Florez sings "L'alba separa"

[federic017]

Ha gusto limitato e la voce è perennemente nel naso...proprio non mi piace.saluti

[rossinilove]

This is a beautifully sung rendition of one of my favorite Tosti songs. I just listened to Filianoti sing this and I like him very much but Florez goes (IMO) for a deeper feeling with greater dynamics. Both are excellent but I give JDF a slight edge on this. Off topic, he did a bit of the moonwalk in his last Los Angeles Barber of Seville. He was hilarious.

[Liu666able]

Nada de voz,una mosca que hae las notas

El texto lo arruina...a que punto se ha llegado en la lirica.

Un chivo que canta.

[romanazazel]

All the notes are there, but he really sounds like an incest of a tenor.

[ShawDAMAN]

@romanazazel what the hoot does that even mean...

[romanazazel]

@ShawDAMAN Sorry I misspelt something. I meant to say "an insect of a tenor" not incest lol.

[Fasolt100]

A me non dispiace ma, in questo brano, preferisco Bjorling.

[Kronos14293]

@Fasolt100

These voices are not comparable. And there is no need to do so. The world of singing has space for all of them.

[Fasolt100]

@Kronos14293 Caro amico, non lo metto in dubbio. Hai perfettamente ragione ma nello specifico si tratta di preferenze. Pensa che al primo posto, porrei Enrico Caruso.

Ogni voce, ha il suo timbro ed è questo che la rende inconfondibile ed unica. Ciao. Wilhelm.

[sugarbist]

beautiful 

[sincrotto]

Il discendente di Lauri volpi, Corelli, Kraus e Pavarotti. Il belcanto non è morto!

[ranigema]

@sincrotto Florez "descendente" di Lauri-Volpi,Corelli,Kraus e Pavarotti.

lei é un grande sognatore.

il belcanto non é morto?

Florez non ha la voce per poter far vivere il belcanto,la sua voce e molto limitata non ha lo scuillo e non arriva di girare la voce come Lairi Volpi,non ha la voce di Corelli,e non ha gli acuti e l'emissione vocale di Kraus e Pavarotti.

20 Florez insieme=1 Pavarotti

50 Florez insieme=1Corelli

dal vivo é cosi.

[tofric]

stupenda! Voce giovanile (finalmente) e passionale! Grande Florez!

[pavoman23]

Lol at 1:29 white people gently swaying.

[TorresObssesed9]

Amazing! Such control and such power...... FAB!

[paziflora]

me encantas juan diego, que talentoso y huapo que eres.

[J0saih]

I watch this video all of the time. I'm singing l'alba this semester.. and I could only wish to perform it like this. Florez is absolutely stunning and has a GORGEOUS voice, I hope I am able to become solid in my technique like he is. Thanks for posting, one of my favorite youtube videos!!

[writerinwaiting]

What a magnificent voice. I've been a fan for several years. Would love to see him in person.

[ciroalb3]

I wish he would essay the Rachmaninoff songbook. This is nice, but doesn't match tenors with bigger voices, and his phrasing is too languid in spots to sustain the line. he could certainly hit a higher note at the ending.

[rossmcl177]

What is this song about, please? I saw the lyrics once but they didn't make much sense to me - perhaps the translation wasn't so good. Is it about the pain of waking up from a dream of a lost love?

[tlinev]

manrico60, il prolema non e il tempo!! Con questa vocina avrebbe dovuto cantare l'altro tipo di musica. Sentite Caruso o Bjorling, que meraviglia! Sopratutto Caruso!

[bodiloto]

non mi piace affatto

[ronaldo190172]

Lanza's 1959 version, when he was ill, is still one to be admired

[Amicofritz889]

Un'esecuzione molto fine!

[Samanthalastrega90]

come diventa fastidiosa questa stupenda aria con la vocetta di Florez...facesse Rossini....

[callastoujours]

Beautiful!!!

[IsabelleChanel]

I love it!

[sebalejago]

Hermosa versión.. y un timbre inigualable

[glasgowm1]

great song...embellished a little too much by florez here...a great tenor, but stepping out of his lighter style of voice to a much heavier sounding tone...a little too early in his career for my liking...this however is his take on the song, and whilst all the 'great' tenors have performed this to a much faster tempo...it's tried differently...

...not a fan of this in the end...love his scarlatti though!

[manrico60]

Non ci siamo:il tempo e noiosamente lento e quindi perde ogni senso il testo.

Florez e un buon cantante ma questo non e per lui,la bellezza di questa musica e la capacita di renderla semplice,lui invece tenta di farla come un'aria di opera.

[ncrunch]

The dawn divides the darkness from light, And my sensual pleasure from my desire O sweet stars, it is the hour of death. A love more holy clears you from the skies. Gleaming eyes, O you who'll ne'er return, sad stars, snuff out your uncorrupted light! I must die, I do not want to see the day, For love of my own dream and of the night. Envelop me,O Night, in your maternal breast, While the pale earth bathes itself in dew But let the dawn rise from my blood And from my brief dream the eternal sun!

