Chanson Boheme from Carmen - Bizet- Jaroussky-Ducros

[aless6214]

Tragicamente imbarazzante!

[bertoluccio]

Non deve fare cose orende.!

[carolineleiden]

The fact that he SINGS in a high pitch voice does not turn him into a woman. He is ACTING. It's not real. He doesn't think he IS Carmen, nor does he think he is any woman for that matter. He sings a song, that's all.

A few hundred years ago every female role in opera was sung by a man. Women were not alowed on stage or singing Mass, so the men did it. That did not make them any less of a man and noone was offended by them.

Loose the bigotry, please. It makes you look stupid.

[mrantiquedealer]

April Fool's to you too! C'mon now! This is not serious stuff!!!

[sjuli17]

@mrantiquedealer Why should it be serious? It was the last encore of the concert! :)

[sjuli17]

Please, people, he is not playing Carmen, he's just singing an aria, out of context - it's not the same thing. He also sang "Lascia ch'io pianga", and I can't remember everybody getting histerical about "Oh, but it's the aria of the heroine, it should only be sung by a woman". The main difference is that the average audience knows Carmen better than Rinaldo...

Ps.) Is there anything in the lyrics that would indicate the gender of the singer? I must have missed it.

[zehredness]

@fourmi1060 I love Philippe Jaroussky but I totally understand why you wouldn't like the sound of his voice.

[StandingAtTheMic]

Either way it's better than Katherine Jenkins :)

[fan2jnrc]

Grotesque! Quelque part entre la Castafiore et Zaza Napoli, quoi...

Amusant, mais grotesque. C'était à prévoir, d'ailleurs. A un moment donné, à force de flirter avec les expériences borderline, le sens du ridicule allait lui échapper... Voilà, c'est fait.

Prochain album : Jarrousky reprend Lady Gaga et Beyoncé.

[eustazio]

@fan2jnrc sauf que ca a jamais fait partie de son repertoire de predilection, ni meme de projet d'album.... donc bon tes remarques tombent bien a plat.... that's one recital, in spain.

[fan2jnrc]

@eustazio T'as l'esprit vif, tu comprends l'ironie et le second degré, c'est bien. Il y a des gens comme ça, faut une pancarte pour leur indiquer "Warning! Blague!"... Donc je t'annonce un scoop : effectivement, en fait PJ ne prépare pas un album de reprises de Lady Gaga. Voilà, ça c'est fait.

Sinon tu peux me dire en quoi le fait que ce soit "one recital in spain" rend cette prestation moins grotesque? Dans un récital en Espagne, on a le droit de se ridiculiser, c'est ça l'idée?

[eustazio]

deja l'opinion que c'est grotesque t'appartient. c'est un air qui est descriptif d'une scene, donc le personnage qui le chante n'a aucune importance (puisque je suppose que tu dois quand meme t'enerver parce qu'un garcon chante carmen. oh shocking). quand a la production vocale elle n'est pas grotesque en elle meme, c'est juste, et lyrique. il lui manque la plus haute note criee de la fin mais c'est tout. alors l'ironie c'est bien mais les arguments c'est mieux!

[fan2jnrc]

@eustazio Waow! 8 mois après! T'as eu le temps de la méditer, ta réponse! Quand je disais que t'as l'esprit vif... D'une part, bien sûr que si, le chant en lui-même est grotesque, il n'a pas du tout la couleur requise, il a le gosier étranglé tout le long de l'air, une diction désastreuse, et il est incapable de chanter la note finale et tous ses aigus sont simplement couinés, c'est immonde.

[fan2jnrc]

@eustazio D'autre part, yes Carmen chanté par un homme, c risible, mais c un récital, après tout, l'incarnation du personnage n'est pas essentielle. Donc, s'il veut chanter en récital "Dis moi que je suis belle" de Thaïs, ça le regarde. A CONDITION de le chanter correctement : parce que Bizet ou Massenet, ce n'est pas Caldara. Le jour où il chantera l'opéra du XIXème avec le timbre d'une vraie mezzo-soprano, on verra. En attendant, là il fait juste du Michel Serrault : "RenatoooooOOOO" !!!!!

[oceanodefuego1]

No veo el que se rasguen la vestimenta cuando un hombre cante arias para mezzosoprano o soprano, si muchas mezzosopranos o contraltos, por ejemplo, han interpretado papeles masculinos. Aunque debo decir que esta aria sólo una mezzosoprano la debe de cantar, o al menos si la canta un contratenor, que suene a mezzosoprano o contralto y que también posea unos agudos excelentes, pues este contratenor se oye desfasado en las notas agudas de picada y ligadas

[rdeccp44]

Ugh. Angela Gheorghiu? What an over-hyped singer she is.

[dangmills]

@rdeccp44 there are others who recieve the most staggering attention that they do NOT deserve... Angela may be over hyped but she earned it.

[Justin110488]

He sings this better than most women can. He just gets a lot of flack because he is a male singer performing a womans song. I don't see what the problem is...

