Franco Fagioli "Ah Quel Giorno" 1st Countertenor sing Arsace, a man never do it on stage Semiramide
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- Опубликовано: 28 янв 2025
- Bravo! Franco Fagioli countertenor "Ah, Quel Giorno.." Arsace (cavatina) and sung complete Semiramide by Rossini composer. (..sorry my english) The first countertenor in doing so!, first man to interpret on stage the role of the commander Arsace, of the Assyrian army, in this monumental opera of the great Rossini, in the time of the Italian Bel Canto.
Congratulations.. Would say that it is historical interpretation. Fagioli is the first countertenor who plays this in the complete opera. And from my point of view Franco you run it good and quite interesting, a man singer with an incredible technical singing, musicality and capacity. And not a transvestite great singer ladies makes this role, as it is the case, for nearly 2 centuries when it was originally conceive by Rossini..
-ARSACE Commander of the Assyrian army was the role of the contralto singer Rose Mariani at the premiere of the opera in 1823.
Beautiful photos taken from the facebook page of Franco Fagioli countertenor courtesy of Irina Molchanova.. thanks for sharing them with everyone. 
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Il più grande controtenore esistente per tecnica, voce, estensione vocale, linea di canto. Chapeau❤
Stunning
Great articulation and tone! I wish the held notes were a little steadier but wider motion is accepted in modern times. It's still beyond amazing!
Какой же голос богатый, глубокий, какой диапазон, какая техника! Можно только восхищаться!
I can't recall ever having heard a countertenor with a chest voice like that. That was truly exciting singing.
A CounterTenor is a Rare Opera Singer.
Well, that is his natural voice.
Incroyable prestation de Franco Fagioli.Absolumenr éblouissant!Je ne m’ en lasse pas.
Ambiance magique .... Le charme de Rossini et le talent de Franco dont la voix est quasiment le seul "instrument de musique" sur la moitié de cet air ....avant l'arrivée des renforts et le final, toujours somptueux . Bravo !
Outstanding rendition by Franco Fagioli of a very taxing aria.👍
Magnifique ! Quel talent ! Quelle maîtrise !
I think this is a beautiful interpretation of this aria
My greatest regret is that I wasn't there...sublime Franco!
mine too!!!
I was in Nancy for the performance of sunday 7th may: amazing !!!
Mine too.
I absolutely love, love Franco Fagioli and can not understand why finding clips of him a year or two old has been so difficult. Open to any information on this wonderful artist.
Wow! Just wonderful coloratura!!
Je découvre aujourd’hui ce chanteur phénoménal! Quelle chance d’entendre le glorieux passe bel canto de Rossini...aujourd’hui
I will never understand why people hate soooo mutch countertenors singing pants roles... If u whant a perfet representation of the intentions of the composer u can watch the amazing ladys whe do have recording this masterpeaces on youtube, you do not need to hate the countertenors... Franco did an AMAZING job here, he is my favorite performance in this role and i bet Rossini woud love this if he was alive (And i even think that if the castrati was still alive in his time - in this i include Straus, Mozart and the composers of famous pants roles - That this roles woud be writted for actuall men, so stop te drama).!
Maybe they don't hate countertenors but will be the sound of many countertenors because many of them better technique and sound for example Cencic.
I prefer countertenors reclaiming the roles rather than women being miscast to sing in drag. It’s unnecessary and unwarranted. I will take Russell Oberlin over a woman in drag in a male pants role any day.
Il serait incapable d'assurer le rôle d'Arsace avec le naturel de Franco , ni en tant que CT ni en tant qu'acteur ....
You state that Fagioli is the first man to sing Arsace from Semiramide by Rossini. Not quite right. It was me in Berlin and London 25 years ago. I am Philip Koch singing as Philene Wannelle with La gran Scena Opera Co. Of New York. BTW, Fagioli has a phenomenal technique.
We miss La Gran Scena here in Amsterdam! Thank you for some absolutely unforgettable evenings, drenched in fabulous singing and acting as well as hilarious opera relativism!
Amazing. Thank you for letting us know. And congratulations for the feat!
Did you know Jonny Maldonado?
Fantástico!!! BRAVO
Meinzul ::
Thank you for this video !
Fagioli is truly amazing ! He's more than a counter-tenor. His range is remarkable. I just wish he would sing more Rossini. A man actually singing a Rossini pants-role.
Wonderful! On a par with Horne, Valentini-Terrani, Podles snd Barcellona!
Horne was also on my mind. She's one of a kind.
There are too many people here who seem to think that these Mozart, Rossini, and Strauss "pants" roles were originally written for men and then appropriated by women. This is historically incorrect. The last composer who wrote full roles for castrati was Vivaldi at the earlier Baroque period of opera. Everything from Gluck on in terms of male roles for higher tessitura voices were written for contralto or mezzo-soprano voices. If you listen to countertenors on this site singing those early Baroque roles you will hear what the countertenor voice sounds like in roles written for a high male voice, the castrato. Although I think Fagioli is a great singer and this is enjoyable because of his talent, it is not the voice that Rossini wrote for and would not sound properly in duets with Semiramis if he sang it with someone with a voice like Sutherland or June Anderson.
