I already played this in the flute with other instruments, most beautiful song I've ever played, it's just so catching, god! Well, I don't play the flute anymore, but I like to listen to this to remember those good times :)
This masterpiece, premiered in September 30, 1791 in Vienna, can be regarded as the musical and ideological testament of Mozart, so it has to universal exaltation of supreme values and ideals.
Man muss den Religiösen zugute halten, dass sich die Phantasie, derer sie sich bedienen, um sich ihre Musik und die darin erscheinenden Götter zu erklären, sich nicht selbst geschaffen hat.
Dennoch sollte man die in und mit Mozarts Isis und Osiris gebotene Leistung eines Kurt Moll nicht schlichtweg göttlich nennen: Der Mann hat hart gearbeitet.
I Think he has a lot of technical problems with his voice. His vowel placement is to far back. Also has a nervous vibrato which indicates wrong breath support.
@ARob3592 no offense ARob but you have no idea what your talking about. There is nothing nervous about his vibrato, his vowels are far back but for an operatic bass that is the norm and just to sing this piece at a slow tempo like this takes an incredible amount of breath support, the phrases are very long.
I am not doubting that the Russian profondos have lower, more resonant voices than Moll. Then again I have only heard Moll sing the regular operatic repertoire, which does not require him to sing below a bottom D. The reason why opera generally does not require a bass to go lower than a D is that at this end of the voice, volume and squillo are greatly sacrificed.
@idaspe Moll is a beast for sure, but I don't get quite that image from this recording. There are basses that sound much bigger, much darker who give ME that feeling. If you haven't already: check out some Russian singers.
@idaspe Vladimir Miller, who's already been mentioned, Mikhail Kruglov, Alexander Ort, Sergey Kochetov, and of course the greatest old masters: Yuri Wichniakov and the late, great Vladimir Pasjukov. Enjoy!
@chowman007 Sure, he's no Miller, but I've heard him go down to the C2 in Richard Strauss's "Der Rosencavelier" with a strong tone. That certifies him as an operatic basso profundo.
@chowman007 Firstly, how can you mention Sam Ramey and Valdimir Millier in the same sentence? Ramey is a coloratura bass and Miller is an basso profondo/octavist. Secondly, Moll's timbre is undoubtedly that of a basso profondo NOT bass-baritone. You need to watch "The Commendatore scene" also on youtube where Moll sings Commendatore and Ramey sings Don Giovanni. The difference is obvious! The Met opera don't just employ just anybody you know.
@MrJamalKRahman Not doubting any of Moll's abilities, but to say he has the timbre of a profundo seems strange. Perhaps if you mean an Opera profundo. He sounds nothing like the profundos of the eastern orthodox choirs. To me his timbre more resembles that of an opera bass. I often find when listening to operatic basses and baritones that their timbre is similar, so to say Moll's timbre is that of a bass-baritone isn't so far fetched to me.
@KjeXXXer What you need to take into account is that as an opera singer, Kurt Moll is required to sing on a huge stage which has 40ft of orchestra pit in front of it. He does all of this with no amplification! You will find that the Russian profondos will have a small pick up mic which allows their low notes to be more audible in recordings. In addition, they usually sing in big churches that acoustically work in their favour.
@KjeXXXer When I mentioned amplification, I was referring to the fact that the Russian profondos as well as Kurt Moll are as the mercy of the sound recording equipment recording their voice. It is difficult to fathom just what these singers would sound like in person, and it is certainly unclear as to how loud and authoritative their low notes are. When listening to singers on youtube, their low notes are only as loud as one's computer volume settings.
@MrJamalKRahman True. I think however live recordings, concerts filmed with private cameras from the crowd give us a pointer to the power of a voice. Mikhail Kruglov has a few vids on the tube that were filmed with a camera from the crowd, were he sounds pretty prominent.
@KjeXXXer I am not doubting that the Russian profondos have lower, more resonant voices than Moll. Then again I have only heard Moll sing the regular operatic repertoire, which does not require him to sing below a bottom D. The reason why opera generally does not require a bass to go lower than a D is that at this end of the voice, volume and squillo are greatly sacrificed.
@KjeXXXer Moll serves as one of the best examples of a profound operatic bass! The term basso-profondo often gets confused with the term "octavist" which refers to a bass who can sing an octave lower than standard basses. Perhaps Moll could sing as low as the Russians if he wanted to. I very much doubt that the Russian octavists could sing the operatic repertoire with the same volume and authority as Moll. Moll's voice may be mellower in tone, but the colour of his tone is undoubtedly black!
@MrJamalKRahman I won't agree the term is confused at all, there are just two different meanings. On one hand there is the opera profundo in western music, like Moll, who is among the very finest. A Russian-style profundo is a very, very strong 2nd Bass, who can handle notes down to the B flat with large resonance and sound. An oktavist is a deep profundo, who can hit contra G and F with a certain ease and comfort, creating a relatively large sound even in such darkness.
As far as the colour of his tone, I find that is subjective. It might be a more objective statement to those educated in Music science and what not, but I don't find it black as such. Great singer though.
Awesome singing, awesome music. All I listen to these days is Die Zauberflöte. The music has so much depth, complexity, and originality. If Mozart had written only one act of this opera and nothing else his whole life, he'd still be remembered as a genius. It's mind-boggling to consider how many masterpieces the world will never hear because Mozart died at age 35. If he'd lived until even 55 ... damn! Mozart is my new religion.
@itomas Actually, I heard him hit the low C2 in his role as Baron Ochs in Richard Strauss's Der Rosenkavelier. He is a basso profundo, and it is expected that someone of this vocal fach be able to hit the Dd2 or lower. The C2 is optional in this aria, and he just chose not to sing it. He did, however, interpolate a low D2 as the Commendatore in Don Giovanni where it was not originally written. You can check out that video.
