Jose Carreras as Canio (Finale)

[@robertotorres9945]

WoW 14 años de subido este video y todos fieles a este exuberante video tte Amo Carreras

[@marcela21884]

It has haunted me for ages the fact that there is no Dvd of this wonderful Pagliacci and cant get over it. It would be my dream come true if it was produced .... thanks for posting. I love it 😍

[@minuciofelice6465]

Voce assai diversa da quella affermatasi negli anni Settanta ma ancora caratterizzata da una bellezza timbrica INCOMPARABILE. In aggiunta, l'interpretazione, il fraseggio e la musicalità raggiungono un livello artistico assai raro. Faccio notare che se Canio è ruolo per un lirico spinto, e Carreras non lo era, nondimeno la voce era assai sonora, tant'è vero che non venivs affatto coperta da un'orchestra che non suona certo piano. In questo e in altri repertori, è difficile ascoltare tenori altrettanto completi, anche tra i grandi nomi. GRAZIE JOSÉ!

[@Calaf1983]

Hace años quería escuchar/ver en directo a Carreras como Canio! Gracias Kryltoppa! José, a la altura de siempre! Genio!

[@bethfiori4708]

I'm weary of reading the comments of would-be advisors to Carreras. Don't listen to what you don't like. I, however, am interested in Carreras' choices and the ways he challenged himself. A world-class artist nearly dies at the peak of his career and manages, as he himself said, two types of careers, before and after, and remains active into his 70's. I want to listen to a wonder like that.

[@czechoperafan]

For me it's very, very interesting video. Thank you, Kryltoppa

[@luismanuel-tena]

¡ Grande Carreras ! Una interpretación genial.

[@varaldoampelio34]

ma invece di criticare Carreras, ascoltate l'anima che ci mette e che da emozioni che altri non sanno dare. Oggi che tenori ci sono che riescono a reggere il confronto ? nessuno.

[@F93HD2]

Salve.Se parliamo dall' inizio carriera fino alle soglie del duemila allora possiamo essere d' accordo.Se parliamo di questi ultimi anni le devo dire che qualcuno ce n' è anche se pur sempre sono una minoranza.Comunque onore a Carreras per la carriera fatta e per la sua professionalità sempre dimostrata nel continuare a studiare e nel non lasciarsi andare come invece fatto da qualche sua "partner" del passato..

[@spencerhastings8208]

Mi sueño es gritar el primer "Bravo" luego de ese maravilloso final. Tremeendo.

[@jwccc47]

Excellent,and that was after he was sick.Best I heard him.That roll seems to bring the best out of these tenors.

[@annwolken5793]

One of the BEST Canios I have ever heard

[@lara-fi4ww]

he looks adorable.

[@cornelbalan5111]

BRAVOOOOOO!!!!!!!

[@inmylife9]

Great! Thank you for posting! When was this performance done? Could you upload "Vesti la giubba" too, please?

[@ThomusicaHK]

The best part is the "La Commedia è finita!" Amazing!

[@abcnowcontrol]

Bravo!...

[@giorgiojvladiqt6060]

ONE OFF THE GREAT TENORS.

[@doors1414]

bravooooooo jose!!!!!

[@abcnowcontrol]

El Gran Jose Carreras.

[@pavarottithebest]

Purtroppo in questo video post leucemia si vede e si sente benissimo la tensione sugli acuti...... Peccato x una voce così bella..... L'unico dei tre tenori ke cantava con il cuore e cn l'anima..... Grande Josè!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@marcoillatino]

Fantastico!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Marco Balsamo.

[@fabiancamposparedes]

lo escuche antes y no me gustaba, pero al escucharlo de nuevo me di cuenta que es espectacular y que si bien comete errores, no alcanzan a opacar su fantástica interpretación

[@Kryltoppa]

If you don't like his Canio, you can go watch someone else sings it. Your personal taste is by no means the universal standard all singers must adhere to.

[@FitnessVocalCarlosVinsac]

BRAVO!!!!!!

[@SAMMYMAN7777777]

Bravisimooooooo

[@Kryltoppa]

You're welcome. I'm afraid I don't know the rest of the info, tho. This was a clip that was shown on a tv program about the Vienna State Opera, so I don't have the rest of the opera. Would love to hear Carreras do Vesti la giubba, too.

[@abcnowcontrol]

'la comedia e finita' is for Canio,not for Tonio;Great by carreras...

[@commandert5]

I think you've got the names mixed up, but yes. I don't know why modern directors now give it to Canio, who is in a frenzy after killing his wife, and therefore unable to differ reality from the show, instead of Tonio, who is just an observer.

