Philippe Jaroussky: Come Nube Che Fugge Dal Vento (Handel)

[1jillshaw64]

I love contratenors.This man has a lovely amazing voice and he is super sexy too.Love this!

[CaraPhilos]

It is sheer pleasure to listen to this - for me, although I really like Bonitatibus and Invernizzi, definitely the most beautiful version of this aria on YouTube. Which seems incredible, as it should be so much more easy for a woman to sing this than for a countertenor, in head voice. Well, that´s Jaroussky.

[zefiroinparadiso]

Pero si parece el actor secundario Bob!!

Bravo Jaroussky!!

[y1g1tcn]

he looks like pianist evgeny kissin in here

[maragato23]

Boring... and his voice is not for this caracter.

[doddsalfa]

@maragato23 or..........maybe its you

[pepix54]

@HerrWarja Yes. Exactly, the introduction to "Vivi tiranno"

[krustyloaf]

It's Beetlejuice's twin brother! Love it.

[TheOwlBerlin]

The lack of education of some people commenting here is so incredible!!! Sexual orientation has nothing to do with Baroque music - Wake up people and just enjoy the music!!!

[MrAndrealisa]

Divino!

[Zuccherissimo0]

Magnifique, un dieu de la musique baroque française, Bravo.

[Zuccherissimo0]

Magnifuque

[undigitz]

Beautiful I love it!

[HerrWarja]

Great preformance, reminds me of an aria from Rodelinda.

[pepix54]

@HerrWarja Yes. Exactly, the introduction to "Vivi tiranno"

[Alphonsus0di0Ligouri]

Am I the only one who is SICKENED by these modern artist interpretations of opera sets? Stomach churning dosen't even begin to cover it.

[organboi]

This production is HORRIFYING IN EVERY WAY. I cant believe they have the projections telling what aria it is. BOOOOOOOOO!!!

[organman52]

This is the cameron carpenter of falsettos. The sickening thing is that the technique is almost convincing, but the basis of the whole thing is an artificial voice, and a male who wishes he were a female. I hasten to add that he does a good job of fooling people.

[organboi]

And if he is supposed to be a man in this opera, why the hell does he look like woman? They could have just gotten a woman to sing this.

[organboi]

What no one seems to note is that NO ONE today is a TRUE counter tenor, but only falsettos. Russel Oberlin was a true countertenor. The rest are merely impostors. This is rather sickening. The sound is not a true vocal sound. It is falsetto only.

[MrSoomi]

Simply breathtaking performance, he puts so much passion and lives the story through it all....

[JurajIsamkral]

wow

[Lukozade123]

I am a countertenor however he has a far more feminine upper register to me. He is pressing on his vocal chords for the notes rather than letting them flow naturally. And for the uneducated people, you don't have to be castrated to have a high voice. And on the plus side countertenors are highly sort after and can be paid up to double that of a tenor because they are in such high demand.

[mrAltan9]

amazing performance

[Garpinator]

OMG, does he still have a pair?

[Muzyk005]

GRANDE VOCE

[oonchee]

BEETLE JUICE!!!!!!!

[vashti4ever]

@oonchee I was SO about to say that!

[Habrolissimo]

They do no favours to Jaroussky by exposing his shrill upper register like this. The part is simply too high for him and he doesn't compensate by adding any dramatic force.

[CaraPhilos]

Few people seem to think his upper register was shrill. Obviously people´s hearing is different, too.

[leoperarm]

he looks so stupid! Great singing anyway :-/

[yvonnelacri]

Lo amo!!!!

[Armisael147]

D: del terror, pero me encanta su voz D:

pero sigue siendo del terror

es como esa cancion de "me asusta pero me guusta"

[zaphira15]

por qué?

[Schhmoop]

i want to flounce around in a huge purple wig too! oh the decadence! absolutely all round gorgeousness though.

[jumpervolk]

por que?

[bellanotte23]

This was such a strange production. I remember watching the DVD and just being confused by some of the choices. But Philippe Jaroussky was, as always, simply amazing!

[simonadonata]

gorgeous beauty!