0/10 for trolling. Can you sing it, can you sing it LOUD? Post a video response, simple as that. Is that you singing Ave Maria in your vids? And you claim you can hit, no, SING a low C? Ridiculous.
And yeah, guess i just got trolled, i just love Kurt Moll that much.
I like Kurt Moll a lot but he was obviously having a very bad day... He's off-key from beginning to end f'r god's sake.. And he knows it as well .. look at his face... and the public is rather lukewarm half-clapping at the end.. Check out his rendering of Osmin if you want to see him at his best (here on YT) and prefer Martti Talvela's recorded version (not the live version) or even Gottlob Frick 's for considerably better renderings of 'Isis ad Osiris'.
chuck norris sucks ass. this young man is great. from now on please compare him to bruce lee or maybe even a mike tyson (before he started sucking or biting).
As someone with an extensive operatic background, I can tell you firsthand that opera is perhaps the most polarizing musical genre ever created. Whether you love or hate this (*or ANY music, for that matter!), no one should be berated for his/her musical preferences. If you like it, listen away to your heart's content; if you don't, no one said you had to!
These videos are wonderful. Find a singer that you admire and then watch and learn.
How do they use their facial muscles? Breathing, body usage, etc. You will learn so much by watching and observing closely and practicing what you see.
Enjoy the free technique lessons. A picture or a performance speaks and teaches volumes. This man was superb and so are many others. Learn from all of them.
@therealericmeyer I can't believe that you're actually criticising the pronunciation of a native. I dare you to try and pronounce four consonants (of which three plosives, all in different positions) AND making it sound natural AND sing it... (unless you're Berber or Nuxálk, ofcourse)
@therealericmeyer You realize that he is German. I'm going to assume that as it is his native language he knows how speak it a bit better than you would.
@SuperDarchangel Mann, ich hab echt das gefühl, du glaubst deine sprüche auch noch! tight laryngael!!! :-D selten so gelacht! Sags ihm, vielleicht lernt er ja noch was von dir!
Wow this is the best O siris I ever heard, tried so many but none come close to this wonderful peformance, I know nothing about the technique of singing, but this sounds good to me
@afghanforlife My understanding is that vibrato actually indicates vocal freedom. If the throat is relaxed and the vocal folds free to move, you naturally get vibrato - an oscillation in intensity that occurs naturally with a freely vibrating fold. In this sense vibrato IS unadulterated tone - in fact you'll hear it in a lot of good Pop/Music Theatre singers as well. Re Opera: Straight tone doesn't have the same harmonic profile and wouldn't cut through an orchestra the same way.
I think your second point, re its use for projection purposes, has more basis. Apart from that, I think of vibrato as a stylistic and ornamental device. Not discounting that a 'little' vibrato maybe the result of physiological factors, but coming from a background in Hindustani and other Eastern musics, I have a bias towards intonation of notes aimed towards their centre, as this is the ideal in said traditions of vocal music.
In Indian music, there is an ornament called 'andolan'. But this is a deliberate, often wide and heavy, oscillation between a swara and its neighbouring notes in the scale and the usage is judiciously applied and governed by the grammar of a particular raga, and as such is not a stylistic device that the ubiquitous vibrato is in Western music.
@afghanforlife Fair enough point about the different cultural traditions and aesthetics for music. I think perhaps vibrato can occur in more than one way: as a result of an overall technical approach (and I'd note the difference between vibrato and a "wobble" here) or consciously used as a special effect, when using a straight tone. I'm not sure that the technical approach would be the same in each case. I don't really know anything about Hindustani music - anything on youtube worth looking at?
@afghanforlife Vibrato is completely natural. It actually comes from the freedom of one's voice, so to sing straight tone is actually putting pressure on one's voice. I'm currently a vocal student at a university and I've noticed that the more relaxed I am when I sing, the stronger my vibrato and the more clear my voice is. I'm still figuring this out, as I'm only a freshman, but I can tell you that the voice with vibrato is much freer and projects more than the voice without.
@ktrum492 Well I'm not so sure if this objective truth (that vibrato is a natural emanation from a free voice production) or whether it's traditional aesthetics posing as that. We certainly don't speak normally with any vibrato, so what makes singing so different? I think the aim with western classical vocals is always in dynamic projection, so there might something to be said for vibrato in achieving that. In other traditions projection is not so important as e.g. fidelity to tones in ragas.
@afghanforlife It's absolutely natural. Full support makes the vocal folds vibrate as they come together then separate. Talk to an otolaryngologist before some early music idiot convinces you to hurt yourself.
Superb breath and vocal control - perfect forming of his sound, without any effort he lifts those low notes in a continious flow- forming his magmificent sound!
there is a huge ignorance about Bass voices and the enormous difficulty they have to bring such magnificence to the ear! Wonderful singing here!
@SuperDarchangel haha ok if that's bad technique then screw technique lol watched all others on youtube singing this and for me... (hold hands up - i'm student of jazz not opera) none other comes close, i mean not anywhere near the feeling i get lisetning to this guy... so as i said stuff technique... i love the overbaring, 'god-like' german-ness which ouses out of his every fibre - this rocks! the other sound pathetic next to him...
