CHRIS MERRITT SINGS "I DUE FOSCARI"

TENOR CHRIS MERRITT SINGS "BREZZA DEL SUOL NATIO...DEL PIU REMOTO ESILIO... SI LO SENTO", FROM VERDI'S "I DUE FOSCARI".

RECITAL IN MODENA, CA. 1987
THIS IS PERHAPS THE MOST UNHUMAN RECITAL YOU WILL HEAR FROM A TENOR, LOOK AT THE PROGRAM AND FIND OUT BY YOURSELF!

1) BELLINI: I PURITANI- "A TE O CARA"

2) BERLIOZ: LES TROYENS: "AH! QUAND VIENDRA L'INSTANT...EN UN DERNIERE NAUFRAGE"

3) PUCCINI: LA BOHEME- "CHE GELIDA MANINA"

4) ROSSINI: GUGLIELMO TELL-
"NON MI LASCIARE... O MUTO ASIL DEL PIANTO...CORRIAM, VOLIAM" (WITH MANY C's)

5) VERDI: I DUE FOSCARI- "BREZZA DEL SUOL NATIO...DAL PIU REMOTO ESILIO...SI LO SENTO" (ORIGINAL CABALETTA WITH WRITTEN
HIGH E-FLAT)

6) DONIZETTI: ANNA BOLENA- "VIVI TU... NEL VEDER LA TUA COSTANZA" (WITH A PAIR OF C's & FINAL HIGH D)

7) DONIZETTI: L'ELISIR D'AMORE- "UNA FURTIVA LAGRIMA"

8) ROSSINI: TANCREDI- "A SEGNAR INVANO IO TENTO...PERDONATE QUESTO PIANTO" (WITH HIGH E-FLAT, DIGH D's, C's, you name it!)

9) ENCORE: DONIZETTI: LA FILLE DU REGIMENT- "POUR MON AME!" (CABALETTA, WITH IT'S 9 HIGH C'S)

THIS IS A RAVISHING RECITAL BY ONE OF THE GREATEST TENORS, RESPONSIBLE (ALONG WITH SOME OTHERS, LIKE ROCKWELL BLAKE)FOR THE RESURRECTION OF SEVERAL OPERAS UNPERFORMED FOR MORE THAN 100 YEARS. ALONG WITH THE SEVERAL DIFFERENT STYLES PRESENTED, HE EXCELS IN A REPERTOIRE MOST TENORS CAN'T EVEN DREAM OF SINGING, NOT TO MENTION SINGING THEM ALL IN ONE NIGHT. HE PRESENTED THIS SAME PROGRAM ON DIFFERENT LOCATIONS, EVEN WITH ORCHESTRA, AND EVEN A RECORDING WAS RELEASED BY BONGIOVANNI. THIS IS A TRIBUTE TO A KIND OF VOICE THAT COMES ONCE EVERY CENTURY, BUT SHAMEFULLY PASSES UNAPPRECIATED.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• TENOR
• CHRIS
• MERRITT
• BREZZA
• DEL
• SUOL
• NATIO
• PIU
• REMOTO
• ESILIO
• SI
• LO
• SENTO
• VERDI
• DUE
• FOSCARI
• OPERA

[agnellodei]

Did Verdi actually write an E flat for his tenor? I mean, I wonder since by his time the technique had changed and the tessiture gone down by about a major fourth.

[fabiantenor]

Yes indeed it's written. There's an alternate cabaletta for more "human" tenors called "Odio solo, odio atroce", which is great too and more "Pira-like".

[klavierspieler72]

Unbelievable! To hear such a powerful singer sing this HIGH is impressive. At 5:39 is the amazing E-flat in altissimo. Outstanding, as is the final high D flat.  I miss this singer. So rarely do we hear someone with such power.

[verdiotello]

@Kavafy Yes!!!!

[Cantormatis]

@Klytemnest I might disagree. Pavarotti made a real mess of this. Why he felt he should have recorded it, with his emasculated sounding awful E-flat is quite beyond me. CM here sings the aria beautifully. The E flat is astounding, even if he cracks slightly on the last high note of the piece.

[Amicofritz889]

FORMIDABILE!

[Kavafy]

Is this available anywhere on CD?

[djtsinopoulos]

where could I possibly find this incredible recital ?

[Klytemnest]

I don't, but Renata might :-)

I recall hearing this cabaletta sung by Pavarotti. I wonder if it's available on CD. He sang the high E-flat in falsetto, the way he sang the high F on the Puritani recording, and then on the way down he crashed in chest voice. Frankly, singing those notes, even in falsetto, is no small feat for a man.

[increible741]

GREAT GREAT GREAT GREAT TENOR.

[aguacun]

Great postings...but..is there any possibility to re upload this one with the audio and video coordinated? Thank you... very good videos. Merritt in great shape