Vladimir Galouzine - Pagliacci - Vesti la giubba

[TheKyomu2010]

Excellent performance! Real acting on an opera stage, such a rare thing today...

[claireDVZO]

Definitely the HUGEST Canio I have ever heard. F-ing amazing. Too bad the audio on this video is full of crazy aliasing at the end...

[NouvelOpera]

Genius!

[msrcrazy4mm]

I've heard many versions of this song, and I must say this is my favorite

[bigus]

this guy has a frikin HORN. biggest, loudest voice "practically" of all time LOL.

[joserp191]

bien



[Huljic]

great!!

[sildraugearmor]

Not the best voice, but heartbreaking... Very nice performance.

[krajncrocky1]

one of the best opera singer.just wooow

so strong

[irishduck101]

wonderful i love this song

[mariokalogeropoulos]

BRAVISSIMOOOO!!!

[MUNCOSIN]

no comprendo a quien dice que este hombre es barítono, porque madre mía si todos los barítonos cantaran esto durante años, no habría distinción entre tenor y barítono :p pero bueno, para mí el mejor tenor heroico de todos los tiempos y un gran profesional bravo

[semiramide1945]

The voice is gigantic and loud, but he doesn't sing with the Italian method and he doesn't have the squillo that the Italians have. This is true of every Russian singer I've ever heard, they just aren't taught this technique and it isn't their fault. This kind of shouting works well in Otello where the man is a brute, but romantic Italian roles? I don't think so- Ernesto Vasselli

[markovican]

Yes,he is lacking in squillo.We are hearing alot of baritone-like voice as well. Too much for my taste.But he aint the only dramatic tenor with abundant bariton sound.Better like this then some lyric,overall he is great,its just that you cant expect some new Del Monaco to come anytime soon or-ever.One more thing,just to remind you, this isnt romantic Italian repertoire, this is verismo,as in 1892 Pagliacci marks the 2nd triumph of verismo in opera-2 years after the 1st one-Cavalleria Rusticana.

[Rigoletto69]

I studied in moscow conservatory and i been his concert but i can't agree with u...

maestro Verdi said opera is MUSIC DRAMA not singing concert with his acting opera was real and about vocal techhique ... u remember name of giusseppe giacomini sounds just like him... ah! I been his concert 2...

[semiramide1945]

Indeed Verdi said Opera is Drama. It's also true that of all his operas, none of them could be called Verismo. He was schooled in and wrote for essentially Bel Canto singers. And I respectfully disagree with you concerning Russian or Salvic, or Asian singers. I have never heard one, male or female who ever incorporated the classic Italian technique. Even Netrebko for all her success doesn't get it- But as I said I respect you opinion, Ciao!

[Rigoletto69]

Thank you for your knowledgeable message but I want tell when russian opened thairs Great opera theater who were thair teachers? verdis first otello Tamango, Mattia Bastistini est... untill they didnt forget it becouse just talk Russian singing is not bellconto not true and I studied Cornellius book from this book we can understood three tenors no one can't sing bellcanto ... Sir anyway I respect your opinion Do svidaniya...

[bmatt05]

The Bel Canto statement isn't entirely true...Lady Macbeth is the first real dramatic sop. not really Bel Canto at all

[semiramide1945]

True- Macbeth veers completely in another direction, though I wonder at times how it sounded at it's premiere before Verdi's extensive reworking of it years later, also after this he composed Traviata, Rigoletto, Trovatore. Those seem bel canto operas to me- Not like Donizetti, Bellini,Rossini of course. Now Teresa Stolz (Forza, Aida) that was a dramactic soprano, but didn't she also sing Lucrezia as did Teresa Tiejtens? I love your insightful comments. they make one think- Grazie- Ernesto

[bigus]

@semiramide1945 a big part of the issue with russian/slavic singers is the language. its much more open throat and dark which is why russian singers sound particular, as opposed to italian and latin based languages which are higher and brighter naturally, which lends itself to more technically correct singing naturally and produces that high bright italian sound. its hard to get the voice to do something foreign to it, but the slavs can still do things right the tone is just going to be slavic

[caruso81]

Agree......

[Los3JInetes]

Fue Madrid 2007.Bravo Galouzine.

[bluluvsrae]

I just saw him in Houston Grand Opera and I am now a big fan of Vlads. I am not usually a big fan of Russian tenors, due to their technique, but if I didnt know any opera, I would think this guys Italian. He sings like an Italian...emotionalism and all. I had a fun time with his interpretation of Canio!!!

[searnold56]

to really appreciate vladimir's voice you have to hear him live. were rehearsing cav/pag at hgo right now and this dudes voice is like a freight train. hands down the biggest voice i have ever heard by far. its been compared to vickers in size, certainly not timbre, but this voice is just incredible live

[macciboma]

Bel timbro di voce maschia pastosa. Quasi

baritonale bella sorpresa mi era ignoto,

bravo e grazie del video.

