little bit "too much"...

[sevakhovhannisyan1]

Search Barsegh Tumanyan-Votre Toast and listen i think that his version is the best!!!

[Simba92]

He sang this aria flawlessly and that horse is beautiful :)

[socratesplaton007]

La interpretación dramática me parece sublime!

[KINGNIARE]

Has everyone forgotten Ettore Bastianini? There was an Escamillo... and he didn't need a horse!!

[ONeirda]

@KINGNIARE It's not that Ildebrando D'Arcangelo would NEED a horse. He was set upon it by the stage director.

Bastianini is a baritone of former days. He was good in my opinion too.

But D'Arcangelo (a bass-baritone, by the way) is an absolute top notch singer in every way. You can't argue about taste, but anything that is "measurable" in singing - D'Arcangelo delivers it with perfect mastery. There's no room for critics; only for matter of personal taste. I very deeply respect him.

[luisiege2]

Well i guess singing Votre Toast riding a horse is not that easy... Congratz for Ildebrando.

[BINGFRYSRDUN]

at like 0:58, it sounds like he says apple strudel

[qwertyoop]

i bet this is Colin Davis conducting.... or a snail but the singing is good.. :) me likes

[LordHettrick]

@qwertyoop Antonio Pappano! Surprising, eh!

[LordHettrick]

What happened to Pappano? This is as slow as it can get...

[alexandrevlad37]

:-((((

[6sushi66]

Not his best but still very good.

[tysa888]

Je suis désolé, mais les graves sont instables, le soutien insuffisant....

[Oberon90]

He looks like vladimir galouzine here...A good bass baritone voice...and one just has to love an oldschool production where Escamillo enters on a HORSE:D

[jeanmolin55]

GRANDE ILDEBRANDO D'ARCANGELO! Un grande Escamillo! Eccellente da pieni voti ***** e grazie Onegin65 per il post! *****

[harvinsky]

est ce que le cheval est reel?

[jeanmolin55]

@harvinsky cheval à bascule ? cavallo a dondolo???

ma si! è un vero e splendido cavallo!

[LordHettrick]

@harvinsky Ben oui!

[fadoluisi]

I finally understood why there used to be just fat people singing opera! It wasn´t necessarily because they were better singers but it was to keep the audience focused on the music!!! D'arcangelo is such a gorgeous man I bearly heard Bizet score at all!!! (This is meant as joke...)

[catbaddoc]

Here is an Escamillo no woman would say no to. The most beautiful bass bariton voice of today.

[psalmtone2008]

French diction on this is a bit spotty, but the voice is gorgeous save the lows (which everyone but Ramey sounds thin on).

[dottorbarbaro]

@maggielicious21, with me it was the other way round....

[Arashi110]

@dottorbarbaro I couldn't decide who was more gorgeous, the horse or the rider!

[Maggielicious21]

oh! there's an actual horse on stage! i've already see this video twice and didn't noticed before XD hahahahaha i was only paying attention to this smoking hot Escamillo :D

[raulishnikov]

@Maggielicious21 Not only a horse, but a gorgeous one, i couldn't kept my eyes off it until it went offstage.

[SerPetKo]

Не его эта партия. Поет глубоко и тяжело.

[BorisGodunov]

Escamillo has to be among the cushiest baritone roles there is. You get the opera's most famous aria, but only have to actually sing for, what, 15 minutes in the whole opera? And you still get great applause for your bow (as long as you sang Toreador sufficiently, which isn't exactly the most technically demanding piece). Bizet was good to the baritone. :)

[francescocaccetta]

Grande Ildebrando!

[matthieusarah]

Damn! He's hot as hell! Escamillo really suits him

[glipaz]

Good singing but where is the charm, the charisma?

[Claradiluna]

@glipaz

I think the opposite. Not perfect singing. But is full of sex appeal. Only charm and charisma. For me is super ok. i do love to watch this guy

[NightmareInOurHeads]

sorry, this better watch?v=G4Mj3lFWnCo

[NightmareInOurHeads]

watch?v=WNVphjB5qZE

[Biloutemag]

Ca fait du bien d'entendre un chanteur compréhensible. Cet version de carmen est d'ailleurs la mailleure (Pappano)

[fanfatal19]

sta entubada la voz

[readerjoy]

I checked out Raimondi and Tezier as recommended. I did notice that D'Arcangelo's French has a little Italian accent. It doesn't seem bad enough to detract from the performance. I did not notice sharpness in his lower notes, but in an age of studios fixing every flaw, slight human imperfections let you know you're hearing a live performance. Bottom line, D'Arcangelo's voice is fantastic and the others lack presence compared to him on the stage. Masculinity counts in this role!