@SuperDarchangel hehe aw frog? to me that will always mean a frenchman i'm sorry lol anyway frogs are stream-lined and athletic, i guess kurt would be more like a toad - glorious toad of toad hall... argh i miss being a kid lol - anyway i like him the best, really the others don't do it for me at least i think he sings 'isis und osiris' and 'in diesen...' better than the others i've seen - haha cheers mate
Stop your fighting. Can any of you take this man on in a fight? This man is so goddamn awesome he will straight up knock your ass to the ground by sheer virtue of his amazingness. The fact that we are even allowed to talk about him is because he has willed it to be so. He may be retired but at one gesture of his hand some kid from Juilliard will come to your house and slit your throat with piano wire. Now sit yourselves right the hell down and enjoy some damn fucking amazing singing.
Well put. I am an opera student and I know how hard it is to really sing opera with emotion, clearness, and enough voice to be heard in a packed house well, and I think Kurt Moll delivers a splendid performance here. The only thing I dislike about Moll is his rendition of "O, Wie Will Ich Triumphiren", BUT I like everything else this legend has recorded.
@candidnt Your comment really vulgar and I didn't wan't to read things like this when enjoying great music. I guess it got many votes because of your brash "Chuck Norris"-jargong and I guess that is what happens due to people these days beeing unable to enjoy things without them beeing "hella fuckin' balls-to-the-wall awesome". Could you pleese remove the comment?
@1891serru No. If you don't want to read it, you don't have to. And furthermore, I resent your condescension in suggesting how other people enjoy their music. All music, especially incredible works of art such as this, belong to everyone.
@candidnt After this I'll probably stop reading the top rated comments. Which brings me to the problem with internet, it belongs to the people. Internet is the only reason "the people" has gained access to this kind of music. The problem with the ppl (and thus the internet) is that it is vulgar and ugly but you still have a use for it. As you might guess I resent your force-fed democratic defence of the ppls right to this music.
@1891serru How sad for you that you don't think people deserve to listen to great music. Opera doesn't belong to only the wealthy and privileged. It's for all of us, big and small and white and black and rich and poor.
@1891serru So people "have to" react to music a certain way? It's obvious you understand music less than people who have never even heard opera before. Go listen to Britney Spears, that should be easier for you.
@1891serru You need to climb down off of your pedestal, and pull the golden stick out of your ass. Who do you think you are to try and berate anyone for their enjoyment of music? Music belongs to us all, not just the select few. I advise you learn how the world works, and adjust to it because in case you haven't noticed it isn't going to change anytime soon and your bitching won't help anything.
is there a better bass out there than moll?! man this guy is just winning my heart over for this fach and i havent even got to listen to anyone else really! Superb vid!
If you're fach is a bass can you sing...say below G below low C at an early age or does it take a while to train? Cause I was told since my break is at a middle C# I'm probably a bass, but I can sing low only sometimes to a F or E but not very good. I just started singing at 24 and havent got into my headvoice yet....
@adamskyb My break when I started to sing (after the most part of my voice development at age 14 was done) was at Bb3 because I hadn't focused too much on developing the upper tessitura. However, now I can confidentely sing C2-E4, sometimes shortly belt F4.
Every bass should have G2 (on lowest line of bass stave) as part of their Fach. For some, such as the Basso Profondo, lower notes are easier, for lyric basses/bass-baritones harder. Remember to work on the higher part of your Fach a lot!
@adamskyb Most new singers aren't capable of singing in the very low part of the voice without some practice and good training, but it shouldn't take that long with a good teacher. Don't think that just because your voice currently "breaks" at C#, that's where it's always going to do that. If you sing louder you can go much higher without breaking, but you'll need to get some significant mixing around Eb or E if you want to sing classical because classical doesn't accept a belted sound.
Some of the basses I asked automatically had the low notes so I wasnt sure if all were that way. I've had a big FAT low E come out before and then next day will barely come out. I have made it up to F in chest before by giving more volume but of course it sounds a bit strained. 1 time I think I got into head voice by accident and sang a good G above middle C but couldnt go higher.
My teacher doesnt want to classify my fach yet but think hes leaning toward a lower baritone or bass-baritone.
Mozart was one of the earliest composers to use the "Alpine" sound - simple ethereal chords barely above a whisper install a sense of awe that is, for me at least, overwhelming. I cannot get through this piece of music without tears in my eyes, especially when the chorus sings.
2:51-2:59. Nicely sung with the needed (Stimm-) Fach.
I looked it up: according to wiki (save your sceptism for another time, anyone out there), Moll is a dramatic Basso Profondo. Sarastro is classified as a lyric Basso Profondo. I guess he can sing both very well, but the latter was probably still his second Fach.
I agree. Some of the sudden jaw movements and attaca's on the notes suggested he was something other than a lyric bass. BUT, it was still nicely done.
This voice has impressive sonority, beauty, and dignity!
tomgeydan 2 weeks ago
I already played this in the flute with other instruments, most beautiful song I've ever played, it's just so catching, god! Well, I don't play the flute anymore, but I like to listen to this to remember those good times :)
Mq7riX 3 weeks ago in playlist Favorite videos
こんなのチューバソロじ吹けないよ～(´;ω;`)泣
yamayuto0529 3 months ago
@yamayuto0529 "When I blow this like tuba solo"?
SamuelKGB 2 months ago
This masterpiece, premiered in September 30, 1791 in Vienna, can be regarded as the musical and ideological testament of Mozart, so it has to universal exaltation of supreme values and ideals.
THEMUSICALDREAMER100 3 months ago
Horaz, sometimes it's just good fortune to be in the right place at the right time.
xmetbass 3 months ago
Brilliant
Horaz70 3 months ago
Man muss den Religiösen zugute halten, dass sich die Phantasie, derer sie sich bedienen, um sich ihre Musik und die darin erscheinenden Götter zu erklären, sich nicht selbst geschaffen hat.
Dennoch sollte man die in und mit Mozarts Isis und Osiris gebotene Leistung eines Kurt Moll nicht schlichtweg göttlich nennen: Der Mann hat hart gearbeitet.
