Ah, mes amis - Fille Contest - Gregory Kunde

I thought it was time we gave the tenors a turn. There are so many wonderful belcanto tenor aria and one of the most celebrated is from Donizetti's frech La Fille du Regiment. It is a wonderful display of lyric singing, and of course those 9 high c's. When putting together this contest, I was stuck with the absence of some of the "big name" tenors, however, there is some really wonderful singing here. I hope everyone takes the time to watch all of the clips, I found it interesting the differnt approaches taken to this difficult aria.
Again a score of 1-5 for singing/characterization:
Alfredo Kraus - 1983
Deon van der Walt - 1993
Charles Burles - 1972
Bruce Sledge - 2007
Jean-Luc Maurette - 1989
Marc Laho - 1998
Luca Canonici - 1992
Gregory Kunde - 1999
Juan Diego Florez - 2007
Marcelo Alvarez - 1995
José Sempere - 2002
Rockwell Blake - 1995
Paul Austin Kelly - 1996
Rockwell Blake - 1990
Alferdo Kraus - 1986
Juan Diego Florez - 2004

Category:

Music

Tags:

• kunde
• opera
• donizetti

[operaspark]

Perfection. Kunde once again rocks, one of the most talented tenors of all time.

[bigus]

so far with ease of high notes, and full bodied sound other than bjorling, kunde comes in as close behind pavarotti as anyone truly can, he is VERY underrated as tenors go. kunde is exceptional. kunde, pavarotti and bjorling have roughly the same size of instrument and can be compared, where you cant compare Blake or Florez, as they both have smaller voices. I am a big fan of blake but his high notes are no easier than Kundes. florez has good technique but tone wise is uninteresting.

[LordHettrick]

@hanskunst Wonderful commentary! Umm...on second thought, could you elaborate?

[mitegive]

BRAVO GREGORY!!!! SUPER!

[hanskunst]

typical kunde crap

[malamutet]

Caspita, che voce e che finale sui 9 Do!

[Devereux82]

GREAT , SENZATIONAL....SUPER!

[bigus]

i wasnt saying that blakes high C's were any harder either i was replying to another person who was trying to compare florez with this Kunde who aren't comparable voices imo. i was saying that Florez and Blake could be considered comparable, where kunde would be more comparable with pavarotti and bjorling in size of instrument. Blake is one of my favorite coloratura tenors of all time. any good tenor will have easy high Cs or they wont sound good period.

[ezayi]

FABULOUS!!!

[ezayi]

This guy is fabulous but there´s no point and NO SENSE in saying that Blake´s high C´s aren´t easier than this guy. It´s completely ridiculous when everybody knows that for Blake singing a high C or D is like eating a banana.

[pirrucha]

Great tenor. I wonder why those other guys become famous.

[karifrid]

One of the best in this aria.Sorry,but mine is not so good as his.karifrid. Kári Friðriksson,tenor from Iceland. (Would like to study with him).