Thomas Hampson sings The Music of the Night

Baritone Thomas Hampson sings The Music of the Night from Phantom of the Opera
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[GilGalad236]

When he goes up to the high Bb(?) at 2:50 in the video, is that just a very light head voice? Or is he in a falsetto there?  I still have trouble telling the difference sometimes, especially when it's a really light note.

[jesterimb]

@GilGalad236 : its falsetto and its an Ab

[FFCKH]

@jesterimb

It is head voice... the full voice is at 4:18, it is Ab

BUT

He does not hit the note directly, probably because it's not a comfortable one for him...

[jesterimb]

@FFCKH

the "soar" is falsetto

the "be" is head voice (full is when they are not using falsetto)

the "be" wasnt spot on as you say, he didn't directly sing it.

still good stuff though ( :

[leadoffeohippus]

I love it when opera singers sing broadway songs - THEY COMPLETELY OWN THEM.

[Iareto]

I know! I think tenor phantoms are generally pretty boring. The darkness a baritone brings is important.

[stevevandien]

Hampson is a high baritone with quite an accomplished technique. He can therefore comfortably sustain a tenor tessitura in certain pieces, such as this.

I've read that he has recorded Siegmund's arias. Haven't found them. If these recordings truly exist, would love to hear them.:).

[SanctiCantus]

@jesterimb The last A flat was perfectly spot on in my opinion. Hampson is a Lyric baritone essentially and so his high notes are thinner, lighter than a Verdi baritones' high notes would be in this song. I'd like to hear a proper Verdi baritone give this a go! That would be something to hear!

[SanctiCantus]

Now THIS is how the Phantom SHOULD sound! Amazing!

[SanctiCantus]

@GilGalad236 The first A flat was sung in falsetto as is customary for this song and the last one was sung in full voice. He is a baritone and most baritones find the A flat quite daunting. He does an excellent job of it! Hampson is a magnificent singer.

[90lysander]

I'm surprised so many people like this. For me, it's an example of how NOT to do crossover. Hampson has a beautiful voice and I love his opera and even SOME of his other work (the All the Things You Are that opened this cd isn't half bad). But this is incredibly kitsch and corny. Half of it is that orchestration, with those horrible synthesized background vocals. But his phrasing is hilariously OTT in spots too ("TOUUUCH me, TRUUUST me"). Sorry, but I find this funny more than anything else.

[cb108]

Wonderful. But I have listened to the same recording on Spotify and find the sound is better. Plus, there are so many Hampson songs!

[copew]

it isn't falsetto, it is a voix mixe which is a combination.

[carlosagc]

@Iareto well it depends of the voice of the tenor... a helder or an dramatic tenor has dark voices... lyric spinto and full lyric tenor would make a god job, but no light lyric or light (leggero) tenors...

[carlosagc]

@GilGalad236 no one is falsetto... as a lyric tenor I know how is this with higher notes =)