Juan Diego Florez - Rigoletto - act IV quartet - 2008

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FUORI RUOLO E FUORI REPERTORIO ( FLOREZ ).

[murraca2]

Let´s face it. Pleasant to listen to, but obviously too a leggero for this opera.

It´s up to JDF to organize his career...and I agree with him that this role is not for him...for the moment.

[Babs22h]

this performance is obviously mic'ed as juan's part getshighleted near 2:20 if you have listened to other versions with pav or domingo ithe tenor isnt nearly as prominent especially over the soprano!!!!:-)

[maxbruschi]

JDF canta cantare benissimo Rigoletto (come lo cantava Tito Schipa) e lo potrebbe mettere in repertorio perché la sua voce è ricca di armonici e "corre" splendidamente in teatro. Ma dovrebbe stare attento ai direttori. Ce ne sono troppi che, quando dirigono Verdi, fanno un gran fracasso!

[TheDmitrilover]

@maxbruschi sono d'accordissimo!

[saagua1953]

He stopped singing this role after two performances (Callao and Dresden) for fear it would damage his light lyric voice. I think his performance should have been preserved via CD for posterity since his singing is so technically flawless and we will never hear him sing the role again. As far as I know these You Tube excerpts will forever be the only record of his performance.

[Pawelp]

His timbre still is leggiero, but indeed he should sing it with his real voice. And the voice doesn't sound too small at all. I think he can sing this role. Some people exaggerate and tell him to sing Bel Canto, but then they can't even spell it... makes you wonder ...

[chameens]

I think it's interesting that he sings this role with his own voice, which is precisely what needs to be done here. Others tenors with bigger voices is the norm for this repetoire. He is not doing anything vocally wrong. It's a smaller voice with nearly flawless technique. THis is not going to ruin him to do a few of the "bigger" roles. It would be fascinating to see him do Chenier- maybe a more intimate portrayal of this character in which we are so used to hearing massive instruments.

[Vielflieger01]

Awful!!!  this rendition is absolutely out of question!

[operafa]

no per cantare Verdi, torna a Rossini

[crazymanitaliano]

Besides the audio of TV Peru sucks, his voice isn't made for this role, he should stick with Bellcanto (Rossini, etc)

[KikinaGR]

Bella filia del amore, otra de mis favoritas. Josefina Brivio definitivamente es la mejor mezzosoprano del Perú y una de las mejores del mundo. Juan Diego, ni hablar. Lástima que esta interpetación no es la mejor...el audio es pésimo, no se aprecia el juego de las cuatro voces tan característico de esta pieza; sobretodo la soprano queda totalmente marginada, siendo parte primordial del descubrimiento del engaño...

[OperaBaritoneJoe]

when I hear this it makes me feel that Verdi did not even write it, his voice is to small.

[quetzalfrance]

Hélas limite ; s'il poursuit trop vite dans cette voie , la voix va se déteriorer rapidement . Ce rôle est encore nettement au dessus de ses moyens . (N'est pas Alfredo Kraus qui veut !)

Ce que j'ai pu observer à New York en mai ...où quelques difficultés sont apparues au second acte de la Fille du régiment , role pourtant fétiche de JDF .

[ruffatony]

I think JDF sounds totally wrong in this repertoire and I hope he sticks to the lighter roles he is much more suited to.

[abcjuan23]

beautiful, although I suspect a mic, or two, are in place....there are some unnaturally present voicing coming out of the texture...

[kungura]

I agree, awkward imbalances, probably a very dry hall, and overtones/voices don't travel well therein, consequently the artists need body mics...

[deutchesrequiem]

simplemente BELLO, que gran acto, Maestros!