@TheKyomu2010: Singing so beautifully is not about "technique"... Who are you, Caruso? Mmmm. Maestro Carreras is above any negative comment: he sings from the soul, as he has always said.
For once I must say that I am really at a loss for words that convey what this music does to me tonight....I LOVE it! WONDERFUL! Thank you so very much for this posting and again a big Thank You to YOU TUBE! Goodnight....sweet dreams to all.
This is one of my all time favourite pieces of music. I'm 23 and i love my drum and bass, trance and modern rock, but this is one of the most emotive pieces of music i have heard. it has to be said though, Aqua were the all time greats.
i have alwayse liked this song and have heard many great recordings, hoever, from a non vocal stand point, this is my favorite! the ending is absoloutely stunning and beautiful! such passion!
JOSÉ CARRERAS ECCO FINE, BELLA VOCE, INTRPRETACIÓN BUONO, LA FORZA CHE RENDE IL RUOLO e l'aria. ASCOLTO è eccitante. In un'altra registrazione non è così bene. In ogni caso il migliore in questo ruolo è il grande Franco Corelli, in bella voce, inigulable potenza, prestazioni, perfettamente meraviglioso. Probabilmente ci sono molti che vanno bene, ma non del tutto perfetto e sublime in tutta l'opera, come il grande Corelli, che è ancora il migliore
Questo è urlare a squarciagola, non cantare! Ha preso ad esempio Giuseppe di Stefano senza avere un'oncia del talento interpretativo di quest'utlimo che riusciva financo a far dimenticare le sue immense carenze tecniche!
@31122051 tu insulti carreras ,domingo , di stefano...sei tu l'ignorante caro numero 311 etc etc non io..cosa vuoic he ti dica? bravo,carreras fa schifo???
@31122051 Oh! A tutti scrivi le stesse cose! Non ci posso credere! "Denuncia" di qui, "devastato" di là...oltre ad essere maestrino sei pure avvocato?
@medusaview Yes I agree. I just listened to the recordings from Björling and now Carreras - first of all I want to say that these are the best I found here (and I listened many versions) and it's true that Carreras sounds like Björling!
heard many versions of this wonderful piece and in my opinion this is right up there...best jose i think i've heard and the choral is simply magnificent....thankyou very much for posting this,,,
i agree. i will try to remain neutral as to respect all opinions. but for a jose version, the best. and as an arrangement, deffinately a favorite of mine! nice job!
Ay yo InquiziBITCH suck on puccins balls. *Fucking German* Nobdy likes you we still remmber hitler..and im not Jewish. Like your taste in Opera Singers. Have a Great life fuck head.
i have alwaysed thought he could sing this piece wwell, but this in my opinion is the best recording of him singing of this piece...i even fell in love with the ending...definately on the best arrangements too!!! well done!!!
hahahahahaaaaaaaa, I hope Jose Carreras reads this, he is such a wonderful person, he would get a good laugh too at seeing what a fool you are making of yourself, I really hope they don't block you, we would miss you here, hahahahahaha...
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You little Portuguese fiddlestick. Who are you to infringe on my freedom of speach. If you do not like it, do not read it. Nobody is forcing to read on what I am opining and how I am opining on. Pinhead!
Sandrik-You little Georgian buttboy. Are you still calling Condi Rice a black monkey, blame the US for Georgia's misery, and bend over for the Russians while living off of American, and enjoy watching clips of half naked Russian body builder in that shithole called Tbilisi?
No date here? NO I do not think he sounds at all like Jussi who had a very Nordic sound and a great top but had for me the best studio recording of it and then of course pav and then Corelli who live was the best Calaf most likely since it fit him. Jose here on the last note sounds somewhat tight which makes me think it was later. Early he sounded more like Di Stefano then Jussi Bjorling who never sang this on stage, smart tenor. Some big voices sang it with little success at the met.
You,on the other hand, haven't listened recordings of them except from famous tenor arias posted in mediocre sound quality on Y.T but you have 3D experience of them thought the narrations of your parents.Their critique is objective as well as infallible.Undoubtedly, their critique is the proper proof of the correctness of your nihilistic verbal diarrhea.
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Tony-Greek sodomite. Your talk too much, but do not say anything. Basically, you have ZERO first hand experience with tenors about whom you pass (a textbook) judgment (which is most likely not even yours) and speculate on matters about which you know zero knowledge whatsoever. If I need to inquire more, I can at least pick up the phone and get to its source. As a 22 yo Greek boy, you're living in your little bubble which is divorced from reality. I'd suggest you think twice before you opine!
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Tony-Greek sodomite. I am in the habit of watching those I like in 3D which is in stark contrast to your experience. You're an prisoner of a 2D world in which you feel comfortable.
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Greek sodomite. Get back to reality. I've probably spent more time in reputable venues watching live performances than you ever will in your mediocre life.
Yes he did. Domingo has few live recordings of Turandot at YouTube, he's pushing a little the high B, but sustaining it. The studio one (with Karajan) is the best to me, beyond all others. The tempo is perfect, also voice, legato, interpretation. The high B is WONDERFUL, even too short. I'll post that!
Callas had a great personality that's why she was such a great singer.Sutherland was just a housewife who vocalized whole operas. Sutherland had perfect her art?What did you smoke?A singers who suggests that singing with words is optional in opera is not perfect at all.Vocalizing is not considered an artistic field.
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Tony-Greek sodomite. I wouldn't except you to anything else for the obvious nationalistic reasons. In addition, as you have demonstrated over and over again, you lack core honesty in your assessments. As such, keep on blowing the same horn. The term "self-absorption" comes to mind...you little Grek sodomite.
Inquisitor-Dr.Watson-American fascist-racist poser,your points are very strong.You're right,I lack core honesty.You are really objective.You trashed Gedda for openness on his high D while you consider Pavarotti's shrillness on the same note totally natural.You are trashing Callas for having 3 voices and you don't say anything about Sutherland's awful diction.I know,I may have a huge collection of recordings of singers of the 10's-70's but I don't have a 3D experience of them singing.
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Tony-Greek sodomite. Get your facts straight. I have never trashed Gedda. I simply asked what his weaknesses were on which you first choked, and then delusionally said none. I never trashed Callas either. I acknowledged her greatness. But what I said about her personality is indeed correct. I consider the voice as the reflection of someone's personality as well as state of mind. Callas has a very disturbed state of mind. Pava's shrillness? Yeah rrrrrright.
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Tony-Greek sodomite-Anyone who perfect their skills in opera seems to be flawed to you while you embrace fundamentally flawed artists/personalities. It's just a reflection of yourself. Now, run along you little Greek sodomite.
You are the one who has textbook knowledge.I have all of Callas's recordings and I have listened to them.You're criticizing her based on narrations.Callas was an artist,her art could never be conveyed on narrations.
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Tony-Greek Sodomite. I am sure your audiovisual collection is rather complete. What you're lacking is 3D experience, and a healthy brain to process the information, and a decent moral core to reasonable scrutinize things. In fact, you're divorced from reality and live in your own little world.
Wow! Inquisitive is angry about bad comments of a singer! I do love Joan Sutherland, so I won't enter in this "crap hole". But I am getting a point: Inquisitive preferences point to singers with voices plastically perfect. Unfortunately he ignores the art of interpretation. And the best on this were Callas, Gobbi, Domingo, McCracken, Chaliapin... MY OPINION: better to see them, even without top notes, then cold & static singers like dolls vomiting brilliant top notes.