[cantanteporsiempre]

@macciboma Si perche la mercadotecnia e Domingo, l´hanno chiuso il passo!!

[jonytrapalhony]

He sounds a lot like a baritone. Great voice! I don't this role his for he, though.

[HistoryGeek4U]

Wow...now I like how this guy portrays Canio; a man full of hurt and pain when he realizes that his wife loves someone else (and catching them in the act, no less).

[mlazyboi26]

1:56..is he in right key?Let me know. sounds flat.

[jonytrapalhony]

yes, I think he is off key

[Gerd276]

This performance is not from Madrid 2004 but from Madrid 2007. I visited the Premiere from Pagliacci at the Teatro Real on 15.02.2007 and Galouzine was phenomenal, even much better live on the stage than in this clip or on the 2 DVD Set from Opus Arte. He was the best Canio I have ever heard including Giacomini and Mario del Monaco.

[eugeneonegin]

Oops! MET, "THE single most talented house in the world"???

What do you mean?

[bmatt05]

it was late when i wrote that lol...it sounded right in my head...what i mean't to say was that the Met, draws the most talented musicians in the world to perform...i apologize

[Gerd276]

Despite the underlying menace within Canio, you cannot help but sympathise with him and Vladimir Galouzine's Vesti la giubba is one of the most moving live performances I've seen.

[dahuzz]

I love this instrument, it's very baritonal. The approach seems basically healthy and mature, but I prefer to hear a little more ease, point and efficiency in the sound. This is very similar to Giacomini, that 'gola aperta' approach I like. It's possible in the long run to run into some trouble with the b-flat, b-natural and c, but A-flat and below is freakin' amazing.

[caruso81]

this is no near Giacominni....

[Pawobrat]

Huge voice, not very refined sings

[robbravo1]

not impressed, domingo can do it better in my opinion

[NouvelOpera]

Le plus grandes ténors de notre temps

[choochooboi]

This is probably the most dramatic version I've ever heard. I can't decide between him and Cura. His got a great voice. So dark, love it.

[plug47us]

One of the most emotional performances I've ever seen!

He rivals Swedish tenor Bengt Nordfors (who can be seen elsewhere on youtube doing this aria.

I've never heard of this man before. But BRAVO!

[girardje]

j,aime mieux Domingo mais c'est un bon chanteur

[lonelyphoenix7]

Intonation is very off. He's way too liberal with pitch. Any vowels that morph from "o" to "a" come out very closed and shallow.  And the diction leaves something to be desired

Overall, 4 out of 10.

[mszlmb]

Terrible critique--much to vague and uninformative. The tone is pedantic and copycat if anything at all can be attributed to it, and its style leaves much to be desired unwritten.

Overall 4 out of 10. Squared. That's .16

[bmatt05]

i find it terribly funny that people are quick to judge and give such harsh critiques when this man has repeatedly sang at the met as multiple leading roles...yet some people take it upon themselves to be overly critical in order to sound smart...its people like that who make people unfamiliar with the art form think we are music snobs....hey but you let me know when you make it to the metropolitan opera(THE single most talented house in the world)...then i will care what you think...

[CzarDodon]

THE single most talented house in the world? what does that mean? Do you know La Fenice? we had 7 world premiers by Verdi, but we don't consider ourselves to be a cut above the rest because of that. There's nothing wrong with having an opinion if you can give reasons for it, what is stupid here on youtube are those who say things like 'this is the best xxx' without any further explaination as if it was their favourite football team... you don't think the met is a football team, do you?

[myminpin]

absolutly not...i apologize...sometimes i just get alittle heated at dumb remarks. The Met, however is the largest grossing house, much larger than most European houses in number of seats, most would say you haven't made it till you've made the met. but thats not to say that La Scala is for chumps.

[myminpin]

This is Bmatt05. i forgot that i was on my buddies account.

[CzarDodon]

It is not my intention to appear patronising, because the Met is without doubt one of the great Opera houses of the world, but the overtly conservative style of met productions guarantees that it will never be a leader in setting trends in Operatic production. Maybe most people in the states would say that you haven't made it until you've made it at the met, but I can assure you that in Europe we see things from a different perspective.

[bmatt05]

i respect that...but being a trend setter shouldn't be the focus of someone...it should be about the quality, for instance i saw a DVD of a performance of Verdi's Macbeth in Berlin, alright musical interpretation and off the wall artistic interpretation...personally it ruined the performance...it got weighed down by the art...its a preference thing i guess

[CzarDodon]

It's important for the major opera house to do something more than just follow on slavishly producing traditional productions, how ever well they do it technically, the rusult would be is a 'museum' in the end. Not all productions will agree with everyone, and some may indeed be 'off the wall'. But it is one of the most open channels of interpretation available.. it keeps the thing alive, in this age of hyper-stimulation and cultural contamination you can't get the message across otherwise.

[bmatt05]

That's the beauty of this art...i think you can. although i agree with you on the fact that society has become an all or nothing type of people, in order to have the artistic interpretations be effective...we need the traditional work around to make the contrast effective.