[shinglebob1]

His French is awful.

[tenorbasse]

Son francais est excellent!

[shinglebob1]

@tenorbasse Vraiment? Il me semble qu'il dit "Votre toast, "j'ai peux vous le rendré" etc. Ses voyelles sont horribles.

[tenorbasse]

@shinglebob1 Vous avez sans doute raison., ce sont peut etre mes oreilles, mais je viens de réécouter son 1er couplet et, je n'entends pas "j'ai peux", mais bel et bien "je peux"...et si de temps à autres ses "e" sonnent un peu comme des "é", cela ne me dérange pas outre mesure...Comparé aux autres barytons non francophones tels que merril ou Hrostovsky, je le trouve excellent....mais cela n'engage que moi

[Axelandir]

a bit too masculine!

[readerjoy]

Thanks for your reply. I like to read peoples' opinions. Maybe I'll learn something!

[Giovannilinverno]

Elegance is primordial in this role. It is not a shouting contest as many baritones seem to think. In the quest for ever darker and bigger voices elegance is the first victim. D'Arcangelo ignores almost every indication the composer made in the score and he's certainly not the only one to do this. I find this a pity, because he does have a beautiful voice.

[readerjoy]

Oh, dear, you speak like a vocal musician and I am just a french horn player. We need elegance as well but have been known to be tempted to love loudness at times. I can't help loving D'Arcangelo's voice, I just love it.

[Giovannilinverno]

It's nice that we agree on the beauty of D'Arcangelo's voice. And I'm sure as a fellow musician that you agree that the composer's instructions should be followed as much as possible.

[enrom55]

No, realmente no me gusta.

[teddyyahooroads]

Opera Australia's version pf Zambello's Carmen was ALOT better... apart from Kuafman of course.

You really need a Bass to sing this role... Shane Lowrencev is a name to look out for!

[bwerth]

for the aria, sur, but I don't want to listen to a bass struggle through the duets.

[ElisabettaVS]

Hm. I don't really like his Escamillo. Somehow out of tune... I think... but the staging is cool. His entrance with the horse... unexpected! The high note at 0:55 is very weak. Not loud and strong, as I would have it expected to be... and his french accent is not very accurate, as far as I can tell. Certainly a good singer, but not a good Escamillo.

[romondesbert]

I quite agree with you. Curiously enough, the low notes are out of tune (toot high) and his french sounds very italian to my franch ear.Escamillo is difficult to cast : too high for basses too low for Verdi Baritones. The right voices is... the french baritone : Robert Massard, Ernest Blanc, Gabriel Bacquier or today Ludovic Tezier or Marc Barrard. They're all on You Tube in this aria. Listen to them.

[ElisabettaVS]

I will listen to them soon, but until I haven't heard them, I believe Ruggero Raimondi to be my favourite Escamillo and also my favourite bass-baritone. I very much like his interpretation of Escamillo, you should certainly listen to him singing this aria if you haven't heard it already. He is a very talented singer with a beautiful voice.

[matthieusarah]

@ElisabettaVS I agree but check out for Sherill Milnes. He did a quite good job on this aria too!

[amfortas1978]

I listened to him yesterday,

he was handsome, masculine, can jump up and down.... audience like him

his singing was nice in general, but a little bit unstable on pitch. The stars last night was still Carmen and Don Jose, which is reasonable. He didn't steal the performance.

[chaiter1]

Well, for fans there is no possibility to accept any remarks..

He most certainly has more potential in this role.

The question is if he is the kind of singer who will accept any remarks...

Not knowing him, I don't know.

With best intentions, I wish him to become even more than he is now in this role.

[gkopij]

He was the best "thing" which happened in this production. He was a star!! Great voice and great personality!! IMHO.

[sevenstartotheright]

xD;; Not my favorite performance of D'Arcangelo. I even thought he was still singing in Italian xD

Ah well, there are other better videos~

[Rigoletto69]

Much better than Erwin... really good job!

[Julivasia]

Sono d` accorda! Mr. Ervin Netrebko non puo` stare vicino a Grandissimo Ildebrando!!! D`Arcangelo per sempre!!!

