Ch è la stupida che sternuta e tusse ad ogni momento--- dovrebbero essere scacciate quelle persone imbecilli che frequentano le opere sol per molestare! se io fossi re, le farei torturare! e mai poter ritornare in teatro!
Beautiful and sensitive singing and also lovely flute playing. This is melodious in the extreme and, listening again more than a year on from the first time I heard it here on YT, I am still struck by the overarching musicality of the offering. Sweet winds of love waft the listener into the port of harmony. Thank you so much :)
He is the true phenomenon of the 21th century opera system. A modern Farinelli, the legendary voice. I hope he'll perform in Milan soon. Probably the best young tenor of the 21th century ... is a countertenor. Wow !
@lolita7961 Lolita, I agree with you "Very good! Every note is lived through, and in general, divine music!!!!!!!!!!" I think that Vivaldi and Nicholas Spanos is a perfect match, though I think like that also about his e.g. Handel, Mozart, Hahn, Manos Hatzidakis... Ah, I wish you could hear his Vedro' con mio diletto at his recital. His "vedro" in the 3d part of this great aria was so long and beautiful that I thought I was having a glimpse of castrati singing. The impression will stay forever!
Grazie, Serenaluce, per mandarmi quest'aria di Spanos. Davvero, aiuti molto a diffondere l'arte di questo artista che Plavos ha presentato al pubblico di YouTube. Grazie anche a te, Plavos: efcharistw!
Magnifique matin ! Que la vie est belle lorsque l'on entend une aussi belle voix...
de la douceur..de la légèreté.. de la distinction... c'est une pure merveille....
Merci à Plavos pour le partage de ces vidéos et à notre cher Nicholas pour ces performances qui nous enchantent... vive la musique et l'amitié.. Michèle
@fourmi1060 We do owe serenaluce a great deal for all of her efforts to make Nikos's music known to as many people as possible. His voice is so special and we're all so lucky to know of him and to be able to listen to his elegant and exquisite voice.
@fourmi1060 Oops, typing mistake. "Life is worth living..." Well, I think that life is worth living in any case:-). But what would be our life without such ART, such BEAUTY?! Vita brevis, ars longa!:-)
@fourmi1060 Dear friend fourmi:-)Wow, thank you:-)I'm blushing:-) But without unparalleled Nicholas Spanos any of my efforts would be in vain:-) So, long live Nicholas's great art and good luck to him! Zitw Nikos Spanos kai kali tihi! Efharistw poly! We want more:-). And also, without Plavos we all couldn't meet today here and enjoy again this heavenly sublime beauty! Well, people often write too much about life worse living in artists' videos but as long as SUCH beauty exists it definitely is:)
Exactly 2 years ago this day (29th) I heard for the first time Nicholas Spanos's voice in this aria Sol da te and couldn't forget this voice anymore! Thanks Plavos for sharing it with me and letting me discover this stunning artist to whom I'll always be grateful for bringing such BEAUTY into my life! Though the orchestra here is not perfect, but the interpretation is the BEST,PUREST! I heard it at his recital in a piano version which is another gem because of Zafranas's wonderful play!Thank you
@serenaluce We've been friends for over a year now, and I couldn't be more delighted. i'm so happy that we've been ablet to Share Nicholas Spanos's voice and to listen to all of his beautiful music together. I'm so lucky to have had you tell me about Spanos and start me listening to him. thank you so much!
@arpeggio1358 Dear friend arpeggio:-)I'm so happy that we met on YT and now friends:-) Well, I'm blushing again:-). I can't accept all these compliments. fourmi's comments are so elegant and show real class. I as an emotional woman can't express my thoughts in such a great manner, but I fully agree with him!:-) Also, first of all we have to THANK PLAVOS for creating this channel and letting people discover this unique artist. He had the best "product" possible and I only took it for my channel:)
@spqrmor Well, I agree, everything is relative... It can really be a fleeting opinion and eventially the person can be disappointed in his empty idol and change his opinion, or never as he or she prefers POP to serious art. What are you gonna do if the majority of all people in the world are primitive and shallow, and the more primitive and shallow art is the more they enjoy it? We can't change this world, unfortunately. It's MASS production oriented on the MARKET. Not everybody understands it.
I have the feeling that the flutist is struggling with his (truly challenging) part, and this influences the choice of the tempo and its interpretation.
