PERLE BIANCHE Underrated Singers of the 1980s and 1990s Vol. 2

[@richardc8738]

After all these years, Jerry Hadley still makes me cry.

[@Agorante]

Me too.

[@billobrien5118]

He had a very tragic end. Obviously, he had been suffering from depression and started to drink quite heavily. His marriage had ended and it appears he lost the will to sing. I doubt he wanted to continue - otherwise, why would he be playing with guns at his expense??

[@hrh2842]

@@Agorante Me three.

[@BillyBoy442]

So much talent and yet Jerry blew his brains out. A very unhappy man. Before his death, someone from the window reported him to the police as a drunk.

[@道-p2e]

I can listen to Jerry Hadley all day, made in USA, gorgeous tenor, there is no others today coming close to Jerry. Thank You.

[@delosreyesgavikanes]

For me Jerry Hadley one of the best American tenor, together with with Neil Shicoff and Richard Tucker. Just FANTASTICO!.

[@arnoldamaral7406]

Carlos Montane Neil shicoff struggle with the top voice he did La Boheme with Cotrubas at Covent Garden 1981 I believe a transposed the Aria got a beautiful voice but did not have the high C'S yet he had a good career in Europe especially. Tales of Hoffmann La Boheme Etc

[@道-p2e]

Great list, Tucker is bigger voice, not pure lyric anymore, Jerry is the most under rated,

[@billobrien5118]

Was not a Shicoff fan - heard in a few operas where there was no beauty or persuasive sound. There was much acid in his voice and also annoying wobble. He had a love affair with himself but when it came time for him to sing - he started canceling performances and also with Teresa Stratas became known as unreliable.

[@billobrien5118]

Your name sounds familiar. Are you the tenor Carlos Montane? With the beautiful voice? Heard you on a Met broadcast in 1973-74 in MANON LESCAUT at the Met. I think you also sang for New York City Opera.

[@emailvonsour]

Evan Williams, Barry Morell, Jan Peerce

[@cliffgaither]

*_AfroPoli ::_* _Even for an oprea singer, Jerry Hadley was beyond gifted._ _This is the first time I have heard him sing in such a sublime & technically perfect way !_ _What a magnificent sounding voice !_ _Tears are streaming down my face..._ _THANK YOU !_

[@arnoldamaral7406]

Cliff Gaither very sad indeed lost and the American materialistic money making eat you up and spit you out ugly machine. If you were had been in Europe things might have been differently for him he is now at peace we will see him again with a beautiful tenor voice

[@cliffgaither]

@@arnoldamaral7406 *_He will probably sound even better "on the other side", if that's possible !_*

[@arnoldamaral7406]

Cliff Gaither indeed he will because he will not be troubled or in pain mentally emotionally a happy young man with that beautiful voice will be perfect at last sleep well Jerry Hadley. Because when you awake you will be in Paradise. So many Jerry Hadleys in the world so much pain and sorrow that is not God's plan or purpose for mankind. It's all in the Bible then you Testament prophecies are being fulfilled as we speak Revelation 21--1---4. Psalms. 37---10--30 take care of my friends it won't be much longer Agape to all that's ancient Greek for Universal love the New Testament was written in ancient Greek translated and over 250 languages for all nations cultures I'll people God is Not partial we are all equal in his eyes. Man has created racism bigotry it's a satanic mentality. It's all in the Bible all you have to do is read it ask for a Bible study before it's too late. Jehovah the God of the Bible his name means he causes to become. He is the creator he understands The Human Condition because he created man in His image and he is yearning to use is restorative powers. Thank you my friends I enjoy all your posts I have many other interests to me like my father music is like breathing. My playlist exist of about 150 artists A various genres Etc take care enjoy music a great gift from God Jehovah. Arnold Bourbon Amaral excuse my typos I use the microphone when I make a comment due to an autoimmune disease I am fine I'll be okay don't worry take care of my friends Agape to all of you

[@cliffgaither]

@@arnoldamaral7406 *_My humble respect for your Perseverance & Love of Music._*

[@arnoldamaral7406]

Cliff Gaither Your very welcome my friend AGAPE

[@moverdu]

Gran selección

[@BaroneVitellioScarpia1]

Silvano Carroli! Wow!

