Olga Guryakova Nathan Gunn - Waltz (War and Peace)

[Buondelmonte123]

The English version is a very beautiful translation.

[jeddak5]

This is a stunner and it is nice to see a singer who can appear as the lovely and petite Natasha.

[brigid88]

yum. nuff said.

[rhomp2002]

Hard to realize just how big these opera stars are. I met Thomas Hampson through a friend and I am a little over 6 ft tall. He is taller than me and looks like a big football player. What a chest!! You see him on stage and he looks bit but in person he has a huge set of shoulders and chest. I think Nathan is probably a smaller version of the same except nathan is even hunkier.

[gloria25031]

This opera is DEFINITELY Prokofiev's masterpiece! Very few operas can radiate such starkly realistic emotions and characters is no small feat!

[Cavatina21]

Stunning production, lovely music (gotta love Prokoviev), and NATHAN GUNN... wow, does he look fine in a uniform! And he sounds absolutely gorgeous... I would NOT put my hand up if a man who can waltz and sing like THAT at the same time was about to kiss me!

(And, I have to gloat... I love the French language! It's so nice to be able to read the subtitles and understand what's going on, even when they're singing in Russian!)

[floramir]

Haha! My thoughts EXACTLY! She raises her hand and my mind goes, "Whaaa...???!!" I love Nathan Gunn, and I'm glad to be finally finding more clips of him!

[monkEE071005]

Hmmm... nothing spectacular.... technically PERFECT...purity of tone...inflections most perceptible.... yeah... nothing spectacular. He's up an coming and for my taste...quite exquisite. (sorry if this is duplicate)

[ATsarIsBorn]

Amazing that this whole scene was an afterthought demanded by the Cultural Secretary after Prokofiev had completed the opera....

The waltz, and its return in the scene of Andrei's death, are the heart of the opera now.

[abstractelysium]

I love this video. Say what you want about Nathan Gunn. Besides, more for me.

[yulahn]

bozhe,kakoe ubozhestvo

[BelliniNorma1]

What's the big deal about GUNN anyway ?

Its a pleasant lyric baritone but today such voices are a dime a dozen !

Nothing spectacular.

[monkEE071005]

Hmmm.. nothing spectacular. Technically PERFECT

[BlueRose222]

took an opera class and this was one of my favorites!!!

[littleflowergirl92]

I get chills everytime I hear him sing..my God what a voice!!!

[andreifan]

J'ai vu cette version de Guerre et Paix 2 fois, à Paris, tant elle est belle.. Merci de l'avoir mise sur youtube!

[snakelavie]

Was to have seen this production in Paris Oct. 30, 2000. But it was called off because of guess what? Yes, a strike by the production crew. What a disappointment. Nice to see it here, though.