Fritz Wunderlich: Belmonte's Aria

Fritz Wunderlich sings Belmonte's Aria in a TV Appearance

[@janejones11]

A gorgeous, honeyed sound and wonderful Mozartian style. He shapes his phrases with incredible grace and refinement. We are lucky he left so many recordings behind in his tragically short career.

[@jjh2456]

The perfect Mozart tenor.

[@anna4940]

Incredible tenor!!! Everything he sings is just perfect and Divine!

[@dz6866]

Wie alles was er singt seht schön gesungen .💞💞💞💞

[@remybecute]

Wunderlich, the Great, was also an extremely modest and charming individual. A better voice with such control could not have been hoped for by Schubert or Mozart. He will live on with them forever.

[@RossiniSoprano]

For all his wonderful singing, MOZART is where Wunderlich rules ALL! NO ONE ever sang Mozart better....the legato, so essential for this composer, is incredible, and then he so easily moves the voice, as though all those notes weren't even there....and yet you hear every one.

[@TheDmitrilover]

Er ist zu jung gestorben... eine wunderbare Stimme und ein wunderbaren Mensch!

[@Jragir]

Wunderlich was to voice as pagini was too violin and rachminonff to piano. He will forever be remembered for his genius, and provides inspiration and bliss to anyone who listens to his voice.

[@sch8mid]

simply the best , saw him in the late 50s in Stuttgart .. sad to say that I was to young to realise that I was listening to a wonder and to best tenor of the 20th century

[@MrAristaeus]

I would love to hear more about that experience!

[@raymondgood6555]

And I’ve seen Fischer-Dieskau, Rubinstein and Arrau. I’d give almost anything to have seen Wunderlich.

[@daphnewilson7966]

Chiming in with Pavarotti, Domingo, Carreras: Me too just so grateful to hear AND see Wunderlich! @@raymondgood6555

[@primobaritono]

Ein wahrer Meister des Belcanto. Bravissimo !

[@joshl9902]

Perfection!

[@voce29]

As a young music student of the Academy of Music in Vienna in the 1950ths we adored Fritz Wunderich, whos voice spoke of the beauty of life, which we needed to recovder, to save our souls..

[@mckavitt13]

Which you needed to what?

[@mannullll]

fritz wunderlich, gracias por aver pasado por la tierra y deleitarnos con tu arte.

[@Thicklizzie]

A perfect performed aria

[@andysurvival346]

A talent from heaven!

[@barbaranotscher2070]

Der Jahrhunderttenor im lyrischen Fach! Grandios! Und nicht nur das!

[@chislehurstbat]

How fantastic is this! Takes my breath away, so very very beautiful.

[@LvJols]

Impresionante maestro Wunderlich!!

[@fritzmustok9370]

De gelukkigen zijn zij die man in levenden lijve hebben mogen zien. Onvergelijkbaar met alle andere tenoren. Alles is perfekt aan Fritz Wunderlich.

[@ciociosan]

The perfect tenor.

[@baldmetal]

en serio hay tres "No me gusta"?? hay tres sordos?? ... todas las grabaciones de Fritz interpretando a Mozart son, a mi humilde juicio... lo mas cercano a la perfección que se puede escuchar. Qué facil suena todo, cuanto trabajo detrás para una interpretación tan bella...

[@opera888able]

This man is the epitome of the lyric German tenor par excellence.

[@KenyonCT]

Stunning!

[@chislehurstbat]

This is heartbreakingly beautiful. Thanks so much for posting this!

[@arturo8402]

I love the way his A's sound at, its as if they're being drawn out of him!! its truly magical!!

[@Kerlerot]

I say better, bravississimo Fritz ! Mon tenor mozartien favori...

[@paulostroff99]

Well said! One beautiful voice,and the other- a very great opera singer!

[@daphnewilson7966]

Oh m'gosh, video too! The fantastic luck that he lived long enough, and was famous enough, for these recordings!

[@tenorschofield]

Bravissimo!!!

[@KayHarpaGone]

Oui ! un merveilleux ténor qui est mort tellement jeune !

[@francesca7564]

Merveilleux Monsieur Wunderlich ! Merci pour le post .

[@alepeccia]

Oh yea I'd seen this one. Fritz is indeed perfection in these bits...

[@EdwardGabrielsen]

I just love this.

[@Platinum400]

@danawinsor I agree his technique is beyond perfect.

[@arturo8402]

I think this is definitive!!

[@LobsngDmchoi]

FW is not always observant of Mozart's 16th note rests (essential to the Affekt of the piece), but a faithful interpretation which honors the composer in every other way. He makes the ascent to high A like a great violinist.

[@renatekl]

Just perfect. Mozart hätte seine Freude daran gehabt.

