Don Carlos: Toi qui sus le néant - Sonya Yoncheva (Paris 2017)

[@ptaillandier]

I was there, that night at Opéra Bastille. Unforgettable night! Yoncheva, Garança, Garfullina, Tézier, Kaufmann...

[@raphaelpisano5462]

Garifullina was not part of this cast ;)

[@draganvidic2039]

All singers worse than second rate

[@operacat1]

I saw the livestream.....actually being there must have been wonderful! Superb cast, and I loved the staging too!!

[@operacat1]

Nonsense!! It was one of the best casts I have ever seen.

[@jsopera1]

Can someone please explain what these people below mean by a wobble? The voice is free and the breath is spinning. Brilliant singing!

[@lungdoc]

Jenna Siladie I don’t necessarily disagree with your comments except that SY appears to have a problem with stamina. Granted, Don Carlo(s) is a long song but under the assumption that the tape on KZbin was all from the same performance, Yoncheva sounded much better at the beginning of the opera. Those initial high notes were impressive, pure and simple. I am of the opinion that the big aria was not at the same level. I think she went from extraordinary at the beginning to very good in the aria. My judgement of course.

[@Rassendhyl100]

This aria is so much smoother in French! Yoncheva is great with a voice similar to Netrebko's. Superb!!

[@priscillaportva]

❤❤❤❤bravissimaaaaa

[@greatmomentsofopera7170]

The top is getting occluded in sound and the beginnings of a wobble are forming. The breathing also has started to sound effortful. (Hear her recent il pirata too). Yoncheva has one of the greatest voices before the public but she is pushing herself into this heavy repertoire and she can sing it well, but I’m not sure it’s where she would be best...

[@Paulofibonelli]

Great moments of opera the problem is her voice isn’t well developed and the registers aren’t completely connected (her low notes are horrible and chestless )

[@rumyanakamcheva9138]

Нейна почитателка съм.Но,наистина ниските тонове са изпяти не правилно.Не овладяване ,на регистрите.Драматичния репертоар,не е за нейния глас!

[@sparafucile2]

Maravillosa !! Sin duda una de las más grandes del momento, sino la más.

[@sparafucile2]

¿De dónde está tomado este video? Voy a Paris a finales de noviembre y me gustaría saber si estará disponible la grabación comercial de esa función.

[@arthurl2749]

too much, too soon..She is only 36 years old and has a wobble.

[@alejandrotm]

Espero que en los últimos 4 años haya trabajado con un buen maestro de canto el registro grave para coger fuerza, porque las notas graves suenan engoladas y apagadas, y es una lástima porque el timbre de Yoncheva es bonito y brilla en el centro y el agudo.

[@jf7075]

can someone tell me is the opera usually sang in french or in italian? i am so confused, verdi obviously wrote it in italian? but this is french?

[@davidgray5964]

The original version was in French (italian composers can sometimes write opera in French, like Donizetti fille du régiment, or others...) then Verdi made an Italian version. This is the Italian version that is played now most of time. The French version is longer, one act more, and in my opinion more difficult to sing (as it is in French)... Watch the Met broadcast in March with a very good cast

[@williammountfield8508]

@@davidgray5964 all of the variations were originally sung in French it was sung in Italian first at La Scala at the discretion of the house and singing it in Italian has stuck Verdi was ok with it but he didn't write an Italian version

[@philippeparra7015]

Don Carlos est une commande de l'opéra de Paris à Verdi, c'est la raison pour laquelle il est en langue française. Nous sommes en pleine période du grand opéra à la française qui de plus doit comporter un ballet pour satisfaire le public parisien. La version en 5 acte comporte le fameux acte de Fontainebleau qui a été supprimé dans la version italienne en 4 actes plus souvent chantée aujourd'hui. Quant à cette mise en scène, je ne l'ai pas aimée du tout.

[@Homoclassicus]

Superb singing!

[@Dylonely42]

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[@bodiloto]

vocalità poco adatta a questo capolavoro . non mi piace affatto . il vecchio . p.s. i tecnici del suono hanno esagerato con lo stereo ... viva il pop moderno !

[@levieuxpiano]

Une voix à tout faire. C'est bien mais plat. Ca ira partout !

[@bodiloto]

Thierry Genoud un français horrible . et une voix mediocre ...

[@marievincent7494]

Voix propre sans plus .. il ne se passe rien ! Déçue !

[@jeanvital]

honteux ! à l'Opera de Paris maltraiter la langue française à ce point, c'est honteux.

[@davidgray5964]

Va chanter, imbécile ! LoL

[@draganvidic2039]

Pushed wobbly lyric. Detoriated voice already 5 years after 2011 when she won a contest. Role is for a dramatic soprano.

[@davidgray5964]

False! It's for a falcon soprano... Sonya was better last week in New York, she was wonderful. Read specialists critics on internet 😉

[@giovannicalabrese4457]

Basta maltrattare i ruoli da grande soprano con voce modesta, fiato corto e vibrato fastidioso. Soprano inutile, ingiustificatamente sopravvalutato per inspiegabili ragioni di mercato

[@giovannicalabrese4457]

Prestazione mediocre senza alcun interesse 😢

[@Dylonely42]

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