La bohème - 'Che gelida manina' aria (Puccini; Michael Fabiano, Nicole Car; The Royal Opera)

Puccini’s music and Richard Jones’s production capture the joy and heartache of young love in Paris. Michael Fabiano, performing the role of Rodolfo, sings the 'Che gelida manina' aria to Nicole Car, performing the role of Mimì. Find out more and book tickets www.roh.org.uk/tickets-and-ev....
Richard Jones perfectly captures the blend of tragedy and comedy in La bohème, and provides an acute analysis of Puccini’s young would-be artists and their lovers, the soulful Mimì and spirited Musetta. Spectacular designs by Stewart Laing evoke both the poverty of the bohemians’ attic home and the splendour of Paris’s shopping arcades on Christmas Eve.
Puccini’s score is one of his most beautiful, with highlights including Rodolfo and Mimì’s introductory arias and love duet in Act I, ebullient music for the chorus and soloists in Act II, and Mimì’s poignant death scene, over which the composer himself wept. La bohème received its world premiere at the Teatro Regio, Turin, on 1 February 1896, and its Covent Garden premiere the following year. It is currently one of the best-loved operas worldwide, and the opera most performed at the Royal Opera House.

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[@markbruce3524]

How can u not love this! If this does not make you cry you are already dead!

[@ryoto8506]

'Che gelida manina' is my favorite song. When I listen to it, It always touches my heart!

[@montserratcolini4764]

Es la primera vez que veo este tenor , me ha sorprendido su maravillosa voz !! Su interpretación es perfecta , y se entiende muy bien lo que canta !! Muchas gracias por compartir. Saludos desde Paris

[@vickiw3335]

Love Michael Fabiano. Have seen him in Lucia at the Met, Carmen at Washington National Opera and will be seeing him in Carmen at the Met next May. Also saw him in a wild Rigoletto at Covent Garden!

[@michaelmattern8188]

First opera i saw. Still my favourite:)))

[@oyvindm1954]

Michael Fabiano has the most excellent vocal technique that makes him able to bring forward to the listeners the excellence of Puccinis music. Regards from a tenor in Norway, Europe.

[@lolaisolde1944]

Excellent tenor. Just seen him live in Turandot in Barcelona. Just amazing. What a beautiful voice!

[@manuelcarvajal9514]

Fabiano, a beautiful voice!!!

[@kenoliver8913]

A great tenor with perfect technique.

[@antoniomaccan6988]

Per sogni e per quimere e per castelli d'aria....❤

[@hamishblakely1375]

Wonderful performance with fantastic tone and power.

[@stevenmyriam-6529]

Beautiful!!!

[@claude1918]

Puccini was also a marvellous orchestrator. The harp here is great. Two flutes and two muted violas which accompany the death of Mimi makes me cry.

[@8starsAND]

Yeah, that's a masterpiece

[@andreapandypetrapan]

Yes, Puccini is the genius of heart-breaking bel canto melodies and orchestration that exactly compliment and set-off the harmonics in the human voice. Up there with the goddesses of Bach, Mozart, Wagner, Britten, William Walton. Strauss, Mahler. Love, andrea

[@michelecameron6920]

Michael Fabiano is beautiful with a beautiful voice and Nicole Car and he perform the best Rodolfo and Mimi I have ever seen or heard.

[@plooh5316]

Beautiful performance.

[@meaksam]

2:12 sends shivers down my spine every time, both the orchestra and vocals, just amazing.

[@miltiadismichalopoulos4034]

this tenor, Michael Fabiano, is AMAZING!!!

[@davidellis8052]

Fantastic

[@bhob70]

no words - just goosebumps

[@alexanderzamora5930]

Superb!

[@gubatpark]

Wow, this is just amazing! The singing was amazing and the acting and chemistry between the two is golden! How Mimi looks at him makes my heart melt. I bet the O soave fanciulla will be very a believable love-at-first-sight romance.

[@xxsaruman82xx87]

Without a High C in sight!

[@jacobhuffty7411]

@@xxsaruman82xx87 His middle voice is so gorgeous though! I kinda wish he'd lowered it to B.

[@mizmp33ot15]

Mimi could’ve been a fly on the wall. Fabiano is a showman, no matter good or poor, his voice brings excitement to Che gelida manina!

[@michaeljeran4941]

Sah ihn heute als Gennaro, wunderbar! Klasse Sänger und Actor

[@ohmy5650]

Never listened to Fabiano that I didn't get amazed & felt the experience was fully great.

[@eyeshowyou]

Can't stop listening to this wonderful tenor.

[@godlygirls62]

Wow. This tenor is absolute spellbinding. What an amazing talent

[@christopherhalls8209]

Wonderful production I saw at Covent Garden . Puccinis greatest opera.

[@scottishlore]

That was such a treat. Thank you so much for posting. What a beautiful voice and such a lovely scene.