Did you see yourself in the mirror or something? You seem to be laughing hysterically while listening to pedestrian rendition of Nessun Dorma. Poor Carreras sounds as if Sandrik is squeezing his balls so that he can sing the final B4-A4 cadence in a studio recording. I wonder how many takes Carreras needed to record this pedestrian rendition.
After 1963 her diction became aw full,she never had a well developed chest-register,her middle voice was nothing special,she couldn't shade her voice,she couldn't control dynamics , she developed a huge wobble in her middle register after the mid 70's.You would never understand anything about opera 'cause you lack emotional balance,refinement and musical knowledge.You'll always be nothing but a high notes maniac whose knowledge is strictly restricted to famous tenor arias .
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Tony-According to whom? You? A 22 Greek sodomite whose knowledge doesn't go beyond standardized textbooks and audiovisual materials? I lack non of those you little fiddlestick. You lack core honesty in your assessments and try to fit slices of reality to you skewed perception. I'd suggest you get over your inferiority complex you little Greek sodomite. Now, run along and try finding a spine for yourself.
You should stick to vocalization singing of Sutherland, you just hear notes you can't understand what lies behind them .You should also know Sutherland apart from her boring,unmusical,unrealistic way of interpretating she had a very flawed voice.
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Tony-Greek sodomite. Don't bother trying to criticize Sutherland. You sound ridiculous and perfectly biased. You seem to try mud sling to those who have perfect their art and craft while praising those who were flawed in every which way. But that makes sense. Someone as untalented as you as could related to such flawed artists much easier. You're kidding yourself you little Greek sodomite!
If you had listened a single recording you would know Callas always had 3 voices.She was La Divina because of her interpretations not for her high E bemolle,her 1960 Norma is considered by most opera fans and critics the best Norma on record although she had a wobble on her high notes because the characterization of Norma was unmachable.
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Tony-Greek sodomite. She's got 3 voices all right. Tell me something I don't know. The number of her voices were pretty much commensurate with the number of personalities she possessed. If I needed to learn more about Callas, I'd simply talk to my parents. Who needs the textbook info from a 22 yo Greek sodomite who hasn't even seen Callas live.
It's not singing for sake of singing.Singers have to give a meaning to the notes to express what composer wanted to be expressed through his music that's why it's called interpretation.
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Sandrik-Georgian buttboy. I am not messing with you. I am just playing with you. You're my monkey. When I am eventually bored with you, I'll trade you in to the Russians for a chimp. But I doubt that the Russian would wanna give up a chimp from their zoo in return for a useless Georgian. Well. I'd figure something out then. If you're a good boy, I might give you a banana.
Insisto, que para el que escuche ópera con asiduidad , y sobre todo a los grandes tenores del pasado , muchos de ellos la fenecidos, puede comprobar el parecido casi calcado entre el modo de cantar de Di stefano y de Carreras, y ver como el segundo es un REMAKE de Di Stefano, su alter ego.Sin su esplendor vocal del joven Di Stefano, aunque no deja de ser Carreras un tenor a tener en cuenta, siempre en una honrosa segunda fila.Pero incluso detrás de Domingo,Aragall y Pavarotti.
When TheInquisitive4Ever is talking about opera, he is offensive to many singers that we all love, and he also doesn't accept other people comments. I accept opinions, but not offenses. Anyway, I'll let the discution about singers goes on. But stop talking about external policy, sexual preferences, small and big countries and their people, otherwise I'll delete those messages, and finally block the users. Want to fight? Go to the Paul Potts Nessun dorma video, and discuss over there...
I can discuss about anything, but you are aggressive against the other comments, and you don't accept when someone disagree with your comments (even when answering your attacks on the singers they love). And to do that, you attack everything to discredit your opponent. So, to me, you don't like to talk about external policy nor their sexual preferences, you are just attacking everybody that disagree with you. That's why at many other chats the owner blocked you to comment.
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Lowered larynx and open throat are not the same techniques. While genetics are important, development of technique is extremely important. It is not uncommon that those who came out of the conservatory have poor technique as in the modern times, too little time is devoted for vocal production, and students are pushed into repertoire development too early. A good technical development would connect the registers seamlessly and the voice would be one. Having 3 voices is no good.
I understand the open throat technique, also the Del Monaco teacher technique (lowered larinx). I've been trained on that, it helps but is not everything for the singer.
There are many aspects that help or disturb the singer: the nose formation, the facial cavities, the neck, the tongue, etc... Many singers, even with the best technique, will never sing as Gigli/Caruso, because their body were "built" not so gently as those two. They were "singer machines", carved by God when they were born...
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Beverly-That is NOT a minor problem. The discontinuity makes is impoosible to access the upper register with ease. Hence, the likes of Domingo and Carreras need to push it, and ended up sounding strangled. Get a clue will ya. The passaggio problem stems from the inability to master the open throat technqiue, first invented by Caruso which was masterfully used by Gigli, Bjorling and Pavarotti. Again, get a clue. Do you even know about what you're talking?
Callas had a passagio extremely clear to note the discontinuity so much that people used to say she was a singer of 3 voices, so different were the low, meadle and upper register. Even so, she was able to sing extremely high notes, and low notes, arias from Carmen, Dalilah, but also Gilda, Rosina (soprano version), Lakmé, Lucia, etc...
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That was after Callas's voice went downhill. Initially, she had a very finely developed instrument. Callas career had 2 phases. The glorious years, and the years of 3 voices. There never was a gradual transition.
Stupid inquisitor,you should stick to famous tenors arias,your specialty.A person who listens only famous arias posted on youtube shouldn't criticize Callas.
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Tony-Greek sodomite. You admiration of Callas is perfectly understandable. You seem to share something with her. A lack of a sensible personality. But admittedly, she was a fine soprano, and one of the best.
Now you're criticizing Callas for her personality I bet the ideal personality for a singer is the one of Sutherland ,a housewife blessed with a great voice working with her husband as it was a family business who can't say anything substantial in her interviews or Pavarotti an over hyped teddy-bear appeared clown.
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Tony-Greek sodomite. Callas was an exceptional soprano all right but surely had a despicable personality, and her deportment off of the stage wasn't something of which one can be proud. Teddy-bear appeared clown? Nice going Sherlock. But your overprotective attitude of psychologically damaged Callas is understandable. It must be a national pride thing as it is common in secondary nations.
Despicable personality? What are you talking about? You should stop reading the gossip magazines and like trash, and actually do some research. By many, many of her friends she is regarded as a very outgoing and nice person. Doesn't mean that she didn't have bad days either, like ANY and ALL human beings, but your portrayal of her is the only thing that despicable. Like I said put down "The Inquirer" and like trash and do the research yourself.
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Tony-Greek sodomite. While you will be reading textbooks or attending second class performances in your native Greece, I will be at the Met and elsewhere depending on my travel schedule. I'd suggest you use your little brain before you blurt something out. Now crawl back to your crap hole and keep reading.
I suggest you to stick to famous tenor arias 'cause when you open your mouth to speak about other voice types you say even more craps.Cut the crap, you haven't attend a single operatic performance.You just listen to famous tenors arias sang by Pavarotti on youtube.Get a job man,as you would say.Your opinion has no significance you are just a psychopathic pseudo-poseur with a specialty in famous tenor arias and high notes.
