the legato and the breath control he exhibited in this performance is just mind boggling. And he just shrugs off the high C at the end.

De toutes les versions que j'ai entendu c'est de loin La plus belle. Quelle voix claire et pure, quelle interprétation magistrale

What truly amazes me in this video is how calmly he stood there while delivering this earth shattering performance, breathing in ever so quietly that nobody could even notice, then breathing out his glittering silvery voice in perfect technique and sublime phrasing. His performance here is so beautiful one can hardly believe it. Thank goodness someone recorded it.

La qualité technique, l'engagement et la puissance dramatique ... c'est juste phénoménal

He was/is famous, but not famous enough!!! This is the best version of this aria I‘ve ever heard!!!

@josianeargelier6183

2 жыл бұрын

Ecoutez Vanzo , Alagna , Bjorling ...

I am rather amused by the fact that this is one of the most beautiful interpretations of this aria ever, and the public reacts as if they were hibernating.

@jesusfernandezgarcia9449

Жыл бұрын

Yo no se una palabra de música, pero coincido con usted. A los que no entendemos solo nos queda sentir. Por cierto¿no le molestan todos esos "expertos" estableciendo comparaciones y clasificaciones de cantantes y versiones? Es insufrible.

@DR-tx9mr

Жыл бұрын

«..and the public reacts as if they were hibernating.», and «Those of us who do not understand can only feel.» are both great sentiments, and I agree.

@mariovicente

9 ай бұрын

They are not hibernating, my friend... they are in AWE!

@therealmerryjest

9 ай бұрын

@@mariovicente I'm not sure. They look like they are clapping for a cute child who just came up onstage and sang a little ditty. Their faces are absolutely expressionless and cold. But, well... it IS Germany.

@pragma5475

9 ай бұрын

​@@jesusfernandezgarcia9449...ils font partie de l universalité des ressentis...ça peut être intéressant, en tout cas ne pas rejeter leur avis dans un premier temps...esprit ouvert coeur ouvert...

Que voz mas limpia, que instrumento tan perfecto tenia Kraus y que técnica ya tan joven. GRANDE ALFREDO

@eilycook901

Жыл бұрын

I play this video over and over. It never gets old. He is a one-of-a-kind. I think he's the best tenor I've heard. BRAVISIMO!!

@Maarjaanaa

11 ай бұрын

@@eilycook901 beautiful! And Gedda, even softer with his unbelievable piano! This song is so beautiful...

So beautiful and clear. What a wonderful performance. And his upper register. Oh mon dieu. Sublime.

The most elegant singer. Beautiful!

Magnifique, grande beauté

Kraus' performance is breathtaking, and the level of blandness in the audience reaction is astonishing!

This is absolute perfection!

For me, he is the only Nadir, period. What a noble and rich voice....

Maestro Kraus. Fenomenal. Muchas gracias.

Je crois entendre encore Caché sous les palmiers Sa voix tendre et sonore Comme un chant de ramiers. Oh nuit enchanteresse Divin ravissement Oh souvenir charmant, Folle ivresse, doux rêve! Aux clartés des étoiles Je crois encor la voir Entr'ouvrir ses longs voiles Aux vents tièdes du soir. Oh nuit enchanteresse Divin ravissement Oh souvenir charmant Folle ivresse, doux rêve! Charmant Souvenir! Charmant Souvenir!

Magistral la interpretación del Sr. Kraus, de todas las versiones que he oído, sin duda, la mejor con diferencia

Incredibile, non smetteresti mai di ascoltarlo. Tecnica e gusto fuori dal comune.

Es sin duda la mejor interpretación de toda la historia de la música lírica. Sin falsetes.

Voice of an angel, and the face of one too.

Insurpassable. And no falsetto whatsoever.

I love how he just give a history shaking performance of this, and the crowd claps gingerly from their seats.

@dionlindsay2

4 жыл бұрын

Me too. Ah, respect for the integrity of the performance, for the music, for Kraus' space. Why need appreciation be noisy, eh?

