It' very surprising for a metal singer. I'm italian and I can say his italian is good of course with un english accent. He has a great voice and could be a great tenor. Very good.
opera singers who want to comment here shoud know before they criticize that mark is not an opera singer and never took vocal lessons. So, stop saying it is bad!. Come on people! we all know it's amazing!! Discussions about perfection better get out somewhere else.
His voice is actually not that bad compared to all the other rock singers who attempted opera. His diction is terrible though, even for a non italian speaker.
Perfect technique, but his voice does not sound very powerful in this range. Still a god damn fucking talented singer, I can't do better and I doubt most people who sing metal can.
vejo que vc é o maior fan dele hauhau eu sou fan tb! adoro o vocal dele... mas eu quis dizer que pra cantar musica erudita sem realmente ter um estudo forte nisso pra quem é conhecedor soa meio tosco mesmo...
Boals rulez, hight now i'm listening his vocals on the Takayoshi Omurah's songs, :D
mmmmm nothing like the smell of haters rolling in their own shit and tears (what a surprise, on youtube!). also, people who tell other people to "stay out of a genre" aren't real artists at all. they are merely instruments playing the same thing over and over again to justify their own creative ineptitude. there is NOTHING more amusing to me than art snobs, when arrogance meets TRUE ignorance.
searnold56 is a huuuuuuuge faggot. This sounds good. ESPECIALLY for someone who isn't trained.
He's just doing something different. How about you go and do something different like maybe motorbike racing and be shit at it and we all tell you you shouldn't even try.
I think that the only thing that really gives away that he's not trained is his italian. I AM an opera singer and have heard "trained" people who have sung this a lot worse.
" . . . untrained singers should stay the fuck out of opera . . ."
I'd like to back that up. Opera was written for singers that could sing it and who had enough knowledge of the technique to pull it off. You can try to replicate it, which is what this is, but unless you've really studied it you have no chance of pulling it off effectively. Ask Michael bolton. He said making his opera album was the biggest mistake of his career. He had no idea as to the work opera singers put into their craft
What a stupid statement if you really studied anything classical you'd know that ALL MODERN FIXED IDEAS OF CLASSICAL ARE JUST THAT: MODERN. There is no way of knowing how anything should be in classical music, there are only opinions, styles & interpretations. Pavarotti didn't even know how to read music.
Most modern vocal theory is taught in the italian bel-canto style. We just have a greater understanding of the human vocal mechanism now and can teach it more effectively.
Are you really trying to argue that this is a legit interpretation of opera? Thats like saying that a 3 year old vomiting on a piece of paper is an interpretation of abstract art.
Although this is considered an interpretation the point it......it's a bad one. A really really bad one.
Bel-canto is still not definitively understood besides in description & everything is still a matter of opinion. Who is to say bel-canto is 'the best' way to sing anyways? It's just a form among many.
Can you hit the high C Mark Boals is notorius for? Since of course you "have a greater understanding of the human vocal mechanism". If you can post it & prove "your understanding"?
It's funny for a Christian singer you're very intolerant & critical of another's art? I listened to your video, not bad but nothing special either. It was just going from a volume of 2 to 10 then back to 2 missing the rest in between.
Actually listening to your Agnus Dei again vs this piece, Mark is actually demonstrating a more genuine bel-canto: legato fluidity with smoothness & consistancy with required lightness in the upper registers & not 'giving it all you got', then delivering power at the right moment. Your style is more German than Italian. Your 'ooos' are weak bottoming out with inflection & brash in the higher registers 'ahhhs'. It's off or on with limited shades of color, like a guy yelling.
You have no idea what your talking about. In reference to the agnus dei.... It was done with thick organ underneath from a choir loft in a large church. Of course it's going to be loud. That's also the nature of the piece. It's a big sing. I am also 20. Not totally grown into my voice and doing the best I can with what I have. By we I didn't mean me. I meant the vocal community.
I also didn't realize that your only defense of this interpretation was attacking someone else with an opinion.
