Jose Carreras "La vita e inferno al infelice" Forza Act 3

[AKJC48]

This really is the best of Jose Carreras singing "La vita e inferno al infelice" I watched 2 others but in this one he is just perfect, his singing, acting, phrasing & technique. He has a unique voice & presentation and just doesn't compare with any other tenor. Some people insult him so badly it's as if they hate him. How could anybody hate this great singer & wonderful man, I am at a loss to understand. He is 65 now, keep on singing JC may be not opera but you still sing from the soul BravoJC!

[MrDavidzza]

DE OTRO MUNDO!!!

[aidavdbrake]

what a beauty (in every sense)!

[Rospaint]

@aidavdbrake Nothing to add. 

[arumtriphyllum79]

Bravo! E' una delle arie più difficili per il tenore verdiano e lui la risolve come può, ma con intelligenza e garbo, qualche volta con gusto.. Tuttavia la vocalità è fuori repertorio e l'interpretazione manca di drammaticità: il personaggio non riesce ad uscire dalla musica specie nei toni più intensi. Si appiattisce nel lamento oppure si confonde nella preoccupazione musicale.

[eurydike]

he is simply incredible.

[31122051]

INGOLATISSIMO

[percymartinez]

@31122051 - potrei spiegare, prego?

[eurydike]

@Turridu25 now you can flatter a tenor in a highest possible way saying that he sings almost like Jose Carreras :-))))

[eurydike]

how slim he is , beautiful...

[MsF1Annie]

Not many singers can act so wonderfully as well.

Amazing and beautiful.  Bravo Josep!

[TreblesBasses]

ABSOLUTELY BREATHTAKING!

[KissaMyEyes]

Spectacular rendition. Naysayers re: Carreras' instrument being too small for this role, I can;t understand what you would be complaining about when the performance yields such muscled brilliance. Second only to Giacomini. Corelli be damned.

[Englishtenor2]

Absolutely brilliant. One can see why he won the Verdi competition. At this time his Verdi singing was incomperable.

[castellomatese]

Wow! I never heard that Carreras wished he could sing like Corelli? What on earth for? His golden tones and distinctive attention to expressing a poetic text is inferior to nobody--only different! We should embrace them all!

[suburbanboa]

Carraras was brilliant. I saw him in recital in 1978 in LA. I feel he pushed himself too far too young and too boldly. THis clip is an example of his prime and it brings back the memory of that evening.

[novice1959]

I love his voice and his delivery...let the critics blast away, it makes no difference to me!

[djura3]

Fair enough, Corelli has more powerful voice, and he sings very nice, no one can dispute that. But Carreras had something, maybe it's the colour of his voice, or his emotions. Just try to be fair and recognize what is good singing. I like Corelli very much, but I just prefer Carreras with some arias. Corelli waits for high notes to show his powerful voice, Carreras sings all the way through an aria, giving all he has, not just high notes.

(Listen to Corelli: I love thee, by Grieg).

[aguacun]

Carreras gave always all what he got because he always tryed to sound more big that he really was, singing roles that where too big for his voice. Corelli didn´t needed to force his middle voice because he had the power and squillo by nature. IN fact, Carreras NEVER had the range and easy high notes Like corelli when Corelli had a bigger voice. That´s why Carreras ended as he ended.

[libro07]

There is no question Carreras' voice is too slight for this role, but he manages to give it 100% in expressiveness. It might be that this dedication in Verdi, both early and mid-period, ruined his voice, but there is some thrilling singing here.

[kgus123]

I never much cared for Carreras (and I'm still not a fan), but this is very well-sung. Youtube has helped me find plenty of performances I like by singers I don't (and that includes Corelli, too).

[imachunt]

Beautiful rendition

[monteverdi333]

How beautiful, the phrasing, the color, the stage presence, He had everything. Amazing interpretation, the best one!!!

[djura3]

Since I discovered this great performance of Carreras I listened to it almost every day in the last two weeks. Marvelous, splendid. The best singing of this aria.

[tdeane34]

if you can find the live recording from 1967 of Corelli singing this, it is FAR superior. Carreras' voice is far too light to sing this and, in fact singing roles like this ruined his voice. His voice was gone well before he had leukemia.

