From what I hear and see, Bulent Bezduz has a lot of work ahead. Needs to improve his technique, his acting abilities, music knowledge, and so forth. Why? Because it is worth the effort. Gorgeous voice, good stage presence, musicality. We've seen a number of famous performers who departed with far less.
Muy buena interpretación, realmente cuesta mucho entrenar la voz (soy cantante), y esta voz esta muy bien entrenada. Lo felicito al señor!! Muy buenoo!!
Bravo: A really clear easy tenor voice with a sweet tone. Good stage presence and easy movement. This young man could have a major career since the voice will get bigger with maturity.
William Berger (author of Puccini without excuses ) Rodolfo : An impecunious poet.Althought nothing ever said explicitly ,we immiediatelly get the feeling that Rodolfo is a handsome and very popular with the ladies.The role written in a manner agreeable to lyrical voices,althought like Mimi ,he should be capable of projecting some heft at various points in the score Listen BB's duet with Juntuen : O soave fanciulla :)
they mentioned the name of this song in the book: lover enshirened by J.R. ward that was such a great book I had to look up this song... a hot, tough, troubled vampire man with a bad past sings this ooohh in the book I mean.
Bulent is really one of the finest lyric tenors around currently with Florez and calleja imho. i have been watching more of his performances.. the appoggio is almost perfect..barely anyone sings high notes so properly now.. and the timbre is beautiful.
Can't really compare Florez and this voice, I think. Florez is a very light, true belcanto tenor.
The Calleja comparison is more accurate, I think. Calleja is a bit better, I think. Wouldn't be surprised if these two ended up being the premier tenors of their generation.
He could, I know he could. But he may not. Got it? If you want it to be a real succes, why hurry, give him some more time - his singing is good, but not perfect.
I listened to Mr. Bezduz a couple of days ago in Göteborg, Sweden, and must say that his high C was much more impressive now. Just a small, but perhaps interesting, detail.
I really liked the production; well acted and sung by Bezduz, Juntunen and Zetterström, and the orchestra under Pietro Rizzo was excellent. Mr Bezduz sings with finesse and has no problem reaching above the orchestra because of his good tecnique. I like listening to voices singing, not screaming. He has a natural flow and is a believable actor. Well done!
I revisited the performance today at a matinee and it was even better than the premiere. The acting was really moving - I had tears in my eyes on many occasions and I'm not that easily moved. The cast, especially Mr Bezduz and Ms Juntunen did a great job. This is a performance worth preserving.
I revisited the performance today at a matinee and it was even better than the premiere. The acting was really moving - I had tears in my eyes on many occasions and I'm not that easily moved. The cast, especially Mr Bezduz and Ms Juntunen did a great job. This is a performance worth preserving.
Yes, great technique and grazie voice (reminds me a little of young Carreras), but these days we are lacking spinto and dramatic voices, no more excitement.
Never get any excitement in the house these days...only listening to old live recordings can do that for me.
Bravo Bülent , I havent seen better than your interpretation except Pavaroti. It's like a singing lesson. I will come to see your La Favorita in Montpellier. I love your tender voice. Where ever you sing TOI TOI TOI.
Can we (B.B.fans) rely on you to share your experience in Montpellier with us ?
How did you like La Favorita (stage design ,stage director ,costume designer orchestra, and above all the performances of Bulent Bezduz and Béatrice Uria-Monzon
You are in serious denial to justify your miserable existence. Look around you! You live in a crap hole! How much of a clue do you need? How give a heck about Georgia and Georgians in a serious sense? Nobody? You existence as a nation is INSIGNIFICANT. When are you going to understand that?
Georgia 4 ever indeed We need a such an easily surrendering, submissive nation which could be conquered in a whim! Please stay the way you are as a nation! We need someone at the bottom of the barrel! LoL..What an idiot. No go listen to Carreras. He seem to suit someone inferior such as yourself very well.
Well..minus reviews from Carreras fanatics with barely any knowledge of opera is something I do not care about. Yet, it won't stop me from opining about it. Try to be factual and rational. But your obsession with Carreras is understandable. You seem to relate to (for the most part) to mediocrity as a person with a mediocre heritage and ancestry.
Ah sure tis all a matter of opinion, for me I will simply say Pavorotti was one of the greatest - and by the way I agree with your comments about him in his younger career. My mother (now 85) saw the legendary Fille du Regiment in the mid 60s at Covent Garden. She gave me the programme recently, she had noted beside Pavs name - "This one could be rather special" Which is why I value her opinion about BB! Still isn't opera a great leveller and better to argue about than Religion or Politics!
Carreras? Come on..he looks as if he's gonna split into half when he's trying to access his upper register. He simply doesn't have it. In his best day his B5 was at best ok. And don't come up with he's got perfect dynamics nonsense. He's overrated.(Period). Among the hispanic tenors, I'd take Aragall and Kraus any day. The rest is hot air albeit a marketing success.
TheInquisitive4Ever You have to understand, that your poor exclamations about Carreras makes you jester! You do not set free any chance to shit on the GRATE JOSE CARRERAS and what is a result of your ill-considered exclamations?! Everybody rate your cooments -5 and think, that you are jester!
just continuing, I have been an opera goer for 30 years and as posted earlier my 84 year old mum listened to this youtube recording and said good god he is the best I have heard for many many years (and believe me she has heard all the greats of the past fifty years), so open your ears and open your heart, this guy uses his voice to move people - and believe me if you saw him on stage performing you could not fail to be moved - he is going to be a mega star!!!! For many of us he already is!
Gevork6, I am really not sure what planet you are on or what you expect, this young man and in tenor terms he is still young - not quite 40 is one of the finest singers of his generation - and I for one am sure in the next few years is going to explode onto the global operatic scene, I "stumbled" upon him by accident seeing his Edgardo in Glasgow last year, I went to the opera knowing none of the cast and came out the theatre gasping in amazement, and I have been going to the opera for about .