Spanos delivers a nice and tasteful rendition, but not so top-star as other comments say. I'm not really moved too much. And it seems to me that some highest notes are a bit strained and the lowest a bit too shallow. It remains pleasant to hear though.
@orlandofurioso2007 Ah, vy iz Rossii. Ya tol'ko chto proverila vash kanal. Ya mogla by vam otvetit' na russkom:-). Ponyatno, chto vy ne mne otvechali, no ya sluchaino uvidela i ne uderzhalas':-). Znaete, PJ - prosto fal'tsettist, u kotorogo est' tol'ko verknii i nemnogo crednego registra. Etogo ne dostatochno, chto by nastoyashim kontrtenorom. Dlya etogo nado imet' vse 3 registra, vklyuchaya NIZHNII! Vot Spanos - nastoyashii kontrtenor! Sravnite ego Sol s drugimi nastoyashimi - Cencic i Bowman.
@orlandofurioso2007 Ah we disagree, but that's fine. Not all people can like the same singer. To me, Jaroussky comes across without emotion and passion. i see him as essentially a pop singer who sings opera arias, whereas Spanos is to me, the real deal with the voice, technique, and training of an opera singer.
@tamerlano236 Jaroussky like a pop singer? Just because he's popular among certain baroque passionates? It's like you would call Horowitz or Benedetti Michelangeli pop musicians. Jaroussky has his solo recitals just like pianists have their solo recitals and Jaroussky performs operas like pianists participate in concert performances.
@cioccolateria I guess we will just have to disagree. I'm just not fond or Jaroussky's style or voice. To my ear, his style sounds very pop. But then opinions differ and the way people hear music differs. And that's all right. There's plenty of room for all opinions on YT.
@cioccolateria Excuse my butting into your discussion but Jaroussky is a real POP SINGER not because he is popular among certain baroque passionates who are just brainwashed by promotion which nowadays can make an "opera singer" of any pop singer who only has a special talent to sell themselves for the market but because of the cheap pop style in which he sings! If you had ears you would hear that he sings without any DEPTH, superficially. It's pure POP!He just should be compared with POPsingers
@cioccolateria... falsettists like Vitas, Artem Semenov but not real countertenors like Cencic, Gall, Spanos, Bowman singing this aria. We can argue whose interpretation and timber is better but they are from the SAME vocal category! If to make more money nowadays they infiltrate pop singers into opera productions still doesn't make Bocelli or Baskov opera tenors, Brightman or Jenkins classical sopranos, etc. PJ even doesn't have a lower register! It'd be absurd to compare Horowitz with Mauriat!
Non ami, je n'ai pas dit "machine à publicité " et je ne le pense pas ! Ils ne savent pas dépasser la technique du chant ....ils en sont encore victimes ! ....et bloqués ! figés comme des statues antiques et pourtant ils pourraient ! leur en donne -t-on les moyens ????
Il m'a fallu N.Spanos pour aimer les voix de contre-ténor ! j'ai peut-être un problème d'oreille :)) ! je supporte mal aussi les soprano-léger etc ... il me manque une chose :l'âme ... la diction est plate .... je ne ressens rien , oreille agressée! .mais voilà j'ai découvert parallèlement sur YT : PJ - N.S ... J'ai appris à écouter,à entendre et à sentir ! N.S:est pas en effort ! il joue avec sa voix et il l'enrichit avec son coeur ,son talent de comédien.le chant n'est rien sans âme ! Marie K
Perhaps the flutist in Gall's version is the best, but his voice sounds old and awful. Only Jaroussky's version is worse than his. Spanos's voice is the most beautiful with his most original coloratura, the best interpretation, but in Cencic's version the whole orchestra sounds better to me - legato. So, in general perception I distinguish these two versions, but still think that the main thing is the voice and not the flutist and the orchestra, which, of course, somehow change the atmosphere.
Yo creo que las versiones de Jaroussky, Gall y Sonia Prina son las mejores porque cantan para una audiencia del siglo XXI. Dudo que las versiones que tratan de sonar muy barrocas realmente logren su cometido, pues nadie está del todo seguro acerca de ciertos detalles de interpretación. En cuanto a las voces, yo creo que definitivamente los castrati tienen la última palabra. Claro, si los hubiera.
You mentioned 21st century audience. So, there are no castrati anymore and the only logical substitution is countertenors. Don't you see yourself how ridiculous it sounds when one woman, dressed as a man, sings this love aria to another woman! Gall looks and sounds absurd to me, very unpleasant timbre! Barocco is expressive, emotional singing to move the heart. Do you find any trace of emotion,soul in PJ's interpretation? His voice is empty, flat with awful coloratura! Is it true barocco to you?