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Tony-Greek sodomite. You must feel hopeless with your feeble rhetoric to suggest that I haven't attended an operatic performance. What and idiot. I live a several block north of the Met. Assumption is the mother of all f*6k ups, didn't your mommy tell you? But then again, it would be an admission of guilt as you're the end result. Go get yourself a moral core and a spine you little delusional idiot. It is you who hasn't seen any worthy operatic performance.
The fact that you are clearly knowledgeable about opera does nothing to mitigate your unpleasant prejudiced personal slurs against others. If you can't say something constructive you shouldn't say anything at all.
Bscum-Who the heck are you to tell me what to say and what not to say? Now be a good boy and enjoy this pedestrian rendition of Nessun Dorma; it's a free world.
Who am I? Just a person who has learned some basic manners from his parents and teachers. For all of your apparent knowledge of music this simple life lesson seems to have passed you by.
And look who is talking. LoL...freedom of speech -that is something you seem to have passed by. Your manners seem to be as evolved as your teeth old boy!
Everyone is aware that Pavarotti is a better singer to Carreras especially in voice technique. Monserrat Caballe was the one who discovered Carreras. He used to be on the same opera production with her. She asked him to sing with her concert afterwards. We should all be thankful to Monserrat Caballe!!!
Turandot-I really question your knowledge! Never ever use Carreras and Caruso in the same sentence. If Carreras had mastered Caruso's open throaty technique (which was also masterfully used by Gigli, Bjorling, Corelli and Pava..) he wouldn't have had the technical diffulties with his technique, especially his upper register. I'd suggest you do some research and see what the open throat technique is! As a singer (or singer wanabe) you should know all this and work on it!
Sandrik-Georgian Buttboy. The ratings of my comments are made by sheepish supporters of whomever tenor who have no idea that the artist they're supporting has serious artistic limitations. They're in love with the artist rather then loving the artistry. In Carreras' case, he had about 9 good years (1970-1978). After that his voice got destroyed because he moved into spinto roles too early, too unprepared. Thanks Karajan for that! Now go acquire some knowledge you clueless fiddlestick!
The negative ratings of your comments are coming from people who think that racist homophobic insults have nothing to do with the appreciation of fine art. Yes, Carreras has limitations, but a performance does not have to be flawless for it to communicate great emotions.
I am no "sheepish supporter" of Carreras but I find your snobbish, condescending and insulting attitude extremely offensive. If you wish to be taken seriously then behave responsibly.
TurnadotFanatic-Note that this rendition of Nessun Dorma is a studio recording, which means it is engineered to perfect by multiple takes and digital editing and such. Despite all that, Carreras sounds strangled and thin in the final cadence where he's supposed to sing B4-A4 in sequence. The squillo is also weak.
TurnadotFanatic-As a singer you should know better. Pavarotti was the only tenor in his generation (previously Caruso and Gigli had it too) who has a seamless connection of his registers. As Caballe said so eloquently "his voice was one" which means no discontinuity in the passaggio. I comes from mastering Caruso's open throat technique. On top, Pava was the only one who could do third harmonic tuning. You might want to do research as your knowledge as a singer has missed important elements!
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TurnadotFanatic-As a singer you should know better. Pavarotti was the only tenor in his generation (previously Caruso and Gigli had it too) who has a seamless connection of his registers. As Caballe said so eloquently "his voice was one" which means no discontinuity in the passaggio. I comes from mastering Caruso's open throat technique. On top, Pava was the only one who could do third harmonic tuning. You might want to do research as your knowledge as a singer has missed important elements!
Of course my voice produces sounds different from Gigli and Caruso. They were great because they had wonderful timbres, easy and rounded voices. Carreras, Domingo, Del Monaco, Corelli and others, had (have) different face formation, so, different voices and way to produce the sounds, also great but not such "coloured" and so easy. Anyway, they are (were) celebrities, because they produced wonderful renditions, and everybody likes them (except TheInquisitive4Ever).
Trying to copy the tenor I used to admire and love his way of singing (Beniamino Gigli), I understood that my voice was different, and when I did some passagios exactly like him I was pushing my voice, and getting a result opposite that Gigli did.
That's way the good singer teachers used to ask to avoid learning an aria or song from records. Before listening the "Greats", learn the music, sing the words by heart, that is, first of all put YOUR way of singing at each passagio, each note.
It's also good not to imitate a singer when you're listening to recordings, and let your own voice lead.
A gap that inquisitive was referring to is a flaw in Carreras's voice like having an 11th toe or something but it's not a hindrance to continue singing. It's a matter of Carreras blending his voice to make it sound uniform to listen to.
Trying to explain better: each voice is unique, and the passagio happens differently for each person. Because each head is different (I mean the size and format of the facial cavities), each singer, each voice, has to find the best way to produce the sound. Nobody should expect that Carreras sings through the passagio exactly as Caruso. The "ugly gap" is something I use to name as "the way one voice find to go up and down". Callas passagio was ugly, anyway she was... Callas!
I would like to say that I am a singer too, and to me (my opinion) I didn't get the phenomenon of chest voice that
TheInquisitive4Ever pointed. To me, Carreras voice is perfect at this rendition, and even that his live performances he (sometimes) pushes (forces) his voice, he's much better than some old tenors like Merli that really pushed his voice. I pushed also, that's why I understand about that. But
TheInquisitive4Ever didn't answer me (again), my simple question.
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Sandrik-Georgian buttboy! What you call attacking is called criticism in the democratic west. As a member of a nation whose contribution to freedom was Stalin (note the punt), and whose freedom came as an act of charity from the west, you should be ashamed to try suppressing to voice my opinion the way I see fit. Now get lost you spineless Georgian!
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Sandrik-Your little Georgian buttboy! Have you even seen Carreras live when he had some voice left to sing before he destroyed it in the late 1970s by prematurely moving into heavier roles per Karajan's persuation? Some of us have seen him live you know! With your limited knowledge and zero first hand experience, you might want to get a clue. Not crawl back into your crap hole in Georgia, and keep on watching clips of half naked bodybuilders!
We all know what color the Sun is and if anybody says, that it is black, it will not be black anyway, even if he says it 10 000 years! So is the way of inquisitive jerk Jose Carreras is soupreme singer, it is admited by those people, who have order to admit it and such a feeble jerks as inqiusitive jester is, are only dust thrown towards a wall of fortress!
At this rendition, when JC "desperately tries compensating for the gap by producing a chesty voice"? Please indicate the exact moment it happens (play the video and identify that at ?? minutes and ?? seconds, and pls tell me). I am trying to understand what you mean with this phrase between "".
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TF-Carreras' voice is not one. His passaggio is not seamless as Pava (then again, nobody else had such continuity) Essentially, when Carreras moves from his low to mid and mid to upper register there is a gap, which he'd try compensating by using a more chesty voice to push through. Note that it becomes more apparent in live performances.
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Carreras passagio problem is because he was never able to master the "open throat" technique which was masterfully used by the likes of Caruso, Gigli, Bjorling and Pavarotti. Listen to the "Sulla tua bocca lo dirò"..his voice looses its coherence. It's as if he's transition in register has a step. And in a studio album, it's more difficult to detect as it is engineered to some limited perfection. It's more prevalent in his live performances.
