Leonard Warren "Votre toast" from Carmen
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@primobaritono77 Guardi...io non so se Warren conosceva la musica ...ma è un errore che può fare anche un musicista...saluti
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@primobaritono77 I don't think this mess up was because of lack of knowledge in reading music...Because it is a concert version, they had to cut the few bars when Frasquita, mercedes and Carmen, are singing the word "l'amour". Usualy, after the second verse, the baritone sings the "coda", exactly as he started to do...When I sang this role I had to focus not to cut Frasquta's line!
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I know nothing about the art of opera, but it sounds really nasal to me..
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Does a mistake mean that he couldn't read music? Where did you hear that he couldn't read music?
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The mess up at 3:50 unfortunately highlights another fact about Warren...he didn't know how to read music and was very self conscious about it. Don't get me wrong I am a true Warren fanatic and believe he WAS the greatest Verdi baritone of any generation. Also, his untimely death during alive performance at the Met only further enhances his legendary stature. He passed away like some warrior on a battlefield with the applause still ringing in his ears.
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This is not his best performance, but please don't mess it up, Warren and "knödeln", never.
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Absolutely! It´s because of the whole style of the singing-position in your body which means that all people say that it sounds artificial, I understand that.
That´s why the most important thing for a singer is that he has to stay more natural than he thinks by himself, because otherwise he has an effect of a weird clown and he looks more pathetic than graceful or beautiful. A mirror is a great help for practise those things. ;-)
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Actually you're right, the face talk as much, as the singing! His artificial face is just a like his artificial singing, not bad, but kinda unnatural as you said!!
I agree that the opera singing is artificial but this is too artificial.... :D
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@WhiteProfondo warren and knödeln? stronzo
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Then I hate it!
This coming from someone who's obviously a fan of the truly terrible Afro Poli? I'm almost pissing myself laughing! Idiot.
AUDIOPHlLE 2 years ago 4
The mess up at 3:50 wasn't a big deal although embarrassing for sure. He performed the role all but 19 times in his whole career and it had been several years since he had by the time he did this.
VinylToVideo 2 years ago 3