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  • 5:11 ... makes it look easy...

  • Why didn't this guy ever sing Nessun Dorma??? I want to hear him sing it!

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  • @WiseMonkey888 I didn't mean literal magic. Just 'magic' as in how brilliantly good they are.  LOL

  • horses ballsack

  • His fellow Spanish-speaking colleague of an era before him, Alfredo Kraus was one of the best Tonio's to see and hear. Florez leaves him floundering! What a beautiful true leggiero voice and a perfectly mastered technique on top of a really believable interpretation of the role. Such ease. Such perfection! Bravo bravo!

  • Nevertheless, his high C's are as bright and easy as ever.

  • QUE VOZ DE MULHER!,ONDE ESTA O TIMBRE MASCULINO?

  • @fernando37993 Gran ignorancia! Primero aprende y luego habla! ;)

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  • @fernando37993 Are you nuts?? he is a light tenor he has to sound that way! He doesn´t sound like a woman! You don´t hear so much classic music, do you?

  • @enderarias You know what some people are just dumb and just look for shit to say no matter how ridiculous and out of place it is. Just ignore them. I doubt this dud even know the difference types of tenors.

  • @petion2010 True! Thanks!!

  • Those high Cs are magic.

  • Juan Diego Florez is without a doubt one of the most brilliant tenors of all time. Take a moment to enjoy his one of a kind talent instead of judging him. After all he earned his fame.

  • @mactopolis are u fucking insane?? tell me can you sing like florez?? i doubt it. Florex is probably the best tenor of our time. Each and every major singer has a different sound. for example pavarotti is completely differnet to Kraus. at the same time he most certainly does not have a small voice. u cant have a small voice as a tenor and still sing top c's not like that. I come from a long line of singers and tenors to be precise. and you sir are a fool if you believe he has a small voice.

  • this performance is alot better than his first performance of this piece since he does not have to worry about all the acting and the nervousness is gone. he can now focus his full attention on caressing each note .

  • @imhellahi I actually like it less for that reason; I preferred the light, slightly nervous approach. It lent his performance an agility that it lacks in this showing.

  • no entiendo porque en otro videos lo critican q no canta bien en vivo o cosas asi. Yo quisiera saber si la gente que opina aqui ha estudiado para estar criticando deberian poner en sus comentarios que son calificados para opinar. Yo no soy peruano ni quiero serlo pero este tipo es maravilloso, su voz es especial, teniamos rato sin escuchar un tenor de esta calidad.hay otros que en lo personal me gustan como villazon pero diego da un sentimiento a la cancion muy lindo no critiquen trogloditas

  • @tuliviejo02 en estos foros no vas a encontrar opiniones muy doctas, asi que no hagas oido a criticas absurdas, es imposible negar la calidad de Juan Diego Florez, pero si te digo, sin ser una autoridad en el tema, que Villazon no es muy bueno!!! es mi opinion! Saludos desde Chile!

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  • Possibly the best "Ah, mes amis" after Kraus.

    Mr Florez doesn't seem to have that many competitors among his colleagues, I do hope that he won't let this to his head and keeps these high standards throughout his carrier.

  • Opera singing today is but a pathetic fraction of what it was in the 50's for example. But DiegoFlorez is actually one of the very few singers of today that can be mentioned on the same day as the glorious voices of yesterday. Let's be thankful for him, Heppner and 3 or 4 others...

  • @zgopify 

  • He sings it well and with all the facial expressions but, I prefer Pavorotti and the fuller sound. Pavorotti just sounded more polished as a singer. Florez sounds like an amatuer compared to Pavorotti.

  • excelente, fabuloso!!!

  • enchantement

  • Espectacular!!!

  • Is this guy too cute for words or what? And what a voice -- I think I'm in love -- LOL! No, I KNOW I'm in love with him!!!

  • sei un grandissimo! e pure bello!

  • Damn! Moby Conducting!!.

    Congratulations to Juan Diego : ). His interpretation is perfect!

  • Kiarkaf,tenes razon me disculpo,investigando bien,llege a la conclucion ke es ligero y no lirico,y ke estava en un error .....

  • In an era of rapidly diminishing returns from the latest frauds Juan Diego Florez is the real thing the best high lyric tenor ever with a thriling top and amazing skill at fiortura. Wow

  • @gaytenor florez is not a lyric tenor at all. he's a tenore leggero; and the best one.

