Kelly as the Fisherman - High Cs

[Aidan55]

When I heard this at Pesaro I thought it was the most essentially beautiful tenor sound I had ever heard. This clip

calms all suspicions i had about my memory. Wow!

[Agorante]

@Aidan55

Yes, beautiful indeed.

[gmmix]

Very pleasing video. The tenor has a bright, clear, clean voice and seems to sing without obvious effort, not unlike Pavarotti when young. I want to hear more by Paul Kelly, who, heretofore, was unknown to me. FIVE STARS!

[Agorante]

After this Kelly had a bigger career singing a lot of lead roles. He is also heard on the Rossini Three Tenor CD with Bruce Ford and William Matteuzui.

I'm going to post some other Fishermen videos today. These guys are really obscure.

[popaprpaniec]

i was on this place - PESARO 1995 - palafestival . My memory ;) .. my JOB :) heh ... im from Poland ;)

[voicefan]

Nice middle spot, hiwever the high C sounds constrained, Gedda is still unmatched as Arnold

[2ManyHighCs]

Do you know of any theater where Gedda sang Arnold "live"?

[voicefan]

Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, live Florence April 1972 (the quality of the recoding is very bad though). Search for B00005B37F on amazon to hit this CD.

[Agorante]

Perhaps, but this isn't the part of Arnold. This is the secondary part of the Fisherman. I doubt if Gedda ever sang this small part. I will post a couple other Fisherman videos.

[hillbillytenorino]

After reviewing again, I have realized his tone is the combination of Wunderlich and Aragall, not the previous mentioned. I wish he was around and on the big scene today like he was for a while in the 90's. This a true bel canto tenor imho.

[hillbillytenorino]

Jesus that's beautiful singing. Great vjob PAK! Sounds like Wunderlich and Bjoerling and JDF mixed together. AKA great tenor tone quality.

[walkingoliver]

Many thanks for the kind words, hillbillytenorino! ;-)

PAK