Thomas Hampson - Guillaume Tell - Sois immobile

[LibbySingsMezzo]

The difference between tenor and baritone - or soprano and mezzo - is not how high of a note you can sing. It's more a question of vocal sound and tessitura. I can sing F, G A, B, but not for any length of time. A tenor or soprano role will generally have a lot more singing in that range than will a baritone or mezzo role. Mr. Hampson is most definitely a baritone, one who can sing higher than average, perhaps, but a baritone for sure, and one of my favorites for a long time!

[unfad1ng]

@LibbySingsMezzo

yeah since

Most opera singers have amazing ranges and can hit much lower and much higher notes than they usually sing but they are not comfortable in some ranges and sound much strogner adn much better in their main range.

Me for example have very powerful middle-low notes but my upper and lowest doesnt sound as much but i can sing them  however im no operasinger ;)

[bodiloto]

@LibbySingsMezzo Hampson = tenore corto

Un pessimo prodotto americano.

Anche Laurence Tibbett era americano,ma la sua voce era splendida,era un vero baritono!

[VinceLuciano]

@bodiloto tu hai degli stereotipi che non sono giusti!

[bodiloto]

@VinceLuciano Gavanelli,Guelfi (giovane),Skovhus,Leiferkus,Ha­mpson etc. -voci orrende,brutte.

Per me baritoni sono Titta Ruffo,Danise,Tibbett,Granforte­,Stracciari,Batistini,Galefi,T­agliabue,Bastianini, Reali,Taddei,Petroff,Popov etc.etc.

Hampson è un dilettante per me,niente di più.Ha una voce orrenda,dal vivo è così !

Anche se mi pagano il biglietto non andrò mai più ad'ascoltarlo ! Vergogna !

[bodiloto]

@VinceLuciano io caro vado à teatro dagli anni 50-60,in questi anni baritoni come Hampson non cantavano,non gli lasciavano entrare neanche in un coro.

Ci conosciamo?Non credo...in due anni avevo visto dal vivo più di 300 recite...

Il più importante è che i tuoi 'stereotipi' sono quelli giusti...

Accanto ai tenori come Vinay,Nikolov,Giacomini etc. Hampson e soprano leggero,dal vivo è così.

Poi le teorie...siete molti 'esperti' nella materia qua su YT...

[Pltinum]

Is this recording for sale anywhere? Can't find it.

[browbrandon]

tenors don't sing baritone roles if they're having a rough day and don't feel like singing high b flats. singers settle into different areas of the voice. Thomas Hampson is without a question a high baritone.

[principecalaf]

@browbrandon Totally agree with you, tenors are tenors and baritons are baritons..

I'm a bariton and I can sing high b and sometimes high c in vocalization but singing is another thing!

[witness124]

@browbrandon a tenor couldn't get low enough. even a heldentenor or dramatic tenor would not be able to hit the low Gs that firmly belong in a baritone role. Perhaps there have been baritones who sung As but a B? No way. You're a heldentenor if you can sing a B. At least, you should be one.

[meltzerboy]

Beautiful singing! Hampson's French diction is excellent and his phrasing expressive. Yes, it is different from the old performance of Mattia Battistini, and not only because it is sung in French rather than Italian. But I love both interpretations. Thanks for sharing.

[bodiloto]

voce brutta...fuori repertorio.

[Masicians]

@bodiloto

Buongiorno!

Siete seri? Rispetto questo punto di vista ma è così magnifico...

Ma allora, come si canta questa aria?

Ciao!

[bodiloto]

@Masicians Buongiorno ! Con il suo entussiasmo dilettantesco e con la sua bruttissima voce di soprano isterico ,per me hampson nella sua interpretazione é patetico.Per lei hampson é magnifico,per me é orrendo .Nella vita é cosi ,io sono un vecchio sordo,lei e un/a giovane persona ...Come si canta questa aria?Bella domanda,quando ero giovane ascoltavo giorno e notte e quasi ogni sera ero nel teatro...cercate,ascoltate,spe­ro che un giorno troverete da solo/a la risposta giusta.Ciao.

[bardolfomarso]

@bodiloto

Questa aria si canta anche così. Si può decidere per un interpretazione giocata solo sul canto e sugli accenti che il canto classico consente oppure si sceglie di sacrificare qualche bel suono per ricercarne di più consoni alla parola cantata.

In questi termini Hampson, laddove il personaggio glielo consente, è veramente uno dei migliori. Penso questo nonostante sia un buon conoscitore del passato grazie alla mia collezione di 78gg.

[bodiloto]

@bardolfomarso sono ex pugile,hó vinto il campionato tre volte .Sono stato fortunato di ascoltare cantanti fuori la tua immaginazione,per questa ragione per me dal vivo hamson,gavanelli,guelfi ecc...hanno bruttissime voci.Lei mi dice cito ...si sceglie di sacrificare qualche bel suono...si giusto a volte si puo sacrificare la bellezza della voce ma quando la voce é bella.Hampson dal vivo há una bruttissima voce é uno dei re della mediocrita mondiale.Saluti.

[spg5351]

what you all don't seem to get is that a lot of times, vocal classification is less about range and more about timbre and resonance color.

He's not lazy, his voice just isn't the color of a tenor's.

And while this is hypocritical, it's really obnoxious when people comment on videos like this and pretend they know what they're talking about.