You made remarks backing "untrained singers should stay out of opera". Snobbery of 'trained' musicians is distasteful. This is entertainment & serve as that regardless how it is done. Music isn't meant to be a focus on technical points unless it's delivered as such. I've dealt with trained & untrained musicians some good & some bad in both camps, both had a right to play what they wanted. I gave my opinion of your effort "judge not lest ye be judged". Mark is part of the "vocal community".
What would interest me since you claim to be a vocalist is for you to give an intelligent detailed descriptive analysis of why this piece is not to your liking with whatever jargon you prefer. Mark has been a professional longer than you've been alive & also a creative writer of music & lyrics with a career. Maybe my ears & opinions with over 32 years of classical music experience doesn't count as much as yours.
Ok Mark Boals is a rock singer, we get it! He felt like singing this song in opera style, so what? Do u have to come here and bury this man's effort? Saying that he's an "embarassment" is of course a far-fetched statement and i'm sure that people who wrote this dont know shit about singing. Yes he's not trained for opera, yes he doesnt sound like an opera singer but what comes to my ears is a very good effort and bravo to him!!
any singer, trained or untrained, should stay away from shoulder-padded jackets. But the singing works fine.
I think snobs should stay away from music. Or just stick to their obscure opera and jazz clubs that would not be running without government grants because not enough people are interested anymore.
excellent. having heard mark's rock voice and all the high notes, it is refreshing and delightful to hear the fullness of his tenor and the care in which he sings what my dad,a pro opera singer, would call serious music.
of course hes not an opera singer. hes never had lessons. but hes a damn good singer. but if youre a fan of opera then im sure this kind of stuff would piss you off
I'm suprised about some earlier comments (6 months ago) about Mark losing his voice. I've only seen him once (1999) with Malmsteen, and he was amazing.
What I'm hearing from alot of you is, Mark Boals has great operatic potential, but to be a true, solid opera singer he needs to learn the subtleties of operatic expression and get better at his italian, and of course get an appropriate haircut and wardrobe. With training (which I wouldn't do if I was him) he'd probably be solid
To be a genuine opera singer you should have been an opera singer for the whole of your career. I'm not sure about Mark's achivements even with appropriate training. He has been, is and will be a great hard rock singer.
Hey, acereoli, you seem to know a thing or two. How do opera singers maintain their voices and not blow them out? And, since you seem to know about hard rock, do you have any idea why Stephen Pearcy is currently the biggest embarassment in the history of hard rock? I saw Ratt on 7/31/07 (w/Poison) and he sounded atrocious!
I'm not sure to get the purpose of your question. If you are asking me about how different opera singing is from rock singing, I can't answer properly. Anyway, that's not the main point. What I am trying to explain is that opera is not only a matter of technique, but also attitude, background, experience.
Stephen Pearcy? You are probably right, but don't understand what he has to do with Boals and opera.
So you only want to talk about opera? You are allowed to get tangential on these comments, as far as I know. I guess the human voice needs a healthy lifestyle and some fitness (body) and some singing and some rest (voice). That's probably across the board for any style of music, considering it's still a human body and vocal cord.
ugh, terrbile. that was hard to listen as boals is a great singer, but he just fucking embarrassed himself! and acereoli i actually think pavarotti would kick ass in you dont remember. actually anything he sang would be awesome. even when he sang with james brown!
He´s no operasinger and his italian ain´t good but he has a great voice as a lot of the singers in the hardrock and metal changre. And I´m so fed up with the snobbism that surrounds Opera. Why can´t anyone say that it´s fun to hear a voice like let´s say Tom Jones who obiously has had a voice that could (properly trained) sing opera do it just for fun. This music ain´t holy!!I love Opera I just think you need to be open minded.
That's horrible!! And this guy desperately needs some Italian lessons!!! Furthermore this is not a silly pop song but one of the greatest arias, so change your look, mark, change hair, clothes, style, moves or - this would be even better - just don't sing Puccini (or any other great composers music) again!! This was the worst performance of Tosca I've ever heard and I would appreciate it if mankind was spared of stuff like this!
