Roberto Alagna & Leontina Vaduva - "O soave fanciulla"

[Loganberrymusic]

They are both amazing here. Nice to hear the high C at the end.

[dominiclorange]

Now that's acting!

[JIMY45GR]

MIMI (Ah, tu sol comandi, amor!) Fremon nell'anima dolcezze estreme, ecc Nel baccio freme amor! (oh come dolci scendono le sue lusinghe al cor...Tu sol comandi, amor!) No, per pieta! Sei mia! V'aspettan gli amici... Gia mi mandi via? Vorrei dir...ma non osso, Di. Se venissi con voi? Che? Mimi! Sarebbe cosi dolce restar qui. C'e freddo fuori.v Vi staro vicina! E al ritorno? Curioso! Dammi il braccio, o mia piccina... Obbedisco, signor! Che m'ami...di'...lo t'amo.

[corellithebest]

Alagna and Vaduva are utterly convincing as Mimi and Rodolfo! MAGNIFICENT!

[kalaf66]

bravi!!!



[Alienada68]

Awesome!

[FATADELAMARE]

Felicitari si multumiri, draga D-na Leontina! Va astept la Constanta!

[love5burgin]

brava Leontina Vaduva another great romanian soprano , beautiful voice indeed Alagna

[BufonCuantico]

andrea bocceli jajajajaja

[WolfpackRules]

Absolutely beautiful! Thank you!

[LucaYune]

When Alagna won the 'Luciano Pavarotti Concurr' , Pavarotti said to Alagna, 'YOUVE GOT A BEAUTIFUL VOICE'

[joanabanyeres]

Que bonito dúo , tan bien cantado Mimi excelente Alagna voz de oro.

[66jjma]

La plus belle Bohème que j'ai vu à ce jour, Alagna-Vaduva et c'etait à l'Opera de Paris-Bastille c'etait MA-GNI-FIQUE!!!! 

[turbofreddy]

Sounds like they were one on each side of the stage at the end!

[andutzys]

it's in italian...

[bookmaniac000]

what language is this in?

whatever it is its amazing....

[ptrix8719]

@bookmaniac000 its Italian! gotta love Puccini

[roberdancer]

as long as we lsitin to it and it gives us goosbumbs than it doesnt matter in what note its sang

[MolokoPlus1980]

Well said! :D

[Suturb55]

So glad to see this comment. Just listened to Bocelli sing the high C and thought "He got that wrong." Then I listened to Pavarotti, Bjorling, Gigli, and Alagna and ALL sang it with the higher ending. But not Caruso and I thought his was the MOST beautiful because it harmonized. A shame they all went for theatrical instead of beautiful at some point (Gigli?). Thanks for clarifying Puccini's credit for beauty. Should surprise no one.

[Yayahouette]

C'était la première fois que j'allais à l'opéra et c'est cette Bohème que j'ai vu....et c'était si beau.....

[wop9999]

Why does he have to scream out an unwritten high C at the end?

Lets end the high C talk once and for all.

Puccini wrote an E for the tenor and a high C for the soprano. They are in love, and leave in an embrace (that is called harmony) not screaming at the to top of their lungs.

Note, I own 5 scores of this opera and have conducted this a number of times. why can't we respect Puccini's wishes?

[robertdoyle1975]

Just enjoy the aria

[wotanman]

Wurd, Robert. Besides everyone knows that Tenors invariably suffer from Diva Envy- the poor things always have one toe in the glass slipper.

[donaldrose]

You insert this after every version of this aria. YOU ARE SERIOUSLY BORING!!  Yes, Puccini wrote an E but who cares. Audiences demand tenors sing high Cs and Puccinin loved the tenor voice and I am confident he doesn't care wherever he is.

Suck it up princess and enjoy the singing.

[searnold56]

No, audiences demand beautiful, exciting singing. I can imagine that they loved the C in the aria and without it here they wouldn't miss anything. Give the soprano her moment. Puccini also wrote this as pianissimo and here this is only achieved by being off-stage.