TurandotFanatic, Jose Carreras managed to polish his rendition despite the "ugly" gap Listen to Jose Cura to compare Cura's unpolished rendition of this piece.
TurandotFanatic, i believe Carreras recovered from cancer and if he continues to sing beyond after the "ugly" gap, it's still a polished rendition. What do you expect him to do? Go pianissimo?
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Carreras had about 9 good years in his career during which he was good but nothing exceptional. He took on heavier roles too soon as per the persuasion of Karajan amd took it up the tailpipe big time as with his frail technique he could not handle it. He destroyed his voice prematurely, which was about 10 years before he was diagnosed with leukemia. Get your facts straight people!
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Kaka-As shitty as your comment is that is expected. I was listening to Carreras live before your parents even contemplated conceiving you -out of courtesy I will assume you're not a product of an accident! As a clueless bloke in his early 20, you should seek knowledge before opining based on what's been shoved down your throat by the publicity industry. Now get lost you little fiddlestick!
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Kaka-As shitty as your comment is that is expected. I was listening to Carreras live before your parents even contemplated conceiving you -out of courtesy I will assume you're not a product of an accident! As a clueless bloke in his early 20, you should seek knowledge before opining based on what's been shoved down your throat by the publicity industry. Now get lost you little fiddlestick!
@lurdess98: LOVE, love catan language and all Catalonias !!!
marcela21884 3 weeks ago in playlist YouTube Mix for José Carreras
@TheKyomu2010: Singing so beautifully is not about "technique"... Who are you, Caruso? Mmmm. Maestro Carreras is above any negative comment: he sings from the soul, as he has always said.
marcela21884 3 weeks ago in playlist YouTube Mix for José Carreras
Gracias Dios por darnos el privilegio de escucharle, es 500% mejor que antes de su lucha contra el cancer.
pedrolmichel 2 months ago
Aquesta es una canço que m'eriça el cabell es molt bonica :)
lurdess98 4 months ago
Terrible technique!
TheKyomu2010 5 months ago
Hermoso !
veeerooniicaaa 5 months ago
For once I must say that I am really at a loss for words that convey what this music does to me tonight....I LOVE it! WONDERFUL! Thank you so very much for this posting and again a big Thank You to YOU TUBE! Goodnight....sweet dreams to all.
kasha1932 5 months ago in playlist YouTube Mix for José Carreras
I think Carreras strains throughout the aria except for the more lyric parts that are more suited for his voice
sugarbist 8 months ago
This is my absolute favorite version of my favorite Opera piece. The ending with the chorus is the best version by far! I love it!!!!!!
kjseek 8 months ago
This is one of my all time favourite pieces of music. I'm 23 and i love my drum and bass, trance and modern rock, but this is one of the most emotive pieces of music i have heard. it has to be said though, Aqua were the all time greats.
gilford388 8 months ago
he was the most intense tenor of his time
smokelean 8 months ago
Ooooraaaleee!!!!! Yo no se nada de opera, pero el final me eriza la piel y los cabellos me pone de punta!!!!
MrThylo 9 months ago
His version gives me the chills. I love this!
cdayton1 9 months ago
Quina gran veu... i quin tresor de la música del segle XX
francescgzv 10 months ago
The most pssionate singer in the tenor world.... Pepe felt the music.
BUCKEYEPRIDE74 11 months ago
search for the ending scene of that movie I cannot post a link for some reason???
WhiteWesWelker 1 year ago
I fell in love w/ this song in the "Sum of All Fears"
it was a Hitman song...... car bombs killings knife deaths etc.
WhiteWesWelker 1 year ago
this version is
way better than
bocelli nessun dorma
WhiteWesWelker 1 year ago
i have alwayse liked this song and have heard many great recordings, hoever, from a non vocal stand point, this is my favorite! the ending is absoloutely stunning and beautiful! such passion!
d1galan 1 year ago
Get the audio from this video at soundnabber doht cohm.
GilesBoganski542 1 year ago
JOSÉ CARRERAS ECCO FINE, BELLA VOCE, INTRPRETACIÓN BUONO, LA FORZA CHE RENDE IL RUOLO e l'aria. ASCOLTO è eccitante. In un'altra registrazione non è così bene. In ogni caso il migliore in questo ruolo è il grande Franco Corelli, in bella voce, inigulable potenza, prestazioni, perfettamente meraviglioso. Probabilmente ci sono molti che vanno bene, ma non del tutto perfetto e sublime in tutta l'opera, come il grande Corelli, che è ancora il migliore
pieritlyon 1 year ago
Sempre grande Carreras!!! grazie
DonnaRuthC 1 year ago
Fantastico!!!!!!!!!
MrSte2459 1 year ago
Questo è urlare a squarciagola, non cantare! Ha preso ad esempio Giuseppe di Stefano senza avere un'oncia del talento interpretativo di quest'utlimo che riusciva financo a far dimenticare le sue immense carenze tecniche!
alleviso2 1 year ago
Mario del monaco is the best ever
mumra715 1 year ago
Best Turandot "Nessun dorma"? Corelli, Del Monaco, Aragall, Pavarotti, Bjorling!
magisquam 1 year ago
@magisquam ma va???Placido Domingo es the best of the best
RunovaO 1 year ago
MAGNIFIQUE INTERPRETATION.. BRAVO
levezou1936 1 year ago
MAGNIFIQUE INTERPRETATION.................
levezou1936 1 year ago
One of the best versions of this aria!!!!! The trembling of his voice approaching the end is just majestic.......
HOUSE18011991 1 year ago 3
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31122051 1 year ago
@31122051 il solito babbeo....
andyroma72 1 year ago
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31122051 1 year ago
@31122051 ti faccio denunciare io dall'aministratore di youtube per corbellerie e ignoranza musicale
andyroma72 1 year ago
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31122051 1 year ago
@31122051 tu insulti carreras ,domingo , di stefano...sei tu l'ignorante caro numero 311 etc etc non io..cosa vuoic he ti dica? bravo,carreras fa schifo???
andyroma72 1 year ago
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31122051 1 year ago
@andyroma72 Lascia perdere con 31122051......deve avere problemi di udito!
segu82 1 year ago
@31122051 Oh! A tutti scrivi le stesse cose! Non ci posso credere! "Denuncia" di qui, "devastato" di là...oltre ad essere maestrino sei pure avvocato?
segu82 1 year ago
Scintillating!
paulostroff99 1 year ago
gran bella voce...peccato che si sia bruciato velocemente...(ricordiamo anche la sua malattia contro la quale lotto' in modo esemplare)
rinarix1 2 years ago
What a man.
InfernoDaBaka 2 years ago 4
Undoubtly this is one of the best renditions...It's fantastic Thanks for sharing this!!!!!!!!!!
potitodos 2 years ago 4
vincero sound like this from Bjoerling here!
Anybody agree?
medusaview 2 years ago 4
to my surprise, I have to agree.
Kind of unexpected.
He already sounds like him on "notte... Tramontate stelle"
At first he imitated di Stefano, then was told that this is dangerous for the high open notes. Maybe he actually tried to use Björling as model here.
GentleSavage1 2 years ago 4
wow! I never noticed that before, but you are right he does.
halcassell 2 years ago
@medusaview Yes I agree. I just listened to the recordings from Björling and now Carreras - first of all I want to say that these are the best I found here (and I listened many versions) and it's true that Carreras sounds like Björling!
cstr135 2 years ago
I almost would say he is singing it better than Bjoerling!
medusaview 2 years ago
@medusaview
For my taste Carreras has a much beautiful voice than Bjorling!
