Korngold - Die tote Stadt - O Freund, ich werde sie...

[MidSummerOpera]

this is AMAZING!

[onnosel]

thanks to Leonora for the German lyrics, I'll get to work with my dictionary and translate. I get the general gist but that's not good enough!

[1Hosea]

Beautiful

[onnosel]

Can anyone please give me the lyrics, either in German or English?

It's so beautiful. Thanks.

[Leonora48]

O Freund, ich werde sie nicht wiedersehn. Ein Traum hat mir den Traum zerstört, ein Traum der bittren Wirklichkeit den Traum der Phantasie. Die Toten schicken solche Träume, wenn wir zu viel mit und in ihnen leben. Wie weit soll unsre Trauer gehn, wie weit darf sie es, ohn’ uns zu entwurzeln? Schmerzlicher Zwiespalt des Gefühls! . . . Glück das mir verblieb’, lebe wohl mein treues Lieb Leben trennt vom Tod, grausam Machtgebot, Harre mein in lichter Höhn, hier gibt es kein Auferstehn.

[Tristanwille]

@Leonora48

Danke shoen.

[TheBlizzardcat]

Yes, Pavarotti sang in bel canto style, Germanic harsh to ear in few ways....

[Gertraute]

Wunderschön!

Danke, Siegfried Jerusamlem.

[marlyharris]

Cavaradossi10 and datb306, thank you, you've provided the technical details and I do appreciate them. I cannot imagine a better evaluation than, "flawed, but simply wonderful." The emotional force of Jerusalem's singing has always overridden any quibbles that I may have had with his vocal production. In addition, he was such an attractive and sexy man.

[8AHdl]

...perfekte Stimmführung!

[OchsaufLerchenau]

wie bitte? hast nicht hingehört?

[Cavaradossi10]

Thank you so much for this - I heard it many years ago and it is so good to hear it again. Siggy was so wonderful live - yes too open and technically flawed sometimes but that timbre remains one of the most appealing in that repertoire in the post-war period. Not as naturally gifted as Wunderlich or as 'clever' as Windgassen, but terrific all the same. I recommend his Tamino with Haitink.

[datb306]

The voice is far from perfect, but the idiosyncrasies--the hint of a bleat, the slight lisp, the musky tone that betrays that SJ was a pretty heavy smoker--all have a visceral effect. He's flawed, but simply wonderful.

[WhiteProfondo]

Thats your opinion... I love that voice; better than Pavarottis goat-voice and vibrato. Peter Seiffert and Rudolf Schock for me are the greatest tenors...

[MisterSoprano]

OMG, how can you even try to compare Jerusalem, Seiffert, Schock with Pavarotti - they have totally different voice from Pavarotti. Let beside he's Italian and they are not, but they were/are into germanic repertoire and he was never... They were all very good tenors (all 4 I mean), but I different roles...

[jschultz4]

I think his voice is a bit light for this role.

[hightenor123]

He sang Tristan and Siegfried, the latter at the met. when I heard him live, he stuck me to the back wall.

[puppetoz]

No its not.

[castodivo]

I know what you mean. It does sound that way. I think he just has one of these voices that doesn't record well. His voice has that forward, masky quality that would carry very well in a house, but when recorded, the real greatness of the voice just doesn't capture.

[volkerysilvia]

@castodivo Listen to his Strauss Orchestral Songs, and you'll change your mind.

[raymond20064]

Wonderful rendition of this finale - many thanks Severolus.

This would appear to be taken from a recital ?

I would love to see SJ in a complete performance of this opera.

This singer has everything !