MK40213 3 months ago
I had the good fortune to have worked with him.
xmetbass 3 months ago
@xmetbass Enviable. ;-)
Horaz70 3 months ago
a truly marvelous and moving rendition of Mozart's great hymn
kestrelmuse 3 months ago
HAHAHA, please continue analyzing his "technical problems" , this is pure comedy! I doubt that any of you wannabes know what you are talking about...
Bomenpulp 3 months ago 2
He's alright..
jojiggums 3 months ago
This is such a beautiful aria, so majestic and calm. I just want to hug Sarastro.
Sieglinde84 4 months ago
I Think he has a lot of technical problems with his voice. His vowel placement is to far back. Also has a nervous vibrato which indicates wrong breath support.
ARob3592 5 months ago
@ARob3592 no offense ARob but you have no idea what your talking about. There is nothing nervous about his vibrato, his vowels are far back but for an operatic bass that is the norm and just to sing this piece at a slow tempo like this takes an incredible amount of breath support, the phrases are very long.
thor6788 4 months ago 2
@ARob3592 Many Basses had trouble with vibrato Kurt Moll is not one of them.
jamesgatward1985 4 months ago
I am not doubting that the Russian profondos have lower, more resonant voices than Moll. Then again I have only heard Moll sing the regular operatic repertoire, which does not require him to sing below a bottom D. The reason why opera generally does not require a bass to go lower than a D is that at this end of the voice, volume and squillo are greatly sacrificed.
MrJamalKRahman 5 months ago
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Ahahahahaha xD xD
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he has a low voice
AmericanFatties101 6 months ago
Einfach wunderschön!
Ahathoor93 6 months ago
The Definitive Sarastro
MrJamalKRahman 6 months ago
@MrJamalKRahman I think Kurt Moll isn't a bass. I think he's Pluto himself, singing from hell ;)
idaspe 5 months ago
@idaspe Moll is a beast for sure, but I don't get quite that image from this recording. There are basses that sound much bigger, much darker who give ME that feeling. If you haven't already: check out some Russian singers.
KjeXXXer 5 months ago
@KjeXXXer Mh...,I think you're right. Names? :)
idaspe 5 months ago
@idaspe Vladimir Miller, who's already been mentioned, Mikhail Kruglov, Alexander Ort, Sergey Kochetov, and of course the greatest old masters: Yuri Wichniakov and the late, great Vladimir Pasjukov. Enjoy!
KjeXXXer 5 months ago
@KjeXXXer Wow, a lot of names! o.O I have a lot of homework! Thank you KjeXXXer, I'm running to hear this hell voices :o)
idaspe 5 months ago
@idaspe Start with Pasjukov!
KjeXXXer 5 months ago
@KjeXXXer I will :o)
idaspe 5 months ago
Mozart...ever !
MrGunterguerrero 7 months ago
@MrGunterguerrero OhYES!! Wonderful!! Thakns so much dear Guinter!
IsisSlovenska 7 months ago
Always a treat to hear Kurt Moll. What a voice. He and Gottlob Frick are the greatest basses of the 20th century!
macall777 7 months ago
The Intergalactic Prayer!
Dogaradodia 7 months ago
this is a clinic
erizabeta 7 months ago
He is not Ramey or Valdimir Miller....His timber of voice is that of Bass-Baritone.
chowman007 9 months ago
@chowman007 Sure, he's no Miller, but I've heard him go down to the C2 in Richard Strauss's "Der Rosencavelier" with a strong tone. That certifies him as an operatic basso profundo.
Abracadabra208 8 months ago
@Abracadabra208 Don't forget his brief role in the film version of "Wozzeck." Not a bass-baritone. He never played Wotan or Figaro.
pannicatack 7 months ago
@chowman007 Firstly, how can you mention Sam Ramey and Valdimir Millier in the same sentence? Ramey is a coloratura bass and Miller is an basso profondo/octavist. Secondly, Moll's timbre is undoubtedly that of a basso profondo NOT bass-baritone. You need to watch "The Commendatore scene" also on youtube where Moll sings Commendatore and Ramey sings Don Giovanni. The difference is obvious! The Met opera don't just employ just anybody you know.
MrJamalKRahman 6 months ago
@MrJamalKRahman shut up and enjoy the music
VMaturana93 6 months ago
@MrJamalKRahman Not doubting any of Moll's abilities, but to say he has the timbre of a profundo seems strange. Perhaps if you mean an Opera profundo. He sounds nothing like the profundos of the eastern orthodox choirs. To me his timbre more resembles that of an opera bass. I often find when listening to operatic basses and baritones that their timbre is similar, so to say Moll's timbre is that of a bass-baritone isn't so far fetched to me.
KjeXXXer 5 months ago
@KjeXXXer What you need to take into account is that as an opera singer, Kurt Moll is required to sing on a huge stage which has 40ft of orchestra pit in front of it. He does all of this with no amplification! You will find that the Russian profondos will have a small pick up mic which allows their low notes to be more audible in recordings. In addition, they usually sing in big churches that acoustically work in their favour.
MrJamalKRahman 5 months ago
@MrJamalKRahman That is of course very true. However I've never heard of any Russian profundos using amplification before! Can you elaborate?
KjeXXXer 5 months ago
@KjeXXXer When I mentioned amplification, I was referring to the fact that the Russian profondos as well as Kurt Moll are as the mercy of the sound recording equipment recording their voice. It is difficult to fathom just what these singers would sound like in person, and it is certainly unclear as to how loud and authoritative their low notes are. When listening to singers on youtube, their low notes are only as loud as one's computer volume settings.
