Да он просто герой! Это нереально сложно петь на языке, на котором не говоришь. По-моему он неплохо справился с произношением. И в любом случае все эти "менья" вполне компенсированы исполнением :)
Что я об этом думаю? Я чуть вместе с ним от напряжения не умер! Замечательно :) Спасибо за выкладку видео с репетиции :) А "менья" в начале спишем на волнение :)
This is a video of a rehearsal and what looks like a recording. You do what you need to do to make things come alive with out an audience and live performance. It is different in the theater! Come on people! He's the most fantastic younger tenor we have out there singing at his level right now and this video on shows more of why he's so appealing.
Роланчик просто чудо какое-то, не перестаю изумляться, хотя уже тысячу раз каждую запись пересмотрела. Кроме обаяния и феерического дружелюбия еще и голос какой! Да простят меня любители Лемешева и иже с ним, у Роландо нет блеющего тембра, как у всех теноров русской/советской школы. Его слушать - это просто оргазм для ушей.
A very intelligent singer, who works hard to derive the best from himself and his art.Very interesting to see him prep for this very demanding aria-vocally and linguistically.I love the control he gives to the painissimo passages.
I really like this guy. He reminds me a bit of Domingo as he is similar in voice and seems to be more than your average tenor in wanting to put not just voice but some brain behind the interpretation. Thank you for sharing this.
this shows the reality of very hard work going into singing - thanks for showing us this dedicated humble enthusiastic spirited guy. i love him...and his facial expressions and incredible lively eyes - he can also be a very successful comedian...for black comedy...on my list he goes!
June 6 Premiere London. "The pick of the cast was undoubtedly Rolando Villazón,in the title role. His first word - "Fontainebleau" - full of the passion and yearning suffused his entire performance. This production is Carlo's story, a tragedy on a Shakespearean scale, and Rolando, in magnificent form, provided a charismatic centre. His Carlo was a Spanish Hamlet, immature, impulsive and ruled by his passions...No restraint for Rolando, whose ardor ran unchecked in desire for Elisabetta
You are right. Villazon is a tenor and the title role of Onegin is for a baritone. Lensky's role is for a tenor, and that is the role he sings in this clip.
Source of the quote is "Daily Telegraph" important paper in London and review on "Don Carlo" where Rolando was in the title role. It clearly said in my comment.
I admire how well he has managed, attempting to grasp Russian pronunciation within a relatively short time frame. Learning any language as an adult is very difficult for most people, especially not spending years in a country where it is spoken. Few have the gift to be truly multi-lingual. My first language was Russian, and I have often thought, better to hear all native speakers rather than non-Russians, as Russian is difficult for others. But they are not always best singers. Must compromise.
The title role of Onegin is a baritone role so I'm not pretty sure it's not correct in stating Tenor Villazon in the title role. What was the source of the quote?
Вы,Дмитрий,видимо мало слушали "Ленских" вообще.Нельзя петь всем ,как Ленский.Это было бы глупо и неинтересно.Зато когда он поёт,выразительность подачи перекрывает недостатки "иностранного русского".Кстати, я поняла абсолютно все его слова, в отличии от тех некоторых русских певцов,которые жмакают и мямлят.
@spqrmor Here, third year Russian literature university students still struggle with Russian. :< A short course just not enough to help him with Pushkin's poetry. For non-Slavs, Russian is a very difficult language. It would take over a year, full-time, learning at a conservatory in Russia! Has sung but few Russian duets with Anna. Not going to discover her Russian soul, while sharing Italian opera. :) He has done a great job under the circumstances! Lensky should be sung by a Russian!
It sounds great, though I could only understand one word "skazhi", then "on menia luibil' was very cute. Padu li ya streloi pronzennyi was awesome, good work.
@poliklid I know that live performances are not the same, but these videos in here are not just recordings, these were live performances, and he wasn't make a mistake in any of them. for exaple La traviata in Salzburg in 2005, it was so amazing watch it! and this was just a rehearsal. this lensky aria .singers need to practise, rehersal, prepare for him/herself to the role because it's more than just singing. it' s so composite.
Oh... by the way, I think the name of this aria is "Förbi, förbi" otherwise known as "Lensky's aria" Villazon is so great, I have a wonderful version of it with Jussi Björling I'll try posting it soon.
A todos los que critican a Rolando en este ENSAYO, que se pasen a ver los de su actuación como Lensky en Berlín dirigido por Baremboim o en el concierto en París (Champs Elisées)
The pronunciation lessons are quite cute. :)) He pronounces quite well for a "beginner", and then he as to sing it. He's a genius this guy. What a voice he has. Russian, or any other language, if you learn it in a short time, especially performing in an opera theatre is "Hell on earth". Even Hvorostovsky's pronunciation in Italian is far from perfect, and he's even married to an Italian woman, nevertheless, he is one of the best performers in the classical music world.