He escuchado està aria interpretada por los mejores , però és el único que no utilitza el falsete i el que me remueve las tripas, el corazón, el sentimiento, bravo por siempre maestro

This praising, musicality, fantastic technique of this golden tenor make opera as true, unique art!

The best Tenor ever.

@ssr6036

3 жыл бұрын

Lol settle down.

@justoibaneztrujillo5602

3 жыл бұрын

How difficult. I have heard a really extraordinary French version sung by Alain Vanzo, a perfect diction and a longer tempo than the Kraus version and it is hard for me to decide. kzread.info/dash/bejne/f3uh2qOBhsXPmqw.html

@capitacaldera02

2 жыл бұрын

Yes!

Além de Beniamino Gigli, essa é a versão mais bonita, é diferente, elegante e ponderada. Don Alfredo Kraus é magnifico, suas carreiras longevas testemunham a favor. Kraus é divino.

Simply divine, nothing comes close to it !!!

A truly sublime version of this wonderful aria. Alfredo Kraus had such a beautiful gift.

Je crois entendre encore, Caché sous les palmiers, Sa voix tendre et sonore Comme un chant de ramier! O nuit enchanteresse! Divin ravissement! O souvenir charmant! Folle ivresse! doux rêve! Aux clartés des étoiles, Je crois encore la voir, Entr'ouvrir ses longs voiles Aux vents tièdes du soir! O nuit enchanteresse! Divin ravissement! O souvenir charmant! Folle ivresse! doux rêve! Charmant souvenir! Charmant souvenir!

@voltape

5 жыл бұрын

Rodrigo here is the beginning of the aria .- here it goes: À cette voix quel trouble agitait tout mon être? Quel fol espoir? Comment ai-je cru reconnaître? Hélas! devant mes yeux déjà, pauvre insensé, La même vision tant de fois a passé! Non, non, c'est le remords, la fièvre, le délire! Zurga doit tout savoir, j'aurais dû tout lui dire! Parjure à mon serment, j'ai voulu la revoir! J'ai découvert sa trace, et j'ai suivi ses pas! Et caché dans la nuit et soupirant tout bas, J'écoutais ses doux chants emportés dans l'espace. Greetings from Lima, Peru - Aug 4, 2019

@roxitajames5298

3 жыл бұрын

Merci

@noraelsaiadarola1826

Жыл бұрын

Merci beaucoup.

Excellent Maestro... interprétation magnifique du ténor... ici on rend honneur à l'oeuvre de Bizet...

magnifique chanteur, quel talent, on ne se lasse pas de l'écouter. Comme il articule bien.

@marie-jeannevallecalle9991

Жыл бұрын

Bravo maestro kraus 👍 💖 💖 💖 💖 💖 💖 💖 💖 💖 💖 💖 💖 💖 💖

It‘s amazing!!

Mr Kraus is a great tenor.I adore this aria / cavatine.

Incredible. So beautiful. So much love. The perfect performance. Love from Denmark.

Alfredo Kraus forever!

Perfetto,insuperabile. L'ascolto del suo canto ti riconcilia con il mondo

@brandonflu2075

4 жыл бұрын

ANGELA DI NOLA comment is older than me :(

MARAVILLOSO DON ALFREDO KRAUS!!! 😇🕊️🙏🎶

Sin duda el mejor "Je Crois Entendre..." desde que hay registro. Inmenso. Perfecto. Kraus

Voz flexible .. aristocrática..un lujo es escuchar este talento que se hiso q puro rigor

Es la mejor versión de todas realmente una voz espectacular no encontré a Pavarotti cantarla así kraus es el mejor en esta aria

@Mariano-ge6de

4 ай бұрын

Pavarotti no la cantó nunca

I can't listen without weeping.

Tout simplement stupéfiant !

Divine Alfredo Kraus, what a wonderful voice technic....

