#1 OPERA FAILS: What the hell is going on?

I know many of you will not share my opinion and will dislike this video, but I invite you to debate in the comments!
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[@ryan_alexander]

Bro how can you even compare Jonas Kaufmann to AC/DC I'm so confused

[@m4dmood]

1:15 never tongue up like that....it’our voice suicide....

[@chriscross4004]

Jaroussky is quite a bad example. Do you really expect a countertenor to sing with chest voice?

[@brianfuller7691]

Opera has sadly declined and the vocal standards demonstrate that.

[@machovoce6826]

If you're making a statement about the pathetic standards of opera performance today you are well within reason to do so. Grigolo - really? Even the NYT raves about this quite modest instrument. So much for the NYT. I'm afraid the entire art form has been taken over by marketing and hype - and is attended by people who couldn't even distinguish if a singer is in tune or not. As I said, pathetic.

[@EarthGirlK]

How are they supposed to make money if the production isn't marketed or hyped up? That's how you get people to come

[@cliffgaither]

@@EarthGirlK :: Marketing and hype should have some basis in fact during the performance.

[@GordonLF]

You can do much worse than Vittorio Grigolo. Much.

[@cliffgaither]

Is it fair to have a counter-tenor here w / these more dramatic singers ? Counter-tenors, by characteristic, don't seem to have any chest. I'm not necessarily a fan of Jarrousky' s, but his tone here is very beautiful, I think. Jonas Kaufmann is used here as an example, but there is strong evidence he is "miked" ; the wires of, being visable on his body. In Hamburg, they couldn't hear him & elsewhere w / the same issue. His _Di quella Pira_ was not at all dynamic & after he made a comment about Corelli that wasn't respectful. If tenors are going to criticize Corelli's _Di quella Pira_ they should be able to show us how it should be done, not run off stage after an ineffectual ending to the scene. _Manrico_ after singing heroically, rushes off, equally heroically, to save his "Mother". There is a chance w / Corelli' s singing that he will be successful w / Jonas Kaufmann, she's finished.

[@lostboy2381]

I worked as a statist in Don Carlos in vienna and i can assure you, that kaufmann is not miced! I'm not the biggest fan. But his voice does quite carry pretty! The cables you see are often used for broadcasting!

[@cliffgaither]

@@lostboy2381 :: You're lucky working in Vienna ! It must have been a great experience ! You are an eye-witness to JK's performances. I have never heard him live. I did read that in Hamburg & elsewhere, he was inaudible. ( What does a "statist" do ? )

[@lyndafayesmusic]

Absolutely NO Debate here! I began at Pepperdine College trying to "perform" opera, and never could muster up the STRENGTH! I kept active using that violin scholarship, and was denied learning harp by a group of "specialists" in the music department; including their most excellent ng harpist instructor (at the time.) Can't remember her name; but I suspected the college NEEDED violins more than they really needed another opera major, and preferred writing anyway. I resorted to learning guitar, and merely pulling the strings upward/backwards to those other guitar pickers, to get the "harp sound!" My reply to their "suggestions" is "expressed" as best I could, in a funny video,( we hope) titled "Opera at its Worst?!" I love to "hear" Italian and French singers, but realized I was not going to be "able" to sing in either language, and it took me joining SoundCloud and doing allot of "listening" to finally find Ana Marie Ceuta, to sing my originals---And this lady has the pipes for them! While they were taking music out of the schools, I completed the roughs for four children's "musical comedies" , and to this date still have only been able to properly EDIT one of them. who wants to hear a bunch of kids from a string quartet perform their "dream" of introducing the first four presidents to a bit of fun and humor to some of "their" dry-witted evening string quartet sessions that take place on stage in the year 1779? (Not to mention introducing the FFF to some good jazz and blues from "today," that they missed out on through the "years.") "Time Goes By" and "Honey Visits with the Famous First Four." The little eight-year-old cello enthusiast tries to tell Thomas Jefferson about this great violinist she admires, named 'Heifetz." " TOM" answers, with the question, "isn't that German for the word sneeze?" Well, that being a question, I shall mention that I love those "Mini-Operas", but I think the kids today are not being exposed TO opera in the right manner , and are told that some of the pop and rap today with lame lyrics, ARE actually "musical." Ha, when you change the whole definition OF music that expresses so little REAL music, what can you expect? No Debate Here; Just lots of writings and hope that someday I can get the properly recorded demos to all of the right people with help from a few collaborators. I sincerely would love to see /hear more videos such as this presented-but we might have to go to " Rumble" in order to do that, now,might'n we ? [e-mail] until censored for utilizing the word " God" too often? MY SAMPLES: "Lost in a Song About You" "One Enchanted Evening I found an Old Friend" , Ana Marie Ceuca "Ecoute' Ton Coeur" Gilles de Roquefeuil -"Ancolies" (Listen to Your Heart, This Time.) "I Miss You More" or " The Funny Frenchman" "Seasons" from the children's musical " Beauty is as Beauty Does" "I Ain't no Middleman" , Fred Gold; a rock sample for the FFF whom have not "heard" of "electric guitars!" and the adult singers' rendition of " Stormy Day Blues" from " The Mississippi Valley Ladies." "God Gave Them One More Day." "My Dear Lord, Master of the Universe, w cello solo.) "Sometimes, You Really Hurt my Feelings" w Teiji Okubo/Honolulu Symphony) " I Fall to Pieces with a Touch of Class" , my rendition of a song that I felt had never been recorded appropriately to enhance the very beautiful lyrics! Not enough time to list the other four-hundred songs! Gotta get back to work.