Well, he's not an opera singer so he's done a good job. Maybe if he starts to study lirica and gets off that ridicolous wig from his head, he may have a future in opera...
So many lame comments... Mark sings opera FAIRLY well for one who is not an opera singer. Btw: I would love to hear B Dickinson sing Leonardo from Yngwies Alchemy-album. I love Bruce, so don´t get me wrong...
believe it or not he sings this song better than most opera singers, but he is nothing compared to Placido Domingo. Mark's pronunciation isn't the greatest, but he still does a great job on this one.
interesting, martk boals is a high lyrical tenor and he sings this aria in his lower and middle register and that´s why the high A in the climax doesn´t sound so climatic. in his power metal songs he often opts for a closing mezzo soprano high A (!) and I bet he could do this aria one octave up!
i use to like this guy in yngwie but lately hes been losing his voice as far as him singing maiden he couldnt handle it i dont give a shit what any fan says he would struggle doing the easiest maiden song
Overpronounciation (To try to make it more "italian"), Lack of Timing etc. adds up and gives the impression of an unworthy version of E Lucevan Le Stelle. I dont know Mark Boals, he might be good at singing Iron Maiden covers and what ever, but after having witnessed Tosca several times and places around the world, i have to conclude, that Mark Boals version, never should have made its way to the internet. Nor should Mark Boals have discovered opera. It is simply Gastly.
It' very surprising for a metal singer. I'm italian and I can say his italian is good of course with un english accent. He has a great voice and could be a great tenor. Very good.
michellebb81 6 months ago
Actually I've been following him for a while he's had no voice lessons. that's what I've read just choir as a kid I think
danformica 8 months ago
.....Whoa. You rock Mark!
PimpyMcHoSmack 9 months ago
that's why he's the Supreme God of Earth
thiagojrs 10 months ago
o_o
LLeo53 10 months ago
i thing that he is a great singer of metal and he do a great job with this aria .
if you doing that better than him , just doing and didn t talk any more .
AZMETALERO 1 year ago
Now that's impressive.
KejsiRocks 1 year ago
I'm pretty sure Mark Boals is a trained opera singer. almost 100% sure he is. However he shows he can belt it out in any style he wants
TopsyKretz420 1 year ago
opera singers who want to comment here shoud know before they criticize that mark is not an opera singer and never took vocal lessons. So, stop saying it is bad!. Come on people! we all know it's amazing!! Discussions about perfection better get out somewhere else.
pedropelegui 1 year ago
@pedropelegui - Mark is a trained singer. You cannot sustain A5's over and over without trained technique.
RocktheStageNYC 10 months ago
His voice is actually not that bad compared to all the other rock singers who attempted opera. His diction is terrible though, even for a non italian speaker.
musicg1978 1 year ago
he is awesome
jesusfreaklol1 1 year ago
mark, you are THE BEST!
naoaceitanenhumnome 2 years ago
Es un loable esfuerzo pero nada que ver con los mejores.
paradoxicus 2 years ago
R.J.Dio
Bruce Dickinson
Fabio Lione
Oliver Hartmann
Michael Sweet
Mark Boals
FOR ME...they are the best!
repeat... FOR ME!
chumyto31 2 years ago 2
mark boals is the best, must be in the top of this list
naoaceitanenhumnome 2 years ago
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RobertoArceCorretjer 1 year ago
I think Mark is slowly becoming a lengend.
PabloDarioLi 2 years ago 4
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ThrashMan91 2 years ago
I read Mark never got voice lessons, is that true? coz he sings very well, one of the best I have ever heard.
ThrashMan91 2 years ago 4
Perfect technique, but his voice does not sound very powerful in this range. Still a god damn fucking talented singer, I can't do better and I doubt most people who sing metal can.
5/5.
yanava 2 years ago 2
he is the best! ja ga obozavam! svaka cast mark!
EpiphanySaska 2 years ago
I agree with brylner
Amazing singer!!!
