And, by the way, best high C I've ever heard. Of course a high C, or any high note for that matter, is hardly the most important thing to comment on, but I just wanted to share this, it's really the most magnificent high C I've ever heard.
@viv3147 I think you mean head voice, which is not the same thing as falsetto. Chest voice and falsetto do not mix - that would be like trying to whisper and yell simultaneously. Also, I don't think it's possible for a man to sing a full voiced high C without using some head voice.
@Loganberrymusic You're quite correct, it's a biological impossibility to sing anything above the passagio (around E-F-F# - all tenors are different) without head voice. Anyone claiming to sing entirely from the chest or saying that it is possible is wrong.
i just discovered this man and know nothing about him other than that his history is frought with controversy. all i can say is, this performance is infused with emotion, the likes of which i have never heard from pavarotti, domingo, carerras, all of whom favor technical perfection.
This video is fantastic! I never heard Alagna sound so magnificent............absolutely beautiful performance! incredibly glorious voice.
I know what others have said, but, Listen to this!!!!!!!!!!!! and there is a recording where it's very close to this! by him.........How I'd love to have been there! Elizabeth, Salinas, CA
I first met Alagna in !994 and thought we had a new star, sadly he frittered his talent away and became what I call a "ten year tenor". They sing all they can all over the world , often outside their repertoire and ruin their God given talent. Here he is extremely good.
You can keep Pavarotti or Jose Carreras, this man is so obviously the natural heir to Caruso. And sang rather better before he got involved with La Gheorghiu.
@JohnnyBlowstar There actually is a version of this song performed by Alagna available on iTunes. Though it's not quite as mesmerizing as this performance, it's actually pretty close.
Au sommet de son art..............,avec une Mimi sublime. Tous deux avaient des voix qui se complétaient........Mais Léontina n' a pas eu de chance, avec l' arrivée de AG, moins bonne soprano!
Why is he shoiting? This should be a tender moment not "Di Quella Pira". The high C does not make up for a crude performance. This aria needs the touch abd artistry of Caruso/Gigli/Bjoerling or Pavarotti.
This is J.J. a singer from México, I "stole" some of your videos and made it my favorite. It´s a pleasure meeating a fanatic of opera. I hope you to accept my friendship invitation.
Really placed opened and sustained that top note Very very nice Is this sung in the original key or transposed to the B natural I'm too lazy to check.
MUY BIÉN ALAGNA, se escucha buena voz y con potencia, en resumen, hermoso. En otra interpretación comenté que estaba mal y recibí insultos, pero sí estaba mal; ahora no, es hermosa y gran interpretación.
thank you for this beautiful piece. it brought such joy to my heart. i saw him sing this in nyc when he made his american debut. i wept when he sang this aria. i will never forget it
Alagna has such a different color in his voice than say the late Pavoratti. I love the kind of darkness he has; I think it enables him for show more character in his voice. This may be my favorite performance of him (La Boheme). Marvelous!
Alagna is a marvelous tenor. A great voice, powerful emotions and a compelling stage presence. It's a joy to listen to him. He is sort of this generation's Bergonzi: overshadowed by many others, but gifted and enthralling at his best.
I am a fairly young guy but I think that Alagna is one of the best tenors ever heard! At La Scala, when he left the stage, he was not sang well, but in his best years had a voice in the world's most beautiful, perhaps the most beautiful! Has always the same color, the same stamp! Acute large and beautiful! An accurate passaggio, larynx always in position! A voice so beautiful that it moved! Great Alagna!
Okay, "Happy Actor" , by my count, Alagna has appeared as the lead tenor in (at least) 25 operas since he won the Pavoratti contest in '89, somehow he has managed to function even though you guys still keep writing him off - he just got great reviews for his "Trovatore" at Covent Garden in London & will do a "Carmen" there in October & in NYC in January at the Met. Maybe the voice is not the same, but he is still Alagna.
He tried to sing the wrong roles... simple. He sounds great here. Listed to Carreras in 1972 (absolutely beautiful singing), then 1988 (forced and dull sounding). Same issue.
