Juan Diego Florez - La Fille du Regiment - Ah mes amis

Juan Diego Florez sings the famous tenor aria from Donizetti's La Fille du Regiment performed recently in Vienna (2007).

[@adamd.3571]

Those 9 top C's towards the end are SO precise. He sounds like a violin.

[@holkn]

I also recommend tenor Yang Yang's version

[@jiyoungyue8838]

Moose DC absolutely

[@beniaminoson6318]

Sono d'accordo

[@kenoliver8913]

@@wx811 Nonsense. Though what you say is in fact true of most of the great arias written for huge spinto voices (think "Nessun Dorma" or "che gelida manina"). But the part being played here is that of a very young and naive guy and so this is THE classic leggero piece. For this the voice should sound light, flexible and pure (ie short of upper partial harmonics); the voice Florez has. It's horses for courses - someone like Domingo would really struggle with this one.

[@BrotherCron]

Mr.Florez owns this really he does, so easy and still with emotion and the acting that is required to make it an epic performance. Master

[@soleillantmarie-laure4184]

J'ai assisté à cet opéra, et à l'issue de ce morceau, le public s'est levé pour applaudir et a crié si fort et si longtemps que Florez a du le reprendre une seconde fois. C'était tout simplement magique! A l'écouter aujourd'hui je ressens les mêmes frissons. Cette voix... me laisse sans voix!

[@claires9100]

Quelle chance que vous avez eue d'y assister.!!❤

[@iceonneva]

Along with his vocal skills, the sincere and dynamic acting performance make Juan Diego so unique and far from other tenors of this age.

[@carochioNiNo111]

Juan Diego Florez is a Peruvian tenor one of the greatest tenors of the world for those who do not know who it is. Peru to the world

[@SquallEstel]

Whoever taught him french did a perfect job. Crystal clear pronunciation

[@zaven1030]

He is this perfect singer - from head to toe. The Highest class professional! Very smart and decent guy.

[@ewageb3108]

Habe auch gesehen und war begeistert, deshalb bin ich hier. Grüsse

[@espositobogotanobogotano5835]

Ese talentoso interprete es nuestro, es mío es, latino !! Gracias a los parceros del Perú por darnos a ese joven que nos hace llorar de alegría !! Viva Perú y por supuesto Colombia !!!

[@luisahumada6081]

Que haya nacido en Perú es una anécdota...

[@NoodlesSF]

I was at the performance of 'La Fille' last night w/ Florez and Damrau at the SF Opera and was amazed and loved the entire production. I got chills when he hit the high-Cs and the thunderous applause and shouts of BRAVO these 2 talented singers got were very well deserved.

[@courtreinland6285]

He has the perfect voice for this song.

[@alfredotrovato9725]

Le voir sur scène avec Nathalie Dessay fut un moment inoubliable , quel talent , grazias Diego

[@yourpotentialbff]

i could watch this a million times and never get tired of it.

[@addieraines4452]

This has become his signature piece. Standing ovation everytime with encores. And rightly deserved.

[@palmolella]

Ogni volta che ascolto Florez sono rapito dal suo magnifico timbro, l'intonazione è sempre perfetta anche in questi do di petto. Grande Florez.

[@TravisTHall]

Those high C's are nothing short of spectacular!

[@esquibelle]

I saw a recital tonite in Santa Monica andh is singing was astounding. The piano player so-so. But JDF was mindboggling. His voice is soft, but the delicacy and nuances are utterly beautiful. A real artist. True elegance.

[@musicluvermj]

He is simply marvelous!!! Wow!!!!

[@realcrimson]

He is wonderful! Besides the great interpretation, I believe that his looks make him a perfect suit for this role.

[@PlatonicEnigma]

his best performance on youtube by far. hits the high C's as well as every other note dead on. and with relative ease, that's the true sign of a well trained singer.

[@luisahumada6081]

Best than Pavarotti's?

[@andreamariterickson5885]

I remember watching 'Pavarotti: my life in 7 arias' where Juan Diego Flores consulted Pavarotti- Maestro- for advice before Juan Diego took the role. After he gave Juan Diego advice, Pavarotti said that Juan Diego would do just fine. And it sounds like the advice was perfect.

[@germanalbertoarmentavaldez9737]

What and incredible interpretation of Juan Diego Flores magnificent voice and great interpretation on stage how not to love this performance. =D

[@marcysoprano]

WONDERUL. Catch him live if you get a chance, it's seriously like a religious experience!