[@stranraerwal]

They are all GREAT singers..I liked especially Guiseepe Sabatini's rendering of Faust.

[@leelaturanga5461]

O my gosh, Jerry Hadley's voice. Sublime.

[@adeeo]

AfroPoli, this is a compilation of epic proportions. Thank you, for all these wonderful greats! Most are my favourites

[@ESilva-gw9ig]

They are all wonderful singers but Jerry Hadley was really great. Pity he left us so early. Such a beautiful voice e perfect technique, hard to find these days.

[@theogoldberg8919]

E. Silva o gosh I had no idea he left. When and how? 😔

[@ransomcoates546]

@@theogoldberg8919 Must be some ten years now. Very sad. He committed suicide.

[@robertjschroff6307]

@@ransomcoates546 That s too bad. He was a brilliant tenor.

[@flicfan416]

a "perfect technique" that led to a disastrous vocal decline

[@Michael-mh4vr]

Callate! Have some respect

[@dr.oscaradrianblanco5697]

I haven’t heard Jerry Hadley before. His rendition of “Pourquoi me revéiller” is astonishing. Thanks for sharing this.

[@lucianozanella5833]

Bravo Afro Poli. Continua con questi confronti. 👍👍😱

[@terrycloth6380]

These performances are so fascinating and enjoyable. Thank you for posting.

[@AfroPoli]

Terry Cloth You’re welcome. Thanks for listening!

[@simonecencetti3903]

complimenti ad AfroPoli youtuber: cultura, preparazione, buongusto, simpatia e capacità di dispensare emozioni forse dimenticate, Ed un ricordo ammirato del grande Afro Poli baritono e cantante-attore, ineguagliabile Belcore nell'edizione Cetra dell'Elisir!!!!

[@alexgomez2]

Indeed Jerry Hadley was SO underrated. I was blessed to see him singing Candide at the NYC Opera and he was everything: voice, charisma, acting. Such sad ending of his valuable life.

[@daphnebeloved]

Jerry Hadley was so so good, musical, expressive and smart,along with good vocal, good technique, it was so tragic....as were the good ones as Wunderlich, Bastianini ...etc...

[@mrm.5787]

...Jussi Björling....

[@道-p2e]

@Nicholas Ennos Are you commenting on yourself! Such language can only be self used in your room.

[@downfromkentuckeh]

@Nicholas Ennos lol your such a weakling 🤣🤣

[@emailvonsour]

Oscar Natzka, Janis Zabers

[@hightenor123]

@ 9:54 Even when the tenor is playing the piano he cannot resist a little flourish with the arm on a high note, that makes me smile :)

[@pekkak.2724]

Peter Lindroos was great, I had one lesson with him, before he we to Denmark and Sweden. He left too early as did Mr. Hadley...

[@mauriciocotapos313]

Bravo Hadley👏👏👏👏👏

[@folco9882]

Thank you for this wonderful post- Giuseppe Sabbatini- great voice, impeccable technique. What pleasure to listen to him.

[@delosreyesgavikanes]

and here come the most beautiful tenor voice of the second half of the 20th Century. Jaime Aragall.

[@hermajesty52]

I second that!!

[@sheilabryans8177]

Jerry Hadley … superb 👏👏👏

[@道-p2e]

Great promotion of fine singing, how vital and how much value right here!!! Thank You.

[@davidsolomon8203]

Bravo, Hadley!

