David Daniels 1997 - Di tanti palpiti - Tancredi - Rossini

David Daniels performs "Oh Patria!... Tu che accendi questo core... Di tanti palpiti" from Tancredi by Rossini. Julius Rudel conducting. Richard Tucker Foundation Gala, Avery Fisher Hall, New York, 1997.

[@Norman1566]

Incredible technique and a glorious voice. He makes sound so effortlessly and yet there are so very good mezzo-soprano that can match the breath control and good diction. His chest tones sounds so much like Miss Marilyn Horne at his best.

[@stephenlord9]

He has everything. Voice, appearance, musicality and taste. A lesson for all the young ones.

[@LisetteOropesaSoprano]

Amazing, brilliant interpretation!!!!

[@mabemawi]

WoW. Not by nature a great fan of counter-tenors, this singer truly impresses me. Also a pleasure to hear one of my Rossini favourites not completely washed away by egomaniac embellishments. Thank you for sharing!

[@Narmoriel42]

I still can't get over the fact that he looks like a teddy bear. I got to hear Daniels in concert, and it was one of the highest points in my (as yet) short life. He truly is incredible.

[@ВалентинХудяков-о2л]

Контртенор редчайший мужской голос ...звучит лучезарно...БРАВИССИМО.....

[@reginasarahjm]

So much confusing discussion! Lest we forget we're on KZbin watching David Daniels, David Daniels is amazing and he sounds really good in this this video. Thanks for posting.

[@SuperLmer]

Damn!! Talk about a life given gift!!! I always wanted to sing like that...Amazing!!!

[@lucluc1000]

David Daniels, a great performance as always!!! I love Daniels!!!!

[@The110590]

Tout simplement magnifique David!!!! Merci à toi!!!

[@glaucodichio]

Magnifico e impeccabile.

[@maggipaolo]

thank you Daniel! you are a great artist!!!!

[@jorgeantonio-yb7mk]

Para mí Daniels y Jürgen coguasky son los más grandes contratenores de estás decadas

[@Falstaff85]

His love for the music really shines through

[@matryuska87]

Great voice!

[@myyellowlabfan]

Hey Bobbi thanks for this - all I can say is WOWOWOWOWOWOW!

[@artdanks]

I would love to see Daniels do more of the "pants roles" traditionally done by mezzos...especially Rossini (i.e. Arsace, Neocle, etc.)

[@dubonetducon]

He is proof positive that a great musician with a beautiful instrument and taste and intelligence, can sing outside their basic fach with comfort, ease and brilliance. Bravo!!!

[@Grzegorz1972]

Tak sobie spieprzyć karierę, dramat. Był moim ulubionym kontratenorem, a teraz nie mogę na niego patrzeć

[@piustwelfth]

Yes, he was a victim of the "me-too" hysteria, like many other great artists. If you're familiar with American history, it was similar to the Salem witch trials.

[@juanmiguelayesta]

Amazing!!!!

[@hymnofashes]

He's really something. KZbin doesn't do this justice.

[@immensofta]

grandiosa esecuzione. ottimo sopranista.

[@ingridenglitsch3840]

Phantastisch!!!!!

[@sandramartelli4444]

Grande interpretazione.

[@jvinikour]

David, you are the greatest!

[@przemokrak]

zachwycajacy!! Great master!! Daniels jest doskonaly-kocham go!!!

[@piustwelfth]

If you watch his body movement, he sings literally from the bottom of his feet. His entire body is used to produce that remarkable sound: 05:17 P.S.: I don't think he sounds at all like Marilyn Horne. She actually has a deeper alto voice.

[@maxcornise-qh2jk]

The French term for counter tenor is “contre-haut” so I’ve read! He is a superbe artist!❤

[@gcmacyman]

David is such an amazing countertenor. Superb performance and very good coloratura..Sure Marilyn Horne is perhaps the greatest interpreter of Rossini , but David adds his own light to this selection.. Excellent...

[@opernair]

he is just perfect!!!

[@jimmyl324]

incredible!!!!!!!!!

[@thomasapfeffer]

Greatest of all time.

[@bplatt1069]

Ms. Horne was quite instrumental in getting Mr. Daniels started in his career; thus, I am sure he models himself after her to a large extent--in technique, style, and delivery. As a result, he will assuredly have a distinguished longevity in bel canto.

[@jomoses07]

awe.....thats all i can say.....i am in awe

[@lucluc1000]

David Daniels: bravissimo!!!

[@jacquelinedumont5155]

David Daniels un très grand contre_tenor et quelle élégance dans ses interprétations.

