I just saw him at the Met last week singing Zinovy Borisovich in “Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk”, and even though it’s a small part, I thought “what a voice!” I wish he were singing Sergei instead.
usually a tenor who can sing this has a much larger voice at the bottom. not sure this is a fit but he is a great singer. Clifton is an example of a Heldon tenor. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-_NgCbOC-Uy8.html
Nikolai Shukoff est un immense chanteur que l'on n'entend et ne voit presque jamais. C'est une grande injustice. Merci d'avoir posté cet extrait de concert. Un Siegmund idéal, digne de la grande époque, des King, des Thomas, des Vickers, sans parler de l'idéal entre tous, Max Lorenz. Nikolai Shukoff is an immense singer that we do not hear and almost never see. It is a great injustice. Thank you for posting this concert excerpt. An ideal Siegmund, worthy of the great era, King, Thomas, Vickers, not to mention the ideal of all, Max Lorenz.
His voice is beautiful, sweet, powerful, stately, but he is WRONG for this role. All his attempts to sing sulphurous villains fall flat. Alberich, Klingsor, Telramund, Pizarro. He should stick to Donner, Heerrufer, Amfortas, Wolfram. And he should do more Mozart, and Bach. And it would be really interesting to hear him a Eisenstein if he would do it.
Not only does his voice fit this role (he sounds at times like molten steel) - but the profound spiritual anguish of Parsifal -- seeking a seemingly impossible purity of soul, crying out from soul to Christ to grant him the strength to resist temptations that would destroy everything he holds dear in his heart --- this man seems to truly understand the character's mind. And he clearly has the pipes to deliver it! WOW... what a herculean effort he made here! Highly inspirational !!!
Thank you ! You found exactly the right words... because you know what it is all about, like Nikolai Schukoff. He is a great wagnerian singer. We don't see and hear him enough, it is an injustice.
OperaVince...Well, you made the comment three years ago and I'm just catching up. I'm listening to Schukoff on the Met broadcast of Carmen = fabulous. So, obviously, I wanted to hear his other renditions. You're verklempt and I'm in love.
This is just great. I've been listening to some of his other stuff and was amazed at how wonderfully he sang this. His English pronunciation is terrific too. Just one thing: he needs to smile more. Love, at least in this stage, is supposed to be a delight. The smile only comes at the end when he needs to change into the head voice and therefore seems more of a technique than a real feeling. But congratulations are certainly in order. Now we need to hear Carousel.
I think this is just superb! I have just discovered Nikolai Schukoff and he is, definitely and undoubtedly, among the best singers of all times!!!!!! Excellent, excellent!
The title and description are a bit ambiguous. All the same, thank you for posting this wonderful little clip. This video was taken from A Wayfarer's Journey: Listening to Mahler, a documentary about Mahler's life/works, Cristoph Eschenbach's (the pianist in this video) life and love for Mahler, as well as the healing properties of music in general. I would recommend it watching it.
Actually, these are the last two songs of this cycle, or, to be more precise, the last one and a half songs, as the second song, i.e., the last song, was cut off about half way through. In any case, nicely sung, although the second song was too slow for my taste.