The first I had heard of Alagna was when he left the stage at La Scala in the middle of a performance and I decided I didn't like him so I never listened to him. Well, I figured I might as well inform my dislike and listened to this. It is wonderful so I only deprived myself.
i'm with you on that one... i used to be so so on him. But his early stuff is actually quite good. His voice has just really declined in recent years, yet continues to sing roles not suited for him, i.e. Aida at La Scala... but thanks to youtube, we can enjoy some of his better performances like this one...
I agree you both...when he was younger he was great, maybe the best in his fach at that time...when has matured, the voice is not the same...i rememeber those days that he was marketed as a new Pavarotti, don´t know about that, but he was not bad this i know.
digan lo q digan roberto es un gran tenor y tiene muxisimo talento y la verdad esta interpretacion es una belleza tanto como vocal y escenica de verdad una buena interpretacion, es cantar con fuerza sin exagerar bravo roberto!!
Ahhhhh love him! Saw him in Rome et Juliette alongside Anna Netrebko and they were both breathtaking. What a beautiful voice! There should be a place in everyone's heart for music like this.
The lovely Mimi is played by Leontina Vaduva. This is wonderful music and warms the soul...and he is marvelous as Rodolfo in La Boheme. Thank you for posting it.
Dejense de estupideces Roberto Alagna es un gran tenor, que no sea como Luciano, es otra cosa, pero canto perfectamente esta aria, y no necesita de ningun calderon ni ocho cuartos.
Grande Alagna! Es una lastima que su elección en el repertorio no ha sido el mas acertado y ha influido en su emision vocal. AUnque aqui estaba aun su voz sana, creo que el Rodolfo podria haber esperado un poco mas. Sus Nemorinos y Romeos son memorables. PAvarotti en una entrevista dice que cuando le escuchó por primera vez notó que a Alagna le gustaba cantar cosas mas grandes de las que debía, y se lo dijo. No hizo caso.
WOW! Wonderful! That's Alagna as I would always like to hear him. Beautiful timbre. I expected a more explosive high C but still, the colour is superb!
Un maravilloso tenor, lástima de su carácter. Matiz que comparte con su esposa, otra maravillosa soprano.
Lo siento, no estoy de acuerdo con OSCPINA, este aria no necesita de ningún calderón ni de mantener ninguna nota sostenida. Se requiere sutileza en su término y así lo hace.
Why weak High C? Because Alagna tuned the High C to the THIRD HARMONIC...he is not as great a resonnator as Pavarotti who usually easily tuned the High C to the Fourth Harmonic.....even better pull up Lanza's version...now there is a high C tuned to the Fouth harmonic...notice the incredible buzz and the depth of the note!!
Alagna was in the zone on this night - brilliant. This is one of my favorite recordings of his Rodolfo. And could there be a better Mimi than Vaduva? Angela comes close, but it's Vaduva for me! Thanks for these great videos, Meuzzab. Brilliant.
Continuing from prev comment: Alagna's interview about the incident can be found on youtube. It's all in Italian, however, so if you don't speak it, you'll be up a creek if you don't have a translator. The jist is that he thought the audience didn't want him and he was respecting their feedback. He also mentions that he lost considerable sleep and suffered enormous mortification as a result of it. People need to let that lie. His singing is wonderful.
He's an opera singer. He's entitled to his tantrums. You could say he's carying on a tradition that dates back to the days of Cafarelli and others. I think he sang this beautifully. For all you Pav fans, alagna was once hailed as the next Pavarotti. Btw, his walking out after being booed at La Scala wasn't a tantrum. In his interview, he reveals that he was absolutely mortified and felt like "the floor opened up beneath me." He couldn't sleep for days.
Yes, that did sound a bit constricted or something. Rest was all very good, although it was SLOW. Still, that could well be the MDs doing, not his. The C was good, and there IS more to the aira than that one note.....
The difference between this High C and Pavarotti's is a huge gaping chasm.....the only contenders include Aragal, Lanza, and DeStefano........Alaqna is not even close to these.....but still a great singer in his own right....
