Philippe Jaroussky - "Carestini, the story of a castrato"

[paulchristophermck]

AMAZING



[MultiElisa2000]

Maravilloso!!!!!

[sopranistica]

mäh, I don't like his voice. I have to say that his coloraturas on this recording are good, but his voice has not the power of other countertenors.

[onlylexus]

Just discovered this singer, Philippe Jaroussky, all I can say is WOW! Never ever heard a voice so pure in that range with great clarity. Now I guess I have to go out and get some of his stuff, God! when am I going to stop adding to my already vast collection? Thats the trouble when you discover someone so great and rare as this, you just got to have them in your collection! If an angel came to earth he would sing like this. Sarah Mclachlan is also another angel, 2 voices of heaven!

[2batswana]

2wonderful

Does the guy who is playing Farenelli have bolls and is this his real voice? What is his real name?

[HerrWarja]

@2batswana The voice of Fairnelli was made by the soprano Ewa Malas Godlewska and the countertenor Derek Lee. They mixed there voices in a computer to "re-create" a castratovoice. The male singer Derek Lee have tescticals.

[ScouttheDoggieFan]

lol he has no balls!

[boogiefever1985]

@ScouttheDoggieFan yes he does have balls, he is just singing a song about a castrato. So yes he does have balls.

[HappyHounde]

sorry . it sounds limited. it does not have the power of the female voice. that is because he is using what is called his false chords to make this sound.

[asta62]

gorgeous!

[brommersop]

It gives me cold shivers ...

[razzg]

Well... okay....I.. no..

 I won't say anything, as I don't really like opera.

[mrmolinodelahoz]

You have already said something, haven´t you?

[bylinka73]

pure beauty...

[yogilevo]

Çükünü mü kesmişler bu oğlanın! Ağnayamadım ben yaw!

[heavenlymilano]

@yogilevo Hayir cukunu falan kesmemisler. Aldigi egitim ve yetenegi sayesinde normalde erkeklerin cikamayacagi notalara cikabiliyor.

[SargentandGreenLeaf]

wow this is fucked up

they shouldnt of stopped with his balls

[sherbetstraw]

they didnt lol he's singing in head voice which all men can do!

[Spiceofmadrid]

lol

[rogermoore27]

Is this a genuine clip? Do they have males who sing that high these days?

[alexilmagnifico]

yes.......

he is a contra-tenoro.....

they are very rear......

very very very very very rear, but yes they do exist....

he is not a castrato.... he is natural :)

[sherbetstraw]

its "rare" matey!

and theyr not rare, its just rare to find a professional. Any man can be a countertenor with lessons.

[alexilmagnifico]

if it was that easy my dear there wouldn't be so many castratos in the years passed...

And yes you are right that every man can sing with falceto but the pointg is...

how will you sing

[heavenlymilano]

@alexilmagnifico Very true. I do agree 100%.

[sondano]

being a countertenor or (male soprano for that matter which is even rarer ) and producing high notes are two very different things those high notes are insufferable in 99.9% of cases

[sherbetstraw]

yup, countertenors, they sing in "head voice"

[baronvonchill]

have a look at this plz

Gregg Pritchard - Singer - Britains Got Talent 2009 Ep 5

[operastarz]

I think its more, that he is a countertenor, He is just singing castrato rep. I think. But I don't know, I could be wrong, but either way he is a countertenor, he says himself in one of his interviews. He is one of the few countertenors in the world that can sing the Baroque rep, others can't because even though their voices are high, there is no agility to their voices.

[Masamuneblader]

Yeah he's just a counter-tenor not a castrato the last one of those died in 1922 if I remember correctly though there is Radu Marian whose voice never changed due to a hormonal disorder he's had since birth. Radu's voice is that of a castrato which sounds exactly like a little boy.