You love PJ, I DON'T! So, good for you: go on loving him, dreaming, fantacizing about his... "great art", of course!:-) What's your problem? You ran out of space writing this nonsense on his videos?! Yeah, his voice is so "clear and light" that it just evaporates before reaching true art's final destination - TO MOVE THE HEART!:-) You say it yourself THAT IS VERY SUBJECTIVE, so what insult is it for you if I find PJ's voice empty of emotions?! He calls himself "an artist". It's a public figure.
PJ just pretends that he is sincere, but he doesn't share any emotions. There should be more in singing than just voice, producing sweet lovely sounds and showing agility! By the way, in those pieces he struggled and it seemed to me in the end was out of breath. Anyway, I'm not just a consumer of sweet sounds! I want to feel afterglow listening to true artists like Spanos, and not this emptiness after PJ's singing! "To keep faithful to the original version" means to share HIS SOUL with people
Thank you for your kind permission to go with peace with my intollerance towards fake artists like PJ!:-) You can go with peace with your obsession with PJ too! Why don't you take your own advice and learn how to listen, "to go beneath the surface"?! Perhaps you would hear then how false all his singing is! But if it's what resonates with your soul, you show what YOU are. Concerning respecting the others, we share opinions. YOU pushed the "reply" button and received MY answer. Problem again?!
Sorry, if MY replies to you were rude. You are right, I'm very passionate concerning what I consider to be TRUE ART and intolerant towards the artists I consider fake! And I also have a biting sense of humour:-) But I think that we just shared opinions in a bit heated, but still civilized discussion. It's OK, I guess. Anyway, I'll also try not to forget to be kind:-)
By the way, this video is not about PJ. You said that you liked Spanos's version despite the orchestra. Why did you delete it?:-) Actually, in my opinion it's the best interpretation really despite the orchestra! And not only the most beautiful but the most intelligent coloratura of all the versions I've heard! I can only imagine how fantastic it would sound with one of the best orchestras!..Then Cencic's and Bowman's versions of this great aria, one of the most beautiful ones ever written...
PJ puts himself in the limelight by making huge money on his recordings. He is very promoted as you know. So he is supposed to be judged by listeners as a PERFORMER! I never insulted him personally! But it's my right to criticize his interpretations and coloratura! Don't you think? OK, I wasted my time listening to his Pianti and Fra le procelle. You just mention his "vocal agility". And what about his SOUL?! Jumping, waving his long arms, making big eyes and touching faces isn't sharing soul!
I agree that it is very awkward to watch a woman in a trouser role singing a love aria to another woman... especially when the "man" still looks very feminine. :S But you say, " The only logical substitution is countertenors." No... the only logical substitution is GOOD countertenors! (Like Spanos. :D)
@HM0880 This version is really a pure, beautiful, sublime love aria in his interpetation! No pretended, false and forced emotions. Spanos's voice has such a magic that the more you listen to it the more you like it. Actually, many of his fans say so... I agree, the only logical substition is GOOD countertenors to women in pants roles! Not "angels", sexless creatures. Countertenors is a very special category where if a man wants to sound high and manly he WILL! Spanos proves it! He is THE BEST!!!
@HM0880 Doesn't matter. The emotions are true! :-) Are we gonna discuss now what LOVE is, if it's always the right one, not mistaken one, and how to describe it fom the philosophical point of view? LOL Also what to do not to fall in love with the wrong person? Do you know any recipe how always to choose with whom to fall in love? LOL
@HM0880 Oh, you caught off guard:-) Actually I'm ready to discuss what I think about it:-) I agree with you that it's a too complicated topic for YT comments! LOL
Two best versions of this wonderful aria are Spanos's and Cencic's. Very different and both are just great! Spanos's is more lyric and tender with an angelic timbre, unique colour, spell bindingly beautiful! Most original embellishment!!!
Spanos has such a warm, lovely timbre. So many countertenors sound unnatural and forced singing in the higher ranges-- but not Spanos! Thank you, serenaluce, for sending this to me, and thank you, plavos, for posting. :)
@HM0880 Thank you too for such a nice exchange of opinions:-) You are absolutely right about many other countertenors. But Spanos is unique! ONE AND ONLY! Actually, I first heard his voice on this channel exactly a year ago and it took my breath away, which made me listen to all his pieces posted on YT! A year later I'm even more convinced that his interpretation of Sol da te is the best one in spite of not such a good orchestra! The most lyric and beautiful voice, the most exquiste coloratura!
