Very funny, those endless considerations about the falsetto, the head voice ( usually considered as shameful ) and the mixed voice ( noble and reserved to the "real" tenors ). In his " traité ", Manuel Garcia Jr, one of the most considerable singing teachers of all times ( brother of the MALIBRAN and Pauline VIARDOT ) tells that each voice is built with a chest register, a falsetto register and a head register, and each voice must use the three to produce all the nuances of intensity and color !
@Babs22h sounds more like headtone, which is common for a singer to start and build on to a more full voice, which can often times be imperceptible to the listener.
He is coming to Aix-en-Provence (south of France) in July 2011 for La Traviata, with Nathalie Dessay. This is going to be AWESOME evening. London Symphony Orchestra. Can't wait. :)
just to clarify, that is not falsetto (head voice) it is mixed voice, the combination of the two which is necessary for the note. Tenors that hit it full voice have change the prescribed dynamic of the section
He is such a good tenor, so..., why the head voice? why? I can t undersand. The only one that sings the LA with complet voce in mashera is Kraus and Plácido.
Tonight is the first time I here him and I like his voice more than any famous tenor in the world right now. Couldn´t stop listening to his clips here. Hey, Charles, love your voice but I have to go to bed. BRAVO!
Thanks to whoever posted his videos. Love his voice!
He is definitely beautiful, and his misucally is stunning, I would have to agree( though still enjoy the sound) the falsetto is a bit a dissapointment. I am actually auditioning with this peice at the seattle Opera on Nov. 3rd and have to say it is my most enjoyable aria to bring to an audition. Mainly for the difficulty in keeping move without over singing it. Bravo to Castranovo.
@somewiseguy84, this was a sitzprobe, it's possible he was just falsetto marking the end, to save his voice if he had recently been ill. the end is tough even in the best of health
@sopranosd Yes, for some reason Bjoerling sung this too low. This is the right key to sing with. Check Sergei Lemeshev's and Nikolai Gedda's versions in this key as well.
I have been watching Charles Castronovo videos in Youtube today. His voice and interpretations are so stunningly beautiful. I wish so much he was given a chance to record a recital.
is the final rehearsal withe the conductor and the orchestra before the general rehearsol. it's also called "alla italiana". all the singers siten in the proscenio going trough their parts
Sitzprobe in German is a musical rehearsal for singers with orchestra but without staging, the singers are seated (sitz). Thats why people are talking in the audience. He's greate, just saw him in Berlin in La Bohème, simply perfect.
From one Castronovo Tenor to another...Bravissimo, caro! That was a splendid Nadir. Very expressive, and prescient. Very sensitive and expressive. I saw your performance of Beppe at the Met and knew then that you were a sensitive performer. Bravo Famiglia Castronovo!
This is absolutely beautiful, although I think people should get over the falsetto thing (head voice), as the sound is perfectly balanced and falsetto is very appropriate in the bel canto, it just has to be balanced with the body to bring a full color. Juan Diego Florez is a master at it, as was Pavarotti.
Well here comes another young tenor with a beautiful voice and a solid technique.I would prefer a mezza di voce on some of these high notes,but all in all a lovely rendition.
bloody good tenor, very well done aria. i'm kinda used to nicolai gedda, who doesn't go for falsetto on this one, but still, this guy's bloody awesome
I don't care about the falsetto. This tenor has an astonising beautiful voice and has an elegant technique and nice french vocalization. This interpretation has all that one can expect from the aria. The voice practically floating over the shy light of the evening sores of Java, must be something pure, almost immaterial... it is not a song, it is a dream; it is not a voice, it is a sentiment. Perfect! Bravo Charles
@AmenmeriRa Yes! It's supposed to be like this! I was in this production with him at San Diego Opera. You can hear Karen Keltner, the conductor asking for more cello. He brought the house down everytime! They went nuts for it. He's a great guy--always hung out and talked shop. Hmmm. Who is tenorgoodfella?
Very good done, but the Alfredo Kraus owns this Aria and he needs no falsetto....but alfredo is no more, so I´m very happy that there is such a great successor.
The stizprobe is almost my favorite part of tech week. The first time we really just get to run through the music by itself after all the staging. We are doing to be doing this production in the fall with the MN Opera. I look forward to it. And I think this tenor sounds beautiful in this aria. Bravo!
