Beautiful, absolutely exquisite. I wouldn't group him with the contralto and mezzo countertenors though, more like an undiscovered sopranist. I would love to hear him singing Stephano from Gounod's Romeo and Juliette. I have a feeling that a higher tessitura would bring out not only the power and the beauty inherent in his singing.
He did a great job, he´s singing with so much devotion; just listen at the small glissando hes doing at 1:12, seems unusual for this epoch, but fits perfectly!
The glissando is an ornementation who was used already in the time of monteverdi... It has of course several names and was more often used in the french baroque musique. I am just reading a very precise book/dictionnary on the baroque ornementation and this kind of effect that christophe Dumaux does between the 2 notes in 1:12 was used at this time according to writtings, but i say, again , Nobody who was there at this time is alive now and can tell us what was the vocal reality of this period!
An English tenor (his name remained unknown) told once to the Maestro Händel : "If you accompany me so loud, I will jump on your harpsichord and then from there to sing." Il Grande Sassone answered drily: "Jump he just, but he predict it to me, so that I invite the people to it. More will come to see him jumping , than to hear him singing."
Nothing against Mr.Dumaux - his Tolomeo is just PERFECT! The poor Baerenstadt would die for envy. Thanks for posting again!
It was actually Scottish tenor Alexander Gordon, who had a small role (Ugone, with only one aria) in "Flavio".
Händel: "Let me know when you do that, and I will advertise it, for I am sure more people will come to see you jump, than to hear you sing." ;)
It tells us that Händel was used to play "flamboyant" accompaniments, which is interesting in the context of his cantatas, for instance, where I tend to prefer simpler ones, though.
Thank you, dear Marc. Your knowledge is just endless... Grand respect. The cheeky tenor in my books is not in particular mentioned. I believe,that Maestro Händel was in every regards very unusually for the time as a composer, as well as a person.
Is there a DVD on the market for this GC? You have so much about Dumaux grrrrrrrr.....!!!! Anyway thks for uploading. As usual Christophe is SUPERBE!!!!
Woo hoo! 8-)
deepesttottenham 2 years ago
i'd like him to come to Tokyo!
He has visited Japan before in Sapporo in a concert.
He was very young at that time and seems to have been thin.
biofer3 2 years ago
hmmm sooooo hot :P
Denuhm 2 years ago
Superbe.....
Elaguine81 2 years ago
This is one of my favorites!
IlCaroSassone 2 years ago
... quando mai era intesa per essere comica questa scena?
jovi1715 2 years ago
Beautiful, absolutely exquisite. I wouldn't group him with the contralto and mezzo countertenors though, more like an undiscovered sopranist. I would love to hear him singing Stephano from Gounod's Romeo and Juliette. I have a feeling that a higher tessitura would bring out not only the power and the beauty inherent in his singing.
TrebleB4Mi 2 years ago
I am not sure he actually has the range of sopranist...
celestialbakura 2 years ago
He did a great job, he´s singing with so much devotion; just listen at the small glissando hes doing at 1:12, seems unusual for this epoch, but fits perfectly!
Thank you for sharing!!
pjwdfn 3 years ago
The glissando is an ornementation who was used already in the time of monteverdi... It has of course several names and was more often used in the french baroque musique. I am just reading a very precise book/dictionnary on the baroque ornementation and this kind of effect that christophe Dumaux does between the 2 notes in 1:12 was used at this time according to writtings, but i say, again , Nobody who was there at this time is alive now and can tell us what was the vocal reality of this period!
sonqualnave 3 years ago
An English tenor (his name remained unknown) told once to the Maestro Händel : "If you accompany me so loud, I will jump on your harpsichord and then from there to sing." Il Grande Sassone answered drily: "Jump he just, but he predict it to me, so that I invite the people to it. More will come to see him jumping , than to hear him singing."
Nothing against Mr.Dumaux - his Tolomeo is just PERFECT! The poor Baerenstadt would die for envy. Thanks for posting again!
JaRoWi1647 3 years ago
It was actually Scottish tenor Alexander Gordon, who had a small role (Ugone, with only one aria) in "Flavio".
Händel: "Let me know when you do that, and I will advertise it, for I am sure more people will come to see you jump, than to hear you sing." ;)
It tells us that Händel was used to play "flamboyant" accompaniments, which is interesting in the context of his cantatas, for instance, where I tend to prefer simpler ones, though.
MehdiCaps 3 years ago 2
Thank you, dear Marc. Your knowledge is just endless... Grand respect. The cheeky tenor in my books is not in particular mentioned. I believe,that Maestro Händel was in every regards very unusually for the time as a composer, as well as a person.
JaRoWi1647 3 years ago 3
Is there a DVD on the market for this GC? You have so much about Dumaux grrrrrrrr.....!!!! Anyway thks for uploading. As usual Christophe is SUPERBE!!!!
armycasa 3 years ago 2
Yes, it is the DVD recorded at Opus Arte in the version of Christie and MC Vicar.
chlagaguel 3 years ago
Wow! That was very good!
mradaChris 3 years ago