There are singers, so very few, who cannot be measured or compared by any normal standards. It is more than perfect, it is truly divine. Thank you for posting this and God Bless Youtube.
This man is the BEST. No matter what he sings.... I have heard others... but he is ALWAYS at the top... Causing one to wonder what he would have accomplished had he lived longer.......
Glad that Piotr Beczala is being mentioned in this context. Apart from being a great singer, he has great taste - he is a massive Wunderlich fan. If he were in charge of music training, he says, there would be one compulsory course for all singers entitled "Fritz Wunderlich singing".
Jonas Kaufmann has Wunderlich as his cellphone ringtone, Juan Diego Flórez listens to him on long flights and Rolando Villazón appeared on the recent DVD of FW's life. Speaks volumes about this very great tenor.
@paulostroff99 My pleasure! Fritz was unique - not merely the greatest singer in history, but a genius of an all-round musician - he could have had a glittering career as a horn player, and he was an astonishing sight-reader - extremely rare in singers - as reported by Joan Sutherland et al when he took over the lead in Handel's Alcina in a live radio broadcast on one run-through. His singing shows a depth of understanding I haven't heard in anyone else. I could listen to him for ever.
"la voce assoluta" if it comes to singing tamino. and please, don't come with other examples like domingo because you guys out there won't be able to convince me that there is another better one...
@lexusis220d Estoy de acuerdo, domingo no vale ni para descalzarle, Frizt esta en otra clase, sublime y maravilloso, es el mejor interprete de Mozart sin discusión.
Not only Mozart, every composer should be sung vocal- technically in that way - even Wagner should not be "barked", or only sung in laser way concentration (this does not mean to have a "ringing" , metallic voice at all !) .
It then just depends on the instrument = the body , whether the particular voice is right for Mozart, or for Wagner or others - and then learn the right style !!
Here we hear perfection how to sing & perform Mozart !!!
@antongardner2 There are a lot of sick people out there - they want THEIR tenors to have better ratings - is ridiculous. Not only is this absolutely wonderful - Wunderlich is THE standard for this aria. Others do very well, a la Alva, but Wunderlich has that magic which is indescribable.
I've heard many fine tenors sings the Bildnissaria, including Domingo, Pavrotti and now Kaufmann, but Wunderlich was a master interpreter of Mozartian music and above all phrasing. He owns this aria lock, stock and barrel. The beauty he brought to it is surreal
Every tenor gives this aria a try; yes Placido Domingo and Pavrotti(in Italian). But compared to Wunderlich, they fall short. Fritz owned this song, lock, stock and barrel. PERIOD. It's his. He was the master interpreter of Mozart's vocal works.
Wunderlich's is a beautiful voice; sadly, a little too long ago to have experienced it live. I am very fond of Tauber's rendition of "Dies' Bildnis" - he's more remebered today for Lehar than Mozart but was feted early in his career for his interpretatons of the classical repertoire - but I think the clarity of Wunderlich's singing wins it for me.
@wagnerian77 WOW!!!! you know him??? *spasz* he is AMAZING!!!! i heard him in lucia di lammermoor when he was on the met broadcast and have been crazy over his voice ever since. i even hoped joseph calleja would be sick in the transmission for lucia di lammermoor this year so piotr beczala could magically fill in for him, but sadly it didn't happen. Anyways, you are a VERY lucky person!! :D And yup, piotr basically sounds like wunderlich. im so proud of piotr representing poland! :D
Fritz Wunderlich combined perfection and beauty. He is by far my favourite tenor. Strangely I can't recall ever having heard him sing in anything other than German - such was the fashion in the 60s.
@AfroPoli He is actually singing here. He had such a voice that he wouldn't even open his mouth wide like others do. His voice and sound are so natural that is almost unbelievable, but this is his truth. And our privilege to hear him sing like this.
German TV was famous for its playback. And if one looks closely, he opens his mouth much more here than he does when really singing and he is not using his facial muscles. Here he visually opens up on 'ewig' but when he is actually singing, you can see him cover the sound. Same for words like 'die'. In any case, it is his voice and it's magnificent singing.
@vanzofaust I agree. No doubt about the singing. But they did a really good job for the playback. Reminds me of those productions from Hamburg (Freischutz etc) where it is difficult to see if it is playback or not.
@AfroPoli lol its not playback it was his first concert in the opera 1966 i think. Anyway hes opening his mouth so wide to produce a better clearer sound of the vocal "a,e,i,o,u" thats it.
This is Wundelich at his top. Exqusite. This is lyrical yet done with full voice and beautiful nuances.Wht a loss to the world that he tragically died at such a young age.
This man's voice is so amazing. As a girl in my parents' home, I was exposed to this man's recordings. I never saw a video of him. He is so handsome. And the voice is second to none. Mario Lanza... others of his time... He was so great! The unfortunate part is that persons who are great.... especially as regards the arts... are often taken from us before we can even realize they are here. It is part of life. Those given a great gift are gone too soon.
@rosagorda I agree, as long as it is acknowledged that this has never been sung more exquisitely, with as much beauty, elegance and heart. It's not Wunderlich's fault that he sets a standard here that is hard to beat.
The first rendition I ever heard of this aria was by Fritz Wunderlich. I never heard it any better and prbobly I never will. Still, each time I listen to this, although knowing that it is marvellous, I am struck of how good it really is! One of the few moments, when time stands still, being busy listening to this beauty.