[@kc55mo]

My god! I am a Daniels fan but I've never heard him sing this! This was INCREDIBLE! Thanks to whoever uploaded this. I don't think I've ever heard him sing any better.

[@piustwelfth]

This is likely as close as it gets to what a castrato sounded like in Handel's era. Unlike the vast majority of countertenors, David Daniels has a full-bodied operatic voice. I wish he had sung more of these "mezzo" arias in concert and on recordings.

[@rogerpropes7129]

But were there uncastrated countertenors in Rossini's day who might have sung this too?

[@Menghua-wc6dk]

No it is not. This is Rossini and 19th century music and should be sung in chest voice vibrato. Castrati belong to 17th and 18th century and uses other techniques that emphasizes the technique itself...so far from Bel canto that totally conveys emotions.

[@piustwelfth]

​@@Menghua-wc6dk You're mistaken. In fact, castrati sang with their chest voices. They were able to do this because they were castrated before their voices deepened at puberty. That's what made the castrato voice so remarkable -- the high chest voice similar to a female with the power of a male.

[@danielhughes441]

@@piustwelfth Well, sort of. A castrato would have the larynx of a BOY (not a woman) but the pharynx and lun a capacity of a full grown man. And they didn’t sing in only chest voice like you are implying (for that would sound like a person belting - as they do in musical theatre). They used their full registers from chest through a mix to a full head register.

[@piustwelfth]

@@danielhughes441 I didn't say they sang "only" with their chest voices. I was responding to the previous comment which seemed to imply that castrati did not use their chest voices. Unlike other male singers, they were able to make great use of their chest voice in these roles and of course use their head voice.

[@lucluc1000]

I love David Daniels!!!

[@mjmacmtenor]

It is great to hear him sing Rossini. Unlike Handel and other baroque composers, Rossini wrote for a coloratura contralto, not a castrato, but the technique and sound of a Rossini mezzo was highly influenced by the generations of castrati that came before. As for the comparisons to Ms. Horne, Daniels (and some other American countertenors) use more chest resonance in the botth similar to Ms. Horne's approach rather than only the "hooty" head voice of a English choral countertenor.

[@lalagonegaga]

Wonderful. I wish he would do more Rossini, especially Non Temer D'un Basso Affetto. I would die to hear that. :) As for sounding a bit like Marilyn Horne, well, most of American CTs do. It's quite logical - Europeans modeled themselves after Alfred Deller and James Bowman while the Americans had Russell Oberlin and Marilyn Horne as their greatest influences. It's as simple as that. :)

[@wilsonwatt9283]

It should be recognized that by the time Rossini was composing the process of castration, resulting in male sopranos and mezzos, was fading away. Rossini wrote his trouser roles for female voices not for artificially, or even naturally, high male voices. Pushing the countertenor voice into music beyond the Baroque [except for contemporary music written specifically for that voice category, e.g. in some of Ades' operas] violates the original intent of the composer and the expectations of the original audiences. Great operatic composers match the voice and its various qualities to the role and the drama and randomly substituting other voices violates the composers' musico-dramatic intentions.

[@theoperatripleaxel5417]

He could not sing Non Temer D'un Basso Affetto to save his life... I only saw a young countertenor capable to sing this aria.

[@flavioscorner]

FANTASTICO

[@tizianacasetta8770]

GRANDE!

[@4caeruleus]

It took me a while to come around to counter tenors, and David Daniels more than anyone else did it. Is it my imagination, or does he remind anyone else of Marilyn Horne? In some parts of his voice the resemblance in phrasing and timbre are uncanny. And they don't come any better than Horne. Easy on the ears, easy on the eyes: this boy is hot!

[@fraukleist]

fantastisch!

[@mradaChris]

Well David does a very good Intorno all'idol mio. I dont know 2 or 3 on your list so I need to check them out!

BRAVO,MAGİC..

[@anazulayespinoza3133]

Bravísimo!!

[@AmericanBrian]

Bravo

[@Christofellis88]

bravissimo

[@Gigglingatagas]

I mean absolutely no disrespect to countertenors; it's just not my preferred timbre. Daniels, however, is one of the countertenors that doesn't leave me wishing for a female. Just wonderful!

[@mradaChris]

I am listening to "A dispetto d'un volto ingrato" by Bejun and though he has a lovely voice, I am not crazy about the sound made from too much tongue placement back into his throat. On Cencic I am listing to "Max Emanuel Cencic - Rossini Arias" I like his voice a lot.

