Francois Boieldieu - La dame blanche - "Viens, gentille dame" (Laurence Dale)

[mesie1ever]

Me gusto mucho. Gracias-

[binxbinxopera87]

è un peccato che quest'opera non venga + rappresentata!!! :(

[Snaker7hero]

the name of the picture,please???

[VMDICKS]

Fritz Wunderlich sang this with such clarity and abandon, truly magnificent. Mr. Dale's rendition certainly does it full justice too.

[VMDICKS]

Fritz Wunderlich sang this with such clarity and abandon, truly magnificent. Monsieur certainly does it full justice too.

[Quequeed]

Les compositeurs doivent choisir la langue de chant en fonction :)

[vivegedda]

Sorry but the style is not French. No reason to sing that in head voice. No charactter aty all. No interest!!

[EMGColonel]

The finest version is sung by Hans Buff - Giesen recorded in Dresden in 1905 - his elaboration is unsurpassed.

[Kievest]

Delicate traceries of dreamy melody

and almost smoky sound...Sensuous

delight! Laurence Dale is superb!

Thank you for the ear candy!!

[adromischus]

Wonderful tenor, Dale, and incredible aria,,, I knew only the Gedda version, but I prefer the present one...

Thanks for posting! :-)

[47viviane]

just listened to both recordings (Gedda and Dale) and for me this is more the real thing - with it's dreamlike quality, gentle singing like he was in fact conjuring up a ghost - love it! thanks for introducing us to this

[ladynw777]

happy easter 2009

[rexeterna]

really interesting to hear a tenor leggiero so to speak sing this aria. the gedda of course is the most famous version, but there is more heft to his, whereas this sounds almost like matteuzzi.. a very rossinian sound. bravo nonetheless.

[forallyouknow]

Lovely. Nothing quite as delicate as French, yet it does not shy from emotion. Laurence Dale is wonderful.

[filofaxxx]

Laurence is in Innsbruck (Tirol, Austria) right now, directing "Zar und Zimmermann".

[hunkyo]

Hello Laurance :-) If you ever read this .. kisses from Frankfurt ... Tamas

THIS IS BEAUTIFUL !! I love hearing your voice ...

[fabrizzzio48]

Hmmm...I find it too slow. It is almost as if the tenor, in order to have an easy time with the aria, asked to have it slow down.

Also, without intent to insult, he seems rather bland even mediocre at the faster sections. In fact I had great difficulty in sitting through the whole of it. I must admit, Rockwell Blake does know how to bring life into this piece, and I would bet Gedda @ Wunderlich too. Thanks for post.

[revoltade]

Yes, I searched the CD on the net but it wasnt possible to get it. Please do post som of the other perhaps less known pieces.

/Revoltade

[revoltade]

Really graceful! Dale really have a unique interpretation of this piece. Almost in the a "bariton chantant" style although he is a tenor.

Thankyou for putting this up!

Are there more from this CD that is as nice listening to?

[LindoroRossini]

The disk is dedicated entirely to French arias and it is a delightful affair all-around. Your comment did get me thinking on uploading Dale's interpretation of the Postillion song from Adam's opera :).

[italianoperafan]

Thanks for letting me know about this posting.... Beautiful interpretation indeed and I have been listening to it several times. However, I think I still prefer Rockwell Blake in that part but this is very, very personal. Here the rhythm seems a bit too slow and I feel less passion in L. Dale's voice than in R. Blake's. He sounds very concentrated on doing well perhaps too concentrated? However it is true I am an unconditional admirer of R. Blake and anyway, this is just magnificent!

[Dogaradodia]

French horns! I love the sound of french horns. They make the atmosphere nostalgic. Very calming voice! Priceless audio, indeed!

[rexeterna]

totally agree.. the horn is the most noble instrument in the entire orchestra, IMO. love arias like this and comme autrefois with significant horn solos..