A ver, no critico la genialidad de Mozart, sino que lo que digo es que vocalmente no representa ezfuerzo ninguno, para el cantante, no hay tirantez alguna, ni esfuerzo mayor, es simple y confiable el canto requerido para mozart. Ser Un tenor Mozartiano es muy facil, no asi con otros compositores, faubre, rossini, puccini, verdi, handell, donde el asunto es mucho mas que un agradable y brillante canto dentro de ciertos limites de belleza.
en ese sentido si puede ser, y bueno, las óperas que compuso Mozart tienen el fin de divertir, de entretener. Puccini y Verdi estuvieron en una corriente artística que buscaba otros fines, creo que de ahí sale la gran diferencia de carácter de los roles. Los tenores escritos por Mozart tienen que tener mucha musicalidad, excelente fraseo, belleza tímbrica, propio de lo Belcantístico y un a un tenor verdiano obviamente se le exige un gran caudal de voz, dramatismo propio del Verismo.
Just a note to suggest that here the video is produced I believe after the sound recording: he's mouthing to his own recording. Much more interesting to me is the "live" YT clip of this aria with piano titled: Fritz Wunderlich Recital: Mozart-Zauberfloete Tamino...
I completely disagree. I've watched WAY too many videos of Wunderlich singing and there is nothing here to suggest dubbing. In fact it was during this time period that live performance videos were being produced and "dubbing" technology was much too poor to use. Watch his Lensky's aria, O wie ängstlich, and all his performances in his DG documentary and you'll see it's all unbelievably real
You can tell by the way he's singing that he is lipsyncing. If it was due to a mistimed video/audio track, then the difference would be consistent -- which it is not. I think he has a beautiful voice, but he is not singing live in this clip.
Amazing technique....hands down my favorite singer. His voice is rich and effortless. He keeps the voice light through his passagio and his high notes are brilliant!
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No, se porque le dan tanto credito a Mozart, su obra enla òpera por lo general, aunque deve de ser ejecutada ajustadamente a ciertos patrones, no repersenta ningun desafio vocal, a los cantantes. Es simple. La callas, supo darle a Mozart el toque dramatico correspondiente.
Para que una obra sea querida por el publico no hace falta que sea compleja, ni desafiante, ni dramática. Yo creo que Mozart si merece el crédito que le dan. La simpleza de la que usted habla es una de las cualidades mas sobresalientes de Mozart y del clasicismo, no es tan fácil lograr una música tan clara, lógica, simple y encantadora sin perder el contraste, la sorpresa y la emotividad, eso es propio de las mentes geniales.
No se si reir o llorar ante semejante afirmación....es como si por ejemplo no hubieras escuchado el aria de la reina de la luna de esta misma ópera, una de las más demandante para cualquier soprano de coloratura en cualquier época de la historia...eso entre muchas otras....
¡¡¡¡¡El mejor Tamino de la historia!!!!! La voz de Fritz Wunderlich es sensacional. Qué hermosa voz. Parece que está cantando un ángel. Esta aria es una de mis favoritas de Mozart.
Evidentemente estamos en presencia de un hombre-instrumento. Su legato y emisión están mas cerca de un instrumento de viento que de una voz humana. Fritz es sencillamente el reflejo de la tecnica que todo tenor desearia tener.
I absolutely agree with alkra1967. His technique is perfect. The voice is full of rich harmonics, the attack is soft and gentle, yet he can reinforce the voice at will; the legato is superb. And its not only technique; his performance is full of insight. He sings also with the heart, with warmth, without ever moving away from the pure style Mozart needs. Its the best rendition of this aria.
This rendition is a synonym for perfection in Mozart style, vocal technique, characterization and interpretation. Please remove Domingos Video from this posting. It hurts!!
Same opinion. Domingo and Pavarotti (heard him as Tamino a few years ago on TV - CRUEL,VERY CRUEL PERFORMANCE!) et al. are not able to sing this special aria in the way Mozart wanted it. Fritz is close to heaven in this aria. For me - he is the reincarnation of Mozart. You may call me insane - it does not interest me... I am convinced, that Mozart came back as Fritz, as a tenor, to sing his arias the way he meant it... (Belmonte, Tamino et. al.).
@Cessie1456 hahahha i had to laugh when i read it hihihihihi i guess u like fritz wunderlich at most heh? he was the best yes!!!! .....but reincarnation of mozart to sing his arias how he wanted it...man u should be a comedian..and dont get me wrong i like ur comment^^
@Vielflieger01 Estoy de acuerdo el mejor interprete de Mozart. Domingo no sirve ni para descalzarle, la simple comparacion es un insulto a la inteligencia.
I bought a Fritz Wunderlich record in the l960's only because it was cheap (88 cents U.S.), and I knew nothing of Fritz Wunderlich. But what a big surprise when I played the record. I had never heard a better singer. I grew up listening to this record and became a classical music fan. Fritz Wunderlich became my standard for judging other tenors. So when the "Three Tenors" came along, they were like (your choice of words).
il video di risposta non è male ma secondo me la voce del grande maestro tedesco è perfettamente in maschera mentre l'altra sembra che si aiuti un pochino col naso,voi cosa ne pensate?
yo digo que no solo pavarotti es la mejor voz pa mi es una falta de respeto a estos grandes tenores como lanza monaco corelli Fritz Jussi Bjorling Tito Schipa kraus y etc asi q mas respeto porfavor y hay q escuchar mas opera de estos grandes tenores
Creo que tu comentario es un poco infundado, Pav. Fue un gran tenor, con gran capacidad y calidad, gustos aparte; ahora no entiendo en que manera le falto el respeto a los demás. A mi ver hay una veintena de grandes maestros in criticables; a los que nombraste agrega a : Pertile, Fleta, Lauri Volpi, Gigli, Caruso, Gedda,Bergonzi, Distefano, Carreras y alguno mas que no me viene a la mente,. Saludos.