[@cliffgaither]

_After listening to this video again -- 10 months later -- I am even more thankful for this exposure to these great singers._ _I'm not really much of a fan of verismo opera, but MAN ! I never heard "Pagliacci" sung in the way of Peter Lindroos -- unexaggerated / flawlessly performed as no one else I have ever heard. It is so free of over-the-top Pagliacci-excessive singing as you hear from "great" tenors AND you wonder why they put their voices through such straining expressions for verismo opera which is not worth sacrificing great operatic voices, in my opinion._ _Lindroos takes the aria to bel canto-style delivery :: breath-control / no excessive sobbing / clarity of the sound / his upper notes were powerful & ringingly-delivered to that mirror & perfect "cut-offs"._ _Giuseppe Sabbatini's vocal technique is the highest standard. After hearing him sing ( "Puritani" ) OR anything else, it's hard to go back to singers not on his level of perfect skills in "general" singing ; high notes & clean breaks w / the last word ; a swimmer's breath-control ; a beautiful sound & how many singers ( tenors ) can play the Double-Bass ?_ _We should give singers every possible _*_Break,_*_ as they give so much in return !_

[@mariarosaesergiomarycib2492]

Bellissimo emozionante stupendo

[@tianshuren9599]

Benito Maresca impress me so much, that's a voice like mixture of corelli and del Monaco, and very well developed.

[@theogoldberg8919]

I'm especially amazed by Jaume Aragall so much profundita and squillo , flexibility and expressive power at the same time it's actually perfect...

[@phil2u48]

For me, Aragall and Giacomini deserved much more recognition.

[@stranraerwal]

....great voice, but his very excessive acting of the finale destroyed some if his rendering.

[@davidsolomon8203]

Bravo, Sabbatini!

[@paoladatodi8626]

poi si è dedicato alla direzione d'orchestra

[@hermajesty52]

so many GREAT voices!!! The best today don't even come close. Why?

[@jorgemunoz3545]

IMPRESIONANTE ARAGALL!!!

[@franceseattle]

Loved hearing Aragall's Tosca, and Peter Lindroos, I didn't know either of them.

[@allenjones3130]

Jerry Hadley was a great singer. May he rest in peace.

[@delosreyesgavikanes]

Marescaa another great talented great singer which as many of that period were blocked by certain tenor. BRAVISSIMO !!!

[@paulotosi6091]

Carlos Montane blocked by a famous tenor, who is currently accused of harassment ...

[@buhnedej]

@@paulotosi6091 who was that?

[@paulotosi6091]

Il Topone...

[@Tenere2011]

@@buhnedej Placido Domingo

[@Michael-mh4vr]

I had a former voice teacher now deceased who sang with PD long ago in Israel opera company he said PD was always schmoozing with the elderly female patrons. Lol

[@antoniomartinazzo5847]

Thank you for these videos. These are the genuine artists, who do not get spoiled by the game.

[@aldofonti]

bellissimo video, grazie. Peraltro mi sembra che Aragall abbia avuto un'ottima carriera ad alto livello.

[@gayoperadude63]

Wow Galina Savova is very exciting!

[@barahona68]

Galina Savova had an amzing voice and a beautiful vocal tone. She surely was underrated. She died recently in 4/1/2021 in her hometown Varna, Bulgaria.

[@romearomeo]

Grazie di cuore per questo bellissimo video

[@d.sodini2704]

grazie per questi preziosi video

[@Lui99]

Thanks Afro, great compilations! Though Jaume Aragall would have been better served by an earlier performance, when he was at his true best, singing Donizetti, Rossini, Verdi... an incredible talent, as acknowledged even by his contemporaries.

[@AfroPoli]

Lui99 True. But I have no videos of him from the early 1970s.

[@ritapapiri]

Ho sempre avuto una grande passione per Giuseppe Sabbatini..gli ho sentito fare certi diminuendo secondi solo a quelli di Pippo Di Stefano...

[@alanhowe1455]

All great, but how good was Lindroos? Fabulous!

[@kimmillard9445]

I was in the chorus of a production of Lucia di Lamermoor which featured GIUSEPPE SABBATINI as Edgardo. I was absolutely floored by the beauty and quality of his voice at the time and couldn't believe he wasn't a much bigger name than he was.

[@laddboris3995]

Actually he was quite a star in Italy and Europe. He didn’t come to the Met until later in his career. Des Grieux I believe. He didn’t return. I often wonder if some European singers just prefer not to come to the US and it seems to affect their exposure internationally. Just my thoughts. I was a huge fan of his but only saw him in Rome and at La Scala.

