Fille Contest - Appendix - Juan Diego Florez

I thought it was time we gave the tenors a turn. There are so many wonderful belcanto tenor aria and one of the most celebrated is from Donizetti's frech La Fille du Regiment. It is a wonderful display of lyric singing, and of course those 9 high c's. When putting together this contest, I was stuck with the absence of some of the "big name" tenors, however, there is some really wonderful singing here. I hope everyone takes the time to watch all of the clips, I found it interesting the differnt approaches taken to this difficult aria.
Again a score of 1-5 for singing/characterization:
Alfredo Kraus - 1983
Deon van der Walt - 1993
Charles Burles - 1972
Bruce Sledge - 2007
Jean-Luc Maurette - 1989
Marc Laho - 1998
Luca Canonici - 1992
Gregory Kunde - 1999
Juan Diego Florez - 2007
Marcelo Alvarez - 1995
José Sempere - 2002
Rockwell Blake - 1995
Paul Austin Kelly - 1996
Rockwell Blake - 1990
Alferdo Kraus - 1986
Juan Diego Florez - 2004

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Music

Tags:

• florez
• opera
• donizetti

[operadm]

the washingtion opera production was shared and Florez is a wonderful stage presence. a young tenor with technique and charm and the high notes  5/5

[WWWjuandiegoflorezIT]

simply the best!

[CatalinaDM56]

Looooove his timbre. They say he can't act...how can you not hear the emotion in his voice?!

[Webarton]

Defintely not another Pavarotti, not even close, look at the anatomy.

[dedal141]

Flawless!! the best now!!

[mickyyaus]

ESTA ES MI FAVORITA PERU

[mkuzava]

5/4

He has one hell of his voice. He has potential to be another pavarotti. All he has to do is open his mouth, and he has the perfect lyric tessitura. Envy is running through me...

[kateholli]

the right voice for this role. I still prefer Kraus.

5/4.5

[garconfrancais01]

no hesitation with his last high c perfecto!

5/

[iosonmedea]

Middle of the road 3/3

[fratenore]

The best, without doubt: 6-5. No one can or could do better.