[@operabigfan]

Lezhneva has always had trouble with her top notes. Small, nasal voice and goaty tremolo. The result of poorly learned technique. Her chest voice is also undeveloped (oddly, I remember she was one of Obraztsova's students, so how come her low notes are so terrible?).😂😂😂

[@vicm5277]

Yes, low larynx and chest voice participation is the way to sing opera. If you want to sing live in a big house with a huge orchestra that is. With lot larynx and chest voice participation you get chiaroscuro and You get true squillo, which will make you heard very well over the orchestra. The orchestra should not need to play more quite in order for a singer to be heard. The recorded operas we hear today are balanced, but if you sit at the back of a large opera house (without amplifiers) You Will hear what is what.

[@yogajedi3337]

Perhaps opera should consider smaller stages so unmusical shouters can stay outside.

[@lyndafayesmusic]

Oh, good one! Perhaps the worst inhibiter of a decent quality voice is related to the invention of the Microphone? Absolutely NO Debate here! I began at Pepperdine College trying to "perform" opera, and never could muster up the STRENGTH! I kept active using that violin scholarship, and was denied learning harp by a group of "specialists" in the music department; including their most excellent ng harpist instructor (at the time.) Can't remember her name; but I suspected the college NEEDED violins more than they really needed another opera major, and preferred writing anyway. I resorted to learning guitar, and merely pulling the strings upward/backwards to those other guitar pickers, to get the "harp sound!" My reply to their "suggestions" is "expressed" as best I could, in a funny video,( we hope) titled "Opera at its Worst?!" I love to "hear" Italian and French singers, but realized I was not going to be "able" to sing in either language, and it took me joining SoundCloud and doing allot of "listening" to finally find Ana Marie Ceuta, to sing my originals---And this lady has the pipes for them! While they were taking music out of the schools, I completed the roughs for four children's "musical comedies" , and to this date still have only been able to properly EDIT one of them. who wants to hear a bunch of kids from a string quartet perform their "dream" of introducing the first four presidents to a bit of fun and humor to some of "their" dry-witted evening string quartet sessions that take place on stage in the year 1779? (Not to mention introducing the FFF to some good jazz and blues from "today," that they missed out on through the "years.") "Time Goes By" and "Honey Visits with the Famous First Four." The little eight-year-old cello enthusiast tries to tell Thomas Jefferson about this great violinist she admires, named 'Heifetz." " TOM" answers, with the question, "isn't that German for the word sneeze?" Well, that being a question, I shall mention that I love those "Mini-Operas", but I think the kids today are not being exposed TO opera in the right manner , and are told that some of the pop and rap today with lame lyrics, ARE actually "musical." Ha, when you change the whole definition OF music that expresses so little REAL music, what can you expect? No Debate Here; Just lots of writings and hope that someday I can get the properly recorded demos to all of the right people with help from a few collaborators. I sincerely would love to see /hear more videos such as this presented-but we might have to go to " Rumble" in order to do that, now,might'n we ? [e-mail] until censored for utilizing the word " God" too often? MY SAMPLES: "Lost in a Song About You" "One Enchanted Evening I found an Old Friend" , Ana Marie Ceuca "Ecoute' Ton Coeur" Gilles de Roquefeuil -"Ancolies" (Listen to Your Heart, This Time.) "I Miss You More" or " The Funny Frenchman" "Seasons" from the children's musical " Beauty is as Beauty Does" "I Ain't no Middleman" , Fred Gold; a rock sample for the FFF whom have not "heard" of "electric guitars!" and the adult singers' rendition of " Stormy Day Blues" from " The Mississippi Valley Ladies." "God Gave Them One More Day." "My Dear Lord, Master of the Universe, w cello solo.) "Sometimes, You Really Hurt my Feelings" w Teiji Okubo/Honolulu Symphony) " I Fall to Pieces with a Touch of Class" , my rendition of a song that I felt had never been recorded appropriately to enhance the very beautiful lyrics! Not enough time to list the other four-hundred songs! Gotta get back to work.

