Merci infiniment d'avoir inclus le texte ! J'ai autrement pu apprécier l'excellence de son interprétation en lisant les mots. C'est pas un air qu'on entend souvent (au moins moi). J'adore Hampson mais ne m'attendais pas a u t a n t là.
3:25 ? My French is OK. I don't get it. Give me a hand and help me out here...If you really want to hear bad French but sung with passion, Dimitri Horovstovski is incredible. You just have to tolerate the bad French pronunciation. There are early recordings of him that predate he sold ones (which also are poor in pronunciation, but good in passion).
Because that means he's singing inappropriate repertoire (the dramatic, Verdian, and even attempting the Verismo baritone repertoire). His voice is going to develop a wobble if he keeps this up.
In my view, Hampson became difficult to watch because of his mannerisms. Never to listen to, I must add. Perhaps not in the same league of Kathleen Battle and Cecilia Bartoli but getting there.
The saxophone is deliberate. It's a sensual, sexual song and Massenet put it in because it is an instrument played at the time only in brothels. That's one of the reasons the opera was banned in a number of countries. This is a song about sex, or as the polite expression is "fornication." It's dripping with it. The design of the aria is an orchestration of an orgasm. That's why Hampson and every other operatic singer doesn't sing it well.
Entiendo ahora. Estás en lo cierto. Por favor, perdona mi español. Las orquestas a menudo reemplazan el saxofón con un clarinete que destruye la intención del aria.
@@AindriasHirt Although Mae West waxes lyrical on the virtues of "a man what takes his time", I think this tempo is way too slow. The phrasing lacks, um, thrust.
Merci infiniment d'avoir inclus le texte ! J'ai autrement pu apprécier l'excellence de son interprétation en lisant les mots. C'est pas un air qu'on entend souvent (au moins moi). J'adore Hampson mais ne m'attendais pas a u t a n t là.
Sublime Thomas !
Stunning!!!
Thank you very much for your work to listen such wonderfull classic music!!!
Bravo
Bravo, maestro.
Bravo!!!!!!
3:25 jumped the shark. That’s a swing and a miss
3:25 ? My French is OK. I don't get it. Give me a hand and help me out here...If you really want to hear bad French but sung with passion, Dimitri Horovstovski is incredible. You just have to tolerate the bad French pronunciation. There are early recordings of him that predate he sold ones (which also are poor in pronunciation, but good in passion).
Gorgeous singing with repertoire that suits beautifully. And the soprano aria in this is gorgeous too.
Hampson does not sound healthy here. The voice production is labored; the vibrato has widened alarmingly.
Because that means he's singing inappropriate repertoire (the dramatic, Verdian, and even attempting the Verismo baritone repertoire). His voice is going to develop a wobble if he keeps this up.
The main thing I notice is how small his voice is
inappropriate
What is inappropriate?
THROATY PRODUCTION LISTEN TO GORDON MACRAE
In my view, Hampson became difficult to watch because of his mannerisms. Never to listen to, I must add. Perhaps not in the same league of Kathleen Battle and Cecilia Bartoli but getting there.
El saxofon suena ASQUEROSO!
The saxophone is deliberate. It's a sensual, sexual song and Massenet put it in because it is an instrument played at the time only in brothels. That's one of the reasons the opera was banned in a number of countries. This is a song about sex, or as the polite expression is "fornication." It's dripping with it. The design of the aria is an orchestration of an orgasm. That's why Hampson and every other operatic singer doesn't sing it well.
Aindrias Hirt me refiero al sonido de ese saxofón en concreto. Yo soy saxofonista, y el del vídeo suena terrible
Entiendo ahora. Estás en lo cierto. Por favor, perdona mi español. Las orquestas a menudo reemplazan el saxofón con un clarinete que destruye la intención del aria.
@@AindriasHirt Are you suggesting that opera singers don't know about orgasms?!! I beg to differ!!!
@@AindriasHirt Although Mae West waxes lyrical on the virtues of "a man what takes his time", I think this tempo is way too slow. The phrasing lacks, um, thrust.