MrJamalKRahman 5 months ago
@MrJamalKRahman True. I think however live recordings, concerts filmed with private cameras from the crowd give us a pointer to the power of a voice. Mikhail Kruglov has a few vids on the tube that were filmed with a camera from the crowd, were he sounds pretty prominent.
KjeXXXer 5 months ago
@KjeXXXer I am not doubting that the Russian profondos have lower, more resonant voices than Moll. Then again I have only heard Moll sing the regular operatic repertoire, which does not require him to sing below a bottom D. The reason why opera generally does not require a bass to go lower than a D is that at this end of the voice, volume and squillo are greatly sacrificed.
MrJamalKRahman 5 months ago
@MrJamalKRahman Again true, the part of Osmin is the very deepest in opera, is it not?
KjeXXXer 5 months ago
@KjeXXXer Moll serves as one of the best examples of a profound operatic bass! The term basso-profondo often gets confused with the term "octavist" which refers to a bass who can sing an octave lower than standard basses. Perhaps Moll could sing as low as the Russians if he wanted to. I very much doubt that the Russian octavists could sing the operatic repertoire with the same volume and authority as Moll. Moll's voice may be mellower in tone, but the colour of his tone is undoubtedly black!
MrJamalKRahman 5 months ago
@MrJamalKRahman I won't agree the term is confused at all, there are just two different meanings. On one hand there is the opera profundo in western music, like Moll, who is among the very finest. A Russian-style profundo is a very, very strong 2nd Bass, who can handle notes down to the B flat with large resonance and sound. An oktavist is a deep profundo, who can hit contra G and F with a certain ease and comfort, creating a relatively large sound even in such darkness.
KjeXXXer 5 months ago
As far as the colour of his tone, I find that is subjective. It might be a more objective statement to those educated in Music science and what not, but I don't find it black as such. Great singer though.
KjeXXXer 5 months ago
Awesome singing, awesome music. All I listen to these days is Die Zauberflöte. The music has so much depth, complexity, and originality. If Mozart had written only one act of this opera and nothing else his whole life, he'd still be remembered as a genius. It's mind-boggling to consider how many masterpieces the world will never hear because Mozart died at age 35. If he'd lived until even 55 ... damn! Mozart is my new religion.
8Ho03EdONl1liL 9 months ago 2
Kurt Moll is the best interpreter of "O Isis und Osiris". Certified Intergalactic!
Dogaradodia 11 months ago 16
iluminatis
negrettus 1 year ago
shit i have to sing this for a recital, if i could only have his voicxe for one day
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I am not all that impressed with the low F at the end. I sing a low C at the end of the first verse and I don't think Moll can even hit the note.
itomas 1 year ago
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itomas 1 year ago
@itomas Actually, I heard him hit the low C2 in his role as Baron Ochs in Richard Strauss's Der Rosenkavelier. He is a basso profundo, and it is expected that someone of this vocal fach be able to hit the Dd2 or lower. The C2 is optional in this aria, and he just chose not to sing it. He did, however, interpolate a low D2 as the Commendatore in Don Giovanni where it was not originally written. You can check out that video.
Abracadabra208 11 months ago
@itomas
0/10 for trolling. Can you sing it, can you sing it LOUD? Post a video response, simple as that. Is that you singing Ave Maria in your vids? And you claim you can hit, no, SING a low C? Ridiculous.
And yeah, guess i just got trolled, i just love Kurt Moll that much.
ogisha007 11 months ago
LOL! After listening to your Ave Maria (unfortunately) I feel confident enough to say that you have some major delusions of grandeur.
Gabrieja 11 months ago
I like Kurt Moll a lot but he was obviously having a very bad day... He's off-key from beginning to end f'r god's sake.. And he knows it as well .. look at his face... and the public is rather lukewarm half-clapping at the end.. Check out his rendering of Osmin if you want to see him at his best (here on YT) and prefer Martti Talvela's recorded version (not the live version) or even Gottlob Frick 's for considerably better renderings of 'Isis ad Osiris'.
salmig99 1 year ago
chuck norris sucks ass. this young man is great. from now on please compare him to bruce lee or maybe even a mike tyson (before he started sucking or biting).
handsomevision 1 year ago
As someone with an extensive operatic background, I can tell you firsthand that opera is perhaps the most polarizing musical genre ever created. Whether you love or hate this (*or ANY music, for that matter!), no one should be berated for his/her musical preferences. If you like it, listen away to your heart's content; if you don't, no one said you had to!
UncleSol7379 1 year ago 2
so terrible amazing!!! god bless kurt moll
newhotmailit 1 year ago
finally I can say: I was there ! (crappy stage design though)
k1ltro 1 year ago
Nobody sings it like the Kristian.
shnish96 1 year ago
forever, amazing.
Imxset 1 year ago
These videos are wonderful. Find a singer that you admire and then watch and learn.
How do they use their facial muscles? Breathing, body usage, etc. You will learn so much by watching and observing closely and practicing what you see.
Enjoy the free technique lessons. A picture or a performance speaks and teaches volumes. This man was superb and so are many others. Learn from all of them.
LaerdBryn 1 year ago
none of you will ever be a half good as he is
SirArmengol 1 year ago
Toss up between Him and Ezio Pinza, I,m a Pinza man myself
brogs60 1 year ago
@Stymfalide Dare taken, youtube.com/watch?v=MkBmF6zt0UQ . Thanks for the names, i'm always looking for new people to learn from.
therealericmeyer 1 year ago
Certified Intergalactic! Kurt Moll renders this aria best!
