With a very strong 2010 made memorable by RV's remarkable performances at age 50 -superb Des Grieux,Werther,Berlioz' Faust; heroic Giasone in Mayr's Medea; solid Verdi in Don Carlo(s), Attila, Luisa Miller, Rigoletto &Ballo, and global concerts as well - RV seems poised for another decade of continued excellence and dominance. His fiery & gripping G Adorno to start 2011 promises more dramatic Verdi works & verismo balanced by some French & belcanto roles as well.A fine tribute indeed, TY.
Great Video, Ramon Vargas has always been one of my favorite tenors...I recently heard a recording his Werther in San Fran and he sounded glorious. Thanks for the post!
Ramón Vargas truly merits this tribute, as IMHO he is the epitome of an opera professional: a musician who is able to convey the emotions of his characters through his brilliant technical skill and, above all, his evident love of singing. Moreover, he is always eager to tackle new roles that are right for him (e.g., Lensky and Giasone) and even willing to step in and take over roles for indisposed colleagues. You can't ask for much more, other than not to retire before we all see him in person!
@coloraturafan Thank you for your wonderful post! Any other Vargas clips you might run across would be highly appreciated as some of his early performances have disappeared from YouTube.
@XPRT10R While I agree that I like the full-lyric voice with agility, I don't think your comment about "light-caprino-tenorino crap" is really called for. Virginia Zeani once told me that Tito Schipa had the tiniest voice and could be heard beautifully at Verona. I think a little more respect for those who have the courage to get up in front of audiences to perform is warranted.
@Dymension The problem is not the size of the voice. The problem is not casting roles in the proper vocal fach and ascribing them to wrong ones to the detriment of the roles (and of the fachs) themselves.
ANYONE who has the gumption to " to get up in front of audiences" as you say is deserving of everyone's respect. The fault lies in the limited vocal.singing knowledge (and love) of those who hired them.
@XPRT10R By using the term "fach", you are referring to the German classification of roles. To use that as the standard I think is very limiting. In that system, Almaviva, Pinkerton Alfredo, Tonio are all in the same fach, as well as Violetta, Siegliende, and Mimi. I hardly think that is appropriate. When one considers the size of European houses then it could make sense. Furthermore, when Rossini wrote his pieces composers had a different point of reference. It was before Verdi, and Wagne
@Dymension Almaviva was never intended to be a "tenorino" type of role. It only became that 'coz the virtuosity required is usually only provided by those voices. It should indeed be a full-lyric voice, no different than Nemorino, Alfredo, Rodolfo etc with a round warm romantic timbre. And how nice it is hear when someone like Vargas accomplishes the task.
@Dymension It wasn't until Charles Duprez took the high C "from the chest, the so-called Ut de poitrine, and after he had demonstrated his prowess to Rossini, the composer's first act was to look anxiously at the delicate Venetian glass in the room and remark: 'Nothing broken, that's wonderful!'." When asked about the full chested sound, Rossini replied "Very sincerely, what pleases me most about your C is that it is over and that I am no longer in danger of hearing it!".
@Dymension All this is to say that I respect and even like your opinion about Maestro Vargas' performance. He's quite good and I had the pleasure of seeing his Met debut in the 90s. I simply think that tenors like Juan Diego Florez have their place as well and deserve a little more respect. You can "not like" his voice. We are all allowed to like and dislike. Just don't disrespect. Tha's all. I hope you don't take offense as many in this forum do and we can simply agree to disagree.
Creo que es una magnífica recopilación de Ramón, gracias por compartirla, es hermoso escucharlo lo he disfrutado mucho.
Es indiscutible su maestría y me encantó verlo en sus inicios.
Que Dios le conserve su arte
lauritta60 6 months ago
O_o that first clip was out of this world!