[@ursuladietze2094]

Jaume Aragall was definitely a world class singer und he should have received superstardom as much as Pavarotti and Co.

[@lenapietersen4229]

Poor guy had terrible nerves and seriously lacked self confidence

[@ursuladietze2094]

@@lenapietersen4229 Same as Corelli! Aragall still has a gorgeous voice though!

[@lenapietersen4229]

👍👍👍

[@kyleaustin7045]

Corelli had a great wife. Had it not been for Loretta, Corelli would have been another Aragal. Bravo to them both

[@ursuladietze2094]

By what I had heard, she wasn't so great. They had regular shouting matches behind the stage and she was more jealous and controlling that everything and quite bossy... For instance: At one time, during a rehearsal shortly before the performance, he was overly high strung and unhappy with the position of the lighting on stage and protested, but the director refused to change it. Instead of using intelligence and diplomacy, calming him down gently and finding a solution for everybody in that situation (that is what I would have done ) ,she demanded simply: "Franco, w e leave." In that tone. She had him rather break a contract with the opera house and disappoint his fans that convincing him to a compromise. And she must have thought him not being capable to think and to stand up for himself. That says everything, I think.... This scene was witnessed by the famous singer Christa Ludwig, who was rehearsing with Corelli. When she told that episode to the interviewer, her face said it all. And I must admit I think the same...

[@cinestudio3]

I heard Benito Maresca live. Great voice, he sang with gusto and musical talent.

[@gustavmonger]

They are all fine singers. I had the pleasure to see Hadley perform at the end of the height of his vocal powers. I don't care what his critics say, he was marvelous. I was saddened by his tragic ending. Then I saw Alessandra Marc perform twice and actually got to meet her. She was fabulous as Turandot but the piece that floored me was her solo singing in the Zemlinsky Lyric Symphony performed by the LA Philharmonic. It was a very memorable occasion. I feel forturnate.

[@Yves_Ka]

It was rather a sad story with Allesandra. The personality issues were bigger than her voice. She seemed to stop performing on opera stages overnight. I have however seen somewhat recent videos of a private concert and it seems she has had a child and drastically lost weight - I am guessing with the help of surgery. The voice per se was really extraodinary

[@mariezenaida]

Hadley's L'elisir aria is probably the best I've ever heard. What a free, ringing tone.

[@道-p2e]

probably one of the last tenor of old school glory, from the States... I love all of his arias.

[@amantedellopera1681]

Try joseph scmidth in this aria

[@matteogritani1635]

complimenti AfroPoli, gran bel video anche questo! :)

[@johntsoukas8723]

Sabbatini is great in this recording!!!!!!A great tenor not recognized as he should.Amazing technique and voice!!!!!

[@1UShawn]

Great compilation - Hadley was as skillful as it can get, it is such a shame that He was and still is underrated; thanks for including him :)!!

[@1UShawn]

Craig Sirianni in his also was really great! Dynamics, phrasing, et al of course not to the point Hadley had.

[@johnbratincevic3634]

Wow, that Carroli fellow is a killer Scarpia.

[@xxsaruman82xx87]

He was trained by Del Monaco's brother.

[@TheSizenandosales]

Fantastic! Thanks for Sharing

[@LornaKellyZim]

How exquisite are his phrases and breath control

[@jocelynen2572]

Thank you Afro Poli

[@lucianozanella5833]

Continua a farci sognare Afro Poli con siffatti splendidi pot pourri. Grazie mille. 👍👍👍

[@delosreyesgavikanes]

Carroll, whoa!!!; I had a pleasure of doing a rehearsal of La Forza del Destino with him, and was incredible, what a voice, and also a real gentleman. He sang one performance with a great, great success, but for some reason did not return. BRAVO !. I heard his name first from an agent in Mila, Dragan Lisac.

[@emitch9213]

Juame Aragull was extremely gifted tenor. From what I recall by Pavarotti, Carreras, and Domingo that all agreed in their own appreciation to Aragull was he was of the best tenor of all.

[@veralucia12656]

Correct, Carreras told me that too

[@mikaelb7735]

Sabbatini : SUPERB!!