J'ai personnellement vu à l'opéra Garnier ( France) cet immense artiste . parmi toutes les prestations scéniques que j'ai vues Werther avec Alfredo kaus fut la plu brillante et inoubliable

Esa técnica, esa perfecta imagen de Dios. Sublime Kraus

I do not have words to descrive this

What can one say, other than Bravo, Maestro Kraus? You should have stayed in our world a little longer.

So poetic and so lovely.

Simplemente el mejor de todos los tiempos.

@luisapaivaboleo6942

5 жыл бұрын

Concordo

quelle voix magnifique

La miglior interpretazione di quest'aria che io abbia ascoltato, ti invade semplicemente l'anima.

Una mezcla entre potencia, expresividad y ternura que lo hace único. Desde luego la mejor interpretacion hasta ahora

Es exquisitamente perfecta su interpretación, inigualable e incomparable.

I met him when I was 3 when he visited chicago, and thereby wrote him a love letter, 😊❤ which I still have 🙄

Whaouh je ne connaissais pas incroyable j'ai écouté Roberto Alagna et Michael Spyres très beau mais cette version les surpasse quel diction c'est parfait et cette voix de velours magnifique !

@user-ry9zf5fp4v

Жыл бұрын

Аланья ещё суперактер при этом..Кстати поздравляю синьора Роберто Аланью с юбилеем!

@Valerie-yn9ti

4 ай бұрын

Je suis d accord avecvous personne ne peux l égaler. Il est magistral. Voix claire une merveille tendresse alfredo la haut ,tu chante avec les anges merci ont t'aime ❤🕊🌹🕊🌹🕊🌹

1:03 que frase!!!!!!!!! Sin respirar!!

HERMOSA VOZ . Puede cantar y encantar a las personas que le escuchan. Gracias por tener estos recuerdos. Estas voces deberìan heredarse y no perder estas BELLEZAS .Nadie olvida estos agudos . GRACIAS .

Perfección pura, música hermosa, las y sis puros, sin falsete, a viva voz pero en pianissimo. Magnífico Kraus, excelso. Clase maestra de canto.🎶

bravo, myi bien, best in the world, i love him and his voice, super.

Forever without equal. What a legacy. Bless him.

Meraviglioso piango quando l'ascolto perché mi arriva dritto al cuore ❤️

Uncredible rendition!

Thank you "greek callas for putting this up. In a world gone mad with hate thank God for something that lifts up one's soul, as this does

Es en estas arias donde uno piensa SerA la mas magistral de todos los Tiempos...

è Kraus, è un miracolo.

Que belleza , que sensibilidad hay un don en el, que emociona con su maravillosa voz y su noble presencia..

The best interpretation of this aria I know. Many thanks to GreekCallas for posting it! Unfortunately, it seems that this excellent record on KZread has been truncated from its start. Posting it again would be a great thing to do, if I may suggest.

Quelle voix!!!Si clair.

Qnta beleza! Parece um deus cantando

spettacolare eleganza e facilità apparente nell'esecuzione .... è kraus

tout simplement merveilleux, on ne se lasse pas de l'écouter

Insuperable!! 😍

Merveilleux.

The best interpretation ever of this aria (except for his own interpretation in Gayarre which I even prefer although sung in Italian language there). Due to his perfect technique, Kraus (unlike Gigli, Simoneau or others) is not forced to use falsetto technique but is able to use his breast voice even at the top notes, which renders the sound of the aria more natural and more male although at the same time sensitive and empathetic in sound and style. This is therefore the landmark interpretation for this aria! And this was a live performance!

@irmar

6 жыл бұрын

By Gayarre you mean this? kzread.info/dash/bejne/g2WmtsOwY7KXp6w.html Well, I agree about the voice and interpretation of the music. Glorious, blissful, what to say. Provided you close your eyes. The costume, the belly, the beard, the wooden face... In this video he's lost some weight and looks much more dashing!

