Rolando Villazón sings Handel

[MrPinko1975]

Siete tutti dei mangiamerda. You eat shit.

[MusicVocalism]

Joyce DiDonato owes this aria...... Rolando please stop!

[winelegend]

@MusicVocalism Shut up! Please!

[MusicVocalism]

@winelegend Short and sweet: If a famous soprano sang "Nessun Dorma" wouldn't you be upset? ;D I'm a fan of Rolando but this is an aria meant for a castrated voice one that possesses a warm feminine quality which isn't found in a modern tenor - only mezzos can achieve a "closer" historical performance b/c as you know castration isn't appropriate in most cultures... There is plenty in the tenor repertoire for him to sing O.o

[LighthouseDuo]

I don't like tenors ... but this one ... amazing

[mlongley777]

Rock n roll total

[mlongley777]

@mlongley777

Not sure what the purists miss.... perhaps they should just turn it up LOUD. This is an amazing rendition. Powerful, full of energy and pure joy. it's rock n roll a la baroque. Magic.

[askar78]

It's a really shit / E' una vera merda

[angiejackson7]

I love him!!

[orpheusdhm]

Not good. Stick to the bel canto rep that you do so well. And this aria was NOT written for a tenor.

[carmongers]

This is THE most exciting video that I've seen on Utube. Rolando puts so much emotion into this piece that I am transported. This is brilliant. And who is the conductor? I want to be him!

[Svatopluk]

Two fingers to historically-informed performance! This is, alas, the current state of the music industry. Pays no attention, whatsoever, to vocal treatises of the eighteenth century.

[skingaz]

@Svatopluk So, you're saying that it's no good then? You know, this idea of "historically-informed" really reminds me of the "Original Instrument" crowd amongst us Guitarists. As Bream once observed, to obey THEIR edicts he'd have to either stop performing 2/3s of his repertoire, or take 10 instruments on stage with him! Just ENJOY so AWESOME singing, and feel the obvious JOY that Maestro Villazon does at the music!

[Svatopluk]

@skingaz No, I wouldn't say it's no good at all – he is a fantastic singer. What I find frustrating is that the group is purportedly one that is devoted to historically-informed performance who is willing to forgo that way of thinking to bring in a 'star'. Thanks for sharing the Bream comments – he's right, in a way. Such an approach can really overcomplicate matters, however modern guitarists are still able to at least take some of the HP movement on board (David Russell springs to mind).

[skingaz]

@Svatopluk Yes, but are there any "stars" of "Historically-informed" (really getting to HATE that phrase!) Performance? If not, then you have to "put up" with the true stars of Classical Music not quite being to your liking. As for the "HP movement" in Guitar, it has largely killed the instrument, where it has taken hold and push the guitar back a century at least. Oh, and good as Mr Russell is, I'd hardly call his performances on a very modern guitar (Byers or Danmann) especially HP.

[Svatopluk]

Two finger's to historically-informed performance! This is, alas, the current state of the music industry. Pays no attention, whatsoever, to vocal treatises of the eighteenth century.

[Rasscoco]

We love this great stuff, please get us more of it! Villazon is great!

[pake5]

Me Encanta Rolando Villazon Deveria de ser mas reconocido y apoyado en nuestro propio pais anhelo con estar en uno de sus conciertos seria Maravilloso lo admiro.

por cierto esta es mi cancion Favorita

Att: Carolina .

[pake5]

Me Encanta Rolando Villazon Deveria de ser mas reconocido y apoyado en nuestro propio pais anhelo con estar en uno de sus conciertos seria Maravilloso lo admiro.

por cierto esta es mi cancion Favorita

Att: Carolina

[americanisima2010]

Muy bonito...¡me encantó!

[PeterMarekPhoto]

Perfect!

[2012nut]

Handel is rolling in his grave....what bad singing...style all wrong and technique a mess...sigh... bring back Caruso

[nuitsmagiques]

Moi j'aime!! et pourquoi il ne chanterai pas du baroque.Il apporte une autre dimension.J'ai eu la chance de le voir aux Chorégies d'orange (9000) personnes et le succès magnifique.Il soulève les foules et par sa voix superbes et un don au public incroyable.Il faut aimer Rolando.C'est un être rare.

[Cesconegre]

Tra direttore e cantante, non so capire se stiano facendo musica o danzando una tarantella...

[nyjordy]

Bello

[reinadegrillos]

Rolando iba para barítono y aquí...casi!

[Mrrsz1]

i think this is the first time iv'e heard Rolando singing naturally ... this is his really voice... he is not pushing here! .. i really like his voice very much in this aria ...

[elephantbarbiegirl]

I love Rolando's energy and enthusiasm. I heard his recent operaton had failed and that his opera career is over. I hope i'm wrong

[Luckiluce]

This song always makes me laugh...!!!

I keep imagining someone laughing, and that's the sound... And then my mind wanders and I think of the audience laughing/singing along!

Its so jolly I love it! Always tickles me!!!

But beautiful also...