No question BB is talented....but the High C has to be worked on as I said...I'm sure in time he will master it.....also the phrasing and the legatto line habe toi be ironed out....I mean I was comparing him to Pavarotti the greatest singer of all time!
I don't think anyone is saying he is the new Pavorotti, his kind are once every three decades, Pavorotti greatest singer of all time? mmm..Stefano, Caruso, Gili, McCormack, etc, no doubt(Pav) was in the super league but great marketing, mass media exposure, huge improvements in technical recording, in a century they will still be listening to him and others who will come and go in the meantime. You have to be careful about the greatest label
...the young Pavarotti....not the later media bloated over the hill superstar....cannot be surpassed....it is impossible...he was absolute perfection....his technique was the greatest ever....his effortless ringing high notes will never be matched....he had the unique ability to produce a full bodied round tenor sound yet with the lightest of productions!......his passagio was unbelievable!.....his phrasing superb....on and on......etc...
The climactic High C is nowhere near what it should be....take a listen to Pavarotti doing it....I understand that it is very challenging as it is at the end of a very difficult and long aria but he has to really work on making it sparkle.....also needs to really hold it longer.....should probably practice singing it with High C# and then the C might get easier as time goes on!
...the list is soooo long that there is not enough space.....listen to Alagna for example.....or Diego Florez.....Villazon.....etc....in this world there is no lack of talent......but to be talented is quite something different than to be an abslolute legend like Pavarotti....his recordings of many aria are the definitive standards....now BB is a fine young tenor but he is no Pavarotti....he is not that talented....but with work he should be able to really improve the very high tessitura....
...great point!...after Pavarotti people should just stop singing.....there is no where else to go....the ultimate has been achieved....everything else pales in comparison!
Bulent Bezduz Grammy Awards winner, a brilliant opera singer ( playing the role of Edgardo, Alfredo, Rodolfo ,Nemorino and Fenton ) has through his performance proved to be one of the top tenors today.
The time has arrived to introduce him in North and South America's opera houses, otherwise opera audiences might be deprived of a great contemporary opera tenor, BB.
Bezduz is really one of the best tenor. Since I saw him in Marseille ,I never forget. He has all..big hearth ,wunderfull technique and good looking. Maestro of belcanto.
I appriciate,Bülent Bezdüz North American Web site that you designed. It seams really big work and professional web site.
Thank you for supporting such a great talented singer.
Corelli ,Del Monaco,Giacomini, Pavarotti, Domingo, Kraus, Carreras, Alagna'yı ilk duyduğum anda tanırım. Özel seslerdir benzerleri yoktur. Artık bu sesi de sıcacık rengi,yormayan tınısı ve duygusal armonikleri ile hemen tanıyorum. %100 Bezdüz..%100 Özel..
Fine singing for a young tenor. He held back a little on the high C but never was yelling at all, nice job. Why bring up experienced singers when he is new and young? fine voice and time will tell what he does. Bravo and good luck.
Seems you guys have forgotten about Giuseppe Di Stefano...who Pav himself says he idolized growing up. Pav's is no doubt amazing, but I think this song is owned by Di Stefano...listen for yourself right here on youtube.
Actually, besides Pavarotti's high C, the rest of the aria was terrible. Horrible legato, terrible diction, and he basically ended the aria yelling. The best Che Gelida Manina was by Carreras.
Solid performance....but for the real thing pull up a Pavarotti version........after what he did they should just retire this piece....cannot be done better.....as for the High C.....Pavarotti's was absolutely perfect....no need to try anything else...Stop there!!
Fazla söze gerek yok.. çok hızlı bir tempo olmuş ve fazla akademik söylemişsin. Çalışmak istersen gel yardımcı olurum. ben Türkiye'nin en iyi Tenoru'yum.Öyle Pavarotti'nin tahtına aday falan bize yazmaz. Pavarotti ile 3 yıl çalışan benim...
Ozur dilerim ama yazmadan gecmedim.Eger gercekten hakan aysev sen.Bende senin hakkinda nacizane fikirlerimi soyliyim.Iyi bir dramatik ton ama cok kotu sarkicisin ozur dilerim...Cok yayarak soyluyorsun kelimeleri ve tadini cok bozuyorsun melodinin.BUlent in tonu ve muzikalitesi senden con onde bence.Daha cok genc..Bulent i gormuslugum bile yok arkadas falan sanma sakin.saygilarimla...pinar...
Ben düşüncelerinize genelde katılmakla beraber bu şahsın Hakan bey olabileceğini sanmıyorum...Bülent Bezdüz'ü Belisario'da canlı dinledikten sonra kıyaslayabilecek bir ses Türkiye'de görmed,im. Ayrıca Hakan Beyden de yaşça büyük olduğunu biliyorum. Ama her anlamda genç göründüğü de bir gerçek.Kıyaslamak da anlamsız zaten...gerçek sanat için yaşayanlar asla yaşlanmazlar.
I wonder about critics debating virtues of each note sung. I just go to the opera to enjoy it and have heard many Rodolfos over the years, recorded and on stage. BB is one of the finest young tenors I have ever heard. This interpretation of Che Gelida is one of the best you are likely to hear on a stage at this point in time, my 84 year old mother - who has been going to the opera for the past 60 years said she hadn't heard a young voice like this for about 30 years.
Hmmm?? Beautiful voice, Beautiful man. Very admirable job of a difficult aria. Defintely a very promising young tenor. I have some concerns about how the tone "spreads" in places and I am not sure that Rodolfo is "right" for him at this point in his development, but I think we will hear much from this wonderful young singer. Bravo.
Nice voice, but I'm more blown away by some of the inane comments on this wall.