If you like Alagna, you'll like James Valenti. He's on youtube and has a website, jamesvalentiDOTcom. He's an American just starting out but he has landed a gig at La Scala. Enjoy
Well he is fantastic, but also see the mexican army like Villazon or specially David Lomeli singing this, the winner of Operalia is singing this also with Domingo at Los Angeles Opera this year. Alagna is great but this guy too and is a little more humble
He is undoubtedly a very god tenor. However, whoever rushes to accuse Villazon of 'pushed vocal production' better look at the strain of Alagna. Very good tenor, however, in my opinion Villazon is greater.
That's ridiculous. Alagna may be a little forced, but his technique is otherwise extremely good. Villazon's technique is quite bad in comparison. As proof, he is now having voice problems and has cancelled everything for about four months, including "L'Elisir" at the Royal Opera, which I'm going to see.
If you like Villazon's voice better than Alagna's, that's your cup of tea. However, he's NOT a better singer.
The acting was superb...great voice too. These two should win an award for ensemble acting.Lol. Just watch other che gelida manina and this truly stand out acting wise.
Cet air sublimissime de Puccini n'a d'égal que le talent, immense, d'Alagna! Le meilleur interprète de Che gelida manina, a mon humble avis...
LadyJeeks 4 months ago
His singing here is really exquisite. One of my favorite renditions of this aria. I believe I became a fan of Alagna after hearing this.
Loganberrymusic 5 months ago 5
He is horribly uncharismatic
bigpoppa897 7 months ago
Gefaellt mir viel besser als Kaufmann!
GERMANYFrankie 7 months ago
Too straight. There are portamenti missing....he sings it like Mozart. His singing does sound very free though.
Dymension 8 months ago
And, by the way, best high C I've ever heard. Of course a high C, or any high note for that matter, is hardly the most important thing to comment on, but I just wanted to share this, it's really the most magnificent high C I've ever heard.
iltrovatoremanrico 10 months ago 3
@iltrovatoremanrico but it was a falsetto/chest c, not just chest
viv3147 4 months ago
@viv3147 I think you mean head voice, which is not the same thing as falsetto. Chest voice and falsetto do not mix - that would be like trying to whisper and yell simultaneously. Also, I don't think it's possible for a man to sing a full voiced high C without using some head voice.
Loganberrymusic 4 months ago
@Loganberrymusic You're quite correct, it's a biological impossibility to sing anything above the passagio (around E-F-F# - all tenors are different) without head voice. Anyone claiming to sing entirely from the chest or saying that it is possible is wrong.
tombaker1222 1 month ago 3
NOT A FAN OF THIS RENDITION.
MsRuthes 11 months ago
Je crois que Roberto Alagna a atteint la perfection.
Zofzoeif 11 months ago 4
Listen to Aragall, he sings this perfectly and with respect to the score.
esclarmonde1 11 months ago
Not a big fan of his lately but this was Marvelous
richbari 1 year ago
Bravo Alagna, superb singing and one of the sweetest high C's ever...
discovolante21 1 year ago 10
I don't recall who I saw sing Rudolfo the last time I saw it at the Lyric, but he was 10 times better than this schmoe.
mjmjmh6 1 year ago
i just discovered this man and know nothing about him other than that his history is frought with controversy. all i can say is, this performance is infused with emotion, the likes of which i have never heard from pavarotti, domingo, carerras, all of whom favor technical perfection.
jgraif 1 year ago 7
This video is fantastic! I never heard Alagna sound so magnificent............absolutely beautiful performance! incredibly glorious voice.
I know what others have said, but, Listen to this!!!!!!!!!!!! and there is a recording where it's very close to this! by him.........How I'd love to have been there! Elizabeth, Salinas, CA
Eliz4848 1 year ago 2
at this time he had a great voice....
aber300 1 year ago
Just beautiful. Ideal Rodolfo in my opinion. Not too heavy and yet lirico. Quite handsome too. But maybe the stage directions were too simple.
operatheatretokyo 1 year ago
I first met Alagna in !994 and thought we had a new star, sadly he frittered his talent away and became what I call a "ten year tenor". They sing all they can all over the world , often outside their repertoire and ruin their God given talent. Here he is extremely good.
esclarmonde1 1 year ago
You can keep Pavarotti or Jose Carreras, this man is so obviously the natural heir to Caruso. And sang rather better before he got involved with La Gheorghiu.