Rarely a tenor has obtain such touching and sincere musical stratospheres ! Musically with supreme phrasing, diction and breath control are all here for emotion purposes. Nothing is exagarated and on top of the latter qualities there is an urgency in delivering each note which is one of the immense talent of Wunderlich (see Schumann Dichterliebe). Thank you for posting this great document !
ma scusate un po cosa cavolo centra pavarotti ????? stiamo parlando ... o meglio ascoltando wunderlich ..... allora .... nnt commenti "fuori luogo .........
He's not a fool.Pavarotti gave many unmusical performances in the 80's.He could hardy sync with the orchestra,he didn't shade his voice and his phrasing was cliche.
To watch him work this stage, and not see a single ounce of tension in that singing is incredible, Mind blowing for a song of this difficulty. everything is hooked up. every note has resonance.
Phrasing, control, tone. musical interpretation, sheer beauty of sound can all be compared objectively. Certainly Pavarotti's fame was more due to modern marketing than his actual ability. Wunderlich's ability, on the other hand, is greater than his fame.
In addition to all the technical and voice quality accolades, this man has one of the most touching musical aesthetic sensibilities around. Touching - ravishing performance. Thanks!
Outstanding. I have just finished working in this opera and am sick of it, but to hear this version is magical. Wonderful singer. I think he is a much better singer than pavarotti. For me Pav is the 7/10 singer with the 10/10 voice, compared to say the opposite which is Bergonzi or Callas, 10/10 singers with 8 or 9/10 voices. Wunderlich looked like he might have developed into 10/10 in both categories, soaring beauty, light but perfectly supported, sounds effortless, full of emotion. Amazing.
Tone, phrasing, control, musical interpretation can all be objectively compared no matter the repertoire. Pavarotti's fame was greater than his ability and due more to modern marketing. Wunderlich's ability was far greater than his fame.
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I agree. Pavarotti was mediocre. He had no inflection; he sang one dynamic no matter what. He was nothing more than a person who could make a great sound. He did not have an ounce of musicianship in him.
Had this man not tragically died at the sunrise of his career, he would have definitely given Pavarotti and Domingo a run for their money. The beauty and clarity of his tenor sound is immediately recognizable. And to compare Wunderlich to Lanza is pointless. It is a question of husbanding and cultivating the voice after years of practice and commitment to technique to bring it to a pristine professional operatic level. Wunderlich WAS an
Honestly...Fritz. I've listened to this song over 500 times and in no way is it getting old. Mozart's perfection & Fritz Wunderlich = freakin' crap.
Of course when I say "freakin' crap" I mean that I'm literally speechless, so the first emotion that comes over me (besides the shivers) is a frustrated & confused "freakin' crap...".
I hope he was a believer. God truly gave him a voice that will never be given again.
Thats a sad thought that no one else will have his voice. I wish I could have his voice. lol. I sang this for private voice this semester and it is tough. Way tough. I'm not even 20 years old yet, a fairly young tenor. Has anyone else attempted this aria?
"I hope he was a believer. God truly gave him a voice that will never be given again. "
I doubt that God, should He exist, would give a fig about whether FW believed or not. He does not appear to care about anything else, so why should He care about FW.
Just the very best ever. Perfection of style and voice quality. What a loss! Thank goodness for recordings--catch him on Daphne, Mattaeus Passion, Capriccio (Italian tenor to die for with Popp--Pretre, live from Vienna), Weinachtsoratorium etc. Whole Tamino with Boehm-don't miss it. Ease of projection and interpretative genius make him for me the beat ever German tenor-did he record Lohengrin? Hope he and Corelli are living it up in tenor heaven!
An angelic voice .. this is one of the most remarkable videos available on YouTube ... achingly beautiful ..it is a tragedy that this voice was stilled so young . Fritz Wunderlich was a remarkable tenor ...How lucky we are to have performances like this available at our command !
Wunderbar, ein junger strahlender Tenor. Musikalisch und glänzend.
Karlstaedter5 1 week ago
Even Mozart would be content.
polaroyds 2 weeks ago
he was voted 4th best tenor ever
imPathogenic 1 month ago
There are singers, so very few, who cannot be measured or compared by any normal standards. It is more than perfect, it is truly divine. Thank you for posting this and God Bless Youtube.
nordictenor 2 months ago
TY opera beauty for posting this gem
paulostroff99 3 months ago
I think Fritz returned very fast with the angels. Of another way, why so short life?
Sophiestelle 3 months ago
Congratulations Germany 10 points!!!
suffes 3 months ago
how could it happen that he died age 35!!!!!!!!!!!!
warandcheese 4 months ago
bravissimissimo...
golantrev1 4 months ago
Maravilloso, genial.
LAZARUSREX1 4 months ago
This man is the BEST. No matter what he sings.... I have heard others... but he is ALWAYS at the top... Causing one to wonder what he would have accomplished had he lived longer.......
cocoagirl61660 4 months ago
Glad that Piotr Beczala is being mentioned in this context. Apart from being a great singer, he has great taste - he is a massive Wunderlich fan. If he were in charge of music training, he says, there would be one compulsory course for all singers entitled "Fritz Wunderlich singing".