  • @ramirinnn Please notice that I said HIGH LYRIC TENOR which is another way to say leggero. Also notice that we fully agree on the greatest of his gift and I assume his perfection of his art. With Juan Diego we are watching and listening to a singer of true historical importance.

  • Il miglior tenore in attività al momento..

  • @danimartins85 di quale attivitá parla ?spero che non é un segreto ...

  • ES LO MAS

  • Ah, my friends, what a day for celebrating! I shall march under your flags. Love, which has turned my head, from now on is making me into a hero. Ah, what happiness, yes my friends I shall march under your flags. Yes, she for whom I live and breathe has deigned to smile upon my vows. And this sweet hope of happiness has shaken my mind and my heart. Ah, my friends, what a day for celebrating! I shall march under your flags.
  • and... The original? in italian?

  • French.

    Donizetti lived in Paris.

  • esa aria es de elllllll

  • que linda voz!!! todo un orgullo peruano gracias juan! brindo por ti con un buenazo pisco peruano!!

  • First, he sings this aria with great talent and amazing technique. On top of that, he's so cute and sexy... I adore him!

  • @fraisierdesvosges Thumbs up! he's one of the greatest!!!!!

  • @fraisierdesvosges

    Ugh.. women.

  • he does not

  • He makes the salute with left-hand! :)

    Wonderful singing otherwhise.

  • Love it! He can really hit those top notes. The strings a nibble and reponsive also!!! Love it... 4:27 onwards WOW!!!

  • HAHAHAHA... oh you made all states for bass? WOW...

    post a video of yourself, i'm sure there are plently of people out there who would just LOVE to hear you sing this!

    come on man...

  • ur right.....although, u won't be that sarcastic when millions are buying my records. i'll be sure to let u know about that......oh no. u'll already know.

  • I've heard other tenors sing this, and I think, aside from the maestro, Pavarotti, none of them come close to Juan Diego Florez's interpreation. Bravo!

  • who is the conductor?

  • Por empesar florez es tenor lirico!!!,no ligero,no tiene ni el timbre ni el registro de un ligero, kraus era lirico-ligero, una mescla rara,informence bien antes de hablar

  • estas equivocado hermano.....florez es tenor ligero.... lirico ligero era kraus.... un tenor lirico es una tesitura mas pastosa... un ejemplo es pavarotti aunk este tendia a ser un lirico casi lirico ligero........

  • cune2002 tiene razón, j D flores es tenor ligero, el mismo ha dicho, que es esa la razon por la cual el no puede ser el heredero

  • @fabiancamposparedes por su puesto, son 02 voces distintas. juan diego es ligero y pavarotti es dramatico, lo que dijo pavarotti es que le causa admiracion flores.

  • @cjha1978 No tengo ánimos de discutir, pero Pavarotti fue un tenor LÍRICO. Un tenor DRAMÁTICO es mucho más oscuro, como es el caso de Plácido Domingo, no es una voz muy común.

  • @MedievalRodent ...o como la voz de Mario del Monaco!

  • @cjha1978 si Pavarotti era dramatico, entonces porque huia de Otello?...esa obra para dramatico o hendeltenor le afecto las cuerdas vocales!

  • @martindogo mejor di q Florez es Dramatico...y q puede cantar Otello!...FLOREZ NO ES LIRICO

  • @martindogo ...es ligero como su mismo nombre lo dice, porque tiene agilidad vocal y es menos pastosa q la de Kraus.

  • il mondo "dietro una tastiera" fa diventare chiunque grande maestro... qualcuno ha commentato "....povero bambino, voce immatura... insignificante"... jajajajjaajja Secondo me sentiva un'altro... o sarà Sordo?, no, probabilmente non ha idea di quello che dice. NON l'ha mai sentito dal VIVO

  • wow... i am stunned... i guess there are not lots of tenors who can sing this aria?

  • wow well that's true... there are 9 high c's. It just amazes me... :D

  • An exciting performer with great range and excellent voice. Not certain that I can get used to his interpretations but the man does have talent.

  • He is Great!