Dogaradodia 1 year ago
He is solid as a rock vocally, but his diction isn't perfect... you need the K and T in starkt (mit geduld), he barely musters a k.
therealericmeyer 1 year ago
@therealericmeyer I can't believe that you're actually criticising the pronunciation of a native. I dare you to try and pronounce four consonants (of which three plosives, all in different positions) AND making it sound natural AND sing it... (unless you're Berber or Nuxálk, ofcourse)
Stymfalide 1 year ago
@therealericmeyer You realize that he is German. I'm going to assume that as it is his native language he knows how speak it a bit better than you would.
tenor220 1 year ago
Yeah, theres no wobble, but it sounds very "knödelig" because of his tight laryngael...
SuperDarchangel 1 year ago
@SuperDarchangel Mann, ich hab echt das gefühl, du glaubst deine sprüche auch noch! tight laryngael!!! :-D selten so gelacht! Sags ihm, vielleicht lernt er ja noch was von dir!
mariusfelix 1 year ago
amazing
tammber 1 year ago
The archetypical bass area, with an awesome singer, great interpreter (watch his Rosenkavalier), great voice.
What a deep bass "Fa"! Wished I could sing it.
mazely 1 year ago
amazing performance!
georgivelev77 1 year ago
What a magnificent bass. I think I could do it too!! =D
Brightstar27 1 year ago
Please please no anger! This is beautiful "basso cantate" Can we just be glad to live?
hedgechair 1 year ago
Certified Sonar Missile*! Mozart 'O Isis und Osiris' - Moll Class IGBM**
*Sonar Missile - a cerebral, acoustic projectile used for detecting and locating beings that may be lurking in outer space by echolocation
**IGBM - Inter-Galactic Ballistic MIssile
Dogaradodia 1 year ago
i played this at my school, so damn beutiful <3
Mq7riX 1 year ago
Nothing like a Great bass part...
SandrineSoprano 1 year ago
as always, amazing :)
Imxset 1 year ago
Moll. ::sigh:: He never ceases to amaze me... other operatic basses just seem sub-par when I compare them to K.M.
jaypiko 1 year ago
hello... do you got the partiture.? i would like to sing it for mi audicion ... tnks a lot!! waiting for your answer!
Emmanuel850514 1 year ago
@Emmanuel850514 Try petrucci library online - just google it. Lots of out of copyright classical music is available there.
FlyingWilson 1 year ago
hello... do you have the partiture of this song??? i would like to sing it for my audicion...
Emmanuel850514 1 year ago
Wow this is the best O siris I ever heard, tried so many but none come close to this wonderful peformance, I know nothing about the technique of singing, but this sounds good to me
thatha1113 1 year ago
Can somebody explain the point of or reason behind the use of vibrato? Aren't opera singers able to sing a straight, unadulterated tone?
afghanforlife 1 year ago
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FlyingWilson 1 year ago
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FlyingWilson 1 year ago
@afghanforlife My understanding is that vibrato actually indicates vocal freedom. If the throat is relaxed and the vocal folds free to move, you naturally get vibrato - an oscillation in intensity that occurs naturally with a freely vibrating fold. In this sense vibrato IS unadulterated tone - in fact you'll hear it in a lot of good Pop/Music Theatre singers as well. Re Opera: Straight tone doesn't have the same harmonic profile and wouldn't cut through an orchestra the same way.
FlyingWilson 1 year ago
@FlyingWilson
I think your second point, re its use for projection purposes, has more basis. Apart from that, I think of vibrato as a stylistic and ornamental device. Not discounting that a 'little' vibrato maybe the result of physiological factors, but coming from a background in Hindustani and other Eastern musics, I have a bias towards intonation of notes aimed towards their centre, as this is the ideal in said traditions of vocal music.
afghanforlife 1 year ago
@afghanforlife
In Indian music, there is an ornament called 'andolan'. But this is a deliberate, often wide and heavy, oscillation between a swara and its neighbouring notes in the scale and the usage is judiciously applied and governed by the grammar of a particular raga, and as such is not a stylistic device that the ubiquitous vibrato is in Western music.
afghanforlife 1 year ago
@afghanforlife Fair enough point about the different cultural traditions and aesthetics for music. I think perhaps vibrato can occur in more than one way: as a result of an overall technical approach (and I'd note the difference between vibrato and a "wobble" here) or consciously used as a special effect, when using a straight tone. I'm not sure that the technical approach would be the same in each case. I don't really know anything about Hindustani music - anything on youtube worth looking at?
FlyingWilson 1 year ago
@FlyingWilson
I have a few pieces from the Khyal genre uploaded on my channel as well other pieces from 'lighter' forms there.
As to good examples of 'andolan' the dhrupad genre, particularly in the alap makes extensive use of it. These are some good pieces to start with:
watch?v=LxUD1LyAyp0&feature=related
watch?v=i5fqo5EVyg4
afghanforlife 1 year ago
@afghanforlife Vibrato is completely natural. It actually comes from the freedom of one's voice, so to sing straight tone is actually putting pressure on one's voice. I'm currently a vocal student at a university and I've noticed that the more relaxed I am when I sing, the stronger my vibrato and the more clear my voice is. I'm still figuring this out, as I'm only a freshman, but I can tell you that the voice with vibrato is much freer and projects more than the voice without.
ktrum492 1 year ago 2
@ktrum492 Well I'm not so sure if this objective truth (that vibrato is a natural emanation from a free voice production) or whether it's traditional aesthetics posing as that. We certainly don't speak normally with any vibrato, so what makes singing so different? I think the aim with western classical vocals is always in dynamic projection, so there might something to be said for vibrato in achieving that. In other traditions projection is not so important as e.g. fidelity to tones in ragas.
afghanforlife 1 year ago
@afghanforlife It's absolutely natural. Full support makes the vocal folds vibrate as they come together then separate. Talk to an otolaryngologist before some early music idiot convinces you to hurt yourself.
lucyliesinashes 1 year ago
Superb breath and vocal control - perfect forming of his sound, without any effort he lifts those low notes in a continious flow- forming his magmificent sound!
there is a huge ignorance about Bass voices and the enormous difficulty they have to bring such magnificence to the ear! Wonderful singing here!