[sherom]

Fantastic young legero tenor. Thanks for posting.

[Cornour]

Negative comments Florez JUST demonstrate that what judgment of opera singers is biased to favor the darkest voices.

But they don't do much more.

[movieluvr69]

I love his voice! it is amazing and flawless. One of my favorite tenors!

[blakemooney]

My heart hardly beats as it is and listening here I feel faint and wonder with my greatest sensitivity if the flower is too heavy for the poor young thin tenor.

[jldc1975]

Que hermosa interpretación de Juan Diego, pero si te gusta más Krauss, dejale tu comentario a él.

[cronista1979]

Perdon, pero la mejor versión es la que canta en vivo Alfredo Kraus, no tiene comparación. Juan Diego la interpreta correctamente desde el punto de vista técnico pero Kraus es un monstruo del bel canto de todos los tiempos. Osadía tremenda de colocar en la lista de la BBC a Florez por encima de Kraus en los mejores tenores de la historia, no respetan la trayectoria y la leyenda, esmuy discutible esa lista. Pavarotti tiene una versión excelente de esta aria también en vivo.

[francorelli]

donde encuentro la version de pavarotti

[francorelli]

donde"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[floridas24]

voz muy pequeña, dificil que conmueva con estas interpretaciones, small voice not feeling, only sounds and no more...

[melalibero]

un po lenta e poi KRAUS LA CANTA DA DIO

[Etnalleb]

LOL, He doe's sound like a FEMALE Alfredo Kraus, What a Joke!!. If you want to hear how this song should really be sung check out Mario Lanza or Jussi Bjorling they sang it as it should be sung with genuine Bravado and manly voices, not with a rose in their hand like some gay fruit.

[ah332]

florez is hugely overrated. joseph shore sings this by far the best on youtube

[flaze3]

Joseph shore is always overly covered, At least Florez's voice rings out.

[saiserieht]

Joseph Shore is a baritone, and his voice is not 'covered', it is simply darker and there is PLENTY of ring ... It is only natural that a leggiero tenor like Florez sounds sharper. I prefer the rounder and fuller sound of Shore any day.

[flaze3]

Obviously they are completely different voice types. However, I stand by what I said: Shore sounds covered. Compare a voice like Ezio Pinza: now THAT'S ring.

[flaze3]

u do know that both Lanza and Bjorling were lyric/spinto and that Florez is a leggiero (high and light), don't you? They are completely different types of tenor.

[Etnalleb]

Flaze; You are right... Florez IS a completely different type of tenor, he's in a class all by himself, it's called Tenorette.

[flaze3]

I have no idea what you're talking about...

[viv3147]

@Etnalleb Tenorino** with some others

[acozadores]

a pesar de su voz de mosquito, es algo correcto, aunque no me mueve ni un solo pelo!

y la voz es algo mas alla de la nariz...

[jblo9]

Taht great pianist again. Fine singing but don't miss Kraus singing this

[delmonco]

grande florez e grande il mitco maestro scalera

[borlozdavid]

check the version of this song with joseph shore!!

[eduardommm]

terrible... slow... too many rubatos... I almost slept...

[alvarogm86]

best version ever

juan diego is a genious

[justabrit]

Mijst..dont think that was him ..looks alike but not the same guy...*S*

[justabrit]

who is the pianist accompanying juan..Im hooked on his voice but the pianist is good to..they make a good team...*smile*

[mijst4]

Ive seen the name Vincenzo Scalera as a pianist in many reviews about JDF's piano recitals. Maybe, it is him here.

[justabrit]

Thank you for letting me know ..i will check him out as i think he is really good pianist

[Isidore98]

badly of of synch, but the slowness is a positive in the actual performance (if you don't look at the pictures). Some parts are refreshingly old-fashioned (=thoughtful. What is the audience like?!!! All manner of clones and village people. If you follow me.

[cajuncoralman]

wow... when it gets to the middle section, it sounds as though he has a completely different voice... his soft is amazing! great ending... bravo! Tosti would be proud.

[blakemooney]

Caruso named it "l'alba separa dalla luce lombra." This is too poetic--not fitted to the song. See what the Kings of opera did with the song regardless of voice. They used FULL VOICE all the way through.

[iluminatiytu]

Obviously you don't sing. Music comes from the heart, body and soul. This is his interpretation!!!!

[ferruccio07]

Molto bravo e affascinante

[musicmaker2010]

This version seems very very slow, and the video has about a two second lag by the end between sound and picture.

[detroitsinger02]

wow ...I like him!

[allinvideo]

Belissimo. What a feeling to sing!

[bitterbroad]

Very beautiful!

[ruckels]

I don't usually like this sort of tenor voice- a bit overly light, but he definitely brings a lovely feel to it. He reminds me a bit of Tito Schipa.

[corellilover]

This song's tempo should be a little bit faster.Not bad anyway.

[juadan]

the song is l'alba separa... not l'alma separa.

[coolkev815]

He sounds excellent. Also... who is this pianist? He is a GREAT accompanist. WOW.

[silvia81]

Se merece la ovación del público :-)