[@jamesa0330]

That horrid selfish audience sound like an asthma ward!!! Brilliant singing 👏👏

[@ofiammasoave]

Molto bravo, ottima linea, timbro gradevole, splendida tenuta e buona espressione. Tuttavia non capisco perché non esegue l'appoggiatura su "tu che accendi" (cen-di), che è obbligatoria, e le variazioni di questo cantabile sono molto banali, quando ne esistono scritte proprio da Rossini, e bellissime. Lo stesso per la cabaletta, dove la fantasia delle variazioni non è pari alla bravura tecnica del cantante. Pero' complessivamente è davvero notevole.

[@Spotlightwithfatima]

No match for someone like Jack, but watch me sing this beautiful aria..

[@musicably]

Does someone have some Crazy Glue? My jaw is on the floor right now!

[@monster0129]

Worry not, there are many of us.

[@suoidolem]

BRAVO David!!! At least, he cares about music... Spanos's version is remarkable, as well. Definitely worth watching - and a bit better italian, too! (sorry David :-) ).

[@thelisabarone]

Such a full, beautiful sound. I know some countertenors in the making, and they are trying to get out of the habit of making everything falsetto in the stratosphere of their range. Beautiful, though.

[@mradaChris]

I agree. He does sound heftier.

[@magicmonkichi]

Couldn't agree with ya more.

[@Heartlessiceboy]

well is a scientific fact that countertenors vocal chords r not totally calcified (not sure about this word my mother languish is not english)and lets remember that a countertenor and a falsettista r not the same thing and David Daniels is a countertenor THE COUNTERTENOR

[@cpanati]

At times he does sound like Horne, very much like her.

[@mradaChris]

I think Jaroussky is up there. So is Daniels. Asawa is great. Of course Scholl is a fine singer. chris...

[@Heartlessiceboy]

im talking about armida77

[@oceanodefuego1]

En definitiva, esta aria sólo es de LAS mezzosopranos o contraltos, este contratenor la canta bien, sólo en los graves, y se mueve bien en la cuerda de mezzosoprano, pero prefiero a la gran Ewa Podles, Marilyn Horne o Daniella Barcelona, porque ellas sí dan notas agudas amplísimas, lo que da a la interpretación más belleza.

[@jacquelinedumont5155]

Très intéressantes ces vidéos mais parfois elles datent un peu.Les artistes évoluent.De plus récentes seraient appréciables .Merci en attendant je me délecte en écoutant David Daniels Merci

[@pcfem73]

El problema, querido amigo, es que fue escrita para castrati, o en su defecto, hoy contratenores...

[@DiomedesDioscuro]

Paulo Cesar Felix Espinoza Melgar Eh? Me imagino que no estarás hablando de Tancredi, que fue escrito para contralto, al igual que los demás héroes rossinianos del mismo registro... Aparte igualar contratenores a castrados es una gran falacia.

[@nickbigd]

no fighting boys, please

[@Heartlessiceboy]

well maybe u need to explore your entire tessitura with the help of yor sing teacher and if u really feel that there's something it maybe that your chords r not calcified(This is called countertenor quality u must to have it to be a countertenor not every male have it and let's remember that the falsettista and the countertenor is not the same thing)or maybe something else if u feel worried why dont u go to a doctor to see your chords with a cam?

[@Tkimba2]

Il ruolo non è scritto per un falsettista

[@ockeghem78]

david daniels non è un sopranista, al limite un mezzosopranista se proprio ci tieni ad essere preciso, e comunque la definizione esatta è controtenore,

[@fastborzoi]

@rlee1976 that's better

[@fastborzoi]

@AmericanEvita what they all have in common is all superlative singing, but please otherwise he's just NOT like Callas, Cossotto, Horne etc

[@wilsonwatt9283]

You are right in saying he is not like those female singers and why should he be. He is a true countertenor which is a vocal category that Handel did write for. Neither Callas nor Cossotto ever claimed to be a great interpreter of the Baroque; indeed neither of them sang much music before Spontini [Classical period not Baroque]. Horne, of course, was perhaps the greatest of the "mezzo" male Baroque singers but that cannot take away from the quality of Daniels' performance here. False comparisons are useless in understanding the always eveolving aspects of operatic interpretation.

[@faffyssimo]

il tempo troppo veloce rovina un po' tutto.peccato perche' la voce mi piace.

[@edgarlamance1452]

Gee! He sounds just like a woman. Look out Ira.

[@colonelolrik4447]

Je n aime pas. ....... une petite voix de contre ténor il devrait penser à se faire castrer n est pas chapon qui veux