Rolando Villazon - Kuda, Kuda - Lensky's aria

Rolando Villazon - Recital in Paris (Theatre des Champs Elysees, March 2007)

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Music

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• Rolando
• Villazon
• Tchaikovsky
• Kuda
• Lenski
• Lensky
• Opera
• Recital

[tyro1903]

A really great version of a great aria. It couldn't be bettered!

[2010Kyara]

@bbahyt Well, as a Russian I can say his Russian is absolutely fine. When you deal with opera singing even native speakers don't always sing clearly. And BTW, Nikolaj Gedda grew up bilingual (Swedish and Russian) so when you hear him singing Lenskiy you should bear in mind that his proninciation is perfect cause he actually speak Russian as his native language..

[vivaverdi1]

Rolando you give BRIVIDI! Bravo

[TexasAmigo]

Villazon is probably the best contemporary Lensky. The pronunciation isn't perfect but isn't bad either. His interpretation is more forceful than the Russian canon (think Gedda/Lemeshev/Sobinov). Yet, it's pretty awesome in its own right!

[klodr]

No sé ruso, pero gracias a este vídeo me encanta esta aria. Si la música fuese sólo técnica, las computadoras estarían cantando...La pasión de Villazón en esta pieza es enorme. Y creo que esa es la magia de todo. Aunque no sepamos italiano, ruso o francés podamos escuchar conmovidos esta aria. BRAVO, VILLAZÓN.

[pfewell]

Lemeshev was just too weak. Lensky was not a flat footed 4f runt. Some muscle in the tone is appropriate. Villazon would be a much more believable than Lemeshev in this role. Wunderlich should have sung in Russian. He is good, but the older recording is not as good, and I just cannot get over the different language. This song should be sung in Russian, not any other language.

[TheCatcherkid]

this is not very good

[1947Rollo]

Al pari di Domingo( suo ispiratore ?) Villazon è come una ruspa che spiana tutti i segni d'espressione,non sa addolcire nè alleggerire il suono e pertanto è costretto a cantare sempre a pieno volume,senza peraltro esibire un certo calore nel medio che pure il Placido dei tempi migliori possedeva.Ma tutto questo per i suoi estimatori è irrilevante,lo si intuisce dall'ovazione riservatagli,quindi ancora una volta sono io ad avere torto.

[thintieguy1]

When I think of Lenski, I think of the fragility that was Tchaikovsky himself. That's why a Wunderlich or Lemeshev sounds so fitting to his style. Villazon's is a bit too muscular for me. A beautiful instrument, to be sure. If he has had vocal problems in the past, please blame it on the huge opera houses, the huger orchestras and the nasty conductors who couldn't care less about hushing their instrumentalists or taking tempos that lend themselves to good vocalism.

[Geron1mo1]

@tyro1903 fritz wunderlich