[lvampira]

I think he's beautiful....

[sherbetstraw]

me too!! :)

[satrangamusic]

Philipe Jarousky is one of most proeminent artist of it's time, Sensitive, Inteligent, refined and interesting as a person and of course as one Artist... He brings passion to his work and also the ability of researching Barroque music that no ones know Those are the reason I love this artist. People who has problems with there dualities they are always talking about sexuality, please can we go a litle higher than that. thanks

[Emo1775]

doskonale!!

[mrchrille1]

Sadly the noble art of singing as a countertenor, has nowadays become a question of sexuality. What one forget is that the songs and music where often composed to fit male-soprano voices. Seems odd to us, but not then. To sing like this requires very hard training and it has absolutly nothing to do with sexuality. This is only modern error of logic...

[khbgkh]

only somewhat backed by the fact that one of the best, david daniels, is indeed gay. I am proud to say though, that countertenor singing to me is one of the most pleasant timbres of the human voice and I am far from gay. I am actually studying to be a countertenor in college.

[mrchrille1]

I wish you good luck in your studies!

[Masamuneblader]

Best of luck! And yeah sexuality has nothing to do with it. I personally just want mastery over whatever I have. No sense in neglecting part of my voice. Though I do happen to be gay but really my singing has nothing to do with my love life.

[EROSGODOFGAYS]

@mrchrille The result of any legitimate analysis of logic would not a result of "sexuality". The modern error has absolutely nothing to do with logic, but everything to do with personal bias and bigotry.

[operaticxingenue]

@mrchrille1 So true. I think many forget that back then, a high male voice was considered very masculine.

[lahmorga]

@mrchrille1Yeah , you're right ...by the way Phillippe is gay and i love his voice!

[VerpereR]

@mrchrille1 Of course it matters. He's sexy, he sings divine, being gay makes him perfect.

[guidc]

@mrchrille1 sadly it required castration too...

[vanderssan1]

que voz maravilhosa e rara...parabéns

[baalhaophanim]

los comentarios que hablan de homosexualidad son solo americanos, sudacas sucios!

[rodrigoraulsuarez]

¡Cómo canta este chabón!

[BernardProfitendieu]

Fruitcake should be given as a Christmas gift, not made to sing Handel in a fright wig.

[vitellia]

What day and age do you think you're living in to think that it's ok to make such a stupid comment without offending others and embarrassing yourself?! You owe an apology to Jaroussky as well as everyone who gets to read what you wrote. I wish you a merry Christmas and hope you get lots of fruitcakes.

[BernardProfitendieu]

what day and age do you think you're living in where anyone falls for fake indignation?

[vitellia]

Oh, and I also hope that you choke on all the fruitcakes you get.

[BernardProfitendieu]

yeah, that's going to happen, sister!

[vitellia]

Maybe it will, girlfriend. Seriously, of course, I don't want you to choke on anything. It was just a fake indignation.

[BernardProfitendieu]

it took you a half an hour to come up with that witty and original response?

you're really starting to bore me, sister

enjoy your minimum wage life! ta ta!

[vitellia]

Oh my god, you're starting to get really mean. ("minimum wage"!) I was busy watching other clips and commenting on them. It didn't take me much time to come up with an ordinary message that I wrote. I'm glad you found it witty and original. I just wish you lots and lots of fruitcakes! For the record, no choking. Ta ta back at ya.

[stolof]

I like it very much too. However, I do get even bigger thrill listening to Ann Hallenbergs recording of the aria. She is even more expressive and musical.

[nic19913]

que locotaaaaaaa jajajaja

[pabs661]

comentarios ignorantes solo pueden venir de personas ignorantes

[MaciasEnglish]

Ignorante.

[nic19913]

madure yo puse ese mensaje cmo ase 5 meses y ps el man puede cantar divino puede ser lo mejor pero no le creo q sea heterosexual

[podarcis1987248]

Y qué problema hay? tambien si no es heterosexual no interesa, interesa solo que es un artista!!!!!!!