[GoBogi]

Voice isn't the only thing that made a Castrato what they were. They had very distinct physical characteristics IRT the way they matured into adulthood. They also got training that allowed them to do what most (all) men and women singers found to be impossible. Their range, their agility, their technique was great (technique = perfect). Castrati could hold notes for a minute or more. Some parts of the Farinelli Il Castrato film were made to duplicate this, where the women fainted :P

[GoBogi]

A lot of those lines he sang, a Castrato would do without even taking a breath, because of the way their rip cages developed. Their training allowed them superior stamina, agility, and they could do this. There is audio of "The Last Castrato" and people talk about how horrible he was, but they fail to realize that he was not an operatic Castrato. Moreschi was a Church Choir Singer and Soloist. Those audio were purely for historical reasons - he knew we'd ponder what the "voice" was like :P

[justabrit]

Yes and a very natural one and good..

[BesACB]

Vivu Jaroussky!

[osxar36]

exelente la carcaterizacion del actor felicitaciones continuen adelante

[osxar36]

exelente deberian ponerla en carteleras de cine para que mas gente conozca de esta historia y genero

[elocinegnem]

♥♪♫ Beautiful

[nicosupersex]

he's obviosly not a castrato.... i mean... who in this time would cut their child testicules just for hime to be a singer??? i think it'd be consider a crime... and it's actually not necessry because as well as the instruments evolve, so does the human voice, so he's just the bearer of a butiful voice and a very accurate technic, so that's all technic and good taste

[x0x0wnx0x]

He is not a castrato! He is a sopranist countertenor.

[CatholicBoy1957]

So are you saying, it's the story of a castrato, but not performed by a castrato?

He should , perhaps, give everyone a slight hint, and grow some small sideburns, or a small moustache. That would kill a few comments, perhaps.

[boyd87]

:-)

[boogiefever1985]

@x0x0wnx0x You're right he is not a castrato! The piece he is singing is the story of a Castrato. Just like an actor in a movie playing a murderer is not ACTUALLY a murderer! So he is simply acting the role of a castrato, so to speak. Anyway, hope that clears it up for everyone.

[2010wieliczka]

@x0x0wnx0x sopranist countertenor? not mezzo-soprano countertenor?

[tritonusgesang]

Monsieur Jaroussky, c'est génial! - Pour moi, vous êtes le meilleur chanteur du monde! -

Compliment! - Ne cessez pas de chanter!

[skyeyez9]

Is that really his voice?

[StephanAOTTO1]

This young man's voice IS angelic & superlatives don't do it justice. Also, I see NOTHING "feminine" or "woman-like" in his voice or performance. The Good Lord saw fit to bless him with a beautiful gift, &, there's nothing that sexually insecure people will ever be able to say or do which will dim the light of Philippe's great gift.

[joeotley]

the same god who removed his balls?

[StephanAOTTO1]

How was that comment even remotely called for?

I have to remember that just because the clip features beautiful material, it doesn't mean that everyone who watches it & comments on it have as much class.

Thanks for the reminder.

[joeotley]

I'll call the shots around here my brother

[StephanAOTTO1]

Cheap shots, no question.

[joeotley]

cheap face

[StephanAOTTO1]

Thanks for the confirmation of my earlier assertions.:)

[spikespeed]

I seriously think people like you should be castrated. I mean, to see the real mening of your own words instead of writing meaningless ideals like yours.

[RavynneRune]

He sings like an angel!

[teymannen]

How can i become a countertenor ?:D

[mradaChris]

Absolutely beautiful!

[Draculigno]

I love this man...fantastic.

[pianoenthusiast11]

i am not sure which of us hwsp1 is refering to, but i would concur that i am on the same planet as him, although this style of so called music is both tragic in its origin, and simply farcical in its continuation. a man singing like a woman is at best something to ridicule, and at worse a shameful embarrassment for the poor character whose voice it is! how people make a living from this outside a comedy routine amazes me to be honest!

[caleb1e3]

you are an utter imbecile...