-It's Wunderlich, no 't' (as we already established)
-It's a high-C, not a B-flat
-Before you go running to look at your scores, know that 'la dolce speranza' hasn't been sung since the beginning part of the last century, when it practically became mandatory to sing the C
@drewski67 check it with a pitch fork - he sings a high Bb (B flat) as in the score. Not C - if you analyze the spectrum its a bit over 447 HZ - which makes it a high B flat. Plus if you have a bit of musical education you would know that a high "C" would not fit in the harmony where a B flat is written. You tube is full of absolutely unprofessional and ignorant comments. "when it practically became mandatory to sing the C" - where did this come from? Who decided and where?
@MrKiliev are we talking about the 'la speranza' section?? That IS a high-C. YOU check the score, idiot. 'Chi son' is a B-flat. Unprofessional?? Ignorant?? "if you have a bit of musical education"? HA!
And yes, it has become mandatory. If you read the FULL score, you'll see that the orchestra doubles the voice in the ascent to the C, as is all too common in the music of Puccini. Do you think anyone who sings the 'la dolce speranza' and avoids the C would escape ridicule?!?
@drewski67 OK sunshine - take a pitchfork which will give you a perfect A at 440 HZ. Download the clip. Loop around the "spe e" with any sound editing program. Knock the pitchfork on your forehead to get a perfect A - notice the halftone difference. Check out you tube HQvY4YKlwtM - notice something of the high C compilation? The High C's are different notes! If you are such an opera buff maybe you should know that sometimes the orchestra transposes a piece half up or down or even one up or down.
@MrKiliev I'm disappointed a man of your intellect wouldn't have taken into account dated audio played at different speeds and therefore, sounding like different notes. Many of these were live recordings and the audio is a little funky. Some of them were intended as different notes (Caruso, Domingo, Alagna, all singing Bs) Bjorling sings a higher pitch because he very often sharps (some say forced emission, others say a conscious attempt to cut through the think texture of the orchestra)
@drewski67 My cousin is a recording engineer for twenty years now and I know from him. It's done sometimes. An aria is played or recorded a step or a whole step down to accomodate the singer. Plus I know that the human voice is an incredible delicate instrument and some seasons the voice simply is not there. No one is an exception. That's why I guess I was trying to be a detective here.
@drewski67 Well - taking my words back - looked up the score - the aria is in D-flat and that dolce speranza is a modulation on the Double Dominant to Dominant - Bb 7/9 -> Eb - so it has to be a high C - the strings really do double the C which is what Rodolfo sings (but not in the original version - he sings a D -> Eb. HOWEVER I still maintain that the recording / or the performance may be transposed down a bit. Sorry for the bitchy comments - but that's how I am before my morning coffee
@MrKiliev I appreciate you being mature enough to admit when you're wrong, but I don't get where the D-Eb is coming from. Original version?? Tenors have been known to sing the aria (and sometimes the whole scena) down a half step, but you mentioned UP a half step?? No tenor would ever transpose this aria higher than the original key. Yes, Bezduz sings the E-flat in 'Lucia' as written. VERY few tenors do it though.
@drewski67 Lucia de Lamermur or something. That's where Bulent Bezduz does a high Eb. Its on youtube somewhere. I was just without my morning coffee when I started this. I would have deleted my bitchy remarks if I could.
OK Bulent boy - but you are singing "your tiny hand is frozen" without holding her hand! First when you sing "let me warm it for you" do you take her hand.
I saw the show, When they were looking for the key he did already hold her hand. Than just before long la flat ,she took her hand back. Than he was trying to convince her with a beautiful sound. Thats it poltt2003 boy. There is 1000 kind of staging. For get it and listen to the sound boy..Have fun
But the way its posted on UTUBE we dont see that. Plus I would agree with Poltt2003. "Your tiny hand is frozen" is a term of endearment, its like telling a woman "You have beautiful eyes" and looking at the football match. Like speaking tender words and looking out of the window... But the singing is perfect and because this performance is a candidate for perfection did Poltt notice one tiny flaw (he obviously was quite impressed to look into details)
A great voice, still to be worked, a great star and a hope for Puccini interpretation and for the tenors arround europe. BRAVO Bulent!!!!, beautiful timbre, the short C good and brave, young and to be followed. You already have a big group of funs in Romania. Bravo again. Look for romanian soporano Roxana Briban, you could do a great duet with her.
alt ve üst oktavlarda çizgisini hiç bozmadan söylüyor.bir tek kontr C da,sanki renk biraz o çizginin dışında kalmış.onu dışında bence kusursuz.eminim 5 yıl sonra bundan daha mükemmel söyleyecek.severek dinliyoruz ve başarılarının devamını diliyoruz.saygılar.
I bit nervous throughout I thought,tenattive and short on the high C,BUT his voice is glorious and we may have a new huge star in the making.Handsome and lean-he'll be in demand!
I love a lyric voice for Rodolfo. I usually hear spintos; but, lyric seems to handle this score easily enough and the timbre suits the character. If you have the old Wunderlicht recording, give it a listen and marvel how he sings the words after the high C.... just a Puccini wrote it.
No doubt about the singing - astounding - but the score says its a high B flat. Guess I will check it out with a pitchfork and have the final say since I dont have absolute pitch.
too young to do Rodolfo - it is exactly what you need for Rodolfo fresh young voice and face, Rodlofo is supposed to be a young poet in love, I saw domingo do Rodolfo when he was 40 and then again fifteen years later - I know which one I preferred. This guy is the perfect casting for Rodolfo!!
I cannot imagine where you might be, but I like the voice, stage... how good to hear done believably, and musically. [wait - "qui son...é" a bit early with the next word!]
gercek bir lirik bel canto tenoru...giuseppe di stefano yu andiriyor bana biraz..harika bir renk...ve dikkat ederseniz ,Bezduz, müzikal ve tiyatral anlamda frazin orjinal dilindeki kurallara gore tavır sergiliyor sahnede...bu isitsel ve gorsel anlamda tam bir ziyafet!oysa ki bir cok sanatci,kendi dillerine cevrilmis haline gore rol yaparlar....bu da önemli bir fark...