[@fabrizio483]

Hi, can you explain what is the problem with Jaroussky's singing? I'm new to opera, so this is a legitimate question. Thank you.

[@tamolyn5141]

Jaroussky does not have a voice that is suitable for opera. To my ear, he's a pop opera or classical crossover singer.

[@KC-kp4wc]

Jaroussky is singing repertoire suited for his voice and he's not doing huge Met Opera productions. He won't be singing Verdi anytime soon so I think we can all relax now and just enjoy his beautiful tone. At least he doesn't pretend to pass himself off as someone he's not like so many other 'opera' singers.

[@tatuleproso1043]

7 months waiting a new video

[@Shamsithaca]

I blame the tongue.

[@PhantomdeOpera-qb2ok]

OK, there are some ridiculous things here, but why Jaroussky? I don't think countertenors can sing in the upper range in chest voice by definition. Or is it possible? IMO Jaroussky does have a good voice control. But I don't understand at all why people are in general so obsessed with high notes, both classical and popular music.

[@yohangouraantoni3903]

00:20 HORRIBLE PHILIPP SIEMPRE A CANTADO HORRIBLE

[@fabfaun]

Ridiculous judgment

[@tatuleproso1043]

Make more videos please

[@maximus1295]

Will be 2 years? 🤣 Still.

[@lyndafayesmusic]

@@maximus1295 Perhaps Protesters who "know their craft" should protest the invention of the MICROPHONE ? Of course we "depend" on use of the microphone(s) but SO MANY abuse it; something to hold on to while you back off and breathe perhaps ? Absolutely NO Debate here! I began at Pepperdine College trying to "perform" opera, and never could muster up the STRENGTH! I kept active using that violin scholarship, and was denied learning harp by a group of "specialists" in the music department; including their most excellent ng harpist instructor (at the time.) Can't remember her name; but I suspected the college NEEDED violins more than they really needed another opera major, and preferred writing anyway. I resorted to learning guitar, and merely pulling the strings upward/backwards to those other guitar pickers, to get the "harp sound!" My reply to their "suggestions" is "expressed" as best I could, in a funny video,( we hope) titled "Opera at its Worst?!" I love to "hear" Italian and French singers, but realized I was not going to be "able" to sing in either language, and it took me joining SoundCloud and doing allot of "listening" to finally find Ana Marie Ceuta, to sing my originals---And this lady has the pipes for them! While they were taking music out of the schools, I completed the roughs for four children's "musical comedies" , and to this date still have only been able to properly EDIT one of them. who wants to hear a bunch of kids from a string quartet perform their "dream" of introducing the first four presidents to a bit of fun and humor to some of "their" dry-witted evening string quartet sessions that take place on stage in the year 1779? (Not to mention introducing the FFF to some good jazz and blues from "today," that they missed out on through the "years.") "Time Goes By" and "Honey Visits with the Famous First Four." The little eight-year-old cello enthusiast tries to tell Thomas Jefferson about this great violinist she admires, named 'Heifetz." " TOM" answers, with the question, "isn't that German for the word sneeze?" Well, that being a question, I shall mention that I love those "Mini-Operas", but I think the kids today are not being exposed TO opera in the right manner , and are told that some of the pop and rap today with lame lyrics, ARE actually "musical." Ha, when you change the whole definition OF music that expresses so little REAL music, what can you expect? No Debate Here; Just lots of writings and hope that someday I can get the properly recorded demos to all of the right people with help from a few collaborators. I sincerely would love to see /hear more videos such as this presented-but we might have to go to " Rumble" in order to do that, now,might'n we ? [e-mail] until censored for utilizing the word " God" too often? MY SAMPLES: "Lost in a Song About You" "One Enchanted Evening I found an Old Friend" , Ana Marie Ceuca "Ecoute' Ton Coeur" Gilles de Roquefeuil -"Ancolies" (Listen to Your Heart, This Time.) "I Miss You More" or " The Funny Frenchman" "Seasons" from the children's musical " Beauty is as Beauty Does" "I Ain't no Middleman" , Fred Gold; a rock sample for the FFF whom have not "heard" of "electric guitars!" and the adult singers' rendition of " Stormy Day Blues" from " The Mississippi Valley Ladies." "God Gave Them One More Day." "My Dear Lord, Master of the Universe, w cello solo.) "Sometimes, You Really Hurt my Feelings" w Teiji Okubo/Honolulu Symphony) " I Fall to Pieces with a Touch of Class" , my rendition of a song that I felt had never been recorded appropriately to enhance the very beautiful lyrics! Not enough time to list the other four-hundred songs! Gotta get back to work.