ElSalvador50 7 months ago
since I have heard his voice first time he is my favourite tenor
gman20101 7 months ago
Muchas gracias por estos videos, podría escuchar a Ramón todos los días y jamás me enfadaría es interesante ver estas presentaciones inéditas.
tonyrodcas 9 months ago
With a very strong 2010 made memorable by RV's remarkable performances at age 50 -superb Des Grieux,Werther,Berlioz' Faust; heroic Giasone in Mayr's Medea; solid Verdi in Don Carlo(s), Attila, Luisa Miller, Rigoletto &Ballo, and global concerts as well - RV seems poised for another decade of continued excellence and dominance. His fiery & gripping G Adorno to start 2011 promises more dramatic Verdi works & verismo balanced by some French & belcanto roles as well.A fine tribute indeed, TY.
danbar73 1 year ago
The greatest tenor of the last two decades. Thanks for sharing this tribute.
mona0825 1 year ago
Great Video, Ramon Vargas has always been one of my favorite tenors...I recently heard a recording his Werther in San Fran and he sounded glorious. Thanks for the post!
vivadomingo1 1 year ago
Ramón Vargas truly merits this tribute, as IMHO he is the epitome of an opera professional: a musician who is able to convey the emotions of his characters through his brilliant technical skill and, above all, his evident love of singing. Moreover, he is always eager to tackle new roles that are right for him (e.g., Lensky and Giasone) and even willing to step in and take over roles for indisposed colleagues. You can't ask for much more, other than not to retire before we all see him in person!
lyrictenorfan 1 year ago 6
@coloraturafan Thank you for your wonderful post! Any other Vargas clips you might run across would be highly appreciated as some of his early performances have disappeared from YouTube.
lyrictenorfan 1 year ago
GRANDE VARGAS!!! A TRUE EXAMPLE OF A REAL TENOR!!!
fabiantenor 1 year ago
Excelente tributo a un gran tenor lirico !!!
roddavids 1 year ago
Lucia, Due Foscari, Attila the highlights here for me. Always loved his Rossini but his Verdi is wonderful. thanks for this!
bbbartolo 1 year ago
Lucia, Due Foscari, Attila the highlights here for me. Always loved his Rossini but his Verdi is wonderful. thanks for thisk!
bbbartolo 1 year ago
Now that's a REAL Almaviva. A true full-lyric voice WITH agility. None of that light-caprino-tenorino crap we hear so much of these days! JDF docet
XPRT10R 1 year ago
@XPRT10R 100% agree!!!!
fabiantenor 1 year ago
@XPRT10R While I agree that I like the full-lyric voice with agility, I don't think your comment about "light-caprino-tenorino crap" is really called for. Virginia Zeani once told me that Tito Schipa had the tiniest voice and could be heard beautifully at Verona. I think a little more respect for those who have the courage to get up in front of audiences to perform is warranted.
Dymension 1 year ago
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XPRT10R 1 year ago
@Dymension The problem is not the size of the voice. The problem is not casting roles in the proper vocal fach and ascribing them to wrong ones to the detriment of the roles (and of the fachs) themselves.
ANYONE who has the gumption to " to get up in front of audiences" as you say is deserving of everyone's respect. The fault lies in the limited vocal.singing knowledge (and love) of those who hired them.
XPRT10R 1 year ago
@XPRT10R By using the term "fach", you are referring to the German classification of roles. To use that as the standard I think is very limiting. In that system, Almaviva, Pinkerton Alfredo, Tonio are all in the same fach, as well as Violetta, Siegliende, and Mimi. I hardly think that is appropriate. When one considers the size of European houses then it could make sense. Furthermore, when Rossini wrote his pieces composers had a different point of reference. It was before Verdi, and Wagne
Dymension 1 year ago
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@Dymension Almaviva was never intended to be a "tenorino" type of role. It only became that 'coz the virtuosity required is usually only provided by those voices. It should indeed be a full-lyric voice, no different than Nemorino, Alfredo, Rodolfo etc with a round warm romantic timbre. And how nice it is hear when someone like Vargas accomplishes the task.
XPRT10R 1 year ago
@Dymension It wasn't until Charles Duprez took the high C "from the chest, the so-called Ut de poitrine, and after he had demonstrated his prowess to Rossini, the composer's first act was to look anxiously at the delicate Venetian glass in the room and remark: 'Nothing broken, that's wonderful!'." When asked about the full chested sound, Rossini replied "Very sincerely, what pleases me most about your C is that it is over and that I am no longer in danger of hearing it!".
Dymension 1 year ago
@Dymension All this is to say that I respect and even like your opinion about Maestro Vargas' performance. He's quite good and I had the pleasure of seeing his Met debut in the 90s. I simply think that tenors like Juan Diego Florez have their place as well and deserve a little more respect. You can "not like" his voice. We are all allowed to like and dislike. Just don't disrespect. Tha's all. I hope you don't take offense as many in this forum do and we can simply agree to disagree.
Dymension 1 year ago