Ella mi fu rapita-Piotr Beczala

[bradipoaccidioso]

magnifica voce!!!

[malford11]

Panie Piotrze. Wielki Tenorze. Dumo Polski. Jest Pan niezwykły. Nikt z Polaków w tej chwili tak nie śpiewa. Zachwyca Pan urodą, postawą i nieskończonym talentem. Great Pole. You are a pride of your Country. Thanks for all your songs, that making better all audience. Thank God for your talent. Go ahead!

[9873459872134234]

Damn, why couldn't he sing like this when I saw him and he totally bombed Faust in Chicago. Glad he can bring it for his recordings at least.

[voce29]

I always believed they grow "great tenors" in Zuerich. 2 names come to mind. Kaufmann and Beczala.

[piax00]

this is a voice i can listen to all day

[eurydike]

i loved his performance in lucia di lammermoor in the MET LIve in HD.

great singer, good looking.

[rivitas2]

Mr Beczala, you owned it.

[angelinasiel]

słowiańskie dusze mają coś charakterystycznego w głosie. coś więcej niż talent, jakiś taki nostalgiczny magnetyzm. moje najnowsze odkrycie to francuz Amaury Vassilli, ale jestem przekonana, że ma słowiańskich przodków.

[ruigrok2]

fantastycznie . poprosze cos z polskiego repertuaru

[ozitenor]

Mr. Beczala, that was brilliant.

Santi is a living legend... and still going strong... can't believe he is still conducting - he must be 80. Bravi.

[SuperMarkova]

Una volta ho cantato sotto Nello Santi - lui non deve muovere e tutto funziona!!!! É fantastico!

[icbeep]

Jestem zachwycony tym tenorem. JUz dawno nie było polskiego tenora, który by tak świetnie śpiewał. Jest tutaj wszystko - talent - technika - i co najwazniejsze piekno.

[iduefoscari]

Beczala sounds to me the best lyric tenor I have heard since Carlo Bergonzi and there is just a bit of Jussi Bjorling in there as well!!

[dracher]

People with no musical or singing knowledge are entitled to their opinions, but should restrict them to like or dislike. A singer usually has a natural vibrato, or can train the voice to sing a trill, but a tremolo is something altogether different and not of any real use to a singer. Mr Beczala is the great hope for opera today, he is relatively new to Verdi, and is meeting its demands beautifully. Singing at this level takes time and much work. The greatest Polish tenor since de Reszke.

[enricodicapri]

@dracher You are fogetting Jian Kiepura. I don't want to start an argument about who's better if Beczala or Kiepura but you can't forget to name him when you are talking about polish tenors.

[MartinHouser]

Probably the best tenor out there today.

Villazon who?

[bigus]

@MartinHouser the best tenor out there today has to be lawrence brownlee. this guy is definately good but he sings too open and loses alot of ring in the sound as a result, so his tone is fuzzy and unclear. he has a great voice but is still technically a bit weak imo.

[lipservis11]

@bigus, probably there is something with that "open" voice emission, which may cause that a part of volume is lost. But on the other side his emission is very constant in colour it means all registers are mixed on the highest quality if you compair with others. I have learned that when he knows one part very well, he opens his mouth less and his volume is darker and stronger. The question is if it is his natural voice emission, and needs also a time and a lot of repeatings. Piotr is very patient

[piax00]

@bigus omg, you are right about brownlee. i just listened to him now. his repertoire has potential to be more extended than beczala's or flores'. in a few more years he will be the best. i think his voice still needs to fill up more and in a decade he could be singing like pavarotti

[piax00]

@MartinHouser THE best living tenor out there, period. He has been perfecting his sound and understanding his repertoire, which can take a lifetime, rather than filling his pockets. He is, by far, the most perfect Rodolfo I have ever seen in video or live, when I saw him in La Boheme this year. Intelligent, sublime. I am not crazy about him in Verdi, at least in these youtube videos. He strikes me as a very 'modern' singer, with modern lines, perfect for Puccini.

[ciociosan]

@piax00 I don't agree that he is the best living tenor. I think he is the best living tenor in this vocal fach. For the leggiero lyrico roles, I love the work of Brownlee, Spyres and Tarver.

[piax00]

@MartinHouser But even in Verdi, his sound is always beautifully polished.

[bodiloto]

bravo,bella voce,ma non canta alla italiana. Non so chi e il capo d`orchestra,ma e Lui che fa creare questo ambiente ,sublime,bravo !

[OrpheuCe]

Il Capo della Orchestra is Nello Santi, a great italian opera conductor....a master

[bodiloto]

@OrpheuCe grazie , era uno scherzo dalla mia parte perche l'arte di solista dipende sopratutto dal direttore d'orchestra,io adoro Nello Santi per me é l'ultimo Grande direttore chi conosce la lirica e sopratutto Ama le voci ! Grazie e stato molto gentile .

[goldenthroat86]

Beczala's voice only hit its stride 5 years ago. In a few years, trust me, everyone will forget about Villazon, Alagna, and Cura. IMHO this is the greatest tenor to emerge since Pav, Domingo, and Carreras.

What's not to love? Its all here. Beautiful lyric tenor sound, flawless technique, thrilling high notes, superb diction in all languages...All used with great intelligence, musicality and style.

[mindose]

I don't think Beczala is hurting for work. Having just seen him do a horrible Boheme and San Francisco opera. Singing at SFO, The Met, Salzburg Festival, etc, is not second tier. I also don't care for Piotr, but hate Calleja more. His stupid tremolo and flat singing through me off the whole night, though the one thing he is amazing at is decrescendo-ing the high notes into nothing. Unfortunately, he chooses to do it all the time, and not necessarily at the right places...