[@forallyouknow]

You know what I bet would be completely eargasmic? His "Ich baue ganz"! We all know he can handle fioriture with ease and aplomb, so he probably owned that aria and we could all have the best Belmonte ever recorded...

[@matthewyoungblood7503]

There are many recordings of his ich baue ganz on KZbin and they are just as good as you pictured lol

[@oscararcas4522]

La melodia de Mozart, su Genio ...Fritz Wunderlich.... el uno para el otro, creo que los dos se habrian aprobado....

[@Floriday2]

fritz -- how cool it would have been to hear Fritz in person. I only know one person who did.

[@FranciscoFerrerGaliana1930]

MAGNIFICO

[@peterteachesmusic5582]

So beautiful...and no overacting

[@alejandrohector4184]

Voz lindíssima ótima interpretação

[@paulostroff99]

Yes,I was harsh.Lanza did introduce good music to the masses,and for this he deserves praise.Thank you for taking me to task on this.

[@paulostroff99]

Superb.

[@amballa]

top notch! absolutely top!

[@eurydike]

yes, what a diction!!!!

[@alexninko]

it seams so easy to sing this aria when you are waching fritz do it...

[@301250]

Pavarotti is Pavarotti and Wunderlich is Wunderlich irrespective of their nationalities. Fritz is a natural Mozartian (and remember Mozart had the voice in mind with whatever he wrote). Is it a co-incidence that both died almost at the same age? sd goh (malaysia)

[@Muttonchop_USA]

Yes, it's a coincidence. Mozart knew how to tie his shoelaces.

[@valerietaylor9615]

That’s not funny.

[@singhsinga4592]

Just sublime singing. A bit out of fashion today, but his technique and musicality is beyond comparison.

[@zerotower]

I hate you Wunderlich, because you did't give me the chance to meet you. Why did you dead so early!!!! I wonder meet you sometimes later in heaven. I miss you. You are the best singer of the all the world.

[@lisieve1917]

I think you See German

[@efraingonzalez]

chingonsísimo!!!

[@eurydike]

i read somewhere he is a favourite tenor of Jose Carreras :-))) no wonder.

[@MrAristaeus]

I assure you that they don’t.

[@baldmetal]

esa es la clave!! "El verdadero arte debe parecer creado sin esfuerzo" Miguel Angel.

[@ceaaifr3712]

Perfekt Spielen

[@kgeorg1979]

Yeah, for a moment even his eyes say "bet you can't do this!"

[@johnperkins7857]

Finally I get to really appreciate Mozart..

[@CullenGandy]

fuck yes

[@LobsngDmchoi]

So far there are 196 likes and 1 dislike. One wonders about the sanity and auditory faculties of the person who disliked it. How could one possibly fault this performance vocally? Perhaps he could done a bit more in the p-ppp dynamic range -- the aria does have an introspective element. The set and staging per se were a little boring, but these are the quibbles of a cranky Beckmesser. WHAT SINGING! WHAT BREATH CONTROL! WHAT DICTION!

[@user-bc9mn7gq2c]

@bluuoff Didn't know Justin was doing opera :) Actually, I heard one of Justin's female clones do Sophie in Rosenkavalier several years ago--at least she was very nearly in the same vocal style! R Strauss sung in the style of "laid-back" NuAge pop. Elisabeth Schumann not smiling from the great beyond...

[@raymondgood6555]

Not everyone is musical

[@paulostroff99]

You are quite right.I tend to over react and overkill.Lanza at least introduced many people to the beauty of great music.He certainly did Operetta a great service.Sigmund Romberg etc. would love him!

[@sch8mid]

pearls before the...

[@menahembrodchandel4617]

tragic death .............life is cruel and unjustice......

[@20dty]

Zauberklang

[@hardasanaskiq]

He was the Pavarotti of the Germany

[@forallyouknow]

No, Pavarotti was the Wunderlich of Italy.

[@paulostroff99]

Fine with me!

[@paulostroff99]

Lanza could not be compared to Wunderlich.I'm trying to remain polite and composed,but that remark is tearing at me.Lanza was a non opera singer-PERIOD.I would not want to see him attempt to be one on a stage.Wunderlich was among the best in the world.

[@primobaritono]

You mean his voice teacher ? Her name was Margarethe von Winterfeldt.

[@FABIANROBLESTenor]

At 4:50 he really shows why each and every tenor on this planet hate him!!! Mozart has to be smiling too!

[@valerietaylor9615]

Pavarotti said that Fritz W. was the greatest tenor of all time.

[@valerietaylor9615]

And Mozart is probably cackling like Kamala ( I’ve heard that he had an unusual laugh.)

[@devastaticon]

haha

[@LAZARUSREX1]

Solo es comparable con la tecnica de Alfredo Kraus.