Chanson du Toréador ~ Ludovic Tézier

[gvenegase]

CUAL PLAY BACK

[SchlomoMasonstein]

PLAYBACK :]

[Molotovenforce]

Bravo mon gros fume un gros bédo

[sir9integra9jr]

His rhythms kind of bother me... of course, that's not to say that I could sing it better, because I most certainly could not!

[gwirgalon]

pour moi il est un des meilleurs chanteurs de notre temps et y était toujours..

[supakiwibaby]

Amazing.

[operafool875]

too slow.....great voice

[David35617]

Bonito escenario y buena iluminación. Aunque me hubiera gustado más rápida la ejecución, ya que hacen lucir la voz y los instrumentos, pero le falta velocidad a la ejecución.

No sé si la partitura lo marca, que debe ejecutarse a ese ritmo. El director pudo hacerlo mejor.

[Gondremarck]

Jesssssus I love this guy! Super charming!!

[Cissy97]

The leading French baritone. Bravo!

[Cissy97]

This is one of the most UNDERRATED singers of this era!

[voce29]

Five stars!!!

[Fegen]

He is at the Met Opera House in New York City singing in the opera "Lucia Di

Lammermoor." Bravo for the Toreador Song!

[harvinsky]

Bravo, Ludovic. Je vous aime!

[tremeluzir]

Astonishing interpretation!

[jep11300]

Diction exceptionnelle, français bien articule, texte vécu et voix excellente. (Bizet avait recommandé :"avec fatuité"). Superludo!!!

[jep11300]

Diction exceptionnelle, français bien articule, texte vécu et voix excellente. Bizet avait recommandé :"avec fatuité". Superludo!!!

[pa14380]

The voice is good but it is not in rhythm then he had a memory lapse at 1:47 minute

[12maruchi12]

THE BEST: GOOD VOICE AND HANDSOME. Everything I want from a man.

[angelicaceleri]

bravo! and handsome!

[pmg2401]

el toreador de Carmen es una de mis operas favoritas, son hermosas todas las composiciones de Bizet

[dridrienne]

rohhhh... Que j'aime cet aire surtout quand c'est Ludovic Tézier.... Quel bon chanteur...

[sparafucile2]

De los grandes barítonos del momento. Si bien esta aria no me gusta mucho, él la borda y le da un nuevo aire.

[pieritlyon]

MAGNIFICO, ESTUPENDO. Gran voz, interrpretación y figura. BRAVO LUDOVIC TEZIER. Gracias "babyfairy"

[pieritlyon]

MAGNIFICO, ESTUPENDO. Gran voz, interrpretaci8ón y figura. BRAVO LUDOVIC TEZIER. Gracias "babyfairy"

[MsPestpokke]

NÚ WEET IK WAAROM MIJN MOEDER DIT ZO MOOI VOND...ÍK VIND HET NÚ OOK PRACHTIG....JAMMER DAT IK HET NU NIET MEER MET HAAR KAN DELEN...IK WAS GEWOON TE JONG TOEN...EEN TIENERTJE...

[janinesalamida]

grazie babyfairy...superb. i'm addicted!

[abracadabranque]

Sans doute ce que nous avons de meilleur en France pour ce rôle,mais tout juste assez pour moi!Trop de coups de gueule pour affirmer le personnage,mais au moins on l'entend!

[RoyKa2010]

Amazing! I can't believe I didn't get to know this bartone earlier.

[LorraineCash]

Oh Ludovic!!!!!

I melt down listening to this amazing baritone! =)

[ElementsConverge]

For those of you who think it's too slow, imagine Escamillo as a storyteller (which he is, singing of his exploits and of bullfighting).

He's deliberately going slower to give the delicious dramatic tension that makes his interpretation stand out.

[arpeggio1358]

The tempo is way too slow. ..almost a dirge. Escamillo should be a rock star! Tezier's voice sounds a bit forced, too. Sorry.

[lafranccuatti]

he's so handsome!

[Leader131]

the best thing in this performance is that he's french .. it makes it a lot better when it comes to how the words get out of his mouth

[neosword01]

J'ai toujours eu de la peine a comprendre les paroles de Carmen.

