PERLE NERE Heppner crack and Domingo fix (Samson et Dalila, Paris 2011)

[xkyousukex]

UGHHH. No. It's like... I mean... Placido used as an AID BAND!?!?!?! GOD IN HEAVEN that is an INSULT!!! Even the change is obvious!!!!!! This made me angry beyond limits.

[jackroks]

I don't think there's anything with laughing about it. It's happened to me in performance before and I laughed then, as did everyone else on stage! It's not a bitchy thing, it just sounds amusing. It's true, it can happen to anyone and it happens to the Domingos of this world so I'm certainly not ashamed when it happens to me!

[Historicaltenors]

Afro Poli do not mind the idiots who accept cracking as normal. It is not. In Paris, in the older time, the audience in Paris who have booed him after that crack instead of applauding him like cretins they are. In Marseille in the older time, he would have been pelted with vegetables. If he was sick, he should not have sung. Heppner as Tristan was also a monster cracker as Tristan. Boo Heppner.

[cevicentevideos]

And for the record, Placido has cracked EXACTLY at the same spot in a performance at the met that was being televised live. I was there. I saw it. They also fixed that one when they released the DVD. Do I think less of that AMAZING singer and musician? NO!!!

[cevicentevideos]

It is asinine to think that opera singers don't crack. Everybody does, and you students and frustrated voice teachers who think you can criticize any of the people who are onstage of the great opera houses in the world today as idiots. If you think they suck, just imagine what they would think if they heard you!!!!

[Spudboy41]

lol bouhhh FM !

[MrPedrogranados]

La voz la emiten las cuerdas vocales gracias al aire pasa por ellas, hasta aqui esta claro??ok..en cualquier momento de nuestro dia a dia pasan muchas cosas ademas de aire, saliva, moco, y hasta trocitos de comida ingerida con anterioridad, el cuerpo es caprichoso y hace lo hace cuando le da la gana y no podemos hacer nada por remediarlo, en todo momento de la actuación los cantantes estamos en un hilo peligroso de que cualquier cosa asi nos pase y estropea la actuacion. a mi me ha pasado.

[acitipo]

Pero que cojudos, como se ve que no saben de canto, basta que un "moco" se pase por alli y estamos perdidos!!!

[violetavalery]

I don't think it's fair to laugh at a singer's cracking a high note. It happens to good singers, it's no big deal, anyone can have an accident caused by a phlegm. I think it's infantile to be laughing or even posting a youtube link on a profesional singer's accident. Deep down it conceals some kind of envy for opera singers, so you're looking for the mistake that makes that person flawed.

[hiyadroogs]

@VivaRenata Anyone can catch a 'frog' in their throat no matter how good the technique. Those who have never cracked on stage have just been lucky enough to have only cracked in practice - so far. The vocal cords are lubricated by a thin layer of mucus along the vibrating edges. Sometimes if a singer is fractionally dehydrated, the mucus forms a fleck of jelly which momentarily prevents the cords phonating. No amount of technique can prevent it or disguise it when it happens.

[Torquemada0]

This is pure circus! BUT A BAD ONE

[federic017]

Il guaio è che dopo i Sansone di Vinay, Del Monaco, Vickers e Cossutta solo in parte Domingo è riuscito a non far cadere il personaggio...gli altri autentiche Capre...Saluti

[stirling1950]

They did the same with Jon Vickers in Norma from Orange, the last few notes of the cabaletta was cut and Domingo inserted. Ironic really as Domingo had problems in Norma himself.

[MCHEATH]

To be honest yes he does crack initially but regains the note creditably

[trudbol]

You can hear someone gasping right when Heppner starts forcing his note. I too felt pain for him, he must have damaged his vocal chords, screaming like this. Impressive.

[MrDavidzza]

Al mejor tenor heroico del mundo también se le puede agrietar una nota...

[coryisawake]

Very ironic since the exact same thing happened when Domingo cracked that exact same note during a Live from the Met performance. When it was re-aired on PBS 4-5 days later, they'd subbed in a palatable note to replace the terrible crack.

[305sjaak]

Fixing a crack with Domingo... how ironic

[jaketaz]

@305sjaak

Hahaha... oh wow. Burn. I just played this on my little piano app on my phone - it's only a B flat. Domingo had those (usually).

[aaronsande]

You know, their voices are kinda similar. It was a nice try. But Heppner WISHES he sounded that good on the high notes, LOLZ

[aaronsande]

@VivaRenata He was dead even on the way to the high note, before he even changed vowels! LOL But good analysis.

[Catotandin]

How ignorant must this people of france musique be, even if someone doesn't recognize Domingo -although Domingo has a very recognizable voice- you can clearly hear that this can't be Heppner singing. What a bunch of idiots!

[Pawelp]

Pathetic...



[GERMANYFrankie]

Heppner kämpft wohl seit längeren mit Stimmproblemen, genau wie Kaufmann!

Es wird nicht ausbleiben,daß solche Sänger dann für immer von der Bildfläche verschwinden,da die angewendete Technik, ein absoluter "Renner" in puncto Kurzlebigkeit ist!Traurig aber wahr. Seit Fritz Wunderlich gibt es keinen ertklassigen Tenor mehr in Deutschland.Das wird auch so bleiben,so lange man junge Talente verschmäht und stattdessen dem schwulen Gedudel,gleisnerischer Schmierhaarschönlinge und -komödianten fröhnt!

[aeru9]

@GERMANYFrankie Ich wüsst enicht, wieso Kaufmann mit Stimmproblemen kämpfen soll... Der singt nun schon eine Weile so, ohne dass die Stimme zerstört ist (im Gegensatz zu Heppner, der erst seit ca. 5 Jahren so klingt). Kaufmann klingt schon seit ca. 10 Jahren zu/so dunkel, dass heisst aber immer noch nicht, dass er Stimmprobleme hat. Das ist genauso dumm, wie wenn man Kaufmann knödeln vorwirft. Wottrich, der knödelt, Kaufmann singt. Und "schwules Gedudel" trifft wohl so gar nicht auf Kaufmann zu!

[signorinissimo]

Boo Heppner, Even without the crack he is terrible