@thecurefan1

5 жыл бұрын

Strehlke Ingo check out Stefan cifolelli

@zekaleon

5 жыл бұрын

@AKS Thank you. This had to be said.

@zekaleon

5 жыл бұрын

@AKS True. The thing with Gigli was that he used mezza voce extensively, call it spirit of that era, and I hear his notes as at the brink of switching to falsetto, but not quite. Falsetto is usually devoid of aliquots and sounds sheer (although I'm aware of skill Jaroussky, Fagiolli, Scholl & co posses and like their baroque arias interpretation)

@zekaleon

5 жыл бұрын

@AKS I've just listened to Caruso in 1904 singing it, and you can actually hear him breaking into falsetto, but hey, this is Caruso, and it's sang with such emotion and beauty that in the end who cares if it was falsetto. kzread.info/dash/bejne/hImpkpqig7mZZco.html

C'est ma version préférée ❤️

Maravilloso e inolvidable Kraus. Insuperable en una de las más bellas áreas operísticas. Gracias.

@luisapaivaboleo6942

5 жыл бұрын

Também o ouvi em Lisboa. Era insuperável

La elegancia de Kraus es notable."Les Pêcheurs de Perles" ha sido la primera opera que asisti acá en el Theatro Municipal de São Paulo, Brasil. Es linda! Nunca la olvidaré. Gracias por postarla.

👏🏻 bravo!

Great, maestro Kraus!

the best.

Meilleur interprétation sublime la perfection jamais entendu mieux voix puissante bravo et merci un plaisir

Absolutamente maravilloso.

This aria belongs to Kraus, Gigli, Gedda and Björling. This video: beautiful!

BELLISSSIMO ...NON BELLO....GRANDE ALFREDO

La magia de su extraordinaria voz y su impecable técnica lo hicieron estar en otro nivel.

Bravo！ What a grand delivery...

No me canso de oír este fragmento interpretado por el maestro Kraus, y siempre me emociona oírle, he oído esta canción interpretada por otros Buenos tenores y barítonos del momento actual y la diferencia es abismal , nadie tiene la limpieza sensibilidad y potencia para expresar todo lo que esta canción encierra, y solo el se identifica plenamente con esta pieza que parece echa para el y sus infinitas posibilidades vocales.

@robert111k

2 жыл бұрын

En estos tiempos raros cualquier cosa, pero ¿barítonos? ¿En serio? ¿Cuáles?

@firkinja

Жыл бұрын

I’m studying this song for voice juries, and personally I think Lawrence Brownlee’s performance of this is my favorite I’ve heard, but this is a very close second! Alfredo Kraus is absolutely one of the best tenors of all time, no question there!

MAGNIFIC ALFREDO KRAUS!!!

La clara vos del mundo

Coming back to this comment and performance, it is still as great as I remember. This magnificent performance reminds me of when I tried imitating it, truly, truly, amazing!

Grande Maestro💞

El comentario que me ha gustado más: "Parece un Dios cantando"

Que difícil hacer lo que es fácil, perfecto y natural , solo el único e inigualable maestro KRAUS.

@Rosangela161

2 жыл бұрын

Exactamente!! Muy bien expresado.

@carlosmejia1309

Жыл бұрын

no es fácil la melodía y menos la hoz de kraus ...

Tecnicamente Kraus es el mejor tenor de la historia, no tiene rival en tecnica.

Merveilleux ! Bravo ! Vive le génie humain que lorsqu'il est bien utilisé, mène à de vraies merveilles... Sublime! Bravo! Viva il genio umano che, quando utilizzati correttamente, porta a meraviglie reale ... ...

Un mito, semplicemente ineguagliabile

Le meilleur , le plus grand ténor de tous les temps !!!

Merveilleux !

Bravissimo!!!!!!!!!! GRANDE !!!!!!

Cosi' si canta!!! Meraviglioso

superbe, merci le meilleur des dix que je viens d'entendre,bravo.