Huljic 1 year ago
El mejor tenor de todos los tiempos !!!! el mas guapo ,el de la belleza perfecta !!!!
todos te queremos Josep !!!!!!!
tukilala 2 years ago 2
Lastimosamente, los tenores temperamentales como Joseph pierden rapido la voz porque SE DAN TODO, y toda la voz la dejan regada en el escenario....
acitipo 2 years ago 2
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MrLuiscastellanos 2 years ago
This rendition is absolutely magnificent!!!
We bow to thee, o Great Carreras!
kzr83 2 years ago 7
heard many versions of this wonderful piece and in my opinion this is right up there...best jose i think i've heard and the choral is simply magnificent....thankyou very much for posting this,,,
colfer222 2 years ago 3
i agree. i will try to remain neutral as to respect all opinions. but for a jose version, the best. and as an arrangement, deffinately a favorite of mine! nice job!
d1galan 2 years ago
Ay yo InquiziBITCH suck on puccins balls. *Fucking German* Nobdy likes you we still remmber hitler..and im not Jewish. Like your taste in Opera Singers. Have a Great life fuck head.
LamminainRebal21 2 years ago
Oh theln...fool,again you??You just can`t stop making fool of yourself!!
Huljic 2 years ago 2
i have alwaysed thought he could sing this piece wwell, but this in my opinion is the best recording of him singing of this piece...i even fell in love with the ending...definately on the best arrangements too!!! well done!!!
d1galan 2 years ago
I think you are german, I can see it the way you place your words, an english person would say " have you had a look into the mirror?"
gheeah 2 years ago
hahahahahaaaaaaaa, I hope Jose Carreras reads this, he is such a wonderful person, he would get a good laugh too at seeing what a fool you are making of yourself, I really hope they don't block you, we would miss you here, hahahahahaha...
gheeah 2 years ago
I am sure he's a gentleman. It's just that he's got some major problems with his singing. But you're still dumb as a rock and shallow.
TheInquisitive4Ever 2 years ago
ah, you again, are you lonely?
gheeah 2 years ago
ah, you again, lonely?
gheeah 2 years ago
Lonely? LoL. Did your mommy not teach you that assumption is the mother of f*ck ups, which you so generously represent?
TheInquisitive4Ever 2 years ago
Inquisitive...stop infecting youtube with your stupid opinions. No one cares about what you think.
mgdoom 2 years ago
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You little Portuguese fiddlestick. Who are you to infringe on my freedom of speach. If you do not like it, do not read it. Nobody is forcing to read on what I am opining and how I am opining on. Pinhead!
TheInquisitive4Ever 2 years ago
Oh my god! This inquisitive jerk is not banned yet!
sandrik100 2 years ago 2
Sandrik-You little Georgian buttboy. Are you still calling Condi Rice a black monkey, blame the US for Georgia's misery, and bend over for the Russians while living off of American, and enjoy watching clips of half naked Russian body builder in that shithole called Tbilisi?
TheInquisitive4Ever 2 years ago
he often sounds like Jussi Björling or rather Jussi Björling often sounds like Jose Carreras who is unique...
gheeah 3 years ago
Carreras reminds of Björling, not the other way around, since Björling was born more than 30 years before him.
If you think Carreras is unique, Jussi Björling is at least equally so.
Jaaakob 2 years ago
sure, anything you say...
gheeah 2 years ago
wonderful wonderful wonderful!!!
Krizia65c13 3 years ago
Very good recording!
StuporMundi86 3 years ago 2
No date here? NO I do not think he sounds at all like Jussi who had a very Nordic sound and a great top but had for me the best studio recording of it and then of course pav and then Corelli who live was the best Calaf most likely since it fit him. Jose here on the last note sounds somewhat tight which makes me think it was later. Early he sounded more like Di Stefano then Jussi Bjorling who never sang this on stage, smart tenor. Some big voices sang it with little success at the met.
pearlmuth3 3 years ago
CAN ANY OF YOU GUYS DO BETTER????
strider24530 3 years ago 4
he sounds a bit like jussi bjorling here
AZo9jojo 3 years ago 4
You,on the other hand, haven't listened recordings of them except from famous tenor arias posted in mediocre sound quality on Y.T but you have 3D experience of them thought the narrations of your parents.Their critique is objective as well as infallible.Undoubtedly, their critique is the proper proof of the correctness of your nihilistic verbal diarrhea.
tonyantony1 3 years ago 10
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Tony-Greek sodomite. Your talk too much, but do not say anything. Basically, you have ZERO first hand experience with tenors about whom you pass (a textbook) judgment (which is most likely not even yours) and speculate on matters about which you know zero knowledge whatsoever. If I need to inquire more, I can at least pick up the phone and get to its source. As a 22 yo Greek boy, you're living in your little bubble which is divorced from reality. I'd suggest you think twice before you opine!
TheInquisitive4Ever 3 years ago
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Tony-Greek sodomite. I am in the habit of watching those I like in 3D which is in stark contrast to your experience. You're an prisoner of a 2D world in which you feel comfortable.
TheInquisitive4Ever 3 years ago
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Greek sodomite. Get back to reality. I've probably spent more time in reputable venues watching live performances than you ever will in your mediocre life.
TheInquisitive4Ever 3 years ago
Yes he did. Domingo has few live recordings of Turandot at YouTube, he's pushing a little the high B, but sustaining it. The studio one (with Karajan) is the best to me, beyond all others. The tempo is perfect, also voice, legato, interpretation. The high B is WONDERFUL, even too short. I'll post that!
TurandotFanatic 3 years ago
Callas had a great personality that's why she was such a great singer.Sutherland was just a housewife who vocalized whole operas. Sutherland had perfect her art?What did you smoke?A singers who suggests that singing with words is optional in opera is not perfect at all.Vocalizing is not considered an artistic field.
tonyantony1 3 years ago 8
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Tony-Greek sodomite. I wouldn't except you to anything else for the obvious nationalistic reasons. In addition, as you have demonstrated over and over again, you lack core honesty in your assessments. As such, keep on blowing the same horn. The term "self-absorption" comes to mind...you little Grek sodomite.
TheInquisitive4Ever 3 years ago
Inquisitor-Dr.Watson-American fascist-racist poser,your points are very strong.You're right,I lack core honesty.You are really objective.You trashed Gedda for openness on his high D while you consider Pavarotti's shrillness on the same note totally natural.You are trashing Callas for having 3 voices and you don't say anything about Sutherland's awful diction.I know,I may have a huge collection of recordings of singers of the 10's-70's but I don't have a 3D experience of them singing.
tonyantony1 3 years ago 11
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Tony-Greek sodomite. Get your facts straight. I have never trashed Gedda. I simply asked what his weaknesses were on which you first choked, and then delusionally said none. I never trashed Callas either. I acknowledged her greatness. But what I said about her personality is indeed correct. I consider the voice as the reflection of someone's personality as well as state of mind. Callas has a very disturbed state of mind. Pava's shrillness? Yeah rrrrrright.
TheInquisitive4Ever 3 years ago
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Tony-Greek sodomite-Anyone who perfect their skills in opera seems to be flawed to you while you embrace fundamentally flawed artists/personalities. It's just a reflection of yourself. Now, run along you little Greek sodomite.