Jonas Kaufmann has Wunderlich as his cellphone ringtone, Juan Diego Flórez listens to him on long flights and Rolando Villazón appeared on the recent DVD of FW's life. Speaks volumes about this very great tenor.
justaprojection 5 months ago
@justaprojection -TY for this valued info. Glad his peers shared our love for him.He was very special.
paulostroff99 3 months ago
@paulostroff99 My pleasure! Fritz was unique - not merely the greatest singer in history, but a genius of an all-round musician - he could have had a glittering career as a horn player, and he was an astonishing sight-reader - extremely rare in singers - as reported by Joan Sutherland et al when he took over the lead in Handel's Alcina in a live radio broadcast on one run-through. His singing shows a depth of understanding I haven't heard in anyone else. I could listen to him for ever.
justaprojection 3 months ago
@justaprojection -TY again. Fritz can and will not ever be replaced. He was uniqe
paulostroff99 3 months ago
Beautiful xo
1baratone 5 months ago
"la voce assoluta" if it comes to singing tamino. and please, don't come with other examples like domingo because you guys out there won't be able to convince me that there is another better one...
lexusis220d 5 months ago
@lexusis220d Estoy de acuerdo, domingo no vale ni para descalzarle, Frizt esta en otra clase, sublime y maravilloso, es el mejor interprete de Mozart sin discusión.
LAZARUSREX1 3 months ago
The best german Tenor ever but i hop i will as good as him
he has got a beautiful voice :D
so thanks for this beauiful video the quality is verry well
nisti97 6 months ago in playlist Fritz Wunderlich
FRITZ!!!!!
dariusmines 7 months ago
tecnica,voce,freschezza e leggerezza : che bellezza !
66cecilia 8 months ago 2
Thank you!
willworkforwages 8 months ago
excellence, beauty, magic..
AlainMarcus 9 months ago
Simply PERFECTION.
emeric1952 9 months ago
His voice is the clearest of any singer
bassbass99able 9 months ago
I love Wunderlich´s version of this piece, simply exquisite. Thanks so much for sharing :)!
YaelBerman 9 months ago 6
Not only Mozart, every composer should be sung vocal- technically in that way - even Wagner should not be "barked", or only sung in laser way concentration (this does not mean to have a "ringing" , metallic voice at all !) .
It then just depends on the instrument = the body , whether the particular voice is right for Mozart, or for Wagner or others - and then learn the right style !!
Here we hear perfection how to sing & perform Mozart !!!
wagnerian77 9 months ago
This is a real mozart performer.Thank you
OSMFANful 10 months ago 3
¡¡¡DE LOS MAS GRANDES!!! UN ARTISTA INMENSO, MAGNIFICO CANTANTE Y
UN GRAN MUSICO. DUCTILICIMA PERSONALIDAD. ARTISTA DE LOS VERDA-
DERAMNTE IMBORRABLE.
55werther 11 months ago 3
Fritz Wunderlich resembles Christopher Plummer
AxeNewkill 11 months ago
I despair of humanity that anyone could have disliked this.
antongardner2 11 months ago
@antongardner2 There are a lot of sick people out there - they want THEIR tenors to have better ratings - is ridiculous. Not only is this absolutely wonderful - Wunderlich is THE standard for this aria. Others do very well, a la Alva, but Wunderlich has that magic which is indescribable.
cantorandopera 9 months ago
A wonderful example of what appears to be effortless singing brought about by a mastery of vocal skills! Bravo!
CanadaPisces 11 months ago
I've heard many fine tenors sings the Bildnissaria, including Domingo, Pavrotti and now Kaufmann, but Wunderlich was a master interpreter of Mozartian music and above all phrasing. He owns this aria lock, stock and barrel. The beauty he brought to it is surreal
bernard1422 1 year ago
Every tenor gives this aria a try; yes Placido Domingo and Pavrotti(in Italian). But compared to Wunderlich, they fall short. Fritz owned this song, lock, stock and barrel. PERIOD. It's his. He was the master interpreter of Mozart's vocal works.
bernard1422 1 year ago
Beautiful. In this vid he is certainly lip-synching to his own recording, which is nonetheless wonderful.
petegavinrowney 1 year ago
This aria is made for Fritz Wunderlich. The Voice of an Angel.
MusicalTenor23 1 year ago
Wunderlich's is a beautiful voice; sadly, a little too long ago to have experienced it live. I am very fond of Tauber's rendition of "Dies' Bildnis" - he's more remebered today for Lehar than Mozart but was feted early in his career for his interpretatons of the classical repertoire - but I think the clarity of Wunderlich's singing wins it for me.
1966Hillman 1 year ago
Sounds like Piotr Beczala!
anastaire33 1 year ago
@anastaire33 Piotr is a good friend of mine , but : Piotr sounds like Wunderlich! (put it that way!!)
wagnerian77 9 months ago
@wagnerian77 WOW!!!! you know him??? *spasz* he is AMAZING!!!! i heard him in lucia di lammermoor when he was on the met broadcast and have been crazy over his voice ever since. i even hoped joseph calleja would be sick in the transmission for lucia di lammermoor this year so piotr beczala could magically fill in for him, but sadly it didn't happen. Anyways, you are a VERY lucky person!! :D And yup, piotr basically sounds like wunderlich. im so proud of piotr representing poland! :D
anastaire33 9 months ago
Noone ever sang this aria better!
gomez3939 1 year ago
Noone ever sang this aria better!
gomez3939 1 year ago
Wunderlich owns this aria forever.
dvdgrog 1 year ago 3
Absolute perfection! Such a shame he's no longer with us.
MyNatalie31 1 year ago 2
Every time I start liking any other tenor I just have to play this t9o be reminded of what tru perfection is!
Manxypop 1 year ago
Fritz Wunderlich combined perfection and beauty. He is by far my favourite tenor. Strangely I can't recall ever having heard him sing in anything other than German - such was the fashion in the 60s.
bowmanrich 1 year ago
Magie et perfection ... Grâces vous soient rendues Monsieur Wunderlich ...
Merci pour le post .
francesca7564 1 year ago
Nice playback by Wunderlich.
AfroPoli 1 year ago
@AfroPoli He is actually singing here. He had such a voice that he wouldn't even open his mouth wide like others do. His voice and sound are so natural that is almost unbelievable, but this is his truth. And our privilege to hear him sing like this.
