Bryn Terfel - Credo in un Dio crudel - Otello (Verdi)

[@casta933]

C'est et de loin le meilleur Iago que j'ai entendu et de loin !!!!! et aussi le meilleur comédien !! Et, je suis une vieille dame qui a appris l'art lyrique et dramatique dans sa jeunesse

[@brunaazzurra]

grandissimo Jago dalla voce sconvolgente e dal volume magnifico

[@mykludem3515]

Phenomenally resonant and full voice, an astoundingly superior basso!!!!

[@casta933]

je ne me lasse jamais d'entendre ce credo si magnifique interoreté d'une façon sublimissime !!!!!

[@tonigomez4962]

Bravo , como siempre una actuación magnífica y una voz inigualable. Bravo , y mil veces bravo.

[@Dalmata1961]

Every word is perfectly understandable....... amazing........ great......

[@connykramer8058]

What a wonderful, extraordinary voice - it touches my heart and my soul - thank you bryn

[@xxsaruman82xx87]

Not a true Verdi baritone

[@Mircea411]

K😅 un 😽 uoi😅k7k😅 un

[@lamsalgado]

Wonderful Terfel! Bravissimo!

[@giovanniciafre3139]

Eres grande Bryn e irrepetible...Interpretación suprema...¡Que voz!

[@bodiloto]

questa è una vocina poco bella che appartienne alla corda tenorile...

[@normalusardo9833]

Bravo!! ❤❤❤

[@philiprostek]

Projects a truly great sense of drama and tension!

[@abanaghila]

Excellent performance, very good diction and intense feeling. Great Terfel:)))

[@missgreeneyes56]

Fabulous. Gorgeous. Super, smashing.

[@tykun101]

Yes I can actually hear the pitches he intends, because his vibrato is not a whole-step wide! What a great day for music!

[@celibidache1000]

It’s funny that you write that since his vibrato is a whole step wide on many of his notes!

[@leonoradelagardie]

We humbly thank Bryn Terfel for the magnificent delivery of this difficult aria!

[@mhikl4484]

Indeed he does a splendid job. Terfel is a very worthy bass baritone; the voice is rich and clear, expressive. Now if only we could find a Juicy tenor, as in another Björling.

[@irenapeleshka3420]

Bravissimo👏👏👏

[@beckyyule1228]

At least he always makes it interesting

[@akechijubeimitsuhide]

Fantastic. Bryn is really great in evil roles (get the salt).

[@xxsaruman82xx87]

Not this one.

[@fyfyi6053]

@@xxsaruman82xx87 No one cares anyway, we're just listening to the music.

[@brushit0ff]

Brilliant!

[@paolagaleati152]

GRANDISSIMO , EMOZIONANTE !

[@gikasmith5511]

Very good! Particularly, for a bass-baritone!

[@krikionis8330]

Why do you think that he is bass-baritone? kzbin.info/www/bejne/jp3bknx8Z62ehMk

[@davidtapp4871]

@@krikionis8330 because he calls himself a bass-baritone and performs predominantly roles in that fach.

[@Operanobility]

Bryn's voice doesn't go high easily. He is a bass baritone. His voice is not a Verdi baritone, which is what you need to sing Iago successfully.

[@sas147741]

Iago is the evilest caracter ever created i hope play it someday in theater it will be a dream come true, thank you Shakespeare, thank you Verdi, and thank you Terfel for this awsome performance

[@xxsaruman82xx87]

Terfel isn’t good. Listen to Ruffo.

[@lsmart]

@@xxsaruman82xx87 To be fair, that's like saying you're not a good baseball player if you don't play as well as Babe Ruth. Obviously, he's no Ruffo, and I'd say Tibbett, who in my opinion was unparalleled in this aria, because of the way he modulated his voice and portrayed Iago as a sly and sinister devil, rather than the typical baritone who, like Terfel, shouts and sells Iago as more of a mafia hood.

[@xxsaruman82xx87]

@@lsmart This isn’t what a ‘typical baritone’ should sound like. Even C-list singers 50 years ago sounded way better than Terfel. Nikoloz Lagvilava, a baritone singing today, sounds way better than Terfel. Terfel’s technique is deficient.

[@raynardi2326]

@@xxsaruman82xx87 perché è carente?

[@talvela100]

Bravo! Dizione perfetta e grande voce

[@bodiloto]

Simone Talvela dal vivo senza microfono questa e' una delle vocette più brutte e piccoline sul mercato . un indovinello per Lei : non e' un tenore vero . non e' un vero baritono . non e' un basso . cosa e' ?............... Bryn Terfel . ahahahahahahahahahahah !

[@talvela100]

@@bodiloto Una curiosità: leggo spesso i suoi commenti piuttosto taglienti verso tutti, spesso ha ragione e altre volte meno, ma comunque lei di cosa si è occupato in passato? È un ex cantante?

[@castanhatropicana]

​​@@talvela100 lui è un infelice, un tipico italiano che odia a tutti che non sono italiani. Solo un triste e miserabile che voleva essere importante e passa i giorni in KZbin a criticare i "non italiani".😢

[@marcelkegels2021]

Wat een klasse !!!