[@oliverdelica2289]

@@commandert5 I think you mean Taddeo. Tonio is from La Fille Du Regiment

[@commandert5]

@@oliverdelica2289 Tonio is the name of the actual character, while Taddeo is his name in the commedia

[@oliverdelica2289]

@@commandert5 hehe I realized that now 🤣😬

[@luismanuel-tena]

Bravoooooo Carreras

[@eluceanlestelle]

Malgrado la parte non sia adatta alla sua voce ,sia stato gravemente malato e sia già inevitabilmente in parabola calante, Carreras dà sempre il 101% in interpretazione e volontà e comunque la sua voce quando non è spinta ai limiti è meravigliosa!

[@minuciofelice6465]

Non so se la parte non fosse adatta alla sua voce, giacché l'hanno sempre cantata anche i lirici puri, e penso, oltre a Carreras, a Pippo Di Stefano, ad Aragall, a Domingo e persino a Pavarotti che tra tutti era quello con la voce meno sonora e più leggera. Io credo che un tenore lirico con una voce risonante come quella di Carreras, e dotato della sua musicalità e forza interpretativa, potesse cantare un eccellente Canio, con maggiori sfumature di quanto non faccia un lirico spinto o un drammatico.

[@Veritas1066]

Wish the Vienna State Opera would release the complete version of this (and many other operas performed at their house) on DVD as other opera houses have done, instead of just releasing little clips. So, so selfish. Someone once told me that it had to do with getting releases from all the performers. Well other houses have overcome that obstacle, why can't Vienna?

[@alexxseeman]

Er singt wunderbar hier! Bravo Carreras!

[@valterdalpra8691]

Eccezionale interpretazione, ancora una voce ragguardevole in un repertorio pesantissimo, imparino i tenori di oggi....

[@robertotorres9945]

Bien papi .si q.eres fiel

[@elisabetta611]

The emphasis on "Pieta" makes me want to cry....:((

[@bethfiori4708]

Carreras' handsome, fine features cannot be disguised and remind us throughout the opera that this Canio the clown is a man, a man in pain. His humanity and fragility are apparent in his desperation.

[@giampierone010]

...la voce è fuori repertorio,ma è molto bravo nell'intenzione della parola...meglio di Domingo...

[@minuciofelice6465]

E anche di Pavarotti, decisamente troppo leggero per cantare Canio!

[@guillecanaleja]

Bravo José!!!!!!!!!!

[@pepeelsordo]

Esta es una de las razones por las que Carreras dejo de ser un tenor maravilloso. Porque cantar Aida y Paglici? Carreras era un lirico a lo maximo.

[@robertotorres9945]

Si eres el mejor tenor del mundo y joven...y el mejor director de todos los tiempos te dice has Aída. Seria estúpido rechazarlo

[@ksnygirl]

is it just me, or is the orchestra not in sync with Carreras at "No, pagliaccio non son!..." (when he actually gets to that verse)

[@Kryltoppa]

No, sorry. Caught this on a tv show that just shows clips from various shows rather than whole thing.

[@mrssslimer]

@Kryltoppa WTF? did i just see an english reaction to a spanish comment??? LOL :)

[@Kryltoppa]

I agree. Lots of Canio do that now, tho. Might be a tenor thing. I don't know.

[@marokt]

Carreras gives a lovely lyric version of Canio. You don't always have to roar as much as Monaco does.

[@pavarottithebest]

@31122051 Hai ragione carissimo amico mio. Non si può non dire quello che hai espresso tu!!!! Che peccato però una voce di un colore etereo PURTROPPO però maleducata. Ed è inutile ripeterlo sempre che senza una TECNICA SOLIDA non si arriva a cantare a lungo, pur avendo il timbro più bello di tutti i tempi. Un esempio confutabile è proprio questo signore, che avrebbe dovuto affrontare questo ruolo all'età che ha adesso, cantando negli anni precendenti Elisir e Traviata e STUDIANDO STUDIANDO!!!

[@FitnessVocalCarlosVinsac]

Aragall cantando pagliacci... Encima le critica lo de actor. USTED NO HA IDO EN SU P. VIDA A UN TEATRO luciano1935. Por dios!! Pero si Aragall tenía tanto pánico escénico que cuando subía a las tablas daba pena verlo actuar!!!! QUÉ POCO CRITERIO!!! Si nos ponemos a comparar, el mejor Canio ha sido sin duda don Pedro Lavirgen.

[@Joeleole]

Poor direction at the end, as much as i enjoyed the performance, i don't think she'd just stand there waiting to be killed and the same goes for Silvio...but fantastic other than that, Carreras is the best!!!

[@lastofdmelocchians]

The reason del Monaco roars MAROKT, is that that IS his instrument. Carreras can NOT roar if he tried! He's a lyric tenor that's why he gives a LYRIC performance. Other lyrics who have attempted to roar & failed miserably was di Stefano. Plus, the character of Canio is more del Monaco than Carreras. It's like asking del Monaco to sing Nemorino..which Carreras sang beautifully. For me, Carreras doesn't do it for me as Canio @ all:( Vickers did a fine job singing Canio lyrically.

