BEN HEPPNER, GREAT, MARVELOUS:.

Zueignung, ( R. STRAUSS )
How it has to be sung, Marvelous, Benny
Leitung also Fantastic, James LEVINE
a conductor who loves the human voice and always helps the singer.

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[jjhan23]

Sorry, I have to differ with most of the comments about Ben Heppner's vocal technique. He pushes his voice mercilessly. He tries to sound like a heldentenor, just because of his body size he thinks he's a dramatic tenor, sorry, he's not! If you listen carefully, the wobble is already there. He sings in his throat, no sinus resonance. I doubt he will be singing very much longer. Singers today don't want to take the time to learn how to technically correct but then , there aren't any teachers.

[joanabanyeres]

Mu God, but Benny is older than 55. What you say seems to be an error. Benny has been singing for many years, Sorry forget about technique, YOURS the wobble we cannot hear it, he will have in the future as kraus did but because of the years

[sobatinyela]

wow. NEVER heard Heppner like that! He really IS good! lol

[joanabanyeres]

Look for more . l posted more of Benny, l love his voice also look for Jonas Kaufmann, a young a good looking tenor who is going to be next in first line. His Florestan is marvelous.

[joanabanyeres]

Look for more . l posted more of Benny, l love his voice also look for Jonas Kaufmann, a young a good looking tenor who is going to be next in first line. His Florestan is marvelous.

[joanabanyeres]

Look for more . l posted more of Benny, l love his voice also look for Jonas Kaufmann, a young a good looking tenor who is going to be next in first line. His Florestan is marvelous.

[hanskunst]

you are right wobble, singing stuff like Otello and Tristan was not good for him Most Wagner tenors today have a more or less pronounced wobble

[paulostroff99]

Awesome.TY JB for posting.

[prince2000ful]

He had a great voice! But I hope he didn´t sang Italian opera in Deutsch. Like Puccini or Verdi or even the older ones, because I can´t imagine this man in for example the even soft Bellini or other Baroque operas.

[jbjorling]

@jjhan23 If you are old enough to have heard those people live, then it is probably your hearing that is flawed, as you must be quite long in the tooth by now. I am curious to know what Heldentenors of today you like, or are you one of those "everything was better at the old Met" types. Ha ha

[AndyBerg28]

I love this. The same petty bickering and oneupmanship that is posted on rock and pop videos are here as well. Anyway, Ben comes to his hometown of Dawson Creek B.C. for a one-off charity performance Friday night and it's sure to be great.

[SinoSene]

@joanabanyeres Exactly! He's an elderly guy, and he can still sing like this. It's fantastic! He's always had a compressed quality to his voice, but my goodness, if jjhan23 were right in his/her ideas of Heppner's lack of technique then we should pray that all singers were thusly lacking! The only tenor I can think of as being near perfect is Jussi Björling, but he was no heldentenor. (The best method of pretending to be a connoiseur is to dislike everything. Anyone can do that.)

[richbari]

I have been a singer for many years and he has a great technique and has been singing wonderfully for MANY years. He is no spring chicken yet sounds youthful. He is very much in tune and doesn't push at all. He sings with intensity and there is a HUGE difference between intensity, proper support and pushing. He couldn't have sung as long as he did if he pushed as his voice would have shut down long ago.

[fmercury91]

Heppner is a victim of the times. There isn't an overwhelming amount of heldentenors around. If you can do it the money is too good not to. In his own words Heppner regards himself as a full lyric. But, he was a full lyric big enough with enough cut to do Wagner. His best singing is far behind him because he did things that weren't in his comfort zone. But, he is a great artist nonetheless that was endowed with a good natural voice. But, there is wobble in there.

[vorreiessereitaliano]

@jjhan23

you must be a great great singer!

[AfroPoli]

Now he has ruined his voice and he cannot sing anymore. He canceled everything.

[cuckthefardinals]

@mozzrt This is one of the most reasonable statements on youtube that I've seen. Heppner is a fantastic singer who has proved his technique by singing for as many years as he has. Maybe no one will ever have a voice like Corelli or Del Monaco again, but sometimes they were awful by todays standards of interpretation. As a studying tenor who is starting to be weaned towards Dramatic lit, I adore the voice of Corelli, but I listen to Heppner for interpretation. And his still great instrument.