[romondesbert]

@Justin110488 NO it 's absolutely untrue tthat he sings this better than women. He hasn't got half the voice of moste feminine interpreters of this part. And his diction is absysmal

[Justin110488]

@romondesbert - Do not misquote me, I said he sings it better than most women can. His version is by no means my personal favorite. I just meant I have heard some women on youtube ruin this song. I just think some of these comments are unnecessary.

[romondesbert]

juste grotesque !



[claireantoine]

@romondesbert c'est toi qui es grotesque!!!C'est le meilleur chanteur que j'ai jamais écouté ,fais en autant que lui et après on en reparlera!!!

[romondesbert]

@claireantoine Ce chanteur peut chanter très bien le répertoire qui convient à sa voix, autrement dit la musique baroque. Ceci n'est juste pas fait pour ce type de voix. Il ne fait pas les notes aigues écrites dans la partition et en plus la diction est très mauvaise : je vous mets au défi de relever le texte si vous le ne connaissez pas.

[Monroeville693]

I think he's even more dashing for daring to sing this! And he pulls it off.

[lumiere137]

This is so sensual and entrancing! I'm enamoured!

[claireantoine]

@lumiere137 me too!

[sicla99]

Orribile,assurdo...



[tuffy942]

@fourmi1060 Have you heard the Habanera from Carmen sung by Andreas Scholl in his first venture in a CD called The Three Countertenors with D Visse and P Bertin? It was interesting and they did it in good fun!!!

[spqrmor]

PJ performs Carmen ... ridiculous and awful in one glass !!!!!

[tuffy942]

@spqrmor Have you heard the Habanera from Carmen sung by Andreas Scholl in his first venture in a CD called The Three Countertenors with D Visse and P Bertin? It was interesting and they did it in good fun!!!

[spqrmor]

@tuffy942 Andreas Scoll is respected counter-tenor but even he is rediculous performing Habanera. It's time for me to listen to Angela Gheorghiu.

[sotevag]

what the....what is the man doing?

This is to be sung by a woman! It's a role for a woman and can not be sung by a man the proper way! He should stick to Baroque and classical periods. He is just wonderful at them and he shouldn't forget that he is a countertenor...

[tuffy942]

This video seems to have generated very excited opinions! De gustibus unum...

[tuffy942]

@suoidolem I love Lesne and Scholl too, but as for ignorant? You do not have to be a music expert to appreciate art. M Jaroussky 's success is due to his gifts and his industriousness, not just marketing and liaisons. You shortchange a young singer who has an incredible charisma.If you don't like him at least don't trash him!!

[CockneyRebel1979]

One of my favourite opera pieces, and this bloke does a LOVELY rendition of it- bravo, my son, bravo! :)

[erikamabra]

Philippe has the right to sing WHATEVER he wants!! He is a genius, even if some people don't like some of his versions (his french melodies, for exemple).

I think this is product of his curiosity and his desire to explore, wich also let us know music we didn't know (J-C Bach, for instance), and i think that is his originality and the secret of his success.

[tuffy942]

I SO totally agree erikamabra! He is so intelligent and original he sings stuff others haven't even thought of!!!!His talents are so varied and he educates us, his public, with gorgeously created pieces. He is a true artist!!!

[lamadonnadegliangeli]

Fatti operare.

[tuffy942]

Sorry but very stupid comment.

[JEANHIKER]

Though this piece is not for a man to sing, he sings it quite beautifully. I liked his voice too much, and he's a beautiful guy too. Congratulations! Yes,tuffy942, I wanted to watch him doing this piece. :) If you have the video, please add, and notice me. Thank you!

[operastarz]

Him not singing all the high notes is most likely a personal musical choice. It doesn't ruin the piece just because he doesn't sing them. He isn't a male soprano, he's a countertenor. The queen of the night is a full dramatic soprano role. Even he can't go that high. Singing Shakira, would be an insult to his talent.

[Supermomjeannie]

Your opinion my dear. Thousands enjoy him.

[Straricc]

This really is too mutch! Why doesn't he sing also the queen of the night?....or maybe something of Shakira....

[tuffy942]

Guess what, you enjoy Shakira, while I will listen to PJ's gorgeous voice. Personally I believe I got the best one.Plus he can hit all the notes he needs.

[JEANHIKER]

Straricc, why do you want him to sing Mozart's Queen And can't he sing this one? I guess you should think a little bit more before posting anything. Be kinder and sensible!!!

[erikamabra]

NOOOO!!!!!! You should better ask Shakira to sing fra le procelle, or may be pianti i sospiri by Vivaldi!!!!!!

[erikamabra]

m Jaroussky is not a soprano male he is a mezzosoprano.

Besides, there are several versions of queen of the night sung by soprano males!!!

[erikamabra]

m Jaroussky is not a soprano male he is a mezzosoprano.

there are several versions of queen of night sung by soprano males.

[Holderlin]

But why he doens´t sing both the high notes?

[cuicuimusic]

to.die.for.

[mahajaroussky]

my favorite Bizet masterpiece from carmen

thanks maria

i wish all tracks from Granada festival

is including in his upcoming melodies french