Mu preposition is song "Leonardo" of Yngwie's album "Alchemy",to every man who think he is a just good singer.
He is one of the best!!!!
arpegiosamistikus 2 years ago 2
sounds very amateur...not comparable to a professional..but i respect him for what he is in rockt..even if i dont like his voice,,
Faststick 3 years ago
that's because he is a rock singer, not an opera singer. But he sang very good in this video!
naoaceitanenhumnome 2 years ago 2
vejo que vc é o maior fan dele hauhau eu sou fan tb! adoro o vocal dele... mas eu quis dizer que pra cantar musica erudita sem realmente ter um estudo forte nisso pra quem é conhecedor soa meio tosco mesmo...
Boals rulez, hight now i'm listening his vocals on the Takayoshi Omurah's songs, :D
jrjacques 2 years ago
porra ele é foda! rs brizei nesse video ^^
mas claro que ele n chega aos pés de um pavarotti neh... o patamar jah eh outro
mas como cantor popular o Mark Boals arregaça!
naoaceitanenhumnome 2 years ago
He is a good... metal/rock singer
jrjacques 3 years ago 2
no, he is not a good rock singer, he is the BEST metal/rock singer!
naoaceitanenhumnome 2 years ago 2
mmmmm nothing like the smell of haters rolling in their own shit and tears (what a surprise, on youtube!). also, people who tell other people to "stay out of a genre" aren't real artists at all. they are merely instruments playing the same thing over and over again to justify their own creative ineptitude. there is NOTHING more amusing to me than art snobs, when arrogance meets TRUE ignorance.
nameformyskreen 3 years ago
He's an incredible singer. Didn't know he could sing opera this good thou. Absolutely Fucking Outstanding!!
brylner 3 years ago 3
I agree with asherasator.
searnold56 is a huuuuuuuge faggot. This sounds good. ESPECIALLY for someone who isn't trained.
He's just doing something different. How about you go and do something different like maybe motorbike racing and be shit at it and we all tell you you shouldn't even try.
FAGGOT.You need a smack in the mouth.
Metalor 3 years ago
Ops...errei...é em 01:44.
FranHalen 3 years ago
Playback...em 01:27 ele erra a letra.
FranHalen 3 years ago
i think he puts in more feeling than pavarotti(RIP),who was a big sellout.
if you want to hear some real opera monsters check out di stefano(RIP) or the greatest: Jussi Bjorling(RIP)
blackenedvocals 3 years ago
I think that the only thing that really gives away that he's not trained is his italian. I AM an opera singer and have heard "trained" people who have sung this a lot worse.
Ninjaphil24 3 years ago 10
@Ninjaphil24 That doesn't make it good...
raythetse 1 year ago
@Ninjaphil24 Agreed,finally someone with the least of common sense,he ever said he didn't have any proper teaching?bullshit.
sobeto28 10 months ago
" . . . untrained singers should stay the fuck out of opera . . ."
I'd like to back that up. Opera was written for singers that could sing it and who had enough knowledge of the technique to pull it off. You can try to replicate it, which is what this is, but unless you've really studied it you have no chance of pulling it off effectively. Ask Michael bolton. He said making his opera album was the biggest mistake of his career. He had no idea as to the work opera singers put into their craft
searnold56 3 years ago
What a stupid statement if you really studied anything classical you'd know that ALL MODERN FIXED IDEAS OF CLASSICAL ARE JUST THAT: MODERN. There is no way of knowing how anything should be in classical music, there are only opinions, styles & interpretations. Pavarotti didn't even know how to read music.
asherasator 3 years ago
Most modern vocal theory is taught in the italian bel-canto style. We just have a greater understanding of the human vocal mechanism now and can teach it more effectively.
Are you really trying to argue that this is a legit interpretation of opera? Thats like saying that a 3 year old vomiting on a piece of paper is an interpretation of abstract art.
