The Other Great Welsh Bass-Baritone

[operazanotaijin]

Anybody have the lyrics for this version by Evans?

[AfroPoli]

Much prefer him to Warren or Merrill. Excellent and exciting.

[Polytes1]

Needless to say this has been added to my favorites. . .

[MrSkylark1]

TERFEL "SHOULD LISTEN" to EVANS. This is SPLENDID SINGING, NEVER TO BE

HEARD ON THE OPERATIC STAGE TODAY

[coryisawake]

Lovely!

[ditogam]

Thank you for posting and Kievest for sharing this miraculous recording of the great and unforgettable maestro Evans's video!!

[Kievest]

Glorious dark, burnished sound, exquisite diction and phrasing, supreme artistry....

a baritone for the Ages! Would be great if you could post his Mikado and/or other

triumphs since Maestro Evans is woefully underrepresented on YouTube! Thank

you for this gem!

[35mm35]

This man is magnificent. No wonder I love bass baritones.

[bretul]

Let's get this in perspective - he is the ONLY GREAT Welsh Bass Baritone!

[Agorante]

@bretul

The Welsh of course are a singing people. See the great film about the stand at Roarke's Drift - ZULU! The Welsh engineering company caught with no where to run, defies the Zulu army with song. Rousing stuff that!

[sopranosd]

Wow! Gorgeous, dark color and fantastic resonance. His diction is odd, though.

[ThePsycho360]

You didnt hear a real bass-baritone youtube.com/watch?v=c386lcZbCX­k

[davewebber65]

so wonderful, what a voice.

[8AHdl]

"Leuchte, heller Spiegel mir (Hoffmanns Erzählungen) - Awesome". Grand Voice...! Thank You For Üplöading!

[wattever333]

why is he dressed as otello?

[TaylorisOK]

What a beautifully resonant and dark voice! There is one problem though...what in the world is he saying??

[wattever333]

@TaylorisOK o di-a-mond shine atraguish is set for the rutch o di-a-mond shine aman nef mo nel words be it birds ee it maidens ell harsh can come trulle see the waa talai and di eler puts shool di eler puts shool seel the wile oos alaive the other lose her soul ah

[Ernecio06]

Oh!! I hope God give the gift of singing so beautiful!!

[bradleyjenks]

I am enjoying the vocalism just fine, but I can barely understand a word he's saying....

[Glenmed]

Just terrific! Must see if there is any more of Sir Geraint anywhere.

[liedersanger1]

What year is this from please?

[OperaBaritoneJoe]

This years talent show happened and Im going to post the video of me singing Shenandoah. It will be posted on the day before February 21. Check it out and tell me what you think ! : )

[JackOperaMan]

I like this voice!

[organdude44]

Evans was one of the greats! Unsurpassed as Verdi's Falstaff!

[CraigFrancisSoto]

What a beautifully rich and dusky timbre.Evans was just a superb bass baritone. Bravo Evans!

[Operafiend22]

I adore Evans...I wish there was more of him posted on Youtube.

[DanRobSo]

I simply loved the sound of Geraint's voice - so mellifluous and beautiful. Something about singers from Wales - Terfel, Tear, Burrows, Della Jones, Helen Watts, Margaret Price, Dame Gwyneth. I saw Evans many times at the Lyric here in Chicago - Falstaff, Balstrode in Peter Grimes and others.

[GSHartman2001]

Terfel can't hold a candle to Evans. Better to not compare the two.

[35mm35]

I am absolutely floored by this man's magnificent voice.

[cmhmuscle]

Amen to that..

[bassfanne45]

@GSHartman2001 And neither one can hold a candle to Sam Ramey in this role.

[Bassoturco]

Yes, he sings an F# and the aria goes in D. I have heard it in Eb and even in E with a G# at the top. Dieskau sung it in E and went up only to the E as H, C#, D# and E! Someone calls Evans the other Welsh bass-baritone. If

Terfel is referred to there is no comparison.

Evans is at least two shades darker. He is even darker than London. Listen to his timbre at the low A!!

[Agorante]

OK, OK, I submit. Evans is best.

[ftumschk]

Evans' top A, as Beckmesser, was pretty good.

[jerryguest]

I don't mean to be a smart alleck, but the high note for Scintille...is an F#. But it is pretty darn good.

[Agorante]

You're both right. Some times it's a A and other times it's an F#. This is an included strophic song from another show. It can be sung in almost any key. When they have four separate villians it is usually sung by a high baritone like Milnes. When there is but one villian it is usually sung by a lower baritone like Evans or Morris.

[ftumschk]

Thanks, but - just for clarity - I was referring to Evans as Beckmesser sustaining the top A in Die Meistersinger Act III (the "wachs" of "Dass Nürnberg schusterlich blüh und wachs!").

[Agorante]

Didn't know that. My bad.

[pantanegro]

the highest note evans sings here is an f sharp, and very nicely sung, too.

[joshhoworiginal]

Great, just great, would've loved to here him sing it in French, but still, just great. My first voice teacher said once "those Welsh put out some amazing singers" I guess he was right. Evans high notes impress me for someone of that era, typically they are 'woofed', however, his are much more free. I don't have my score on me at the moment, but his, I believe high A, maybe G, is very nice, for the recording quality at least.