Thank God for Franco Fagioli and for his amazing vocal range in being able to bring this MALE role to us. X
Horne, che j'adore, subissata. Lo stesso Rossini, contrario ai castrati, approverebbe questo bravissimo controtenore.
It's more than wonderful. It's beautiful and sublime. Is there a DVD of Franco Fagioli available?
Ja, es gibt viele CDs von Franco Fagioli. Ich habe sie alle.
and nobody at the recording companies he works with had the idea of a record dedicated to non baroque pants roles? seriously?
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Какой волшебный голос!)) Спасибо!))
❤️incroyable , n est pas m.me Horne , bien sûr , mais c’est incroyable . ❤️❤️❤️🎼🎶🎶🎶
Belcanto !
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Very woofy.
Hey it's my third time hearing this aria from Semiramide with the second time done by Marilyn Horne and the first time by Giullietta Simionato. And I can conclude
Simionato takes the cake
@@oliverdelica2289 Listen to Elena Cernei.
Fagioli is remarkable. I have to say that Babylon however is looking pretty much down at heel! Modern productions. . .sigh.
Primo uomo...e farebbe meglio a lasciar perdere. Se il registro medio e basso sono ammirevoli, gli acuti sono completamente indietro e striduli, sembra un gatto al quale abbiano schiacciato la coda. Si direbbe che l'aria sia eseguita da due cantanti diversi. Fagioli ha uno strumento straordinario, ma questo ruolo é scritto per un contralto rossiniano. E lui é un controtenore, bravissimo per carità, ma non ha né avrà mai i mezzi vocali per cantare Arsace.
non e' che come uomo fa quasi un miracolo? forse non ha tutti i torti ma risolve con una certa grazia il tutto
Ma la voce di Fagioli E' quasi un miracolo. Ma qui é una questione di corde vocali: un uomo non potrà mai cantare decentemente un ruolo scritto per una voce femminile. Sarebbe come chiedere a Sonia Prina di cantare Cavaradossi....lo potrebbe fare, ma con quale risultato?
Non mi pare che sia una tessitura così inslita, rispetto al solito repertorio "fagioliano". Poi... è normale che il timbro non sia quello di una donna.
augful vibrato and coloratura.
incredible vocal performance of this music and for once the staging does not look utterly ridiculous with a woman trying to portray a man !
Just what language does he think he's singing in?
Italian. For now, he is singing just operas written in italian.
I admire him for taking this on, but he seems to sing flat part of the time.
What's up with his vowels? All that mouthing and not one clear vowel.
Can't understand a vowel he's saying
Nor a consonant
Prefiero mil veces a la Horne, Valentini Terrani y otras. No es buen contratenor. Falsete muy oscuro no claro y sin facilidad en la emisión. Línea de canto dispareja en color. Y un vibrato muy horrible como si fuera soprano verista. Años luz de Michael Chance, James Bowman, Lawrence Zazzo, Christoph Dumaux y Andreas Scholl.
Bref une partie de la liste de ceux qui ne m'ont jamais interessée et la liste est longue ! Puis Franco Fagioli arriva et ce fut un festival de performances , de Belcanto...tout un nouveau monde baroque !
No
His vocal and acting technique needs work - he is not as healthy as Russel Oberlin, who would have been perfect for the role of Arsace. Still better than miscasting women in the role, when it doesn’t suit them.
You are entitled to your opinion but I love this performance!
Lol. That is your opinion. You’ve made this into a political issue of women dressing in drag, which doesn’t apply in opera. Sounds like you have a deeper issue you need to work through.
Emily Greene ::
It's not the fault of opera, per se, that women took over these roles. Once the Castrati went out-of-"style", only female vocalists could _handel_ the music of the Baroque Period & the music of Rossini who wrote this music & the roles similar, especially for mezzo-sopranos who had the vocal agility to give Rossini what he wanted.
Fagioli is one of the very, very few counter-tenors who has the technique & lower-register for this demanding part. No counter-tenor has Fagioli's bottom register, especially Oberlin, whose voice is much too lyrical for the dramatic demands of Rossini's demanding music.
Russell Oberlin's counter-tenor is much lighter & didn't have a substantive lower-register. He "specialized" in Baroque ( Handel's ) music. Rossini's music is another kinda music w / a very different kinda virtuoso technique.
Handel's music has super-human vocal skills that only Castrati were able to handel. There are no singers today who can do justice to the virtuosity & improvisational skills of those great singers from that period.
Not to take away from Oberlin's natural sound & beautiful intonation, his voice would have been overwhelmed by Rossini's mezzo-soprano's music.
Handel & Rossini are very different. The few things they have in common, is their musical genius.
You have to hear / listen to Marilyn Horne sing this music. If there is any "miscasting", it's a singer ( male or female ) who can't handle Rossini's vocal style.
Sort out your pigeon English headline.
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