Sadly, this version isn't available on CD. :-(
JohnnyBlowstar 1 year ago 4
@JohnnyBlowstar There actually is a version of this song performed by Alagna available on iTunes. Though it's not quite as mesmerizing as this performance, it's actually pretty close.
Maestro2500 1 year ago
I know ex. what you mean; bless you.
hura49 1 year ago
Bravo, Roberto! Beautifully sung!
PatriciaPaulAZ 1 year ago
J' étais à L' Opéra Bastille.......Quel triomphe pour les deux chanteurs. Triomphe mérité.
PL
CALIMERO305 1 year ago 2
His high C is the nicest high C that I've heard in a version of this song so far.
I think he's very underrated. Thank you for posting this video.
hotqueekboi 1 year ago 5
This is really... Soulless, and very very open. I feel like he sings the score well, but there's nothing to it...
Thunnder111 1 year ago
I can listen to this over and over again and it brings tears to my eyes every single time
matthieusarah 1 year ago
Au sommet de son art..............,avec une Mimi sublime. Tous deux avaient des voix qui se complétaient........Mais Léontina n' a pas eu de chance, avec l' arrivée de AG, moins bonne soprano!
CALIMERO305 1 year ago
Che son?.....
brujoa 1 year ago
un 10!
brujoa 1 year ago
Such beautiful music.... and he is wonderful. A joy to watch and brings tears of pleasure to my eyes. Thank you for posting it. Judi
starlingbird 1 year ago
Wonder!
cremonaspinto 1 year ago 3
grande
andyroma72 1 year ago 3
Roberto needs richer emotion.. it sounds like a school boy reading a book, the way he cuts off each phrase. Jose Carerras sings this so much better.
singcrossover 1 year ago
"Like a schoolboy reading a book?". No, it sounds like the best one. It´s wonderful, and very amazing.
estanteriax 1 year ago 2
i agree, his phrases are all cut up!
zfranklyn 1 year ago
What a gift and hard work to sing at this quality of sound
pescepattate 1 year ago 4
OK, the dude is sitting, while hitting the C perfectly.... omg
Thomas7thorns 1 year ago 4
k'moet zeggen====mooie stem ,gaat door merg en been
The180546 1 year ago
Alagna at his best here. I hear that he has burned out in recent years. Tis a shame if true.
joelweisberg 1 year ago
@joelweisberg Poor choice in repertoire. He's damaged his voice, he can't sing like this anymore. It makes me so sad.
Maestro2500 1 year ago
I'm attending puccini's opera "La boheme" tonight for the first time and I'm so excited. I can't wait to listen to this live !!!!
LimeGirl08 1 year ago
Why is he shoiting? This should be a tender moment not "Di Quella Pira". The high C does not make up for a crude performance. This aria needs the touch abd artistry of Caruso/Gigli/Bjoerling or Pavarotti.
65attila 1 year ago
@65attila they're all dead...
vk2nf 1 year ago
why
65attila 1 year ago
una preciosidad,
cambohoo 1 year ago
Hi:
This is J.J. a singer from México, I "stole" some of your videos and made it my favorite. It´s a pleasure meeating a fanatic of opera. I hope you to accept my friendship invitation.
Saludos desde México.
J.J.
TheCheche75 1 year ago
Really placed opened and sustained that top note Very very nice Is this sung in the original key or transposed to the B natural I'm too lazy to check.
lpvcrcd 1 year ago
@lpvcrcd Original key...
Englishtenor2 1 year ago
This is the original key
Salvanus 1 year ago
bravooo :D
Turee85 1 year ago
I am so glad I don't need to dissect. I can just enjoy the haunting quality of his beautiful voice, and the depth of his acting skills. Bravo indeed?
brandonichero 1 year ago
MUY BIÉN ALAGNA, se escucha buena voz y con potencia, en resumen, hermoso. En otra interpretación comenté que estaba mal y recibí insultos, pero sí estaba mal; ahora no, es hermosa y gran interpretación.
pieritlyon 1 year ago
Bravoooooooooooo!!
schmidt1812 2 years ago 3
Simplemente.... hermoso, bravo alagna
crustaceocascarudo 2 years ago 2
Is this recording available anywhere?
sinkhole33 2 years ago
where did you get this video?