[djura3]

I heard Corelli singing this aria and I can only say it was good, nothing more, nothing less. His phrasing isn't clear, and his acting is without life and emotion, as well as his singing. But there is abundance of that in Carreras. Sorry to say, but Corelli's performance is not FAR superior; on the contrary.

[tdeane34]

Which Corelli verson did you hear? Carreras wasn't half the tenor Corelli was. Carreras ruined his voice trying to sing roles like this.

[mcknighty11]

And Corelli did not ruin his voice? Corelli's voice was in decline in the 70s. And he retired at the age of 55. His voice obviously was ruined.

[tdeane34]

No he didn't ruin his voice. He had been a top tenor for 26 years when he retired. Carreras ruined his voice by the time he was 33.

[mcknighty11]

So your saying that Carrera's voice was ruined by 1979, he made alot of good recordings and had many wonderful concerts and operas during the 80s. DDuring Three Tenors concert in 1990, his voice was very good.

[tdeane34]

No it wasn't. You didn't notice the terrible wobble and that he had to scream everything over an F.

[mcknighty11]

Well yeah he had a wobble, in 1990, but he had a disease that he had a 1 in 10 chance of survival. it's a miricle that he can stil sing.

[libro07]

Hi mcknighty, I agree with you! Carreras was a true sensation when he first burst onto the scene, and remained in superb, indeed thrilling, form well into the mid 1980s - there is ample recorded evidence. His disease was VERY serious, and the medication and radiation treatments both prolonged and severe. He came out alive, which I am very happy about. He is a great man, and for his artistry, his early work more than suffices to place him among the best.

[aguacun]

Oh!no! please, do not be confused between bad technique and  wrong repertory with a disease... is the same thing about Di Stefano with the carpet with accarus that "ruined his voice".

[aguacun]

Corelli didn´t retired because he ruined his voice. HAve you ever heard his "niun mi tema" from his farewell from the met?

[novice1959]

go listen to Corelli then!...

[aguacun]

Listen to Carreras makes me enjoy more Corelli and any other tenor. That´s why I came here! ;)

[novice1959]

I could say just the opposite. I have tried listening to Corelli but I don't care for his voice. Nevertheless, I don't waste my time criticizing him, why bother? I have nothing against him or his fans. I'd rather spend my time listening to Carreras because I love his voice best of all. I feel no need to play this "my tenor is better than your tenor" game that some people on YouTube love to play.

[aguacun]

oh!no dear sir. My intention is not to compare singers because this is very stupid. I like the peaceful discussion about technique. I have nothing against Mr. Carreras or his fans. In fact I belive that Mr. Carreras had a beutyful voice (even his speaking voice) but FOR ME hi did not choose a correct repertory and may be he thought thath the power was more relevant than other caracterstics of his voice. Because of this (and not his known desease) is why I STRONGLY BELIVE he damaged his voice.

[suburbanboa]

Although the timbre of Corelli was amazing i think his technique was really very sloppy...

[marokt]

It's impossible ti sing such difficoult roles so long with sloppy technique, like Corelli.

[FacePaster]

I don't agree with this. I think Corelli was extremely fastidious in regards to maintaining and perfecting his technique and it was indeed incredible. Maybe you mean that at times his musicianship or phrasing was a little sloppy (excessive portamento or exaggerated held high notes) but his technique was, in my opinion, one of the greatest in the history of recorded tenors.

[tdeane34]

Which recording did you hear? Carerras wished he could sing like Corelli. That's what ruined his voice. Trying to sing Forza, Turandot, Chenier. Like Corelli.

[aguacun]

TOTALLY AGREE!!!!!

[eurydike]

@djura3 no wonder, it is one of his roles he is best at. like chenier, rodolfo...

[eurydike]

@djura3 i understand you:-), this my favourite rendition of this aria and i have listened to it fifty times maybe:-) or more:-)

[cansanso]

brabo.......

[gurrytenore]

thanks for sharing this great rendition of Carreras...this is beautiful singing, really!

[gheeah]

such a beautiful voice, unbelievable....