TheInquisitive4Ever 3 years ago
You are the one who has textbook knowledge.I have all of Callas's recordings and I have listened to them.You're criticizing her based on narrations.Callas was an artist,her art could never be conveyed on narrations.
tonyantony1 3 years ago 7
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Tony-Greek Sodomite. I am sure your audiovisual collection is rather complete. What you're lacking is 3D experience, and a healthy brain to process the information, and a decent moral core to reasonable scrutinize things. In fact, you're divorced from reality and live in your own little world.
TheInquisitive4Ever 3 years ago
Wow! Inquisitive is angry about bad comments of a singer! I do love Joan Sutherland, so I won't enter in this "crap hole". But I am getting a point: Inquisitive preferences point to singers with voices plastically perfect. Unfortunately he ignores the art of interpretation. And the best on this were Callas, Gobbi, Domingo, McCracken, Chaliapin... MY OPINION: better to see them, even without top notes, then cold & static singers like dolls vomiting brilliant top notes.
TurandotFanatic 3 years ago 3
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Turnadot-Domingo never sung a respectable Nessun Dorma. Are you deaf?
TheInquisitive4Ever 3 years ago
and you are sick!
gheeah 2 years ago
I am not sick. You're just dumb as a rock and shallow.
TheInquisitive4Ever 2 years ago
hahahahahaha...
gheeah 2 years ago
Did you see yourself in the mirror or something? You seem to be laughing hysterically while listening to pedestrian rendition of Nessun Dorma. Poor Carreras sounds as if Sandrik is squeezing his balls so that he can sing the final B4-A4 cadence in a studio recording. I wonder how many takes Carreras needed to record this pedestrian rendition.
TheInquisitive4Ever 2 years ago
After 1963 her diction became aw full,she never had a well developed chest-register,her middle voice was nothing special,she couldn't shade her voice,she couldn't control dynamics , she developed a huge wobble in her middle register after the mid 70's.You would never understand anything about opera 'cause you lack emotional balance,refinement and musical knowledge.You'll always be nothing but a high notes maniac whose knowledge is strictly restricted to famous tenor arias .
tonyantony1 3 years ago 4
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Tony-According to whom? You? A 22 Greek sodomite whose knowledge doesn't go beyond standardized textbooks and audiovisual materials? I lack non of those you little fiddlestick. You lack core honesty in your assessments and try to fit slices of reality to you skewed perception. I'd suggest you get over your inferiority complex you little Greek sodomite. Now, run along and try finding a spine for yourself.
TheInquisitive4Ever 3 years ago
You should stick to vocalization singing of Sutherland, you just hear notes you can't understand what lies behind them .You should also know Sutherland apart from her boring,unmusical,unrealistic way of interpretating she had a very flawed voice.
tonyantony1 3 years ago 5
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Tony-Greek sodomite. Don't bother trying to criticize Sutherland. You sound ridiculous and perfectly biased. You seem to try mud sling to those who have perfect their art and craft while praising those who were flawed in every which way. But that makes sense. Someone as untalented as you as could related to such flawed artists much easier. You're kidding yourself you little Greek sodomite!
TheInquisitive4Ever 3 years ago
If you had listened a single recording you would know Callas always had 3 voices.She was La Divina because of her interpretations not for her high E bemolle,her 1960 Norma is considered by most opera fans and critics the best Norma on record although she had a wobble on her high notes because the characterization of Norma was unmachable.
tonyantony1 3 years ago
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Tony-Greek sodomite. She's got 3 voices all right. Tell me something I don't know. The number of her voices were pretty much commensurate with the number of personalities she possessed. If I needed to learn more about Callas, I'd simply talk to my parents. Who needs the textbook info from a 22 yo Greek sodomite who hasn't even seen Callas live.
TheInquisitive4Ever 3 years ago
It's not singing for sake of singing.Singers have to give a meaning to the notes to express what composer wanted to be expressed through his music that's why it's called interpretation.
tonyantony1 3 years ago
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Tony-Greel sodomite. It's called interpretation? Wow! No shit Sherlock! Your textbook knowledge is simply amazing! lol (Note the sarcasm)
TheInquisitive4Ever 3 years ago
Opera is an artistic field not an athletic sport,Callas didn't have the perfect voice but she could express the deeper meaning of the music.
tonyantony1 3 years ago
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Sandrik-Georgian buttboy. I am not messing with you. I am just playing with you. You're my monkey. When I am eventually bored with you, I'll trade you in to the Russians for a chimp. But I doubt that the Russian would wanna give up a chimp from their zoo in return for a useless Georgian. Well. I'd figure something out then. If you're a good boy, I might give you a banana.
TheInquisitive4Ever 3 years ago
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Turandot-What is your point? I don't see any compelling argument on your side besides hot air.
TheInquisitive4Ever 3 years ago
Insisto, que para el que escuche ópera con asiduidad , y sobre todo a los grandes tenores del pasado , muchos de ellos la fenecidos, puede comprobar el parecido casi calcado entre el modo de cantar de Di stefano y de Carreras, y ver como el segundo es un REMAKE de Di Stefano, su alter ego.Sin su esplendor vocal del joven Di Stefano, aunque no deja de ser Carreras un tenor a tener en cuenta, siempre en una honrosa segunda fila.Pero incluso detrás de Domingo,Aragall y Pavarotti.
losorigenes 3 years ago
When TheInquisitive4Ever is talking about opera, he is offensive to many singers that we all love, and he also doesn't accept other people comments. I accept opinions, but not offenses. Anyway, I'll let the discution about singers goes on. But stop talking about external policy, sexual preferences, small and big countries and their people, otherwise I'll delete those messages, and finally block the users. Want to fight? Go to the Paul Potts Nessun dorma video, and discuss over there...
TurandotFanatic 3 years ago
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Turandot-Life is a whole. Why bother compartmentalizing? Or do you need to do that to accommodate a wide range of issues to be able to process?
TheInquisitive4Ever 3 years ago
I can discuss about anything, but you are aggressive against the other comments, and you don't accept when someone disagree with your comments (even when answering your attacks on the singers they love). And to do that, you attack everything to discredit your opponent. So, to me, you don't like to talk about external policy nor their sexual preferences, you are just attacking everybody that disagree with you. That's why at many other chats the owner blocked you to comment.
TurandotFanatic 3 years ago 2
This song makes me so grateful to have two working ears.
I don't have the musical expertise to say more than that.
babiesburn 3 years ago 4
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Lowered larynx and open throat are not the same techniques. While genetics are important, development of technique is extremely important. It is not uncommon that those who came out of the conservatory have poor technique as in the modern times, too little time is devoted for vocal production, and students are pushed into repertoire development too early. A good technical development would connect the registers seamlessly and the voice would be one. Having 3 voices is no good.
TheInquisitive4Ever 3 years ago
Proving that the sun is black, is crazyness!
sandrik100 3 years ago
I understand the open throat technique, also the Del Monaco teacher technique (lowered larinx). I've been trained on that, it helps but is not everything for the singer.
There are many aspects that help or disturb the singer: the nose formation, the facial cavities, the neck, the tongue, etc... Many singers, even with the best technique, will never sing as Gigli/Caruso, because their body were "built" not so gently as those two. They were "singer machines", carved by God when they were born...
