Ah, mes amis - Fille Contest - Deon van der Walt

I thought it was time we gave the tenors a turn. There are so many wonderful belcanto tenor aria and one of the most celebrated is from Donizetti's frech La Fille du Regiment. It is a wonderful display of lyric singing, and of course those 9 high c's. When putting together this contest, I was stuck with the absence of some of the "big name" tenors, however, there is some really wonderful singing here. I hope everyone takes the time to watch all of the clips, I found it interesting the differnt approaches taken to this difficult aria.
Again a score of 1-5 for singing/characterization:
Alfredo Kraus - 1983
Deon van der Walt - 1993
Charles Burles - 1972
Bruce Sledge - 2007
Jean-Luc Maurette - 1989
Marc Laho - 1998
Luca Canonici - 1992
Gregory Kunde - 1999
Juan Diego Florez - 2007
Marcelo Alvarez - 1995
José Sempere - 2002
Rockwell Blake - 1995
Paul Austin Kelly - 1996
Rockwell Blake - 1990
Alferdo Kraus - 1986
Juan Diego Florez - 2004

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[matti230]

He was one of the best lyric tenors of our time. It is so sad that he is dead. ( best mozart tenor of the 80s and 90s)

[zoltankelemen]

He was a very good lyric tenor...

R.I.P.

[forallyouknow]

That was a time when there were many great Mozart tenors. There was Gösta Winbergh, too, who was sometimes hailed as the next Wunderlich. There was Streit, who excelled most in the 90's. Araiza was not a Mozartean tenor, though--he was a very versatile tenor who also happened to do Mozart roles with great ease.

[kateholli]

very nicely said

3/3

[Spinple]

I think the best Mozart tenor of the 80s and 90s is Araiza,not him,although he is nice too

[anguimoto]

q.p.d.lÀSTIMA SU MUERTE.sEGUN LEÌ UNA DISPUTA CON EL PADRE QUIEN LO MATÒ Y LUEGO SE SUICIDÒ.

[Operaphile]

3/3. Not too bad. Not that viscerally stunning though.

[dutchtallguy]

A South African tenor if I am not mistaken. He looks and sounds a bit dull. The C's are visuably costing him much effort, and he is 'losing' his closing C. 3/3

[DramatisPersone]

2/2.