[chenierchenier]

you're a retarded i bet 1000$ you're from USA

[RavynneRune]

you fail

[nicosupersex]

YOU SHOULD KNOW... IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT WATERN MUSIC, THAT THE HIGH PITCHES ARE CONSIDERED MORE BEAUTIFUL AND MORE EXPRESSIVE THAN LOWER ONES... HE'S NOT SINGING LIKE A WOMAN, HE SINGS LIKE A MAN IN A HIGH PITCH, IT HAPPENS IN POP MUSIC AND ROCK MUSIC TOO, AND NOBODY SAYS THAT THEY SING LIKE GIRLS

it's just a matter of taste... of good taste i mean

[pianoenthusiast11]

poor sod! why would any man unfortunate enough to have a woman's singing voice want to actually put their face up for public ridicule?? and although i detest italian opera more than anyone else i know, this has to have lunacy and farciality added to it!

[hswp1]

Which planet are you on, mate? Is this stupid comment of yours for real or is it just a desperate attempt to get some attention on YouTube? LOL

[chenierchenier]

i bet 1000$ you from USA, only them can be retarded like you

[lapanen007]

How can somebody be drawn to such beautiful musicas this, yet be such a mean and annoying person as you? Are you lost? Was this not the song Brittney Spears which you were looking for?

Please understaant that one has to begin ones music hobby somewhere? Ok? Maybe we - you and I - have spent decades singing/playing music like this... Everybody hasn't. Ok? So shape up!

[BachLoveNat]

голос необыкновенно хорош...

красавчик :)

[dogtoiletcandy]

he has such an amazing voice. i'm just a bit freaked out cos my voice is more manly than his..and i'm a girl.hahaha!

[carlitoz7]

If HE CASTRATED plis anwer because i wanna be a couter tenor pls!!!

[oneradical]

No carlos,,,eso era antes durante el renacimiento y el barroco que se castraban a los pre adolescentes para que mantuvieran la voz "angelical" y femenina. Recuerda que en esa época a las mujeres se les tenía prohibido cantar en las iglesias, por esa razón se usaban las voces de los castrados...

[georgiesexy]

exacto

[khaelys67]

his not castrated, he's jsut a countertenor

[georgiesexy]

yes u are right, he is not castrated, please change that title, he born with that voice, the voices have been changed !, perfect voice

[Monrealese]

Story of a castrato is about Carestini who was a castrato in the 18th century. it is the name of the album recorded by jaroussky.

[Chizpurfle52595]

oh lord i feel like i have more testosterone than this guy and i'm a girl.... that being said, he's fucking amazing and i am totally in awe, my brain can't accept that that sound is coming out of that man's mouth...

[raynaharris]

actually we women do have testosterone.., (according to my biology book here) that hormone is the responsible for orgasms in females...

though we can say the author is a male chauvinist-testosterone-loving fool Ha ha ha

[jemdyar17]

to become a countertenor is not the same as castrato . . . it requires immense amounts of training and vocal exercises as a man enters puberty, and throughout. Today's countertenors should be regarded as just as manly as any other man, they have all their body parts intact.

[Monrealese]

thank you for that jemdyar17!;)

[oberon06]

have you personally asked every single castrated man in the world why he castrated himself? i thought not.

and btw, not all guys who castrate themselfs because they want to become a woman. there are people called eunuch.

[Rmaggedyn]

That is amazing.

[meztiza26]

Oh God! Jaroussky is my favorite counter tenor...I've not much experience in all the male registers but all I know is that I just love his tone color and timbre. His musical articulation is fantastic. Bravo!!!

[FynFlyte]

He's a counter tenor which is not that unusual. He has a beautiful voice.

[avola50]

Canto che incanta! Bravo Philippe! Non sappiamo esattamente come fosse la voce dei castrati, ma la Tua  è incantevole!

[tenku069]

wow. watch his interview. Philippe has a regular baritone/tenor voice. He just has a BEAUTIFUL higher register. he isn't castrated.

[Chizpurfle52595]

i must say that's a relief

[kakkaface]

HAHAHAHAHAHAH OMGGG thats tooo funny. sooo high. some ones balls havent dropped yet

[oberon06]

they have no balls to drop idiot hence the name CASTRATO which means they have been CASTRATED.

