Tenor high note: Roméo et Juliette - act iii finale
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Después de Thill y Vanzo el mejor Romeo, Alagna.
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@Wotan123456789 Kraus has described in detail his vocal technique. He does not seal the velum. This is a controversial issue. Many voice teachers think this is a an error in technique - not just me. Kraus obviously had a good throat but he would have been better yet if he had sung in a better way.
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@fabiantenor I'll be 69 in a week and I'm working on a new aria to post here on YouTube. My feet, my back, and my heart are all too old to go on stage anymore but my throat is just fine. There are still a lot things I can't do vocally but I couldn't do those things when I was young either (coloratura, soft top notes, etc.) Domingo is two years old than I am. Pavarotti sang well into his seventies. Claude Heater the HeldenTenor sings at 80.
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@Agorante Well, you are mostly alone there
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I enjoy these types of comparisons but they are not really fair. Villazon sounds best here but he has the best recording. I imagine that live Giordani would have the biggest voice or maybe Cupido but you can't really tell. Cupido live had a much bigger voice than Kraus but it was kind of crude. Most of these tenors are mainstream Puccini-Donizetti-Verdi singers. Kraus was a high note specialist like Fillipeschi or Kunde.
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It's odd that Kraus today gets all this praise. Angel Records hired him to replace Simoneau as their Mozart tenor. That was a dark day for Mozart. He then came to the US to sing mostly Bel Canto operas. Critics liked him, I liked him but in spite of his acidulous voice not because of it. He never sang properly IMHO. Worse yet he led astray a generation of singers who sang "in the mask".
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@Wotan123456789 Not beyond my criticism.
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Kraus and Sabbatini are my favorites, thanks for this compilation!
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In TOULON, I' ve heard Gran WILSON singing this top C during 25 seconds ( until the orchestra stops ! ) . Very big OVATION ... he WAS Romeo !
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@VolverOpera Yes I agree, that's what I wanted to say ! Muezzab put the video with this aria "ah jour de deuil" from 1994.
Welcom back coloraturafan.
Great compliation here. I thimk Kraus in 1985 is the best one. The crescendo is amazing...
Second best - Kraus in 1995
albertogrilo 2 years ago 14
Kraus at almost 70 years of age slapping in the face everybody else!!!
fabiantenor 2 years ago 12