Richard Margison sings Enzo Grimaldo

[harbourartman]

I think people are such jerks and jealous "know it all's".. Richard really made his mark and sang so many memorable exciting performances in top theatres around the world. This is a great a performance of this aria and in the house was for sure thrilling. you guys who are unsupportive. morons.

[dziady1]

It is rather sad

[Webarton]

@Turridu25 lol, that sucks royally hahaha.



[hswatnik]

solid- workmanlike

[cantanteporsiempre]

no entiendo ke tiene ke ver este tenor con Bonisoli? Porque me mandaron este link?

[Los3JInetes]

Con todos los españoles que hay con mejor voz que este señor...que le dejen en su tierra coño!

[redlaxmi]

I'm sorry, his Italian diction is just horrendous.

[rosetheatre]

Richard sung in Kitchener ON Canada tonight and was amazing! He sounds exactly like his recordings.

BRAVO!

[revivaljesus]

No legato or lyricism whatsoever. Non-stop pushing and shouting.

The supposed mood for this aria is nowhere to be found.

[cjondoran]

season 6 FINALE of the shield, starring rick margison..oops, mike chicklis.

[MrCafiero]

Great instrument, but he sings very muscled and under a high amount of excessive pressure. The last high note really shows it.

[cuoredoro1]

Please..Next tenor..

[FNouvionGrandiTenori]

Surpassed luciano? the voice is there but the line not. Where is the legato? Beauty of line?

Pity

[Calamity101]

Richard Margison has surpassed the likes of Luciano. He has an excellent quality to his voice that will last for a very long time, he will never go "down the drain".

[paddaman1]

whatever, you clearly know nothing about voice. .... he is on way out already!

[Agorante]

By the time Caruso was Margison's age he too was on the way out. He'd been dead for six years. Bjoerling had been dead for five. Corelli had been retired for four. Lanza had been dead for twenty years.

None of us you say knows anything about voice but many of us can count.

[jayboytheplayboy]

If his career was going 'down the drain,' it should have happened some twenty-years ago. Margison has had a long and successful opera career singing leading roles in every major opera house in the world. When you hear him live you have a greater appreciation of the ringing quality of his voice.

[TheInquisitive4Ever]

Well..think positive people. If his singing career goes down the drain (and it will, most likely), he can find employment as a bouncer, wrestler, or play "the scary guy" in a B movie. His singing is HORRIBLE!

[operacaster]

calaf's right. it's wide open and strained and no line or legato. if he were a hunk it would still be that way. people, listen with your ears not eyes God bless richard, but i wish he'd take some lessons or find new teacher. the guy who said he didn't find his voice to be all that big or loud you're wrong. much louder than pavarotti or domingo. just not much color and high notes don't soar and are pushed. i've sung with him, in fact this opera, and it's very loud. that comment is wrong

[Agorante]

Yes indeedy. Its a really big voice in the theater. Twice the size of Pavarotti's voice on the top. Of course Pavarotti's voice has its registers better integrated and more lilt. But Pavarotti couldn't match Margison for ring or squillo.

[cjondoran]

margison has no top, no ring because he has no tech. trust me.

[Agorante]

Excuse me but exactly why should anyone trust you?

[cjondoran]

Because all of his teachers on Vancouver island know nothing about the voice. i know all of his teachers. However, you dont have to trust me, just listen to pavarotti, bjoerlig, or corelli sing this and trust your own ears. The greats can sing forte, pianissimo and follow any of the composers orders. We can go into the vocal mechanism if you want so i can explain, to you, in greater detail as to why he is singing incorrectly.

[paddaman1]

Cant you hear that he has got a wobble on the top already? Too much weight on the voice, he sings way too heavy.

[Agorante]

No. I don't hear that as a wobble. Already implies that he is a newbie. Hardly.

Corelli or Vickers had big voices from day one. They struggled of course to bring those big voices under control. Margison started as a light lyric who then pushed his voice and added weight. Good for him. We need big robust tenor voices. The only major tenors today in that fach are maybe Cura or Heppner. There have never been enough big tenors.

[rosetheatre]

good for you - Margison rocks!

[vickersman]

Do you remember Paul Frey? another Canadian heldontenor, who sang almost exclusively the heavier Wagner roles?Not much available material on You Tube if any.I'll have to check again after posting this.Bravo Richard-fine singing!

[Agorante]

No, I'm embarassed to say, I've never heard Frey live or recorded. I've often wondered what he sounded like. You have inspired me to seek out any of his videos or CDs. If I find anyhing good I'll post it on YouTube. I didn't know he was Canadian.

BTW I recently posted Vickers sing Rinuccio's aria from Gianni Schichi.

[Agorante]

@Agorante I have since rented the paul Frey Lohengin DVD. He had an excellent voice but was quite stiff on stage. He looked fine but was wooden.

[Webarton]

By the way, Cura's singing is a joke.

[Webarton]

Wow finally a comment that actually makes sense.

[cjondoran]

you are totally correct. he is a true lyric tenor. the problem is that he looks more like a heroic tenor. he would have a hard time being believable as a romeo, duke or werther, so he changed his voice to match his body, rather than the other way around. This is why he sings AIDA, Manrico and other Verismo. Unfortunately, you cant change the voice, but you can ruin it. So when he goes back to Ponchielli, he cant sing lyric. he is just blown out.