Spanos really *is* wonderful. I hope he will tour North America someday; it would be especially enjoyable to see him in a staged opera (with decent staging/costumes/direction! So many of the new productions are simply bizarre... :D).
@HM0880 I hope so too! And all his North American branch of Spanos fan club wants to see him on stage as soon as possible! I know such people in mainly United States but in Canada too! We all are looking forward to his North America tour! But many people in Europe are looking forward to his European tour too!:-)
@HM0880 You can listen to his Cherubino on this channel "Voi che sapete". Again i't's the best version I've ever heard though I also like Cencic's version very much! Ryabets's one is very good too. But no comparison with Spanos! Of course, you can make your own opinion:-)
Listening to his "Voi che sapete" right now! It's great, but one of the things that I love about opera is the visual aspect, and this recording is only audio. :( But it's better than nothing. :D
Ch è la stupida che sternuta e tusse ad ogni momento--- dovrebbero essere scacciate quelle persone imbecilli che frequentano le opere sol per molestare! se io fossi re, le farei torturare! e mai poter ritornare in teatro!
baalhaophanim 1 week ago 2
@baalhaophanim What and whom do you mean?
serenaluce 1 week ago
Beautiful and sensitive singing and also lovely flute playing. This is melodious in the extreme and, listening again more than a year on from the first time I heard it here on YT, I am still struck by the overarching musicality of the offering. Sweet winds of love waft the listener into the port of harmony. Thank you so much :)
fourmy1060 4 months ago 2
He is the true phenomenon of the 21th century opera system. A modern Farinelli, the legendary voice. I hope he'll perform in Milan soon. Probably the best young tenor of the 21th century ... is a countertenor. Wow !
lauramariful 5 months ago 3
Wow great moment, very precious, very. Thank you for this moment special.
treblechoir99 6 months ago
It'a a real pleasure hearing a man giving a new life to the castrati singing style.
lauramariful 6 months ago
Очень хорошо!Каждая нота прочувствована,и вообще,божественная музыка!!!!!!!!!!!
lolita7961 6 months ago
@lolita7961 Lolita, I agree with you "Very good! Every note is lived through, and in general, divine music!!!!!!!!!!" I think that Vivaldi and Nicholas Spanos is a perfect match, though I think like that also about his e.g. Handel, Mozart, Hahn, Manos Hatzidakis... Ah, I wish you could hear his Vedro' con mio diletto at his recital. His "vedro" in the 3d part of this great aria was so long and beautiful that I thought I was having a glimpse of castrati singing. The impression will stay forever!
serenaluce 6 months ago
Truly amazing!
OldRabit 6 months ago
Wonderful singer! Thank you!!!
harmony14447 6 months ago
Wonderful singer!!! Thank you!
harmony14447 6 months ago
Grazie, Serenaluce, per mandarmi quest'aria di Spanos. Davvero, aiuti molto a diffondere l'arte di questo artista che Plavos ha presentato al pubblico di YouTube. Grazie anche a te, Plavos: efcharistw!
FRAGIORGIO1 6 months ago
Magnifique matin ! Que la vie est belle lorsque l'on entend une aussi belle voix...
de la douceur..de la légèreté.. de la distinction... c'est une pure merveille....
Merci à Plavos pour le partage de ces vidéos et à notre cher Nicholas pour ces performances qui nous enchantent... vive la musique et l'amitié.. Michèle
miguale 6 months ago
A touch of Eternity.
The other side of emotion and yet everything of emotion.
Consummate.
A blessing to hear.
PhillipLWilcher 6 months ago
Dear plavos, Thank you for all of the wonderful Spanos videos. I don't remember to thank you often enough.
arpeggio1358 6 months ago
@fourmi1060 We do owe serenaluce a great deal for all of her efforts to make Nikos's music known to as many people as possible. His voice is so special and we're all so lucky to know of him and to be able to listen to his elegant and exquisite voice.
arpeggio1358 6 months ago
Hi, What a truly wonderful & magnificent video, this is absolutely glorious. Thank you so much for posting & serenaluce for sharing.
socrates640 6 months ago
Beautiful. Thanks a lot to serenaluce for sending this.