[MrsPisaroni]

Magnificent!!!!!!!

[rossmcl177]

What's with all the sexy goodlooking opera singers these days? Juan Diego Florez, Rolando Villazon, Simon Keenlyside, this guy.... what's going on????!! :) (I am not complaining!!)

[revivaljesus]

Because today to be an opera star you must have good looks, charisma and only a decent voice.

The stars of the past became stars based purely on singing abilities and in those days the star singers were vocally miles ahead of the ones we have today.

[maggiedunne2]

@revivaljesus

yes but they still hneeded to know how to be actors and they must have had charisma too

[Maggielicious21]

@revivaljesus i desagree with you

[lafranccuatti]

@rossmcl177 Villazon? sexy??

[Maggielicious21]

@lafranccuatti believe it or not hahahahahaha

[maggiedunne2]

what a fabulously sexy guy. send him around to me please

[secarate]

Ludovic!!!!!!!

[monpitt500]

Il ne chante pas très bien. Trop emphatique et en plus,ilest souvent faux(sous les notes) en Anglais on dit flat

[angelinggg]

He is sexy. waaaah

[jeanmolin55]

BRAVO !!!

Pieni voti 5*****

[monpitt500]

Plus je l'entends et plus je le trouve mauvais. De plus, le tempo est d'une lenteur ridicule!!!!

[ravenlakota1]

think I like Placido Domingo's voice better

[Masicians]

Hum ..........

Do you realize that domingo is tenor?

[jeanmolin55]

Poche idee ma confuse....

[francesca7564]

EUUUHHH PARDON ...

Vous confondez peut être TENOR ( même dramatique) et BARYTON ...

Amitiés ... :-))

[francesca7564]

@ ravenlakota

Le message TENOR BARYTON s'adresse à vous . Domingo ténor est fréquemment Don José dans Carmen, Escamillo ( ici Ludovic Tézier ) est toujours un baryton . Mais c'est bien d'aimer Domingo ... J'en profite pour saluer mon ami Jeanmolin, heureux d'être sur les mêmes chemins ...

[bledo006]

You stopping to speak english.Speak french because is theater old french OK !!!

[errpinin]

Great voice, butt he ralent's too mutch..

[mkbub]

i don't think i've ever heard this done by a frenchman before. it's fascinating!! he's so comfortable, so confident, and so thoroughly in love with his own language. both he and the orchestra have a perfectly tuned swagger! brilliant!

[conorstev]

heh, you never heard it by a frenchman and it's in french! quite strange that! i suppose it's cause it's so popular i agree with your comment though

[kostasmitros1]

Εξαίσιο...

[luvxl]

meaning Superb !

[luvxl]

tellement de plaisir :o)

[HTR0FLO]

Juste magnifique

[kameramann9]

je trouve la chanson plus belle que le choeur la chante.

[jokerab112]

hmm... almost sounds like a tenor. his voice isnt heavy enough for this role

[GhuToB]

Please "Jokerab112", Tezier is a big baritone and his voice is wonderful!

[aguacun]

but sounds like a tenor... may be because he is. I agree with jokerab112 ... I do not know why people qualify negative his opinion. Is there something wrong have a different opinion? IN fact in the world are too many tenors singing bariton roles. The voice of this singer is a good one but I think is a tenor.

[jokerab112]

relax man. i'm a musician, and i have my opinion. So do a million other people watching this. i think his voice is too small for this role.

[kiguz]

at least his not trying to fulfill the voice required for this aria darkening his color... that is a thing to admire! Beautiful voice!

[Bigman240]

Have you heard him live?

[Bigman240]

I think you probably prefer a darker voice, but the volume is certainly there. Of course, his high notes seem easy and they are more open than we're used to hearing. But don't mistake the brightness of his voice with his vocal power.

[divobari2]

I think that singers like this dude is a poor example for later generations... yeah, preference isn't the thing. It's that it lacks ciarascuro. The ciara is there, but the scuro aint! As for the high notes... I don't recommend anyone that doesn't want premature wobble to sing that wide on the top!... unless your singing pop/gospel... funny... he's french, you would think he's know the french style of singing... it isn't screaming!(ps, the top notes are all flat!) thank God he's good looking!