TurandotFanatic 3 years ago
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Beverly-That is NOT a minor problem. The discontinuity makes is impoosible to access the upper register with ease. Hence, the likes of Domingo and Carreras need to push it, and ended up sounding strangled. Get a clue will ya. The passaggio problem stems from the inability to master the open throat technqiue, first invented by Caruso which was masterfully used by Gigli, Bjorling and Pavarotti. Again, get a clue. Do you even know about what you're talking?
TheInquisitive4Ever 3 years ago
Callas had a passagio extremely clear to note the discontinuity so much that people used to say she was a singer of 3 voices, so different were the low, meadle and upper register. Even so, she was able to sing extremely high notes, and low notes, arias from Carmen, Dalilah, but also Gilda, Rosina (soprano version), Lakmé, Lucia, etc...
TurandotFanatic 3 years ago
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That was after Callas's voice went downhill. Initially, she had a very finely developed instrument. Callas career had 2 phases. The glorious years, and the years of 3 voices. There never was a gradual transition.
TheInquisitive4Ever 3 years ago
Stupid inquisitor,you should stick to famous tenors arias,your specialty.A person who listens only famous arias posted on youtube shouldn't criticize Callas.
tonyantony1 3 years ago
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Tony-Greek sodomite. You admiration of Callas is perfectly understandable. You seem to share something with her. A lack of a sensible personality. But admittedly, she was a fine soprano, and one of the best.
TheInquisitive4Ever 3 years ago
Now you're criticizing Callas for her personality I bet the ideal personality for a singer is the one of Sutherland ,a housewife blessed with a great voice working with her husband as it was a family business who can't say anything substantial in her interviews or Pavarotti an over hyped teddy-bear appeared clown.
tonyantony1 3 years ago 7
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Tony-Greek sodomite. Callas was an exceptional soprano all right but surely had a despicable personality, and her deportment off of the stage wasn't something of which one can be proud. Teddy-bear appeared clown? Nice going Sherlock. But your overprotective attitude of psychologically damaged Callas is understandable. It must be a national pride thing as it is common in secondary nations.
TheInquisitive4Ever 3 years ago
Despicable personality? What are you talking about? You should stop reading the gossip magazines and like trash, and actually do some research. By many, many of her friends she is regarded as a very outgoing and nice person. Doesn't mean that she didn't have bad days either, like ANY and ALL human beings, but your portrayal of her is the only thing that despicable. Like I said put down "The Inquirer" and like trash and do the research yourself.
csmjr91090 3 years ago
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Tony-Greek sodomite. While you will be reading textbooks or attending second class performances in your native Greece, I will be at the Met and elsewhere depending on my travel schedule. I'd suggest you use your little brain before you blurt something out. Now crawl back to your crap hole and keep reading.
TheInquisitive4Ever 3 years ago
I suggest you to stick to famous tenor arias 'cause when you open your mouth to speak about other voice types you say even more craps.Cut the crap, you haven't attend a single operatic performance.You just listen to famous tenors arias sang by Pavarotti on youtube.Get a job man,as you would say.Your opinion has no significance you are just a psychopathic pseudo-poseur with a specialty in famous tenor arias and high notes.
tonyantony1 3 years ago 8
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Tony-Greek sodomite. You must feel hopeless with your feeble rhetoric to suggest that I haven't attended an operatic performance. What and idiot. I live a several block north of the Met. Assumption is the mother of all f*6k ups, didn't your mommy tell you? But then again, it would be an admission of guilt as you're the end result. Go get yourself a moral core and a spine you little delusional idiot. It is you who hasn't seen any worthy operatic performance.
TheInquisitive4Ever 3 years ago
What a remarkably offensive person you are!
The fact that you are clearly knowledgeable about opera does nothing to mitigate your unpleasant prejudiced personal slurs against others. If you can't say something constructive you shouldn't say anything at all.
bsam20uk 2 years ago
Bscum-Who the heck are you to tell me what to say and what not to say? Now be a good boy and enjoy this pedestrian rendition of Nessun Dorma; it's a free world.
TheInquisitive4Ever 2 years ago
Who am I? Just a person who has learned some basic manners from his parents and teachers. For all of your apparent knowledge of music this simple life lesson seems to have passed you by.
Good day to you.
bsam20uk 2 years ago 2
And look who is talking. LoL...freedom of speech -that is something you seem to have passed by. Your manners seem to be as evolved as your teeth old boy!
TheInquisitive4Ever 2 years ago
millions of Jose Carreras fans can't be wrong, I think you have a personal problem!
gheeah 2 years ago
Millions of Carreras fans wouldn't know the difference if their life depended on it. Populism has never been a sign of quality.
TheInquisitive4Ever 2 years ago
but of good taste!!!!!!!!
gheeah 2 years ago
Turandotfanatic, I also don't like Callas and her voice. Her passagio is unbalanced.
SketchBeverly 3 years ago
Everyone is aware that Pavarotti is a better singer to Carreras especially in voice technique. Monserrat Caballe was the one who discovered Carreras. He used to be on the same opera production with her. She asked him to sing with her concert afterwards. We should all be thankful to Monserrat Caballe!!!
SketchBeverly 3 years ago
Turandot-I really question your knowledge! Never ever use Carreras and Caruso in the same sentence. If Carreras had mastered Caruso's open throaty technique (which was also masterfully used by Gigli, Bjorling, Corelli and Pava..) he wouldn't have had the technical diffulties with his technique, especially his upper register. I'd suggest you do some research and see what the open throat technique is! As a singer (or singer wanabe) you should know all this and work on it!
TheInquisitive4Ever 3 years ago
Sandrik-Georgian Buttboy. The ratings of my comments are made by sheepish supporters of whomever tenor who have no idea that the artist they're supporting has serious artistic limitations. They're in love with the artist rather then loving the artistry. In Carreras' case, he had about 9 good years (1970-1978). After that his voice got destroyed because he moved into spinto roles too early, too unprepared. Thanks Karajan for that! Now go acquire some knowledge you clueless fiddlestick!
TheInquisitive4Ever 3 years ago
The negative ratings of your comments are coming from people who think that racist homophobic insults have nothing to do with the appreciation of fine art. Yes, Carreras has limitations, but a performance does not have to be flawless for it to communicate great emotions.
I am no "sheepish supporter" of Carreras but I find your snobbish, condescending and insulting attitude extremely offensive. If you wish to be taken seriously then behave responsibly.
bsam20uk 2 years ago
Bscum-Who gives a heck what you do or do not think? Take a hike.
TheInquisitive4Ever 2 years ago
TurnadotFanatic-Note that this rendition of Nessun Dorma is a studio recording, which means it is engineered to perfect by multiple takes and digital editing and such. Despite all that, Carreras sounds strangled and thin in the final cadence where he's supposed to sing B4-A4 in sequence. The squillo is also weak.
TheInquisitive4Ever 3 years ago
TurnadotFanatic-As a singer you should know better. Pavarotti was the only tenor in his generation (previously Caruso and Gigli had it too) who has a seamless connection of his registers. As Caballe said so eloquently "his voice was one" which means no discontinuity in the passaggio. I comes from mastering Caruso's open throat technique. On top, Pava was the only one who could do third harmonic tuning. You might want to do research as your knowledge as a singer has missed important elements!