[readerjoy]

O-o-o-oh my!

[etiamperiereruinae]

D'Arcangelo definitely rocks! Even more than usual. In my humble opinion... Bryan Terfel is a great baritone too, but acting and physical presence are not even to be compared to Ildebrando's ones!

[lescabbages]

I don't see the reason for the goofy translation. A literal line-by-line translation would work really well here.

But anyway, great production.

[cantanteporsiempre]

yammy!!

[Agorante]

Carmen is done so often because its so hard to not make a positive impression and it's so easy to cast. Escamillo is an good example. Its hard to find Verdi baritones withgood sustained high Gs. But the toreador only has a single brief G. Basses have always sung it.

It is a sure fire hit on stage especially if the singer has a commanding stage presence.

d'Arcangelo looks, moves and sings great. The sound recording could be better however.

[Hinoko007]

It only goes up to a high F, and there are a few of them lol. But other than that i agree with you on everything else lol

[Agorante]

The aria only goes to a F but there is a brief G later.

I used to sing Zuniga a lot. The first time I did it, the baritone - a guy named Karl - use to come up to me back stage at every performance and ask me if his high G was OK.

I lied of course. If his G had been any good he wouldn't have worried so much.

I always tell young singers - learn to lie.

[LaMezzosoprano]

Does anybody know when his birthday is?

[KubilaKhan]

Ildebrando, ti adoro, sois-en sûr, mais ton français est vraiment incompréhensible! :D Ma certamente, non è facile! Quite good though! Bacio bello!

[kaxaberi73]

grande baritonne

[sgurugnao]

Bravissimo uno dei migliori baritoni della scena internazionale!!!

[maggeo78]

Baritono????????

[sgurugnao]

Ok.. Bari-basso. Ha un timbro bellissimo ed un'estensione molto ampia con note gravi belle piene.Le migliori interpretazioni di Escamillo sono sempre state fatte da baritoni con queste caratteristiche.

[luigipavabartolotti]

un basso-bari che arriva al la naturale.

[tochidule]

OMG i love him 4ever... so hot! and excelletent bass, wow!

[usun83]

so handsome

[Meny20]

I think I fell in love! Bravo!

[kessukesekene]

and you are not alone with that feeling! He is the best!

[scarpath]

Me too!

[violetta55]

this is NOT the right role for him at ALL! he is so heavy, i feel like he is going to die while singing this. its all so pressed and pushed, these high notes should not be so hard for him he is a bass baritone, all the high notes are pushed there is not flexibility. i feel like it is all being attacked....not a good choice. he almost sounds like he is getting a wobble during some of his low notes and the part when he is "aaaaaaah...toreador..." not a good choice, its too heavy.

[graysonbatman]

the role of Escamillo is a dramatic tenor, menaing he HAS to have a thick timbre, he's SUPPOSED to sound like that

[BethDiane]

Not so thick that it cancels out any sense of rhythm or pitch center, no. Someone could easily drive a tank through that wobble!

[scarpath]

Uh... Do you KNOW what an opera is? Vibrato is supposed to go through everything you sing. He sounds perfectly great.

[BethDiane]

Yes, I know what opera is, this performance just so happens to leave me cold. Chacun a son goût!

[JEANHIKER]

I really agree with you.And I'd say in his low notes his voice doesn't seem to carry. It's harsh for him to sing that. It's too rude, and the interpretation is not that good. Here he isn't as good as in other pieces I've listened.

[aldo778899]

This is not an opinion, but isn't this a bass-baritone role? Maybe its not a huge strain on the reach of a baritone, but the lower notes dominated by bass-baritones are definitely in a weaker part of the baritone's range.

go ahead, comment.

[kessukesekene]

actually, he IS a bass-baritone!

[saintsaens21]

Whatever he is, he is simply amazing, combines great looks and voice

[kessukesekene]

I agree, he is perfect. He's singing is amazing!

[YoungbloodG]

Escamillo is frequently done by bass-baritones and well-trained basses... The aria especially is often done by basses with a good upper range... The duet in Act III is a little trickier for basses, but some can still manage it...

D'Arcangelo moves well in this performance, but I'd say his singing is just OK... He sounds like he wasn't warmed up... middle and low voice was very shaky and pressured... the high Fs were mostly good though...