SoulNotes1 1 year ago
still amazing
Imxset 1 year ago
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loisgeorgia1 1 year ago
@loisgeorgia1 Can we have a translation of this, please?
napsuta 1 year ago
There has been no better low bass than Kurt Moll.
TheVerdiBaritone 1 year ago
Compare with Aria: " O Gudar ! Styrken mig " from opera Aeneas i Cartago by JOSEPH MARTIN KRAUS (1756-1792).
igorvragovic 1 year ago
bad technical skills, everything is in the neck and he sounds like a frog.
SuperDarchangel 1 year ago
@SuperDarchangel haha ok if that's bad technique then screw technique lol watched all others on youtube singing this and for me... (hold hands up - i'm student of jazz not opera) none other comes close, i mean not anywhere near the feeling i get lisetning to this guy... so as i said stuff technique... i love the overbaring, 'god-like' german-ness which ouses out of his every fibre - this rocks! the other sound pathetic next to him...
rugbyboy198127 1 year ago
@rugbyboy198127
Well, if you love big german frogs, thats fine with me :)
SuperDarchangel 1 year ago
@SuperDarchangel hehe aw frog? to me that will always mean a frenchman i'm sorry lol anyway frogs are stream-lined and athletic, i guess kurt would be more like a toad - glorious toad of toad hall... argh i miss being a kid lol - anyway i like him the best, really the others don't do it for me at least i think he sings 'isis und osiris' and 'in diesen...' better than the others i've seen - haha cheers mate
rugbyboy198127 1 year ago
amazing!.... again! :)
Imxset 1 year ago
I love this performance for its precision.
sempertemper 1 year ago
samuel ramey, former truck driver?
allanrcurtis 1 year ago
amazing :)
Imxset 1 year ago
Vladimir Miller learned from this remarkable bass
TheCantator 1 year ago
Stop your fighting. Can any of you take this man on in a fight? This man is so goddamn awesome he will straight up knock your ass to the ground by sheer virtue of his amazingness. The fact that we are even allowed to talk about him is because he has willed it to be so. He may be retired but at one gesture of his hand some kid from Juilliard will come to your house and slit your throat with piano wire. Now sit yourselves right the hell down and enjoy some damn fucking amazing singing.
candidnt 1 year ago 80
@candidnt-
Well put. I am an opera student and I know how hard it is to really sing opera with emotion, clearness, and enough voice to be heard in a packed house well, and I think Kurt Moll delivers a splendid performance here. The only thing I dislike about Moll is his rendition of "O, Wie Will Ich Triumphiren", BUT I like everything else this legend has recorded.
Jpmadore1 1 year ago
@candidnt :) thank you!
TheCanadianBass 1 year ago
@candidnt :) thank you!
TheCanadianBass 1 year ago
@candidnt :) thank you! Well said !
TheCanadianBass 1 year ago
@candidnt That's a little extreme =___=
SirGlennGould 1 year ago
@candidnt Your comment really vulgar and I didn't wan't to read things like this when enjoying great music. I guess it got many votes because of your brash "Chuck Norris"-jargong and I guess that is what happens due to people these days beeing unable to enjoy things without them beeing "hella fuckin' balls-to-the-wall awesome". Could you pleese remove the comment?
1891serru 1 year ago
@1891serru No. If you don't want to read it, you don't have to. And furthermore, I resent your condescension in suggesting how other people enjoy their music. All music, especially incredible works of art such as this, belong to everyone.
candidnt 1 year ago
@candidnt After this I'll probably stop reading the top rated comments. Which brings me to the problem with internet, it belongs to the people. Internet is the only reason "the people" has gained access to this kind of music. The problem with the ppl (and thus the internet) is that it is vulgar and ugly but you still have a use for it. As you might guess I resent your force-fed democratic defence of the ppls right to this music.
1891serru 1 year ago
@1891serru How sad for you that you don't think people deserve to listen to great music. Opera doesn't belong to only the wealthy and privileged. It's for all of us, big and small and white and black and rich and poor.
You must be an incredibly lonely and sad person.
candidnt 1 year ago
@candidnt I guess people can listen to it but then they have to be humble and meek when presented to it and not turn it to some rad shit.
You must be an increadibly predictable and smug person. Sic transit gloria mundi.
1891serru 1 year ago
@1891serru So people "have to" react to music a certain way? It's obvious you understand music less than people who have never even heard opera before. Go listen to Britney Spears, that should be easier for you.
candidnt 1 year ago
@1891serru haha you're an idiot, just plain dumb.
UKbasso22 1 year ago
@1891serru You need to climb down off of your pedestal, and pull the golden stick out of your ass. Who do you think you are to try and berate anyone for their enjoyment of music? Music belongs to us all, not just the select few. I advise you learn how the world works, and adjust to it because in case you haven't noticed it isn't going to change anytime soon and your bitching won't help anything.
tenor220 1 year ago
@tenor220 Thank you for your help, I can now see how wrong I was!