[@luisvillalobos3452]

The tongue HAHAHA

[@radames5855]

Tutti bravi!!!😂😂😂

[@absolutetruthgirl]

Lol!!!

[@beckyyule1228]

I must say, the sound of that countertenor's voice infuriates me, I still can't see how he has so many fans...

[@maximus1295]

That mosquito singing is lack. They dont have a "loud", they are too tiny and they can not be so loud you csnt hear them.

[@beckyyule1228]

@@maximus1295 Thats OK he has a mic. lol

[@maximus1295]

@@beckyyule1228 i mean, mosquitos are cheating, without micro they are 0. But you are laughing, i guess. Ok, lol 😁

[@oblivionslight1346]

Anyone have recordings of what good countertenors are supposed to sound like? Not trolling, I’m legitimately curious.

[@beckyyule1228]

@@oblivionslight1346try looking up Russell Oberlin, and Robert Lee Countertenor :)

[@lesliewebb300]

I don’t ever wanna sound like a man at all.

[@flyinglittleduckss]

I was okay with this until you showed Jonas Kaufmann....

[@wuaaron808]

Too much falsetto in the mix.

[@amemename]

i don't know what this video is about

[@lyndafayesmusic]

Oh, I got it immediately. Ha. It's about removing real music from the education system because people don't undersand how music and math are closely related. Ha, just kidding...HERE let me help you: Do you know what the first four American presidents did for fun? That's one people rarely can answer either . I Make Joke. Absolutely NO Debate here! I began at Pepperdine College trying to "perform" opera, and never could muster up the STRENGTH! I kept active using that violin scholarship, and was denied learning harp by a group of "specialists" in the music department; including their most excellent ng harpist instructor (at the time.) Can't remember her name; but I suspected the college NEEDED violins more than they really needed another opera major, and preferred writing anyway. I resorted to learning guitar, and merely pulling the strings upward/backwards to those other guitar pickers, to get the "harp sound!" My reply to their "suggestions" is "expressed" as best I could, in a funny video,( we hope) titled "Opera at its Worst?!" I love to "hear" Italian and French singers, but realized I was not going to be "able" to sing in either language, and it took me joining SoundCloud and doing allot of "listening" to finally find Ana Marie Ceuta, to sing my originals---And this lady has the pipes for them! While they were taking music out of the schools, I completed the roughs for four children's "musical comedies" , and to this date still have only been able to properly EDIT one of them. who wants to hear a bunch of kids from a string quartet perform their "dream" of introducing the first four presidents to a bit of fun and humor to some of "their" dry-witted evening string quartet sessions that take place on stage in the year 1779? (Not to mention introducing the FFF to some good jazz and blues from "today," that they missed out on through the "years.") "Time Goes By" and "Honey Visits with the Famous First Four." The little eight-year-old cello enthusiast tries to tell Thomas Jefferson about this great violinist she admires, named 'Heifetz." " TOM" answers, with the question, "isn't that German for the word sneeze?" Well, that being a question, I shall mention that I love those "Mini-Operas", but I think the kids today are not being exposed TO opera in the right manner , and are told that some of the pop and rap today with lame lyrics, ARE actually "musical." Ha, when you change the whole definition OF music that expresses so little REAL music, what can you expect? No Debate Here; Just lots of writings and hope that someday I can get the properly recorded demos to all of the right people with help from a few collaborators. I sincerely would love to see /hear more videos such as this presented-but we might have to go to " Rumble" in order to do that, now,might'n we ? [e-mail] until censored for utilizing the word " God" too often? MY SAMPLES: "Lost in a Song About You" "One Enchanted Evening I found an Old Friend" , Ana Marie Ceuca "Ecoute' Ton Coeur" Gilles de Roquefeuil -"Ancolies" (Listen to Your Heart, This Time.) "I Miss You More" or " The Funny Frenchman" "Seasons" from the children's musical " Beauty is as Beauty Does" "I Ain't no Middleman" , Fred Gold; a rock sample for the FFF whom have not "heard" of "electric guitars!" and the adult singers' rendition of " Stormy Day Blues" from " The Mississippi Valley Ladies." "God Gave Them One More Day." "My Dear Lord, Master of the Universe, w cello solo.) "Sometimes, You Really Hurt my Feelings" w Teiji Okubo/Honolulu Symphony) " I Fall to Pieces with a Touch of Class" , my rendition of a song that I felt had never been recorded appropriately to enhance the very beautiful lyrics! Not enough time to list the other four-hundred songs! Gotta get back to work.