Manque un peu d'épaisseur mais charmant.
abracadabranque 1 year ago
great voice, not a great actor :/
tCrOMez1990 1 year ago
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@tCrOMez1990
how many others too!
canzonettasullaria 6 months ago in playlist New Tenors
The similarity of timbre between Bülent Bezdüz and Stephen Costello is uncanny!
IsingOpera 1 year ago
perche a me sembra un cantante (tenore è una parola grossa) modesto? spinge su due acuti nei bassi sparisce. mah forse le mie orecchie hanno problemi
cogitoergoboh 1 year ago
Amazing!
tatmus85 1 year ago
Great great voice with ringing high notes. Very rare type of tenor
monpitt500 2 years ago
Bravo Bezduz!
dalferr 2 years ago
que lindo que canta este muchacho... espero que vuelva pronto a la Argentina para poder verlo!
andreslp3 2 years ago
From what I hear and see, Bulent Bezduz has a lot of work ahead. Needs to improve his technique, his acting abilities, music knowledge, and so forth. Why? Because it is worth the effort. Gorgeous voice, good stage presence, musicality. We've seen a number of famous performers who departed with far less.
elufologo 2 years ago
I saw him in Gotenbourg Opera House last year...He was excelent...
Swedyopera 2 years ago
very good браво!!
SanLeonid 2 years ago
Muy buena interpretación, realmente cuesta mucho entrenar la voz (soy cantante), y esta voz esta muy bien entrenada. Lo felicito al señor!! Muy buenoo!!
Bsonnete 2 years ago
Bravo!
dalferr 2 years ago
Bravo!!!
dalferr 2 years ago
Bravo: A really clear easy tenor voice with a sweet tone. Good stage presence and easy movement. This young man could have a major career since the voice will get bigger with maturity.
gaytenor 2 years ago 7
William Berger (author of Puccini without excuses ) Rodolfo : An impecunious poet.Althought nothing ever said explicitly ,we immiediatelly get the feeling that Rodolfo is a handsome and very popular with the ladies.The role written in a manner agreeable to lyrical voices,althought like Mimi ,he should be capable of projecting some heft at various points in the score Listen BB's duet with Juntuen : O soave fanciulla :)
operajdflorez 2 years ago
they mentioned the name of this song in the book: lover enshirened by J.R. ward that was such a great book I had to look up this song... a hot, tough, troubled vampire man with a bad past sings this ooohh in the book I mean.
serghina 2 years ago
Bulent is really one of the finest lyric tenors around currently with Florez and calleja imho. i have been watching more of his performances.. the appoggio is almost perfect..barely anyone sings high notes so properly now.. and the timbre is beautiful.
Pawelp 2 years ago 12
Can't really compare Florez and this voice, I think. Florez is a very light, true belcanto tenor.
The Calleja comparison is more accurate, I think. Calleja is a bit better, I think. Wouldn't be surprised if these two ended up being the premier tenors of their generation.
Belcore14 2 years ago
I want to hear him in few years. If he works just a little bit more he can be a great singer!
I prefer him in "La traviata"
Masicians 3 years ago 3
Great voice! I'm really impressed.
vettae 3 years ago
he's amazing! Turkish men are sexy!!
<3 He'll go far!
Renfeildette 3 years ago
Very good. To the MET? Hmm... not at the moment yet, but 2010/2011 might be the right time :)
MisterSoprano 3 years ago
He could sing at the MET as well as many others of nowadays, Mister Soprano!
canzonettasullaria 3 years ago
He could, I know he could. But he may not. Got it? If you want it to be a real succes, why hurry, give him some more time - his singing is good, but not perfect.
MisterSoprano 3 years ago
I listened to Mr. Bezduz a couple of days ago in Göteborg, Sweden, and must say that his high C was much more impressive now. Just a small, but perhaps interesting, detail.
goranandersson 3 years ago
Could you pls tell about other details more Acting etc. Thanks..
maestoso33 3 years ago
I really liked the production; well acted and sung by Bezduz, Juntunen and Zetterström, and the orchestra under Pietro Rizzo was excellent. Mr Bezduz sings with finesse and has no problem reaching above the orchestra because of his good tecnique. I like listening to voices singing, not screaming. He has a natural flow and is a believable actor. Well done!
goranandersson 3 years ago
Well Done BB...
rodialva 3 years ago
I revisited the performance today at a matinee and it was even better than the premiere. The acting was really moving - I had tears in my eyes on many occasions and I'm not that easily moved. The cast, especially Mr Bezduz and Ms Juntunen did a great job. This is a performance worth preserving.
goranandersson 3 years ago
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I revisited the performance today at a matinee and it was even better than the premiere. The acting was really moving - I had tears in my eyes on many occasions and I'm not that easily moved. The cast, especially Mr Bezduz and Ms Juntunen did a great job. This is a performance worth preserving.
goranandersson 3 years ago
Only a few day's left !!!!
and Mr Bezduz will sing again: La Boheme at Sweden Goteborg,directed by Ms.Elisabeth Linton.
Premiere 22 November 2008 Goteborg Opera House
Info for full schedule /cast/ and Q&A with Ms Linton visit bezduz fan club !
rodialva 3 years ago
First time I see this guy and I'm truly amazed.
pbogdanovic 3 years ago
TOI TOI TOI in Gotebourg... I m sure you will have great success there.
Best
maestoso33 3 years ago
Well they need him if he sounds like this today, Bravo!
pearlmuth3 3 years ago
Yes, great technique and grazie voice (reminds me a little of young Carreras), but these days we are lacking spinto and dramatic voices, no more excitement.
Never get any excitement in the house these days...only listening to old live recordings can do that for me.
GermanOperaSinger 3 years ago
Today I have noticed in the Metropolitan Opera 's schedule 2010/2011 season and I relized no one has received the role of Rodolfo (La Boheme)
hmmm ... hmm ?
