Jacob Jozef Orlinski - the Secret to his Global stardom 

I’m not normally a fan of countertenors.

He’s great. What a breath of fresh baroque air.

Very common. Discover Orlinski then binge. I had no choice.

Such a long way from that old style opera look of Pavarotti and Joan Sutherland!! “Child of the 21stC”. Love it!

Nie zlote dziecko, raczej czlowiek renesansu. Żadnej pracy się nie boi. 😅😊

There aren’t enough words.

OH Caroline--I am so damn lucky. I didn't know him and just happened to see a You Tube Video with Orlinksi singing Purcell's Cold Song and I was blown away. The drama of his performance, his intensity, not to speak of his voice and his physical beauty) were amazing. So I listened to a bunch of other of his videos and...lo and behold, I got in the mail a program from Cal Performances in Berkeley and there he was--on March 13 , 2021 I think, (2 days before my BD!) performing at Berkeley's small concert Hall (Hertz). I didn't give a thought to the price of the ticket (I usually do!) and sat in the 2nd row. It was a very varied program and I was thrilled that he sang Purcell's "Music for a While" which my mother used to play on her 78 recording with Alfred Deller so I'd known and loved the song since childhood. He was so natural and adorable and his singing was sublime and I loved his accompanst. But I must also say that, though I am OLD (now 78) I am not dead yet and he is so damned gorgeous I was quite in love with him. Painfully. I dearly hope you get to see him I person too! From the Long-Winded Lady (an old New Yorker writer) who just moved to Spokane, WA. WHY?

Would love to see him too. He’s very charismatic.

I think he will do a lot of great things in his life, not only in music.

@@BangkokVoiceCoach Čvrsto verujem u to. Predisponiran je za uspeh. Poseduje veoma originalan i slobodan duh❣️🍀

Ses beaux grands yeux amicaux. Bien dit!

Yes he’s so charismatic. ❤️

I’m going to start working on countertenor rep myself this fall, I’m so excited!!! ☺️

Yes he’s charismatic!! ❤️

I am jealous. I've been showing the vedro con mio diletto radio performance and a few others to everyone I possibly can. I would love to see him perform in person.

Thanks for listening. It's something really very special. I feel that J.J. is a truly good guy and we need more like him in this world. -Will

Wonderful. He has really changed my view of the counter tenor voice!! 🕺🎶❤️

We agree!

Thank you. I’m glad you liked him. I think some people find the high male voice a bit too strange by I think Orlinski makes it work beautifully.

@@BangkokVoiceCoach Oh wow thank you for such a personal response to my post. I love your channel BTW. Yes what you say confirms what I was suspecting, that many listeners cannot reconcile hearing a man singing like that. I too think it is just heavenly, and he is so very easy on the eyes. 😍

Glad you think so!

I can imagine he was lovely as Orpheus.

Glad you enjoyed it!

Glad you like it! (Him!)

Ye that’s a marvellous thing that happened by accident. He thought it was just on the radio so he didn’t dress up!!

“Also”!? I’m trying keep a professional distance. 🎶

@@BangkokVoiceCoach Yes, you are! 😉

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Very compelling on stage.

@@BangkokVoiceCoach I have been fortunate to seen him in London a few times. I’m only sorry we didn’t all stand and cheer, I’m sure we all wanted to but you know how restrained we are over here. The first time I saw him there was just a handful of people at the stage door but the last time it seems like hundreds. He really has taken the countertenor world by storm. A super man in so many ways.

👍

Thank you Neil. 🎶🙏

It’s a good place to live but nowhere is Paradise!! Once you learn the Thai way of doing things, it becomes easier. I’ve always loved JJO since the first time I saw him rock up in his shorts to sing that Vivaldi aria. I think he changed the dynamic of classical countertenors that day!! He’s a wonderful guy. He even offered me a ticket to his Wigmore Hall recital !!!

Not at all like a conventional opera singer!!! He has great charisma and a lovely warm personality.

It looks that way!!

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Well Pam, it seems as though you and I are a match!! What a great message you just sent me. I too was in a singing group for 6 years and how I didn’t end up in a mental institution I’ll never know. The infighting and jealousies were terrible. The touring schedule was horrible and we were at times asked to go on tour and not get paid - while the promotors and record label made money! The music business is very very tough and has little to do with music!! I’ll check out Avi. Thank you.

Screamash

❤️

you love him too!

It’s marvellous. He somehow connects it to himself and makes of meaningful.

@@BangkokVoiceCoach incidentally, Orlinski may have the typical Polish "ski" tucked onto his name, but I really thought he was East German in origin. - that could mean anything. If I remember correctly, he had a lovely father who was a Butcher ( Metzger, in German.) - just like ? Dvorak. I remember the interviews he gave as he first created the sensation over his voice. He was a very humble person. I wonder if he has managed to stay that way.

@@carolleenkelmann3829 Butcher? Jakub's dad is a graphic designer and a painter. Both of his parents are artists.

@@carolleenkelmann3829 😅He was born and lives in Warsaw. Parents are painters and grandparents are architects.

Lucky guy

Wow. A Leonardo opera?? Did you like the music?

@@BangkokVoiceCoach This Leonardo was not the Renaissance artist and scientist but a later baroque Leonardo Vinci who came from the deep south of Italy and was an extremely successful composer of operas mostly in Naples and Rome. Not on the same level as Handel or Vivaldi but with some extremely beautiful moments. His music is very vigorous and emphatic with marked use of trumpets and military style instruments.If you have the time watch Franco Fagioli (another wondrous falsetto singer from Argentina) sing Vinci's aria "Sto solcando un mar severo" which means "I'm traversing a cruel sea" from the opera "Artaserse" You will be astonished by the power and versatility of this man's voice though his diction tends to be a little imprecise which is understandable when you are singing at that pace and power. I have the complete performance of the opera on DVD in a French production . It's important to understand the context of this aria(song) this prince has been accused by all including his own father and his fiance of having murdered the king (King Xerxes of ancient Iran) and here he compares his predicament to being like a ship in a storm and the ship has been stripped of its sails, its rigging and its rudder etc -and its getting dark!

He has a quirky sense of humour and is very kind.

i wouldn't ever

It used to be performed for 3 or 4 nights in a row by all the big choral societies but that’s such a long time ago! How times have changed but it’s lovely to see and hear this beautiful man singing Handel, keeping the flame lit.

True. Even 20th century music.

Blessed. Thank you. 🙏

I would love to meet him. I had some very kind messages from him a few years ago. ❤️

I prefer this guy to all of them!!

Yes it’s lovely the way it’s on zoom!

Thanks Neil Munro!! Are you living up in the Scottish Highlands? Check out this video. I think you’ll find it interesting. 😀 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-r150VdwcttU.html

Hi yes I am living in the Scottish Highlands.. I live in it!s capitol city Inverness..Thank you for responding to my THOUGHTS on Demash..I will check out your u tube link.. Thank you..

Ah Joseph what a terrific comment !! Happy Easter

Excellent Polish too!!! 😆