Alagna & Netrebko - Manon - En fermant les yeux

Roberto Alagna and Anna Netrebko in Massenet's Manon, performed yesterday (10-3-07) in Vienna.

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• Roberto
• Alagna
• tenor
• aria
• opera
• Massenet
• Manon
• Anna
• Netrebko
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[forallyouknow]

I AGREE!!! Artistic integrity is the right word for it. You could hear his vibrato oscillate... beautifully chilling.

[castodivo]

Yes, his scooping is ridiculously everywhere, butI'll tell you what I can really appreciate about Alagna's interpretation of this aria: He's brave enough to go into his head voice to really interpret delicate. For example, he sings every F5 (except for the first "retraite") in his head voice. And the A natural on "faut" at the end is not powerhoused and belted out like every tenor in the world. It's takes a lot of artistic integrity to do that.

[DeathhimselfTHS]

41 is where I begin for my solo :)

[eurydike]

alagna can be incredible:))) sometimes. also quite charming:))

[korts100]

Bravi!

[Ax008Al]

Il ne peut y avoir de doute, Roberto Alagna est bien le digne successeur du grand Georges Thill, Beau timbre de voix, qui fait justement penser à Thill, diction impeccable, interprétation convaincante. Il est aujourd'hui le plus grand ténor français qui défend notre répertoire ici et à l'étranger comme aucun autre ne peut le faire, car il a en plus le style requis pour ça. Bravo Monsieur Alagna.

[Cantormatis]

@operaticoentusiasta Because it is not legitimate pianissimo singing. It's a sin because it's bad singing, not on the voice "voix mixte," hence he cannot make the decrescendo as called for in the score. Listen to Bjoerling do it, and you will see what it should sound like. It's hard as hell to do, but that is what OPERA singing is, not pop singing.

[operaticoentusiasta]

@Cantormatis Excuse me me, but what exactly is the problem with the falsetto if the guy does it with such an elegance ? In your writing I detected a slight despise to those who can do it well. That romantic aria precisely requires that. Are you trying to say that inset a falsetto in pianissimo section is a sin ?

[fattyboyblue]

this is also sublime in my own opinion

[fattyboyblue]

I want to be able to sing this some day. And i'm a baritone, thats saying something.

[hansquad]

@tdeane34

Agree, it was mezza voce.

[broadwayboricua]

@castodivo it's f# not and that's entirely false. I'm not certain he even does that once other than the last f# where he also decided to resolve up which is not in the music. There is a difference between head voice and being turned over. A big difference I might add.