Beautiful deep and warw voice (lik a dramatic tenor), but with solid acutes. The high notes are in falsetto, but with a remarkable timbric homogeneity.
The Met needs to pull this neglected work back into its repertoire for Ekaterina and you. Furthermore, RCA needs to wake up and record some operatic recital albums with you both and individually.
Will this production be videotaped when it goes to Washington in a few months?
a me piace!
Quisnonpotest 1 month ago
A me non dispiace!
Quisnonpotest 1 month ago
Bravo!
corzoidor 2 months ago
Buenisimo!!!
corzoidor 2 months ago
la verità è che oggi non c'è nessuno che sappia cantare quest'aria senza ricorrere al falsetto !
fra1979it 5 months ago
@fra1979it e...? not everyone can be like the great Kraus...!
tenorgoodfella 5 months ago
@tenorgoodfella Bjorling and Lawrence Brownlee also have superb renditions
petion2010 3 months ago
This is the first song sung by you that i heard and I can say with all honesty that I love her and interpretation...Beautiful voice !!!!
auroramateiciuc 6 months ago
bravo!
ciociosan 7 months ago
Very funny, those endless considerations about the falsetto, the head voice ( usually considered as shameful ) and the mixed voice ( noble and reserved to the "real" tenors ). In his " traité ", Manuel Garcia Jr, one of the most considerable singing teachers of all times ( brother of the MALIBRAN and Pauline VIARDOT ) tells that each voice is built with a chest register, a falsetto register and a head register, and each voice must use the three to produce all the nuances of intensity and color !
bpicaud1 7 months ago
wow - what a voice! nicely balanced. best rendition i've seen so far. love it.
contreras9776 8 months ago
He is amazing! Talent like this should be more appreciated. Wonderful voice!
danicar622 10 months ago 3
braaaaaaaaaaaaaaavvvvvvvvvvooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GUGLIELMOBRAVO 10 months ago 2
he went into his falsetto cause he was marking the performance MANY singers do this.... IT IS A SITZPROBE and NOT a performance;-)
Babs22h 1 year ago
@Babs22h sounds more like headtone, which is common for a singer to start and build on to a more full voice, which can often times be imperceptible to the listener.
contreras9776 8 months ago
He is coming to Aix-en-Provence (south of France) in July 2011 for La Traviata, with Nathalie Dessay. This is going to be AWESOME evening. London Symphony Orchestra. Can't wait. :)
JeanLouAix 1 year ago
just to clarify, that is not falsetto (head voice) it is mixed voice, the combination of the two which is necessary for the note. Tenors that hit it full voice have change the prescribed dynamic of the section
poop00p89 1 year ago 5
@poop00p89 EXACTLY..!
tenorgoodfella 7 months ago
@poop00p89 You'd have to be a high tenor to hit those notes without falsetto. No need to hate.
restlesspride666 2 weeks ago
So lovely!
coryisawake 1 year ago
He is such a good tenor, so..., why the head voice? why? I can t undersand. The only one that sings the LA with complet voce in mashera is Kraus and Plácido.
Rodolfomorello1965 1 year ago
Unbelievable voice.
VladislavGomulka 1 year ago
Tonight is the first time I here him and I like his voice more than any famous tenor in the world right now. Couldn´t stop listening to his clips here. Hey, Charles, love your voice but I have to go to bed. BRAVO!
Thanks to whoever posted his videos. Love his voice!
ezayi 1 year ago 2
He is definitely beautiful, and his misucally is stunning, I would have to agree( though still enjoy the sound) the falsetto is a bit a dissapointment. I am actually auditioning with this peice at the seattle Opera on Nov. 3rd and have to say it is my most enjoyable aria to bring to an audition. Mainly for the difficulty in keeping move without over singing it. Bravo to Castranovo.
bubbaq 1 year ago
If you add to his reliability a beautiful voice and good looks you have the ingredients for a fine outstanding tenor.
voce29 1 year ago
Some of the best singing I have heard . Destined for the world stage.
voce29 1 year ago
He sings it in the written key.
The climaxes of each verse are B naturals.
Gigli and others sang/sing it down a tone for obvious reasons
This tenor achieves a good mix of head voice sound on the top.
He ascends and descends without a break.