HopePoisoned 2 years ago
I cannot watch this aria without tears welling up.
Alagna may not be the greatest tenor today, but he is IMO the greatest acting tenor, and he infuses this piece with all the passion it demands.
donde2k 2 years ago 4
Roberto alagna me fascina, su tecnica, su bella voz, los pianisimos, en fin todo lo que canta, es uno de los grandes de este siglo.
Lourdesdejesus1 2 years ago 3
thank you for this beautiful piece. it brought such joy to my heart. i saw him sing this in nyc when he made his american debut. i wept when he sang this aria. i will never forget it
nippertu 2 years ago 4
i felt so great when i listened your video about puccini, this is one of my favorite part of that opera and puccini is my best composer
carlosmartinorozcova 2 years ago
who is? Puccini or Alagna?
ABisopht 2 years ago
okay, he is GOOD!
ABisopht 2 years ago 6
voce bella ,tecnica vocale sotto 0 .
bodiloto 2 years ago
Wicked top C at the end. This really was a stunning voice. What a shame.
Commentmonster2008 2 years ago
Alagna has such a different color in his voice than say the late Pavoratti. I love the kind of darkness he has; I think it enables him for show more character in his voice. This may be my favorite performance of him (La Boheme). Marvelous!
sonkch01 2 years ago 5
Alagna is a marvelous tenor. A great voice, powerful emotions and a compelling stage presence. It's a joy to listen to him. He is sort of this generation's Bergonzi: overshadowed by many others, but gifted and enthralling at his best.
jd1906sf 2 years ago 5
non mi piace.troppo nasale e gli acuti non sono completamente liberi.
maxpertile 2 years ago
I am a fairly young guy but I think that Alagna is one of the best tenors ever heard! At La Scala, when he left the stage, he was not sang well, but in his best years had a voice in the world's most beautiful, perhaps the most beautiful! Has always the same color, the same stamp! Acute large and beautiful! An accurate passaggio, larynx always in position! A voice so beautiful that it moved! Great Alagna!
Eruption1910 2 years ago 4
What a performance! I'm touched! it moves me very much, especially the end... what an end my gosh!!! :o
Thanks for sharing this masterpiece!
stevecraid 2 years ago 20
Sorry, by 25 operas, I mean 25 different roles; he has appeared in many more than 25 operas since '89.
myyellowlabfan 2 years ago
Okay, "Happy Actor" , by my count, Alagna has appeared as the lead tenor in (at least) 25 operas since he won the Pavoratti contest in '89, somehow he has managed to function even though you guys still keep writing him off - he just got great reviews for his "Trovatore" at Covent Garden in London & will do a "Carmen" there in October & in NYC in January at the Met. Maybe the voice is not the same, but he is still Alagna.
myyellowlabfan 2 years ago 2
What the heck happened to this voice!!! He pushed it and ruined it!!
happyactor6 2 years ago
He tried to sing the wrong roles... simple. He sounds great here. Listed to Carreras in 1972 (absolutely beautiful singing), then 1988 (forced and dull sounding). Same issue.
colino72 2 years ago 3
Stupendo!
Grandissimo Alagna.
jeanmolin55 2 years ago 4
qui è grandissimo..peccato la sua incostanza..se guardi un altra interpretazione della stessa aria ha fatto cagare..va preso cosi per come è..
giampaolo17 2 years ago
good tempo, voice is so moving , smooth acting !
LucaYune 2 years ago 3
i miss this alagna, he was so good here!
kolb94 2 years ago 3
He is the 4th tenor for sure.
tonyhan0903 2 years ago
nn ho parole!!! meraviglioso!!!
ruggero1993 2 years ago 2
I wish I could have been there.
MrTsarnicholas 2 years ago 3
Belo!!
piazzola08 2 years ago
Bravo, bravo!!
apaulasiewerdt 2 years ago 4
Le va bien este rol, si señor.
adri235 2 years ago 3
So touching ...
Corenero 2 years ago 5
O my God! What a voice! I'm almost in tears...that was amazing!
jhgreenhorn 2 years ago 6
He had evrything going for him:voice,looks.unforced technique and warmth.
then he met and married angela georgiouh and his life and career changed for the worst....