[rolipoli]

todos los buenos artistas son homosexuales

[PCstranger]

Curiosa afirmación, pero la estadística no miente

[LordMagros]

esa es una falasia, no todos los buenos artistas son homosexuales, si hay quienes lo son, pero no todos, por ejemplo en el caso de los contratenores (yo soy contratenor) la mayoria de los contratenores que conozco, son heterosexuales, tal vez tengan tintes femeninos o delicados pero eso no los hace homosexuales, para ejemplo puedo dejarles al gran Alfred Deller y a su hijo, igualmente yo soy heterosexual y soy contralto, la voz no tiene nada que ver con las preferencias sexuales. hay de todo.

[mradaChris]

This was very good!

[notanangel2195]

so impressive, dammn he´s good at it

[KrebSDani]

Que hijo de su madre!!!

el laburo que le debe haber tomado llegar a pulir tanto la tecnica.

Impresionante.

[meztiza26]

Oh man I actually came across his performances last year. I immediately fell in love with his color and timbre. He's my favorite!!! I just love his voice. Bravo!

[maryjivinjane]

I just watched it again and it's still amazing! lol

[maryjivinjane]

:O Man, he's amazing!!!!!

[alejandrosiso]

Ciertamente el mejor periodo de la musica ha sido el Barroco. Fastuoso, Hermoso, Delicado, GENIAL

[nicoj1889]

excelente lo mejor de la musica el barroco

[bebopnazi]

How is it that I've just now come across this incredible singer!? Yes, I admit it's a mind trip coming from a 21st century perspective, but who cares. Bravo!

[magicbrother]

forgot something...

he has an awesome voice, dont get me wrong, but i kidna like the female singers (expecially malena ernamn) a lot more. it just kinda sounds a little fake here. i mean its still awesome that he is able to do that

[Heartlessiceboy]

Sadly theres still a lot of ignorant people about baroque and about countertenors,like u for example

[magicbrother]

ok well you say i am ignorant. i just said that i like the female singers more. thats it. i never said that jaroussky is bad or idk!!!

[doddsalfa]

The only fake here is his hairdoo:)

[x4812k]

I see what you mean, but remember in Handel's times, this part was sung by men. (well, castrati) Anyway, Jaroussky's sound is more authentic, and less "fake" than that of women. But there's no need for other people to slam you for stating you like female vocalists better. For some repertoire, I definitely do too.

[BethDiane]

If Jaroussky sounds more "authentic", it's because George Bernard Shaw's famous disclaimer on the subject applies--countertenors are less likely to be forced to sing in ways that injure baroque music. The one thing we know about how castrati sounded was that they used a lot of chest voice, which would mean they sounded more like Broadway belters than like either countertenors OR female opera singers!

[magicbrother]

nice singing and axtraoridniary voice... but the customes look weird

[wujingcdh]

i have this DVD...i think the preface part sounds just same as handel's own aria 'vivi tiranno'from opera 'Rodelinda',i have that DVD too,oh i love handel so much ...i love Philippe Jaroussky's performance, his voice's silvery,light and powerful as well.i like him,even though Scholl is my favorite countertenor. BTW.his costume and make-up were cute,hahaha...谢谢！

[emilytransex]

bravo bravissimo straordinario veramente! ditemi cio ke volete ma la voce di questo straordinario sopranista visto ke secondo me non e un controtenore ha il timbro ke ricorda la voce della grande teresa berganza versione soprano!

[emalag999]

Marvelouuus!!

Es probable que ya lo haya dicho, pero cada vez lo que veo quiero volver a decirlo :P

[delnah]

Bach,Handel, even Mozart recycled. If you wrote 304 hours of music, you might recycle too.

[cuicuimusic]

Agreed. Although in that case, rinaldo was taking part from different previous italian operas and it was his first london opera. So I'm wondering if he didn't want to just show what he could do before writing new material for the london stage.

[Macoperaking]

Oh my god!!! I love that wig!!! Its perfect!!!

[zzuzzurello]

voce straordinaria

[altahardporn]

0___________________0 omg

hes like rob smith physically XD

but..wow, such a great voice

[contrafagot]

mamma mia!  what an extraordinary voice! such a talent!! I hope to have the opportunity to work with him in an opera... fantastic!