[@lolliereal4homes]

Enjoyed his great singing...love it!

[@joeyboy1951]

He didn't start singing opera until he was 17. He will be one of the all time greats

[@gemcnulty]

I saw this production a few years ago in SF.. Went 3 times and he did an encore each time after this aria. Amazing..

[@peggyh4805]

McNulty I saw the opera at the metropolitan opera house in nyc. Yes, he did an encore and was amazing. Unforgettable.

[@robert13007]

A magnificent tenor, probably the best thing I've heard since Alfredo Kraus in this register.. I almost cried when I first heard him which hand' occurred since my listening to Franco Corelli.

[@cuckthefardinals]

I just saw this production last week at the Royal Opera House!!!! It was INCREDIBLE. The C's were perfect. Dessay was great, too! I was so incredibly lucky enough to be let in the stage door, and got Florez and Dessay's autograph! It was incredible.

[@scottweaverphotovideo]

His voice is naturally so high it's easier for him to pull this off than most others.

[@bravaLiz]

saw him perform this at the NY MET. He had a 102 fever and went on anyway. Merci Monsier JDF!!! et grazie aussi to Gabba02 for posting!

[@colettewarren7928]

Magnifique! Quel ténor extraordinaire, comparable à Pavarotti. Musique splendide. Merci.

[@bodiloto]

1 Pavarotti=35 Florez.

[@blaht15]

Hm, you will recognise Pavarotti's voice always...

[@backintimemachines-wonderf7262]

Um.... Nnoooo... Pavarotti he is not. No comparison in this rep.

[@robert13007]

D'autant plus splendide qu'il ne chante que ce qui convient à sa voix, ce que l'on ne peut pas dire de Luciano, ténor admirable mais qui s'est égaré dans des roles trop lourds pour lui (Il Trovatore, Otello par exemple.)

[@mixetinaj8128]

Bravo !!!! Que comodidad, cantar esta tesitura con esa livianeza resulta un masaje para el oído mas desdichado. Merci !!

[@chasriner]

What a voice!

[@EliathJazealZar]

what an amazing voice!what a gift he has.

[@MusicalMermaid9]

I too saw the live broadcast last Sat...it was amazing, both he & Natalie Dessay!! He had like a 3 minute standing ovation after this aria! Those high c's were shimmering! Gorgeous to hear & watch! ;)

[@janinelambillotte5471]

Magnifiquement chanté, c'est merveilleux. .merci beaucoup

[@Optimus144]

Bravo! Bravissimo! Florez has a great voice. His high C´s sounds terriffic.

[@kimmartin4897]

I never tire of listening to him sing this most beautiful singing/voice ever!!

[@lawrencege6942]

This is a golden age of leggero tenors

[@krimhildeamann5583]

Lawrence Ge and we can live now and watch to these excellent voices

[@crazy_Fred]

Stone leggero is correct

[@lark005]

I also saw the HD live broadcast at my local theater. His high c's were shining. I'm so surprised he didn't do an encore. I wasn't familiar with this opera, but fell in love with it and the performances. Wonderful!

[@feoysabroso]

This is the piece of the opera that got Luciano Pavarotti on the genius tenor level. He impressed everyone. Later, he said JDF will be his successor, and it's kind of symbolic that he's singing to perfection the piece that sky rocketed his master.

[@johnderham2829]

He is just great 😊

[@termite295]

i'm into heavy metal and stuff but i do performing arts at school and our teacher showed us this at school and even i have to say this is impressive

[@c605]

GREAT JUAN!! the best of a new generation of tenors!

[@Graf_Ka-Ka]

В детстве ненавидишь канал Культура, но становясь старше, только его и смотришь.

[@classyteacherdiva]

Absolutely mesmerizing!

[@Gav640]

I saw him perform this at the Met on Sunday. It was a truly awe-inspiring performance! Everyone was so upset that he did not do an encore! lol

[@JJ2009yum]

terrific voice and amazing performance

[@muscleboi4use]

This production has returned to London with Natalie Dessay and Juan Diego Florez and I can confirm BOTH were WONDERFUL, TERRIFIC, MAGNIFICENT. Both suit their respective roles perfectly for this comic opera. Nothing beats seeing them sing this live.... LOVED it and them!