  • Obviamente Florez aun no logra perfeccion en el canto como Kraus pero esta camino a ello segun opinion de expertos. Hay cosas para corregir pero definitivamente y sin discusion es EL MEJOR TENOR LIGERO DEL MUNDO DESDE HACE VARIOS AÑOS y va camino a ser unos de los mejores de la historia, espero cuide mucho su repertorio y no cante operas q no son para su voz, siguiendo la experiencia profesional de Kraus, por eso canto hasta 2 meses antes de morir.... VIVA EL PERU Y VIVA FLOREZ

  • Totalmente de acuerdo con eso... espero que Florez no equivoque su repertorio como, siendo lo únuico que se le podría criticar- ocurrió algunas ocasiones con Kraus, por ejemplo interpretando a Canio/Pagliaccio

  • si, asi es... a pesar q kraus cuido siempre eso...HASTA LOS GRANDES SE EQUIVOCAN PUES ...saludos

  • asi es

  • Y pensar que quería ser rockero o cantar pop...Por qué siendo un grande aún lo critican? Es un buen Tenor desde lejos, pero si los que critican no cantan ni en la ducha...solo escuchen y aprenda...Viva el Perú!

  • You can always find something to critisize even in all the greats. So? The man is a working, tenor of high caliber. His tech. is wonderful and his natural talent is evident. Jealous much?

  • His a good tenor!!

    Viva el PERU

  • Something more that good !!!!

  • Purists may have some issues to critisize Juan Diego. But remember that even Pavarotti was booed during a performance of Don Carlo, and there were even some people who said Alfredo Kraus did not have a "drama sense" on stage. Well, I am not a purist, and I just thank the Lord for artists like Luciano, Juan Diego, Plácido, Alfredo, Callas, and many others. And having them in the digital sound era is another gift from the Gods that we all mortals should enjoy deeply.

  • @TheEternaut Alfredo has perhaps one of the most beautiful tenor voices to ever grace the stage, sadly I never had the opportunity to see him live, he passed away before I knew of my love of opera - but I frequently look to his past performances for inspiration as I prepare my own opera roles and start my career as a performer. My fach is French Lyric, and his performances of Manon, Werther, Hoffmann, etc... are exquisitie perfection, but he was bel canto first and foremost, and it always showed

  • @TheEternaut Pavarotti was booed?? I don't believe it!

  • @zucchini2007 Many famous singers were booed in Italy, especially at La Scala at one time or another - the audience there can be extremely demanding and perfectionist. In a particular performance Pavarotti cracked on a note. If you want to see a singer today boeed at La Scala search for "Alagna booed at La Scala" - you can decide for yourself if the singer deserved it.

  • Technicians, begone! :-) Just sit back and LISTEN to him! What a joy.

  • a ver si algun dia se anima y canta un poco de rock jaja

  • du vrai nanan!

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  • what do you find bad about his voice?

  • try to sing this aria yourself, then talk

  • no you cant, youre a wannabe who thinks he knows anything about music.

  • BRAVO!! brave tenor he sure is; in the other hand, even if the color of the voice is ligth and metalic, his technique, allows him to perform "high squillo effects"in his high notes. The only thing I don't like, is that he has a "quick vibrato", due to pushing too much; thing that he does not needs.The best tenor pack in the world rigth now!!!!

  • His technique is flawless! He drops his jaw at the right time; he has forward resonance, and good control of his air!!!

    Wow, I'm sooooooooooo mesmerized; it's spellbinding!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Juan Diego u are the best lyric Tenor with ur child voice!! thats the diference betwen PAvarotti and Juan Diego!!...:D

  • The uneducated speak freely of a "Choir Boy" and a "light voice".....DUH!!!! "They open their mouths and bear out their ignorance. The part was written for this vocal quality, dexterity and lightness!!! 9 high "C" moments require that lightness!!! Pavoratti had it until he went to heavier roles!!!! Dudes!!! Listen and learn............

  • Ma non diciamo cretinate. Non e' questione di voce da ragazzo o da uomo,ma di voce adatta più o meno ad un repertorio e al relativo registro. Florez e' un verace, straordinario tenore lirico-leggero, che dovrà attenersi a limitatissime opere, ma nelle quali sa essere mostruoso, mentre Pavartti rimane in assoluto il più grande che ha cantato tutto il possibile (e anche di più). Anche il più grande in un determinato pezzo può perdere il confronto con uno specialista.

  • In quest aria Florez non ha che la voce di un ragazzo, mentre Pavarotti ha la voce di un divo. Le differenze sono molto chiare.

  • TU NON SAI NULLA

  • Nulla? - Pochissimo!

  • sin lugar a dudas es el mejor tenor ligero ke a existido, bravo florez, eres increible

  • a wagnerian tenor would sound very stupid singing a light piece like this!!!! why cant some people give credit where credit is due!!!! i am a light tenor and i sing this aria....can you...fabrizzzio48?