Isn't the right time to introduce Mr.Bezduz to the New Yorkian people ???
pls.read his resume/engagements/guestbook too
GK
operajdflorez 3 years ago
Dear Bulent !
Wishing you happy birthday, if anyone deserves life's best it certainly is you!
:):):) G.K.
operajdflorez 3 years ago 2
Bravo Bülent , I havent seen better than your interpretation except Pavaroti. It's like a singing lesson. I will come to see your La Favorita in Montpellier. I love your tender voice. Where ever you sing TOI TOI TOI.
Rodi Alva
rodialva 3 years ago
Dear Rodi Alva !
Can we (B.B.fans) rely on you to share your experience in Montpellier with us ?
How did you like La Favorita (stage design ,stage director ,costume designer orchestra, and above all the performances of Bulent Bezduz and Béatrice Uria-Monzon
Thank you Gabriella
operajdflorez 3 years ago
EXCELENT!!!!!!
NO WORDS
barbyrodo 3 years ago 2
Here is the latest news :):)
Mr Bezduz LA BOHEME as Rodolfo - upcoming SWEDEN Goteborg 2008 December 4,12,18 and
2009 January 9,11,14,17,21,24,29
February 1,4,8
Hope
operajdflorez 3 years ago
You are in serious denial to justify your miserable existence. Look around you! You live in a crap hole! How much of a clue do you need? How give a heck about Georgia and Georgians in a serious sense? Nobody? You existence as a nation is INSIGNIFICANT. When are you going to understand that?
TheInquisitive4Ever 3 years ago
Georgia 4 ever indeed We need a such an easily surrendering, submissive nation which could be conquered in a whim! Please stay the way you are as a nation! We need someone at the bottom of the barrel! LoL..What an idiot. No go listen to Carreras. He seem to suit someone inferior such as yourself very well.
TheInquisitive4Ever 3 years ago
What a stupid jester are you inquisitive bugbear You say something, what you don't understand yourself and don't believe in it.
Whom we surrended, whom we submissed do you know it?! I don't know!
sandrik100 3 years ago
Increible...muy buena interpretacion
stavros2007 3 years ago
Jose Carreras 4ever!!!
sandrik100 3 years ago
Well..minus reviews from Carreras fanatics with barely any knowledge of opera is something I do not care about. Yet, it won't stop me from opining about it. Try to be factual and rational. But your obsession with Carreras is understandable. You seem to relate to (for the most part) to mediocrity as a person with a mediocre heritage and ancestry.
TheInquisitive4Ever 3 years ago
Ah sure tis all a matter of opinion, for me I will simply say Pavorotti was one of the greatest - and by the way I agree with your comments about him in his younger career. My mother (now 85) saw the legendary Fille du Regiment in the mid 60s at Covent Garden. She gave me the programme recently, she had noted beside Pavs name - "This one could be rather special" Which is why I value her opinion about BB! Still isn't opera a great leveller and better to argue about than Religion or Politics!
figaro207 3 years ago
Maestoso333..what did you attempt to say?
TheInquisitive4Ever 3 years ago
Carreras? Come on..he looks as if he's gonna split into half when he's trying to access his upper register. He simply doesn't have it. In his best day his B5 was at best ok. And don't come up with he's got perfect dynamics nonsense. He's overrated.(Period). Among the hispanic tenors, I'd take Aragall and Kraus any day. The rest is hot air albeit a marketing success.
TheInquisitive4Ever 3 years ago
You just make me laugh clued up! TheInquisitive4Ever ...
maestoso33 3 years ago
TheInquisitive4Ever You have to understand, that your poor exclamations about Carreras makes you jester! You do not set free any chance to shit on the GRATE JOSE CARRERAS and what is a result of your ill-considered exclamations?! Everybody rate your cooments -5 and think, that you are jester!
sandrik100 3 years ago
just continuing, I have been an opera goer for 30 years and as posted earlier my 84 year old mum listened to this youtube recording and said good god he is the best I have heard for many many years (and believe me she has heard all the greats of the past fifty years), so open your ears and open your heart, this guy uses his voice to move people - and believe me if you saw him on stage performing you could not fail to be moved - he is going to be a mega star!!!! For many of us he already is!
figaro207 3 years ago
Gevork6, I am really not sure what planet you are on or what you expect, this young man and in tenor terms he is still young - not quite 40 is one of the finest singers of his generation - and I for one am sure in the next few years is going to explode onto the global operatic scene, I "stumbled" upon him by accident seeing his Edgardo in Glasgow last year, I went to the opera knowing none of the cast and came out the theatre gasping in amazement, and I have been going to the opera for about .
figaro207 3 years ago
No question BB is talented....but the High C has to be worked on as I said...I'm sure in time he will master it.....also the phrasing and the legatto line habe toi be ironed out....I mean I was comparing him to Pavarotti the greatest singer of all time!
GEVORK6 3 years ago
I don't think anyone is saying he is the new Pavorotti, his kind are once every three decades, Pavorotti greatest singer of all time? mmm..Stefano, Caruso, Gili, McCormack, etc, no doubt(Pav) was in the super league but great marketing, mass media exposure, huge improvements in technical recording, in a century they will still be listening to him and others who will come and go in the meantime. You have to be careful about the greatest label
figaro207 3 years ago
...the young Pavarotti....not the later media bloated over the hill superstar....cannot be surpassed....it is impossible...he was absolute perfection....his technique was the greatest ever....his effortless ringing high notes will never be matched....he had the unique ability to produce a full bodied round tenor sound yet with the lightest of productions!......his passagio was unbelievable!.....his phrasing superb....on and on......etc...
GEVORK6 3 years ago
Listen to Bjorling
dollenberg 3 years ago
The climactic High C is nowhere near what it should be....take a listen to Pavarotti doing it....I understand that it is very challenging as it is at the end of a very difficult and long aria but he has to really work on making it sparkle.....also needs to really hold it longer.....should probably practice singing it with High C# and then the C might get easier as time goes on!
