Wiener Staatsoper Gala for Romania part 1

Countertenor Jochen Kowalski singing " Che faro senza Euridice" from Orfeo ed Euridice by Gluck.

WIENER STAATSOPER GALA 1990

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[alexgomez2]

Good heavens! What an ignorant comment! To be a countertenor is more difficult than being Pavarotti. Countertenors are singing through a very sophisticated form of falsetto, something VERY difficult and rare! Please keep your idiotic and frankly stupid comments!

[hillevifan]

Yea I am a countertenor and I find your comment very ingnorant. You have NOOO idea of the type of discipline it takes to keep our voices in this shape!!! Stay under your rock and keep your horribly ignorant comments to yourself!!!

[serenaluce]

@moosopal Not to give up operasinging but only singing as a tenor. He wanted very much to sing Wagner, but as a tenor he was not that impressive. So the wife of Harry Kupfer heard Kowalski sing Ombra mai fu and it moved her heart so much that she even cried! And it was her who inspired him to sing as alto where he became GREAT and one and only, and not to waste his energy on singing as a tenor.First Kowalski didn't like that term "countertenor",prefered "alto" but later already didn't mind it:-)

[moosopal]

I love his story! His teacher told him to give up operasinging, he would only be average. With friends they sung once jokingly in high female voices. There he accidently discovered his talent - and changed the teacher - it now was the wife of his first teacher!! love from Germany

I wish someone could upload ROTER MOHN with him. I saw him singing this in TV once and he was in a splendid charming mood. Made me smile all along.

[tamerlano236]

So beautiful. Great Kowalski. One of the best countertenors every.  Bravo!

[aguacun]

I consider Kowalski owner of the best countertenor´s and best voice place technique among all... David Daniels is close, but different.

[serenaluce]

Exceptional voice! In Kowalski's interpretation this aria sounds wonderful in any language!

[blumedersahara]

everyone has another technique to sing! every teacher teaches different! even in the same city at the same conservatory!

Maybe his teacher prefered this tentsion or he can sing better with it!

[tomcane8]

I think counter-tenors are amazing. They tend to have a much richer voice than a female. Although I can sing the high notes of the tenor range and the mid-range low notes of the bass range, I would class myself as a baritone yet I would love to be able to sing as a countertenor too.

[cleareyedwolf]

Incredible voice.

[vitellia]

It really is true that they tune higher in Vienna! Kowalski sounds absolutely magnificent, full and gorgeous sound with great legato, despite singing this in German! His outfit, on the other hand, looks ludicrous, more like what a waiter or an usher would wear, totally unfit for il primo uomo. I wonder why he's got so much tension around his mouth.