jewelmarkess 6 months ago
@fourmi1060 Oops, typing mistake. "Life is worth living..." Well, I think that life is worth living in any case:-). But what would be our life without such ART, such BEAUTY?! Vita brevis, ars longa!:-)
serenaluce 6 months ago
@fourmi1060 Dear friend fourmi:-)Wow, thank you:-)I'm blushing:-) But without unparalleled Nicholas Spanos any of my efforts would be in vain:-) So, long live Nicholas's great art and good luck to him! Zitw Nikos Spanos kai kali tihi! Efharistw poly! We want more:-). And also, without Plavos we all couldn't meet today here and enjoy again this heavenly sublime beauty! Well, people often write too much about life worse living in artists' videos but as long as SUCH beauty exists it definitely is:)
serenaluce 6 months ago
Exhilarating once again!!! Thanks serenaluce for sending me the link today.
mradaChris 6 months ago
Exactly 2 years ago this day (29th) I heard for the first time Nicholas Spanos's voice in this aria Sol da te and couldn't forget this voice anymore! Thanks Plavos for sharing it with me and letting me discover this stunning artist to whom I'll always be grateful for bringing such BEAUTY into my life! Though the orchestra here is not perfect, but the interpretation is the BEST,PUREST! I heard it at his recital in a piano version which is another gem because of Zafranas's wonderful play!Thank you
serenaluce 6 months ago
@serenaluce We've been friends for over a year now, and I couldn't be more delighted. i'm so happy that we've been ablet to Share Nicholas Spanos's voice and to listen to all of his beautiful music together. I'm so lucky to have had you tell me about Spanos and start me listening to him. thank you so much!
arpeggio1358 6 months ago
@arpeggio1358 Dear friend arpeggio:-)I'm so happy that we met on YT and now friends:-) Well, I'm blushing again:-). I can't accept all these compliments. fourmi's comments are so elegant and show real class. I as an emotional woman can't express my thoughts in such a great manner, but I fully agree with him!:-) Also, first of all we have to THANK PLAVOS for creating this channel and letting people discover this unique artist. He had the best "product" possible and I only took it for my channel:)
serenaluce 6 months ago
sorry P.J is better than u....
leetha109 8 months ago
@leetha109 Everything is relative in the world...and,sorry, your fleeting opinion too.
spqrmor 7 months ago
@spqrmor Well, I agree, everything is relative... It can really be a fleeting opinion and eventially the person can be disappointed in his empty idol and change his opinion, or never as he or she prefers POP to serious art. What are you gonna do if the majority of all people in the world are primitive and shallow, and the more primitive and shallow art is the more they enjoy it? We can't change this world, unfortunately. It's MASS production oriented on the MARKET. Not everybody understands it.
serenaluce 7 months ago
I have the feeling that the flutist is struggling with his (truly challenging) part, and this influences the choice of the tempo and its interpretation.
Spanos delivers a nice and tasteful rendition, but not so top-star as other comments say. I'm not really moved too much. And it seems to me that some highest notes are a bit strained and the lowest a bit too shallow. It remains pleasant to hear though.
perles75 9 months ago
Awesome. The best interpretation of this great aria ever.
tamerlano236 1 year ago
@tamerlano236
This obe is great, but I persobally prefer it with Philippe Jarusski
orlandofurioso2007 1 year ago
@tamerlano236
This obe is great, but I persobally prefer it with Philippe Jarusski. He drives more passion in his singing.
orlandofurioso2007 1 year ago
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serenaluce 1 year ago
@orlandofurioso2007 Ah, vy iz Rossii. Ya tol'ko chto proverila vash kanal. Ya mogla by vam otvetit' na russkom:-). Ponyatno, chto vy ne mne otvechali, no ya sluchaino uvidela i ne uderzhalas':-). Znaete, PJ - prosto fal'tsettist, u kotorogo est' tol'ko verknii i nemnogo crednego registra. Etogo ne dostatochno, chto by nastoyashim kontrtenorom. Dlya etogo nado imet' vse 3 registra, vklyuchaya NIZHNII! Vot Spanos - nastoyashii kontrtenor! Sravnite ego Sol s drugimi nastoyashimi - Cencic i Bowman.
serenaluce 1 year ago
@orlandofurioso2007 Ah we disagree, but that's fine. Not all people can like the same singer. To me, Jaroussky comes across without emotion and passion. i see him as essentially a pop singer who sings opera arias, whereas Spanos is to me, the real deal with the voice, technique, and training of an opera singer.