[GrlLeastLikelyTo]

What a gorgeous voice, and he actually acts the part quite convincingly. He looks downright haughty. It just puts the icing on the whole performance.

[tastibasti]

i love him. i would marry him. do you know that he was getting famous because one singer was ill and he set in? then the auditorium loves him till today...what a story of success. i love him

[cuicuimusic]

where do you take that story from ? Do you have more details ? he's been around for quite a while actually...

[CaraPhilos]

Well, if you mean that he jumped in for A. Scholl at one point of course every young singer begins like that.

[Bachsoboe]

Clearly this aria later became "Vivo Tiranno" from Rodelinda?

Love the hair! Very spoilt brat-like! Lol.

[vitellia]

Yeah, and it "was" initially "Come membo che fugge col vento" from "Il trionfo del tempo e del disinganno" with much more extended fioritura passages.

[Bachsoboe]

Thank you Vitellia!

[agnellodei]

Handel was a recycler, he did the same with "lascia la spina"/"lascia chi'o pianga". Rossini was known to do that as well.

[cuicuimusic]

he recycled as well basta che sol t chieda from agripinna to rinaldo i think :)

[evaeke]

Oooooooooo...this is my favourite Händel aria!!! How great he is!

...and stop criticize the staging, it's great!

[orthohawk]

Wow. Haendel meets Beetlejuice! Love the music; HATE the consumes!

[venahemi]

I think everything is just right...his hair above everything ehhehe

[rjw0886]

Handel's own setting of the Nerone/Agrippina story is in its own musical and dramatic setting a parody of their history.

[andant123]

Countertenors should sing arie pastorali, d'ombra or del sonno (et similia) only. When they sing arie di furore or arie d'ira, they looks like throttled chickens. Castrati don't exist anymore (fortunately)

[aglobackwards]

What?!!! :O I think you've confused "throttled chikens" with angels - both have wings, but they're not the same, I'm sorry - you will just have to look harder and you'll see it, I'm sure:)...;P

[andant123]

Both of us seem to have their respective certainties :-)

[aglobackwards]

:-)

[alexmacias]

Nonsense!

[gnnoriega]

Even though I like the "countertenor sound", i have to agree with you that not any countertenor has the ability or agility to sing arie di furore. You have to be a GREAT countertenor in order to do that.

[OrpheoCT]

I agree with gnnoriega. There are not much countertenors who can sing these arias and even though I really don't like Jaroussky -- because I find his voice really weak (and there are already some countertenors that have overcome the falsetto's tipical weakness that old school countertenors had)--, for some reason I like the way he sings this aria; I think it might be because he sound a bit like a sopranist, rather than an altist.

[FloriaTosca85]

The only reason to forgive that he has slowed down the tempo a bit is thhe fact that he is very young.His voice grows beautifully. Thanks to BaroqueFever I listened to him singing a certain aria in a recording from 4 years ago and one made this year. He made great progress. But unlike you, I love his voice therefore I may be a bit subjective. But I can and will admit Cecilia Bartoli's version is closer to what I think the aria is supposed to be, concerning the tempo.

[OrpheoCT]

Update: I LOVE his voice. I LOVE this aria.

[FloriaTosca85]

That was to be expected, he is an exceptional countertenor with a most charming presence even with those hideous costumes.

[OrpheoCT]

I love the costumes :P

[FloriaTosca85]

I find them to say the least ridiculous but we all have different tastes now, don't we?As long as the singing is sublime, and in his case it is, the rest just doesn't matter.

[macmusikpro]

I agree wih andant123

[venahemi]

What is technique? This is madness, the man is fantastic and the aria is not from this world...

[sfkcbf]

Although this director chose to stage his version in a clown-like fashion, Jaroussky comes through with excellent singing, one of the few parts I still watch on my DVD.

[jmahlon]

The director obviously has a bit opinion of counter-tenors

[aglobackwards]

AAAaaa! - got scared by that "evil look" in the begining!;D Philippe playing a bad character, impossible, not whith such a voice:D... He is marvelous, as always:)