BEN HEPPNER

[@Grandtenore]

I don't think you find many current dramatic tenors with the sensitivity and vocal expression that Ben Heppner has.

[@juandavid1969]

Definitivamente, de nuestros tiempos es el único tenor que tiene un lugar en el inexistente hall de la fama tenoril... Heppner es un monstruo vocal, un cantante fuera de clase, como los de antaño, con personalidad en la voz, estilo, técnica, musicalidad, elegancia... ¡Bravo maestro Heppner!...

[@michelleestrada4011]

En gustos

[@oyvindm1954]

He has just the exact right placement of his voice for a dramatic tenor that makes the voice function ultimately. This should be a inspiration for all singers, not to copy but to learn from. Regards from a tenor in Norway.

[@joanabanyeres]

Benny is Canadian and his voice is gorgeous with fantastic high notes. he sings beautifully. His Wagner operas are fabulous. Jimmy is also a conductor who leaves the singers sing and he helps them all the time. Long live for both..

[@Alexmeister25]

Ben Heppner, sing wagner in Metropolitan teather in NY, he is a dramátic tenor, and for he hes a wonderful voice.

[@craigwalters]

I would never have expected this aria sung so beautifully from Ben Heppner. Bravo!

[@OscarGraumusico]

Una de las mejores versiones que hay por youtube, voz bella, buen fraseo, musicalidad, legato, un gran tenor

[@traxelable]

Beautiful, just beautiful!

[@hightenor123]

Not many of the the big-gun wagner tenors will touch this. Ben's got some serious kahones. I just love this tenor!

[@JRSoubasse]

Good Lord… I’ve always loved Heppner, but didn’t expect him to sing the hell out of this aria… Bravo!

[@hightenor123]

I heard him this past month at Symphony Hall in Boston in Gerontius. His voice is so surprizingly pliable and beautiful. At the same time it carries very well and he has it at his dynamic command.

[@cassandrapynes1001]

Magnificent tenor voice and such ease in singing

[@EdmundStAustell]

My God, what a magnificent tenor! One of the greatest singers in the world today, there is simply no doubt about it!

[@bradleyjenks]

Wow...that's impressive. a hefty diet of Wagner and STILL able to turn in such a lovely rendition of a very high and difficult aria. Well done. Beautiful. Enviable, in fact.

[@Rephrat]

one of the greatest singers of our times !!!!!

[@matthewsteinkamp3750]

Wow, just wow. Magnificent. I cannot even imagine anything but two thumbs up on this. A true master.

[@phyllisramsey9531]

This is great singing! Wonderful, Ben!

[@teresamogollon9242]

Maravilloso tenor.Preciosa y potente voz.

[@lightsbear]

i ´ve been there. its was the open air concert from the berlin philharmonic orchrstra. heppner sang the "preislied" from meistersinger too. it was a wonderful evening.

[@tomasjuhasz]

Beautiful bravo tenore!!!

[@davisbone]

what an amazing artist!!!and the music!!!just astonishing

[@ingemayodon5128]

Einfach großartig. Nur ein Sänger, der das gesungen hat noch großartiger für meine Ohren, war Fritz Wunderlich, leider gestorben 1966 mit nicht ganz 36 Jahren. Vielen Dank und LG aus Montreal, Qc, Canada

[@ximenadore]

Tuve la suerte de verlo en Viena, hace dos años en Lohengrin...Maravilloso, cálido,intenso, sólido, un artista completo y además de un espíritu muy humilde

[@Shamsithaca]

His voice sounds like honey LOL! Not many singers can sound so good.

[@WotansSpeer]

What a great tenor! Simply magnificent!

[@sototube1]

More an opera gluton than a gourmet;not knowing good from bad,but,can anyone top this tenor? Is there a higher praise than "bravo"? I hope to be listening to him on the final minutes of my life.All I can say.

[@cgavin9532]

Gorgeous phrasing at those altitudes.

[@hazelssister]

Ben truly is one of the greatest tenors ever

[@Sarita41248]

marvellous voice and talent

[@gratecourt]

Astonishing. Didn't expect that from Heppner. Thanks

[@juanbartolomeburgosolivero9304]

Hermosa voz,grande,timbrada muy tecnica

[@upatoia]

Thanks Joana, for all the Ben Heppner's videos. I chose this one for my playlist "Super tenor arias".

[@theatrechick288]

Definitely the best version of this song I've ever heard... this guy knows how to SING!!!

[@andrewwalker3312]

I think Pavarotti does a very nice version

[@MrSkylark1]

Ben Heppner is the Finest Tenor TODAY

[@jossemegy]

definitivamente es la mejor interpretacion de esta aria que e escuchado sin querer establecer comparaciones quien es mejor

[@autogyro100]

Great performance !!! Young voice !!!