[Anibaal]

interesante puesta buena actuación

[cernovlasy]

This is the best Escamillo I've seen so far. In my oppinion, in this song not only the voice is important, but the scenario. He looks really like a Spanish "torero"; he acts, dance... everything matches. Awesome!

[Iaparulava]

He sings like an angel He looks like a real stallion what more can a singer have!!!!! Bravo Maestro and thank you for your divine voice !!!! CAn anyone come anywhere closer to Ildebranbo ????

[YoungbloodG]

Um.... What else can a singer have? He can warm up for his entrance aria, so that his middle and low voice isn't wobbly and unfocused.... He can also work on making the French sound... well, French. No matter how hot and "authentic" he looks, we still want to HEAR the Toreador Song actually SUNG... not barked, woofed or hollered.

[rubytuesday17]

what a voice....*dreaming*even for someone who doesn't know anything about this kind of music...

[sussanin80]

GREAT VOICE???

[Arashi110]

He always makes me smile when I watch this scene. A very amusing Escamillo, in a good way. :)

[iwantmore81]

Now thats a man, great voice and devinely hot great vid x

[yourehavingalarf]

Great voice, shame about the french. Ah well, not bad for an Italiano I s'pose...

[Gille2416]

ben voyon donc ya ben de l'allure son français

[sofiadelgreco]

I am, of course...!

[KatherineXIX]

Damn, I'd kill to be Mercedes at 4:38...who's with me?

[iwantmore81]

Yes please!

[Arashi110]

*thinks for a moment* Me too! :D

[charminsouthernbelle]

*doesn't think for a moment* :D Me!

[cantanteporsiempre]

mmmmmmmmmmmmm jummy!!!

[Esil90]

I saw d'Arcangelo singing Carmen live,he is excellent, his voice is awesome and the technique perfect

[KatherineXIX]

Totally agree, except I saw him in Don Giovanni. His legato is breathtaking!

[IberiqueBaroque]

wow urmmmm,,,,, ok i was in this (i wont say where)but, could u send me this as i have verry little footage of the production.??? thanx for posting.

[richfish90]

you can get a copy from the archive if you were in it

[hmabboud]

Bravo..

[nardones73]

straordinario...e bellissimo!

[listeningtoit]

Perfect technique!

[gypsycafe]

This is a great production.

[liyzette]

Is this performance by any chance available on dvd? I can't find it anywhere on the internet..

[triolka]

meravigliosa!!!!!!!!

[Musettaprof]

Micaela Come on!!!! Don't lose your time with Don Jose!!!! Carmen is stupid!!!

[llum82]

I love Ildebrando he is amazing WOW I wanna be carmen because I really want to kiss you

[fer1179]

He's such a hunk!

[drdre333]

A shame they had to have someone dealing with the horse. It makes the production look like it's lacking polish.

Great clip though! Never seen d'Arcangelo's assumption of this role.

[singinginachurch]

Agreed! It would have looked better if he`d come in without help.

But, GREAT VIDEO, though!

[MARIADECORONADO]

bravissimo amore ! XD

[KaminaOne]

Ildebrando has an amazingly consistent top, great stage presence, and a commitment to delivering the meaning of what he sings. Absolutely great singer. I wish him continued success. I remember when he made his debut with Opera Rara. I was in Milan some time afterwards and met some people at the G. Verdi Conservatory who knew him when he was a student there. They all spoke highly of him. Sure enough! Thanks loads for posting!

[helendonath]

Mi piace molto Ildebrando!!!! Ha una bellissima voce: calda, vellutata e scura come un ottimo vino chianti! E' un bravissimo basso che ho avuto il piacere di ascoltare più volte dal vivo (don Giovanni, L'élisir d'amore). Penso che con Mozart sia formidabile ma non mi è molto piaciuto nell'Elisir per una non adeguata interpretazione del personaggio.

...ma ho la certezza che si sentirà parlare tantissimo di lui, in futuro: bellissima voce, bellissimo uomo e carisma da vendere.

[Wombles8]

Lucky Horse !!

[Gerardeus]

Ildebrando me parece un muy buen cantante con una gran voz, pero creo que Escamillo no es para él. Le falló por mucho la afinación en su registro medio-grave y grave, y creo que su vibrato esta muy oscilado (del cual también no le esta beneficiando en su entonación). Igualmente le falta un poco más de interpretación, aunque presencia escénica no le falta. Saludos!

[tosca31]

Thank you so much for posting this!!