Il est sans conteste l'un des meilleurs ténors à l'échelle internationale pour le répertoire français; son articulation est bonne et son style adéquat. Beau timbre, bonne technique. Ce remarquable chanteur, même s'il se produit dans toutes les grandes maisons d'opéra, n'est pas reconnu à sa juste valeur mais il conduit sa carrière avec sagesse depuis 20 ans et fera sans doute preuve d'une belle longévité.
Preciosísima-!!! Aria de BIZET-Compositor Francés-para la Ópera "Los Pescadores de Perlas". Es sumamente Armoniosa, llena de una profunda Melancolía Musical, (que no es lo mismo que Romántica), y que nada deja indiferente al escucharla una y otra vez. PAUL GROVES hace una Interpretación "Dulce/Profunda" que a Mi me con-mueve considerablemente una y otra vez cuando la escucho. De los Grandes Artistas (actuales) que interpretan este Tema, Yo prefiero escucharla por esta Bonita Voz. Agradezco DvD
Absolutely beautiful- completely mesmerizing just as Bizet intended. Worthy of standing next to the greatest performances of the past. An exceptionally difficult aria, particularly at this slow tempo- which emphasizes the dreamy nature of this masterpiece.
Paul Groves...bravo...wonderful singing on that...this is more difficult than some of the big, bad nasty arias that we have heard for years...I miss you from our college years...remember The Messiah Chorus?
there is a version of this that i heard from figure skating during olympics by pair Pang / Tong.. it is so good and i want to find that version if anyone knows plz message me, the version can be heard if you search "PANG TONG SP NHK Trophy 2009" and watch that video..
Although it's got some high notes, there isn't much the performer can use to impress the audience. With this aria, pretty much all he's got to work with is musical expression- the performer has to really "get it" to make this piece work (and it's the kind of piece that if he doesn't, it sounds very boring). I think this is why many consider it among the more difficult arias to sing. I wish I heard it more often.
I have heard it attacked at forte with the diminuendo through the high B which I think can be effective because there is a written crescendo leading into the note itself. But, what I do like is the lighter tenor voice in this opera and aria in general, which Paul Groves is, even though I feel like he sacrifices a lot of resonance for the sake of the pp. Also I like the lighter feeling because of the meaning of the words... this is a very passionate song, very heart felt.
to Karma999, the tempo is correct, and that's obvious to anyone who knows the repertoire. this is one of the most difficult arias for tenor that was ever written, so admire the exceptional work done here and learn from the experience.
You are truly worthy! Levine saw your worth, and I do too. I wish your father, Dr. William Groves(late prof. of music McNeese St. Univ., Lake Charles, La.) could have heard your performance. My best to you and to your career. David Grantham, Tenor, Dallas, Tx.
Fantástico. ¡Qué buen gusto! Delicado, evocador... como manda la partitura. Piano, pianíssimo cuando ésta lo manda. Perfecto. Y sí, eso es vocce di testa y no falsete. Y justo eso es lo que pide el aria. Bendito Groves.
Es correcto, asi se deba cantar esta aria Bizet la sugiere, con voz de CABEZA, y no falsete como alguno cree, personalmente, me gusta mucho mas Daniel Bolhe, por el fiato interminable al estilo Kraus, pero en gustos....
Je préfère le mixte appuyé plutôt que la facilité du falsetto. Le mixte appuyé demande du soutien et donc de chanter sur le soufle. Diction française à revoir mais belle musicalité
I was talking to my vocal coach yesterday and he told me he is surprised that Paul hasn't gotten more famous with his voice than he has. I think he said that he couldn't understand why the Met hasn't signed him up. We both agree this voice is a beautiful.
He was in the Met's Young Artists Program. He specialises in Mozart which limits how popular he will ever be.
I believe he should do the Puccini roles and reach a larger audience. Bjoerling who I regard as the greatest tenor of the 20th century had a voice which was perhaps even smaller than Groves' and did many of the heavier roles. Groves has a great timbre which would project his voice even if it weren't natively large.
Smaller than Groves, maybe ..question of semantics.. but definitely more project and squillo..an intensity that allowed him to do some lirico-spinto stuff. Not sure of Groves has such an extra edge for heavier rep.
mrada, the Met has signed him up. I've seen him at the Met in The Rake's Progress a few years ago and in the new opera The First Emperor with Domingo in its premiere season and then again last season in its new modified version. I also have a recording of his Entfuhrung at the Met.
là cette voix, quel trouble agitait tout mon être quel fol espoir, au mont je crus reconnaître? hélas devant mes jolies gens pauvre souci. la même vision qu'on ne voit za pazé. non non, c'est le remords, la fièvre, le délire. zourga doit tout ce veau, j'aurais dit tout lui lire. Parjure, amoncement, j'ai voulu la revoir, j'ai découvert sa trace et j'ai suivi ses pas, et caché dans la nuit, et soupirant tout va, j'écoutais ces roux chats, apportais dans l'espace.
Well I know his French pronunciation is poor, I'm half French. But what pasfresh123 wrote aren't the lyrics, they are what the lyrics sound like when he's singing.
I'd like to point out though, that an Opera signer can't pronounce the words properly mainly because it would screw up the whole thing.
HA! Tell that to Nicolai Gedda, Alfredo Kraus, Léopold Simoneau, Jussi Bjoerling, etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc.
Did he die? The way it ends, with his name appearing and fading color, it looks like so many tributes to dead people. The only thing missing is his years.
Oh God no, He's alive, I heard him on last saturday singing Faust (Berlioz) in Geneva. I loved him: a remarkable honesty towards the part. In this post, the style is really fantastic. Resembles Vanzo, the real french lyricism.