tamerlano236 1 year ago
@tamerlano236 Jaroussky like a pop singer? Just because he's popular among certain baroque passionates? It's like you would call Horowitz or Benedetti Michelangeli pop musicians. Jaroussky has his solo recitals just like pianists have their solo recitals and Jaroussky performs operas like pianists participate in concert performances.
cioccolateria 1 year ago
@cioccolateria I guess we will just have to disagree. I'm just not fond or Jaroussky's style or voice. To my ear, his style sounds very pop. But then opinions differ and the way people hear music differs. And that's all right. There's plenty of room for all opinions on YT.
tamerlano236 11 months ago
@cioccolateria Excuse my butting into your discussion but Jaroussky is a real POP SINGER not because he is popular among certain baroque passionates who are just brainwashed by promotion which nowadays can make an "opera singer" of any pop singer who only has a special talent to sell themselves for the market but because of the cheap pop style in which he sings! If you had ears you would hear that he sings without any DEPTH, superficially. It's pure POP!He just should be compared with POPsingers
serenaluce 10 months ago
@serenaluce I wholeheartedly agree
IngrataAmarilis 8 months ago
@cioccolateria... falsettists like Vitas, Artem Semenov but not real countertenors like Cencic, Gall, Spanos, Bowman singing this aria. We can argue whose interpretation and timber is better but they are from the SAME vocal category! If to make more money nowadays they infiltrate pop singers into opera productions still doesn't make Bocelli or Baskov opera tenors, Brightman or Jenkins classical sopranos, etc. PJ even doesn't have a lower register! It'd be absurd to compare Horowitz with Mauriat!
serenaluce 10 months ago
@fourmi1060 Mine too:-) I agree, such a nice comment!:-)
serenaluce 1 year ago
Great performance! He moves my heart ^_^
Gentario 1 year ago 4
So beautiful. His voice is really caressing the ears.
Herur22 1 year ago 2
@TheJlazar What a marvelous comment! 5 stars!:-)
serenaluce 1 year ago
simplement beau... pure merveille... Michèle
miguale 1 year ago
Absolument délicieux.... quel régal ! merci serena pour m'avoir conduite sur votre espace.. Michèle
miguale 1 year ago
This video is always so beautiful. It's one to return to over and over again.
arpeggio1358 1 year ago
Marvellous video!!!
GREAT NICHOLAS!!!
victorkievUA 1 year ago
How did I miss this gem?!? Wonderful!
mradaChris 1 year ago
@fourmi1060
Non ami, je n'ai pas dit "machine à publicité " et je ne le pense pas ! Ils ne savent pas dépasser la technique du chant ....ils en sont encore victimes ! ....et bloqués ! figés comme des statues antiques et pourtant ils pourraient ! leur en donne -t-on les moyens ????
543693The 1 year ago
Thank you for this lovely performance
I too await the arrival of Nicholas Spanos on the big stage of Covent Garden and the Met. Soon?
christineannemarsden 1 year ago
He cast a spell on all his fans,
With voice of charm and brilliance,
Which tells about baroque and style,
Which gives a source to live and smile,
To touch the dust of old epoch,
To feel an exquisite of vogue.
He is philosopher of Art,
He talks to us with open heart,
He always follows music path,
He's genius who lives with us.
spqrmor 1 year ago 21
@spqrmor Wow! Wonderful poem! You expressed I guess all Spanos's fans' feelings in such a lovely way!:-) Couldn't agree more with you!
serenaluce 1 year ago
@serenaluce The poem is beautiful...and fitting for the one yerar anniversary.
arpeggio1358 1 year ago
@arpeggio1358 I guess so:-)
serenaluce 1 year ago
@serenaluce It definitely is!
arpeggio1358 1 year ago
@arpeggio1358 Thank you very much.This modest piece is devoted to all his true fans as well.
spqrmor 1 year ago
@spqrmor You're very welcome.
arpeggio1358 1 year ago
@spqrmor Beautiful poem! Thank you for sharing it with us!
arpeggio1358 1 year ago
Il m'a fallu N.Spanos pour aimer les voix de contre-ténor ! j'ai peut-être un problème d'oreille :)) ! je supporte mal aussi les soprano-léger etc ... il me manque une chose :l'âme ... la diction est plate .... je ne ressens rien , oreille agressée! .mais voilà j'ai découvert parallèlement sur YT : PJ - N.S ... J'ai appris à écouter,à entendre et à sentir ! N.S:est pas en effort ! il joue avec sa voix et il l'enrichit avec son coeur ,son talent de comédien.le chant n'est rien sans âme ! Marie K
543693The 1 year ago
Bravo bravo! Merci AV
ALEXISVASSILIEV 2 years ago
Spanos voice is devine, sublime but the metal flute doesn´t help. A wood flute would change the atmosphere here very much.