[dougebraga]

WOW! I have always dreamed about singing this aria,even though it is a mezzo soprano aria and now my idol Rolando Villazon have made my dream come true! I feel in heaven!

[acitipo]

Aunque esta aria es para un "castrado" luego fue cantado por una mezzo, el simpatiquisimo de Villazon lo hace bastante bien!!!!

[Njamh]

I like this!!!!!!!! wonderful!

[dimakauffman]

i never saw a MUPPET singing Handel before! it´s quite charming!

[Lilyonsan]

@dimakauffman

On that note, doesn't it seem like the guy conducting looks somewhat like one of the old men(critics) that were in the audience?

[irregularverb37]

Um, I could have sworn that "Dopo Notte" was an aria for a coloratura mezzo and that it went down to a low A, but hey, do what you want, Rolando. To be honest, he's pretty good. I was looking through my school's library catalogue, saw this CD and thought "shit. show.", but it's decent. I'll give him that.

[stormbreaker06]

Wonderful and amazing.

[AmhranaiAlainn]

Sings from sound - wrong. As long as he is caught up with the sound of his voice and all the physicality that comes with and until he changes his perception about singing and what it is about he will never experience true vocal freedom. He sings against nature, which is the sole reason for the damage he has done and will do. Scrapheap in 5 years. And then they'll bring on the next eegit. We still must look to the past - the true lineage. The best exponent of Handel by far was John McCormack.

[JordanSean]

Deutsche Grammophon can't handle people's comments? Removing them? I admire Villazon, but we all seem to agree that this is simply not his repertory. Don't punish us for that.

[mojozohobo]

Looks like I found my Vengerov of Tenors!

[petercommi]

Really beautiful! Great tenor, I saw him as Don Carlos and he really flabbergasted the audience of 2000 people!

[MrAndrealisa]

Non è proprio Handeliano in effetti.....

[allanaki]

una marionetta che canta male imitando la voce di domingo e carreras

[draquinzel]

Im glad that he is recovering from his cirgury,

I became a fan of him gradually I think that one lerns to love Villazon, not only for his voice but for his personality.

Realmente estoy muy feliz de que villazon se este recuperando bien de su cirugia.

Yo me he vuelto su seguidora gradualmente, creo que ha sido más un aprender a apreciarlo tanto por su voz como su personalidad. Puede que nosea el mejor tenor del mundo, pero tiene una muy buena voz y mucho talento. Que siga recuperandose!!

[Artozinos]

Horrible...!

[soprana53]

Terrible. Simply terrible. Raping baroque-music.

[soprana53]

The enthiusismatics may add as many minus for my comment as they like. It remains terrible.

[soprana53]

Aha. So I have to suppose you are a well-known professional musician? You have a trained voice or ear? You have studied ancient and baroque music? And, of course, you have heard me already, because you know so well about "my abilities"? Besides, "he" does not enjoy so much respect at the moment due what he does to his voice. If there is no critic, there is no progress. Its not a case of hate, here is someone ruining his voice. And people like you don´t realize it. THIS is sad.

[carlakni]

I just love him!

[CatalinaDM56]

No. No. No.

[ketjes]

This aria is not at all written for a tenor. It is one of Handel's most virtuose arias for castrato. (He wrote it for Il Carestini). See how he suffers!

Compare with Von Otter and you will hear what I mean!

[Habrolissimo]

Actually, although the aria was written for a tenor Handel himself approved it as an alternative aria for the tenor in 'Poro,' so he had no objection to a tenor singing this aria. And Villazon is superb.

[dannymaestro]

Thank you for telling me this. I´m a tenor-baritone, working with this aria to achive a better technique. I´ve been thinking that maybe this role may fit for me, listening to the other arias, but I know that role was written for a castrato.

Now, when you are telling me about "Poro", maybe I put it in my concert-repertoire. Thank you

[vivacecilia]

buuuuuuu this is nt baroque music but only the parody of baroque!!!!

[stokleyb]

There is simply none better than Rolando. He is the tenor of our time.

[20SARANDONGA]

Me ha sorprendido gratamente este señor cantando las agilidades del barroco, pensaba que como canta con la posicion tan baja las iba a resolver peor... Pero su sitio esta en la opera romantica no en esto. claramente... Es el problema de las super stars que pretenden cantar todo pase lo que pase... Para cantar estas cosas hay verdaderos especialistas, tu no lo eres...

[bodiloto]

- 10 !!! VERGOGNA !!!

[GalacticPrincess]

Beautiful...

[elcantantedebodas]

show us your version if you are that good

[elcantantedebodas]

well and then you critic are not worth

[blichilde]

If you are Mexican, listen to the magnificent Araiza, then compare...

[kamelda]

It would seem that McCreesh doesn't agree.

[thecelticspirit]

I simply LOVE from 1:53 to 2:04. Cannot explain. *thrills*

[porkvindaloo]

This is the first Classical singer I've really been inspired by and paid any attention to. He sings with real expression. I know because I can feel it.