He is a tenor to watch but the real star of the next few years will be the Polish Piotr Beczala
allangoo 1 year ago
My favorite interpretation of this aria. Just beautiful!
soobinparis 1 year ago
Perfection. I know for a fact this piece is a bitch to sing. Charlie did everything anyone would expect. Just gorgeous.
tenore23 1 year ago
Beautiful. Shades of young Domingo. Definately would prefer head voice at the end rather than the falsetto, though.
somewiseguy84 1 year ago
@somewiseguy84, this was a sitzprobe, it's possible he was just falsetto marking the end, to save his voice if he had recently been ill. the end is tough even in the best of health
killabotpegasi 1 year ago
He was magnifgicent -- thrilling -- in this last year at the Washington Opera!
OPSTBSTL76 1 year ago
Lovely, Charles.....and you sang it in the original key.
Lovelytenor1 1 year ago
I think this one step higer than the key in which Bjorling sang it. Is that possible?
sopranosd 2 years ago
@sopranosd Yes, for some reason Bjoerling sung this too low. This is the right key to sing with. Check Sergei Lemeshev's and Nikolai Gedda's versions in this key as well.
Tyhjis1988 1 year ago
The voice you hear is the conductor talking to the orchestra. Fellow castmates or audience members wouldn't dare talk during a sitzprobe.
sopranosd 2 years ago
I have been watching Charles Castronovo videos in Youtube today. His voice and interpretations are so stunningly beautiful. I wish so much he was given a chance to record a recital.
lmspr 2 years ago 2
Lovely. What's a sitzprobe btw? And who's talking during the performance?
Englishtenor2 2 years ago
is the final rehearsal withe the conductor and the orchestra before the general rehearsol. it's also called "alla italiana". all the singers siten in the proscenio going trough their parts
enricodicapri 2 years ago
Sitzprobe in German is a musical rehearsal for singers with orchestra but without staging, the singers are seated (sitz). Thats why people are talking in the audience. He's greate, just saw him in Berlin in La Bohème, simply perfect.
vladik07 2 years ago
A rehearsal. And that's Maestro Karen Keltner, the conductor, telling the cellists to play a bit louder. :o)
SDCmorg 2 years ago
This is so heartbreakingly beautiful, it makes me cry. I really love your voice.
lsengelein 2 years ago
This is a wonderful young singer who will make his way! Wonderful!!
voce29 2 years ago
as if this aria were for Charles Castronovo created!
Tanechka80 2 years ago
From one Castronovo Tenor to another...Bravissimo, caro! That was a splendid Nadir. Very expressive, and prescient. Very sensitive and expressive. I saw your performance of Beppe at the Met and knew then that you were a sensitive performer. Bravo Famiglia Castronovo!
Nello7 2 years ago
J'adore ca! Love the head voice on a high note!
zhadinagovyadina 2 years ago
j'adore cette version elle est magnifique et peleine d'émotions il a kelkechose dans la voix qui me fait rever encore bravo c'est magnifique
winchcameleon 2 years ago
Non il n'arrive pas à me convaincre, sa diction est loin d'être parfaite, même si la voix est belle .
gcalvet81 2 years ago
This conveys so much emotion! thanks!
adprt 2 years ago 2
this is a beautiful rendition dared to be piano and mezza voce beautiful voice
egymagyar1111111 2 years ago
bravo!!
Tenorino1980 2 years ago
Castronovo will be one of the best Nadir ever. Almost so perfect like Kraus. Just the last high was not so good. Bravissimo Castronovo.
linow666 2 years ago
per me è una bella interpretazione!! bravo!!
dreamsoflight 2 years ago
This is absolutely beautiful, although I think people should get over the falsetto thing (head voice), as the sound is perfectly balanced and falsetto is very appropriate in the bel canto, it just has to be balanced with the body to bring a full color. Juan Diego Florez is a master at it, as was Pavarotti.
leggerotenor 2 years ago 2
I believe he was just using falsetto due to it being a rehearsal setting.
lovemaxaroni 2 years ago
Perfect!!!!!! This is the kind of interpretation that not only is technically correct but captures your feelings.
cavaradossitosca 2 years ago 3
Woot i was in this show! So cal tenor right there baby.
pikurmurf 2 years ago
Well here comes another young tenor with a beautiful voice and a solid technique.I would prefer a mezza di voce on some of these high notes,but all in all a lovely rendition.