[alumian]

thomas is a blyric baritone not a tenor. I know because my voice is as a high as his. I am a lyric baritone. I can go to about a Bb, but no higher i thimk. I'm 19.

[platinump90]

Only 19? Anything can happen. I'm 19 as well. can go to at least a G, if my technique is a little better. But nobody is sure which voicetype I am. Tenor/Baritone.. And which kind of baritone? lyric, martin maybe? My opinion: I don't think it's so black and white... There's ALOT of grey.

[kepipui22]

great!!!. very good performance from Thomas Hampson

[raphaelhudson]

Does anyone know the history of why this opera is usually performed in italian?

[Marcorotti]

Desde que escucho a este hombre me da la ligera impresión que pudiera abordar papaeles de tenor dramático aunque sea barítono, quiza un Otello o los roles de heldentenor de Wagner, no se, quiza. Aqui en este pasaje me gustó mucho.

[PatroniFan]

Tommy, can you hear me? You're awesome. Love ya buddy.

[gabrielPeru84]

Mr.Hampson is the best baritone in the world indeed.I heard this performance live...incredible sound

[CrystalPalace1990]

hmmm not quite sure about that, terfel and hvorostovsky are better tbh.......

[IbranandoBaritone]

Terfel is a bass-baritone, and hvorostovsky is about as audible as a field mouse.

[itsglendonduh]

Hvorostovsky is a god. He is a field mouse with a dick bigger than Jesus.

[chiara54324]

Oh,please, tell us something about this great experience!

[Vexi56]

Hmmm .. "best baritone in the world". Have you head all of them?

And Thomas really voice is Tenor. Byt he is just lazy and thats why sings baritone roles.

[saintsaens21]

That's not being lazy, that's being realistic.

[Masicians]

Le grand débat dont seul le chanteur a la réponse et personne d'autre.

Et, vu sa carrière, je crois que son orientation est plutôt réussie.

A méditer...

The great discusses that only the singer (interpret) has the answer and nobody else.

Also, whatever his orientation, look at his great career and you will realize that he wasn't completely wrong.

[ONeirda]

@Vexi56 With humble honesty, dear Vexi56, Thomas Hampson is not at all a tenor. Probably he could do some dramatic tenor roles, but what for? He definitely is one of the finest singers these days, and I bow to his art. So, I think, it'd deem to you too - before calling HIM lazy ;-)

[IbranandoBaritone]

Overall an amazing performance, both vocally and musically. Hampson does this perfectly.

[mezzopera7]

What an expressive aria, beautiful sound...I am astonished!!!!

[kalduglun]

at 1:28 the resemblance with Bruce Willis is striking!

[madmusicianmax]

hahaha yea your right!

[operaboy1924]

I think he's the best baritone in the world right now.

[Opera5stage]

I like Thomas very much and especially here .

He is the BEST Guillaume of all I saw -he united sensivity and sound and created a live and very human image(or character -this may be better to say) The following scene is also superb! Look for the whole perfomance!

[elendiari22]

I'm looking for the following scene and haven't found it yet. If you have any idea if it's been posted, please let me know!

[Opera5stage]

I have the record of performance. but I have some difficulties with attempts to make it fit the internet size I'll try to do that scene, but maybe something could be found via Mezzo (French TV)or DVD -it worth it though they cut plenty of chorus music (especially in II act) and sets may be not the best, yet it's a wonderful production first of all because of really good acting (not only Tell and his son - almost everybody in chorus also is living character) and Thomas here is really splendid!

[elendiari22]

Wow, Hampson is just incredible at this aria. It really suits him.

Do you have the following scene, when Tell shoots the arrow? Because after this utterly incredible aria, I'm desperate to see what follows.

[MonteKristof]

Timurun Fili... common, stop to blaspheme! Thomas Hampson should be consider as a master among (ofcorse other masters! he's not the only one!) , among the baritones... his techinque, his sensibility and musicality... A lot are very good, it's true, and man, Thomas is surely from them... from the bests! (personal taste : for me he's that best!) I'm myself baritone, and he's a real example! It's true althouth that milnes have a real gift for his voice!

[lorantn]

nobody sings this like sherill milnes, i don't think its on youtube, but if you have a chance, listen, a famous milnes b flat awaits you at the end

[voltape]

I have Guillaume by Milnes, Pavarotti, Freni. Surely, Milnes' famous "Sogne a ta mere" is incredible. Many tenors fear singing the b flat. It is said he is a dramatic tenor who preferred to major as a baritone.

[Rosina84]

sensitive ears...hahahaha I'm laughing!!!

You think you can criticize Thomas Hampson?? whuhahahaha!!!!

[Timurunfili]

He needs more brightness...he is going out of volume in the end of phrases for singing musicality...And if you have sensitive ears you can hear that he is detone in vibrato...Please ask Dimitry how to sing...take care:)

[tiernan87]

you have sensitive ears and you prefer Hvorostovsky? that's a joke right? and what does "going out of volume" mean? i've never heard that expression.

[breberto]

molto bene, mi pare; Hampson migliore qui che in Verdi dove deve forzare un poco la sua bella vocalità, brano ammirevole, cantato molto bene con il giusto pathos mantenendo una linea musicale stilizzata quale si addice a Rossini.

[Ankhsnammon]

Beautiful!Just full with a bittersweet sensitivity!

Bravo,Mr. Hampson!!!!

Ankhsnammon