What a pity!
manrico60 2 years ago 8
his voice was touching like sprite
LucaYune 2 years ago 4
Bravo, bravo y bravo
estanteriax 2 years ago 2
En mi opinión le falta un punto de agilidad y otro de interpretación,pero aún así,sobresaliente!
adri235 2 years ago
The first I had heard of Alagna was when he left the stage at La Scala in the middle of a performance and I decided I didn't like him so I never listened to him. Well, I figured I might as well inform my dislike and listened to this. It is wonderful so I only deprived myself.
NKWIAM 2 years ago 6
i'm with you on that one... i used to be so so on him. But his early stuff is actually quite good. His voice has just really declined in recent years, yet continues to sing roles not suited for him, i.e. Aida at La Scala... but thanks to youtube, we can enjoy some of his better performances like this one...
Kibo103 2 years ago
I agree you both...when he was younger he was great, maybe the best in his fach at that time...when has matured, the voice is not the same...i rememeber those days that he was marketed as a new Pavarotti, don´t know about that, but he was not bad this i know.
1Ooppera 2 years ago 2
BRAVO!!!!!!!!!!
LucaYune 2 years ago 3
Thankyou!
Englishtenor2 2 years ago
As someone said here, let´s enjoy the talent of all these singers and forget about arguings about who´s the best.
Try Carlos Osuna tenor. He´s still very young but on the right track to have a good career.
compadrecerro 2 years ago
I'm not sure what to think of this. I'm so used to hating Roberto Alagna and his singing. This really is not bad, though.
LetItBe920 3 years ago
digan lo q digan roberto es un gran tenor y tiene muxisimo talento y la verdad esta interpretacion es una belleza tanto como vocal y escenica de verdad una buena interpretacion, es cantar con fuerza sin exagerar bravo roberto!!
XxTuPaPyxX 3 years ago
He's very good, isn't he? And a convincing actor as well.
jenni4claire 3 years ago 3
1 of the best! this was him just hitting his prime!
Artisticz 3 years ago 3
Ahhhhh love him! Saw him in Rome et Juliette alongside Anna Netrebko and they were both breathtaking. What a beautiful voice! There should be a place in everyone's heart for music like this.
IAmGypsyRoseLee 3 years ago 4
embe... questa e cantata dal vivo.
Grigolo a questo punto sta solo facendo brutta figura.
kritikoreal 3 years ago
冰凉的小手，滚滚柔情
forlen1988 3 years ago
Whos the lady?
trelawney59 3 years ago
The lovely Mimi is played by Leontina Vaduva. This is wonderful music and warms the soul...and he is marvelous as Rodolfo in La Boheme. Thank you for posting it.
starlingbirds 3 years ago
Indescribably beautiful.
denstertube 3 years ago 4
I have a lot of troubles in my life, but I must say when I can listen to beatiful music like this, they go away for a while.
robertdoyle1975 3 years ago 31
I agree! It reminds me that there is beauty in this world. I don't know what I'd do without music.
Voluptuossa1234 3 years ago 6
genial
guil53 3 years ago
gracias a dios no todos los cantantes son iguales... disfruten lo mejor de cada uno
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MuSicSoprano85 3 years ago 5
Splendid! I have a DVD of La Bohème with Pavarotti, and I prefer the Alagna's versio witch is more sensitive.
toscadepuccini 3 years ago 11
You shoul see though Pavarotti in Scala 1979. Maybe the finest version of this aria ever!
KALDANIS 3 years ago
i love how he occasionally loosens his jaw to release tension. hands down the most talented tenor alive
trevormartin11 3 years ago 2
The jaw should always be loosened.
phantom4087 3 years ago 5
I like his little smile when the audience applause. It seems to mean "that wasn't too bad, was it?".
matthieusarah 3 years ago 4
I totally agree with you acitipo. he'is a wonderful tenor (the best alive?). and Wouldn't it be boring, after all, if evrybody sang like Pavarotti?
matthieusarah 3 years ago 5
Dejense de estupideces Roberto Alagna es un gran tenor, que no sea como Luciano, es otra cosa, pero canto perfectamente esta aria, y no necesita de ningun calderon ni ocho cuartos.