[@Shamsithaca]

i have a bone to pick...some people just have light vocal chords...not everyone can be Corelli or Pavarotti. Relax.

[@lacrimosa3269]

Kaufmann not crack at all Andıç’ ac dc big question for me

[@frankrinsche4548]

I don't see the point of your video. A singer who is using falsetto undercut with scenes of tenors and a soprano.. What's your opinion?

[@theoperacritic2316]

That is exactly the problem with most modern singers and opera lovers. You probably also don't see a problem with this way of singing, right? In this video I am complaining about the, nowadays, popular fake-light unsupported singing technique without the use of chest voice whatsoever. Listen to Mario Del Monaco's "E lucevan le stelle" and compare it to Grigolo's version. You will probably think that Del Monaco is "shouting" and is unmusical, but when you go on a huge stage, the fake-light type of technique will fail miserably because you will not hear anything in the audience. Having heard Grigolo and Calleja live I can say that you can barely hear them when the orchestra plays something above piano. I hope that's clear now.

[@lyndafayesmusic]

@@theoperacritic2316 Perhaps Frank is so accustomed to hearing screaming in microphones, he can't Disti Quish between a high tenor and a falsetto ? Affects ones EARS and intonation after allot of it. (That from personal friends who were rock singers on the cover of Rolling Stone" for several months-they actually admitted the destruction-as if we couldn't "ascertain or hear" that ? oops, sorry, the Gargoyles can't spell the word "distinguish" for me,duh. My brother was never a singer, but a master Baroque Flute craftsman, with perfect pitch and great intonation; he said someday someone needs to make a video regarding "what loud concerts" and misplacements of microphones are doing to "the people's" ears! Of course Dr. Compinsky said that too, for decades, as he was a violinist in orchestras back in the days in which studio orchestras were set up with "minimal" mikes, placed in "strategic positions" to capture separate sounds from each instrument section. They both coincidentally I suppose, also happened to have preferred the "total-combined- sound" as heard by Mozart himself (for example) just for historically elegant sound (Both he and my brother have passed on-but they surely could have produced a GREAT VIDEO regarding their concerns!) But then, whom would have "listened?" The "People" as they refer to uneducated wanna be musicians and the like are now "programmed" into believing "music" is actually being emitted, when it's actually, and usually verifiably....just "noise ?" i'd LOVE TO SEE YOU CREATE A COMPARISON OF SOUND, TYPE VIDEO ON THAT TOO. "Opera at its Worst ?" was just my attempt to make a big of fun of "Pavarotti's" video he did with the "Tenors," I meant no offense to either of them but so many people have asked me, "why are so many opera singers HEFTY in build ?" I had always thought that "bigger bodies produced bigger sounds- " possibly had, ah. bigger lungs, too ? ; but then several tiny sopranos quelled my theory on that. (There's a good title for your next video, btw ? Ha-if I could only settle on decent titles for my own songs-always changing the titles!) I tried for some double entendra (s) in the song, too, but got so confused about what language I was switching too, sort of let that go by the wayside. ( Sorry, I spell as I enunciated and have little regard for spelling; so Google's spell check and I have a constant battle going there.) Absolutely NO Debate here on your video! I began at Pepperdine College trying to "perform" opera, and never could muster