Gounod, "Faust", "Le veau d'or" song by Alexei Tikhomirov

[maxungerua]

bravo!!!

[gmarosfi]

(2) Le veau d’or est vainqueur des dieux! Dans sa gloire dérisoire, Dans sa gloire dérisoire, Le monstre abject insulte aux cieux! Il contemple, ô rage étrange! A ses pieds le genre humain, Se ruant, le fer en main, Dans le sang et dans la fange Où brille l’ardent métal, Où brille l’ardent métal, Et Satan conduit le bal,etc.

[gmarosfi]

Le veau d’or est toujours debout! On encense sa puissance, On encense sa puissance, D’un bout du monde à l’autre bout! Pour fêter l’infàme idole, Rois et peuples confondu, Au bruit sombre des écus, Danse une ronde folle Autour de son piédestale, Autour de son piédestale, Et Satan conduit le bal, etc, etc.

[nicksum29]

Lovely singing, but the cape swirling, moustache-twirling villains just don't work well in this day and age. 

[BeveragesAfterNine]

@nicksum29 That's all a matter of opinion.

[daffydilly1]

wHERE IS THIS PERFORMANCE?

[georg1945]

Eladó az Egész Világ!

[lunalitbeams121]

that is a badass cape... i want one! everything is awesome!!!!!!

[witness124]

Very deep baritone voice. He certainly pulled off the challenge with flair and style. Tres bien, e une 'Le veau d'or' magnifique!

[DukefromMantova]

@witness124 it's therefore he is bass, not baritone.

[witness124]

@DukefromMantova No....I mean that he is a bass-baritone. And I think that his higher range seemed to be too flexible for a bass

[CatherineMorland19]

His voice is INCREDIBLE! It's so rich and full.

[andrewnadell]

Nice Gothic Revival furniture too!

[robbiethemann]

great costume

[cddvck]

zseniális!

[Mastersen]

Cool ! I'm going to see this opera in 2h !!!!!!! :D guaranteed joy!

[oppozicioner]

Real Mephistopheles! Zasas nasatanada zasas!!!

[kady7206]

anyone knows where i can download the opera? any version will do.

[Kalandorboozer]

saw paata burchuladze as mephistopheles...

wonderful , better than this one for my opinion

[Balahe]

Amazing. Just saw it yesterday when it finally came to Helsinki.

Marie Fajtová as Marguerita. Can't even find the words. She was devine.

[Falstaff85]

Vincent Price wants his set back.

Nice voice though!

[VolkgartenBySquirrel]

@Falstaff85 LOL!!

[RlCARDA]

My favourite opera, very good voice, thanks for the clip

[MARKSVIGIL]

Very nice! I love Faust! My mom took me to see this opera when I was 14 years old and I feel in love with opera!

Where was this performance?

What year?

Thanks for posting this!

[LaMostraESopra]

Holy SHIT, he's INCREDIBLE! Good lord!

[MARKSVIGIL]

it is best not to use the word Holy and shit in the same sentence.

[puisjefume]

does anybody know the year of this performance?

[HandwhistlerBen]

Bravo! Such an incredible baritone voice...... This performance by all on stage is incredible! Thank you for sharing.....

[huanghebasso]

che bravo basso!

[osvaldoutube]

Arm work looks fake!

I preffer less "acting" here.

[amlirco]

Perhaps the stage director sought some sort of special (cinematographic) effect but the way it is, it looks like a school play.

[BirofPreyProductions]

I agree, if you are near Chicago before december you should catch their lyric opera's revival of this opera, everything is right about it.

[sobatinyela]

this cat can sing WOW.. perfect example of basso cantante!

[matticello1979]

schöne Stimme, aber lächerliches Gehabe...mit seinem "Zaubermantel"

[hildita25]

LOL, you're mean!

[karinaoliveirarocha]

so good mephistopheles

[TromboneNewJazz]

Le chanteur est beau gosse, et a un accent français rigolot.

En revanche sa voix est tout à fait sublime !  Bravo monsieur Alexei Tikhomirov !

[shruiken15]

He sings quite well, but the chorus is weak.

[larintre]

No está mal!

[BASSOSOVIETICO1987]

He looks like a devil indeed.

[linguine99]

Love the cape, not a fan of how the director/performer uses it ALL THE TIME EXACTLY THE SAME WAY. I also like the instrument on display here... too bad he doesn't seem to understand a word he's singing. Learn French before you sing in it, please.

[Kossuth1956]

Eladó az egész a világ. Aranyborjú fennen trónol, Minden őelőtte hódol, Mindenki hitvány pénzt imád Itt a kurta földi pályán Érte koldus és király Fékevesztett táncot jár Áll a hajsza, áll a bál a pénz körül, Járja koldus és király. A Sátán örül Eladó az erény s a bűn, Érte küzd a test, a szellem, Őhozzá visz minden út, Érte dúlnak háborúk S harcok: ember, ember ellen....

[philippelouvet]

Ahah! tout à fait Dracula en contreplaqué! Le chant est correct mais quel est l'âne de metteur en scène qui le ridiculise comme ça?!

[davidmbedard]

cape suxors

[georg1945]

Csodálatos előadás!

Ilyen (is) az élet !!!

[havenaria]

What's with the damn cape?

[havenaria]

Parece Tin Tan.

[havenaria]

En "El Rey del Barrio", quise decir.

[IgnoredGenius]

I love this opera so much :)

[ilovecadmar]

can anyone tell me what language he's singing in? i know most operas are in italian, but the names threw me off...

:] coolness, btw

[Sigurjon]

french

[agibon]

Vous êtes fou!!

[ATsarIsBorn]

You sing good, gospodin; now LOSE THE CAPE.

Bela Lugosi never sang.

[joanabanyeres]

so and so...

[ergangui]

vaya mierda!!!what a sheet!!!! you are "in gola"

[kriszana]

Great!

[Gerardeus]

Canta bien, pero con una interpretación muy pobre. Igualmente el coro casi no se escucha.

[aseshet]

He's a bass, he's not used to acting. Basses walk on stage, grumble, rumble, walk off stage. Great singing.

[LatvianVixen]

haha, true dat

[srg2457]

Very enjoyable, but he seems to have studied at the Lou Diamond Philips Academy of Drama...

[badbit]

LOL! So true...

[bingotheraccoon]

He's so Magneto about it! AWESOMENESS!

[bingotheraccoon]

I love this song. It's so...burly.

[trumansf]

She does teach them something!

[gemmaaida]

Thanks this is a good performance. Listen for an air you should recognjze...hink... Christmas carol.

[brendanemig]

i love the cape