[@equinae6048]

Its beautiful! Only Their voices and actwork is already amazing!!!

[@EthalaRide]

I'm tearing up, this is so beautiful!

[@traindriva]

Crisp and clear, that's what came to mind. I thought you'd have held 'the climax' for a touch longer but please, it's not really a criticism, just a wish. You did a superb job. Congrats.

[@alf5835]

Wow, first time I see this tenor. Amazing!

[@alexgomez2]

Wow! What a beautiful rendition.

[@janhughes7786]

Oh wow,wow. I just fell in love 😍

[@vjimenezgolf]

'Ruban tutti i gioelli' The way he says that phrase is incredible but specially the 'gio' syllable.

[@randalcolucci6833]

This guy is a rising star. He has "it".

[@gerryfinegan]

What a super performance. Lovely tone and splendid acting. Only those that suffer from hubris would think it flat!

[@RaylinRecords]

My favorite Opera and Opera House! Very well done. I saw this at the Metropolitan Opera last month. Very beautiful : ) For the Sopranos, I would suggest learning "Mi chiamo Mimi" : )

[@AlamannoCapecchi]

Bellissimo! Stupendo! Infiniti Pollici Sù!

[@lesleyhampson8849]

Absolutely superb!

[@teresaguimaraes5398]

Owwwwww!!! My favorite ballet total I love yoou rayal ballet

[@BytomGirl]

This is not ballet, it's opera :)

[@gangsta7369]

Marvellous

[@coreylogsdon4656]

This stage direction is super rapy.

[@amiahedmondson6320]

Damn that high C gave me chills down my spine omg

[@operadog2000]

Flat.

[@morrobarry]

@@operadog2000 tasteful portimento...

[@operadog2000]

@@morrobarry FLAT.

[@sananton2821]

@@operadog2000 He hit the note. It just took a second.

[@operadog2000]

@@sananton2821 FLAT

[@plmacleod]

What a beautiful rendition and dynamic delivery: draws you in when he's quiet and then just enough power to make your heart leap (before carrying on). True, listeners -- picky ones like myself -- could ask for more... er, colour for instance, but the effort and sensitivity he's put into this aria is already well-appreciated. Note to stage director: Might want to work on that blocking unless your Mimi is an aspiring contortionist.

[@Huaimek861]

A really beautiful intelligent interpretation of this great aria.

[@voidofmisery4810]

I love how natural it seemed to be for the actor to sing and flow around the stage

[@AMQ11]

I thought he was going to fly out of the window at one point.

[@voidofmisery4810]

AMQ11 oh at 0:44 ?

[@yvettemarin940]

Magnificent !

[@thierryrussodelattre]

Qu'il est doué ! Bravo Fabiano !

[@MsPleyades]

💖💕👌👏👏👏👏👏

[@danafripp4120]

Oh my heart.💖 #HowItsDone

[@duncanwood2474]

Brilliant

[@eliotescalante]

Simplemente exquisito....... gracias por el obsequio.......

[@sharonshea3261]

Fabiano is magnificent. I watch a few minutes of this every day.

[@cumuluscloud3854]

Performance from 2017?

[@BytomGirl]

Fabulous... such expression.

[@bozejuric-pesic1793]

What a beautiful hair

[@machovoce6826]

It's a wig.

[@Operafiend22]

So much beauty and detail....bravo Michael

[@ZEALSMOOTH]

Didn't see any effort on that high part. Could it be that all the effort was put on holding the pole? :-)

[@oliverdelica2289]

😂😂😂

[@arnoldamaral7406]

Your bad 😌😳😁 Arnold Bourbon Amaral

[@trentonwilliams9921]

Wow wow!!! Just wow!! What a gorgeous voice. I came across this amazing voice today in a video with Lucas Mecham. So glad I did. I have listened for decades to all the great singers in every voice category. My favorites are Siepi, Tozzi, and Hines. But that’s because I’m a bass. 😂 I thought Mario Lanza had the most beautiful tenor voice I ever heard, but I may have to change my mind. With all due respect, I disagree with your comment that you will never be as good as the great Jussi Bjorling. 😊

[@EndoftheTownProductions]

3:23 - "La speranza" -- "hope" -- This should be expressed with sheer joy and exultation with the High C being sustained and held for multiple seconds (sometimes upwards of 7 seconds by the legends of the past (Corelli, Kraus, Pavarotti, etc.) This lends an emotional intensity commensurate with the text that unfortunately is lacking here.

[@luciaquesnel185]

Impossible not to fall in love with this Rodolfo

[@Rosangela161]

Brilliant!

[@WilhelminaBrown-sd8is]

Pavor was my favourite erver

[@raymondede8388]

He has a decent middle register in line with many tenors. However, his high notes are what you would expect from a modern day tenor. I saw a video, on you tube, where he was a little disdainful of Bjorling. I suggest he listens to Bjorling singing this same aria where he will experience real greatness.