[@rl8539]

bravo!!!

[@bodiloto]

@@annetteluciahellman Magic ?! Terfel ?!?! ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah !

[@borisvandruff7532]

AfroPoli, what do you think of Terfel? My wife and I are both big fans of his.

[@operalover3966]

Boris Van Druff very bad singing

[@bodiloto]

Barone Vitellio Scarpia Parole sante ! 👍😉

[@felipecampos9185]

PERFECT

[@Serafim230]

Это совершенство!!!

[@paolagaleati3497]

Ancor più della perfezione

[@ИринаУткина-ь2х]

Неплохо, Брин. Но лучшие Яго - это Тито Гобби и Сергей Лейферкус.

[@grandeopera]

If Bryn lands this role in Otello sign me up for 6th row center please!!!!

[@ispohan-b9520]

Великолепен!

[@bodiloto]

Ispohan - b В България за жалост в последно време съвсем сте оглушали... 😂😂😂😉😉

[@ispohan-b9520]

@@bodiloto прочети повече, бъдие любезни

[@Operanobility]

You are right. Who knows? Maybe Bryn will give it a try. But I think he already would have, if the role had suited him.

[@charleswebb8230]

Evidently Bryn sees this aria differently to Battistini. Is allthis power really necessary? I've heard bryn live several times & greatly admire him, But I prefer Battistini's version. Henry Webb Pontypool Wales

[@Nymphaluthier]

Could someone possibly provide some details about this performance? who's the conductor? orchestra? and when and where was it performed? Thanks!

[@randidey1457]

Sacré Monsieur

[@SuperMultichannel]

@witness124 he does not say heaven is a lie. He calls it "an old wive's tale," which is so much more sinister and condescending. >]

[@ElSalvador50]

@rovingdesertfox Don't forget Cornell McNeil!

[@annetteluciahellman]

❤️

[@AngryDeepground]

But Bass-Baritones have done it before, for example James Morris was a interpreter of the role. Hans Hotters another prime example, and he was stronger on the bass end of his voice.

[@xxsaruman82xx87]

Hotter and Morris both sadly became nasal. A better example of a great bass baritone Iago is George London. And Terfel is a tenor

[@waynewilliams4706]

@@xxsaruman82xx87 A Buffoon reply.

[@xxsaruman82xx87]

@@waynewilliams4706 Oh really?

[@tmbfca]

I have been looking for a performance of Nabucco, c'mon bach, you can do it like Tito Gobbi did. Your Iago is nothing less than I would hope for. Come and sing in our Plygain next Christmas if you're not busy x lol

[@JochanaanNL]

@pudercukurs Because he wouldn't survive the performances. Jago is a very, very heavy sing and not really his repertoire, even though he sings this aria quite well.

[@mizofan]

Like Gwyneth Jones (an extraordinary passionate performer), Bryn has a very powerful voice, but Margaret Price had the finest Welsh voice, i.m.o. And Stuart Burrows was superb, e.g Il Mio Tesoro, Geraint Evans fine too

[@reynell1]

the voice is very rich ,very nice

[@sprinter846]

iago light...

[@deewesthill1213]

I wish this had the English translation of the lyrics.

[@Operanobility]

Bryn chooses his roles VERY carefully. Don't think that he hasn't TRIED to sing Iago. He has wisely eschewed doing so. It would wreck him.

[@raynardi2326]

Sembra un helden tenor o sbaglio?

[@Tilantelcontar]

@grandeopera You'll sit beside me!!! ;)

[@antoniosommese5793]

Grande voce

[@bodiloto]

Antonio Sommese Terfel grande voce ?! Ahahahahahah! Ecco dov’è arrivata la lirica moderna! Amen 🙏! 😂😂 il vecchio

[@antoniosommese5793]

@@bodiloto di chi vuole parlare? Siepi Bastianini Gobbi Raimondi.. Aggiunga lei altri 20 nomi....

[@bodiloto]

Antonio Sommese Non io , tu stai dicendo cito : - Grande voce fine citazione . Per la tua informazione dal vivo e senza l’aiuto dei microfoni / qua a Parigi i tecnici del suono sono i suoi grandi amici.../ la vocetta di Terfel che appartiene alla corda del baritenore con grande difficoltà arriva di oltrepassare l’orchestra... 😂 il vecchio P.S. Ruggero Raimondi ?! Hai sentito la sua voce ibrida dal vivo ?!... 🤣

[@antoniosommese5793]

Rimango della mia opinione!!! Ho tutto da imparare da lei!!!

[@johngayton2078]

"I worship a cruel God."

[@xxsaruman82xx87]

Not a true Verdi baritone. Even Gobbi had a bigger and fuller voice than this.

[@CreuvonVolve]

i'm not doubting you, but why would it have wrecked him?

[@davidtapp4871]

Hi voice is too light for this declamatory type of Verdi baritone role.

[@SSBMsounds]

Is the orchestra OK?

[@СеклитаЛимариха]

Брінчик - цяця.

