Juan Diego Flórez Rosenblatt Recital - Vainement ma bien-aimée (Lalo)

[28552855mike]

This is such a beautiful aria for Florez's voice, but I think my favorite rendition so far is Alfredo Kraus, it suits his voice too perfectly. Juan Diego Florez is one of my favorite singers out there though. Thanks for this video!

[FlosWeisheiten]

Thank you for this video! I had planned to sing this Aria for my audition at Vienna Music University, unfortunately that means I should not listen to it too often (not to copy the style)... I love JDF!

[MyBrownPolarBear]

He doesn't sing the wrong words - the "je" is quite subtle, but he has modified the vowel of "vais" to make it sound more like "va." Singers do this all the time and usually people don't notice, though this time perhaps it's done a little much... but I'm nobody to criticise Florez! The sound he makes singing that top note so quietly would be far more difficult to produce if sung with a proper "vais."

[zimballer]

Pretty great, except, he sings the wrong words at the end, NBD. It should be je vais, not la, la like the first first.

[imPathogenic]

go look up Giuseppe Di Stefano's version... soft and elegant.

[Aaronidus1]

Alagna does a great job of this.

@Natecourtright- Falsetto and head voice are two entirely different things.

[saagua1953]

I must say I prefer Alagna.

[rosenblattrecitals]

@natecourtright Thank you for your comment, we are delighted that you enjoyed this video! What did you think of the other videos of Juan Diego Flórez on our channel?

[natecourtright]

Excellent voice, thought I think the high A would be more effective in the falcetto or head voice whichever you prefer to call it. It fits the sweet emotion of the B section more appropriately. Again excellent voice, about as good as I have ever heard it. (This from a composer rather than a vocalist)

[jfichter69]

@natecourtright maybe not falsetto, but more mezzopiano than anything.

[rosenblattrecitals]

Thank you for your comment John. There are audio excerpts from the recital and photos of Juan Diego Flórez in the archive section of our website!

[johneunson]

the sunday times was correct. this voice is truely a gift from the gods. was anyone on here at this concert? please tell us what we missed.