Although this is considered an interpretation the point it......it's a bad one. A really really bad one.
searnold56 3 years ago
Bel-canto is still not definitively understood besides in description & everything is still a matter of opinion. Who is to say bel-canto is 'the best' way to sing anyways? It's just a form among many.
Can you hit the high C Mark Boals is notorius for? Since of course you "have a greater understanding of the human vocal mechanism". If you can post it & prove "your understanding"?
asherasator 3 years ago
It's funny for a Christian singer you're very intolerant & critical of another's art? I listened to your video, not bad but nothing special either. It was just going from a volume of 2 to 10 then back to 2 missing the rest in between.
asherasator 3 years ago
Actually listening to your Agnus Dei again vs this piece, Mark is actually demonstrating a more genuine bel-canto: legato fluidity with smoothness & consistancy with required lightness in the upper registers & not 'giving it all you got', then delivering power at the right moment. Your style is more German than Italian. Your 'ooos' are weak bottoming out with inflection & brash in the higher registers 'ahhhs'. It's off or on with limited shades of color, like a guy yelling.
asherasator 3 years ago
You have no idea what your talking about. In reference to the agnus dei.... It was done with thick organ underneath from a choir loft in a large church. Of course it's going to be loud. That's also the nature of the piece. It's a big sing. I am also 20. Not totally grown into my voice and doing the best I can with what I have. By we I didn't mean me. I meant the vocal community.
I also didn't realize that your only defense of this interpretation was attacking someone else with an opinion.
searnold56 3 years ago
You made remarks backing "untrained singers should stay out of opera". Snobbery of 'trained' musicians is distasteful. This is entertainment & serve as that regardless how it is done. Music isn't meant to be a focus on technical points unless it's delivered as such. I've dealt with trained & untrained musicians some good & some bad in both camps, both had a right to play what they wanted. I gave my opinion of your effort "judge not lest ye be judged". Mark is part of the "vocal community".
asherasator 3 years ago
What would interest me since you claim to be a vocalist is for you to give an intelligent detailed descriptive analysis of why this piece is not to your liking with whatever jargon you prefer. Mark has been a professional longer than you've been alive & also a creative writer of music & lyrics with a career. Maybe my ears & opinions with over 32 years of classical music experience doesn't count as much as yours.
asherasator 3 years ago 2
Would an opera singer sing a rock song and sound convincing in the style? Please opera posers stay with what you know. This is crap.
PastaAndPavarotti 3 years ago
Ok Mark Boals is a rock singer, we get it! He felt like singing this song in opera style, so what? Do u have to come here and bury this man's effort? Saying that he's an "embarassment" is of course a far-fetched statement and i'm sure that people who wrote this dont know shit about singing. Yes he's not trained for opera, yes he doesnt sound like an opera singer but what comes to my ears is a very good effort and bravo to him!!
IIVORIAN 3 years ago 3
he didn't want to cover this song, he wanted to give his personal special note...
IKeeperOfThe7Keys 3 years ago
any singer, trained or untrained, should stay away from shoulder-padded jackets. But the singing works fine.
I think snobs should stay away from music. Or just stick to their obscure opera and jazz clubs that would not be running without government grants because not enough people are interested anymore.
crilledisst 3 years ago 3
This comment has received too many negative votes show
im a rock singer - and an operatic tenor.
untrained singers should stay the fuck out of opera - although Mark is a spectacular metal singer - this applies to him also.
MichaelLevine 3 years ago
" . . . untrained singers should stay the fuck out of opera . . ."
Why?
dianefitzpatrick 3 years ago
it kind of doesn't sound right if one is used to the sound of an opera singer's sound.
MichaelLevine 3 years ago
But Mark is hardly an untrained singer now is he.
PennyDreadful1 3 years ago
i'd be very surprised if he ever received training. correct me if i'm wrong.
MichaelLevine 3 years ago
And I would be very surprised if he hadnt.
