Comfort Ye... - G.F. Handel "Messiah" - John Tiranno

[vildmedchow]

Beautiful. Simply beautiful. What a voice!

[qyzuf]

Hunk

[PsalmHymnSamHim]

@qyzuf Stay focused !

[THSChoir]

I don't like this version, at all...there are incorrect rhythms all over the place from the orchestra, and the tenor isn't singing stylistically correct at all. The longer he holds the note, the worse his vibrato is. You could drive a mack truck through his vibrato...it is awful! He over compensates every note.

[MissFermata]

I'm very picky when it comes to Tenors but this guy has a stunning voice. This aria is well done here and I would know from having to perform with Tenors whom are incapable of performing this piece right for 4 years now...Job (very) well done!

[Davccelion]

I like the passion he puts in the song....there are some moments when he gets too loud, but he's got the material (voice and passion),and in time he'll do it just perfect.

[drq814]

well perfomed.

[slicer317]

@OperaLover84 you'd be right if you had known this isn't an aria, its the recit for every valley

[girobaz]

What does it matter. The man has a beautiful voice, a well executed rendition and is communicating a godly and comforting message - the coming of the Messiah.

[atlantis369]

@OperaLover84 If you are truly interested in vocal pedagogy and performance practice from the Baroque period you should check out the plethora of treatises from the period. You will find that most singers followed a technique that is not too different from that of the Bel Canto and Romantic styles of singing. Yes, ornamentation and musicality were quite different but vocal production remained relatively constant.

[OperaLover84]

@atlantis369 I'm sorry, but that's simply not true, Atlantis! Baroque style singing was, in fact, quite different from the bel canto / modern style of vocal production. Most Handelian male singers sang primarily with chest voice in their lower range and head voice or light "voix mixe" in their passaggio and upper range. Yes, there may have been large-voiced singers back then, but they did not actually use their full voices. In fact, full-voiced (modern) technique was not even part of...

[OperaLover84]

@atlantis369 ...vocal pedagogy at that time. The orchestrations were also so light that a huge voice simply wasn’t necessary to cut through the musicians – and so they were not used. It wasn’t until years later, when the first Rossini tenors began playing around with “chest extended” technique (which the public hated at first, by the way), that the fully “hooked up” sound began creeping into common performance practice.

[OperaLover84]

@atlantis369 ...AND on top of that, the larger type of voices that we consider today to be true “operatic voices” didn’t even really become all that common until the later Romantic period, when the orchestras began getting larger and larger and the demand for singers who could soar over huge orchestras intensified. And so I repeat – this guy is inappropriately blasting his way through this piece, and no, it’s not an historically accurate performance style.

[Violin1209]

It's baroque, not heavy opera... You don't blast your voice out in this piece.

[atlantis369]

@Violin1209 Please see my comments to OperaLover84 regarding this performance.

[Violin1209]

@atlantis369 no...

There is in fact huge differences in baroque... Caccini said, in XVII century that

in baroque music we ALWAYS listen to minimal vibratos... it's a characterist.

The baroque music preserves the soft singing from Renaissance.

This guy isn't singing soft... this guy isn't singing with minimal vibratos, but long... very long vibratos...

If you want to hear a nice voice for this piece, look for Michael Spyres in youtube.

[TwistingWays]

Blasted coughing child...

[Swany243]

This guy is awesome! Who is he?

[Andrewstory79]

I just say Wow! he sung it very well.

[Purcellenvena]

Si Handel levantara la cabeza moriría isofacto debido al exceso de vibrato.

Qué poco gusto.

[mbfla]

In a word: outstanding!!!!

[Herdemer]

Muy bueno. Habia visto otro cantante haciendo esta obra y este lo pasa por arriba.

[Tigermuc]

Fucking recording for this beautiful voice!

[cuicuimusic]

very original take on it !

[tanoki1]

Nice voice. It is actually refreshing to hear this piece sung with a little more power. High tones are nice and ringing, but needs to be careful not to squeeze up top. Needs to clean up some of the sliding up to tones also. Lots of nits here, but overall, a very good performance and promising voice.

[emncaity]

Really nice voice--probably a tad too much ornament for my taste, but that's just me. I want to hear this guy again in about 10 years.

[sarahbobsezzive]

what a gorgeous voice.

[Gary2837]

@sarahbobsezzive This was his interpretation of this magnificent song; allow him his due. I applaud this great tenor for I wish I could perform it as beautifully.

[Chiliarches]

One of the better rendition on YouTube. Good.

[langelo68]

nice tenor. nice projection good diction even if "opera oriented". the orchestra is quite out of tune and heavy handed.

[ELThenN]

Why the conductor is sit?

[dratbc]

the conductor chose to sit for reasons of his health.

[bishopdr]

I so apreciate the personality in your voice. You are not caught up in the "tenor sound" which is great. I LOVE IT!....very brilliant bright sound which is wonderful. I would love to hear more of you...

[jjhomefryer]

I'm not sure if agree with you. I wouldn't say his voice is too big or too full for this. I would say however, that he is pushing a bit, just a bit. Perhaps to get a bigger sound than he is meant for. But with that said i think his voice is nice for this, full, bright but with a tiny bit of brassy roundness.

[cimbello]

Ti mandiamo i nostri migliori e più sinceri complimenti da parte di lontani parenti dall'Italia.

[naidougladiva]

even with all the annoying background noise the beautiful quality of his voice shines through!

lovely!

[wasalanta]

who da heck was caughing continuesly? damn. good job

[millsy1804]

Stunning Voice!!! Well done.

[feesi1]

beautiful song, beautiful singing