up the STRENGTH! I kept active using that violin scholarship, and was denied learning harp by a group of "specialists" in the music department; including their most excellent ng harpist instructor (at the time.) Can't remember her name; but I suspected the college NEEDED violins more than they really needed another opera major, and preferred writing anyway. I resorted to learning guitar, and merely pulling the strings upward/backwards to those other guitar pickers, to get the "harp sound!" My reply to their "suggestions" is "expressed" as best I could, in a funny video,( we hope) titled "Opera at its Worst?!" I love to "hear" Italian and French singers, but realized I was not going to be "able" to sing in either language, and it took me joining SoundCloud and doing allot of "listening" to finally find Ana Marie Ceuta, to sing my originals---And this lady has the pipes for them! While they were taking music out of the schools, I completed the roughs for four children's "musical comedies" , and to this date still have only been able to properly EDIT one of them. who wants to hear a bunch of kids from a string quartet perform their "dream" of introducing the first four presidents to a bit of fun and humor to some of "their" dry-witted evening string quartet sessions that take place on stage in the year 1779? (Not to mention introducing the FFF to some good jazz and blues from "today," that they missed out on through the "years.") "Time Goes By" and "Honey Visits with the Famous First Four." The little eight-year-old cello enthusiast tries to tell Thomas Jefferson about this great violinist she admires, named 'Heifetz." " TOM" answers, with the question, "isn't that German for the word sneeze?" Well, that being a question, I shall mention that I love those "Mini-Operas", but I think the kids today are not being exposed TO opera in the right manner , and are told that some of the pop and rap today with lame lyrics, ARE actually "musical." Ha, when you change the whole definition OF music that expresses so little REAL music, what can you expect? No Debate Here; Just lots of writings and hope that someday I can get the properly recorded demos to all of the right people with help from a few collaborators. I sincerely would love to see /hear more videos such as this presented-but we might have to go to " Rumble" in order to do that, now,might'n we ? [e-mail] until censored for utilizing the word " God" too often? MY SAMPLES: "Lost in a Song About You" "One Enchanted Evening I found an Old Friend" , Ana Marie Ceuca "Ecoute' Ton Coeur" Gilles de Roquefeuil -"Ancolies" (Listen to Your Heart, This Time.) "I Miss You More" or " The Funny Frenchman" "Seasons" from the children's musical " Beauty is as Beauty Does" "I Ain't no Middleman" , Fred Gold; a rock sample for the FFF whom have not "heard" of "electric guitars!" and the adult singers' rendition of " Stormy Day Blues" from " The Mississippi Valley Ladies." "God Gave Them One More Day." "My Dear Lord, Master of the Universe, w cello solo.) "Sometimes, You Really Hurt my Feelings" w Teiji Okubo/Honolulu Symphony) " I Fall to Pieces with a Touch of Class" , my rendition of a song that I felt had never been recorded appropriately to enhance the very beautiful lyrics! Not enough time to list the other four-hundred songs! Gotta get back to work.

[@little-963]

​@@theoperacritic2316how about sopranos? How much of chest voice they have to use? Im referring to dramatic or spinto voices even lyric aswell

[@Oprah1234]

does anyone know who and what song that is at 00:20?

[@beatiroide]

"Ombra mai fu" by Handel. This particular singer is Jaroussky

[@lyndafayesmusic]

