Greatest Notes from the Greatest Tenors

My assembly of what and whom I find to be the greatest higher-register notes of the tenors of the 20th and early 21st centuries. This compilation is just MY opinion; mean comments will be deleted and their authors will be blocked.

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1.) An exhilarating A4 by Plácido Domingo in the zarzuela aria "No puede ser" from "La tabernera del puerto" by Pablo Sorozábal. In my opinion, Domingo is the undisputed king of the A's.

2.) A wonderfully colored Bb4 by Roberto Alagna in "Pourquoi me réveiller?" from "Werther" by Jules Massenet.

3.) Plácido Domingo sings a glorious Bb4 in "Recondita armonia" from "Tosca" by Giacomo Puccini.

4.) Franco Corelli sings an extremely dramatic B4 in "Nessun dorma" from "Turandot" by Giacomo Puccini. The most explosive B I've ever heard.

5.) Luciano Pavarotti belts a resonant B4 in "La donna è mobile" from "Rigoletto" by Giuseppe Verdi.

6.) José Carreras sings an amazingly beautiful B4, also in "Nessun dorma." His voice isn't particularly suited for this role, but this B is perhaps my favorite B ever. The warmth of the note is just amazing.

7.) Jussi Björling gives one of his perfect C5's in "Che gelida manina" from "La bohème" by Giacomo Puccini.

8.) Plácido Domingo sings a short but perfectly placed and very taut C5 in "Salut, demeure" from "Faust" by Charles Gounod.

9.) Andrea Bocelli sings one of the most longly sustained, perfectly placed, and downright thrilling C5's I've ever heard in "Di quella pira" from "Il trovatore" by Giuseppe Verdi.

10.) Franco Corelli once again produces an explosive and dazzling note, this time a C5 in a lowered version of "A te, o cara" from "I puritani" by Vicenzo Bellini.

11.) Mario Lanza gives a passionate C#5 in "Granada" by Agustín Lara.

12.) Luciano Pavarotti produces a brilliant C#5 in "Vieni fra questa braccia" from "I puritani" by Vicenzo Bellini.

13.) Juan Diego Flórez sings a perfectly placed C#5 in "Pour me rapprocher" from "La fille du régiment" by Gaetano Donizetti.

14.) Luciano Pavarotti gives an impressive D5 in "Possente amor mi chiama" from "Rigoletto" by Verdi.

15.) Alfredo Kraus gives an even better D5, also from "Possente amor mi chiama."

16.) Nicolai Gedda produces one of the most dazzling notes I've ever heard, a D5 in "Ronde du postillion" from "Le postillon de Lonjumeau" by Adolphe Adam.

17.) Alfredo Kraus produces a C5 and then a short but beautiful Eb5 in "O muto asil" from "Wilhelm Tell" by Gioachino Rossini.

18.) Juan Diego Flórez gives forth a totally stunning Eb5 in "All'udir del padre afflitto" from "Bianca e Fernando" by Vicenzo Bellini.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Opera
• tenor
• high
• notes
• domingo
• alagna
• corelli
• pavarotti
• carreras
• björling
• bocelli
• lanza
• flórez
• kraus
• gedda

[TICKTOCKJOCK]

I like the idea here, but it's only one third finished. Who/what is name of tenor? And please to know what is the name of the piece of music sung? 1/3 + 2/3 =1

[OettingerCroat]

it's ALL on the right in the Video Info, and it's been there since the first day.

[TouretteTenor]

Who knows the name of the song that is done at 2:05 and 2:15?

[OettingerCroat]

all the information is available in the "Video Info" at the right...

[ElPiconeroalCognac]

Bocelli as one of the greatest tenors? That's it. I can't listen. :)

[OettingerCroat]

No one asked you to.

Piss off.

[Repulsion100]

Jussi Björling for me! When he sings She gelida..........everything stops!!!!

[pianoandpipes]

I think #16 is the best because it is actually in real head voice, not reinforced falsetto as even only a few mere mortals can even sing D5s.

Gedda was super human.

[dziady1]

how stupid this all is ....

degrads the art to a shouting level

You may delete this as "mean"

but nevertheless it is stupid and

shows what air heads many

many opera fans are.

[CREQUIE]

Pour des ténors cités comme GEDDA et DOMINGO,la voix de LANZA était la référence absolue. PAVAROTTI pour sa part a commenté : depuis que LANZA est mort, CARUSO n' a plus de successeur, il n'a que des disciples. Guy CREQUIE

Para tenores citados como GEDDA y DOMINGO, la voz de LANZA era la referencia absoluta. PAVAROTTI por su parte comentó: desde que LANZA se murió, CARUSO no tiene más de sucesor, sólo tiene discípulos. Guy CREQUIE

[CREQUIE]

mon commentaire précédent n' a pas été publié : pourquoi ? Il faudrait comparer sur le même aria, avec les mêmes techniques d'enregistrement.GC

my preceding comment was not published: why? It would be necessary to compare on the same aria, with the same techniques of enregistrement.GC

[CREQUIE]

How to compare on airs different, for Placido DOMINGO and Nicolai GEDDA, often quoted, the voice of LANZA was most beautiful. Compare all the tenors with LANZA in Because or the Bohemian one. Quite front they, of the experts as Maria FIXED or maestrio TOSANINI indicated THAT the VOICE of LANZA was most beautiful. Even BERGONZI admired it by collecting its posters, and PAVAROTTI declared: since LANZA died, CARUSO does not have any more a successor, it has only disciples. Guy CREQUIE

[Davidzz17]

Muy buena compilación :O

[gabrielxv]

Me gustaron todos pero sin lugar a dudas... ese Eb5 de el maestro Alfredo Krauss me parece que simplemente superó todo. Hermoso e Impresionante.

[frederikkko]

Thank you very much for posting this, very interesting and enjoyable. So much talent!