Jerry Hadley - Che gelida manina - La Bohème

Golden Gate Gala, 07.05.1997.

[@rationalsceptic7634]

A hugely underated Tenor.. should have been a bigger Star..RIP

[@SilfredoSerrano]

He had a great career. I saw him many times at the Met. Oh, and Pavarotti and Domingo were still the "kings."

[@Monnarchmonnarchy]

@@SilfredoSerrano kings of pop commercial trash with careras

[@Monnarchmonnarchy]

Its an operatic singing. Anyone who wrote on young careras listen his wooden bad version of that aria. Jerry was on top, what a beautiful tenor

[@zangbangtv2889]

wow...great sound

[@libertypastor1307]

This is the best acting I have seen of this Aria - and I have watched dozens, if not hundreds, as this is my favorite Aria. I appreciate the English subtitles.

[@michaelfuting2403]

Yes, but every time when there is another person to ACT with, and They do it is a scene. That's why it is so impressing

[@brandonburrell8517]

Magnifico

[@Monnarchmonnarchy]

Hi man! Wonderful. Postmodern world cant produce now such a beautiful singers, conductors, etc....

[@williamrice8882]

Who cares if it was transposed down a half-time. That still makes that high note a B-natural above middle C. Tell me, can YOU sing that high with such incredible tone and control????????????????

[@giuseppestefano6278]

他估计累了，状态不好

[@davidglzhang780]

Wah, so good!

[@papagen00]

Jerry Hadley was my favorite American tenor in the 90's. R.I.P.

[@Sabininho]

Not covering G? I mean, I also tend to sing like that, but is it correct???

[@e-bikeskibum7141]

You are correct. He wasn't covering a lot of those notes that should have been covered. Nor did he cover the B-natural!!! WOW!! That is not good. Not sure what he was thinking there.

[@Sabininho]

@@e-bikeskibum7141 that’s why teachers and students gotta use vocal terms: - cord closure, inhalation, cord mass So both the singer and teachers know they are what talking about and then star singers like can be in control of their careers

[@jenspflug7473]

Sorry, but what a stupid question. Who is there to tell what's right or wrong? Right is what pleases the ears of the listeners. He was a top singer and took the freedom to do it.. That's answer enough. Don't be submissive to vocal teachers of which 90%+ never had a solid career.Theorists.

[@ER1CwC]

@@jenspflug7473 It’s an interesting question because different singers make different decisions, particularly in that area of the voice. Singers find it interesting because there are different schools of thought regarding whether covering or not covering are more conducive to vocal health. It is especially salient here because Hadley was declining by the time of this performance and had made obvious changes to his technique a few years prior. Correct or not correct are not simply matters of aesthetics; they are matters of vocal health. The question also matters because people end up emulating famous singers. So if the famous singers do incorrect things, that might actually affect the trajectory of how people tend to sing. They might get used to sounds that they find pleasing, but that are actually dangerous health-wise. This is partly why there are so many differences between how people sound from generation to generation.

[@mrm.5787]

This is the original key.

[@HammondDER]

No.

[@mrm.5787]

​@@HammondDER[ Wikipedia] "In the autograph score of the opera, the opening section of the aria and the preceding passage was originally written in C major rather than D-flat major that is used.[8]" Giacomo Puccini: La Bohème. Cambridge University Press. 1986. p. 105. ISBN 978-0521319133.

[@HammondDER]

@@mrm.5787 That's funny. Caruso asked Puccini NOT to hit the High C in the aria, and great composer allowed him to sing as Caruso wanted.

[@grr8048]

Stop making things up.

[@ransomcoates546]

Transposed down.

[@keiththomas9174]

i like him usually but i think this song is to difficult for him

[@buhnedej]

yeah, this wasnt great performance

[@timothykeatley1664]

He's dead

[@rationalsceptic7634]

Keith Thomas Really? kzbin.info/www/bejne/fGXNY4ttbrNlntE

[@sarahjones-jf4pr]

@@timothykeatley1664 Yes we know? what is your point?.

[@jeffbetts9420]

Very good IMHO. Has a youthful exuberance often missing.

[@robertjschroff6307]

Hi was such a lovely person, and awesome singer for sure, I truly love his style and technique. So bad that no one could save him.

[@tenorschofield]

BRAVISSIMO!!!

[@valeriomessersi1016]

Bella Voce !! Poco conosciuta !! 👍

[@philiptropea4933]

I lived in Ridgefield, CT andYear's

[@kyleaustin7045]

Yes, this is not his best performance. Arguably a bad one, especially compared to his earlier stuff. But again, this was when he changed his technique. So... yeah.

[@SmoofPro]

SO sad to see - I literally can't bear listening to anything past 1992 when he started working with David Jones et al...

[@Rdwrer]

I am fairly new to opera and love this aria. Could you tell me what was wrong with his performance? I am usually very impressed by Hadley and was fairly so for this performance. Though I can't put my finger on what, I felt it wasn't the best I'd heard. As I said, being new to opera I really don't have the understanding to know what's different or wrong.

[@xProfessor3x]

@@Rdwrer I am trying to become familiar with the subject as well. From what I am seeing and hearing, it seems, because he has gotten older, that he is trying to cover his voice- in the high and low areas, it sounds nasally and whoofy, especially so on the vowels. There's another video of him singing this piece and it's very good: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fGXNY4ttbrNlntE

[@Rdwrer]

@@xProfessor3x Thanks for the info! Very enlightening.

[@tommieboy1657]

@@Rdwrer I think it’s fair to say that Hadley’s career went through various phases. From the end of the seventies until the beginning of the nineties, he was guided by Tom LoMonaco (who also helped him through his first vocal crisis, related to TMJ issues). Then, for reasons I’m not familiar with, he started working with other people and there is a noticeable change in vocal production from the mid-nineties. He was singing more uncovered in his top voice (which I think is especially clear in his aa vowels). By the beginning of 2000 his vocal production became more labored, also because of allergies and his personal situation (his divorce). I’ve tried to write it down as objectively as possible because I don’t see a point in discussing the choices of a dead man. Let’s remember him for the joy and pleasure he brought to people’s lives and what he meant for the world of opera, rather than the tragedy of the last of his life.

[@arnoldamaral7406]

He was already failing vocally. Sad

[@javielmono8553]

Show us how to do dear ; I'm impatient to listen to your version !

[@josh95263]

He’s not trying to be mean. It really is tragic. A little earlier he started studying with David Jones who began to ruin his technique, and his voice began to deteriorate. You can hear how a lot of the notes are either too open or on a very closed throat. He was wonderful in his prime, but the downfall continued until 2003, after which he quit for a number of years. He made a comeback after his vocal rest, but that ended in tragedy.

[@donnikkicarlow2528]

Top note is shouted. Far short of Tom LoMonaco’s voice overall. Lower register weak. Little squillo.

[@Monnarchmonnarchy]

Whole aria was great, maybe he tired but his career was great