Nicolai Gedda, Manon "Ah fuyez, douce images"

[Franco1940]

nicolai gedda ha una voce la più possente che esiste,non solo la più simpatica all'orecchio che genera un patema d'animo meraviglioso e naturale come fossi tu a cantare davanti alla platea della vita canora umana. franco 1940

[lindoro91]

Wonderful!!!

[MusicSimone]

Gedda's French was flawless, and his voice perfect for French opera.

In my opinion, no one sang the role of Desgrieux better than he did.

[Chrisdenancy]

Beautiful... Awesome, brilliant, wonderful... marvellous.

What else ?

[vocetenor]

I have to say that this thing with comparing one tenor to another is rubish...we should be examining each singer on their own seperate from the rest..each of these great singers brings their own flare emotion and voice to what they sing and making one more or less by comparing is missing the point od interpretation...we all have our fav's

[Love09081979]

Magnificent !!! Bravo!

[dogfacesoldier]

THE BEST! BRAVO NICOLAI GEDDA!

[gerry4339]

please dont put mr gedda in the same league as corelli. the difference really is like chalk an cheese . although mr gedda has a pleasant voice he cannot seriously be compared to the greatest tenor who ever lived namely franco corelli. or maybe its just my opinion?

[Herur22]

@gerry4339

Errr... it's  just your opinion.

[gerry4339]

@Herur22 but its a good opinion ask anyone who was there ? gedda second rate compared to maestro corelli

[Herur22]

@gerry4339

As I said, that's your opinion and you are of course entitled to it. There are people who share your opinion and there are others, who don't.

[gerry4339]

@Herur22 ok we will beg to differ on this subject. because after all we are both lucky to have two such fine singers to listen to. i find the tenor voice so mesmerising and powerful. it takes you on every emotion. just fantastic. thank you for this coming together of opinions on this subject

[profgv2011]

Respond to this video... Who is first or second rate is pure ignorance....

[ForAll23]

@gerry4339

Franco Corelli loved, just like Mario del Monaco, to show off his voice.

They were totally in love with their own voices. They saw and heard no one else on the stage, only themselves and their own egos.

[gerry4339]

@ForAll23 seriously if corelli had such a big ego why was it that he suffered so much with nerves before every performance? surely people with big egos are very confident in anything they do. it kind of defeats your argument really doesnt it?

[ForAll23]

@gerry4339

1. Pretending to be nervous can be a way to draw attention to oneself. Further; if he then performs the task unexpectedly, his luck is made.

2. There are many different types of ego-"people".

> Defeats your argument really doesn't it?

3. Guess... :-)

[gerry4339]

@ForAll23 he was the greatest tenor who ever lived so if he had an ego so be it he had a right to have the biggest ego of all

[ForAll23]

@gerry4339 Hello again!

When we like/love someone it is actually not so debatable.

However it can anyway be a bit interesting to share and discuss what we feel.

Franco Corelli was undoubtedly a great tenor of our time.

[Pollione88]

@gerry4339 Gedda must surely be regarded as a greater artist than Corelli. Corelli had an incredibly masculine and powerful voice that was fantastic for Italian roles. However, from an artistic perspective, Gedda left a legacy of hundreds of (many of them reference!) recordings in various languages in which he demonstrated incredible musicality, elegance and finesse as well as superb diction and characterization of his roles. On top of that, he had a huge repertoire of art songs.

[Herur22]

@Pollione88

Well said. I agree completely.

[RoyKa2010]

@Pollione88 Word of wisdom! Gedda is a singing artist. IMO, merely belonging to different fachs does not mean that two singers cannot be compared with one another from an artistic/stylistic point of view. A tenor can possess a dark, heroic voice and still sing with finesse, just as he may have a sweet lyric voice and just bore everyone to death with his self-indulgent monotonous singing! I won't mention names!