mrmolinodelahoz 2 years ago 3
Depende del instrumentista. En la versión de Jeffrey Gall el flautista hace la mejor interpretación que he escuchado.
tlatol12345 2 years ago
Perhaps the flutist in Gall's version is the best, but his voice sounds old and awful. Only Jaroussky's version is worse than his. Spanos's voice is the most beautiful with his most original coloratura, the best interpretation, but in Cencic's version the whole orchestra sounds better to me - legato. So, in general perception I distinguish these two versions, but still think that the main thing is the voice and not the flutist and the orchestra, which, of course, somehow change the atmosphere.
serenaluce 2 years ago 3
Yo creo que las versiones de Jaroussky, Gall y Sonia Prina son las mejores porque cantan para una audiencia del siglo XXI. Dudo que las versiones que tratan de sonar muy barrocas realmente logren su cometido, pues nadie está del todo seguro acerca de ciertos detalles de interpretación. En cuanto a las voces, yo creo que definitivamente los castrati tienen la última palabra. Claro, si los hubiera.
tlatol12345 2 years ago
You mentioned 21st century audience. So, there are no castrati anymore and the only logical substitution is countertenors. Don't you see yourself how ridiculous it sounds when one woman, dressed as a man, sings this love aria to another woman! Gall looks and sounds absurd to me, very unpleasant timbre! Barocco is expressive, emotional singing to move the heart. Do you find any trace of emotion,soul in PJ's interpretation? His voice is empty, flat with awful coloratura! Is it true barocco to you?
serenaluce 2 years ago
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erikamabra 2 years ago
You love PJ, I DON'T! So, good for you: go on loving him, dreaming, fantacizing about his... "great art", of course!:-) What's your problem? You ran out of space writing this nonsense on his videos?! Yeah, his voice is so "clear and light" that it just evaporates before reaching true art's final destination - TO MOVE THE HEART!:-) You say it yourself THAT IS VERY SUBJECTIVE, so what insult is it for you if I find PJ's voice empty of emotions?! He calls himself "an artist". It's a public figure.
serenaluce 2 years ago
PJ just pretends that he is sincere, but he doesn't share any emotions. There should be more in singing than just voice, producing sweet lovely sounds and showing agility! By the way, in those pieces he struggled and it seemed to me in the end was out of breath. Anyway, I'm not just a consumer of sweet sounds! I want to feel afterglow listening to true artists like Spanos, and not this emptiness after PJ's singing! "To keep faithful to the original version" means to share HIS SOUL with people
serenaluce 2 years ago
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erikamabra 2 years ago
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erikamabra 2 years ago
Thank you for your kind permission to go with peace with my intollerance towards fake artists like PJ!:-) You can go with peace with your obsession with PJ too! Why don't you take your own advice and learn how to listen, "to go beneath the surface"?! Perhaps you would hear then how false all his singing is! But if it's what resonates with your soul, you show what YOU are. Concerning respecting the others, we share opinions. YOU pushed the "reply" button and received MY answer. Problem again?!
serenaluce 2 years ago
I'm sorry if my replies were rude. Excuse me.
I see you are very passionate, i like it. And you have also good arguments but please, don't forget to be kind ; -)
Best regards
erikamabra 2 years ago
Sorry, if MY replies to you were rude. You are right, I'm very passionate concerning what I consider to be TRUE ART and intolerant towards the artists I consider fake! And I also have a biting sense of humour:-) But I think that we just shared opinions in a bit heated, but still civilized discussion. It's OK, I guess. Anyway, I'll also try not to forget to be kind:-)
Best regards to you too!
serenaluce 2 years ago
By the way, this video is not about PJ. You said that you liked Spanos's version despite the orchestra. Why did you delete it?:-) Actually, in my opinion it's the best interpretation really despite the orchestra! And not only the most beautiful but the most intelligent coloratura of all the versions I've heard! I can only imagine how fantastic it would sound with one of the best orchestras!..Then Cencic's and Bowman's versions of this great aria, one of the most beautiful ones ever written...