  • Por favor... Decir que no está "sentida" no tiene base ninguna. Flórez además de ser un excelente tenor lírico, conocedor experto de su voz, es un buen "actor" y sabe transmitir sensaciones.

  • En mi impresion.

    Si las articulaciones faciales y el jugueteo de la lirica, le resulta a usted, sentimiento y caracterizacion, es su problema.

    Hay mas que dar, y si el se queda hay, no crece. Esta muy joven todavia, y deve de crecer y madurar. Si, los elogios lo hacen creer que lo que ya hace es suficiente, se quedara si desarrollar a plenitud su potencial como cantante y actor, ya que en la opera, hay que ser los dos.

  • Señor si Ud. estudia o ha estudiado canto sabrá que las articulaciones faciales son parte determinante en la expresividad; además dentro de su esquema de "sentida" que es exactamente lo quiere decir?, es cierto que todos tenemos derecho a una opinión pero, pienso que esta debe tener una base real y clara y no una mera expresión como "poder alguno", ya que para ésto tendria que tener claro lo que es un tenor dramático, spinto, lirico, ligero, etc.

  • depende si se debe hacer las articulaciones....el que lo necesita los hace JDF, las hace antes de cantar, mientras calienta, despues no las necesita, SI NO MIRALO.

  • ....además de saber quien fue Gaetano Donizetti, y sobre que estandar de voces compuso esta magnífica ópera "La hija del Regimiento" (y por ende ésta gran aria) y se dará cuenta del por que Juan Diego Florez es uno de los mejores en la historia en cantarla.

  • WHAT ARE YOU ALL SAYING! He is amazing! Yes, he has a light voice (which you foolishly call a child´s voice) but his technique is unparalled and his high register and voice is the best of all the tenors around at the moment. No current tenor can touch him

  • He is to young and i think he is going to be a great tenor of new age!!!

  • Sexy questo ragazzo!

  • es tan exitante su vozz

  • Lets hear all of you do better!!!! Post your videos plz!!!! Stamina,support and relaxation are hard to perfect in every performance of this aria! When you sing concert after concert, day after day with that pressure then you can comment! Until then shut up! It is easy to pick on those at the top! By the way plz research the term fach...it has some significance to your rambling!

  • dude its because he is leggerio. His vioce is just that light. I agree and do not love his voice but i do not think its somethin that can be fixed. Embrace it as a different quality of tenor.

  • did anyone else notice a shift in the color of his final c at 7:07???-- as he came down from the c and -- and then again at 7:10 as he turned red in the face??? he seemed to have lost breath support under the note and b struggled to finish audibly. i though the aria was beyond fatastic up to this point.

  • Man is this ever slooooooooooooooooooow

  • He's good! Makes it look so effortless. He does look very funny every time he lifts his eyebrows almost into his hairline, =)

  • Seria bueno incluir con el video la ovacion y el saludo del tenor

  • who's the coductor?

  • lavoreano: es "si Tonio ESTUVIERA", no es "ESTARÍA", cultivate y luego critica.

  • Bueno, creo que tenés razón en esa (un detalle menor), pero yo no critiqué a Florez, es un grandísimo tenor, sólo que aprecio más la interpretación de Kraus. Es cuestión de gustos. Saludos.

  • That being said, I think how much he moves is distracting - he needs to relax because it makes it seem like his face and neck are tense.

    Would still pick Pav over anyone else.

  • Prefiero como lo interpreta Kraus, Florez lo hace parecer como si Tonio estaría extasiado, en cambio Kraus lo hace con un increíble brote de alegría.

  • You dork, He's a leggiero tenor, they arent known for their power, but their lightness and agility, as well as their ease of access to their higher registers.

  • Fabrizzio-You also have the right to be as stupid as you wish. Please go on..continue. Entertain us with your stupidity.

  • Fabrizzio-You're entitled to like whomever you want. I have seen Blake on several occasions. In my opinion Blake sounds like a pig's squeal when he reached the top. The timbre of his voice is irritating. I don't hate Domingo. Get over your binary logic if you can help it. I have no respect for his artistic prostitution and debasement of opera.

  • I am reading, and you just told someone they're an asshole for criticizing your opinion and then went ahead and criticized someone else's opinion. This guy must be doing something right because he performed the first encore (with this piece) in 74 years at La Scala and the first in 14 at the Met. Leggiero tenors don't need sheer power. His voice can be heard in the back of even the largest opera houses because of his fantastic placement. His agility is breathtaking.

  • aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaala!

    juan diego te amoooooooooooooo!!!!

    tan beiooooooooo!!!

    odio a Julia!! jajajaaja!

    q se casi conmigooooooooooooooooo!

    sisisisisisi!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Een tenor zonder ballen.

  • he is really phenomenal, everything is great.. from his faultless technique, which allows him to fill the phrases with his amazing musical intelligence to great "acting" for a concert performance!

  • carajoooooooooooooooooooooo

    QUE ORGULLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO­OOOOO

  • el solo hecho de que el timbre de JDF sea especial esta expuesto a criticas ,ya que no estan acostumbrados los expertos a escuchar timbres diferentes ,con propiedads propias ,de nadie mas tiene, aparte de ser clasificado como tenor ligero,tiene una cualidad su voz que la hace ser especial y resalta ante las demas , y no se puede describir con palabras, lo mismo ocurre con la voz de pavarotti ,tiene algo especial y que no cualquier tenor tiene ,aunque sea uno de los grandes

  • Didn´t he ¨feel¨ anything???? What he was suppose to do after your viewpoint? To dance it? He almost did it ! (And this is the only thing I didn´t like it: so many movements)

  • hes kinda sexy too :P

  • Some of popular musicians said that he will be the next generation best tenor and fill up the pavarotti's place. However, unfortunately he has so high tone voice naturally which can't be same as greatest king of tenor ,pavarotti who could sing low to high note fluently

  • Well, it's nice that you know everything about tenors and feel the need to share it.

  • what an amazing voice!

  • I go to Juilliard and I met him walking out of the school area, it tripped me out so much! He's such a nice guy too, and he's about 5'8 if anyone wanted to know!

  • i love this guy...is he married? my o my!

  • OMG...I just read about him...he is the best tenor of the world at the moment!!!And this Donizzetti apparently is impossible to sing though an opera comique...it needs both a great tenot and a coloratura soprano. And for those in love with him, like me hehehe..he will sing at the Metropolitan this May...I'll go and I'll eg for an encore---he broke the rule and did one a few days ago...

    Juan...te quiero!MUA!

  • Juan Diego makes me feel like I'm living in a Golden Age.

  • The conductor is too hyper. El conductor es demasiado hiperactivo.

  • He is moving into Verdi. There's a uTube posting with his Duke sung at Teatro Calloa. He is scheduled to sing that part in Dresden this summer and Madrid next. This is all good.

  • His voice is a lyric, Domingo is a spinto, very different voice type. This is very fine and he sings it tomorrow at the met on a brdcst. and has done it last week with an encore and sang it twice in a row!

  • SUPERB !

  • Voy a traducir la respuesta de hizan06 a una crítica a Juan Diego Florez:

    Estimado tonyantony en el momento desde que el tenor en cuestión, con esta ópera ha obtenido éxito en todos los teatros del mundo (con pedidos de bis), surge una pregunta que me debes ayudar a resolver: o todos los que lo aplauden y le tributan el éxito son incompetentes o tú tienes pedazos de jamón en las orejas.

  • Juan Diego is THE man!

  • Fantastic. C's with super ease and clarity. In many ways his voice reminds me very much of his mentor Palacio, but overall his voice is more pleasing to my ear. And he has a charming air.

  • jajajajajaja me parto

  • porque te partes??????

  • Plácido Domingo dijo hoy: ''Juan Diego es el más grande tenor de todos los tiempos, el máximo de su categoría; no me acuerdo de otro que haya cantado así ese repertorio tan difícil que él interpreta''

  • Gedda isn't dead

  • Caro tonyantony, dal momento che il tenore in questione ottiene, in quest'opera,successi trionfali in tutti i teatri del mondo(con richieste di bis),mi sorge spontaneo un quesito che mi devi aiutare a rislovere. O tutti quelli che lo applaudono e ne tributano il successo sono degli incompetenti oppure tu hai delle sostanziose fette di prosciutto sulle orecchie. A te la risposta. Quanto a Gedda, lasciamo perdere...

  • Good lord, could he be any cuter?!?

  • haha.. well I dont know any 14 year olds that sounds like him..

  • O come on stop comparing!!!! Pavarotti is not better than Florez nor is Florez better than Pavarotti!!! They are both so different how can you compare?? Afterall Pavarotti, Gedda and Kraus are now dead!! As wonderful as they were, they are no more!!! just get over it!!!

  • Gedda is apparently still alive though. ;)