[Samurai9]

I saw Margison and Eaglen in Turandot at the Met and did not find either voice to be especially large or interesting.

[buckinbull]

in a live performance his voice is weak vie seen him twice at the met. Disappointing.

[ilbacioditosca]

you can sing like that in Cavalleria, Pagliacci but this is Bel Canto asn should be sung with more line.He sound a lighter voice into the spinto forcing and of course he can sing it but the result is out of style.

[TOMMUC1]

My hat is off to ANYBODY who can get through this- the (optional) B-flat at the end is one of the highest B-flats in the standard literature.

[2ManyHighCs]

BRAVO !!! Amazingly sung !

[ariodante76]

This is a difficult aria to sing. I agree that he is pushing, but I wonder how much of the comments are because of his appearance. Would the reviews be more generous if he was some ravishing hunk?

[1calaf]

Is he pushing...yes big time! No legato and the passagio is wide open!

[coloraturafan]

I don't think he is that bad here. I think the fact that he is still singing most of the major tenor roles in the major houses is due to the total shortage of solid tenors. I think he pushes his voice her a little hard, he probably would have been better off singing roles that were a tad lighter. Good job anyway!

[uncharteredterritory]

I am reading a virtual gambit of comments related to Margison's voice and technique. It is unfair to judge someone's vocal abilities based on one performance. This being the first time I have paid any attention to Margison sing I will not partake in the verbal dosey-do! I will say that there are moments of brilliance in his voice and there are moments of tension. I would prefer to hear a better grasp of negotiaing the passagio, but kudos to Margison in any event

[tdeane34]

I've heard him live. In Turandot at the Met probably 10 years ago. It was terrible! No metal, no focus, no high notes, poor legato. Same here.

[vickersman]

and when he had a much, much lighter voice.

[btsg]

he is shouting in a way and very open on the passage notes.how can you have smooth,love song style when you are doing this kind of vocal production? you cannot.overblowing the cords to the point where there is no resonance, just a gritty tone.this is not beautiful or sensual,thrilling or compelling,it is torturous.

[juadan]

I like this performance of Cielo e mar very much.  I'ts not as sweet as Pavarotti's, nor as rich as Corelli's, but it is a good, solid performance.

[livius]

I find he has a wonderful voice, brilliant and strong. Just one thing I would like to ask to those who know of singing technique: is he wasting a lot of air when he sings? It seems so sometimes, doesn't it?

[jayboytheplayboy]

The mixture of breath in the voice during fonation is part of the vocal support and not to be confused with 'breathiness' which results in lack of support. Margison is a remarkable talent and still has a great voice after all these years; a tribute to his fine technique. Well over a decade of singing at the Met is proof of that.

[DIVOTENOR]

I like his voice its the first time Ive heard him.

[cucuchi1]

Great! more Margison please!

[drewski67]

I agree with the covering issue. But even more so, what a terrible actor... "OK, next phrase, move to stairs, sit down" Ugh. And BeauTenor, I agree with you, Farina is horrendous. I just saw him in Cavalleria and he barely made it through. What a pity.

[singingdonkey]

this aria does not need to be sung flat out at all times,otherwise there is no crescendo left fo the finale.Listen to Gigli or Bjorling and youll see or hear whatI mean.My mother had a saying that seems to cover my feeling about this,it was "some people would clap if their grannie's arse caught fire"

[BeauTenor]

hehe....arligabla, you know nothing about this man do you? He's been around for a LONG time...probably 20 years by now. He's had a GREAT career, and this is a really great voice. He's one of the few tenors around that can sing heavier italian repertoire WELL. if you want awful, see Franco Farina. Then this voice will look a lot better to you.

[arligabla]

yes he needs to cover his middle and top notes, or else his career will be short.

[Samurai9]

I think he needs to cover his high notes a bit more, focus the tone a bit more in the mask (more nasal resonance), and apply more breath support to reduce the incipient wobble on top notes.  I agree with those who note a lack of style, phrasing, and expression.

[Toscarpia]

Great ? Excuse me : no style, no musicality, absolutely no nuances, not an italian sounding voice, no seduction (neither physical nor vocal). Canada deserves better, and so does Ponchielli ! Did Mr Vickers never record this aria ? I hope so...

[vickersman]

yes

[BeauTenor]

the top, well, he's so spinto he's almost a heldentenor....i think he's great. heavier voices always seem to wobble sooner...

[StuartHamilton]

This was great singing. Yes, the top is strenuous, but that's what spinto is all about. More Margison, please.

[vickersman]

look, you are just starting out-I heard some of you on youtube and there is promiss-but I wouldn't go around making remarks about Margison's technique, until you have mastered your own.Your 'every valley was a mess-listen to Vickers on the Sir Thoams Beacham recording.

[oleganna]

Absolutely agree with you StuartHamilton.

[tenorrman]

Great to finally have a posting of Richard-another great Canadian tenor.I can't figure out his technique at all.I think he is what can be called, just a natural singer. But he does seem to effort with the top, which although placed, seems wobbly and insecure.No problem with the audience's reception though.Picky points but any comments?