[CzarDodon]

I'm sorry I don't understand what you are saying here :-(

[bmatt05]

You expressed your feelings of the Mets productions being to traditional...i was merely stating that its important to keep things traditional because if everyone modified the opera every time they put on the production...it wouldn't be the same opera in 5 years...it wouldn't be as the composer intended...so having a standard to work from is important.

[CzarDodon]

I think you are working from a false premise, each time you perform an opera the production changes, and every valid artist will add something of their own, conductor signer or director. This is interpretation and its a very important input into the 'life' of an Opera. Great works of music and theatre are open to INFINITE interpretation. What the composer wanted, musically, can be seen from the score and from historical testimony, but aspects both require interpretation.

[CzarDodon]

If we didn't have sound and now also video documents of music from all over the world things would be a lot easier. Today we are labouring under the accumulated weight of a vast quantity of material. If we are looking for the humanity and truth within the operas we love (if we are not simply looking for nice evening out) we need to extend the horizons of interpretation, to reread the operas we know too well.

[CzarDodon]

It's a mistake to think that a work of art is only that which the composer left to us, great works of art can come to mean different things in different times, and have completely different effects on different people. It is a logical consequence that if a director wants to produce an opera he/she will attempt to convey what the work means to them. These people are artists, not museum curator of a museum or a historian. What they do is of course debatable, but their experimentation is vital.

[CzarDodon]

Of course there is an important distinction to be made between the TEXT and content (or Context), the text in an opera is the music and the words, which need to remain intact (as close as possible to the composer's intentions) You may ask why we do not consider the whole libretto as part of the text (description of the scene and players movements, historical environment etc), the fact is that we don't, neither in the met nor anywhere else, but I'll have to think it through ..what do you think?

[Gerd276]

Galouzine's Canio is phantastic. The Madrid gazette La Razón wrote about the performance of 2.03.07: "Formidable el Canio de Galouzine, hasta el punto de ser hoy irrepetible. Timbre absolutamente baritonal pero de fácil registro agudo y artista de carácter. Imposible escuchar actualmente un RIDI PAGLIACCIO superior."

[comescrittomaestro]

I don't like his version(great voice though)

[tomasjuhasz]

ITs profundobasstenor fantastic!!!Bravo with tis voice sings so its bravo

[Cesaare]

"E rider vuole qua" not "que" who tought him Italian?

[Cesaare]

Galuzin, though his tecknique improved over time, still sings like untrained singer.

His fans have an excuse: this comes with true dramatic voices.

Del Monaco shows a little belcanto in his singing too, but at least he was also a great singing actor, unlike Galuzin who is always plays a caracter(Otello, Canio)

like if he was a retard, both in Canio and Otello he make that stupid face and somewhat unhuman intonation

of a wounded animal. For those who like it, I have no words.

[Gabba02]

I like Del Monaco alot, but a great actor?

[bigus]

@Gabba02 heck no del monaco was one of the worst actors LOL. he had amazing sound tho from Bb down however imo.

[hightenor123]

A few facts might stengthen your argument. He only speaks Russian, he speaks no other language. His training came from Russian Musical theatre. He did not sing his first operas in Italian until he was established. His tone in the house sounds like a Dramatic Baritone, it is the largest tenor voice in the world according to many sources. I actually admire his style.

[Samurai9]

I would say that Vladimir Kuzmenko has the biggest tenor voice in the world, much bigger than Galouzine's. I saw K in Forza in SF and G at the Met in Turandot and Otello.

[ddevicente]

He absolutely sings like a trained singer, unless you know any untrained singers that sing like him. Del Monaco never sang Bel Canto era stuff, his voice was too heavy. His voice began with Verdi. Agreed, though, that Galouzin's acting leaves much to be desired.

[operafannn]

May be Galuzin sounds teriffic in real performance impressing fans with power of his voice but as a musician and singer he has nothing to propose. Greatest artist of all times? give me a break will'ya

and he should not sing an Italian repertoir. I agree with Cesare, amazing instrument in wrong, wrong hands

[davidopera]

you have no idea about what you are talking about!!!

Vladimir Galouzine is one of the greatest artist of all time!! A unique voice, please tell me how many tenors can sing Canio in the right way today?

[Cesaare]

Great voice but terrible performance. I almost agree with Anupew. I think he thinks that all singer needs is a beautiful, strong instrument, but even a beautiful instrument can sound ugly in a wrong hands.

and its a great pity because I think he has a great instrument in a wrong hands

[orestesavalos]

good tenor and good spanish subs

[AmatureComposer]

Awful. What an ugly sound he makes?!

It's even worse than Obraztsova!

He isn't always like this, but now I know he can be,

and what a shame...

[Anupew]

This is tank,no singer!

[egrosz]

A Great Artist!Wonderful!

[hightenor123]

This is amazing, simply volcanic. The color of a baritone with high notes!