Bagdasar Khachikyan - Casta Diva

Bellini Norma's aria "Casta Diva", sung by countertenor alto-soprano Bagdasar Khachikyan (Hachikian) with Kuban simphonic orchestra, conductor Vladimir Ponkin.

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• sopranist
• sopranista
• sopraniste
• male
• soprano
• mezzo-soprano
• contraltist
• alto
• altus
• norma
• Hachikian
• controtenore
• контратенор
• контр-тенор
• контртенор

[unjorob]

wow havia escuchado esta piesa en otros contratenores pero solo en ti me gusto, felicitaciones, una duda de voz de pecho eres baritono?

[hautecontrre]

@unjorob

Thank you, for your posts. Yes, I had begun my vocal study as baritone and "switched" to countertenor only in four years.

[galletitamortal]

@hautecontrre "Switched" means that with the vocal work your voice naturally goes from baritone to contratenor?

[hautecontrre]

@galletitamortal It means, I'd just begun to develop exceptionally my high register ("falsetto", call it as you wish).

[galletitamortal]

@hautecontrre But "contratenor" doesn't means that a men naturally have a woman range voice?... I'm bass and with falsetto I can sing as a mezzo or contralto but it's not my natural coloratura of voice.

[hautecontrre]

@galletitamortal I have to disappoint you, but it doesn't.

"Naturally" (within the meaning of "without male voice at the bottom") soprano, mezzo-soprano or contralto could be only women or castratos (excluding children).

All these conversation about "natural castratos" nowadays are fairy tales. Nature don't have this kind of exceptions at all.

I can still sing in bass-bariton range. Sometimes I use it for fun :)

[PapagenoHannover]

So musikalisch.....

[mcpushkin]

This is fantastic! With more training I hope we will be able to hear this wonderful voice in top opera houses.

[CallasAfrica]

it's acceptable for a woman to be disguised and sing orsini or oscar or even tancredi... But not for a man to sing norma, trovatore, borgia??.... Sounds like a double standard for me... If we have men like this one with such a voice... Why can't he sing norma?... I personaly would sing one hell of a rossina (i'm a speedfire coloratura).

[wenarto]

why not? it's good, congratulations....Maria would be proud!

[anakrousis]

This is you at your best...beautiful job!