[Bigman240]

I agree that his high notes are almost all too open and fall back. The term you're referring to is spelled "chiaroscuro". I don't agree with you that the "scuro" isn't there. It definitely is, except of course when his high notes are too open. Although he certainly can sing a high note well when he wants to (listen at 3:20). Furthermore, his voice is very resonant, which is a sign of good vocal balance and health. Furthermore, French baritones were never the best examples of great singing.

[divobari2]

I agree with you at 3:20, except, it's the vowel that did the work for him, listen to him sing the E natural on any other vowel... While you are right, there is a bit of chiarascuro that cuts in and out, he is lucky that is voice is able to fool people, including all of the big houses... I'm sure his, hhhmmm, looks have nothing to do with it!....

Not to insult your taste or anyone else, but point, however, is that people praise this singing and it isn't good for other singings to emulate...

[dextertanboy]

Are you kidding? His singing is like Bryn Terfel's. Both off the throat. Amazing enough to have the breath pressure to keep it in the throat without using it.

[NEGROFRANCIS2]

je suis tres content¡¡¡¡¡¡

[allegra55]

beautiful, superb, WUNDERBAR!!!!

thank you for this great moment!

[ILuvNymphadoraTonks]

fabulous performance!

[dvdgrog]

Loving all the posts of this artist on Youtube. Can't get enough of him. Loved the balance of boldness and musicality in his Toreador Song.

[Meny20]

Hermoso. Me encantó!

[sopranobrasileira]

manca un po piu di ritmo, la voce é bellissima, ma secondo me, troppo ritenute... sembra una romanza...ma vale sempre la pena sentire questa aria. Complimenti

[OperaLover84]

Amazing!!!

[jibsing]

bah non c'est ridicule, soit tu chante en Espagnol soit tu chante en français! les chanteurs de la bohème ou la traviata vont pas prendre u naccent français pour chanter en Italien!

[jibsing]

autrement il est vraiment excellent

[jibsing]

J'aimerais tout de même comprendre alors qu'il est français, il se permet de déformer autant les voyelles et la prononciation d'une manière générale...doit on obligatoirement déformer le discours pour chanter lyrique??...je pense que c'est parce que ça fait "bien" et c'est un gros défaut qui m'agace beaucoup. Quand on est français on doit prononcer correctement, à l'image de Souzay, Bernac, Le Roux, Kruysen etc ou Fischer Dieskau pour l'allemand.

[xxelsa77xx]

Et si tu considère que ce n'est pas censé se passer en France et qu'on essaie de s'approcher de la sonorité andalouse, comprends-tu mieux ?

[skowarsky]

Just watched him as Marcello in the Met's Boheme DVD, and wanted to find out more about him. I thought he was Italian, because he looks exactly like an Italian friend of mine, but now I see, definitely French. Wow! Great Baritone. Would like to hear him doing Rossini's Figaro.

[lamsalgado]

I´m happy w your opinion. I think highly of Ludovic. A true artist, who has nice opinions about art and values too. The public at Baden Baden loved him! Congratulations! KRegards

[da615]

Of all the Toreadors I've heard, Tezier has the clearest enunciation. Although I know very little French, I can actually make out the words when he sings!

[clementnoel]

j'aimerai bien savoir qui vous êtes pour vous permettre de juger un chanteur de cette renommée?

[louvet66]

Vraiment un beau chanteur et une belle voix; Toutefois les notes aigües sur les "a" sont un peu trop ouvertes et dès que Ludovic referme un peu sa bouche,les "couvre", elles sont nettement plus jolies, plus timbrées, plus corsées, comme elles doivent être.

[luigipava]

bellissima qst canzone

[gabrielacarneiro]

i cant talk about his technique but i can tell that i'm crazy about this history and i'd surely fall in love with this escamillo, not so gentle not so tough. sounds to my heart like a real toreador that knows (and loves) the arena feeling! delicious!