[@celestiatv8546]

Exactly. Carreras was always at his best as Nemorino, Edgardo, or Rossini's Otello. I have the full audio recording of his Edgardo (with Caballe), and at the end the love duet ("Verranno a te") is probably the only time I've heard him (or any tenor for the record!) hit a high E flat in full voice; almost impossible to tell that it was him from the recording. He was foolish to follow that monster Karajan's advice - as an awful price he has since completely lost his once-golden tone.

[@billobrien5118]

Maybe but by 1990, Carreras was bit too long in the tooth to still sing Nemorino. His illness took away the boyishness in his manner and features.

[@juanito55613]

el papel de canio no es adecuado para carreras por su condicion de tenor lirico sino mas bien es mas para dramaticos que para liricos por su calidad vical porque al principio el mismo jose tenia una voz muy fresca pero ahora la tiene con un vibrato mas lento .

[@abcnowcontrol]

According to the date of recording,the conductor could be Riccardo Muti,great conductor.

[@gergelycsallo5133]

From te Staatsoper archiv: Fabio Luisi | Dirigent Jean-Pierre Ponnelle | Inszenierung, Bühnenbild und Kostüme Dietrich D. Gerpheide | Chorleitung José Carreras | Canio (Pagliaccio) Joanna Borowska | Nedda (Colombina) Piero Cappuccilli | Tonio (Taddeo) Herwig Pecoraro | Beppo (Arlecchino) Bo Skovhus | Silvio Wolfgang Witte | Erster Bauer Gerhard Eder | Zweiter Bauer 1991 Carreras made a studio recording with Muti, and Scotto earlier

[@abcnowcontrol]

Thank you for the information.

[@lastofdmelocchians]

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[@anwauliu7061]

伟大的卡雷拉斯！

[@musicman051189]

Iam Kinda Shocked He Got That Charicter

[@lsmart]

One of the stupidest staging decisions (and something I have occasionally seen in some other Pagliaccos) is to have Carerras with the knife in his hand from right after his aria. I mean, come on. You have an entire audience standing around and watching a guy with a knife in his hand for two minutes and no one tries to do something to stop him? Even worse, Nedda prances around singing despite seeing her raging husband with a drawn knife in his hand standing right next to her? Opera often requires one to suspend reality, but why do it to such a degree, especially when it is utterly unnecessary? Why not do it like in the Pavarotti Met performance, where Tonio slips it to him right before the final "il nome," or like the Corelli video, where he pulls it out right before he stabs her?

[@marcela21884]

Leo, if you don't have an intelligent comment to make, just shut up!

[@lsmart]

Now THERE is an intelligent response if I ever saw one. You really showed everyone how unintelligent I was. Perhaps YOU were the staging director? Anyways, it was wonderful having such an intelligent debate with you.

[@commandert5]

Also just the whole ending in general. Canio and Nedda just stare at each while the orchestra plays the chase music.

[@andrewwalker3312]

Hes trying to find out the name of the bloke before he stabs her AND maybe the knife is adding to the drama and shows he means business

[@lsmart]

One need only hear the opening "No Pagliacco, non son" to realize what a bad decision it was for Carerras to go dramatic. His utter lack of heft forces him to force in order to project a dramatic sound even for the lowest notes. Pavarotti (who was also criticized by many for his entry into dramatic roles) had far greater heft and depth to his sound. He also did not have to force at the top, since his easy and ringing high notes (aided by a far greater technique than Carerras) made up for a lack of real dramatic power. As for the claim below by MarinJosep (a presumed Carerras fanatic given his nick) that the strain is due to his recovering from leukemia - simply not true. First of all, his voice had already lost his velvety sheen before he became ill. Secondly, he already made recovery tours in 1988, and this is 1990.

[@celestiatv8546]

Absolutely correct! Carreras has always been a lyric tenor and always will be - his forcefulness seems to cause him to scream instead of sing. As you said, Pavarotti had the ringing high notes and therefore does not have to force - I agree also with that; there's a DVD of his Radames at La Scala, I've seen it and I can definitely hear his voice throughout the entire Act 2 finale, high notes sung securely with minimal forcefulness. And yes, Carreras lost his once-golden tone as far back as 1979 - when he took the advice of that scum Karajan. He should have stuck to his original repertoire (Gennaro, Nemorino, Edgardo, etc).

[@esclarmonde1]

I am well aware of what Hodgkins Lymphona is like, my husband died from it. However it is widely known that Jose had ruined his voice long before this terrible illness. We are good friends and agrees himself.

[@marianomunoz686]

Su voz no era para este papel

[@esclarmonde1]

The ruined voice damaged yet again. Why didn't Carreras have the sense to keep what was left of his small voice.

[@amantedellopera1681]

For me the wrong voice for canio,and he was past his best here.roles like this he should never have sung.