[@kimmartin4897]

I never tire of hearing him sing this his voice is exquisite

[@JASalam]

La vida y la existencia se muestran tan amables a la lectura de los personajes atrapados en la trama que viven una suerte de locura ciega por lo que deben cumplir a diario, me agrada esta representación. Ah, mes amis, temo en ocasiones no vivir con tanta pasión, pero escucho obras como esta y la plenitud me acaricia el alma. Gracias por compartirla, Juan Diego florez magnífico.

[@palmolella]

Straordinario il grande Florez ... è così bravo che mi fa tourner la tete! Bravissimo!

[@normadoimai]

The people whio would dislike his performance must to change their device for listen! Florez is amaizing, their music provider is weong!

[@YellowFlowerofTexas]

He is incredible! Please more videos

[@colettewarren7928]

Juan Diego est le roi du contre ut! Sans effort, il se lance...une vrai Merveille je l'avais vu à Paris , nous étions en extase.'''

[@diegogbr1]

beautiful voice and interpretation. fantastic.

[@KaSuYa1388]

que lindo talento..es genial escuchar esta clase de musica Juan Diego... saludos desde Arequipa

[@martinegenevet2028]

Le savez vous? Quand JUAN DIEGO FLOREZ est venu chanter le rôle de TONIO, la cavatine ah mes amis contient 9 contre ut ! Et bien à L'opéra de PARIS il a rechante l air une deuxième fois! Ce qui lui a fait 18 contre ut en quelques minutes! Du jamais vu ! Il a été applaudi comme UN DIEU pendant très longtemps ! Il est UNIQUE !

[@KayHarpaGone]

Oui, je le savais ! Il est incroyable ! Je crois que ça ne s'est jamais fait !

[@dolores4948]

Maravilloso .Juan Diego estas un GRANDE !

[@이준혁-c4s]

He is a Really good actor, I think. I don't know french, but I can see what he is saying.

[@esquibelle]

Heard him sing in Santa Monica in solo concert last week. He is sheer elegance.

[@JordanSean]

Amazing! He makes it sound incredibly easy!

[@neostiv]

Gracias Perú !!

[@자세히보기-c4r]

지구상 가장 가볍고탄력있는 저목소리 얼마나 열심히 연습했을까...힘차고 고음에서도 탄탄하다 나의우상!

[@tmberry]

so effortless. wonderful. Moving around as he sings those is just pure bravery haha

[@EdofEngland]

Saw this a few hours ago at Royal Opera House (Covent Garden, UK). Interesting to see the same set is used (maps with 'topography', a lovely set). Had to listen to mes amis again, have been humming it in the pub since seeing.

[@toreadorable]

Saw him last night (Friday, the 19th) at the Met. Although he's still suffering from the cold. he was superb. "saagua1953" makes a good point. If you're seeing the opera staged, Florez has it hands down over most (overweight, over-aged) tenors. The singing soars and he looks and acts like someone who could believably cause Marie (and most everyone else) to swoon.

[@racingrubberbiker]

This production was also seen in London with Florez. I have seen him at Covent Garden since 2002, and he always gets a great ovation there. He is simply the best bel canto singer for roles from Donizetti and Rossini for a very long time. He also has the great advantage over Pavarotti and such-like, in that he looks good and can actually act convincingly on stage

[@jd7x7jd]

hey video makers - never cut the applause! it's an essential part of the whole experience. :)

[@madamedellaporte4214]

youtubers probably never go to live concerts.

[@batatac4mil86]

It's highly dispensable, I hate hearing clappings, And if someone wants to download the song through KZbin you have the claps in there and it's annoying

[@graysonstetson7784]

Sorry to be off topic but does someone know of a way to get back into an instagram account? I somehow forgot my login password. I love any tricks you can give me

[@lianellis2943]

@Grayson Stetson Instablaster =)

[@ilrimpianto]

One of the best tenorinos in the world with an impeccable technique.

[@seventhseal100]

This is phenomenal.

[@emitch9213]

I love his guitar playing and song 🌹

[@esquibelle]

in a word wow One of the most brilliant tenors of all time/ wow juan diego florez one of the great ones wow

[@brodereck1]

Magnificent singing in an opera that I once heard (charitably) described as musical mush. I saw it some years ago in Sydney with Joan Sutherland and I would endorse that view of the opera itself. That great artists waste their talents on this work is incredible.