[@TonyPartington]

A wonderful collection! It is such a tragedy that Peter Lindroos died so young. And in such a dreadful accident which took the life of his young son as well.

[@ajbarrett64]

Congrats on 5K subscribers. I always enjoy these compilations.

[@CarlosDaniel-yu9zd]

Benito Maresca, o maior tenor Brasileiro e seguramente uma das mais belas vozes de tenor do mundo! RIP maestro!

[@saintlouie2832]

Concordo plenamente, número, gênero e grau! Ele me lembra um pouco Daniele Barioni e Mário Filippeschi! 😁

[@stefanosalvagnin9300]

Bellissimo video!!!

[@tomnob6030]

Why does a voice touches you now? So late? I saw Hadley in Hamburg State Opera long ago, was sad about his tragic death but only today I start crying. I pray he found peace now.

[@richardtirre3001]

How could Maresca not be more famous??

[@Tenorgeiger]

Jerry Hadley was fantastic.

[@wanderleyreis7233]

Grazie mille !!! Benito Maresca era brasiliano !!!!!

[@davidrichie9570]

Good to see Aragall. The “three tenors” always admired him, or so I have heard,

[@gyorgy11]

I was fortunate enough to sing in the chorus of Barber of Seville many years ago with the Lake George Opera Company when Jerry Hadley sang the tenor lead in Barber of Seville. His career was just getting solidly started but his talent shone brightly even at such a young age. And the nicest, friendliest, most down-to-earth guy you'd ever want to know. A huge loss. It still moves me.

[@searnold56]

I always thought Lindroos had the voice of Bjorling with the technique of Del Monaco. Just so distinctly different from anyone else.

[@draganvidic2039]

Different how?

[@phedrob3735]

His emotional content reminds me something of Jose Carerras

[@Agorante]

We should thank our host who goes under the name Afro Poli. The SOB has great taste.

[@Huaimek861]

I never heard Lindroos before , but I thought he was the most exciting of this selection . I will see what other recordings are available on KZbin .

[@juliogonzalezcampayo3201]

@@Huaimek861 KZbin: Peter Lindroos, ARMIDE (Gluck) con Caballe', Madrid 1985.

[@repr0bate1]

"The best is the enemy of the good" Of this lot I rate Lindroos as the most underrated. He could have conquered the world had he been prepared to travel out of his native Scandinavia.

[@emailvonsour]

Finland.

[@theogoldberg8919]

Wow actual genuine gems. Some of them are very revered and well knowned among Singers with international careers and opera fans but not so media knowned though, thank god!

[@RossyT80]

Sono felice di veder citato Hadley - che troppo spesso viene dimenticato - per non parlare di Jaume Aragall, un vero fenomeno dalla voce vellutata! Ho ascoltato una sua Tosca, un'incisione video - dall'arena di Verona, se non erro - con la Marton e Wixell. Che dire? A parte i nervi fragili e il carisma, era un vero fenomeno sul palco. Troppo spesso, invece, ho visto criticato Silvano Carroli. Certo, non è mai stato Bastianini o Protti, siamo lontani anni luce. Ma preferire addirittura uno Hvorostovsky a lui... mi è sempre sembrato davvero esagerato!

[@silentobserver3791]

I have a recording of Jerry Hadley singing 'Au Fond du Temple Saint' with Thomas Hampson - his French diction was impeccable. He is much missed. I wish I had seen him live.

[@xxsaruman82xx87]

Two tenors

[@emailvonsour]

No, it wasn't. He could not pronounce French.

[@BillyBoy442]

Jerry Hadley was a fine artist but suffered greatly from low self-esteem that he shot himself to death. I felt very bad for the guy, seemed heartbroken like his Werther aria.

[@franzitaduz]

Thanks so much for this compilation. Ratings ususally imply a negation of anything not on the first level. Few singers are luck to have the right connections for the duration of their careers to garner the top tier of recognition, The artists in your video however, deliver such incredible art that no objective marketing label of "the best" should be allowed to tarnish their contributions to classical vocal art that demands more than human beings can sometimes give. Life and all its complications are still there for the artists. I am grateful for every stellar performance that transcends the hurdles. I would pay to hear any of them today. Bravi Tutti!