[Voic3Critic]

dg6da, Calleja's voice is not HUGE but it carries very well in the house. Joseph's voice is not smaller than many of the famous respected tenors such as Bergonzi, Valleti, Simoneau, etc. What you refer as a tremolo is actually a proper vibrato so absent in today's voices. I fully agree with 1Ooppera when he says both Beczala and Calleja are the best lyric tenors nowdays. Indeed they reflect they glorious singing of past golden years.

[enricodicapri]

in is begginigs calleja had a noticeble tremolo in his voice. Now a days he had controlled it and he is singing much better than in his start. even though i think that Beczala is much superior.

[4cups]

Bravo, Piotr

[1Ooppera]

There is no doubt that Mr Beczala and mr.Joseph Calleja are two best Tenore Liricos today, no doubt. Both have effortless technique, great carisma and above reborn Wunderlich and Björling. You can hear these qualities in their voices..It is not imitation, i think that it is impossible ahter certain pooint to imitate ones idol. These guys are the supersingers of today..Welcome the good old days!

[dg6da]

...no doubt? Beczala: yes. Calleja: no. Calleja has an ugly "tremolo" in his voice, this is unusal. And his voice is much weaker than beczalas voice. get me right: i am not a fan of beczala, but i think he is much better than Calleja.

[enricodicapri]

i agree comletely. there is a lot of wunderlich in becsala. You can tell he is a big fan. he even have some little semblance to wunderlich. But ther is no way you can compare Calleja to Björling... that is nonsense

[eurydike]

@enricodicapri i think Carreras also said he (Carreras) was a Wunderlich´s admirer:-)

[anchenier]

The rec is masculin and great but Just before the aria starts You can hear for a split moment voice sound similar to the sound in Kuda Kuda, Onegin. This is a tech problem for rigoletto and he is always close too eating his own voice in the passaggio, a german style for Verdi.

[DanicaH50]

Man this guy is good! Going to be watching for more from him.

[christophernclarke]

Nello Santi is holding up very well-- He made his Met debut conducting Un Ballo In Maschera- with Carlo s Bergonzi in 1962 - Bergonzi another phenomenal Verdi interpreter

[alabasterchunk]

Fantastic! I'm so sad at what's happening to Villazon and equally happy that this guy was able to so excellently cover for him in "Lucia" on the Met's broadcast. I think he's this generation's Bjorling. Even looks like him!

[baritonoguapo]

...nah, he's way better looking than Bjoerling.

[voiceteacher100]

The scary thing is that a fantastic tenor like this guy Beczala is a second row tenor, whereas impostors like Villazon have been given priority in major opera houses.

It's all a dirty business where connections, partnerships and hand shaking prevail over the art.

[vin61158]

Where was this guy hidding?? What a great tenor!!!! Quite underrated though. This is the first time I hear from him and I have to say that I am really impressed. Bravo

[maestraconway]

Exactly, he doen't have a marketing campaign like Villazon has. Also, he doesn't have Domingo as his mentor. Yet, Beczala is a much better singer.

He was not hidding. He just doesn't have the connections and marketing campaign that singers like Villazon have. That's all.

And let me tell you something, there are other great tenors out there like Joseph Calleja. Again, without a strong marketing campaign.

[piax00]

@maestraconway Beczala refuses to sing anything that does not fit his voice, he sticks to his repertoire and is loyal to his opera company in Switzerland, where he honed his craft. This is why he is not marketed highly, he was just not singing everything the opera houses were scheduling. He was not prostituting his voice to suit the opera houses' schedules and programs. With a voice like his, it pays to wait before 'cashing in' to say it crassly.

[pearlmuth3]

he is very very good. i like him very much

[Orfeus80]

the new and improved Gedda

[turbofreddy]

and Wunderlich!

[billyclay]

Splendid; stunning. Remarkable ease

Bill

[rexeterna]

bravo bravo bravo bravo bravo bravo bravo bravo bravo braaaaaaaaaaavooooooo

[lavanessadivina]

spectacular. want MORE!!!!he is amazing. I LOVE his voice AND he is sexy too!!whoa.

such an singer, like the old timers, I that Santi in the pit? he was the BEST

[turbofreddy]

Great! Such a versatile singer, too!

[2ManyHighCs]

Tomek! Thanks for this great clip. wonderful artist who also started in Linz. . but thank God he got the right repetoire there and built a nice career from that point. Is this clip from Zurich? I know he did alot there with Santi. All my best . Keep in touch

[Tenor65]

Yes it's from Zurich ;)

[2ManyHighCs]

Thanks again. You always come up with some wonderful clips that I never would experience. When can we expect some new ones of your singing?

[carraisahero]

5 stars! I'm looking forward to hearing him sing Lensky at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden 20 March 2008

[dalferr]

Bravo!

[Operaddict]

This is the real thing. I hope he can keep it going.

[dahuzz]

FANTASTIC!!

[ericfennell]

Heard him sing this at the Met last year. Very smart. Very Good!

[operabuff1]

beautiful voice, bravo!

[Msizisto]

Great tenor of our time,I love his voice.

[canzonettasullaria]

very beautiful voice!

[efraingonzalez]

muy muy bueno! y una voz de oro!

[LaViolettaValery]

what a beutiful voice!!! and expression, BRAVO

[dalferr]

Uma bela voz... conquistou o MET EM 2006.

[ilgatto79]

VERAMENTE UNA BELLA VOCE...

[imachunt]

He's just great.