Ah, mes amis - Fille Contest - Rockwell Blake

[hchristopher1]

Like it matters if he is gay? A GAY OPERA SINGER? OMG, how odd! As for his singing, there is a great deal of it that is quite good. God, youtube has turned into a cesspool for bitter, bitchy opera queens. I feel dirty after having ready 90 percent of the "comments".

[DigaoHagar]

He´s GAY I bet on it hahaha

But he sings very well

Cheers!!!

[erstelage]

Wow. Those are some ringing, brilliant C's. And how many tenors do "Militaire...et...Maaaaari" voicing every consonant and vowel. It's totally unnecessary. And totally badass!

[cogitoergoboh]

ma sta cantando o si sta facendo la barba a casa.?? non sembra neppure un rude soldato ......

[pagerbear]

There are several videos of RB singing this aria on YouTube, and I don't think this is his best performance.

I notice you posted these in 2007--was Lawrence Brownlee on the scene much then? He certainly deserves to be counted among the selection you have here, if there are videos available.

[flaze3]

good top cs. but I don't know why he sometimes drags his jaw down on a note--making it sound darker is not neccessarily better.

The only times Bjorling did that was to go from up high to right down... not on the same note :p

[ioSonoCallas]

Stiff, snob and sometimes he sings like a goat! I don't like!

[Espirtades]

If something did not have M.Calas it was a beauty in his voice and if she had something there was precisely haughty in his person.

She sings like a goat!.

[ioSonoCallas]

Why make you the comparison of my comment with the voice of Maria Callas? I admit that I was a little bit nasty with R.Blake, naturally he has a lot of talent and a very great presence on stage, his voice is very beautiful but I do not like her technique! I had the pleasure and the honor to speak to him more than 20 years ago, it's a charming man is very pleasant.

Sorry if I shocked you. I hope that you will forgive me :-)

[Espirtades]

All correct.- Thank you.

[luciano1935]

sólo preguntaré...

él es gay?

sabe medir?

alguien le ha dicho que el último pseudo-arreglo se oye espantoso??

si alguien me lo responde estaré agradecido

[Espirtades]

No es casual que los seguidores más fanáticos y viles, curiosamente no viriles, de cierto cantante, carente en su voz precisamente de hombría por la falta de coloraturas, medios tonos/fortes en todas, todas, todas sus interpretaciones, fraseos cortos y trampeados, que suprime frases/tempos para poder respirar tranquilo y dar los agudos, que solo tiene dulzura, CANTÁNDOLO TODO IGUAL eso sí dulce dulce muy dulce, pero no es casual.

[asisecanta]

5/5

terrific

amazing

wow

[ivancin25]

jJAJAJAJ vlake desafina?? ese si es un buen chiste este es el que marcó el canto rosiniano si blake no hubiera existido juan diego no hubiera aprendido a cantar rosinni

[Nater389]

It's funny, none of these people compare to Pavarotti's early performances of this song. No one holds 9 second high C's in the list you've compiled.

[peduzzi89]

At first his voice sounded very unappealing although I think most of it is because one could probably walk back and forth through his vibrato. Otherwise very nice voice. 4/5

[benanescas]

orrima prestazione, tenere lo squillo nei tre passaggi finali non è cosa facile. 5/5

[OperaticVoice]

feminine voice, out of tune, bad voice.

[hotelvillaexc]

Si este hombre desafina, yo soy el Papa de Roma.

[GermanOperaSinger]

4/4

He is a good singer, but his voice I find upleasant at times.

[luiggielonvardi]

sin exajerar lo mejor que a pasado por el mundo , cantando la hija del regimiento el mejor en pronunciacion, fraseo, y tecnica vocal

[LICORNE31]

5/5

[PakoChile]

The thing is... he is an AMAZING singer but this is not the best repertoire for him. Just listen him doing Rossini... things like Otello, Armida or Donna del Lago are just unbelievable in his voice.

[ivancin25]

para que sepan este hombre canta mas alto que pavarotti. lo que pasa es que blake no tiene bella voz pero tecnica. le sobra.. imaginense que el vlvio los ojos a rossini y juan diego florez sabe suqe debe tener el registro mas alto posible.. ligero y con sobreaguidos..

[acitipo]

veo que acusa un tremolo pesado, en los agudos, es peligroso, incluso desafina, su timbre, no me gusta prefiero mil veces a Luciano.

[kateholli]

sorry; he's pathetic! hitting the c's is just not enough... 2/2

[lucijaques]

楼下的，有本事你来唱一段啊？

[TheInquisitive]

I am sorry but he's horrible. He sounds like a pig squeal. Snging a high note is not about screaming and ripping throught it. I won't hold is lack of basic french pronounciation against him though :-) The final note is perfectly wrong by the way. Stick to the score please!

[ares7768]

nice opera, shame about the aria. horrible timbre!

[bredic01]

es una clase cuando canta este hombre de la puta madre

[LucianoKraCore]

3/3

[TenorDiva86]

he acts like such a fag in this role. And his diction sometimes sounds completely different that the others we've heard. I wonder who is wrong?

[mxwhisper]

Well, thats charming I must say................a fag. You might actually like to keep your boring comments to yourself or stay in the closet, you reside.

[Operaphile]

4/4. Yes, his voice is the Rochefort cheese of opera - a very acquired tatse. I like it and I like him. His fach fits this role, he acts it well, and his top Cs are stunning. Not the best though, that can only fall to two men - Pavarotti, King of the Top Cs, and Florez, King of the Top Ds!

[torreshristoff]

high D's, i guess you should better listen to Tanner knight in order to listen a High D, Flores don't sing High D's But C's. Personally I don t like Knight in doing so I prefer the natural version of this aria.

[Operaphile]

No not in this aria! On his Rossini disc he does, and in Pesaro this year he did. On his latest disc, Arias for Rubini, he sings too many to count! I do have a recording on Mattuezzi singing a top F at the end of this aria though...

[tehen162]

Mannered, irritating timbre IMO, 3/4

[dutchtallguy]

The perfect Rossini tenor. He sounds like a fisch in the water in this Donizetti repertoire too. His voice sounds very small in the couplet, though his high C's are shining. 4/4

[puxex]

no se porque tiene esa pesima mania de acelerar los tiempos, seria mucho mejor si los respetara, por lo demas, es uno de mis favoritos, facilidad para agudos y un timbre raro, no muy agradable. hay que acostumbrarse a escucharlo.

[spgtenor]

Of this group, Rocky is probably the best for this aria, then Kraus. Rocky's legato and ability to sing top C's with ease, elegance and strength remains unrivaled.

[rawdonqueen]

He seems in better form than he does in the shorter clip. 4.4/4.5

[cucuchi1]

4/4

[lynouzo]

catastrophique et prétentieux

[udilio]

??????????

[ck8289]

5/4

[sevoflurane]

What this man has achieved in Belcanto is unbelievable! I have always found his singing intoxicating! In a concert version from the early 80s he even interpolated a D in the cadenza lol 5/5

[BeauTenor]

Love him or hate him (and there are many on both sides), you can't deny that the man had technique to BURN; especially in Rossini, which is where I like him best. He also could hold notes so long you thought his eyes would cross from lack of oxygen. Incredible singer. 4.5/4.5

[fof1978]

Not my kind of tenor.

3/2.5

[lasultanica]

BRAVO ROCKY ! ! !

[RossiniSoprano]

Yes, love him! The Cs are just nothing to him, like an F or G for anybody else. They have the same color and body as the rest of the voice.