acitipo 3 years ago 5
de acuerdo
aguacun 3 years ago
in fact, this version/acting might even top ol pavs in my opinion xD
Webarton 3 years ago 3
wow, this is the alagna that i love
Webarton 3 years ago 4
the only thing i would like to hear him do is portamento up to the a-flat on "talor"
mdcam89 3 years ago
bravo
XxTuPaPyxX 3 years ago
Maravillosa voz, regular interpretación, pensando en Turandot no en Boheme, esta aria necesita la sutileza de Pavarotti y el fraseo de Domingo.
liricraker 3 years ago
Bravo Roberto!!!
freddygaviria 3 years ago 3
What a majestic singer - fabulous voice. If I could sing like that I would not be living in this kip.
robertdoyle1975 3 years ago 3
he's so good and a beautiful voice!
amdnovello 3 years ago 10
Great!
singcrossover 3 years ago 9
Grande Alagna! Es una lastima que su elección en el repertorio no ha sido el mas acertado y ha influido en su emision vocal. AUnque aqui estaba aun su voz sana, creo que el Rodolfo podria haber esperado un poco mas. Sus Nemorinos y Romeos son memorables. PAvarotti en una entrevista dice que cuando le escuchó por primera vez notó que a Alagna le gustaba cantar cosas mas grandes de las que debía, y se lo dijo. No hizo caso.
aguacun 3 years ago 5
y esto fue hace más de 10 años..
para mí no fue solo la elección de repertorio, sino que también canta con fuerza, acá se lo escucha, se le hace evidente en un par de agudos 1:16
emalag999 3 years ago 3
WOW! Wonderful! That's Alagna as I would always like to hear him. Beautiful timbre. I expected a more explosive high C but still, the colour is superb!
jhvorotin 3 years ago 8
Un maravilloso tenor, lástima de su carácter. Matiz que comparte con su esposa, otra maravillosa soprano.
Lo siento, no estoy de acuerdo con OSCPINA, este aria no necesita de ningún calderón ni de mantener ninguna nota sostenida. Se requiere sutileza en su término y así lo hace.
jocabrama 3 years ago
Man, I just love Alagna's technique. He always is so comfortable in his voice. I am an advocate of comfortable singing!
Liedliebhaber 3 years ago 6
Alagnia en su mejor momento.
coreTenore 3 years ago 4
One of his Best Performances ever!!!!
Artisticz 3 years ago 2
perfection!
alvarogm86 3 years ago 2
Es bueno, al final se queda sin aire, pero sabemos que no es Pavarotti.
oscpina 3 years ago
Perdon, pero ud. no sabe lo que dice!
osvaldoutube 3 years ago
Menos mal que no es Pavarotti, porque si así fuera el mundo de la lirica sería muy aburrido poues todos los tenores cantarían igual!
aguacun 3 years ago
totalmente de acuerdo contigo
ximenadore 3 years ago
Gracias otra vez, Muezzab
hanbelx 3 years ago
the decrescendo at around 1:18 send chills!!!!
mdcam89 3 years ago
i just wanted to comment that too!
OettingerCroat 3 years ago
he was marvelous here! it's a shame he's basically done nowadays...he should've stuck to roles fitting his voice..*sigh*
iltenoredramatico 3 years ago
Why weak High C? Because Alagna tuned the High C to the THIRD HARMONIC...he is not as great a resonnator as Pavarotti who usually easily tuned the High C to the Fourth Harmonic.....even better pull up Lanza's version...now there is a high C tuned to the Fouth harmonic...notice the incredible buzz and the depth of the note!!
GEVORK6 3 years ago
Beleave me, if I had a voice like that I would not be living in a kip like this.
robertdoyle1975 3 years ago
Alagna was in the zone on this night - brilliant. This is one of my favorite recordings of his Rodolfo. And could there be a better Mimi than Vaduva? Angela comes close, but it's Vaduva for me! Thanks for these great videos, Meuzzab. Brilliant.
5isgrace 4 years ago 6
Try Mirella Freni :P
moh672 3 years ago
Es un buen tenor e interpreta el tema magistralmente!
7yvy 4 years ago
He is a very good tenor, however, I think his high C is a bit weak, shallow.
