Di Quella Pira - Trovatore Contest - José Carreras

I am uploading this contest on request, and I hope everyone enjoys. When I was pulling clips I realized just how many Trovatores I had in collection, so I had to cut a few tenors. Anyway here are the singers and again a score of 1-5 for singing/characterization:
Francisco Ortiz - 1980
James McCracken - 1972
Franco Bonisolli - 1990
Giorgio Lamberti - 1982
Gianfranco Cecchele - 1999
Giuseppe Giacomini - 1981
Lando Bartolini - 1993
Alfredo Portilla - 2000
Marco Berti - 2004
Carlo Cossutta - 1977
Dennis O'Neill - 1992
Roberto Alagna - 2003
Marcelo Alvarez - 2006
Salvatore Licitra - 2002
Carlo Bergonzi - 1966
Luciano Pavarotti - 1990
José Carreras - 1985

Category:

Music

Tags:

• carreras
• opera
• verdi

[Pavarotti4eva]

guys, i dont care who started this "argument", but dont do it on a video of carreras. if you do not like him, that is fine, dont go posting it on a video of carreras simply because you dont like him. dont bother watching it in that case,dont bother commenting. if you dont like domingo, there is no damn need to post this view on a video of jose carreras, nobody asked for a comparison!what makes a tenor good is only opinion and we need to learn that peoples opinions differ.hand in your man card!

[TurandotFanatic]

Great rendition of J.Carreras. Thanks for posting.

[jmiller05]

His voice had started to wobble by this stage, and he starts scooping to maintain pitch. The legato becomes broken as a result, as he rounds off phrases sloppily.

That B is SO strained at the end. I have no idea why he took on such a heavy role.

[alexxseeman]

Carreras sings great!!

[TenTakaya]

H…

[gheeah]

I like your videos...

[tenorschofield]

Great!!!! thanks for posting and sharing this wonderful videos!!!!.Been a tenor, and doing the same repertoire, this videos help you in getting a better approach to voice mastery. Please don't listen to crazy comments, we all enjoy and thank you.Carreras, even if been a "short range tenor", manages to get all the beauty of his voice, help him in delivering a very good performance of this very difficult aria. Bravo Carreras!!!!

[mongemark]

se non altro decorosa, ma nulla più

[federricoilgrande]

Cantante favoloso, ma non in questo ruolo

[eurydike]

for me he is simply divine.

[musicg1978]

I like Carreras, but here his voice was pretty much gone.

[DeBonle]

Yo estaba ese dia en el teatro Campoamor (1985) y no me creo lo que oigo ahora en este video. En el teatro se oyo una voz escuchimizada en el agudo, al borde del gallo, y una reaccion muy desfavorable del publico (sobre todo en el piso alto). De hecho, no la canto mas. El resto, magnifico. Un Trovador estupendo de Carreras, salvo el obstaculo insalvable: la Pira (medio tono baja aqui). Hoy nadie canta asi El Trovador. Una pena, pero se acabaron los tenores de verdad (solo quedan los light...).