PennyDreadful1 3 years ago
Faggot. That's you :)
Metalor 3 years ago
i didnt expect to find a video of him singing opera. and very very well too! so good, but too many jealous haters obviously.
heiljudas 3 years ago 2
badass!!
heiljudas 3 years ago
The transition alone, impresses me. All you Opera "experts", may want to do your research on who Mark Boals is. Smh @ the bias and stupid comments.
And I agree, it is jealousy.
smrfox99 3 years ago 2
too bad he's not really singin in the video. small detail
nikike91 3 years ago
yes, it`z a metall, but not the metall in the voice
werrasso 3 years ago
This dude can sing .,,What ever he wants ,,emalataithdies ,,You are jealious
nemtall 3 years ago
excellent. having heard mark's rock voice and all the high notes, it is refreshing and delightful to hear the fullness of his tenor and the care in which he sings what my dad,a pro opera singer, would call serious music.
wyrdgrl 4 years ago
Whatever...
badger519 4 years ago
If Michael Jackson learns this aria we will have, wait for it...drum role..."The 3 New Tenors"!!!
-> Michael Jackson
-> Michael Bolton
-> Mark Boals
jrynz 4 years ago
for a rockstar singing opera like he did... i have to give him two thumbs up. damn superb.
shaw1 4 years ago 17
of course hes not an opera singer. hes never had lessons. but hes a damn good singer. but if youre a fan of opera then im sure this kind of stuff would piss you off
guitarvirtuoso53 4 years ago
Decent!
Johanofsweden 4 years ago
this is too snobbish and nasal for opera, as i stated earlier, he's trying to be something he's not, and that is an opera singer.
MichaelLevine 4 years ago
the music aint holy, but this is not a good rendition. It sounds like he's putting on the voice, and it would not project without a microphone.
emalaithdies 4 years ago
For all who gaves less than 5 stars to this video, please, make a video response of yourself singing and post here for we make the avaliation!
Diazep 4 years ago
@Diazep
sallirun 1 year ago
I'm suprised about some earlier comments (6 months ago) about Mark losing his voice. I've only seen him once (1999) with Malmsteen, and he was amazing.
detroitmadman 4 years ago
What I'm hearing from alot of you is, Mark Boals has great operatic potential, but to be a true, solid opera singer he needs to learn the subtleties of operatic expression and get better at his italian, and of course get an appropriate haircut and wardrobe. With training (which I wouldn't do if I was him) he'd probably be solid
detroitmadman 4 years ago
To be a genuine opera singer you should have been an opera singer for the whole of your career. I'm not sure about Mark's achivements even with appropriate training. He has been, is and will be a great hard rock singer.
acereoli 4 years ago
Hey, acereoli, you seem to know a thing or two. How do opera singers maintain their voices and not blow them out? And, since you seem to know about hard rock, do you have any idea why Stephen Pearcy is currently the biggest embarassment in the history of hard rock? I saw Ratt on 7/31/07 (w/Poison) and he sounded atrocious!
detroitmadman 4 years ago
I'm not sure to get the purpose of your question. If you are asking me about how different opera singing is from rock singing, I can't answer properly. Anyway, that's not the main point. What I am trying to explain is that opera is not only a matter of technique, but also attitude, background, experience.
Stephen Pearcy? You are probably right, but don't understand what he has to do with Boals and opera.
acereoli 4 years ago
So you only want to talk about opera? You are allowed to get tangential on these comments, as far as I know. I guess the human voice needs a healthy lifestyle and some fitness (body) and some singing and some rest (voice). That's probably across the board for any style of music, considering it's still a human body and vocal cord.
detroitmadman 4 years ago
ugh, terrbile. that was hard to listen as boals is a great singer, but he just fucking embarrassed himself! and acereoli i actually think pavarotti would kick ass in you dont remember. actually anything he sang would be awesome. even when he sang with james brown!
MichaelLevine 4 years ago
He´s no operasinger and his italian ain´t good but he has a great voice as a lot of the singers in the hardrock and metal changre. And I´m so fed up with the snobbism that surrounds Opera. Why can´t anyone say that it´s fun to hear a voice like let´s say Tom Jones who obiously has had a voice that could (properly trained) sing opera do it just for fun. This music ain´t holy!!I love Opera I just think you need to be open minded.
