This is not very good, mind you Sills was at the end but despite that her acting is still terrible, i always thought she was overhyped, as for him well!!!! at least he did not try to sing Macbeth/Boccanegra etc like some other baritone with the wrong voice.
in the 70s they werent as obsessed with forcing male opera singers to over darken and bark the sh*^ out of their singing to satisfy those with a lack of taste who want a "masculine" sound. If Bjoerling were to try to get a career today he would prolly get pigeon-holed into singing only Mozart and Rossini... ridiculous
Aha, gotcha. BTW, I agree with you about his upper register. I think he tends to sing "open" too high as Hampson does. And it's not just a matter of lightness of the voice as Hermann Prey, John Reardon and many other lighter baritones could "turn" their voices very well and avoid singing too open above the passagio.
I´m not that impressed by he´s upper register i´m much more impressed by Merrill, Warren, Bastianini, stacciari, Battistini, Ruffa or my favourite swedish Baritone Hugo Hasslo who was as high and light as a real Baritone can be atleast in my taste.
One of my favorite duets. They're great together!
olobbus 1 year ago
This is not very good, mind you Sills was at the end but despite that her acting is still terrible, i always thought she was overhyped, as for him well!!!! at least he did not try to sing Macbeth/Boccanegra etc like some other baritone with the wrong voice.
jamesjmertins 2 years ago
Amen!
bleetenor 2 years ago
Yep, after all of these years I still can't get enough of her!
AiTaiwandeRen 2 years ago
Cant help it! I love her!
valerotti 3 years ago
He sings very good. I prefer this role than his Papageno. This one has more attitude. Now i know why Barbara Bonney marry him. Talented both!
Sochilinda 3 years ago
in the 70s they werent as obsessed with forcing male opera singers to over darken and bark the sh*^ out of their singing to satisfy those with a lack of taste who want a "masculine" sound. If Bjoerling were to try to get a career today he would prolly get pigeon-holed into singing only Mozart and Rossini... ridiculous
jmahlon 3 years ago
Cottarella la Signora eh...
oloferne84 3 years ago
Aha, gotcha. BTW, I agree with you about his upper register. I think he tends to sing "open" too high as Hampson does. And it's not just a matter of lightness of the voice as Hermann Prey, John Reardon and many other lighter baritones could "turn" their voices very well and avoid singing too open above the passagio.
izar1234 3 years ago
I´m not that impressed by he´s upper register i´m much more impressed by Merrill, Warren, Bastianini, stacciari, Battistini, Ruffa or my favourite swedish Baritone Hugo Hasslo who was as high and light as a real Baritone can be atleast in my taste.
Bjoerrelli 3 years ago