José Carreras sings "Bella Figlia Dell'Amore" Rigoletto

[veeerooniicaaa]

Hermosa aria cantada maravillosamente...

[eurydike]

JC sings it beautifully :-)

[R4UL92]

Esta voz me hizo enamorarme de la Ópera.

[almardienta]

Bellisimo!!! Please post names other singers!

[CraigFrancisSoto]

Che bellissima musica ! One of my absolute favorite pieces that Maestro Verdi ever composed.Carreras sound superb here.But does anyone out there know who the soprano,baritone and mezzo were in this 1973 performance ? Mille grazie inmylife9 for sharing this wonderful piece with us opera lovers.

[IRememberBeverly]

Carreras sang 2 performances of Rigoletto at New York City Opera in March-April 1973, and this may have come from one of them. If so, the cast would be Patricia Wise (S), Margaret Yauger (M) and Louis Quiico (B). The other performance had Susanne Marsee (M) and Vasile Martinoiu (B), but the Maddalena does not sound like Marsee to me. My cast source is the New York City Opera Annals.

[bigus]

an exceptional recording by carreras. for 2 other great recordings of carreras when he was still in good voice. see "jose carreras before the fall" and "jose carreras before the fall 2" equally amazing. =)

[MyEMMAUS]

Actually this is not a aria...This is a quartetto with 4 singers...Rigoletto has a three arias for a tenor,duett and this quartett also...Great singers all !

[MrLuiscastellanos]

Cuando canta Carreras no se admiten criticas,ES UN GENIO Y ES INSUPERABLE !!!!!

[gheeah]

I have never heard this, beautiful...

[Englishtenor2]

Brilliant! And is it just me or does Jose look like Marlon Brando in this picture?

[novice1959]

You're right, he does look like Marlon Brando here...

[tangodancer1000]

@Englishtenor2

he is my favourite always of the three tenors its just the intensity of his personality that gives him the edge I think He always has to put twice the effort into his performance then anyone else I rate him up there with Caruso he does indeed look like a young Brando and also very like Montgomery Clift if you remember him from the Misfits

[RudySunseeker]

@tangodancer1000

Vintage Carreras, s-o good! And could I suggest a touch of James Mason as well?

[martythetickler]

@Englishtenor2 He does a bit. God, if Marlon Brando could sing like this,.... He'd have knocked Frank Sinatra out for the count in Guys and Dolls.

[jojojo943]

@Englishtenor2

It's just you...

[IlgruppoDiDocci]

....no mencionan esto. ASI QUE, quien le conoce mejor? ellos o tena2

[lyricarts]

Lamento que pienses que quise dármelas de listo. Nunca hice tal. Solo dije la verdad. La grabacion esta en el tono. Lo hice notar porque como sabemos quienes hemos cantado el Duca, es muy poco probable (casi imposible) transportar el cuarteto. Eso es todo. Si uno va a decir que tal o cual cosa está tranportada, por favor verificar con el diapasón. Y bueno, si tuviste la dicha de cantar junto a Jose, te felicito, debe ser un gran honor.

[tena2]

señores esto suena bellisimo pero esta bajado medio tono.

[lyricarts]

Es el tono original.. la armadura con 5 bemoles por si no conoces la partitura (como es evidente)

[tena2]

Como es evidente? perdone usted señor verdi, sólo era una apreciación mia, menos mal que su alta sabiduria me instruye.

Joder cuando uno sabe algo como le gusta lucirse.

[lyricarts]

perdonado

[tena2]

no solo soberbio encima ironico, guardese sus perdones que sin educacion y saber estar conmigo no se consige nada.

[lyricarts]

bueno entonces usted no ofenda a Don Jose Carreras diciendo que cantaba medio tono mas abajo este cuarteto

[tena2]

ofenda? permítame k le aclare muy señor mio, jose y yo somos conocidos de hace algun tiempo es decir k yo soy tambien tenor lirico conocido de carreras, eso para empezar, luego decirle que aqui quien se ha extralimitado es usted, yo sólo daba mi punto de vista y no me las daba de listo como usted,era una apreciación, josé o josep como lo llamamos en barcelona, sabe que muchas óperas las ha cantado medio tono o un tono mas bajo por comodidad vocal.soy el primero ke le admira y defiende

[djura3]

Always my favorite!

[novice1959]

Looks like I'm the first one on this! What a treat this is, thanks for posting! Carreras sounds wonderful, of course, such a ringing and exquisitely beautiful voice, and amazingly dark even in his youth. Who is the soprano?