[kakkaface]

danm are you serious, why though??

that sucks

[oberon06]

well originally thats what happened. they castrated boys before puberty so that their voices would be change and therefore remain high like a womans. but i think this guy just has a really really high voice. maybe he aint castrated.

somethin like that anyway

[anohbey]

are you serious with your display of flagrant ignorance? they've banned castration of singers since the 19th century. have you no concept of human rights? and have you no sense of history?

[oberon06]

ignorance? how is that ignorant. all im saying is maybe that guy castrated himself. that happens in todays world if you didnt know.

dont jump to conclusions asshole.

[anohbey]

am not jumping into conclusions dearie. i am simply stating a fact. castration has been banned for over a century now. men have themselves castrated not because they want to retain their high voice; they do it for the purpose of becoming women. and philippe could not have castrated himself. he would have gone to a surgeon for the procedure :-)

[Mikesmoreno]

Castrate himself?, jajaja dumbass...

[lapanen007]

I concur with poopnaama, kakkaface, that this discussion would be nice if it was of music. Not thingking whetter there are men with no balls still out there. I'm fraid that it might actually be the case somewhere. But as it was said that castration as a operation when there is no medical reasons has been illegal for actually centuries. For example Farinelli was castrated becuase "he fell of a horse", which is probably just utter horse dung.

[oldaba]

Great - a woman conducting and a man as counter - and both with great passion and enthusiasm!!!

[gusprocoro]

The title is in English, but all the information is given in French. Don't you love it?

[182278]

This is the most beautiful thing I've ever heard.

[seaio18]

In the first part of the videoclip we can hear that he sings 'sperai vicino al lido' but that is not the song we find in the album. What is this versions? Both have same words but different melodies, can somebody help me to find the introductory version of the clip?

Thanks.

[tuffy942]

Two different composers, same aria lyrics. Very common in baroque.

[seaio18]

Yes, but, who composed the aria of the beginning?

Thanks anyways!

[seaio18]

What I mean is that there seems to be a mistake. Who posted wrote that the aria is by Gluck but It is not. I have the CD and the aria of Gluck has a different tune.

[tuffy942]

Hi seaio18,

In the Carestini album, Sperai...Is by Gluck; in the album Heroes his Sperai...is by Vivaldi.Does this help?

[seaio18]

Ah! Big mistake! Thanks for the help!

[mpj67]

Wonderful control and technique. Bravo Jaroussky!

[rochy1432000]

is a women.

[DecaniTreble9]

I don't really see what the issue is here! Falsetto can be employed as a technique, so it's not insulting to say someone is using it. I might be wrong, but I think counter-tenors generally use a mixture of their head voice and falsetto (not at the same time, obviously) depending on the effect they're trying to achieve. Liking it or not is a matter of personal preference! But don't argue about it; enjoy the wonderful sound!

[CountertenorJ]

Actually, one can use head voice and falsetto at the same time. It is generally referred to as a mixed voice or voix mixte. It is becoming a heavily used teaching method for many countertenors being trained nowadays.

The head (or chest -- as some like to refer to it, in terms of female descriptions) is taken up until a little bit before middle C, then a mix is usually taken up about an octave or so more with "reinforced" falsetto accentuating the top of the voice.

[DecaniTreble9]

Really? How does that sound? It's always nice to be able to ask real counter-tenors what they think about these things... As it's highly likely that you'll know more about it than I do!

[CountertenorJ]

The goal is for it to sound like a fluid transition between the falsetto sound to the mixed sound to the head/chest voice. Often, as the transition towards the "natural" fach approaches the sound has to be lightened and brightened.

Bejun Mehta is a good example of a nice smooth transition, and his mixed voice at the lower registers is amazing. Check him out singing Mozart on here.

[johncart2]

I think the difference between falsetto and full voice is the amount of body contact on the vocal folds, ie falsetto only uses the upper edge which is thin ,loud and beyond colour or tone, full contact allows colour, tone and richness of voice. Where voices have not broken fully in male voices it allows the singer to reach the upper notes with tone and control (full body contact of the vocal folds), as with Jaroussky. That has been my understanding. (500 c)

[andreasscholl]

My god, there are some Prima Donna's in the house here!!!