Agree with most of what is posted. Excellent rendition of a most difficult aria. Mixed voice is "a perfectly legitimate" option but I also believe that the end was sung in falsetto.
He sings too smoothly. I don't hear the little swing impression that makes me think of little waves ending on the sand of a beach at dawn. His voice is like a slow river, i wouldn't say his flow is boring because this is too cruel, but there almost this feeling of boredome. I prefer a voice quiet sea, standing on the shore to hear it.
Cut the guy some slack! This is gorgeous singing by any measure. I heard The Pearl Fishers last night in Chicago, and as competent as the Nadir was, this is definitely better. I'm not a singer, but this aria seems really difficult, as it sits so high in the voice. Anyway, beautiful music and beautiful exchanges! I never cease to be amazed by the purity of the singing line in Bizet.
This is the way this aria should be sung: delicately and sensitively, with almost no chest voice in the high notes (I wish he would've spun the A's a bit more, though, instead of singing them with no vibrato). Bravo! Kraus's version is impressive but it's not touching (at least not to me).
This interpretation of this aria is one of the most beuatifull I ever heard. But Groves sing falsetto at the end and he can also goes from natural voice to falsetto very fluently. I'm a tenor and I know what I say. High C is a difficult note to sing special piano. When you sing like Kraus in mf its posibble to do it well. I also sing this aria but in g-moll key because high C I can sing only forte:)
Groves sings the soft high notes in head voice, not falsetto. In head voice the nasal resonance is dominant and the mouth or chest resonance is reduced. A note sung head voice can be increased to full voice by raising the volume. Groves sings all the notes of the aria with one voice and one method of voice production, but at different dynamic levels and different balances of resonance. Very few tenors could match this performance.
I love both versions, kraus and groves. Some comments would make one believe that kraus yells the aria - but he is singing half-voice, with full support. The first two c's are not done forte - the long, final c is just mf, with a diminuendo at the end - no small feat. Kraus has the more important voice, but Groves is very fine, too - a true and sensitive artist, very tender. He gives the high notes in mixed voice, which is perfectly legitimate, honourable and in style. Love them both.
Exquisitely beautiful! I discovered Nadir's aria over forty years ago and it has remained my absolute favourite opera aria. Paul Groves sings it superbly!
Groves sings the aria in the original key, going to high C on the last high note. The tempo is rather slow, putting even more pressure on the singer, because the long lines require great breath support. The intonation, legato, and control are excellent.
There's drama with Groves. Kraus is a shouter. He was in it to prove he was a high tenor with power. Groves still proved he was a tenor, but one that interprets the music rather than uses it as a vehicle for his virtuosity. Give me Groves any day!
I just caught him on PBS on the NY Phil's Candide broadcast. Now that's versatility!
Damn, that was as good as Gedda, maybe better because that was a live performance with an oboe player who was drunk. I don't think there is a tenor alive who can sing that better, and that in my opinion is the most difficult aria for a lyric tenor to sing (to sing well with style).
Domingo is one of the best dramatic tenors of the past 50 years, but this is a role that is not appropriate for his voice, just as Gedda would not be right for Calaf in Turandot.
This is a very good rendition. Personally, I like Groves' version of "Je crois entendre encore" better than Kraus'. I think that he has more expression and his so-called "falsetto" is not a defect at all. On the contrary, it adds more expression to the melody. Strong, powerful voices aren't everything. This was a very pleasing and heartfelt rendition.
PS: To those who criticise (falsetto, etc), where is your version, where is your version where you sing/play it "right?" where is your version that is better, posted online, and seen by thousands live?
PPS: Someone should take whoever, in this beautiful video, coughs and distracts, outside and flog and tar him/her.
PPPS: I don't even really like opera 'cept for Mozart's Requiem), but i see what they say about opera now: love it or hate it...it's in the experience.
I agree with both of your comments. Paul Groves makes a good Nadir. I don't care about the so-called (and questionable) "falsetto" thing. I like this rendition.
Second, I'm sure there is a way of coughing by not letting the air through your vocal chords and keeping your mouth shut (or other ways to keep from coughing, for example, staying home). But no, these people want to make their presence and health condition known to everybody.
After reading some of these comments, it's apparent that people always like to think they know everything about technique. I think this rendition is completely artistic and musical. And that is not falsetto, it's a connected head voice, just not nearly as much chest mixture into it which allows it to float. More power comes from more mixture. I though that this was very pleasing to listen to. Please be able to teach yourself correct technique before you pic apart someone elses. No one's perfect!
Hugh! He can sing better than this. Or at least he could a few years ago. This is almost ALL falsetto and the best kind. Not integrated into head voice or connected. Too big a shift. Incientally in "I PURITANI" in florence Paul sang a Hifh F as written and not just the C sharps and Ds. It was reinforced falsetto but impressive it was. This rendition is below his own standard.
he's awesome. he is also my community health nursing teacher's brother in law, lol. I will be watching him sing at the Lake Charles Symphoy this month. It should be a treat.
The man has tons of technique and needs all of it for this extremely difficult aria. He is singing the high notes in head voice, not falsetto, and this is just right for this dreamy melody.
let me make this simple!!!! there are lots of TRICKS that a singer uses to make the audience think they are hearing more than they are. sort of like when you trick the audience to think you are really singing high the C from the chest when in reality you are using the a mixture of chest and head. ALL GREAT tenor technicians DO this!! Paul chooses to use straight FALSETTO which is unappeling and a huge CHEAT for his VERY LIGHT voice. He doesnt even have a HIGH B! i know that for a fact!!