GEVORK6 4 years ago
Dear Gevork !
Would you please advice another opera singer who can sing this aria better than BB.(I mean contemporary ,young upcoming generation)
Sincerely :ojdf
operajdflorez 4 years ago
...the list is soooo long that there is not enough space.....listen to Alagna for example.....or Diego Florez.....Villazon.....etc....in this world there is no lack of talent......but to be talented is quite something different than to be an abslolute legend like Pavarotti....his recordings of many aria are the definitive standards....now BB is a fine young tenor but he is no Pavarotti....he is not that talented....but with work he should be able to really improve the very high tessitura....
GEVORK6 3 years ago
Comparing singers to Pavarotti is quite unfair, similar to saying, "John is nice, but he's no Jesus!"
dibeling 3 years ago 2
...great point!...after Pavarotti people should just stop singing.....there is no where else to go....the ultimate has been achieved....everything else pales in comparison!
GEVORK6 3 years ago
Bulent Bezduz Grammy Awards winner, a brilliant opera singer ( playing the role of Edgardo, Alfredo, Rodolfo ,Nemorino and Fenton ) has through his performance proved to be one of the top tenors today.
The time has arrived to introduce him in North and South America's opera houses, otherwise opera audiences might be deprived of a great contemporary opera tenor, BB.
operajdflorez 4 years ago
Dear operajdflorez ,
Bezduz is really one of the best tenor. Since I saw him in Marseille ,I never forget. He has all..big hearth ,wunderfull technique and good looking. Maestro of belcanto.
I appriciate,Bülent Bezdüz North American Web site that you designed. It seams really big work and professional web site.
Thank you for supporting such a great talented singer.
All the best
Rodi
rodialva 4 years ago
Dear Rodialva!
Thank you for your notice I appreciated !
Website bezduz com is dedicated to Mr Bezduz and every Bezduz fans all around the world are welcome !!!
My best wishes from Montreal Gabriella
operajdflorez 4 years ago
amigo turco, yo tambien soy tenor de verdad que buen aria y que bien ejecutada.., ademas eres el hombre turco mas guapo que he visto jajaja!!!!
leonshaka 4 years ago
Everday listening once , good for health :-)
maestoso33 4 years ago
bueno muy bueno!! intersante!! bravo que sigan saliendo mas tenores pero de los buenos
cocoloco707 4 years ago
Beautiful! Bravo and Good Luck.
evedust 4 years ago
W LA TURCHIA!!!!!!! GRANDE PAESE
kingkorosh 4 years ago
bravissimoooo
kingkorosh 4 years ago
Corelli ,Del Monaco,Giacomini, Pavarotti, Domingo, Kraus, Carreras, Alagna'yı ilk duyduğum anda tanırım. Özel seslerdir benzerleri yoktur. Artık bu sesi de sıcacık rengi,yormayan tınısı ve duygusal armonikleri ile hemen tanıyorum. %100 Bezdüz..%100 Özel..
thebestturktenor 4 years ago
Dostum tebrik ederim,sesine sağlık.
tenoreale 4 years ago
süper tek kelime ile...mükemmelsin..
tenoreilhanuguryazar 4 years ago
I love this aria so much...but I can't sing the high C part....hahahaha.toughest. my top note currently..is a pushed high A.
hansquad 4 years ago
Fine singing for a young tenor. He held back a little on the high C but never was yelling at all, nice job. Why bring up experienced singers when he is new and young? fine voice and time will tell what he does. Bravo and good luck.
pearlmuth3 4 years ago
WOW
rayglover 4 years ago
gran tenor, la verdad todo un descubrimiento, acostumbrados a que nos vendan que villazon y demas son buenos, adelante, saludos desde argentina!!!!
deslome 4 years ago
Brilliant..very good
robertdoyle1975 4 years ago
Cok basarili..Tebrikler arkadasım..
ustuk 4 years ago
Seems you guys have forgotten about Giuseppe Di Stefano...who Pav himself says he idolized growing up. Pav's is no doubt amazing, but I think this song is owned by Di Stefano...listen for yourself right here on youtube.
mcphibbit03 4 years ago
I have never heard of this guy until yesterday???? Extremely gifted, and much more to come in my opinion. Bravo!!!!!!!
sevenevanheaven 4 years ago
Actually, besides Pavarotti's high C, the rest of the aria was terrible. Horrible legato, terrible diction, and he basically ended the aria yelling. The best Che Gelida Manina was by Carreras.
AkuaMakahehi 4 years ago
How many times did Carreras sing che gelida manina in the wright key on stage
Bjoerrelli 4 years ago
Solid performance....but for the real thing pull up a Pavarotti version........after what he did they should just retire this piece....cannot be done better.....as for the High C.....Pavarotti's was absolutely perfect....no need to try anything else...Stop there!!
GEVORK6 4 years ago
Ti trovo in vece stupido e noioso.
Merryjest 3 years ago
that upper range is pretty weak
emalaithdies 4 years ago
Fazla söze gerek yok.. çok hızlı bir tempo olmuş ve fazla akademik söylemişsin. Çalışmak istersen gel yardımcı olurum. ben Türkiye'nin en iyi Tenoru'yum.Öyle Pavarotti'nin tahtına aday falan bize yazmaz. Pavarotti ile 3 yıl çalışan benim...