serenaluce 2 years ago
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erikamabra 2 years ago
Despite of the orchestra of course ;)
erikamabra 2 years ago
PJ puts himself in the limelight by making huge money on his recordings. He is very promoted as you know. So he is supposed to be judged by listeners as a PERFORMER! I never insulted him personally! But it's my right to criticize his interpretations and coloratura! Don't you think? OK, I wasted my time listening to his Pianti and Fra le procelle. You just mention his "vocal agility". And what about his SOUL?! Jumping, waving his long arms, making big eyes and touching faces isn't sharing soul!
serenaluce 2 years ago
@serenaluce
I agree that it is very awkward to watch a woman in a trouser role singing a love aria to another woman... especially when the "man" still looks very feminine. :S But you say, " The only logical substitution is countertenors." No... the only logical substitution is GOOD countertenors! (Like Spanos. :D)
HM0880 1 year ago
@HM0880 This version is really a pure, beautiful, sublime love aria in his interpetation! No pretended, false and forced emotions. Spanos's voice has such a magic that the more you listen to it the more you like it. Actually, many of his fans say so... I agree, the only logical substition is GOOD countertenors to women in pants roles! Not "angels", sexless creatures. Countertenors is a very special category where if a man wants to sound high and manly he WILL! Spanos proves it! He is THE BEST!!!
serenaluce 1 year ago
@serenaluce
It's too bad that this blockbuster love aria is the result of a sorceress's spell. :(
HM0880 1 year ago
@HM0880 Doesn't matter. The emotions are true! :-) Are we gonna discuss now what LOVE is, if it's always the right one, not mistaken one, and how to describe it fom the philosophical point of view? LOL Also what to do not to fall in love with the wrong person? Do you know any recipe how always to choose with whom to fall in love? LOL
serenaluce 1 year ago
@serenaluce
I think that love may be too heady and complicated a topic for YouTube comments. :D Still... what do you think? :)
HM0880 1 year ago
@HM0880 Oh, you caught off guard:-) Actually I'm ready to discuss what I think about it:-) I agree with you that it's a too complicated topic for YT comments! LOL
serenaluce 1 year ago
@serenaluce
Yes... most definitely!
HM0880 1 year ago
Two best versions of this wonderful aria are Spanos's and Cencic's. Very different and both are just great! Spanos's is more lyric and tender with an angelic timbre, unique colour, spell bindingly beautiful! Most original embellishment!!!
serenaluce 2 years ago 3
This is just sublime. His voice is beautiful and his technique is superb. I wish I'd seen the production.
Habrolissimo 2 years ago 8
Very, very good! Beautiful voice! Very beautiful, enchanting aria! One of my favourite Barocco arias. Interesting interpretation!
serenaluce 2 years ago 3
@serenaluce
Spanos has such a warm, lovely timbre. So many countertenors sound unnatural and forced singing in the higher ranges-- but not Spanos! Thank you, serenaluce, for sending this to me, and thank you, plavos, for posting. :)
HM0880 1 year ago
@HM0880 Thank you too for such a nice exchange of opinions:-) You are absolutely right about many other countertenors. But Spanos is unique! ONE AND ONLY! Actually, I first heard his voice on this channel exactly a year ago and it took my breath away, which made me listen to all his pieces posted on YT! A year later I'm even more convinced that his interpretation of Sol da te is the best one in spite of not such a good orchestra! The most lyric and beautiful voice, the most exquiste coloratura!
serenaluce 1 year ago
@serenaluce
Spanos really *is* wonderful. I hope he will tour North America someday; it would be especially enjoyable to see him in a staged opera (with decent staging/costumes/direction! So many of the new productions are simply bizarre... :D).
HM0880 1 year ago
@HM0880 I hope so too! And all his North American branch of Spanos fan club wants to see him on stage as soon as possible! I know such people in mainly United States but in Canada too! We all are looking forward to his North America tour! But many people in Europe are looking forward to his European tour too!:-)
serenaluce 1 year ago
@serenaluce
I'd like to see him as Cherubino!
HM0880 1 year ago
@HM0880 You can listen to his Cherubino on this channel "Voi che sapete". Again i't's the best version I've ever heard though I also like Cencic's version very much! Ryabets's one is very good too. But no comparison with Spanos! Of course, you can make your own opinion:-)
serenaluce 1 year ago
@serenaluce
Listening to his "Voi che sapete" right now! It's great, but one of the things that I love about opera is the visual aspect, and this recording is only audio. :( But it's better than nothing. :D
HM0880 1 year ago