O amor te espera, toreador!

[tomorrete]

no tengo palabras

[jhvorotin]

Are you Escamillo? NO so SHOW IT! show that you have balls, that you seduce...and faster please, "EN GARDE!!!!!!!!". People seem excited but I'm sleepy.

I know I'm provocative, sorry, but this is what I think inside. Singing is beautiful and the range is wide...he's easy in his low notes as well as his high notes. He has a very relaxed jaw, like Pavarotti. But please, ACT! People forgive Pavarotti to be not an actor, but he had a unique timbre. Tézier has a beautiful voice but it is not unique.

[EmperorTiger]

i think he is acting, if you notice, he's slurring, i think this interpretation presumes that Escamillo has had a few to drink therefore i think its fair

[neochmia]

His voice is maybe not unique, but the ways he uses it is definitely the one of a master.

I've heard him tonight in Fastaff his voice was enough to make him hateful and jealous as he had to be to play Ford's role. No need to play more. He was really convincing to me... and his sound was definitely Italian! for a French singer , I have to tell: chapeau bas!

[louvet66]

Cher Vorotin, ce que vous dites semble intéressant malheureusement je ne parle ni ne comprends votre langue. Vous serait-il possible de traduire en français? MERCI

[jhvorotin]

Certainement...Je dis que Tézier a une bonne technique, est à l'aise dans les aigues comme dans les graves et montre une gande relaxation des machoires entre autres. Par contre, je trouve qu'il passe à côte du personnage et du jeu théâtral. Je vois Escamillo plutôt comme un mâle dominant avec beaucoup d'assurance. Mais là, Tézier est un peu endormi. Il est peu impliqué et un peu trop passif à mon gout.

Vous avez raison, les "a" sont trop ouvert et donc plus vulnérable

[abracadabranque]

@jhvorotin Ne découvrant ton commentaire que maintenant ,j'y souscris absolument.J'ai dit il y a peu à Toreadorssong quelque chose de semblable .Quand aux "a" ,je crois qu'ils doivent être ouverts,sinon pas d'effet théâtral. Les italiens disent "aperto ma coperto"; l'équilibre entre les résonnances buccales et nasales atteint ,la voix trouve sa couverture naturelle.Un grand baryton possède facilement le Fa, il se couvre de lui même,d'où l'importance de l'écriture.

[jhvorotin]

@abracadabranque "l'équilibre entre les résonnances buccales et nasales atteint ,la voix trouve sa couverture naturelle"...je n'y avais jamais pensé en ces termes mais je comprends bien.

[abracadabranque]

@jhvorotin Tu es donc sans doute chanteur?Je pense que l'on entretient beaucoup de mystères sur la voix,celà perturbe les élèves et fait vivre certains professeurs, seuls à s'y retrouver et à profiter de la confusion qu'ils ont crée!

[Fegen]

When opera singers sing in their native tongue

it always sounds the best. Nice looking

baritone with a very pleasant voice.

Will sing Marcello in "La Boheme" at the

Met Opera House in NYC on the

April 5th live radio broadcast.

Sang in Carmen at the Met in 2002.

[EmperorTiger]

who you or him

[ivigliatenore]

I like this singer very much! A very modern one: nice looking, good actor, you can understand every single word he sings. However I think top notes are a bit too open (E and F are not so beautiful) and there's a too much tight vibrato in his voice wonderful colored voice.

[buckleee]

really? I would say that his F is actually pretty nice. It is a bit open but something about it I feel works for this.

[crazyfunlv]

Excelento! Bravisimo!!!! Cупер - Отлично!

[shadowdog1977]

Don't know about the covering thing....too many baritones go too far. And who's to say? Maybe his upper passagio point lies a half-step higher and he doesn't need to modify as much on an F--sure sounds like he doesn't. The voice retains it's warmth and vibrancy up top just fine. I prefer that sound to singers like Hvorostovsky who has developed a very husky sound over the last few years...

[Shuka0]

Quelle découverte! Magnifique! Quelle élégance! Quelle classe! Encore..... Merci merci merci

[bouliquetquet]

super bien !