I don't know if he has a high B or not; But I think that falsetto tone at the very end is good and also the high notes; French Style....I know that he sang Arturo(I Puritani)He has to have a great high C sharp there... In this aria my favorite recording is Alain Vanzo singing Nadir and Great Maestro Pretre conducting: Real French interpretation.
you replied to me and not to operabitch77 you seem to be talking to. maybe he won't notice your message for that reason.
I think Paul Groves did a good job. Also Alain Vanzo is one of my favourite. Opera imaginaire anyone ? ;)
Not saying that it's you, but it's weird to see my comment which is factual get a -1 whereas the angry and accusatory comment of operabitch77 (predestined name) is left untouched.
I maintain my opinion, he does the highest note in full voice, the very end is falsetto.
lol you don't know that! listen to the pearl fishers duet of this same concert...he sings a few Bb's....wow, some of your comments i totally agree with with other clips on youtube, but sometimes they're pretty dumb,....
He actually sang this aria very well. Our problem is we are used to hearing robust tenors (starting with Caruso) doing this role. He sings it with the correct style of the age it was composed. The legato is correct for the French style. Italian Legato is Portamento based; French Legato is not, nor is German legato. His mixed voice is well done. As I said, we are used to Domingo singing this aria, not at all like the French style Bizet composed.
Me gustó mucho. Es otra versión de la bella canción. Consigue encantar también. La voz es suave y atractiva, no es Kraus, quien daba las notas a plena voz y qué voz. Me gusta.
magnifique! on se fout vos considerations sur le falsetto ou la mezza voce est ce beau :oui!!! et basta.salut à tous ces "connaisseurs" enculeurs de mouches
this is not voice...it is absolutly "falsetto", good, but falsetto. Quite nice style lesson, but this is no technique, this is natural voice. It seems like a " castrato voice " it is not "mezza voce appoggiata". Ther isn't "legato". He sings sometimes "between the notes", in other words his intonation is not perfect.
But in general, for musical is not bad...but opera is other thing!
I would like to hear other operatic and mostly lyric arias as Werther by Paul Groves, but this is amazing as he floats those sounds out in a piano technique and real mezza voce appoggiata and his rhytme, breath, he is very close to a falsetto but it is not one it is mezza voce extraordinary listen Gigli and Tito Schipa and you will know
You are wrong. The opposite is true. His high pianissimo notes are perfectly sustained and his voice maintains the same colour throughout the range thanks to technique. It is not possible to have a beautiful sound and style without technique, especially not in a high-lying aria such as this.
Thank god, someone who agrees with me about Paul Groves!!! It's sad when a singer with absolutely no concept of technique can have a successful opera career. His passagio is not consistant and his voice lacks the brilliance of opera greats before him. As Nennarone stated, Groves just gets by on having a good voice, without the power and technique needed to push to the next level of artistry.
His intonation is PERFECT, (it is the vibrato that goes "between the notes"); his french is atroce. I love the simplicity of his interpretation; but also listen to the singer (uncredited) in The Man Who Cried (Salvatore Licitra). Even better.
i'm french and i thought his french is totally fine. you can't ask him to do all the vowels the french way (especially some é were not right) as it's so high already that he probaly had to do it to save the purity of the line. I can only guess.
I find it strange that, when Gigli sings this way, it's great and it's hailed, but when this guy does it, he has lack of technique. Strange! Gigli often sang even more falsetto-ish than that.
It is absolutely heavenly. It is the most beautiful song ever and sang with such sensibility!! No one can come even close. Anyone knows about the occasion?
This is one of the most demanding arias for the tenor voice. Well, what can I say... An honourable attempt. I guess it is unfair to compare him to Alfredo Kraus.
What EXACTLY did you not like about Groves? What specifically do you prefer about Kraus' voice? I'm just curious to learn more about what makes a good performance, because I couldn't find anything wrong with Groves'.
To me, personally, it's his inconsistency in vibrato that turns me off his voice. A steady pretty vibrato shows proper support. It's still a beautiful sound, just not as pleasing to my ear as say someone who has a gorgeous vibrato along with the beautiful sound (like Kraus, or Gedda . . to me, Gedda does the best version of this song that I have heard)
What EXACTLY did you not like about Groves? What specifically do you prefer about Kraus' voice? I'm just curious to learn more about what makes a good performance, because I couldn't find anything wrong with Groves'.
mi sembra d'udire Beniamino Gigli da giovane, bellissima voce e tecnica perfetta, un grandissimo tenore.
mauroangelucci 3 months ago
finalmente sento cantare come si deve
LUCIGNOLOPT 3 months ago
l'ultimo cantante ...
LUCIGNOLOPT 3 months ago
E' meraviglioso!!!! Finalmente sento cantare bene!!!!!
MrSettenote 3 months ago
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Une très beau style de voix ,une très bonne diction , very very good
simonne821 3 months ago
Une très beau style de voix ,une très bonne diction , very very good
simonne821 3 months ago
cest qui cette petasse qui tousse dans la salle virez la !
mascou77 4 months ago
Paul, your voice was made for this song. I have always wanted to hear you sing this. Stunning!
jnet59 6 months ago
Il est sans conteste l'un des meilleurs ténors à l'échelle internationale pour le répertoire français; son articulation est bonne et son style adéquat. Beau timbre, bonne technique. Ce remarquable chanteur, même s'il se produit dans toutes les grandes maisons d'opéra, n'est pas reconnu à sa juste valeur mais il conduit sa carrière avec sagesse depuis 20 ans et fera sans doute preuve d'une belle longévité.