@@beatiroide Wow! I thought it was part of the Aria with little libretto performed with a hidden microphone? HA HA JUST KIDDING ! Absolutely NO Debate here! I began at Pepperdine College trying to "perform" opera, and never could muster up the STRENGTH! I kept active using that violin scholarship, and was denied learning harp by a group of "specialists" in the music department; including their most excellent ng harpist instructor (at the time.) Can't remember her name; but I suspected the college NEEDED violins more than they really needed another opera major, and preferred writing anyway. I resorted to learning guitar, and merely pulling the strings upward/backwards to those other guitar pickers, to get the "harp sound!" My reply to their "suggestions" is "expressed" as best I could, in a funny video,( we hope) titled "Opera at its Worst?!" I love to "hear" Italian and French singers, but realized I was not going to be "able" to sing in either language, and it took me joining SoundCloud and doing allot of "listening" to finally find Ana Marie Ceuta, to sing my originals---And this lady has the pipes for them! While they were taking music out of the schools, I completed the roughs for four children's "musical comedies" , and to this date still have only been able to properly EDIT one of them. who wants to hear a bunch of kids from a string quartet perform their "dream" of introducing the first four presidents to a bit of fun and humor to some of "their" dry-witted evening string quartet sessions that take place on stage in the year 1779? (Not to mention introducing the FFF to some good jazz and blues from "today," that they missed out on through the "years.") "Time Goes By" and "Honey Visits with the Famous First Four." The little eight-year-old cello enthusiast tries to tell Thomas Jefferson about this great violinist she admires, named 'Heifetz." " TOM" answers, with the question, "isn't that German for the word sneeze?" Well, that being a question, I shall mention that I love those "Mini-Operas", but I think the kids today are not being exposed TO opera in the right manner , and are told that some of the pop and rap today with lame lyrics, ARE actually "musical." Ha, when you change the whole definition OF music that expresses so little REAL music, what can you expect? No Debate Here; Just lots of writings and hope that someday I can get the properly recorded demos to all of the right people with help from a few collaborators. I sincerely would love to see /hear more videos such as this presented-but we might have to go to " Rumble" in order to do that, now,might'n we ? [e-mail] until censored for utilizing the word " God" too often? MY SAMPLES: "Lost in a Song About You" "One Enchanted Evening I found an Old Friend" , Ana Marie Ceuca "Ecoute' Ton Coeur" Gilles de Roquefeuil -"Ancolies" (Listen to Your Heart, This Time.) "I Miss You More" or " The Funny Frenchman" "Seasons" from the children's musical " Beauty is as Beauty Does" "I Ain't no Middleman" , Fred Gold; a rock sample for the FFF whom have not "heard" of "electric guitars!" and the adult singers' rendition of " Stormy Day Blues" from " The Mississippi Valley Ladies." "God Gave Them One More Day." "My Dear Lord, Master of the Universe, w cello solo.) "Sometimes, You Really Hurt my Feelings" w Teiji Okubo/Honolulu Symphony) " I Fall to Pieces with a Touch of Class" , my rendition of a song that I felt had never been recorded appropriately to enhance the very beautiful lyrics! Not enough time to list the other four-hundred songs! Gotta get back to work.

[@maximus1295]

Kaufman is a true heavy metal of opera! That names are nothing! You forgot include pavaroti, careras, how are they "singing" dramatic repertoire...

[@ey8767]

No need to compare. Pavarotti and Carreras were fine singers and sang well in lyrical roles. They just picked the wrong repertoire. But Kaufmann just adopted horrible techniques and choked on his tongue.

[@lesliewebb300]

I can’t sing like that

[@eduardoalvarado4330]

And you shouldn't lol

[@nikolaytekuchev136]

@@eduardoalvarado4330 why though? What the fuck?

[@nikolaytekuchev136]

@@eduardoalvarado4330 Get out. Nobody asked your opinion.

[@nikolaytekuchev136]

I don't see anything bad here. What the fuck?

[@ZENOBlAmusic]

The E Lucevan Le Stelle performances are really painful. You properly have not listened to a lot of opera, sometimes you need more exposure to really hear the differences. Listen to Franco Corelli or Di Stefano singing El Lucevan Le Stelle instead.

[@ey8767]

​@@ZENOBlAmusic Seriously it doesn't take a great voice like Corelli to figure it out. Just listen to E Lucevan le Stelle from 1976 movie production of Tosca, sung by Placido Domingo and you will see how bad Grigolo is.

[@christopherhogan691]

Whoever you are.. You have no idea about singing, opera, respect or humility.. Try to sing just one measure yourself.. You have no idea what 25 years or more of every night struggles and hope after hope performances mean..