TheInquisitive4Ever 3 years ago
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TurnadotFanatic-As a singer you should know better. Pavarotti was the only tenor in his generation (previously Caruso and Gigli had it too) who has a seamless connection of his registers. As Caballe said so eloquently "his voice was one" which means no discontinuity in the passaggio. I comes from mastering Caruso's open throat technique. On top, Pava was the only one who could do third harmonic tuning. You might want to do research as your knowledge as a singer has missed important elements!
TheInquisitive4Ever 3 years ago
Of course my voice produces sounds different from Gigli and Caruso. They were great because they had wonderful timbres, easy and rounded voices. Carreras, Domingo, Del Monaco, Corelli and others, had (have) different face formation, so, different voices and way to produce the sounds, also great but not such "coloured" and so easy. Anyway, they are (were) celebrities, because they produced wonderful renditions, and everybody likes them (except TheInquisitive4Ever).
TurandotFanatic 3 years ago
Trying to copy the tenor I used to admire and love his way of singing (Beniamino Gigli), I understood that my voice was different, and when I did some passagios exactly like him I was pushing my voice, and getting a result opposite that Gigli did.
That's way the good singer teachers used to ask to avoid learning an aria or song from records. Before listening the "Greats", learn the music, sing the words by heart, that is, first of all put YOUR way of singing at each passagio, each note.
TurandotFanatic 3 years ago
Sorry, read "That's why" where you read "That's way"
TurandotFanatic 3 years ago
Dear TurandotFanatic,
It's also good not to imitate a singer when you're listening to recordings, and let your own voice lead.
A gap that inquisitive was referring to is a flaw in Carreras's voice like having an 11th toe or something but it's not a hindrance to continue singing. It's a matter of Carreras blending his voice to make it sound uniform to listen to.
SketchBeverly 3 years ago
Trying to explain better: each voice is unique, and the passagio happens differently for each person. Because each head is different (I mean the size and format of the facial cavities), each singer, each voice, has to find the best way to produce the sound. Nobody should expect that Carreras sings through the passagio exactly as Caruso. The "ugly gap" is something I use to name as "the way one voice find to go up and down". Callas passagio was ugly, anyway she was... Callas!
TurandotFanatic 3 years ago
Dear SketchBeverly,
I would like to say that I am a singer too, and to me (my opinion) I didn't get the phenomenon of chest voice that
TheInquisitive4Ever pointed. To me, Carreras voice is perfect at this rendition, and even that his live performances he (sometimes) pushes (forces) his voice, he's much better than some old tenors like Merli that really pushed his voice. I pushed also, that's why I understand about that. But
TheInquisitive4Ever didn't answer me (again), my simple question.
TurandotFanatic 3 years ago
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Sandrik-Georgian buttboy! What you call attacking is called criticism in the democratic west. As a member of a nation whose contribution to freedom was Stalin (note the punt), and whose freedom came as an act of charity from the west, you should be ashamed to try suppressing to voice my opinion the way I see fit. Now get lost you spineless Georgian!
TheInquisitive4Ever 3 years ago
The rate of our comments speaks better about us!
sandrik100 3 years ago
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Sandrik-Your little Georgian buttboy! Have you even seen Carreras live when he had some voice left to sing before he destroyed it in the late 1970s by prematurely moving into heavier roles per Karajan's persuation? Some of us have seen him live you know! With your limited knowledge and zero first hand experience, you might want to get a clue. Not crawl back into your crap hole in Georgia, and keep on watching clips of half naked bodybuilders!
TheInquisitive4Ever 3 years ago
We all know what color the Sun is and if anybody says, that it is black, it will not be black anyway, even if he says it 10 000 years! So is the way of inquisitive jerk Jose Carreras is soupreme singer, it is admited by those people, who have order to admit it and such a feeble jerks as inqiusitive jester is, are only dust thrown towards a wall of fortress!
sandrik100 3 years ago 2
The attaks of inquisitive jerk are absolutly unreallisable.
But the crazyness and wretchedness of him is absolutly clear.
He attaks Carreras and can not understand, that as much he moves, so much he goes into a crap....!
sandrik100 3 years ago 2
To: Inquisitive
At this rendition, when JC "desperately tries compensating for the gap by producing a chesty voice"? Please indicate the exact moment it happens (play the video and identify that at ?? minutes and ?? seconds, and pls tell me). I am trying to understand what you mean with this phrase between "".
TurandotFanatic 3 years ago
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TF-Carreras' voice is not one. His passaggio is not seamless as Pava (then again, nobody else had such continuity) Essentially, when Carreras moves from his low to mid and mid to upper register there is a gap, which he'd try compensating by using a more chesty voice to push through. Note that it becomes more apparent in live performances.
TheInquisitive4Ever 3 years ago
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Carreras passagio problem is because he was never able to master the "open throat" technique which was masterfully used by the likes of Caruso, Gigli, Bjorling and Pavarotti. Listen to the "Sulla tua bocca lo dirò"..his voice looses its coherence. It's as if he's transition in register has a step. And in a studio album, it's more difficult to detect as it is engineered to some limited perfection. It's more prevalent in his live performances.
TheInquisitive4Ever 3 years ago
Benjamin Franklin once said "Only stupid man can blame others"
But Carreras fucked your mother and I understand your wretched trying of "revanshe".
sandrik100 3 years ago 2
And this is the reply of an intelligent man? Have the Russians hit on your head too hard poor Georgian fiddlestick?
TheInquisitive4Ever 3 years ago
TurandotFanatic, Jose Carreras managed to polish his rendition despite the "ugly" gap Listen to Jose Cura to compare Cura's unpolished rendition of this piece.
SketchBeverly 3 years ago
TurandotFanatic, i believe Carreras recovered from cancer and if he continues to sing beyond after the "ugly" gap, it's still a polished rendition. What do you expect him to do? Go pianissimo?
SketchBeverly 3 years ago
You can block his and other wretched idiot's comments dear TurandotFanatic and that will be best medicine vs them.
sandrik100 3 years ago
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Carreras had about 9 good years in his career during which he was good but nothing exceptional. He took on heavier roles too soon as per the persuasion of Karajan amd took it up the tailpipe big time as with his frail technique he could not handle it. He destroyed his voice prematurely, which was about 10 years before he was diagnosed with leukemia. Get your facts straight people!
TheInquisitive4Ever 3 years ago
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Kaka-As shitty as your comment is that is expected. I was listening to Carreras live before your parents even contemplated conceiving you -out of courtesy I will assume you're not a product of an accident! As a clueless bloke in his early 20, you should seek knowledge before opining based on what's been shoved down your throat by the publicity industry. Now get lost you little fiddlestick!
TheInquisitive4Ever 3 years ago
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Kaka-As shitty as your comment is that is expected. I was listening to Carreras live before your parents even contemplated conceiving you -out of courtesy I will assume you're not a product of an accident! As a clueless bloke in his early 20, you should seek knowledge before opining based on what's been shoved down your throat by the publicity industry. Now get lost you little fiddlestick!
TheInquisitive4Ever 3 years ago
how can the inquisitor talk so much shit about a great tenor like carreras? lol what a joke!
kakahass 3 years ago 6
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Oops! Sorry for the double submission of my last comment. It was not intentional.
TheInquisitive4Ever 3 years ago
dude, you need to watch the following video:
/watch?v=Xtozq00Lpwg
pechorin1841 3 years ago