[@SOPRATENOR]

Une vraie leçon!!!

[@tenorschofield]

Bravo!!!, so beautifully sanged by Ben Heppner!!!!, he is one of my favorite tenors...(voce lunga e bella, con un tosto eroico piu importante!!!): Bravo, thanks for sharing this so difficult and great aria sanged by maestro Heppner.

[@ИгорьКоропецкий-ю5и]

Beautiful voice Bravo!!!

[@ИгорьКоропецкий-ю5и]

Hi John, wanted on the Internet download clavier , failed. Can you have very beautiful music.

[@hazelssister]

I never knew Strauss hated tenors until very recently . this is a gorgeous aria !

[@hazelssister]

Beautiful aria and singing!

[@fersett2626]

С такой басовой внешностью! Удивительная Мать - Природа!

[@jackylen57]

Une voix magnifique! Je le découvre : je l'ai entendu chanter Siegfried hier sur France Inter. Quelle jolie voix!

[@principecalaf]

and no drammatic tenors able to sing a "light aria" like this one.. great Ben!

[@hazelssister]

He is a fine tenor.

[@voce29]

One of my favorite arias! Listening to all the great tenors I must give first prize to Piotr Beczala, the marvelous polish tenor.His voice touches the heart!

[@joanabanyeres]

Well singing it beautifully.! ! !

[@dugbran]

It's great to hear such a big, beautiful voice doing this. When he did Meistersinger at the Met a few years ago, he had quite a bit of trouble with the top, cracking in several places in the first song writing aria. Di Rigori is such an odd thing in Rosenkavalier: an Italian aria in the midst of all that German, and the tenor can go get a drink till curtain call.

[@yarning2breathefree]

Wonderful

[@acitipo]

Lindisima voz, y no es tan joven, bien colocada en l mascara!!!!! Sin dudar un gran tenor lirico.

[@stranraerwal]

what a magnificent voice and technique!

[@thricegreatart]

Heppner had the technique of a genius, Pavarotti had the voice of a god. The god barely has to work to get his way; the genius has to toil, study and suffer for the desired result. Pavarotti's is superior in terms of pure sound but Heppner's phrasing, emphasis, and interpretation are leagues beyond Pav's capabilities.

[@Dreamsongwriter]

Bravo! Like it very much!! He's actually a Helden Tenor as I know, but he can do this song as well! wow.. It's just awesome! ;)

[@isolajones1671]

Perfection!!! ♥️♥️♥️

[@MusicalTenor23]

@dabum200 totally agree.. levine is the best accompanist conductor for a singer for me.. he is trully magnificent.. and also have you watched a concert of LP with levine as his pianist?? very good concert..

[@joanabanyeres]

ptiotr Beczala. a very fine tenor l ''ll hope to hear more of him, may be more suitable for this difficult aria.

[@jennaissoofficial]

This guy goes to my church in Markham Ontario! No joke.

[@MarioBahg]

am Besten Helden Tenor!

[@joanabanyeres]

@papoo canada Yes poor tenors, Richard did not like then and feel real good to have a tenor struggling with this beautiful aria. Benny is marvelous

[@joanabanyeres]

A great singer

[@joanabanyeres]

l am glad that this fantastic tenor is highly loves with my poor video. l think that he should get more acknowledge of his great voice and musicality. l am crazy to hear him in person.

[@elinorberg]

Bravo Ben!

[@joanabanyeres]

l understand what you try to explain. As a singer l never had the opportunity to sing with Levine, my voice is and was medium big voice and probably he could have drown my voice. The only thing l notice in his conducting is the way he leaves the singers breathe and express themselves. It is good to explain things that may be l am not too conscient of.Nice to meet you, as a fan of Benny...

[@akinkunmicook2977]

Great job!

[@jordipanadesribera6890]

Perfect !

[@steakopera]

I agree. He made it sound easy but inside him, there is mental anxiety of technique going on.

[@bastiatintheandes4958]

Superb! The true aristocrat

[@macroeconomia77]

wao...!

[@leonardfleet50]

Yes!.... BRAVO BEN!

[@joanabanyeres]

@sanjosemike l really think the same.. Hepner was one of the best. this is terrific aria put with bad intention by Richard,

[@joanabanyeres]

Anche a me piace molto questa voce e quasi drammatica pero c'è sempre questo colore chiaro e magnifico. Non e giovane va già per la cinquantina e più. Ha avuto anche un problema con il cuore pero a perso peso e sta sempre cantando. Dov'è una altra voce cosi bella.. ?

[@ximenadore]

BRAVISSIMO WHAT DIFFICULT ARIA

[@K2koolS]

Magnifique !!!