HAYSEV 4 years ago
Ozur dilerim ama yazmadan gecmedim.Eger gercekten hakan aysev sen.Bende senin hakkinda nacizane fikirlerimi soyliyim.Iyi bir dramatik ton ama cok kotu sarkicisin ozur dilerim...Cok yayarak soyluyorsun kelimeleri ve tadini cok bozuyorsun melodinin.BUlent in tonu ve muzikalitesi senden con onde bence.Daha cok genc..Bulent i gormuslugum bile yok arkadas falan sanma sakin.saygilarimla...pinar...
icegirlpnr 4 years ago
Değerli Hanımefendi ,
Ben düşüncelerinize genelde katılmakla beraber bu şahsın Hakan bey olabileceğini sanmıyorum...Bülent Bezdüz'ü Belisario'da canlı dinledikten sonra kıyaslayabilecek bir ses Türkiye'de görmed,im. Ayrıca Hakan Beyden de yaşça büyük olduğunu biliyorum. Ama her anlamda genç göründüğü de bir gerçek.Kıyaslamak da anlamsız zaten...gerçek sanat için yaşayanlar asla yaşlanmazlar.
İyi dileklerimler
aycinarli 4 years ago
I wonder about critics debating virtues of each note sung. I just go to the opera to enjoy it and have heard many Rodolfos over the years, recorded and on stage. BB is one of the finest young tenors I have ever heard. This interpretation of Che Gelida is one of the best you are likely to hear on a stage at this point in time, my 84 year old mother - who has been going to the opera for the past 60 years said she hadn't heard a young voice like this for about 30 years.
figaro207 4 years ago
Hmmm?? Beautiful voice, Beautiful man. Very admirable job of a difficult aria. Defintely a very promising young tenor. I have some concerns about how the tone "spreads" in places and I am not sure that Rodolfo is "right" for him at this point in his development, but I think we will hear much from this wonderful young singer. Bravo.
2ManyHighCs 4 years ago
Nice voice, but I'm more blown away by some of the inane comments on this wall.
-It's Wunderlich, no 't' (as we already established)
-It's a high-C, not a B-flat
-Before you go running to look at your scores, know that 'la dolce speranza' hasn't been sung since the beginning part of the last century, when it practically became mandatory to sing the C
drewski67 4 years ago
@drewski67 check it with a pitch fork - he sings a high Bb (B flat) as in the score. Not C - if you analyze the spectrum its a bit over 447 HZ - which makes it a high B flat. Plus if you have a bit of musical education you would know that a high "C" would not fit in the harmony where a B flat is written. You tube is full of absolutely unprofessional and ignorant comments. "when it practically became mandatory to sing the C" - where did this come from? Who decided and where?
MrKiliev 1 year ago
@MrKiliev are we talking about the 'la speranza' section?? That IS a high-C. YOU check the score, idiot. 'Chi son' is a B-flat. Unprofessional?? Ignorant?? "if you have a bit of musical education"? HA!
And yes, it has become mandatory. If you read the FULL score, you'll see that the orchestra doubles the voice in the ascent to the C, as is all too common in the music of Puccini. Do you think anyone who sings the 'la dolce speranza' and avoids the C would escape ridicule?!?
drewski67 1 year ago
@drewski67 OK sunshine - take a pitchfork which will give you a perfect A at 440 HZ. Download the clip. Loop around the "spe e" with any sound editing program. Knock the pitchfork on your forehead to get a perfect A - notice the halftone difference. Check out you tube HQvY4YKlwtM - notice something of the high C compilation? The High C's are different notes! If you are such an opera buff maybe you should know that sometimes the orchestra transposes a piece half up or down or even one up or down.
MrKiliev 1 year ago
@MrKiliev I'm disappointed a man of your intellect wouldn't have taken into account dated audio played at different speeds and therefore, sounding like different notes. Many of these were live recordings and the audio is a little funky. Some of them were intended as different notes (Caruso, Domingo, Alagna, all singing Bs) Bjorling sings a higher pitch because he very often sharps (some say forced emission, others say a conscious attempt to cut through the think texture of the orchestra)
drewski67 1 year ago
@drewski67 My cousin is a recording engineer for twenty years now and I know from him. It's done sometimes. An aria is played or recorded a step or a whole step down to accomodate the singer. Plus I know that the human voice is an incredible delicate instrument and some seasons the voice simply is not there. No one is an exception. That's why I guess I was trying to be a detective here.
MrKiliev 1 year ago
@drewski67 Also Bezduz is known to graciously sing the high E flat somewhere. So there is no ridicule.
MrKiliev 1 year ago
@drewski67 Well - taking my words back - looked up the score - the aria is in D-flat and that dolce speranza is a modulation on the Double Dominant to Dominant - Bb 7/9 -> Eb - so it has to be a high C - the strings really do double the C which is what Rodolfo sings (but not in the original version - he sings a D -> Eb. HOWEVER I still maintain that the recording / or the performance may be transposed down a bit. Sorry for the bitchy comments - but that's how I am before my morning coffee
MrKiliev 1 year ago
@MrKiliev I appreciate you being mature enough to admit when you're wrong, but I don't get where the D-Eb is coming from. Original version?? Tenors have been known to sing the aria (and sometimes the whole scena) down a half step, but you mentioned UP a half step?? No tenor would ever transpose this aria higher than the original key. Yes, Bezduz sings the E-flat in 'Lucia' as written. VERY few tenors do it though.
drewski67 1 year ago
@drewski67 Lucia de Lamermur or something. That's where Bulent Bezduz does a high Eb. Its on youtube somewhere. I was just without my morning coffee when I started this. I would have deleted my bitchy remarks if I could.
MrKiliev 1 year ago
Wow...great voice.
PaulPottsFan2007 4 years ago
OK Bulent boy - but you are singing "your tiny hand is frozen" without holding her hand! First when you sing "let me warm it for you" do you take her hand.