Pupulique did not understand what it means working rehearsal with a language coach mostly for text. Let me tell you that on performance in Covent Garden last year in London he was incredible. Audience did not breath during that aria. Some people were so touched and impress, they did not want to stay for rest of opera after Lensky was killed. By the way Kozlovsky was benevolent person. He would never allow himself to express such a malicious anger towards younger artist.
Every instrumentalists gets to conduct themselves with their bodies and have all kinds of extra movements during performance that are considered 'expressive', everyone but singers... except for in a recording. Villazón is smart and knows how much it helps him. Besides he's hilarious and totally gripping at the same time. This is how amazing recordings are made! Despite the sterile conducting and sludgy orchestra, Villazón achieves here the most beautiful rendition of this aria I have heard yet!
No easy tenor arias? The hard bass arias include "Dal Futuro" from Nabucco (very high, leaps to the low notes and very loud) but "Il Lacerato" is easy (No high notes, an easy low note, no long phrases and a lot of places to breathe). Hard tenor arias seem to me to include "Terra Amica", "Esultate!", and Tonio's Cabaletta from Le Fille du Regimente. Lensky's aria seems easy compared with these.
@bugr88 Please! Sing it for us! I' m very curious for your version! If you were try it just once! , you wouldn't gird at him. He is a very very good singer, you know, with amazing voice. and he is speaking 5 language. How many language are you speaking?
@generallyoffpitch Have you heard him in La traviata with Renée Fleming or L'elisir d'amore, with Nebrebtko or Bayo? (here in youtube can hear them). Then, return and eat your words!!! (said with a smilel!!).
@poliklid It's easy just watch the performance and criticise him...a singer, who knows how difficult it is, he/ she has right to turn his/ her opinion. It' s true , there are bad singers, who still sing in theathres, but he is not! You can say what you will.... and if " he is a good tenor in relatively", who is a good tenor? i' m so envious of you, that you heard him live, because i will never hear him in live. I'm from Hungary...so..good for you
@bodiloto Signore, si lei sei veramente curioso devrai cercare i suoi grandi tenori antichi no dalle grabazioni di studio profezionale ma dalla provatura (come questa) e anche, una provatura di arii russi. Questo faria la luce diversa sopra i lui opinioni. (io penso). Saluti! Señor, si de verdad es usted curioso, busque a sus grandes tenores no en grabaciones de estudio profesionales, sino en ensayos como éste, y de arias rusas. Eso pondría luz distinta a sus opiniones. Saludos!
In my opinion, there isn't a tenor singing today who is able to sing both as beautifully and expressively as Villazon is able to, nor who has the extraordinary vocal control which Villazon has. During the Met season of 2006/2007, no tenors were comparable to Villazon, even if some were excellent in their own right. To say that he isn't an able singer is simply to be ignorant or jealous. There is always someone in history who was better. In the case of this aria: Fritz Wunderlich.
@amballa You aren't know ANITHING about singing... because if you were know sg, you wouldn't say this. He sang all of the title roles in the worlds greates opera houses for many years, and this was the thing which racks his voice, not his technique. He brought cleanup for theese opera houses, and they gave for him more more roles...and when his voice became completely overdriven, they just throw away like a counter....
russian, it¨s tchaikovsky!, y esa última nota piano, se le va completamente de control, es cierto ke tiene problemas tecnicos, pero bueno, ha cantado en todos lados.
Еще раз убеждаюсь. Нет никаких певцов, кроме академических. А всю эстраду ю, шансон и прочее мы прекрасно можем спеть гораздо лучше их нынешних исполнителей. Это не заявка на избранность, но есть просто футболисты, даже на любительском уровне, а есть Рональдо, так и здесь.
Long time, no talk to Agorante-if I may butt in- There are many things that don't make this an easy aria.Obviously the language(a job in itself), the interpretation of phrasing, much of which is melancholic, hopeful, and then resigned.Here I find Vallizon tends to be too muscular, and pushy.Vlad.Atlantov and Gedda have great interpretations on RU-vid IMHO Cheers.BTW there are no easy tenor arias-that's why we're tenors LOL!
I'm a bass. When I get to choose what to sing I always do "Il Lacerato Spirito" because it's so easy. I asked my tenor friends what was the comparable easiest tenor aria. They said Lensky's Aria. You think?
Not on your life! Especially for non Russian speaking singers, who often just sing the notes, but can't express ALL the drama involved in this svene of Pushkins Evgeniy Onegin! Евгегий Онегин!