[shiomivega]

すばらしいです。It's so wonderful.

踊りだしたくなります。It makes me feel dancing.

情熱的な恋、憧れます。 I adore such a passionate lover

[Ankhsnammon]

Très bien,bombon!

et très jolie ta bouche!

Ankhsnammon

[Thorfin68]

Tézier is one of my favourite baryton. He's the first who made me cry in an opera, when he sung Posa in french, in Strasbourg. Here you can understand the text clearly, but I think he could sing it a little bit faster. Anyway, you have to see him on stage. He's amazing. A great singer

[Thorfin68]

steainsy : I love his french too. Like I said, here you can really understand the words. For this area, many times you don't understand what the singer says. I'd like to see him in Lucia.

[Ankhsnammon]

Amd I would like to see him as -athanaël,in Massenet's "Thaïs",too!!

this rôle seems perfect to me for him!

ankhsnammon

[Toreadorssong]

Escamillo is not a Bass-baritone role. The tessitura of the aria is not that low. There ar a couple of low Bbs that are tough for the average baritone who does not develop the lower register, but the role sits relatively high. The duet is also high. The problem is the sustained Es and Fs on [a]. They should be covered, but many baritones sing them open, like Tezier does here. Dangerous. He is however a great singing actor and French is his mother tongue.

[abracadabranque]

@Toreadorssong Tu n'as pas tout à fait raison:Il faut un grand baryton,avec une belle assise,ce qui permet d'ouvrir l'aigu sans que la voix ne se décolore.Tézier a une voix parfaite pour Valentin.Dans Carmen,il y a un trois entités qui, chacune à leur manière ,combattent.Ce sont des êtres" physiques": Leurs voix doivent avoir naturellement plus de corps. Carmen aime les mâles,c'est pour celà qu'elle quitte Don José pour Escamillo.Il faut donc une voix virile...Un homme, un vrai !!!!Salut!

[Toreadorssong]

@abracadabranque Je suis tout à fait d'accord. Tu as peut-être mal saisit mes commentaires. Mieux vaut un grand baryton comme tu dis au lieu d'un baryton-basse. Bien-entendu il y a des grands barytons qui se catégorisent baryton-basse. A mon avis, il existe une différence. Quand à Tézier, j'ai dit simplement qu'il soit bon acteur et chanteur et que le français soit sa langue maternelle, ceux qui lui donnent une avantage. Sa voix est simplement trop légère pour Escamillo!

[abracadabranque]

@Toreadorssong Ah,le barrage de la langue!Pardon pour cette méprise.En revanche,je pense que le jeu vocal et scénique souffre de ce manque de largeur vocale;il faut être animal pour incarner ce rôle,tempérament qu'on ne sent pas chez Tézier.

[Toreadorssong]

@abracadabranque A ce qu'il paraît, nous voyons la chose de la même perspective. Enregistré, donné le contrôle électronique du son, Tézier peut donner l'impression qu'il a une voix substantielle, tandis qu' en direct c'est toute une autre histoire. Aujourd'hui l'opéra souffre de ce manque de substance vocale. Sans telle puissance, le jeu scénique reste sur scène. Ainsi le publique n'a pas l'occasion d"en profiter.

[sydouf]

BRAVO !!! Quelle classe !! Quelle élégance !! Merci !! On en redemande !!!

[bluemanredstate]

not a song for his natural register, but he's terrifically musical, he's a marvelous voice, elegant as all hell and quite effortless

[hsgiac03]

Since I've heard him live, I've wondered what he would be like singing this role! The timbre is different than it is in Verdi or something heavier, but I like it.

[steainsy]

fantastic! He sings with such ease, and i agree that listening to someone sing in their own language(especially when it's french) can be something special. Such finesse, i hope he doesn't end up over singing. Go Tezier!

[AZimmer289]

I like his baritone, the richness of the timbre is lovely. I wonder whether he sings Mephisto in Faust or in Tales of Hoffman.

[Ankhsnammon]

WONDERFUL!!!!!!N ice...and sooo elegant!

ankhsnammon