Diana Damrau - Juan Diego Flórez - Rigoletto duet

Diana Damrau - Juan Diego Flórez - Rigoletto duet - 2008

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Music

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• damrau
• florez
• opera
• verdi

[AfroPoli]

Hai completamente ragione. Rigoletto non è un'opera leggera, ma Florez è un tenore lirico leggero. Loro che l'hanno fatto cantare il Duca non capiscono un tubo del melodramma verdiano...

[roykogan]

@roykogan I've actually heard everything he's done at the Met, some performances multiple times. And I would agree with another poster, he's just gotten better & better. (His Sonnambula was a peak, stunningly beautiful.) I am overwhelmed by his technical ability, but am smitten with his tonal radiance & natural, profound expressivity. This man knows what a musical line is. He's been a great inspiration to this (non-singing) musician. Buzz off, sir.

[saagua1953]

One topic seldom mentioned is the relative fees of singers. I suspect (from some research I have done) that Florez gets paid quite a bit more than Damrau, and more even than Jonas Kaufmann. I wonder how conscious artists are re relative fees. If those paid less resent those paid more.

[karifrid]

@roykogan I saw a live performance from Met with him. He was almost perfect....(I am a tenor and listen a lot....)Great singer...Perhaps better Duka after some ten years,but still sounds great...Vise of him to stop singing it and wait.,I hope he will sing after 60 years old age .If he does sport and thinks about his health, HE WILL...

I am sorry to say that I have never done this on stage but the duett is on youtube with me,I think my High D flat is good..To find it: karifrid,rigoletto,duett.

[EMusically]

Very sensitive conducting by Fabio Luisi. And some lovely lines from Damrau. Florez is more concerned about singing to the audience than to his soprano, which is the sort of selfish attitude the Duke would take(he probably has a mirror with him to check his hair...!!). Vocally it's just too light for this role,even though he tries to sing with style.A good idea to drop the role, before he damages his light, flexible instrument.

[zhangshinyi]

damrau is so perfect <3

[tenorotti]

d'accordo con bodiloto

[roykogan]

@mozartsinger "CORRECTLY"? You may be a singer, but you're not a musician. Or you can't be objective about a singer to whom you couldn't possibly compare. This is one of the most exciting & beautiful clips I've seen of an operatic performance. The two of them are a dream. We are so lucky to have Florez in our midst...a singer like this comes along once in a lifetime, maybe. NO ONE can sing his repertoire like him--I don't know if anyone has, ever.

[xxlilcuty4u]

Stunning! They are just great together! a great great balance!

[eurydike]

i like this. i am not an expert, but i like his duke. handsome to look at, pleasing to be listened to.

[macbetsy1]

Very well done and effective performance in this famous duet by both performers. HEM, Vero Beach, FL