Rodrigue52 4 years ago
you are wrong friend, you are picking holes in paradise!
tegid699 3 years ago
he is pretty brave to attempt a high c sitting up.
jesterimb 4 years ago 8
he smacked it.
Artisticz 4 years ago 2
Continuing from prev comment: Alagna's interview about the incident can be found on youtube. It's all in Italian, however, so if you don't speak it, you'll be up a creek if you don't have a translator. The jist is that he thought the audience didn't want him and he was respecting their feedback. He also mentions that he lost considerable sleep and suffered enormous mortification as a result of it. People need to let that lie. His singing is wonderful.
philomelodia 4 years ago
He's an opera singer. He's entitled to his tantrums. You could say he's carying on a tradition that dates back to the days of Cafarelli and others. I think he sang this beautifully. For all you Pav fans, alagna was once hailed as the next Pavarotti. Btw, his walking out after being booed at La Scala wasn't a tantrum. In his interview, he reveals that he was absolutely mortified and felt like "the floor opened up beneath me." He couldn't sleep for days.
philomelodia 4 years ago 2
A most elegant tenor, in one of the most beautiful Operatic arias. He has everything !!!
stephenTGV 4 years ago 7
that didn't sound like a High C... that sounded like a High C sharp! O.o
forallyouknow 4 years ago
wrong!
tegid699 3 years ago
well,if the "high C part" is in F sharp major, than it is high C sharp =o)
septichka 3 years ago
Oh, my God... I think I have a crush on him now!
Voluptuossa1234 4 years ago
Molto bravo anche se un po troppo recitato.
genstin 4 years ago
Sorry but .......what C are we talking about ?
I prefer Luciano. Roberto can't give me gooseskin, Luciano can.
breddamarcus 4 years ago
Well, I mean... Luciano's Boheme... can you get better?
welkinelloco 4 years ago
Much as I dislike Alagna as a person, if he sang this to me, and this well, I'd fall for him... He is simply irresistible here!
Matt75003 4 years ago 3
The difference between this high C and a real high C is that this is a B and not a C!!! Just a thought!
igancedo 4 years ago
think again pal...that's a C
jokerab112 4 years ago
yes it is... but it's lacking something...
mhwon3 4 years ago
a C that is a B is lacking half a tone.
This one isn't.
But the Bb on "son" did worry me!
cyfieithydd 4 years ago
Yes, that did sound a bit constricted or something. Rest was all very good, although it was SLOW. Still, that could well be the MDs doing, not his. The C was good, and there IS more to the aira than that one note.....
colino72 3 years ago
The difference between this High C and Pavarotti's is a huge gaping chasm.....the only contenders include Aragal, Lanza, and DeStefano........Alaqna is not even close to these.....but still a great singer in his own right....
GEVORK6 4 years ago
And the difference between Pavarotti's and Hadley's is even further.
moh672 4 years ago
If you like Alagna, you'll like James Valenti. He's on youtube and has a website, jamesvalentiDOTcom. He's an American just starting out but he has landed a gig at La Scala. Enjoy
bitterbroad 4 years ago
E' bravo certamente, ma non mi emoziona, boh? E dire che ha anche una voce carina...
Giancascisi 4 years ago
Well he is fantastic, but also see the mexican army like Villazon or specially David Lomeli singing this, the winner of Operalia is singing this also with Domingo at Los Angeles Opera this year. Alagna is great but this guy too and is a little more humble
tenoresmexicanos 4 years ago
He is undoubtedly a very god tenor. However, whoever rushes to accuse Villazon of 'pushed vocal production' better look at the strain of Alagna. Very good tenor, however, in my opinion Villazon is greater.
djtsinopoulos 4 years ago
That's ridiculous. Alagna may be a little forced, but his technique is otherwise extremely good. Villazon's technique is quite bad in comparison. As proof, he is now having voice problems and has cancelled everything for about four months, including "L'Elisir" at the Royal Opera, which I'm going to see.
If you like Villazon's voice better than Alagna's, that's your cup of tea. However, he's NOT a better singer.
erlhet 4 years ago
The acting was superb...great voice too. These two should win an award for ensemble acting.Lol. Just watch other che gelida manina and this truly stand out acting wise.
PaulPottsFan2007 4 years ago 2