[mariomandini87]

no se realmente que tan adecuado sea este papel para roberto... pero dejando de lado eso es increible el control de aire que tiene es impresionante la respiracion en la frase "il sognio chio vorrei sempre soñar.... fremon gia nell anima " increible!!! bravo y el do agudo de la ultima parte tambien es muy respetable

[a28594]

Alagna what a pure and true tenor voice

[estanteriax]

¡Pero cómo puede alguien decir nada contra Alagna en este papel¡.Por favor, un poco más de rigor.Yo vi esta ópera en directo y nunca la olvidaré. Por supuesto, el triunfador de ese día fue Alagna, que es un actorazo, además

[operareg]

I love Vaduva, she's so expressive. She was marvellous as Juliette with Alagna in the Covent Garden production of Romeo et Juliette in the 1990's. It was televised by the BBC at the time, so somebody might have a clip from it.

[alberich88]

Without doubt, Vaduva is Mimi.

[5isgrace]

She is captivating in this role (as in most of her roles). I can't watch this without wondering how Andrea Bocelli would do as Rodolfo. I admire Alagna's voice and facility, but I wish he would have sustained the final note a bit longer.

[hwhap13]

Andrea Bocceli?!? He tried singing opera several times and it was disastrous each time. He finally inderstood that it takes much MUCH more to sing (and breathe!!!) any opera role than

pulling "Con te-he pa-ha-rtihiron".

[123pottage]

@hwhap13 i think what your saying is a load of rubbish. He has one of the best tenor voices around, comparable to that of Alfie Boe, and you spelt understood wrong!

[Ipausestuff]

HAHAHAHAHA i like bocelli but wow that joke made my day lol

[TheZOOM6488]

@alberich88 Yes, yes! Roberto Alagna and Leontina Vaduva are very harmonious at all. I love them so much!

[diehlan]

Alagna is a good actor... but he never studied singing...so you hear those forced things.

[davidleaton]

you are a moron. he began by teaching himself and then went on to study singing. you don't sound like this and rise to the very pinnacle of operatic success without study.

[ShawDAMAN]

I'm sure he studied, but his voice does sound a bit forced compared to greats like lanza, pavarotti

[LordoftheTrapdoors]

Lanza! Please, Lanza is a good tenor, buit, like also Bocelli, is NOT a true opera singer!

Alagna is a very good singer and a wonderful Rodolfo. Although others tenors, like Pavarotti or Kraus, are better as Rodolfo.

[thelouisfanclub]

lol yeah how can you have a voice like alagna without studying.

[aguacun]

I think those forced things are not by lack of technique but because Rodolfo is a heavy rol for him... but he sung it very well... I think is on his voice limits.

[raulnevsky]

Jo pues si este Rodolfo os parece malo, oid a Villazon y vereis lo que es cantar mal.

[pianoboyo]

very much enjoyed ms Vaduva...a wonderfull coy performance. the woman is supposed to be of a shy disposition and of fragile health and is so often sung by melodramatic overweight sopranos whose vibrato could take out radar! very nicely done - simple and effective - very touching - as it meant to be

[iTubeVlc]

No, I'm not kidding at all. You said :

"Also in Mi chiamano Mimì I had the same impression like he was running out of gas"

And I said: no he can't sing "Mi chiamano Mimí" his name is Rodolfo. (Mi chiamano Mimí is the SOPRANO aria, not the TENOR). And of course, I know perfectly who is Rodolfo and who is Roberto Alagna.

[ErnestoPetti]

hihihhihi he don't answer ahah

[iTubeVlc]

I don't think he will!!!

[adremoid]

you are perfectly right. Excuse me sir.

[iTubeVlc]

Alagna don't sing Mi chiamano Mimì, his name is Rodolfo! :-)

[adremoid]

I hope you are only kidding. Roberto Alagna is the name of the singer. Rodolfo is the name of the character.

[adremoid]

I understand Alagna is a mediatic star (specially in France) but in my opinion his voice seems to be very forced. Also in Mi chiamano Mimì I had the same impression like he was running out of gas. Maybe that night night he was not at his best.

[chemeche]

you are so funny