Donizetti - La Fille di Regiment - Ah Mes Ami - Rockwell Blake - Roma 94

[@tenorschofield]

BRAVOOOO!!!!, simplemente maravilloso!!!, es increible con que facilidad da los Do de pecho, Dios mio!!!!, gracias por compartir con todos nosotros!!!BRAVO!!!

[@Beral62]

@Pollito Asesino Jajajajaja...si usted puede gritar como el, seria el mejor tenor del siglo tambien...jajaja...

[@reign.vitaly]

@Pollito Asesino if anyone is screaming as good as he is nowadays, Opera would be amazing to hear. Too bad singers sound like mosquitoes buzzing around nowadays.

[@leemartinez1203]

This man is simply electrifying! I FEEL the energy just he steps on the scenario!

[@SR-jx8yu]

A legend

[@Beral62]

Perfecion de la tecnica, amigos.

[@angelicabucci7254]

Magnífico tenor. Tesitura y fiato excelentes. Gracias

[@tenorschofield]

MERAVIGLIOSO ROCKWELL BLAKE!!! 🤗🙌🎶

[@claragelao3696]

Mostruoso, fantastico, inimmaginabile!!!!!

[@keithclifton392]

I heard him in Chicago back in the early 90’s. Remarkable tenor. Bravo!!

[@franco_dalfovo]

Técnica impecable!!!

[@slimgersh]

Blake rocks even today. Awe-inspiring.

[@niklasdefries]

.. and even today ;-)

[@adrianogentili100]

Una perfetta macchina da guerra...con mille sfumature virtuosistiche ed interpretative

[@ryszardjanczak9006]

bello sentire Rockwell Blake e vedere miei colleghi di lavoro cosi giovani.........Cosi si canta !!! Bell tempi

[@Spititedme]

Absolutely precious rendition

[@jaimearturopechene4488]

Que gran tenor que potencia de voz que brillante y melódico fantástico

[@maurobernardini143]

UN FENOMENOOOOOOO

[@alexeyizmirliev64]

E fantastico, che vorticosa coloratura!

[@Platinum400]

Oh hush he sounds amazing.

[@bernatriera5437]

Qué máquina!!!!! Bravoooooo!!!!

[@tenorschofield]

BRAVISSIMO!!!

[@ferdecla]

Jajajaj! No hace 9 do, hace 11! jajajaja! Arrogante!! Es un verdadero prodigio!

[@valeriomessersi1016]

Bravo !!!!! 👏👏 👏

[@Simonas_Strazdas_Bass]

Bravo! Incredible

[@angelarossi1389]

Bravissimo Bravissimo !!!!!!

[@rugby8-Philadelphia]

Imagine being in a average size living room and hearing him in person 😎😎😎

[@reign.vitaly]

Would ring some ears up. Incredible volume for a leggiero tenor.

[@rugby8-Philadelphia]

@@reign.vitaly Absofreakinglutely! He was a friend of mine in college- would sit in on his voice lessons once in a while (in a living room...lol) Heaven! Just plain Heaven! Heard him sing arias from Cenerentola, Barbieri, Fille du Regiment, Don Giovanni, L'Italiana, Verdi Requiem. ..etc 😊😊😊

[@reign.vitaly]

@@rugby8-Philadelphia I am so jealous right now. Lucky of you!!

[@rugby8-Philadelphia]

@@reign.vitaly He's a really nice guy! And, I knew his wife also - she took classes at a Dance Studio where I played piano 🤪

[@blascortes8391]

Superbo

[@vissarionnikolaev4013]

Действительно великолепно! Роскошное исполнение!

[@lehoangduong3468]

Perfect!

[@oskelramirez4681]

Bravo.

[@acitipo]

Un gran tenor rossiniano

[@张子豪-t2l]

BRAVO！！！

[@bobturnley2787]

That was amazing. Attacking three straight high C's in succession at the end? Pavarotti couldn't do that on his best day. Blake sings this music with joy and brio and has absolutely no fear of the high notes.

[@napejack]

Bravo!

[@lluisafernandoguardia9721]

Mejor imposible.

[@angelicabucci7254]

Impactante.

