ROCKWELL BLAKE - aria from Il Barbiere di Siviglia

[tenordramaticitm2]

Great Maestro R.B!

[signorinaermione]

Sorry... I've posted by mistake: It's a reponse to watchstone

[belcantomania]

il più grande rossiniano dopo i primi interpreti delle opere rossiniane.

[armidalicorne]

Estoy totalmente de acuerdo contigo !! El mas grande rossiniano despues de los primeros interpretes para los cuales Rossini escribio sus obras . Por ejemplo el tenor Gianni DAVIDE. Blake canta muchisimas veces la partitura escrita por Rossini para DAVIDE.

Gracias por reconocer el inmenso merito de R. Blake

[LimSlayer]

no me gusta blake es muy debil parece mas para mozart

juan diego es lo maximo blake es historia

[signorinaermione]

De gustibus non disputandum est. Si te gusta mas Florez, bien. BUT Blake sings ALL notes Rossini wrote, Florez no.....

[operafa]

historia! ma che bella storia.

[ideiao]

Are you sure?what makes the present better is the historia.

[armidalicorne]

Por favor, me muero de risa !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! que es muy debil !! jajaj tu lo has oido al vivo ? Pues si no has tenido esta suerte, no digas nada, acaray jajaj !! yo lo he oido muchisimas veces, y puedo hablar con experiencia.. Un saludo!

[fabiantenor]

Me RE-MUERO de la risa armida!!! Blake es Tristan al lado de Juan Diego, sin restarle su merito, pero al Cesar lo que es del Cesar!!!

[armidalicorne]

Ah !! Fabian ! suerte que confirmas lo dicho !! Ya puedes re-morirte de risa !! Te das cuenta de lo que tiene una que leer en estos lares !! jPor favor no se si la persona que ha escrito de que el Maestro es muy debil, conoce alguna cosilla sobre la lirica..

[watchstone]

His coloratura is choppy - a glottal colortura rather than a diaphramatic one which is smoother

[rosetheatre]

What ? that is what makes it better than the rest. Try it ~ legato is easy .....Rocky lets you hear every note

[signorinaermione]

What????? I've a idea of vocal tecnhic and of human diafragm so different.....

[cuckthefardinals]

He is aspirating these melismas, which is considered to be the most accurate interpretation of this music. While many great singers may sing this music with a more legato coloratura, this aspirating is the way the true bel canto singers do it. And it is much more difficult!!! Trust me, I am a very young studying bel canto tenor who learned Ecco ridente a while back with legato melismas, and now my teacher is working on this aspirating with me. It is this singing in which you hear EVERY note!!

[cuckthefardinals]

It is quite an amazing feat, and Blake deserves his title of most technically accurate singer around. Also listen to Cecilia Bartoli for a similar use of aspiration.

[Honken]

Couldn't agree more! :)

[bjorlingopera]

He is actually singing with legato articulation, it's just that the notes are very, very clear. An aspirated articulation would be "ha ha ha ha," - more like Florez or Araiza - but notice he doesn't insert the h's before each note. The legato, connected articulation Rocky performs is much more difficult to execute, while actually the "ha ha" aspirated approach is easier, although not as vocally healthy because it disrupts the constant air flow. Rocky keeps his voice efficiently connected.

[cuckthefardinals]

Hmm yes ok... So how is legato articulation different than just singing these melismas as legato, because there certainly is a degree of separation here, although I do certainly agree its not like JDF of Araiza... Do you have a vague idea of how this is approached? I am going to ask my teacher about this as well, because my goal is to sing melismas in the way Rocky does. It is far and away the most accurate and I love it :-)..

[Tristiano]

Yes thats quite accurate. It's all legato articulation and all the notes are very very clear. All this good singing very satisfying to hear.. And contrary to many people who believe the h's and aspirations are an improvement in the coloratura repetoire.

[signorinaermione]

My first Cessa di più resistere!! This video changed my live... I love this.

Please, read the Rossini's Score: nobody sing ALL the notes as Rocky (over all "di tanta cruuuuudeeltà")....

[rosetheatre]

I cannot believe what I am reading! People....do you not understand that when we leave this earth, our stupid comments will not matter..? Rockwell is amazing and Juan Diego is very good also. THE END! Enjoy and wath adn listen. If you don't like the video...don't watch. There are many others. The long and short is... who has ever achieved Rockwell's acomplishments? Just enjoy

[DessayBestSinger]

Totally agree with you!

[WWWjuandiegoflorezIT]

GRANDE!!!! GRANDE!!!! GRANDE!!!!! No one like him! I love his technique and his voice!!! But please this comparison with Juan Diego has become really boring!

[rosetheatre]

This man is the KING! No-one before or after him is his equal. Un~fringin`believable........ WOW!

[mrrk]

God such an ugly voice, he cant hold candle to Florez, and dont forget what a great Rossini tenor Frank Lapadro was.

[sevoflurane]

Why do you mention Florez? He has a different type of voice to start with, and vocally he is much inferior. He cannot sing the original second aria in L'Italiana for example and has to use the alternative easy version.

[WWWjuandiegoflorezIT]

That's absolutely not true!!! In his first solo recorded cd (Rossini Arias) he has recorded the second aria and he sings it divinely! Please don't write such stupid things about him if you don't know things! And don't believe that "Ah come il cor di giubilo" is so easy!

[sevoflurane]

I am not talking about recorded arias. In studio it is easy to patch up. I am talking about the whole performance on stage. And please do not be rude!

[WWWjuandiegoflorezIT]

Be quiet! He sung this aria on stage...if you wanna listen to I will send you it!

[sevoflurane]

I asked you not to be rude. Your arguments do not improve by being rude. Send me a message with the details of the performance and then we shall have a discussion.

[EduardG1976]

Obviusly you are one so called "critics" who cant even sing "Happy Birthday" correctly... You cant even imagine how difficult these arias are.. These is the best rossinian tenor recognized by everyone who knows something of opera...

[mrrk]

Please, this guys sounds like a nanny-goat. Yukkk.

[sevoflurane]

I do not understand... if his voice makes you sick, why do you keep coming back to his video clips?

[oruamavlis]

Bravissimo!!

[cmorgan22]

Oh, my! A really young Rocky singing a fabulous aria. If it weren't for him, Juan Diego Florez and other tenors probably wouldn't be singing this today. What a trail blazer, and how exciting to hear him sing this aria! The bar has been raised.

[sevoflurane]

The Rossini tenor!