[@eduardoalvarado4330]

None of these "singers" have 25 or more years of experience, don't be ridiculous

[@lyndafayesmusic]

Thanks for reminding me of that phrase, " Throwing silk purses to pigs ?" Guess my memory isn't serving me well, then, haha ha. Absolutely NO Debate here! I began at Pepperdine College trying to "perform" opera, and never could muster up the STRENGTH! I kept active using that violin scholarship, and was denied learning harp by a group of "specialists" in the music department; including their most excellent ng harpist instructor (at the time.) Can't remember her name; but I suspected the college NEEDED violins more than they really needed another opera major, and preferred writing anyway. I resorted to learning guitar, and merely pulling the strings upward/backwards to those other guitar pickers, to get the "harp sound!" My reply to their "suggestions" is "expressed" as best I could, in a funny video,( we hope) titled "Opera at its Worst?!" I love to "hear" Italian and French singers, but realized I was not going to be "able" to sing in either language, and it took me joining SoundCloud and doing allot of "listening" to finally find Ana Marie Ceuta, to sing my originals---And this lady has the pipes for them! While they were taking music out of the schools, I completed the roughs for four children's "musical comedies" , and to this date still have only been able to properly EDIT one of them. who wants to hear a bunch of kids from a string quartet perform their "dream" of introducing the first four presidents to a bit of fun and humor to some of "their" dry-witted evening string quartet sessions that take place on stage in the year 1779? (Not to mention introducing the FFF to some good jazz and blues from "today," that they missed out on through the "years.") "Time Goes By" and "Honey Visits with the Famous First Four." The little eight-year-old cello enthusiast tries to tell Thomas Jefferson about this great violinist she admires, named 'Heifetz." " TOM" answers, with the question, "isn't that German for the word sneeze?" Well, that being a question, I shall mention that I love those "Mini-Operas", but I think the kids today are not being exposed TO opera in the right manner , and are told that some of the pop and rap today with lame lyrics, ARE actually "musical." Ha, when you change the whole definition OF music that expresses so little REAL music, what can you expect? No Debate Here; Just lots of writings and hope that someday I can get the properly recorded demos to all of the right people with help from a few collaborators. I sincerely would love to see /hear more videos such as this presented-but we might have to go to " Rumble" in order to do that, now,might'n we ? [e-mail] until censored for utilizing the word " God" too often? MY SAMPLES: "Lost in a Song About You" "One Enchanted Evening I found an Old Friend" , Ana Marie Ceuca "Ecoute' Ton Coeur" Gilles de Roquefeuil -"Ancolies" (Listen to Your Heart, This Time.) "I Miss You More" or " The Funny Frenchman" "Seasons" from the children's musical " Beauty is as Beauty Does" "I Ain't no Middleman" , Fred Gold; a rock sample for the FFF whom have not "heard" of "electric guitars!" and the adult singers' rendition of " Stormy Day Blues" from " The Mississippi Valley Ladies." "God Gave Them One More Day." "My Dear Lord, Master of the Universe, w cello solo.) "Sometimes, You Really Hurt my Feelings" w Teiji Okubo/Honolulu Symphony) " I Fall to Pieces with a Touch of Class" , my rendition of a song that I felt had never been recorded appropriately to enhance the very beautiful lyrics! Not enough time to list the other four-hundred songs! Gotta get back to work.

[@glenselenselv1756]

There's nothing more annoying than those CASTRATI singing dudes.

[@thesaucegroup1877]

Why? Countertenors are amazing

[@operabigfan]

Fake singing all the way. Countertenors are an insult to the true art of the castrati, who by the way, had huge voices and well developed voce di petto.

[@elgidante1734]

You really dont know anything about functional or Ravine method.

[@eduardoalvarado4330]

What is the Ravine method?

[@elgidante1734]

@@eduardoalvarado4330 a method for singers that teaches how to take advantage of your body and how to use properly for better inspiration, better posture, better arrangment of muscle chains etc, basically anatomy that traditional teachers dont teach. The only thing that they teach you is "breathe from your nose and hard your stomach" Its very complex

[@eduardoalvarado4330]

@@elgidante1734 I see. Do you have any links of sources where it's mentioned? Or is it only available on books for purchase or something like that?

[@elgidante1734]

@@eduardoalvarado4330 I guess you can find somethings in google but unfortunately there is no official book. Some stuffs are anatomy related, there are a lot of myths and truths about singing. What I know is from where i'm studying.

[@eduardoalvarado4330]

@@elgidante1734 Ok, thanks for the comments. Investigating on singing is important to improve, wich I try to do as a student. 🙂

[@vocalmuse]

The voice is a live instrument - not every note can be perfect at all times! I wonder if you are a failed singer?

[@machovoce6826]

Talk about missing the point. I bet you're a kick at a party.

[@classically_ivan]

bad sounds.