Good telepathy
poltt2003 4 years ago
I saw the show, When they were looking for the key he did already hold her hand. Than just before long la flat ,she took her hand back. Than he was trying to convince her with a beautiful sound. Thats it poltt2003 boy. There is 1000 kind of staging. For get it and listen to the sound boy..Have fun
maestoso33 4 years ago
But the way its posted on UTUBE we dont see that. Plus I would agree with Poltt2003. "Your tiny hand is frozen" is a term of endearment, its like telling a woman "You have beautiful eyes" and looking at the football match. Like speaking tender words and looking out of the window... But the singing is perfect and because this performance is a candidate for perfection did Poltt notice one tiny flaw (he obviously was quite impressed to look into details)
pdaw787 4 years ago
beatufil voice!
zovirotto 4 years ago
veeeery beautiful! one of my favourites.
canzonettasullaria 4 years ago
who was that soprano he was singing to?
libetta 4 years ago
Congratulations Bulent Bey. I think we will hear more of you in the near future.
kimgur 4 years ago
A sweet voice and, i think, a young tenor
LOVECARLA 4 years ago
A great voice, still to be worked, a great star and a hope for Puccini interpretation and for the tenors arround europe. BRAVO Bulent!!!!, beautiful timbre, the short C good and brave, young and to be followed. You already have a big group of funs in Romania. Bravo again. Look for romanian soporano Roxana Briban, you could do a great duet with her.
breakpoint30 4 years ago
alt ve üst oktavlarda çizgisini hiç bozmadan söylüyor.bir tek kontr C da,sanki renk biraz o çizginin dışında kalmış.onu dışında bence kusursuz.eminim 5 yıl sonra bundan daha mükemmel söyleyecek.severek dinliyoruz ve başarılarının devamını diliyoruz.saygılar.
tekbuz74 4 years ago
I bit nervous throughout I thought,tenattive and short on the high C,BUT his voice is glorious and we may have a new huge star in the making.Handsome and lean-he'll be in demand!
vickersman 4 years ago
wonderful voice
bravooo
nihat
nihatkaya01 4 years ago
..olmuş özellikle Talor kısmı çok kusursuz olmuş.Daha iyi söyle nefesim ensemde..
zurniktenor 4 years ago
Come on Bulent boy, hold that esp-EEEEE-ranza a second more!
pdaw787 4 years ago
Correction, just looked it up its dolce spEEEEranza (3.25)
pdaw787 4 years ago
I love a lyric voice for Rodolfo. I usually hear spintos; but, lyric seems to handle this score easily enough and the timbre suits the character. If you have the old Wunderlicht recording, give it a listen and marvel how he sings the words after the high C.... just a Puccini wrote it.
tenorote 4 years ago
So what?Wunderlicht is great we al know but what is the conparison with this guy.isn't great watch the talor.Excelent I guess.
maestoso33 4 years ago
sorry maestoso33 and tenorote but his last name is wunderlich..
not wunderlicht!!!is wrong..
distediste 4 years ago
its a high B flat
pdaw787 4 years ago
Nonsense! Honour to whom honour is due! Of course, it's a high c! The aria is sung in the original pitch! And very well sung indeed!
mariusfelix 4 years ago
No doubt about the singing - astounding - but the score says its a high B flat. Guess I will check it out with a pitchfork and have the final say since I dont have absolute pitch.
pdaw787 4 years ago
Beautiful stuff..
damiengenardi 4 years ago
harika!!! Wonderful :) Swietnie! Prekrasno! mnogo hubavo! Marveilluex!!!
firstsmoothest 4 years ago
Como español, país de bellas voces, diré que me ha sorprendido gratamente. Voz pequeña pero muy bonita y con momentos de gran dulzura. Bravo.
fistrorr1968 4 years ago
Bravo!!! Bella voce!
ceccopisa 4 years ago
Türkiye'yi temsil eden en büyük sanatçımız, hocamızın eşi sayın Bülent Bezdüz'e bu tür etkinliklerinden dolayı çok teşekkür ederiz.
İzlerken adeta zevk alıyoruz. Devamının gelmesını dileriz...
sefadolek 4 years ago
stud, to young to rodolfo, not bad.
principessadimorte 4 years ago
too young to do Rodolfo - it is exactly what you need for Rodolfo fresh young voice and face, Rodlofo is supposed to be a young poet in love, I saw domingo do Rodolfo when he was 40 and then again fifteen years later - I know which one I preferred. This guy is the perfect casting for Rodolfo!!
figaro207 4 years ago
He's ok but not great
redratrunner 4 years ago
Sevgili Bülentciğim,
Biraz önce aryalarınla birlikte yorumladığın türküyü de dinledim.Hepsi de güzeldi.Kutluyor ve kucaklıyorum.
Bacanağın ve abin Hüseyin Vural
hsv53 4 years ago
I cannot imagine where you might be, but I like the voice, stage... how good to hear done believably, and musically. [wait - "qui son...é" a bit early with the next word!]
PietVanA 4 years ago
Wow.
Bensasnett 4 years ago
wow.
missvye 4 years ago
i love his voice!
coryisawake 5 years ago
Varsa bu aryayı daha iyi ve layiki ile söyliyen bi tenor lütfen eklesinlerde izleyelim, özellikle talor frazı inanılmaz ve daha iyisini duymadım....
tebrikler Bezdüz...Başlı başına zevk seni dinlemek...
liricobrilante 5 years ago
I am italian and I can say that his pronunciation is really good.
Bravo, Turkish tenor^^
kanamechan86 5 years ago
Very good!!!
Gotthard38 5 years ago
gercek bir lirik bel canto tenoru...giuseppe di stefano yu andiriyor bana biraz..harika bir renk...ve dikkat ederseniz ,Bezduz, müzikal ve tiyatral anlamda frazin orjinal dilindeki kurallara gore tavır sergiliyor sahnede...bu isitsel ve gorsel anlamda tam bir ziyafet!oysa ki bir cok sanatci,kendi dillerine cevrilmis haline gore rol yaparlar....bu da önemli bir fark...
esozer 5 years ago
Tekrar tekrar dinlesem de doymuyorum her gun provalarını izlemeye gidiyorum..Aslan Abim..
HampsterFahri 5 years ago
mersindeyken opera hocamdi cok ozledim turkan bibar in yegeni deyince tanir beni
zzjteoi11 5 years ago
Thank you for this video!
Puccini75 5 years ago