bpicaud1 7 months ago
Paul Groves should be a reference point for all light lyric tenors on what perfect technique is. Flawless.
h0bgawblin 8 months ago in playlist opera
@h0bgawblin I don't but maybe. Anyway Lawrence Brownlee is as close to flawlessness
petion2010 8 months ago
Preciosísima-!!! Aria de BIZET-Compositor Francés-para la Ópera "Los Pescadores de Perlas". Es sumamente Armoniosa, llena de una profunda Melancolía Musical, (que no es lo mismo que Romántica), y que nada deja indiferente al escucharla una y otra vez. PAUL GROVES hace una Interpretación "Dulce/Profunda" que a Mi me con-mueve considerablemente una y otra vez cuando la escucho. De los Grandes Artistas (actuales) que interpretan este Tema, Yo prefiero escucharla por esta Bonita Voz. Agradezco DvD
a4b3m2i1s 9 months ago
Pure and rich voice. Bravo!
al10506025 10 months ago
I love Paul Groves. Such a pure, beautiful sound.
ksmithsoprano 10 months ago
POR FAVOR, VER LA VERSION INCOMPARABLE DE ALFREDO KRAUS. PLEASE, WATCH THE WONDERFUL VERSION OF ALFREDO KRAUS.
jmhidalgo 11 months ago
il est magnifique !
micky9321 1 year ago
Hermosísimo.
mesie1ever 1 year ago
Masterful. Beautiful!
SFRDaniel 1 year ago
bravo, pero La versión de Miguel Fleta, es incomparable!°
coreTenore 1 year ago
bravo, pero La version de MIguel Fleta, es incomparable!°
coreTenore 1 year ago
Absolutely beautiful- completely mesmerizing just as Bizet intended. Worthy of standing next to the greatest performances of the past. An exceptionally difficult aria, particularly at this slow tempo- which emphasizes the dreamy nature of this masterpiece.
baltoman24 1 year ago
wow!
toreking1 1 year ago
my favourite part of the pearl fishers :)
hoursloth 1 year ago
It is superb!!
Just heavenly!!!
The most beautiful rendition of this aria I have ever heard.
I would love to see him sing more!!
matisse11able 1 year ago
Paul Groves...bravo...wonderful singing on that...this is more difficult than some of the big, bad nasty arias that we have heard for years...I miss you from our college years...remember The Messiah Chorus?
23stassi 1 year ago
Lovely!Bravo ;an intelligent and moving singing!
bvdswqawe11 1 year ago
Fanstatic.....
22Rossina 1 year ago
Absolument sublime ! Chant merveilleux, émotion pour le coeur, voix caressante et ton totalement juste. Le meilleur, il me semble, sur YouTube
saturne46 1 year ago
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OUi Magnifique et tout en douceur comme j'aime...Je dirais un des meilleurs avec R. Villazon.
Lakeofdespair 1 year ago
wwwwoooooooouuuuu
d1a6a 1 year ago
absolutely beautiful
chibinski 1 year ago
Que belleza de interpretaciòn
temporadaoperatica 1 year ago
Straordinario!
dolanf48 1 year ago
increiblemente hermoso...
ellicantropo 1 year ago
The best performance till Gigli's.
pedrell 2 years ago
there is a version of this that i heard from figure skating during olympics by pair Pang / Tong.. it is so good and i want to find that version if anyone knows plz message me, the version can be heard if you search "PANG TONG SP NHK Trophy 2009" and watch that video..
bqureshi21 2 years ago
Really great singing!
This aria is very difficult to sing. There are many changes in real voice and mixed voice. He has done all the "pianisimo" hige voice very good.
Bravo!
lucianoyeh 2 years ago 6
3:36
the ultimate pianissimo that many tenors forget...
partimou 2 years ago
a challenging piece sung beautifully!
michaelhemming 2 years ago
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can't stop listening to this
unbelievable
fujunction 2 years ago
This is divine!!!!!!!!!!!
Tonioo84 2 years ago 2
Just amazing. Especially 5:14 and on.
AlexVB622 2 years ago
The best since Alfredo Kraus
castodivo 2 years ago
Although it's got some high notes, there isn't much the performer can use to impress the audience. With this aria, pretty much all he's got to work with is musical expression- the performer has to really "get it" to make this piece work (and it's the kind of piece that if he doesn't, it sounds very boring). I think this is why many consider it among the more difficult arias to sing. I wish I heard it more often.
m134e5 2 years ago
It takes incredible style, grace & technique to sing it.
jrynz 2 years ago 4
If you sing it as written the high B should come pianissimo; that's pretty impressive.
Nicrhind 2 years ago
I have heard it attacked at forte with the diminuendo through the high B which I think can be effective because there is a written crescendo leading into the note itself. But, what I do like is the lighter tenor voice in this opera and aria in general, which Paul Groves is, even though I feel like he sacrifices a lot of resonance for the sake of the pp. Also I like the lighter feeling because of the meaning of the words... this is a very passionate song, very heart felt.
leggerotenor 2 years ago
This is absolutely BEAUTIFUL. I can't get it out of my mind. He looks so pleased with himself afterward, and rightly so.
matavidya 2 years ago
to Karma999, the tempo is correct, and that's obvious to anyone who knows the repertoire. this is one of the most difficult arias for tenor that was ever written, so admire the exceptional work done here and learn from the experience.
unotenore 2 years ago
B R A VO ! ! !
madaboutvoice 2 years ago
I like his voice but why he was singing so slow ? weird.
kharma999 2 years ago
Hi kharma999... Well... 1st i have to say something very very important....
Paul Groves has one of the better voices i ever heard... Just Amazing... Fantanstic..