[@DiomedesDioscuro]

Imponente. Quisiera haber sabido cómo sonaba en vivo.

[@rugby8-Philadelphia]

Absofreakinglutely Amazing live!!!

[@2Musicmundo]

¡Bravoo! ¡Que barbaridad de tenor! ¿Alguien me puede informar por qué se retiro del canto?

[@hnofabianmanuelarenas599]

Eeemh... por la edad??

[@maxiquintieri]

@@hnofabianmanuelarenas599 jajaja claro

[@maxiquintieri]

Todos hubiesemos querido que siguiera cantando eternamente ;(

[@acitipo]

Tiene más de 85 años

[@rugby8-Philadelphia]

​@@acitipo No - not even close! In 2024 he turned 73

[@WanchyMedina]

Cuando Pavarotti tenía su edad, no podía cantar esa aria.

[@madaxmesias3973]

Pero pavarotti tenia voz de hombre

[@estevaobatista9363]

@@madaxmesias3973 JAJAJAJAJAJAJAJA

[@alexeyizmirliev64]

@@madaxmesias3973 sei normale?

[@alexeyizmirliev64]

La gente che non intende un cazzo e meglio che stia zitta!

[@commandert5]

Why does he add the two extra C's at the end? It just doesn't sound right.

[@francobonnisolli4370]

Because he can !

[@Gunnifunz]

It does sound right!

[@downfromkentuckeh]

Just to piss you off

[@rugby8-Philadelphia]

#1 Of course it sounds Right! #2 It is bel canto - interpolation/variation is expected ...Read up on the style 😎😎😎

[@brunopicaude3092]

If you want to be a purist, you must know that Donizetti wrote exactly eight top C (sung at this period in falsetto); the ninth is an added tradition. So, Kraus, Pavarotti and others are also out of the truth, if we follow your reasoning. Mr Blake added, for fun, two more, but with the text included ("et mari") for the three last C; his choice has its own logic. Nowadays, Michael Spyres interpolates top D in this aria ! No limits...🤪

[@normanzurich2781]

Pas 9 mais 11 contre Ut 🎵🎵🎵

[@maestromuffin1]

I first saw Rocky at Carnegie Hall in a concert of La Donna Del Lago - and it now occurs to me....did He ever do staged operas or just concerts???

[@rugby8-Philadelphia]

He sang in all the major opera houses in the world He made his Metropolitan Opera debut (after winning the first Richard Tucker Scolarship Award) in 1981 - L'Italiana opposite Marilyn Horne In the fall of 1980 PBS broadcast a production of Cenerentola from NYCO in which he was the Prince . kzbin.info/www/bejne/fZnCg4Jul9hjorcsi=t1MUd5W0tyMKRbex

[@100Singers]

"I don't care about high C's if they have the weight of peas ..." - Conrad L. Osborne.

[@rugby8-Philadelphia]

....then don't listen 😉😉😉

[@downfromkentuckeh]

Your fallacy is you think his high notes need to be as weighty and scuro sounding as del monaco or some other über-over-the-top Bb tenors high notes. Anatomy of every single individual throat in the world refutes that.

[@lsmart]

I heard a similar notion from another wise man: "I don't care about high C's if they sound like a kazoo or a chicken with its head cut off" -- Leo Smart.

[@romanpears8442]

This is how leggero tenor should sound. Not JDF or LB or JC.

[@rugby8-Philadelphia]

SO True!!! 😎😎😎

[@vuyanikennyhalam5630]

You mad

[@rugby8-Philadelphia]

.....about what? 😎😎😎

[@reign.vitaly]

Agree!

[@eatmyslander]

He Landed a half step sharp at 2:09 and sang the wrong lyrics at 2:35

[@absdyna]

I don't think he was sharp, although, I haven't looked at the score. What I mean is that he's not off key. This is bel canto, you're allowed to play with it as far as I know. In fact, as far as I know, that's part of the fun of bel canto. Absolutely right about the libretto fudge up though, however, I can only conclude that even the great Rockwell Blake is human and makes mistakes and occasionally suffers from the ol' nerves.