[@chrish12345]

Surely the whole point of this aria is that it is out of context IN the context of the opera - ie. he was demanded by the text to write an 'Italian Aria'. This was his interpretation of what that meant. Its not like he woke up one day and thought to himself that he would suddenly write in a different style.

[@MrAlmebo]

Ich habe Ben Heppner immer gerne gehört. Nun ist er verstummt, nach seinem Krick, in einer öffentlikchen Opernaufführung. Daraufhin zog es sich zurück, was ich sehr bedauere. Aber die Gesundheit geht vor !

[@dg6da]

Heppner is great, he has a lyrical but dramatic voice. His Wagner Interpretations are the best. But in this Aria, the very high note is "wobbling" a little. Nonetheless i like it.

[@lizarmstrong8665]

Glorious

[@Cesaare]

I've heard Ben in big and small venues-he never made an impression on me that he is even close to dramatic and it's not only color but the volume too. Ben is full liric voice, with great technique and he is a great musician.

[@diegoaugustosalomon5899]

Perfect

[@joanabanyeres]

Most singers change the vowels especially in the high zone. l never did it, but l understand them. nevertheless this aria is a killing tenor voice, Strauss never loved the tenors and this aria is a mocking piece, in the opera .l love the colour of Benny really radiant through all the zones.

[@hazelssister]

Good tenor. Strauss wrote difficult music for tenors to sing so I heard

[@paulostroff99]

@joanabanyeres -joana,British Columbia is a province in Canada. Jon Vickers one of the all time greats was also a Canadian as was Richard Verreau.

[@joanabanyeres]

@MrSkylark1 .l am glad you like Him as l do.

[@joanabanyeres]

l am glad you know that some singers , most of them have to do it . But as you say who cares, also l don't think that some tenors know the difficulty of this aria. Strauss was very hard with them

[@joanabanyeres]

What kind of torture ? You know that it is that Richard wanted, torture to the tenor, and this makes Rosenkavalier almost an operetta, for the style. natürlich

[@hazelssister]

Cool aria

[@56mikeo]

Not much of a fan of his, but that was pretty damned good.

[@joanabanyeres]

l don't think the same for l am also fan of Kaufmann and Domingo. They are both magnificent tenors. This aria is very difficult for R Strauss did not like the tenor voice, or the tenors who many times are impossible persons, l don't know. Many thanks Mark

[@Cesaare]

what makes you think he is dramatic? Repertoir? Power? Voice Color? Today critics, who know nothing about voices call everyone who sings Wagner or Verdi dramatic Happner is a fine liric tenor

[@kcb5029]

Great composers are allowed to be hacks. Strauss composed two great atonal operas, Salome and Elektra, when such things were in style, then promptly stopped writing in those sorts of things when they fell back out of style. This little Italian aria comes out of nowhere in Der Rosenkavalier, and is more lyrical than anything I have heard of Puccini or Verdi. But there is nothing else like it in the entire Strauss literature. He could freely change his style on a whim.

[@SOPRATENOR]

Un grand Monsieur ce Ben Heppner!!!

[@maggottroller6593]

nobody knows that I'm related to him. He's like my Father's cousin or something (No the name on my Gmail is not my real name, I was named after some people in my family and one of them was him)

[@joanabanyeres]

l fully agree., you must be a connoisseur.

[@vickersman]

He doesn't sing high C -the top note is a B natural, and not a stretch for Mr. Heppner, who has always produced a secure,solid top.

[@mark6230]

Very good performance. Domingo could learn of him, and Kaufmann much more (his rendition of this aria in recent DVD of Rosenkavalier conducted by Tielemann is horrible).

[@dcshuman]

check out his vest!

[@papoocanada]

R Strauss had a good time mocking Italian singing and tenors, he succeeded. But what a beautiful aria it is .

[@joanabanyeres]

Frankly if Baum sings a high note like a D flat at the end of this aria , and with Strauss permission, l am laughing internally, for knowing how Richard hated the tenors he left K Baum making a foll,, probably this was his thinking.

[@joanabanyeres]

Can you explain to me why do you think that Levine es horrible ? If you are a singer you can see how he helps us. l am interested to know, please, explain

[@joanabanyeres]

Yes it's true, Met is going downhill as you say, but what we have to consider is the lack of important voices, Scala also lacks good voices.

[@jamisonwalkertenor]

I have seen Mr. Heppner several times live, and he is a beast!!!. I, too, am a tenor, and I sing this rep, it is balls hard. I, also, have a high E, actually a G, but you know what...no one cares...its a party trick. So, unless you're singing I Puritani again and again, which I have, and you think that F can be yours after singing in the rafters all night long...brag away about your trick. But, please do not post silliness about one of the worlds great "SINGING" superstars.