Saludos.
reinadegrillos 1 year ago
@reinadegrillos Nah, he is not singing. Watch his other video of the same aria, which is really live. You will see the difference.
AfroPoli 1 year ago
@AfroPoli
German TV was famous for its playback. And if one looks closely, he opens his mouth much more here than he does when really singing and he is not using his facial muscles. Here he visually opens up on 'ewig' but when he is actually singing, you can see him cover the sound. Same for words like 'die'. In any case, it is his voice and it's magnificent singing.
vanzofaust 1 year ago
@vanzofaust I agree. No doubt about the singing. But they did a really good job for the playback. Reminds me of those productions from Hamburg (Freischutz etc) where it is difficult to see if it is playback or not.
AfroPoli 1 year ago
@AfroPoli lol its not playback it was his first concert in the opera 1966 i think. Anyway hes opening his mouth so wide to produce a better clearer sound of the vocal "a,e,i,o,u" thats it.
Kunsterfreut 1 year ago
Che magnifica leggerezza d'emissione!
labirintodivetro 1 year ago
This is Wundelich at his top. Exqusite. This is lyrical yet done with full voice and beautiful nuances.Wht a loss to the world that he tragically died at such a young age.
chaiter1 1 year ago
wunderbar!
cancun68 1 year ago
one word: goosebumps
AxisDimension 1 year ago
I mentioned Fritz Wunderlich to a young German friend....he had no idea who he was.....
rosagorda 1 year ago
This man's voice is so amazing. As a girl in my parents' home, I was exposed to this man's recordings. I never saw a video of him. He is so handsome. And the voice is second to none. Mario Lanza... others of his time... He was so great! The unfortunate part is that persons who are great.... especially as regards the arts... are often taken from us before we can even realize they are here. It is part of life. Those given a great gift are gone too soon.
cocoagirl61660 1 year ago 3
Can't we ever enjoy an opera singer such as Wunderlich without diminishing other artists?
rosagorda 1 year ago 10
@rosagorda I agree, as long as it is acknowledged that this has never been sung more exquisitely, with as much beauty, elegance and heart. It's not Wunderlich's fault that he sets a standard here that is hard to beat.
dvdgrog 2 months ago
He sang the hell out of Granada...I wish he would have sung it in Spanish... what a voice!!!!!!!!!!!!!
rosagorda 1 year ago
Bravo! Bravo! Bravo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
rosagorda 1 year ago
Sublime !
bodiloto 1 year ago
Is there need to say much of anything after that?!!
TheJbach 1 year ago
Wunderlich...que maravilla.
PONSR500 1 year ago
how can it be that 3 people dont like it??! omG ...
Kunsterfreut 1 year ago
The first rendition I ever heard of this aria was by Fritz Wunderlich. I never heard it any better and prbobly I never will. Still, each time I listen to this, although knowing that it is marvellous, I am struck of how good it really is! One of the few moments, when time stands still, being busy listening to this beauty.
AlexLegionOfFate 1 year ago 3
Other singers may do a great job with this aria, but I'm sorry...THIS IS PERFECTION!!!
TaylorComstock 1 year ago 29
@TaylorComstock
Amen and amen again. Fritz is perfection in anything Mozart. No one else comes close.
coolmamac 1 year ago
Great performance. Thanks for posting
Ivanbelastegui 1 year ago
Mozart would be so happy if he could here, this beautiful singing.
1941Gabi 1 year ago
One word: goosebumps.
Also I would say this should be mandatory education for tenors, if not singers in general.
I think we should celebrate the great performances of singers (at least since the 20th century has brought the possibility of recording)
AxisDimension 1 year ago 3
Anybody out there who could or can sing this aria this perfect? No! Not to this day!
Askade1 1 year ago 2
Mozart would be so happy if he could hear Wunderlich to sing
1941Gabi 1 year ago
This man will forever be associated w/this aria as Caruso is w/O Sole Mio or Vesti La Giubba. It remains his aria.
Lovelytenor1 2 years ago 4
wunderschön
jbxd8 2 years ago 3
A ver, no critico la genialidad de Mozart, sino que lo que digo es que vocalmente no representa ezfuerzo ninguno, para el cantante, no hay tirantez alguna, ni esfuerzo mayor, es simple y confiable el canto requerido para mozart. Ser Un tenor Mozartiano es muy facil, no asi con otros compositores, faubre, rossini, puccini, verdi, handell, donde el asunto es mucho mas que un agradable y brillante canto dentro de ciertos limites de belleza.
maragato23 2 years ago
en ese sentido si puede ser, y bueno, las óperas que compuso Mozart tienen el fin de divertir, de entretener. Puccini y Verdi estuvieron en una corriente artística que buscaba otros fines, creo que de ahí sale la gran diferencia de carácter de los roles. Los tenores escritos por Mozart tienen que tener mucha musicalidad, excelente fraseo, belleza tímbrica, propio de lo Belcantístico y un a un tenor verdiano obviamente se le exige un gran caudal de voz, dramatismo propio del Verismo.
tebiano 2 years ago
Si cantás el arroz con leche, pero lo cantás mal, es lo mismo. Hay que saber cantar. Lo que decís es una burrada.
gondorado1 2 years ago
love it
GLoOmFOrever666 2 years ago
Una vera delizia per le nostre orecchie..immenso Wunderlich!Che lezione di canto!
F93HD2 2 years ago
Simply divine!! :)
I know another young Swiss Tenor who sings this song exceptionally well....his name is Urs Buhler. :)
Loverofmustangs 2 years ago
You mean from Il Divo? No way!!!
