Jon Vickers & Gwyneth Jones in L'incoronazione di Poppea

Paris, 1974

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[violashizzle]

Nothing to do with 19th century opera just with beautiful singing and gorgeous orchestral tone that seem to have gone the way of the dodo since about 1980.

[Sadiesexy]

I adore this mans voice.

[Sadiesexy]

@tenorschofield The old singers were trained to set the stage on fire alone with the voice and the new singers are not.

[tenorschofield]

@Sadiesexy I like your phrase, even if it has a double sense I am not quite sure to understand completly,but must agree again with the idea that we singers and teachers are to blame for the "lack of big voices". Probably the first of those because we did not took the risk to imitate the past singers, even if our teachers blamed the idea!!!! I once auditioned for a German big theater, and they said,"Oh no, you cannot sing like the old past singers like Corelli or Del Monaco in this days"...???

[Sadiesexy]

@tenorschofield I believe we have the dialog way of recording to blame.

[tenorschofield]

@Sadiesexy Sadly must agree with you, even if me myself as a tenor, has to be included.In the old times, there were lots of good wonderful big voices...now it looks like a desert, even if there are some Jonas Kauffman and similar "on the run". Il tempo passato, sempre fu meglio"!!!!

[Sadiesexy]

@tenorschofield Heia! I see your point, but from my point of view there has not been developed one good big voice since1975.

[tenorschofield]

@Sadiesexy Dear friend, just said that it looks like the lema that past time was always better, comes to very real, when hearing this wonderful singers that are not active now. Of course the exception makes the rule so it migth be some very good artists in our days, but in the past, they where lots of them!! Thank you for caring about my comment.

[Sadiesexy]

@tenorschofield You did not doubt the singers were better before?

[tenorschofield]

They both are extraordinary!!!!, They show that even if someone is a drmatic singer, they must reatain ellegance and voice flexibility. I loved both in dramatic roles, but in here must sya that they are also superb. Bravi both!!!!!. Oh boy!, this gives the lema"everything was better in the old times" a real sense!!!!!

[ezev8logos]

si habría mas operas del barroco con cantantes como Jon Vickers definitivamente la gente podría interesarse mas en ellas

[dziady1]

this sort of thing gives opera a bad name.