And then the answer... Paul sang it to slowly be cause this Aria have to be so romantic... so lovely.... so to love...
This is a Romanza, so... he couldnt sing it just if were sing in Di quella Pira or Esultate. Well..... Good luck.
Elrong.
hipogrifus 2 years ago
beautifull, phrasing, one of the best performance of this aria...
DannySaenz 2 years ago
Paul, admirable!! no matter the nay-sayers,
You are truly worthy! Levine saw your worth, and I do too. I wish your father, Dr. William Groves(late prof. of music McNeese St. Univ., Lake Charles, La.) could have heard your performance. My best to you and to your career. David Grantham, Tenor, Dallas, Tx.
unotenore 2 years ago
Do tell him that he is very good.
Soft, wounderful timbre, nice pianos, a good insight of the musics metaphysic
In one word..., Excellent.
ForAll23 2 years ago
I LOVE THIS GUY...
Do tell him he's the n# 1
spiritbearpeace 2 years ago
I have never heard a better rendition of this aria. Bravo!!!
tenorman123 2 years ago
Fantástico. ¡Qué buen gusto! Delicado, evocador... como manda la partitura. Piano, pianíssimo cuando ésta lo manda. Perfecto. Y sí, eso es vocce di testa y no falsete. Y justo eso es lo que pide el aria. Bendito Groves.
julianvalcarcel 2 years ago
But this guy is so good! His technique is perfect, his artistry beautiful. This is real singing!
jrynz 2 years ago
Exquisite! Almost orgasmic in its beauty!
Love it!
Rexization 2 years ago
Almost WHAT ? ... U r very lucky to get a such feeling . U must be very sensitive ! ;-)
frankofparis 2 years ago
This is the way to sing it. No further comments!
Porkolty 2 years ago
im gonna sing with him iin werther!! :)
anczic 2 years ago
wow! congrats! ur very lucky, you must be great as well.
jcmcpr 2 years ago
well actually, i'm in a choir, and this is why i sing in act 1 and 4 in Werther. I'm playing the children... ;)
anczic 2 years ago
Me too but when showering ! ;-)
frankofparis 2 years ago
Es correcto, asi se deba cantar esta aria Bizet la sugiere, con voz de CABEZA, y no falsete como alguno cree, personalmente, me gusta mucho mas Daniel Bolhe, por el fiato interminable al estilo Kraus, pero en gustos....
acitipo 2 years ago
Beautiful, I gave it 5 stars...but I thought some of his notes were a little sharp. Oh well, better sharp than flat.
feraloperacompany 2 years ago
What a gorgeous voice! Thanks for posting.
lmspr 2 years ago
sembra un allievo di canto lirico, almeno un anno prima di finire il corso... e costui sarebbe stato al met? i have no words...
carlogic1953 2 years ago
fantastic ::::::::sweeet.
DannySaenz 2 years ago
I don't think he is a good tenor for this aria. May be better with Rossini's operas.
Alicantino1976 2 years ago
Je préfère le mixte appuyé plutôt que la facilité du falsetto. Le mixte appuyé demande du soutien et donc de chanter sur le soufle. Diction française à revoir mais belle musicalité
martialis1971 2 years ago
Excellent
ColoursTrue 3 years ago
Preciosos pianos..
daniminguezsanz 3 years ago
Aux clartés des étoiles
Je crois encor la voir
Entr'ouvrir ses longs voiles
Aux vents tièdes du soir.
Oh nuit enchanteresse
Divin ravissement
Oh souvenir charmant
Folle ivresse, doux rêve!
Charmant Souvenir!
Charmant Souvenir!
starcedar 3 years ago
Je crois entendre encore
Caché sous les palmiers
Sa voix tendre et sonore
Comme un chant de ramiers.
Oh nuit enchanteresse
Divin ravissement
Oh souvenir charmant,
Folle ivresse, doux rêve!
starcedar 3 years ago
wow, just so amazing to listen to.excellent voice control. i love kraus, but this interpretation is just so good. im torn for sure.
aaron3lee 3 years ago
Paul used to be the singer in our high school rock band. I would tell you more about it, but we have an honor code.
fritznlou 3 years ago
That's cool. He is really a great singer!
mradaChris 3 years ago
yes he is...he didn't sing like that in high school. That voice didn't show up until college.
fritznlou 3 years ago
I was talking to my vocal coach yesterday and he told me he is surprised that Paul hasn't gotten more famous with his voice than he has. I think he said that he couldn't understand why the Met hasn't signed him up. We both agree this voice is a beautiful.
mradaChris 3 years ago
He was in the Met's Young Artists Program. He specialises in Mozart which limits how popular he will ever be.
I believe he should do the Puccini roles and reach a larger audience. Bjoerling who I regard as the greatest tenor of the 20th century had a voice which was perhaps even smaller than Groves' and did many of the heavier roles. Groves has a great timbre which would project his voice even if it weren't natively large.
Not everyone can be del Monaco or Vickers.
donaldrose 3 years ago
It is interesting that you mentioned Vickers. My current coach (Sandy Britian) was trained by Vickers.
mradaChris 3 years ago
Smaller than Groves, maybe ..question of semantics.. but definitely more project and squillo..an intensity that allowed him to do some lirico-spinto stuff. Not sure of Groves has such an extra edge for heavier rep.
Pawelp 3 years ago
mrada, the Met has signed him up. I've seen him at the Met in The Rake's Progress a few years ago and in the new opera The First Emperor with Domingo in its premiere season and then again last season in its new modified version. I also have a recording of his Entfuhrung at the Met.
rmm413c 3 years ago
Excellent! He is such a good singer!
