Farinelli il Castrato, Ewa Malas-Godlewska voice of Farinelli

[2010wieliczka]

Why not Dariusz Paradowski...

[babajaga39]

scholl is better, though loved dionisi

[marcellny]

further mor sfkb, you weren't there in the baroque at all... there was scooping all over the place and there was vibrato and such things existed before bach. it's not like it was decided to vibrate after bach's death in erurope unilaterally. no one knows what the contratenor could actually do. no one alive today no matter what the descriptions..... we weren't there end of story. scholl??? kiehr???? good grief. such mediocre singers.

[marcellny]

in 1994, scholl was no one. and i think the combination is incredible. they are great. i loved them both and the combination thereof. actually scholl??? how do people cite such a mediocre countertenor as someone to look up to?

[sfkcbf]

Sony engineers were fairly good for 1993; however, the directors who chose the two singers made a huge mistake.  Neither the countertenor nor the soprano had a voice or technique anything close to that of the descriptions of the castrato voice. They could have come much closer had they used singers like Andreas Scholl and Maria Cristina Kiehr. Both had pure voices, perfectly controlled technique and vibrato (no warbling or sliding), and had been trained in Baroque style and technique.

[IsayokiDeath]

AWESOMEEEEEEEEE!!

[Calaf120]

c'est magnifique

simplemente maravillosos Ewa malas

imponenete

sorpredente

y el contratenor estupendo

[donnamariealba]

Oh MY LORD! 2:46 to 3:21! Am I really hearing that for real?!!! Is this possible? To sing over 30 seconds and sound so beautiful?!!! That was truly magnificent! She sang that note over 30 seconds---wow---- and it was pure and PERFECT from beginning to end. Ewa has one of the finest voices I have ever heard in my life!

[ChrisC2I]

You're listening to the magic of the computer-splicing of the voices of a (very talented) soprano and a (quite impressive) counter-tenor making for the unearthly voice of the castrati, the most talented and best-trained singing machines of their time.

[donnamariealba]

I read there was no splicing of the two voices in this scene and Lascia, but I can't be totally sure. I will check again. But yes, I know about the splicing! Have to admit, it's a great idea! I love their voices! Ciao, Donna

[richard8114]

not is real ¡

[notanangel2195]

hahaha Stefano0 Dionisio sings awful!! thanks to god we have ewas

[AlejandraDark]

AMAZING!

[babyycat]

This was one of the best films ever about opera. The music was just heaven!

[szpaku7g]

Bosko :) sam jestem kontratenorem,a postać Farinelli'ego jest dla mnie fenomenalna ;)

[richard8114]

QUE BANDA SONORA TAN ESPECTACULAR.

[jbalexander327]

lol I think it's funny when the actor playing Farinelli is singing along in his OWN voice. They obviously edited that out of the movie, but you can hear it if you listen closely. My guess is he is doing that so it looks more like he's actually singing, as opposed to just bad lip-syncing.

[Roscieto]

You mean the final in Lascia ch'io pianga?

[Nicoco95310]

No at the beginning you can hear him singing along with her

[jazsan222]

he actor made the castro voice seem sexy

[jazsan222]

i meant tha actor made it more passionate

[GISELACARRANZA23]

So great!!.. if you have more videos about the making of Farinelli i will thanks you forever!!

[ArielX2K]

Excellent. One of my all-time favorite films.

[Infiernine]

Great film!

[LoRau]

Thanks a lot for this video, muza8!

[opera75]

Ewa's and Derek's voices were absolutely perfect for this movie. Ragin's voice timbre is what Farinelli suppose to have, but his vocal scale was only at 50% of Farinelli's range. Ewa with her timbre of voice almost identical to Derek, could continue to upper scale of Farinelli. However, there are arias in this movie performed by Ewa or Derek exclusively, with each of them being "Farinelli" at 100%.

[Roscieto]

Lascia Ch'io Pianga being exclusively for Mallas-Godlewska and Generoso Risuegliati O Core and the ever long Cara Sposa belonging only to Ragin

[Roscieto]

This is so intersting to see what it was like behind the film's making as well as the voice.

Thanks so much