SunshineStage 2 years ago
Just a note to suggest that here the video is produced I believe after the sound recording: he's mouthing to his own recording. Much more interesting to me is the "live" YT clip of this aria with piano titled: Fritz Wunderlich Recital: Mozart-Zauberfloete Tamino...
steinway1901 2 years ago
I completely disagree. I've watched WAY too many videos of Wunderlich singing and there is nothing here to suggest dubbing. In fact it was during this time period that live performance videos were being produced and "dubbing" technology was much too poor to use. Watch his Lensky's aria, O wie ängstlich, and all his performances in his DG documentary and you'll see it's all unbelievably real
ah332 2 years ago
A beautiful voice, but he is lip syncing here. It's quite obvious if you watch the video closely.
piustwelfth 2 years ago
@piustwelfth He isn't lipsyncing, the video and audio track are slightly offset, it is a pretty common degradation in video from the 60s
killabotpegasi 2 years ago
You can tell by the way he's singing that he is lipsyncing. If it was due to a mistimed video/audio track, then the difference would be consistent -- which it is not. I think he has a beautiful voice, but he is not singing live in this clip.
piustwelfth 2 years ago
And the orchestra is...............doing what.
npa589 2 years ago
What orchestra?
piustwelfth 2 years ago
The movement of his adams apple is a strong indication that he is singing. I would guess that the sound track is not synced with the video.
Kentoo48 2 years ago
Amazing technique....hands down my favorite singer. His voice is rich and effortless. He keeps the voice light through his passagio and his high notes are brilliant!
operafan7 2 years ago 5
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No, se porque le dan tanto credito a Mozart, su obra enla òpera por lo general, aunque deve de ser ejecutada ajustadamente a ciertos patrones, no repersenta ningun desafio vocal, a los cantantes. Es simple. La callas, supo darle a Mozart el toque dramatico correspondiente.
maragato23 2 years ago
Para que una obra sea querida por el publico no hace falta que sea compleja, ni desafiante, ni dramática. Yo creo que Mozart si merece el crédito que le dan. La simpleza de la que usted habla es una de las cualidades mas sobresalientes de Mozart y del clasicismo, no es tan fácil lograr una música tan clara, lógica, simple y encantadora sin perder el contraste, la sorpresa y la emotividad, eso es propio de las mentes geniales.
tebiano 2 years ago 3
Como puedes contar tanta tonteria !
Que conoces del canto para hablar de esta manera.
No te das cuenta de lo dificil de este canto porque Fritz Wunderlich podia cantarlo como si fuera facil.
Era la magia de su talento.
dacor31 2 years ago
Se notas que no eres estudiente en canto
ghostofyourdream 2 years ago
No se si reir o llorar ante semejante afirmación....es como si por ejemplo no hubieras escuchado el aria de la reina de la luna de esta misma ópera, una de las más demandante para cualquier soprano de coloratura en cualquier época de la historia...eso entre muchas otras....
bax171175 2 years ago
no es reina de la noche?
GM300GM 1 year ago
Absolutely priceless video!!!!
Marcooljerk 2 years ago 4
@Marcooljerk
tienes razón....error garrafal de traducción....gracias por tu observación
bax171175 1 year ago
¡¡¡¡¡El mejor Tamino de la historia!!!!! La voz de Fritz Wunderlich es sensacional. Qué hermosa voz. Parece que está cantando un ángel. Esta aria es una de mis favoritas de Mozart.
jonvadillodomingo 2 years ago 4
hallo operaschönheit, wo immer Du lebst, vielen Dank für die Musik, Werner from D. ... G.
brauer43 2 years ago
Evidentemente estamos en presencia de un hombre-instrumento. Su legato y emisión están mas cerca de un instrumento de viento que de una voz humana. Fritz es sencillamente el reflejo de la tecnica que todo tenor desearia tener.
alkra1967 2 years ago
I absolutely agree with alkra1967. His technique is perfect. The voice is full of rich harmonics, the attack is soft and gentle, yet he can reinforce the voice at will; the legato is superb. And its not only technique; his performance is full of insight. He sings also with the heart, with warmth, without ever moving away from the pure style Mozart needs. Its the best rendition of this aria.
Astradamors 2 years ago 5
Thank you for sharing this beautiful voice, for me a discovery ! I am sure Mozart is pleased with this wonderful interpretation. Absolute perfection.
marionhoffmann 2 years ago 3
For me a discovery...Beautiful voice.....expecially in the Lieder .
You should listen him singing the Schumann "Dichterliebe"...pure poetry....
BALDASSARREBRENTANI 2 years ago
Absolutely the gold standard when it comes to this aria--a combination of unearthly precision and kamikaze ferocity.
He lived to be one year older than Mozart himself did.
OlDoinyo 2 years ago 4
He is the master (not only) of this aria and I "fear" in respect of successing singers that this will last forever!
Love it AND HIM (his singing and voice) so much!
Pianda 2 years ago 4
This rendition is a synonym for perfection in Mozart style, vocal technique, characterization and interpretation. Please remove Domingos Video from this posting. It hurts!!
Vielflieger01 2 years ago 46
I agree with you 100% :)
kalaris66 1 year ago
@Vielflieger01
Same opinion. Domingo and Pavarotti (heard him as Tamino a few years ago on TV - CRUEL,VERY CRUEL PERFORMANCE!) et al. are not able to sing this special aria in the way Mozart wanted it. Fritz is close to heaven in this aria. For me - he is the reincarnation of Mozart. You may call me insane - it does not interest me... I am convinced, that Mozart came back as Fritz, as a tenor, to sing his arias the way he meant it... (Belmonte, Tamino et. al.).