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mradaChris 3 years ago
This man could melt ice with that voice! So beautiful, so warm, so pleasant!!!
mradaChris 3 years ago
pasfresh123 3 years ago
je crois en tôdre en colle caché sous les pâles mia,
sa voix tondre et sônore quand mon chat de rat mieux.
ô nuit, ah chat te resse, du vin ravit ce mot,
ô souvenu, char, mot, folle ivresse, doux rêveux.
ô clarté des étoiles, je crois en colle à voile,
entrouvrit ses longs voiles, ô mont tienne des soies.
ô nuit etc.
pasfresh123 3 years ago
on trourit ses longs voiles...
pasfresh123 3 years ago
I hope you're joking, those aren't the lyrics AT ALL.
GreenKab 3 years ago
I am, but he is not.
pasfresh123 3 years ago
They are the lyrics, but his French pronunciation is poor.
starcedar 3 years ago
Well I know his French pronunciation is poor, I'm half French. But what pasfresh123 wrote aren't the lyrics, they are what the lyrics sound like when he's singing.
I'd like to point out though, that an Opera signer can't pronounce the words properly mainly because it would screw up the whole thing.
GreenKab 3 years ago
I see what you mean, I didn't see the lyrics on the other page. Youtube won't let me post the correct lyrics in this post so I'll try again.
starcedar 3 years ago
HA! Tell that to Nicolai Gedda, Alfredo Kraus, Léopold Simoneau, Jussi Bjoerling, etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc.
pasfresh123 3 years ago
9e ligne, en fait, il dit:
j'ai découvert sa trace et j'ai suivi ses pois.
(elle avait un trou dans son sac de pois)
pasfresh123 3 years ago
1:12
pasfresh123 3 years ago
Aside from the tempo being nearly a dirge, this is fantastic. Groves has such a gorgeous voice, though. This is good singing.
scutootjb 3 years ago
Did he die? The way it ends, with his name appearing and fading color, it looks like so many tributes to dead people. The only thing missing is his years.
pasfresh123 3 years ago
haha, no he didn't die.
i know what you mean though, it looks like a weird "looking back" thing.
qspudley 3 years ago
Oh God no, He's alive, I heard him on last saturday singing Faust (Berlioz) in Geneva. I loved him: a remarkable honesty towards the part. In this post, the style is really fantastic. Resembles Vanzo, the real french lyricism.
francescobi 3 years ago
Ésta es sin duda la mejor versión, luego estaría la de Alain Vanzo, y más abajo la de Kraus (en el montón)
coralrabida 3 years ago
I liked it until the end!Those last notes were definitely sung in falsetto, not a mix!
nichtsleezy 3 years ago
Wow, almost as good as Gedda, who, in my opinion, was the best in this aria.
bianco1972 3 years ago
Agree with most of what is posted. Excellent rendition of a most difficult aria. Mixed voice is "a perfectly legitimate" option but I also believe that the end was sung in falsetto.
lungdoc 3 years ago
He sings too smoothly. I don't hear the little swing impression that makes me think of little waves ending on the sand of a beach at dawn. His voice is like a slow river, i wouldn't say his flow is boring because this is too cruel, but there almost this feeling of boredome. I prefer a voice quiet sea, standing on the shore to hear it.
poymanjoe 3 years ago
To poymanjoe-oh please!!
nichtsleezy 3 years ago
Cut the guy some slack! This is gorgeous singing by any measure. I heard The Pearl Fishers last night in Chicago, and as competent as the Nadir was, this is definitely better. I'm not a singer, but this aria seems really difficult, as it sits so high in the voice. Anyway, beautiful music and beautiful exchanges! I never cease to be amazed by the purity of the singing line in Bizet.
jadedzombie 3 years ago
very good but i like Kraus better
TheRealEmit 3 years ago
This is the way this aria should be sung: delicately and sensitively, with almost no chest voice in the high notes (I wish he would've spun the A's a bit more, though, instead of singing them with no vibrato). Bravo! Kraus's version is impressive but it's not touching (at least not to me).
turbofreddy 3 years ago
Groves is such a splendid tenor, I really wish that there were more videos posted of him.
Operafiend22 3 years ago
This interpretation of this aria is one of the most beuatifull I ever heard. But Groves sing falsetto at the end and he can also goes from natural voice to falsetto very fluently. I'm a tenor and I know what I say. High C is a difficult note to sing special piano. When you sing like Kraus in mf its posibble to do it well. I also sing this aria but in g-moll key because high C I can sing only forte:)
budzikejros 3 years ago
Groves sings the soft high notes in head voice, not falsetto. In head voice the nasal resonance is dominant and the mouth or chest resonance is reduced. A note sung head voice can be increased to full voice by raising the volume. Groves sings all the notes of the aria with one voice and one method of voice production, but at different dynamic levels and different balances of resonance. Very few tenors could match this performance.
Samurai9 3 years ago
And he's not a lyrical tenor.
s3par3knumalas 3 years ago
I love both versions, kraus and groves. Some comments would make one believe that kraus yells the aria - but he is singing half-voice, with full support. The first two c's are not done forte - the long, final c is just mf, with a diminuendo at the end - no small feat. Kraus has the more important voice, but Groves is very fine, too - a true and sensitive artist, very tender. He gives the high notes in mixed voice, which is perfectly legitimate, honourable and in style. Love them both.
bramoditrionfar 3 years ago
Tu the guy tha says that Grooves uses falseto:
It is justa a "Pianissimo" a lot a people calls the smoothi head voice falceto, but it is justa pianissimo.