@@IvanIvanov-vy7pt I was a bass so when I wanted to know if there was an easy tenor aria I asked a tenor friend. We were singing Boheme at the time - I Colline - he Rodolpho. He didn't hesitate but said Lensky's aria at once. He was an American not a Russian. I knew plenty of Russians at work. My whole staff were Russian (or Ukrainian), but engineers not singers. It was a Russian company in San Francisco. I sang a couple arias in Russian but everyone said my Russian accent was terrible. But so was my French.
@@Agorante Hi Patrick. Good on you for trying to sing in Russian! I am a tenor and have sung that Aria too. Russian for a western person is a HARD language to pronounce correctly, never mind pronounce it Perfectly! It was my First language to learn( read and write), then in school we had to study and memorize Evgeniy Onegin ALMOST entirely(still remember a lot of it today). Therefore I knew WHAT drama was involved and how DEEP it was. While I didn't have to learn the language, I had to work hard to understand Tchaikovsky( He knew the poem as well), so that I could interpret the music the way he intended. Many singers today do not even hit all the notes right on. So ad to that the complexity of drama, tragedy, love, loss, desire to live etc... I don't think it is an easy Aria to sing!
@@IvanIvanov-vy7pt I never actually performed Gremin's Aria. I somehow sang "Il Lacerato Spirito" at some function and got a an excellent response. ( It's very easy if you are a real bass). A Russian guy sought me out afterwards and invited me to sing at some Russian Center in San Francisco and I told him I knew Gremin's Aria. He promised to call but never did. I sang the Boris arias too but they are a bit too high for me. Gremin's Aria is perfect. The tenor, soprano and baritone do all the work for the whole opera and then the bass appears at the very end, and sings a hit tune. My kind of role.
@bodiloto Y si te parece así, por qué vienes a escucharlo? Escapa a mi comprensión que los que no aprecian a Rolando vengan a destilar sus fobias. Si no te gusta, no lo escuches ni veas! Lo digo por tu salud. E se non ti piace per che sei venuto a questo ñuoco? Non capisco la raggione. Per la vostra sanità mentale, vi suggerisco di ignorare i video di Rolando.
Rolando es Rolando. Es simpático y nada solemne. Puede gustar o no, pero canta precioso y mete gente joven en la ópera. No en balde lo patrocinan Plácido Domingo y el maestro Baremboim. Por algo será. Sus colaboraciones con Nebretbko, Fleming o Bayo hablan por sí solas.
Strange that the 3 tenors you mention would be totally ill-suited to sing this opera role-it is a lyrical role, and not designed for Italian spintos.BTW this is a rehearsal-IT IS A TIME TO let loose, experiment, and YES- have some fun-it helps to reduce the tension.When with the orchestra, RV gets down to business, and produces, as he usually does, a talented and sensitive interpretation of Kuda, Kuda.
If Rolando Villazon is a harlequin, he's just devil's horseman, yet anyway a human being with more voice than thousands of us. You seem to be simply tasteless. Please keep away from Villazon's performances, you might only spoil our pleasure!
Bah. Splicing together snippets of hours worth of recorded material for a 5 minute aria. What ever happened to the singers who did the full aria in one take and with better results?
well. you can't compare in any way who Rolando is and who these orchestra people are, they would play as many times as it is needed, Rolando here is the major, not them, even if it seems pretty sad...
@Alizluca93 Live performances are not the same, as the recordings... Villazon's performing manner is matter of taste. His voice is good, but not for russian & german operas.
@Alizluca93 I am competent in singing! I am opera-reviewer (approved from and the member of the Union of german critics). It is my job to go to opera and make write-up after it. Rolando Villazon is a good tenor relatively, but his Lensky is ferocious. I was 3 time at "Eugen Onegin" with him as Lensky. It was really horror.
@poliklid Are you a singer? Are you competent in singing? because if not, then shut up. it's harder then how looks like, and he is a brilliant singer with woderful voice. he is singing in the best opera houses in the world. it' s not an accident!
This is shameful and ridiculous. Lensky is 10 minutes away from taking a shot in his chest. What the hell does this guy think he's doing? I don't wanna teach anybody but I would recommend all admirers to watch Ivan Kozlovsky.
People here arguing about pronunciation: what about the fact that he gesticulates like a stroke victim while singing, even in live performance, or the fact that he sings everything so covered and with inconsistent vibrato, and goes out of tune every time something is high or loud such as at 8:20? Less-than-perfect pronunciation is forgivable (most great European singers sound like a joke when they sing in English), but his crap technique isn't, and the current state of his voice proves that.
I just don't understand why one has to scream instead of singing. It has nothing to do with Russian or not Russian language, it's just the most horrible tradition of "non-Russian" tenors. The result - on the minute 2:44.
mr Bean trying to sing... Sorry but this has nth to do with the art of music. Common example of nice voice but nth more... knock knock is anybody in there???