[@rugby8-Philadelphia]

....wow, slander, aren't you smart....lolol Consider complaining less? Lololol 😎😎😎

[@downfromkentuckeh]

You wanna split any other hairs? Did he happen to look at someone the wrong way at some point, did he move his arm in an incorrect manner perhaps?

[@lalagonegaga]

You need adult supervision.

[@G.Andrea_Piras]

La qualità dei commenti dà la misura della qualità del gusto degli ascoltatori. Fra me e me, ragionando a voce alta, lo trovo "eccessivo", talvolta sguaiato e fuori controllo. Ma sembra che il canto consista ormai solo nella capacità di emettere "11 Do". Per rinfrancarmi ho ascoltato lo stesso pezzo cantato da Camarena..

[@alexeyizmirliev64]

Ma chi se ne infischia della tua oppinione dilettante!

[@G.Andrea_Piras]

@@alexeyizmirliev64 Si, sono un "dilettante": provo infatti "diletto" ad ascoltare la buona musica; lei puo invece vantare il suo gusto educato ai prodotti da supermercato.

[@alexeyizmirliev64]

@@G.Andrea_Piras allora stai zitto!

[@G.Andrea_Piras]

@@alexeyizmirliev64 Si tolga il tappo, e tocchi terra!

[@alexeyizmirliev64]

@@G.Andrea_Piras Idiota

[@orlando098]

It's alright. I'd say he's a bit like a not-as-good American Alfredo Kraus. Less finesse and not quite as good voice. Kind of stiff tone. And the end was a bit unnecessary.

[@rugby8-Philadelphia]

Do you understand anything about bel canto and the performance traditions/expectations??? The *bit* *at* *the* *end*(as you call it) it's completely correct. It's the cadenza/ending *He* chose - as he is supposed to - and executed it exceedingly well. ....um....hence the audience response 😎😎😎

[@GunAssassinx29]

@Barone Vitellio Scarpia if he had a wobble, he definitely would not have lasted as long as he did singing coloratura repertoire such as this!

[@Jacob-ry3lu]

He doesnt play the character very well. Tonio is supposed to be loveable and naive imo. He portrays him as hysterical and his facial expressions are very odd.

[@ferdecla]

Esta aria es terriblemente difícil, pura técnica. Es evidente que Blake usaba la técica de la sonrisa, lo cual ensucia su actuación. Lo que te molesta no son expresiones faciales de su interpretación del personaje sinó parte de su técnica vocal.

[@ilfranchi]

it's a concert, not a staged version

[@atr46]

Не придирайтесь. Это мистер" ре" .

[@beckyyule1228]

@@ferdecla there is a difference between smiling technique and unnecessary overacting

[@ferdecla]

@@beckyyule1228 bueno, son opiniones, cada uno apreciabdesde su subjetividad. Hay una sobreactuación que es propia del género operístico, que siempre esta al límite del mal gusto, a eso le sumas la técnica de la sonrisa y el resultado es este.

[@hugodelacruz2953]

SU VOZ NO ES BONITA ES HORRIBLE. SON QUEJIDOS. LOS AGUDOS NO HACEN UN BUEN TENOR. FELIZMENTE YA NO ES UN REFERENTE. COMO DECIMOS EN LIMA YA FUE .

[@keycume]

ES UN TENOR LÍRICO, IGUAL SE RESPETA SU OPINIÓN

[@TheSkandaribnMusa]

Si cuan ignorante es su comentario lleno teatros todos los años que duró su carrera. Yo tuve oportunidad de escucharlo tres veces en Chile y era impresionante y si su voz era o no fea es cosa de gustos, y para eso....

[@fredycastropinzon7342]

Para envidia asido el mejor cantante de Rossini en el siglo pasado

[@maurobernardini143]

@@fredycastropinzon7342 condivido. Blake era Rossini!!!! Fenomeno!!!

[@lioneldemello9707]

Negar a Blake... es negar la evidencia!!! Un tenor aplicado y serio, que sin dudas es de los mejores (sino el mejor) en el repertorio que abordó (especialmente Rossini). No es “cuestión de oído” es ... cuestión de cultura musical.