Groves is Wonderful.
samuelbautenor 3 years ago
Exquisitely beautiful! I discovered Nadir's aria over forty years ago and it has remained my absolute favourite opera aria. Paul Groves sings it superbly!
lingeras 3 years ago
Groves sings the aria in the original key, going to high C on the last high note. The tempo is rather slow, putting even more pressure on the singer, because the long lines require great breath support. The intonation, legato, and control are excellent.
Samurai9 3 years ago
There's drama with Groves. Kraus is a shouter. He was in it to prove he was a high tenor with power. Groves still proved he was a tenor, but one that interprets the music rather than uses it as a vehicle for his virtuosity. Give me Groves any day!
I just caught him on PBS on the NY Phil's Candide broadcast. Now that's versatility!
OMSkinny 3 years ago
Damn, that was as good as Gedda, maybe better because that was a live performance with an oboe player who was drunk. I don't think there is a tenor alive who can sing that better, and that in my opinion is the most difficult aria for a lyric tenor to sing (to sing well with style).
spgtenor 3 years ago
So Domnigo sings this aria and he's not a lyrics tenor.And he sings it at another level.
s3par3knumalas 3 years ago
Domingo is one of the best dramatic tenors of the past 50 years, but this is a role that is not appropriate for his voice, just as Gedda would not be right for Calaf in Turandot.
spgtenor 3 years ago
Dies hab´ ich mich sehr gefreut!!! Besser als Kraus!!! Das Gefühl seiner Stimme... die überallmächtigkeit
Wunderbar!!!
zellagro 3 years ago
This is rather weak compared to Kraus
Omar19715 3 years ago 2
Is the best interpretacion I ever heard, no douts them are better wif everyone I ever heard! It's my favorite interpretecion!
rmtenorlirico 3 years ago
This is a very good rendition. Personally, I like Groves' version of "Je crois entendre encore" better than Kraus'. I think that he has more expression and his so-called "falsetto" is not a defect at all. On the contrary, it adds more expression to the melody. Strong, powerful voices aren't everything. This was a very pleasing and heartfelt rendition.
cto10121 3 years ago 5
Es falcete o voz mixta??
maxmarce 3 years ago
WOW.
PS: To those who criticise (falsetto, etc), where is your version, where is your version where you sing/play it "right?" where is your version that is better, posted online, and seen by thousands live?
PPS: Someone should take whoever, in this beautiful video, coughs and distracts, outside and flog and tar him/her.
This is a GREAT performance.
Universus00 3 years ago
PPPS: I don't even really like opera 'cept for Mozart's Requiem), but i see what they say about opera now: love it or hate it...it's in the experience.
Universus00 3 years ago
I agree with both of your comments. Paul Groves makes a good Nadir. I don't care about the so-called (and questionable) "falsetto" thing. I like this rendition.
Second, I'm sure there is a way of coughing by not letting the air through your vocal chords and keeping your mouth shut (or other ways to keep from coughing, for example, staying home). But no, these people want to make their presence and health condition known to everybody.
legato699 3 years ago 2
perfect
Trubadurul 3 years ago
anyone else catch the oboe completely missing his/her entrance at the top of the aria?? Whoops
drewski67 3 years ago
Excelente representacion... me gusto mucho mas que la de Kraus
diehlan 3 years ago
será un chico muy aplicadito, pero ni el timbre es encantador ni la voz extensa... nada, nada, no pasa de tres estrellas
TrovadorManrique 3 years ago
After reading some of these comments, it's apparent that people always like to think they know everything about technique. I think this rendition is completely artistic and musical. And that is not falsetto, it's a connected head voice, just not nearly as much chest mixture into it which allows it to float. More power comes from more mixture. I though that this was very pleasing to listen to. Please be able to teach yourself correct technique before you pic apart someone elses. No one's perfect!
jontenorboy 3 years ago 5
Hugh! He can sing better than this. Or at least he could a few years ago. This is almost ALL falsetto and the best kind. Not integrated into head voice or connected. Too big a shift. Incientally in "I PURITANI" in florence Paul sang a Hifh F as written and not just the C sharps and Ds. It was reinforced falsetto but impressive it was. This rendition is below his own standard.
XPRT10R 3 years ago
he's awesome. he is also my community health nursing teacher's brother in law, lol. I will be watching him sing at the Lake Charles Symphoy this month. It should be a treat.
doublepenetrator 3 years ago
BRAVO!!!! una maravilla.
Crampton1983 3 years ago
sigo pensando que el mejor es Miguel Fleta, así como el Maestro Kraus.
shiawatha 4 years ago
No había escuchantes antes a este tenor.. me encantó, una voz clara y melodiosa, la mejor interpretacion de esta obra....genial!
amacine 4 years ago
The man has tons of technique and needs all of it for this extremely difficult aria. He is singing the high notes in head voice, not falsetto, and this is just right for this dreamy melody.
Samurai9 4 years ago 2
let me make this simple!!!! there are lots of TRICKS that a singer uses to make the audience think they are hearing more than they are. sort of like when you trick the audience to think you are really singing high the C from the chest when in reality you are using the a mixture of chest and head. ALL GREAT tenor technicians DO this!! Paul chooses to use straight FALSETTO which is unappeling and a huge CHEAT for his VERY LIGHT voice. He doesnt even have a HIGH B! i know that for a fact!!
operabitch77 4 years ago
i can hear falsetto only in the very very end.
cuicuimusic 4 years ago
he does it around 3:40
moh672 3 years ago
I don't know if he has a high B or not; But I think that falsetto tone at the very end is good and also the high notes; French Style....I know that he sang Arturo(I Puritani)He has to have a great high C sharp there... In this aria my favorite recording is Alain Vanzo singing Nadir and Great Maestro Pretre conducting: Real French interpretation.
mertsungu 4 years ago
you replied to me and not to operabitch77 you seem to be talking to. maybe he won't notice your message for that reason.