[@neilpenesis9203]

Well said...Amen.

[@darklord220]

It makes you wonder how good someone has to be for them to transcend that...

[@francoroselli7154]

Silvano Carroli Grande Maestro......r.i.p.

[@JustinBrasfield-dk8kt]

Aragall had something special. Maresca has a huge voice and looks so relaxed you would think he lip syncing.

[@rnerse]

Benito Maresca!!! il mio carissimo Maestro!

[@barnabasXX]

Vous avez essaye durement et vous etes un gagnant!

[@AzerZada]

Grazie!!!

[@grantes4969]

That 'Pourquoi me réveiller?' is exquisite!

[@barahona68]

Savova and Francesconi sound great here.

[@Alieaz]

Hadley and Aragall are my favourite lyric tenors.

[@АндрейЕлизаров-р2ш]

Sono gemelli.

[@tianshuren9599]

Mr. silvano arroli demonstrates how a well trained vocal cords competes the full orchestra, and the soprano is the example of a non developed vocalcord would sound under that mass of orchestra!

[@phedrob3735]

Alessandra Marc and Guiseppi Sabatini stood out for me

[@davidhoskins6799]

Benito Maresca reminds me so much of Mario Filippeschi!

[@Operaandchant90]

Jerry Hadley... so sad. Why did we have a real life Werther. It's not fair.

[@downfromkentuckeh]

Because in a world of non singers, who have no inkling of an idea how hard it is to be a proper Operatic tenor, no one understands us, and just how stressful it is. Hell not even other singers understand because they themselves are to preoccupied dealing with their own suffering.

[@downfromkentuckeh]

@silverbud you didnt get at all what I was trying to get at.

[@silvialengova]

Jerry Hadley ❤

[@robert111k]

The evening Aragall sang well, he was simply the best.

[@BillyBoy442]

Aragall had a fresh lyricism to his sound.

[@liricamente7549]

Aragall secondo me ha una voce stupenda e canta da Dio. Non so se ai suoi tempi sia stato effettivamente sottostimato, ma certamente, per quanto si può capire dalle sue registrazioni, meritava di non esserlo. Spero che il tempo gli renderà pieno merito. Molte grazie AfroPoli per l'ennesima raccolta di perle.

[@alessandroberchielli8472]

Diciamo che all'epoca non erano sottostimati ma sono stati dimenticati in fretta, Aragall una voce meravigliosa ha comunque cantato per una ventina d'anni ed in Spagna è tutt'ora un mito come lo è un altro grande tenore che risponde al nome di Pedro Lavirgen, Jerry Hadley fu Rodolfo con Bernstein e West Side story come appunto Afro Poli ci ricorda, tanti sono passati inosservati perché anche negli anni 80 erano tanti e bravi, Wimberg, Johansson, Bartolini, Mauro, McCauley, Lima, Dominguez, Garaventa, Francesconi, Dvorsky etc solo tra i tenori.....comunque tutti hanno fatto carriere abbastanza lunghe cosa che adesso i contemporanei non faranno perché cantano tutti al di sopra delle loro possibilità...

[@liricamente7549]

Fa piacere sapere che in carriera abbia raccolto i meritati consensi, ed è un peccato che artisti di questo calibro non vengano oggi internazionalmente ricordati come credo si dovrebbe, specialmente in Italia. Pare che i concetti di patrimonio culturale e tradizione artistica non siano importanti per il pensiero imperante. Credo che esistano ancora molte belle voci, ma purtroppo diversi cantati anche dotati decidano di rischiare, cantando troppo presto ruoli più grandi delle loro voce, perché se non si canta Verdi e Puccini si sparisce (ingiustamente credo ) dal radar di molti teatri e da quello del pubblico. Questo penso valga soprattutto per i tenori, ma non solo. Effettivamente gli esiti artistici di questi frettolosi esperimenti di sopravvivenza vocale a volte secondo me sono desolanti, con direttori obbligati ad insordiate l'orchestra e rallentarla/accelerarla per aiutare la vocina kamikaze di turno