[@IlyiaKaushansky]

Saw this performance last night in San Francisco. Unbelievable !

[@amrascarpathia]

The things that make Juan Diego Florez's rendition of this aria much better than others are so subtle that those who don't have a trained ear cannot hear the difference. One most listen to his octave jumps, you can't hear the difference between his registers. Everyone knows that he has to be using a ton of head voice for him to be able to hit the high C. However, his passagio is so strong that one can't tell the difference. There are many other subtleties that make Juan Diego Florez far superior

[@cucuchi10]

Juan Diego Flórez in Madrid: Teatro Real de Madrid.2.6.2009 (JMI) There is no doubt that Juan Diego Flórez is one of the very greatest singers nowadays: in his own repertoire, he is literally incomparable with any other singer. What I have discovered in the last two years however is that the Peruvian divo has become a singer who shines in a very special way in concerts and in recital.

[@Claudia.Bender]

Lo máximo, espectacular!! Grande jdf

[@cucuchi10]

o The Observer, Sunday 23 May 2010 .... “As her shy, knobbly-kneed boyfriend Tonio, Juan Diego Flórez returned to wow us with those famous top Cs and pure, unsullied vocal gymnastics. Only Pavarotti, in living memory, could make it all sound so similarly effortless...”

[@acrilexs.a.8217]

Maravilloso!!!

[@CarlosRomero-td2vs]

Maestro. Cada dia mejor!!.Sublime! Gracias por compartir "mi tiempo" en el planeta. Gracias!

[@brollysayan7653]

i love it my song favorite

[@dennislee21]

Simplemente, magnifico Juan Diego Florez. Orgullo de latinoamérica y el mundo entero.

[@cucuchi10]

Madcap Soprano, Brave Tenor Enliven Donizetti Opera in London, Bloomberg News, 12 January 2007 The brave tenor given the Olympic task of hurling out the famous top Cs is Juan Diego Florez, and when he does you know that you're in the presence of one of the greatest tenori di grazia (``graceful tenors'') of our time. He hits each of Tonio's treacherous notes with an unerring ping, and with no hint of strain. He doesn't slide up to them but attacks them staccato, just as the score demands.

[@eurydike]

I don´t know why some people here so criticize Florez and say he is succesful only because good marketing and that he can´t be well heard in theatre, live... people have ears, and if they applaud so much much when he sings live in theatre, so he should be good.and i like his recordings, i havent listened to his live singing. why else would they have wanted him to repeat the ah mes amis at the met? because they didnt hear him well for the first time:-))) ?

[@egrosz]

A great delight!

[@verasantarelli4088]

Grandioso Juan Diego Florez!

[@benjaminlopezisgreat]

HE is so frekin cute. sweet. on top of good.

[@Jonnybrams]

I love JDF! His singing is charming and his voice like honey.

[@claires9100]

And he is so cute!

[@malinwa4ever315]

I know him for some years now Great Grts from belgica ❤️👍😉

[@NickHuffTenor]

He looks good, he sounds good... He's just so good!

[@horsegent1]

Just back from seeing this at Covent Garden. What a breathtaking performance. Natalie Desay was also an absolute star with a lively display of perfect comic timing.

otra maravilla del mundo...desde PERU!!!!

[@ulrikemorollo6872]

Bravissimo !!! He is the best !!!!

[@atyupatyu]

Excellent. Makes my day to start happy. You might like this singed in hungarian as well Donizetti: Az ezred lánya - Tonio áriája - Réti József

[@stranraerwal]

Florez and Javier Camarena (who got an encore at the MET-performance) seem to alternate the role of Tonio-and both are simply fantastic.

[@kathyrz24]

He is just AMAZING!

[@enriquerivera3140]

Increible, y es latinoamericano!

[@cucuchi10]

Zimmerman’s production of Vincenzo Bellini’s La Sonnambula, April 2009 “Juan Diego-Florez is splendid in the part of the tenor hero. Again, he makes a case that he is the best lyric tenor to appear since Pavarotti. Complimenting him is Dessay, who is affecting and lovely . “

[@luisalfonsocorbachorodrigu9655]

Maravilloso Juan Diego!

[@hermanneckert6966]

Einfach grandios - The Best!!!

[@monsterlapin8412]

Can I marry him? ❤️ (Ok, but he's AMAZING, one of the greatests of these times)