Ha ha ha!

I love Jarousskys music, and he himself isnt that bad either..

[agnellodei]

Found it! same exact mask! yaaaaaay

[agnellodei]

I am an audio engineer AND a classical singer, I think I know what I'm talking about. Falsetto when is recorded sounds hollow because it lacks the higher harmonics one would find in head voice! That's a scientific fact!

[Heartlessiceboy]

r u a countertenor?

[Heartlessiceboy]

by the way r u gay? cause that comment and your comment :They must have broken up ;) have like some homophobic conotations

[agnellodei]

Yes, I'm gay bi whatever...and it's like a well known "secret" that Jaroussky and his earlier conductor had something going on!

[agnellodei]

Tenor sfogato...and audio engineer. And I know this...falsetto when recorded sounds hollow compared to head voice, it lacks the higher harmonics of head voice. Just like a trebble sounds hollow compared to a female because they have more low harmonics actually.

[lightblueone]

more Jaroussky PLZ!

[BaroqueFever]

I've just uploaded two new videos with him :-)

[lightblueone]

Ok! thanks! :)

[vacenilla]

Un CD genial :)

[oneradical]

what's this? not conducted by spinosi?,,, odd, very odd... still its jaroussky, what else can be expected, but cristal clear delivery of notes and great colors.

[agnellodei]

They must have broken up ;)

[forallyouknow]

are/were they together? i think they make a good match, actually ^_^

[agnellodei]

Just looking at them together in interviews one can tell ;)

[forallyouknow]

oh, oh! what interviews? i wish to see!

[essenciademusica]

lovelyyyyyyyyy!

[andreasscholl]

One could fall in love with this guy!!!

[agnellodei]

I love that mask! so beautiful, I wish I could get one like that. And his coloratura is fabulous! an inspiration for other singers.

[agnellodei]

It's so interesting to see the micking tecnique! I imagine they use two tubes and 2 condensers to they can get both fuller sound and higher harmonies ('coz falsetto lacks them naturally).

[Heartlessiceboy]

u r ignorant and don't know anything about a real countertenor voice...a real countertenor like Jaroussky or David Daniels has all the harmanonic than the other voices...of course real countertenors not falsettistas like Dominique Vissé

[Heartlessiceboy]

actually is quite insulting to say the word falsetto, a countertenor and a falsettista r not the same thing, a countertenor voice is as richer as any female singer and full of harmonics if the technique is good u should learn more about music specially about countertenors before post this kind of comments, im a countertenor and as i say before the fact that u say that countertenor sings with falsetto is stupid and insulting

[agnellodei]

Do countertenors use head voice? Because a counter-tenor's F5 nothing like a tenor's F5. All counter-tenors I've met have talked about developing falsetto, and falsetto is not an "insulting concept" simply means you don't use the full length of the vocal chord.

[Orbazzano]

Un bambino fisso...

[mfosh199]

sì...davvero un poco ridicolo. :)

[vitellia]

His coloratura is spectacular in that it's so legato, unlike most other coloaratura greats such as Bartoli and Genaux. Makes me think twice about it. I always prefered well-articulated aspirated executions, but his is very special, with apparently an excellent breath control.

[vera2121]

I love him!!!!!!

[Dackelfreundin]

Thank you, Alrick54.

I hope I´ll get the CD next week.

[selyempina]

Jaroussky is pure and angelic. He is amazing. But who is the conductor?

[Alrick54]

The conductor is Emmanuelle Haïm. She's also the harpsichordist and the organist ;-)

[sed69sim]

SPLENDID

[jaroudaisuki]

Just beautiful!

[artdanks]

WOW!!!!!!

[chillisauce73]

I love this man and his voice

Bravo ^^

[FloriaTosca85]

Couldn't say it better than ythis way "I love this voice and this man!" ;)

BRAVISSIMI PHILIPPE!!!!!!!!!!!

[senesio]

very good

[ceph77]

The great event of the end of 2007.

Bravo, Philippe!!! And good luck!!!