[@alessandroberchielli8472]

@@liricamente7549 sono pienamente in accordo con il tuo pensiero, purtroppo non è ne più e ne meno lo specchio della decadenza culturale del nostro paese, parafrasando un grande personaggio del passato anche quando la politica entra nella cultura essa esce dalla finestra...sovrintendenti e direttori artistici messi li a nomina e non per meriti, solo per fare i conti del bilancio senza la minima capacità artistica..che si appoggiano alle agenzie "offerta cast completo + nome di grido", la maggior parte dell'est europa così si riempie anche il teatro, ma solo per il primo atto perché una volta che hanno fatto sfoggio della propria ricchezza gli spettatori se ne vanno...tornando ad Aragall, ho avuto la fortuna di vederlo e ascoltarlo diverse volte, uno dei migliori in assoluto e sicuramente il timbro di voce tenorile più bello esistito nella lirica

[@eugeniogentili1048]

Peter Lindroos eccellente, mi ricorda Bjorling.

[@mino7520]

Secondo me Aragall he stato soto valutato , sua voce era la migliore degli tenori spagnoli e anche Pavarotti lo ammirava. Forse l'avenne le dara giustizia.r.i.p.

[@ralphoperaphile]

Can you believe that cougher during the close of Jerry Hadley's first aria?

[@paulotosi6091]

I had the honor of being a student of Maresca for three years. One of the most beautiful tenor tones.

[@josemariadasilveirajunior4786]

Concordo plenamente. Estes cantantes mereciam melhor projeção mediática.

[@arrassip]

Jerry Hadley is by far the best in this group.

[@normanzurich2781]

Jerry Hadley 🪦 😮

[@brianlandrytenor]

Sabbatini, FTW!!!! DiStefano-esque, maybe even BETTER than GDS....sacrilege that may be to say....

[@terrycloth6380]

I agree.

[@brendant19]

I think his technique and decrescendo on the high C is better, but he wasn't gifted with as nice a voice as Di Stefano unfortunately.

[@JoeHarkinsHimself]

Jerry Hadley was noy underrated or unappreciated. For one thing, he was Leonard Bernstein's favorite tenor. Further, he was leading tenor of his time until he suffered the loss of his voice perhaps due to unfortunate technique choices or simply the hazards of time or perhaps the emotional blow of his divorce. His suicide was a tragedy beyond bearing.

[@tonshaad1230]

It's ironic that once he started singing the heavier lyrical repertoire at the behest of Sutherland and her husband, he lost vocal coordination. By the time the late 90's and mid-2000's, he was working on his voice again.

[@jaybee2838]

Mister Opera, General Radames and AfroPoli must make a team in order to advance the cause of good singing VS the hideous stuff we have nowadays. Maybe some common videos? A common channel? Some conferences? A lobby? haha I don't know! But I do know that they need to have their say in our sad operatic world that is today...

[@arnoldamaral7406]

Jay Bee ain't that the truth poor Jerry Hadley committed suicide that beautiful tenor voice oh well he started at the New York City Opera had 10 good years he's just one of the other victims. And that's called sad

[@bassowon]

Mister Opera, General Radames and AfroPoli, please upload dramatic baritone as well....please!!!!

[@AfroPoli]

No fan of Mister Opera/This is opera - sorry.

[@lamb4mc]

AfroPoli how come?

[@AfroPoli]

Treyson Sherratt It’s a polemic, one-sided and dogmatic attempt to promote a certain technique. The channel owner tries to impress young singers with technical jargon and easy solutions IMO. The jargon won’t help and the “solutions” won’t get them anywhere. I pity those who believe in that quack.

[@stillstanding6031]

Savona and Francesconi. What a performance that must have been.

[@barahona68]

Unfortunately Savova left us recently, she died in her native town Varna in 4/1/2021. R.I.P.

[@christophecesar4761]

I heard the messa di voce of Sabbatini on the high C in "Salut demeure chaste et pure" 25 years ago and it's still one of my great operatic memories.