[hightenor123]

I don't think its worth comparing, they did different things well. Gedda was one of the greatest Mozart singers ever, which Corelli did not do. And COrelli was a great Italian Spinto, which Gedda was not ever. I would say that the comparison is between Brie and Cheddar, both delicious both Cheese and both different. And you can like one or the other as your taste judges. I think what you are rather saying is that it is more impressive to be the greatest spinto than greatest light-lyric

[krajncrocky1]

@gerry4339 that is true

[cornificius22vain]

what a wonderful & well placed voice

[marcmo2004]

It's surprising that some people do not give 5 stars for this kind of performance by N. Gedda (there are other ones of this kind). How to give less than 5 stars ?! I don't understand !

[25Marinus]

You are absolute right Sir. Like Gedda, they haven't made before- and they don't make them anymore. He still is beond all the stars you can give.

[josepliric]

Bravo¡¡¡¡¡

[Glenmed]

Magnificent rendition - here with his French hat on. Magnificent in whatever language he chose. Wait a minute.. I can't remember him claiming to know much Spanish. But I see that Herur22 can discuss quite nicely in that language, as well as several others. Bravo to you both!

[Herur22]

Thank you, Barry.

[oakroom48]

Fabulous, I agree :)

[cornificius22vain]

gedda's voice is so sharp and well placed, and his high register is glorious. no opaqueness in his singing, pure gold.

[lindorofabrizio]

Really the best !

Gedda has a so beautiful voice !

[gsygsy]

This is all about a guy trying to get a woman he's obsessed with out of his mind. Gedda completely gets this. It's a magnificent performance of one of the great French arias.

[JLFAN2009]

The late Beverly Sills said (in one of her memoirs) that "I know I will never have sung MANON with a better tenor than Nicolai Gedda. And that's no mean compliment."

[madretierra6]

SUPREMO¡¡

[jgdmol4l]

This is great. I love this aria.

[JLFAN2009]

So do I: Massenet's MANON may be thought of as a soprano's opera -- but I really think it belongs to the tenor. Des Grieux has a number of moments where he can steal the show.

[stevevandien]

Gedda is magnificent. The only other tenors whom I've heard sing this great aria so well are Thill, Bjorling and Tucker -- also maybe Schipa in Italian ("Ah dispar, vision")---

[guilhem32]

Gedda is always awsome, it was certainly one of the best ! In this aria, everything is perfect, it's been a long time I didn't hear such an amazing thing ! Even if it's a studio recording ! Bravo !!!

[vocede]

Super !!!!!

[Nadir2711]

La maturité d'une voix...italienne qui chante remarquablement le français...un grand interprête...me gusto mucho...

[laonirica]

Pura Belleza Fluída!!!

BRAVO!!! QUERIDO MAESTRO NICOLAI GEDDA!!!

[petrof4056]

not bad.

[GermanOperaSinger]

Along with Kraus, the best interpreter of French opera in the 60s.

[crazymanitaliano]

Ok Villazon: esta es tu oportunidad de aprender. Yeah! this interpretation is one of the best....

[fgpad]

Si solo tienes que llevarlo al estudio de grabacion, tengo una version en vivo en video de Gedda de Fausto Gounoud y te puedo decir que no es lo mas impresionante. En el estudio cualquiera puede lograr hasta Re y Mi bemol

[Herur22]

El video de 1975 de Paris? Puede ser que no es lo mas impresionante en comparacion de sus otras obras (Si non menciono que ya tenia 50 anos), pero el C de Salut demeure chaste et pure es fenomenal et no diria que qualquier lo pueda lograr. Puedes tambien buscar otros ejemplos de versiones en vivo (La sonnambula, Le prophete, Les huguenotes etc, etc) si quieres escuchar agudos brillantes.

[fgpad]

Es cierto que alcanza un brillante y hermoso Do de pecho o C pero no es solo dar el agudo sino la interpretacion toda la opera y su desempeño en vivo. No quiero decir que Gedda no tiene una voz divina, pues es y sera uno de los mejores tenores de todos los tiempos (no solo en italia se dan como muchos creen) sino que no es posible comparar representaciones de otros en vivo con esta grabacion en estudio.

[picapin]

Villazon: Listen and learn!

[Fegen]

One of the finest tenors to ever grace the

stage of the Met Opera House in New York

City. He was terrific!

[Hjadlowker]

Grande Nico!!!