[@sebastienjm950]

l'orchestre manque vraiment de puissance, mais Terfel est très bon acteur et chante vraiment bien, sa voix semble un peu claire pour Iago !

[@bodiloto]

sebastien sa voix semble un peu trop claire pour Jago , c'est vrai .

[@CreuvonVolve]

oh, i see

[@gahyunchoi805]

1:49

[@RichardMorrisonBaritone]

This is as good as it gets.

[@diegoreviati5166]

Just my personal opinion. I heard tenors with darker voices

[@Metalface123]

@rovingdesertfox Give me som examples of some great Verdi baritones please:)

[@labadazen]

How about Scarpia in "Tosca" singing IN THE CHURCH NEXT TO THE CHOIR BOYS how is plans to kill Mario, Rape Tosca until she screams and then drops her for a new babe? This evil enough for ye?

[@raigekimaru]

no one can top milnes, but this certainly isn't bad

[@theropodia]

Too light! I LOVE Terfel's artistry, but I want real meat here! Give me Ettore or Sherril... The role is one of the true litmus tests of the literature (act II especially).

[@jimmychoo1857]

Sherill had only fish:no Meat at All..

[@xxsaruman82xx87]

Or Gobbi, Taddei, Tibbett, Ruffo, Protti.

[@xxsaruman82xx87]

@Александр Ко Milnes is fat better than Terfel

[@davidtapp4871]

Agree!

[@EugenioDiLieto]

da notare il direttore d'orchestra che sul podio è poco più alto di lui...ahahah

[@Dadacomero]

osceno, cazzo

[@francescasassu2009]

Non mi piace 😐

[@bodiloto]

Francesca Sassu Giovane, bella e intelligente! Oggi di una cosa rara ! Brava ! 👍🌹

[@francescasassu2009]

@@bodiloto Grazie 🙏 💗

[@bodiloto]

Francesca Sassu Prego .

[@abracadabranque]

Correct,sans plus.Départ anticipé,à la fin:Pas très professionnel de nos jours...

[@ИринаБалкарова-е5ч]

Хорошо, но Хворостовский исполнил лучше, артистичнее.

[@stefancarstea1587]

I do not understand why Bryn Terfel is so famous. Definitely it is not a bass, neither a bass-baritone (not only he can't reach high notes and his voice sounds very "tenorino"; nothing dark in its color; Kauffmann sounds much more "baritone" than him). The only thing which is good is his way of acting - would be a fantastic actor. It is the same situation as in the case of Luca Pisaroni - a "bass-baritone" with a tenor-like voice!

[@zomgisha]

His lieder recordings are great, but when he sings opera it's just too shouty, blatty and open. As you say, sings in the bass-baritone range but doesn't have half the color of singers such as George London, Hans Hotter etc.

[@borisvandruff7532]

I’d say he’s a Heldenbariton. He transitions to middle voice a little later than a bass, and maybe a bit later than a bass-baritone.

[@leonoradelagardie]

Oh dear! If you can't understand why Bryn Terfel is famous, you must be totally ignorant of song and music!

[@survivers1324]

If you think like that then you have too short sight that the voice is darker the better. Sry for bad grammer

[@danphucquangbinh]

Well, for one, I can easily understand what vowels and consonants he is singing; his diction is literally just as good as any great broadway singers. Second, I can hear the intended pitch very clearly even with variations of color in his voice. Third, his phrasing is immensely musical and full of intelligent and intention. I know that the richer and darker the voice is, the more impressive the singer will sound. But Bryn Terfel’s beauty has never lie in the darkness of the voice. Rather, it’s how crystal clear his voice is compare to other bass-baritones

[@susankeuter968]

MacNeil tops everyone and this is certainly horrible.

[@operalover3966]

Terrible

[@bodiloto]

Opera Lover C’est vrai. 👍

[@frankfurter6561]

Cute (he needs autotune) pop version.

[@bodiloto]

Viva il pop moderno ! I tecnici di suono ancora una volta hanno esagerato con lo Stereo … Questo ragazzo non è baritono drammatico e ancora meno un basso . Gusto interpretativo molto discutibile… Non mi piace . il vecchio

[@SnuggeP]

Not in the class ... with Justino Diaz.....

[@xxsaruman82xx87]

This is a joke, surely?

[@LDNMRK]

And yet you've seemingly come back to the video on at least 3 separate ocassions judging by all the comments you've left...seems to be living rent free in your head lol

[@xxsaruman82xx87]

@@LDNMRK I highly doubt it. Terfel sounds more like a tenor than anything else.

[@davidtapp4871]

This piece is too dramatic for him-- he is pushing, and the whole performance sounds like a struggle. It's all rather lethargic. There is also no squillo in his voice, no bite in the sound. That explains why this is performed in a concert setting. He is also either tired or simply getting older? His lower notes were once much stronger as well. One can hear the widening of the vibrato versus his earlier performances of Mozart. I'll refrain from any commentary for his standing up as though he were in a lieder recital.

[@fyfyi6053]

Arias are sometimes performed in a concert like setting, yes.

[@BaroneVitellioScarpia1]

Awful.