Cessie1456 1 year ago 2
@Cessie1456 hahahha i had to laugh when i read it hihihihihi i guess u like fritz wunderlich at most heh? he was the best yes!!!! .....but reincarnation of mozart to sing his arias how he wanted it...man u should be a comedian..and dont get me wrong i like ur comment^^
Kunsterfreut 11 months ago
@Vielflieger01 Estoy de acuerdo el mejor interprete de Mozart. Domingo no sirve ni para descalzarle, la simple comparacion es un insulto a la inteligencia.
LAZARUSREX1 9 months ago
@Vielflieger01 Es sublime, inmortal como Mozart
LAZARUSREX1 8 months ago
Next to Pavarotti probably the only tenor that really makes me silent in every way.
castorp278 2 years ago
I bought a Fritz Wunderlich record in the l960's only because it was cheap (88 cents U.S.), and I knew nothing of Fritz Wunderlich. But what a big surprise when I played the record. I had never heard a better singer. I grew up listening to this record and became a classical music fan. Fritz Wunderlich became my standard for judging other tenors. So when the "Three Tenors" came along, they were like (your choice of words).
wingklow 2 years ago 5
Jonas who?
schmup53 2 years ago
the world's greatest tenor EVER!
schmup53 2 years ago 4
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PJinBston 2 years ago
el principe!! por siempre!! bravo wunderlich
cocoloco707 2 years ago 2
es la mejor interpretación que he escuchado de ésta magnífica aria.
Ese canto legato y tan rico en expresión!! Pecado que haya muerto tan jóven.
gracias por compartir este momento maravilloso.
humagris 2 years ago 4
il video di risposta non è male ma secondo me la voce del grande maestro tedesco è perfettamente in maschera mentre l'altra sembra che si aiuti un pochino col naso,voi cosa ne pensate?
buontenerone 2 years ago
El mas grande Tamino de todos los tiempos. Realmente excepcional, parece que Mozart escribio esta aria para Wunderlich.
Saludos cordiales.
OPERMUSIK 2 years ago 2
Pour les gens de ma génération, voir des chanteurs comme Wunderlich ça fait quelque chose. Merci.
isabelle070209 2 years ago
fritz wunderlich es el mejor tenor del mudo investigen sus interpretaciones y aprendan a apreciar su bellisimo timbre
arturocondez 2 years ago
yo digo que no solo pavarotti es la mejor voz pa mi es una falta de respeto a estos grandes tenores como lanza monaco corelli Fritz Jussi Bjorling Tito Schipa kraus y etc asi q mas respeto porfavor y hay q escuchar mas opera de estos grandes tenores
jimmyson29 2 years ago 2
Creo que tu comentario es un poco infundado, Pav. Fue un gran tenor, con gran capacidad y calidad, gustos aparte; ahora no entiendo en que manera le falto el respeto a los demás. A mi ver hay una veintena de grandes maestros in criticables; a los que nombraste agrega a : Pertile, Fleta, Lauri Volpi, Gigli, Caruso, Gedda,Bergonzi, Distefano, Carreras y alguno mas que no me viene a la mente,. Saludos.
coreTenore 2 years ago
Rarely a tenor has obtain such touching and sincere musical stratospheres ! Musically with supreme phrasing, diction and breath control are all here for emotion purposes. Nothing is exagarated and on top of the latter qualities there is an urgency in delivering each note which is one of the immense talent of Wunderlich (see Schumann Dichterliebe). Thank you for posting this great document !
embenadorfinearts 2 years ago 4
embenador, congratulations for your comment! you bring it to the point!
Vielflieger01 2 years ago
Fantastisch
pastafantastica 2 years ago
ma scusate un po cosa cavolo centra pavarotti ????? stiamo parlando ... o meglio ascoltando wunderlich ..... allora .... nnt commenti "fuori luogo .........
NiNa7588 2 years ago
Thanks for posting this. FW is perfect. This is the best version of this aria I've ever heard.
treble32 2 years ago 2
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paddyswok 2 years ago
Well, I do think Pavarotti was somewhat over-rated, thanks to the vast attention he got from the musically uneducated.
benzedek 2 years ago
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paddyswok 2 years ago
He's not a fool.Pavarotti gave many unmusical performances in the 80's.He could hardy sync with the orchestra,he didn't shade his voice and his phrasing was cliche.
cer1n 2 years ago
AMAZING!!
I heard numerous versions of this aria by many tenors, but I must say-- THIS VERSION IS CLOSE TO PERFECTION!!
What a voice!! And he FEELS what he is singing!!
HATS OFF, Monsieur Fritz!!
And hats off, Herr Mozart!!
IdealMyIdeal 2 years ago 3
Mozart was the greatest genius of all time in any field of human activity. Taken from us in his prime.
antongardner2 2 years ago 2
Sono piu' che d'accordo: Mozart rappresenta il vertice della creativita' umana ed un dono inestimabile per la nostra vita.
quipressoate 2 years ago
To watch him work this stage, and not see a single ounce of tension in that singing is incredible, Mind blowing for a song of this difficulty. everything is hooked up. every note has resonance.
alex428913 2 years ago 6
Wunderlich's voice is a miracle of sound.