1891serru 1 year ago
@candidnt i think a giant like he could beat the crap out of anyone without the help of another person ;)
Sanitoeter666 1 year ago
@candidnt Imaginatively put, but a sentiment I agree with. :)
skingaz 1 year ago
@candidnt Did Kurt Moll just become our Chuck Norris?
lucyliesinashes 1 year ago 2
@lucyliesinashes Kurt Moll has always been my Chuck Norris.
candidnt 1 year ago
@candidnt LOL!!!!!!piano wire!!!! LOL!!!!
craffte 1 year ago
@candidnt thank you sir! I wish that your comments were transmitted to all the armchair idiots in YouTube land. Well said.
wmolliver 1 year ago
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@candidnt thank you sir! I wish that your comments were transmitted to all the armchair idiots in YouTube land. Well said.
wmolliver 1 year ago
@candidnt damn right!
TommyVonPumpkins 7 months ago
ich verneige mich voll demut.
PaprikaJancsi1963 1 year ago 2
one of the best singers ive ever heard. listen to his interpretation of don giovanni with ramsey.
smoothcriminal28 1 year ago 7
@smoothcriminal28 I utterly agree, but I think you mean Samuel RAMEY, not Ramsey.
KerwoodDerby58 1 year ago
@KerwoodDerby58
smoothcriminal28 1 year ago
@KerwoodDerby58 yes "ramey" indeed thanks for clearing that up..u get your star for the day.
smoothcriminal28 1 year ago
A rare find indeed, the Met approves it, no doubt.
Your father had great taste, K Moll is also my favorite bass.
AnkhThorSph 1 year ago
It's a rare find when you can find someone who can sing MOZART. Kurt Moll sings it well.
Best bass, best osmin! Our father was particularly fond of him. This could be a tribute to any father who loves or loved Mozart...
HerenuiKAHA 1 year ago
Soooooo sexy, say what you will. This is to die for.
S6Mezzo 1 year ago 3
Certified Intergalactic! Holy Molly!
Dogaradodia 1 year ago
O.M.G. que bajo tan increíble...
lutecastro 2 years ago
is there a better bass out there than moll?! man this guy is just winning my heart over for this fach and i havent even got to listen to anyone else really! Superb vid!
chuckdontgiveaphuck 2 years ago 2
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aspostbus 2 years ago
Kurt Moll...amazing as always! What a voice...incredible! Thanks for posting this Fitz65.
76Basso 2 years ago 3
funny hats :)
realias 2 years ago
The tempo is correct!!!!
ducadibudapest 2 years ago
there is no absolut correct tempo...
lehninger12 2 years ago 3
This is only your opinion!
ducadibudapest 2 years ago
too slow...
qyzuf 2 years ago
you gotta be kidding !!
tempo is as written
complain to him who wrote the piece
ah ha ah ha
ttdun 2 years ago
If you're fach is a bass can you sing...say below G below low C at an early age or does it take a while to train? Cause I was told since my break is at a middle C# I'm probably a bass, but I can sing low only sometimes to a F or E but not very good. I just started singing at 24 and havent got into my headvoice yet....
adamskyb 2 years ago
@adamskyb My break when I started to sing (after the most part of my voice development at age 14 was done) was at Bb3 because I hadn't focused too much on developing the upper tessitura. However, now I can confidentely sing C2-E4, sometimes shortly belt F4.
Every bass should have G2 (on lowest line of bass stave) as part of their Fach. For some, such as the Basso Profondo, lower notes are easier, for lyric basses/bass-baritones harder. Remember to work on the higher part of your Fach a lot!
OliverKahnNr1 2 years ago
@adamskyb Most new singers aren't capable of singing in the very low part of the voice without some practice and good training, but it shouldn't take that long with a good teacher. Don't think that just because your voice currently "breaks" at C#, that's where it's always going to do that. If you sing louder you can go much higher without breaking, but you'll need to get some significant mixing around Eb or E if you want to sing classical because classical doesn't accept a belted sound.
mirokusanna 2 years ago
Some of the basses I asked automatically had the low notes so I wasnt sure if all were that way. I've had a big FAT low E come out before and then next day will barely come out. I have made it up to F in chest before by giving more volume but of course it sounds a bit strained. 1 time I think I got into head voice by accident and sang a good G above middle C but couldnt go higher.
My teacher doesnt want to classify my fach yet but think hes leaning toward a lower baritone or bass-baritone.
adamskyb 2 years ago
Mozart was one of the earliest composers to use the "Alpine" sound - simple ethereal chords barely above a whisper install a sense of awe that is, for me at least, overwhelming. I cannot get through this piece of music without tears in my eyes, especially when the chorus sings.
SDKoka 2 years ago 6
The best Sarastro I've ever heard, This aria is not as spectacular as the Queen's aria but beautiful of simplicity.
kleinerpapageno 2 years ago 2
these melody and voice are breath taking!!!!!
papagena92 2 years ago
Gahh that's gorgeous
ambrosius 2 years ago 2
I really think this was one of the best Magic Flute´s performance in met, Moll is really great!
Gabofeles 2 years ago
O Isis und Osiris, schenket
der Weisheit Geist dem neuen Paar!
Die ihr der Wandrer Schritte lenket,
Stärkt mit Geduld sie in Gefahr.
Laßt sie der Prüfung Früchte sehen,
Doch sollen sie zu Grabe gehen,
So lohnt der Tugend kühnen Lauf,
Nehmt sie in euren Wohnsitz auf
inlovewithmuscles 2 years ago 2
2:51-2:59. Nicely sung with the needed (Stimm-) Fach.
I looked it up: according to wiki (save your sceptism for another time, anyone out there), Moll is a dramatic Basso Profondo. Sarastro is classified as a lyric Basso Profondo. I guess he can sing both very well, but the latter was probably still his second Fach.
OliverKahnNr1 2 years ago
I agree. Some of the sudden jaw movements and attaca's on the notes suggested he was something other than a lyric bass. BUT, it was still nicely done.
ambrosius 2 years ago