Juan Diego Florez "Credeasi misera" I Puritani

[CHRISsCRUZz]

I HATE THE HIGH F IN THUS ARIA!! It's become more of stunt trick than an actual musical reflection of human expression! Ewwww >:\

[mrbig4050]

Any lover of opera can tell that this was a magnificant production.

[RamonFarto]

celso albelo sing the high F without falsetto. I have sung this opera with him.

Juan diego, in this video,don't a hight Fa, he is singin a high Re

[saagua1953]

alex: tell me a tenor today who can sing the high F without falsetto. perhaps the opera should be ignored until we have someone who can satisfy you?

[ciociosan]

@saagua1953 I believe there are a few tenors who were able to do this. Gedda and Albelo comes into mind. Oh and Brownlee too.

[federic017]

solobelcanto sono daccordo con lei per quanto riguarda Florez, la sua voce non è adatta ad Arturo, manca di sonorità e non è pungente sugli acuti , a volte la voce è un po nasale e gli acuti sono quasi in "falsetto"

[theaitetosscience]

I agree with Solobelcanto. His voice may be better for buffa-roles or for Il duce di Mantua...

[saagua1953]

He is wise to avoid the high F. No tenor today can do it without sounding as if someone had pinched his balls making him let out a scream. Better a lower note well produced.

[alexninko]

@saagua1953 in order to take this role you must be able to do contra fa. otherwise dont do it at all.that is just my opinion..

[ciociosan]

@saagua1953 How else are you suppose a tenor could hit the high F without sounding as if someone pinched his balls?

Bottom line: gotta have the vocal range, as well as the balls, to sing what the composer himself wrote.

[solobelcanto]

assolutamente non è vocalità per arturo...la voce non ha quella virilità che ci vuole!! questo è il mio modesto parere.

Bravissima Mariola....ti adoro!!!

[cucuchi1]

Perfección belcantista

Alfredo Brotons Muñoz, Levante - El Mercantil Valenciano, 28 September 2008 Ni siquiera la hostil acústica del auditorio superior pudo mucho contra la belleza de un timbre de pureza y calidez subyugantes, sin asomo de vibrato y manejado además de una manera que no se sabe qué admirar más, si el virtuosismo técnico o la musicalidad con que administra regulaciones y matices cadenciales que suspenden el ánimo por más conocidos que sean los pentagramas recorridos..

[cucuchi1]

Mejor es imposible

Emecé, El Diario Vasco, 29 May 2008

Después de lo escuchado no hay reparo alguno en decir, desde estas líneas de pro, de provincia, que Juan Diego Flórez puede ser reputado como el actual mejor tenor del mundo. Uno que ha visto desde los 5 años a la fecha a los mejores de su tiempo, no tiene empacho en sostener lo anterior y defenderlo....

[pelopelez]

Qué jamona y rebuena que está la Cantarero, joer!!

[youchowchow]

Mirá vos, así q ahora eso es high F, jajaja. Ya me parecía q este mediocre no lo iba a poder hacer.

[cdurquizou]

Dices que es un mediocre pero...¿puedes siquiera hacer el C#? No lo creo... En lo personal creo que se oye mejor que el F, que cuando lo cantan parece más un chillido que otra cosa.

[cktgb]

It is not a high F! It is only a high C#. Despite that

it sounds very good

[chsilber]

Masterful as usual. Shame about the high F, but he would have sung it in Falsetto, so no big loss.

[krakowjak]

The best Arturo I've ever heard.

Bravissimo.

[MrCafiero]

Sorry, but he sounds absolutely NOTHING like this in person. It is a sham.

[00193900]

You are ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. He sounds even better in person. That is if you know anything at all about "Bel Canto". For those of you who don't know it means "BEAUTIFUL SINGING" When these operas were written they didn't go around town looking for actors!

[ungedag]

he sounds absolutely wonderful in person, just heard him in Vienna ... several times ...

[solomini]

Technically masterful by Florez.

[Luindriel]

Nice! I don't speak Italian and I'm not familiar with the story of this opera, but you can totally tell what's going on just by the music. That's one of the things I love about opera! And Juan Diego is awesome of course.

[drdre333]

No high F!  Oh well...

[MrCafiero]

Bah, bah black sheep have you any wool?