[gkopij]

This is my absolutely favorite video. I love the intensity, energy, immense concentration and vocal virtuoso of Rolando, dancing giant Paul McCreesh, the sound of Gabrieli Players and even a camera work. It looks like a mad assembly but it is wonderful. This video captured a moment of creative forces at work. I was a bit disappointed that it was not included on DVD. The CD is a MASTERPIECE.

[pepponeverdi]

Quelles sont vos connaissances musicales svp?

[ramzacha]

what is the name of the song

[nclysander]

"dopo notte" from Handel's Ariodante

[ejerunes]

I agree with jbrown91287... Villazon has found a 'new' voice which fits him like a glove... Have you heard a tenor sing Handel with as much joy as he?

[jbrown91287]

This is the best villazon has sounded. I loved him before this, but my god this is wonderful.

[cycyg]

Händel wäre entzückt. Großartig!

[Desideria7]

Finally the fresh wind in the performance of barocco music! Bach, Handel and other were first of all human beings and their works are not the toys for the "barock-specialists", in reality antimusicians, who are using them for "public masturbation" during the concerts. Only to convince themselves! Like this stupid conductor who is jumping like a rubber ball, but is not able to keep the same rhytme during 5 seconds. Bravo, Villazon, avanti! P.S. Sorry for the grammatic errors :)

[tampax2009]

Ok with the most of your comments, except about McCreesh. At first is not so stupid, and he has perfectly understood music of this era.

[dvdgrog]

Bravo Rolando!

[bastienfrancois]

hairs on end allover...

[durandmad]

never heard anything so beautifull!!!!

[alejandra379]

he sounds wonderful in this one.

[coralrabida]

CHIKILICUATRE

[FaustinaBordoni]

Furthermore, Hillevifan, Villazon sings this aria with the jubilation it requires. Certainly, he is no Didonato, but he need not be. He brings something different to it. I do hope, however, that he sings mostly "true" tenor arias on this recording. I don't mind him stealing a few soprano/mezzo arias, but Handel's true tenor arias are a joy. And we've never heard a voice this rich in this repertoire. At least not since Fritz Wunderlich.

[pweny]

word.

[FaustinaBordoni]

Dear Hillevifan,

You are in no position to mock deride Villazon's foray into the Baroque repertoire, given your grotesque and unlistenable renditions of Sesto's arias from GIULIO CESARE. Villazon is quite fine in this repertoire. Moreover, his decision to record arias such as "Dopo notte" is not without precedent. Handel once assigned "Rejoice Greatly," a soprano aria, to a tenor. Lurcanio, the tenor role in ARIODANTE, was originally written for a soprano.

[rayangreene]

Oh, I'm dying to hear you sing and see if you can match Villazon. Nobodies seem to find it so so easy to criticise on youtube.

[podkivanok]

To rayangreene

Such things write people, who don't have any other arguments. But you see, singing is his profession, not my :) If I were in my profession so like he in his, I would sit without work :)

[rayangreene]

To Podkivnok 1

The list of arguments is so long that it's hardly summarizable.But for someone whose job and skills have nothing to do with music (at least according to himself), I'll try to explain it using very simple words: Although Rolando is a romantique singer,the baroque repertoire is suited to him; his voice is amazingly flexible, his tone rich, yet sufficiently light not to make him sound odd, his diction impeccable and his commitement to the part breathtaking expressiveness wise.

[kussmanon]

Tolle stimme, tolle interpretation, der allerbeste - rolando villazon

[Rosentod]

Bin ganz deiner Meinung!

[kussmanon]

Er singt mit herz und gefühl, hat einfach eine wunderschöne stimme, eine charismatische ausstrahlung und liebenswerten charme! Rolando villazon ist absolut der beste!

[Rosentod]

Ja. (Wobei ich auch Roberto Alagna stimmlich sehr schätze.) Bedauerlich, dass er (Villazon) so verheizt wird und eine ausgiebige Sangespause einlegen musste. Aber inzwischen scheint es ihm wieder gut zu gehen. Und obwohl ich Händel nicht unbedingt mag, klingt das hier einfach himmlisch.

[FaustinaBordoni]

Villazon sounds fabulous in this repertoire. He definitely sings this aria with more fire than Ian Bostridge, who should never have recorded oit. That said, Villazon fudges a few melismas--because of careless, not inability--so I hope he records a "cleaner" version of this. I look forward to purchasing this disc. Why didn't he transpose it up a semitone or whole tone? Doing so would have made the lowest notes in this aria easier to access.

[Gammadmoll]

Perfection! Such an energy, temperament and character, Bravo!!

I am sure it is great outstanding CD

[teresa59]

Bailando Handel...

Me encanta su expresividad !

[diomipoteviscagliar]

Great, Rolando! - One of your best discs! This repertoire is great for him rather than the dramatic!

[Tugoles]

This is great , Rolando! Imagine how fantastic is  CD. As usual this is full of character, musicality, energy and virtuosity..

[huhas1]

Bravissimo, Rolando! This will go long way..

[jdf89]

bravo Rolando! I discover Haendel through the beauty of his voice and the energy of his interpretation

[craftypookie]

There you go ,all you nay sayers. Absolutely lovely. I wish him all the best with this repitoire