voce29 2 years ago
woww expectacular voice!! bravo castronovo
cocoloco707 2 years ago
magnifique! Très belle interprétation de ce merveilleux aria
CARINE125 2 years ago
bloody good tenor, very well done aria. i'm kinda used to nicolai gedda, who doesn't go for falsetto on this one, but still, this guy's bloody awesome
mkbub 2 years ago
I don't care about the falsetto. This tenor has an astonising beautiful voice and has an elegant technique and nice french vocalization. This interpretation has all that one can expect from the aria. The voice practically floating over the shy light of the evening sores of Java, must be something pure, almost immaterial... it is not a song, it is a dream; it is not a voice, it is a sentiment. Perfect! Bravo Charles
AmenmeriRa 2 years ago 20
@AmenmeriRa Yes! It's supposed to be like this! I was in this production with him at San Diego Opera. You can hear Karen Keltner, the conductor asking for more cello. He brought the house down everytime! They went nuts for it. He's a great guy--always hung out and talked shop. Hmmm. Who is tenorgoodfella?
husasaheh 1 year ago
Very good done, but the Alfredo Kraus owns this Aria and he needs no falsetto....but alfredo is no more, so I´m very happy that there is such a great successor.
Oberon90 2 years ago
i saw castronovo many times on stage (france). He is one of the best tenor we have at the moment! very liable tenor!!!!!
whyvehess 2 years ago 11
The stizprobe is almost my favorite part of tech week. The first time we really just get to run through the music by itself after all the staging. We are doing to be doing this production in the fall with the MN Opera. I look forward to it. And I think this tenor sounds beautiful in this aria. Bravo!
jontenorboy 3 years ago
This is lovely too.Today I looked the most
Charles Castronovo Videos .I liked it all.
Thank you for sharing them with us.
Polihymna 3 years ago
Beautiful.
ditte3 3 years ago
Bellissima anche la versione di Salvatore Licitra per il film
"The Man Who Cried" di Sally Potter.
(The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Concertmaster Vasko Vassilev)
Gnaulz 3 years ago
Absolutely fantastic, an authentic tenor, very great!
Thank you so much
ioSonoCallas 3 years ago
Wonderful.
matavidya 3 years ago
Another beautiful voice ! Aren't we spoiled for choice !? Pls upload anything available with CC, nothing to be found here yet.
bobsopera 3 years ago
The eyebrows
agnellodei 3 years ago
the high notes are not in falsetto! it is in mixed voice,much falsetto function though.But with the vocalis muscle active. wonderful singer:)
backlunden 3 years ago
Beautiful deep and warw voice (lik a dramatic tenor), but with solid acutes. The high notes are in falsetto, but with a remarkable timbric homogeneity.
He is not "The best Nadir ever" but is very good.
LordoftheTrapdoors 3 years ago
Simply stunning.
aflute0509 3 years ago
The best Nadir ever, since Nicolai Gedda. So beautiful!!
bianco1972 3 years ago
youtube Alfredo Kraus, Gigli, Di Stefano soo many others who sing this aria
viverito 3 years ago
У него тот же репертуар, что и у Лемешева
Tanechka80 3 years ago
I'm so surprised- he will do Faust in Berlin next year- so I can see him live on stage-bright prospects
GudrunO 3 years ago
I'm doing Pearl Fisher with him in Washington Natinal Opera.
I'm a chorus member. He is a gifted and promised tenor. Beatiful voice, music and very good looking.
Bravo charles!!
chenier111 3 years ago 2
uhhh, GORGEOUS!!! cant wait to see his alfredo in SF.
moafisepi 3 years ago 2
villazon with better tecnic
BariTenoreDram 3 years ago 2
sounds like VIllazon,anybody can guess why?
smartsteve 3 years ago
beautiful singing.
Tenoreforte05 3 years ago 2
Superb, you're a rare breed! Who did you (or do you) study with, if you don't mind my asking?
turbofreddy 3 years ago
In every respect a dreamy & gorgeous.
The Met needs to pull this neglected work back into its repertoire for Ekaterina and you. Furthermore, RCA needs to wake up and record some operatic recital albums with you both and individually.
Will this production be videotaped when it goes to Washington in a few months?
kph11863 3 years ago
very musical and stylish though falsetto for the PP dynamic is no substitute for real mezza voce...!
XPRT10R 3 years ago
Bravo,great legato and very beauty piano!
operaland 3 years ago
Bravo Charly!!!
percymartinez 3 years ago