Farinelli, Making of

[18aaronjames]

i want help i am acounter tennor what do i do i waan be a professional singer i need lessong some 1 please help me pleaseeee

[whitevader007]

That's why I was so confused when I saw Farinelli. I heard 2 voices. I have an odd defect of my ears I can hear uppertones which most people can't hear. Once they tried to find the limits of my hearing and they couldn't believe that my limit is 4x higher than normal. But still it is great how you all made the voice of Farinelli. You get a standing ovation of me! Maybe I'm the only person who hears 2 voices sing.. but that's OK.

[cedrix000]

@whitevader007 ......funny......woooow....you are chuck norris and then......

[thesurawarrior]

NO sabia que hubiera un 'making of' de Farinelli. Muxchas gracias...descargaré el video =).

[thesurawarrior]

@thesurawarrior el archivo ya no se encuentra disponible ¬¬.

[51m0n77]

Why the directors didn't use radu's voice is beyond me....

[Salieri1791]

vaya en los noventa debió haber sido muchísimo más dificil que ahora, que gran trabajo, que gran pelicula.

[sebastien1chartry]

Toutes ces complications pour rien... Melangez la voix d'Ewa Mallas Godlewska et celle de derek Lee.. Et vous obtenez celle de Vivica Genaux! De plus, les 3 octaves et demis de vivica genaux sont naturel.. Ca s'entend quand il y a le passage dans le montage. Dommage...

[Guichotpresident]

absolutely amazing!

[franzaidafr]

simplemente lo mejor de la histora FARINELLI

[Everytodayw]

Es impresionante, es que buscar voces que concuerden, y hacer eso es complicadísimo. Si no fuera por la grabación que a veces como que va más despacio le daría un 10, pero aun asi se queda en mis mejores notas. :D

[magikopa]

I didn't knew that C. Rousset had participated of this production.

[cuicuimusic]

that aria is not on the cd... and in the movie it's a very short passage only. if you have the occasion listen to vivica genaux version on youtube ! (qual guerriero)

[annakim925]

Yep, that's right. I absolutely remember this music.(We can listen to this on the scene of riding on a carriage for a just about one minute.)

[primohomme]

Also venti turbini is not in the CD :( they need to re-release it!!

[WomanCat9]

La madame Ewa est fantasmagorique , Elle a la parole extraordinaire!

Merci.

[vinemp]

Look at Christophe at the podium! I declare, that man will never age.

[AuroraDeVenessia]

the perfect singer... a soprano plus a countertenor... and a wonderful actor too

[dnebelski1017]

haha...i had the same voice teacher as ragin, now i play rock. fun times...wish i could of met him...

[Jiwpgakis]

could anyone explain please: did the only mixed the different parts of a song the both singers sang alternately or did they melted the voices also?

[altodivo]

as I understood it, they homoegenized the two voices into one in some places. In others it is just Lee Ragin, and in others, just Godslewska.

[Jiwpgakis]

thanks=) anyway they could have taken some real "natural castrato" voices like the one of Radu Marian

[Grandtenore]

That would have been cool...the only problem is that while there are men who technically are castrati...they have not been trained in the castrati way which was a unique kind of technique to cater to the almost supernatural and highly abnormal gifts the process granted. Such as the ability to sing a note for two minutes.

[GoldenAwakening]

Actually, I'm sure they have considered a natural castrato for the singing, but decided againsted it because it is not "marketable." It is a MOVIE and a voice like Radu Marian would bore most untrained, unexperienced ears, if not creep them out completely. Besides, Ewa and Derek's voices are much more dramatic, which is good for a movie spectacle, but nowhere "baroque".

I'm curious on why "Qual Guerriero in Campo Armato" isn't on the soundtrack though.

[viharsarok]

"Such as the ability to sing a note for two minutes."

Could they really do that?

[sk8nruff]

indeed. It's pretty plausible if you think about it from a physiological POV. If you have a really large air chamber (the lungs of a fully grown man) pushing air through a tiny opening (the space between child-like vocal chords) you end up with a really long lasting stream of air. the theory is that when castrated at the right time the vocal chords will stop growing while the rest of the body continues. pretty neat, huh?

[lovemesomcumberbunny]

@sk8nruff LOL Not if you're the one being castrated....

[RowanIvy]

@viharsarok

yes they could do. read farinellis biography ;-)

[richard8114]

si genaux es muy buena, pero dime que te parece cecilia bartoli, la musica barroca por ella es fenomenal te recomiendo que busques "un pensiero nemico di pace" la coloratura es perfecta¡

[richard8114]

que excelente trabajo me gustaria ver mas hacerca de como se realizo la pelicula y verdaderamente si es una lastima que el soundtrack no este en la banda sonora. ahora mi pregunta es existe el track completo de ewa y derek?

[krolsama]

pues fue un gran trabajo el que se hiso en aquella época (de los 90's) para poder tener alguna ídea de lo que era el gran Farinelli, pues me sorprendí más cuando escuche a la Mezzo Vivica Genaux, ella tiene una voz muy cercana a la mezcla realizada por Ewa y el contratenor.

[GoldenAwakening]

Yet they did such an amazing job of blending the timbre! A difference in timbre is natural at different pitches, only that the best of opera singers could blend them well.

[Roscieto]

This is unbelievable! It's amazing to see the actaul recordings! You can notice the 'very' obvious difference in timbres. Godlewska's is more pentrating and sharper while Ragin's is softer in volume and darker.