I think Paul Groves did a good job. Also Alain Vanzo is one of my favourite. Opera imaginaire anyone ? ;)
Not saying that it's you, but it's weird to see my comment which is factual get a -1 whereas the angry and accusatory comment of operabitch77 (predestined name) is left untouched.
I maintain my opinion, he does the highest note in full voice, the very end is falsetto.
cuicuimusic 3 years ago
no i was replying to you. he does falsetto from 3:38 - 3:40 approx not just the very end, plus he flips over sometimes inbetween. :)
moh672 3 years ago
lol you don't know that! listen to the pearl fishers duet of this same concert...he sings a few Bb's....wow, some of your comments i totally agree with with other clips on youtube, but sometimes they're pretty dumb,....
vincitor 3 years ago
He actually sang this aria very well. Our problem is we are used to hearing robust tenors (starting with Caruso) doing this role. He sings it with the correct style of the age it was composed. The legato is correct for the French style. Italian Legato is Portamento based; French Legato is not, nor is German legato. His mixed voice is well done. As I said, we are used to Domingo singing this aria, not at all like the French style Bizet composed.
BDSCalgary 4 years ago 4
piękne!
doribreslau 4 years ago
Me gustó mucho. Es otra versión de la bella canción. Consigue encantar también. La voz es suave y atractiva, no es Kraus, quien daba las notas a plena voz y qué voz. Me gusta.
victoriakraus 4 years ago
Blabla, why are you people fighting over such futile matters?
GreenKab 4 years ago
magnifique! on se fout vos considerations sur le falsetto ou la mezza voce est ce beau :oui!!! et basta.salut à tous ces "connaisseurs" enculeurs de mouches
tidaliumpelo 4 years ago
@tidaliumpelo tout a fait d'accord, et en plus un anglais ne chanteras jamais comme nous et pire dans l'autre sens cé clair!!!
21Marper 2 years ago
MUY MUY BUENO!!!!!!!!!
maxmarce 4 years ago
this is not voice...it is absolutly "falsetto", good, but falsetto. Quite nice style lesson, but this is no technique, this is natural voice. It seems like a " castrato voice " it is not "mezza voce appoggiata". Ther isn't "legato". He sings sometimes "between the notes", in other words his intonation is not perfect.
But in general, for musical is not bad...but opera is other thing!
nennarone 4 years ago
I would like to hear other operatic and mostly lyric arias as Werther by Paul Groves, but this is amazing as he floats those sounds out in a piano technique and real mezza voce appoggiata and his rhytme, breath, he is very close to a falsetto but it is not one it is mezza voce extraordinary listen Gigli and Tito Schipa and you will know
egymagyar1111111 4 years ago 2
You are wrong. The opposite is true. His high pianissimo notes are perfectly sustained and his voice maintains the same colour throughout the range thanks to technique. It is not possible to have a beautiful sound and style without technique, especially not in a high-lying aria such as this.
Pollione88 4 years ago
Thank god, someone who agrees with me about Paul Groves!!! It's sad when a singer with absolutely no concept of technique can have a successful opera career. His passagio is not consistant and his voice lacks the brilliance of opera greats before him. As Nennarone stated, Groves just gets by on having a good voice, without the power and technique needed to push to the next level of artistry.
Edhyde24601 4 years ago
His intonation is PERFECT, (it is the vibrato that goes "between the notes"); his french is atroce. I love the simplicity of his interpretation; but also listen to the singer (uncredited) in The Man Who Cried (Salvatore Licitra). Even better.
jeanpmurray 4 years ago
i'm french and i thought his french is totally fine. you can't ask him to do all the vowels the french way (especially some é were not right) as it's so high already that he probaly had to do it to save the purity of the line. I can only guess.
cuicuimusic 4 years ago
I find it strange that, when Gigli sings this way, it's great and it's hailed, but when this guy does it, he has lack of technique. Strange! Gigli often sang even more falsetto-ish than that.
GentleSavage1 4 years ago
It is absolutely heavenly. It is the most beautiful song ever and sang with such sensibility!! No one can come even close. Anyone knows about the occasion?
matisse07 4 years ago
Beautifully sung!
paulostroff99 4 years ago
This is one of the most demanding arias for the tenor voice. Well, what can I say... An honourable attempt. I guess it is unfair to compare him to Alfredo Kraus.
edronc2007 4 years ago 2
What EXACTLY did you not like about Groves? What specifically do you prefer about Kraus' voice? I'm just curious to learn more about what makes a good performance, because I couldn't find anything wrong with Groves'.
zexyman 4 years ago
To me, personally, it's his inconsistency in vibrato that turns me off his voice. A steady pretty vibrato shows proper support. It's still a beautiful sound, just not as pleasing to my ear as say someone who has a gorgeous vibrato along with the beautiful sound (like Kraus, or Gedda . . to me, Gedda does the best version of this song that I have heard)
spyderwalk 4 years ago
What EXACTLY did you not like about Groves? What specifically do you prefer about Kraus' voice? I'm just curious to learn more about what makes a good performance, because I couldn't find anything wrong with Groves'.
zexyman 4 years ago
His voice is like an angel. I know that's such a cliche thing to say. He reminds me of Jussi Bjoerling.
operaboy81 4 years ago
entendre not ententre
ATRXXRTA 4 years ago