DCFunBud 3 years ago 7
No Voice should ever be compared to another. One should simply take each voice, each sound, for what it is in and of itself.
mazurmusic7 3 years ago 5
Einfach wunderschön und die Selle anrührend. Danke!
josefegenolf 3 years ago 2
Phrasing, control, tone. musical interpretation, sheer beauty of sound can all be compared objectively. Certainly Pavarotti's fame was more due to modern marketing than his actual ability. Wunderlich's ability, on the other hand, is greater than his fame.
remybecute 3 years ago 20
In addition to all the technical and voice quality accolades, this man has one of the most touching musical aesthetic sensibilities around. Touching - ravishing performance. Thanks!
oakroom48 3 years ago 5
Outstanding. I have just finished working in this opera and am sick of it, but to hear this version is magical. Wonderful singer. I think he is a much better singer than pavarotti. For me Pav is the 7/10 singer with the 10/10 voice, compared to say the opposite which is Bergonzi or Callas, 10/10 singers with 8 or 9/10 voices. Wunderlich looked like he might have developed into 10/10 in both categories, soaring beauty, light but perfectly supported, sounds effortless, full of emotion. Amazing.
richjvernon 3 years ago 6
Pavarotti can't act either
emma110691 3 years ago
Pavarotti isn't (nor are many others) close to Wunderlich's level. Controlled power and technique from a modest genius.
remybecute 3 years ago 7
I revere Wunderlich as much as the next person but were his and Pavarotti's repertoires in German opera all that similar?
mauricioD 3 years ago
Tone, phrasing, control, musical interpretation can all be objectively compared no matter the repertoire. Pavarotti's fame was greater than his ability and due more to modern marketing. Wunderlich's ability was far greater than his fame.
remybecute 3 years ago 2
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I agree. Pavarotti was mediocre. He had no inflection; he sang one dynamic no matter what. He was nothing more than a person who could make a great sound. He did not have an ounce of musicianship in him.
papageno88 2 years ago
Wunderlich's is the result of a beautiful tone grounded to a greater technique.
Simply stunning. One of my faves (along with Bjorling, Gigli, and Kraus). One of the few 'greats' imho.
LyresRequiem 3 years ago 4
He is not the best tenor ever, he is by far THE BEST SINGER EVER
ivanjuarezmex 3 years ago 4
Had this man not tragically died at the sunrise of his career, he would have definitely given Pavarotti and Domingo a run for their money. The beauty and clarity of his tenor sound is immediately recognizable. And to compare Wunderlich to Lanza is pointless. It is a question of husbanding and cultivating the voice after years of practice and commitment to technique to bring it to a pristine professional operatic level. Wunderlich WAS an
opera singer. Lanza played one in the movies.
primobaritono77 3 years ago 8
freakin crap freakin crap freakin crap..............
Honestly...Fritz. I've listened to this song over 500 times and in no way is it getting old. Mozart's perfection & Fritz Wunderlich = freakin' crap.
Of course when I say "freakin' crap" I mean that I'm literally speechless, so the first emotion that comes over me (besides the shivers) is a frustrated & confused "freakin' crap...".
I hope he was a believer. God truly gave him a voice that will never be given again.
Donkeyote589 3 years ago 4
Do you think God would allow such a voice to go to hell?
Kentoo48 3 years ago 3
Thats a sad thought that no one else will have his voice. I wish I could have his voice. lol. I sang this for private voice this semester and it is tough. Way tough. I'm not even 20 years old yet, a fairly young tenor. Has anyone else attempted this aria?
eltontheprince 3 years ago
"I hope he was a believer. God truly gave him a voice that will never be given again. "
I doubt that God, should He exist, would give a fig about whether FW believed or not. He does not appear to care about anything else, so why should He care about FW.
forgetititititit 3 years ago
there's so much hatred in you. you need help.
emma110691 3 years ago 2
he came from germany, there's a 95% chance he was lutheran or catholic lmfao XD
raffadizzle 3 years ago 3
Una de las mas peteticas y bellas versiones que he oido!
Une de plus belles versions que j'ai entendu!
A wonderful version!!
jafsc 3 years ago
demasiadooo genioooooooo!!
forever
wunderlichhhhhh
cocoloco707 3 years ago 4
A Swiss lawyer once said to me that Fritz's
death was no accident that he was in fact murdered, did anyone else hear such news?
newyorkernut3 3 years ago
Just the very best ever. Perfection of style and voice quality. What a loss! Thank goodness for recordings--catch him on Daphne, Mattaeus Passion, Capriccio (Italian tenor to die for with Popp--Pretre, live from Vienna), Weinachtsoratorium etc. Whole Tamino with Boehm-don't miss it. Ease of projection and interpretative genius make him for me the beat ever German tenor-did he record Lohengrin? Hope he and Corelli are living it up in tenor heaven!
kaatflaap 3 years ago 6
addenda to my previous post: This is a master class on how to sing mozart !
midas45 3 years ago 2
An angelic voice .. this is one of the most remarkable videos available on YouTube ... achingly beautiful ..it is a tragedy that this voice was stilled so young . Fritz Wunderlich was a remarkable tenor ...How lucky we are to have performances like this available at our command !
midas45 3 years ago 5
wunderlich = wonderful !
marcmo2004 3 years ago 4
es gab nur einen, und es wird immer nur einen geben. ihm zuzuhöhren ist wie eine gesangsstunde. so wie er gelebt hat, hat er auch gesungen ...
marfikgnidka 3 years ago
....die Liebe.....
einfach schön...
Missy0106 3 years ago 2
I love him!!!
ksmcaron 3 years ago 14
...warum musste er so früh gehen,es ist eine absolute tragödie,diese stimme!!!
jetzt singt er nur noch für die götter!
kajohada 3 years ago 2
wenn du die götter ins spiel bringst ist sein früher tod verständlich. hätte ich die macht gottes hätte ich fritz auch geholt. as soon as possible.
wboob 2 years ago
die Rolle des Tamino ist Fritz Wunderlich bei
dieser Mozartoper,"Die Zauberflöte"auf den
Leib geschneidert....wunderschön...einmalig!
Lissi012 3 years ago 4
As he proves with this aria, Fritz was much too perfect for this world.
forallyouknow 3 years ago 10