Rolando Villazon - Eugen Onegin - Aria of Lensky

Villazon sings the aria "Kuda, kuda, vy udalilis?"

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[Javaking9000]

.....I am a classical musician myself... and would just like to say.. relax, everyone.

[betty ascem]

Sorprendente como aprende diferentes lenguas!!!...eres increible Rolando!!....ademas de talentoso, entregado, eres fascinantemente carismático!!....me caes de maravilla amigo Villazón!!!....te admiro muchisimo mas!!!

[Leonie Mikele]

My God, the timbre, yes! I adore Rolando, because I am moved. (I also happen to love Fritz Wunderlich's and Sergei Lemeshev's renditions.)

[Leonie Mikele]

Oh goody! You're an opera reviewer!! Did you graduate from journalism school??

[Jānis Grīnvalds]

This is ethalon for me v=FBpuKdCp_9

[PEDRO DANTAS RISO]

eu canta em varias linguas ,carisma beleza,,,,talento adoro este cantor

[Orpheus Sardus]

Villazon spoils it all, like he always does! No dynamics, everything screamed ... Such a boring singer!

[operafan0anegnd]

@spqrmor

Here, third year Russian literature university students still struggle with Russian. :<

A short course just not enough to help him with Pushkin's poetry.

For non-Slavs, Russian is a very difficult language.

It would take over a year, full-time, learning at a conservatory in Russia!

Has sung but few Russian duets with Anna.

Not going to discover her Russian soul, while sharing Italian opera. :)

He has done a great job under the circumstances!

Lensky should be sung by a Russian!

[Dmitriy Moroz]

Да, согласен с Вами. Он очень старается правильно произносить по-русски,но мог бы, однако,пройти краткий курс русского языка прежде чем браться за столь сложную арию Ленского, непревзойденным идеалом которой был и остается Сергей Лемешев.Странно ,что будучи долгое время партнером Анны Нетребко он так ничего и не почерпнул из глубины русской души..

[pa0094]

i love Russian :P :D

[花 木蘭]

The pronunciation lessons are quite cute.  :)) He pronounces quite well for a "beginner", and then he as to sing it. He's a genius this guy. What a voice he has.

Russian, or any other language, if you learn it in a short time, especially performing in an opera theatre is "Hell on earth". Even Hvorostovsky's pronunciation in Italian is far from perfect, and he's even married to an Italian woman, nevertheless, he is one of the best performers in the classical music world.

[operafan0anegnd]

I admire how well he has managed, attempting to grasp Russian pronunciation within a relatively short time frame.

Learning any language as an adult is very difficult for most people, especially not spending years in a country where it is spoken.

Few have the gift to be truly multi-lingual. My first language was Russian,

and I have often thought, better to hear all native speakers rather than

non-Russians, as Russian is difficult for others. But they are not always best singers. Must compromise.