Bjoerrelli 4 years ago
Sure enough about your love for Opera? If you really loved Opera you would find it ridicoulus, as I do.
It's not snobbism or holiness.
If Pavarotti sang Malmsteen's "You don't remember" (among Mark's greatest performances), you would be very disappointed as well.
acereoli 4 years ago
what a fuck are you talking about...he sang it great!!!best than any rock singer
mokipor 4 years ago
that's offensive
ilmaschio 4 years ago
Well, my opinion is that you should perform what you can do at you best only. Otherwise you can make yourself ridicolous.
Mark Boals is a kickass singer, one of the best ever, but cannot joke with opera.
Here he is just embarassing. And it's not only a problem of italian pronunciation ...
acereoli 4 years ago
seems pretty good to me.
nameformyskreen 4 years ago
That's horrible!! And this guy desperately needs some Italian lessons!!! Furthermore this is not a silly pop song but one of the greatest arias, so change your look, mark, change hair, clothes, style, moves or - this would be even better - just don't sing Puccini (or any other great composers music) again!! This was the worst performance of Tosca I've ever heard and I would appreciate it if mankind was spared of stuff like this!
VivaGiacomoPuccini 4 years ago
where is this from?
Gonzalo79 4 years ago
Well, he's not an opera singer so he's done a good job. Maybe if he starts to study lirica and gets off that ridicolous wig from his head, he may have a future in opera...
julesdb 4 years ago
I think this is so cool, Mark, if someone can sing opera well then that's you!
TheBlackPriest 4 years ago
Yep, this was trully horrible.
SonoPortoricano 4 years ago
I agree with you 100%, but for a beginner he is pretty good.
apoetscorner 4 years ago
this guy is better then bruce
mokipor 4 years ago
Understand this music? lol - That was the stupidest comment I have read in a long time. lol
AlsatianCousin 4 years ago
So many lame comments... Mark sings opera FAIRLY well for one who is not an opera singer. Btw: I would love to hear B Dickinson sing Leonardo from Yngwies Alchemy-album. I love Bruce, so don´t get me wrong...
FotoPeter 4 years ago
believe it or not he sings this song better than most opera singers, but he is nothing compared to Placido Domingo. Mark's pronunciation isn't the greatest, but he still does a great job on this one.
mrdongiovanni 4 years ago
interesting, martk boals is a high lyrical tenor and he sings this aria in his lower and middle register and that´s why the high A in the climax doesn´t sound so climatic. in his power metal songs he often opts for a closing mezzo soprano high A (!) and I bet he could do this aria one octave up!
jowox 5 years ago 2
ouch, this is horrible, even if it is not meant to be opera
wittest 5 years ago
i use to like this guy in yngwie but lately hes been losing his voice as far as him singing maiden he couldnt handle it i dont give a shit what any fan says he would struggle doing the easiest maiden song
omnadrener 5 years ago
Learn one instrument first, and then say something lol
AlsatianCousin 4 years ago
give us more videos from this concert,please,this is so fuckin good
mokipor 5 years ago
Ohh my god, what hooooorrrible, very very bad italian pronuntiation, my grandmother can sing better that aria.
operafanatico 5 years ago
Overpronounciation (To try to make it more "italian"), Lack of Timing etc. adds up and gives the impression of an unworthy version of E Lucevan Le Stelle. I dont know Mark Boals, he might be good at singing Iron Maiden covers and what ever, but after having witnessed Tosca several times and places around the world, i have to conclude, that Mark Boals version, never should have made its way to the internet. Nor should Mark Boals have discovered opera. It is simply Gastly.
Amoef 5 years ago
dg6da ..Mark understands opera perfectly ..you have to listen Mark Boals a little more..and then comment about him ...
rgchea 5 years ago 2
...his voice is great. But he don't understand this music.
dg6da 5 years ago