Schöffler, Greindl, Ridderbusch, Crass, of recent Pape...all the great singers of the part of Hans Sachs have their merits. But this is special. Terfel s pronunciation is perfect, the tone of his bass-baritone even more articulate and suited in contrast to Pogner and other meistersinger than the typical bass voice. Terfel s specific quality is the combination of vocal power, elegant and matchles legato, beauty of tone and line and recognizable individuality.
Hear! hear! He sang this at the Cardiff Singer of the Year contest years ago where he got the Lieder prize but should have been crowned Absolute No. 1. The musical intelligence which informed his performance then and there, as here, was astounding; and all this realized by ideal technique - and of course having a perfect vocal mechanism genetically (but being Welsh helps account for that!).
Terfel war sehr gut, wie er jung war. Im Alter macht er erstens seltsame Grimassen, was auf eine eher nicht so ganz solide Technik schließen lässt, und zum anderen klingt seine Stimme jetzt etwas angeschnitten, flach, zum Teil etwas zu eingebildet. Manche Klänge sind sehr gut, aber nicht durchgehend. Man höre sich diese Arie mit Hans Hotter oder George London an, andere Welt...
Einfach nur großartig, was für ein Hans Sachs 👍
Today we are playing this aria with Bryn in Belgrade! What a wonderful artist! So exciting, great musical experience!!
Bryn Terfel has the most amazing voice and interpretaton of this aria.
Maybe you should listen to other singers.😊
Bryn Terfel, WONDERFUL (or much more !!!) ! And Thieleman perfect !
Truly amazing.
Schöffler, Greindl, Ridderbusch, Crass, of recent Pape...all the great singers of the part of Hans Sachs have their merits. But this is special.
Terfel s pronunciation is perfect, the tone of his bass-baritone even more articulate and suited in contrast to Pogner and other meistersinger than the typical bass voice. Terfel s specific quality is the combination of vocal power, elegant and matchles legato, beauty of tone and line and recognizable individuality.
Hear! hear! He sang this at the Cardiff Singer of the Year contest years ago where he got the Lieder prize but should have been crowned Absolute No. 1. The musical intelligence which informed his performance then and there, as here, was astounding; and all this realized by ideal technique - and of course having a perfect vocal mechanism genetically (but being Welsh helps account for that!).
He is absolut perfect as Sachs!! Did he ever do it on stage? Does anyone know?
He's playing it this spring to the Royal Opera House, London. :-)
Yes, man! He did it onstage in Belgrade a few days ago! And, it was absolutely marvelous!
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IMHO the best version of this. Better than H. Hotter!
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Terfel war sehr gut, wie er jung war. Im Alter macht er erstens seltsame Grimassen, was auf eine eher nicht so ganz solide Technik schließen lässt, und zum anderen klingt seine Stimme jetzt etwas angeschnitten, flach, zum Teil etwas zu eingebildet. Manche Klänge sind sehr gut, aber nicht durchgehend. Man höre sich diese Arie mit Hans Hotter oder George London an, andere Welt...