[@VivaLaVittoria]

If you watch this and then also his performance (opposite Sonya Yoncheva) in the 2018 production at the Met... both times he gives a smile and slight nod of the head after the high C part. Same slightly cocky self assured (but mostly to himself) little look. I would never have even noticed but if you watch "The Audition" (documentary) on the Met's streaming site, he goes on a bizarre defensive rant about how/why he can't sing a high C... I feel like he does that little smile and nod every time now because he feels so good about it. :) I'm not trying to bash him here, I actually like it. Like he says in The Audition, different people have different fachs, and a high C isn't as easy for some to reach as others. He finally made it, he deserves to feel great! And he's obviously someone who has worked really hard to get where he's at. I always love his performances.

[@peterkirktenor]

he's in character.

[@laurianacoelho7300]

🥰😍

[@RL-ck8zk]

3:24 Was he even trying?!

[@Monnarchmonnarchy]

To be a stripper! 😁😁😁

[@njwvanbaasbank3478]

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[@tenorcarloscol]

Go on stage and do it yourself.

[@RL-ck8zk]

@@tenorcarloscol I've actually seen your video before and think you have a wonderful voice. I did not think that he executed the note correctly and that he should sing an aria that he cannot execute correctly without straining.

[@giosueagius7003]

@@RL-ck8zk You are correct, the note was not executed correctly, it was a bit ''Stuck'' in the back of his throat, the trick to singing the high ''C'' is to do a ''Punto e Allarga'', the way I do it, is to focus on a singular point, give the High C a bit of direction and then expand on it gradually. If the singer can do this properly, the High C would not be a problem, I don't think the singer actually tried doing it this way. However, to be fair, I must also take into account the pressure the singer must be in when in front of an actual audience. It's a bit different when you're practicing, and when you're actually in front of an audience. The fact is, He reached the High C, now it's just a matter of not straining it, the way he did it, was on the verge of collapse.

[@operadog2000]

FLAT high C.

[@frankborder]

yep, marginally. apparently from the other comments he struggles physically to reach it. i guess i puritani is out for him.

[@zerekdodson1095]

His intonation seems acceptable to me, well within tolerance. The high C is apparently a difficult note for him (as it is for many other excellent tenors), and I see this as a success. Is this entire performance totally ruined for you just because you would prefer one of the notes to be a couple cents sharper? How sad...

[@operadog2000]

@@zerekdodson1095 Yes, the totally flat C ruined the entire performance. If you had eaten a piece of cake and the frosting was spoiled, would you say after having eaten it that it tasted good?

[@saram3449]

Always so silly seeing people complain about certain notes being flat or not whatever, unless you’re in too deep in opera you have no way of hearing any mistakes 🤷‍♀️ sounds like singing to me

[@joefara11]

English translation Che gelida

[@veritysprott1547]

What is the language?

[@scorpioninpink]

Italian, I think?

[@TJLovt]

I know there's some Spanish in it, maybe dabs of English

[@guilhermecaldas7358]

Che gelida manina! Se la lasci riscaldar. Cercar che giova? Al buio non si trova. Ma per fortuna è una notte di luna, e qui la luna l'abbiamo vicina. Aspetti, signorina, le dirò con due parole chi son, che faccio e come vivo. Vuole? Mimì tace: Rodolfo lascia la mano di Mimì, la quale indietreggiando trova una sedia sulla quale si lascia quasi cadere affranta dall'emozione. Chi son? Sono un poeta. Che cosa faccio? Scrivo. E come vivo? Vivo. In povertà mia lieta scialo da gran signore rime ed inni d'amore. Per sogni, per chimere e per castelli in aria l'anima ho milionaria. Talor dal mio forziere ruban tutti i gioielli due ladri: gli occhi belli. V'entrar con voi pur ora ed i miei sogni usati e i bei sogni miei tosto son dileguati. Ma il furto non m'accora, poiché vi ha preso stanza la dolce speranza! Or che mi conoscete, parlate voi. Chi siete? Via piaccia dir?

[@Shahrdad]

I'd love to hear him live. It seems once his voice hit the high C, it opened to another dimension of resonance.

[@luomodelloggione6564]

His voice didn't even reach the C. There are issues with his top. Taking the closed vowel in the portimento of the approach to the B flat ( which had its own problems ) also indicates this. Mr Fabiano is a real tenor and this was an admirable attempt at a difficult aria which to his credit he did not transpose. Lets leave it at that.

[@sananton2821]

@@luomodelloggione6564 It reached it. Listen harder. An ugly scoop-attack doesn't mean he never made it to the note.

[@machovoce6826]

Yes, that dimension is known as singing flat. How kind of you to express it so euphemistically.

[@mce2019]

4:07 i wanna be looked this way ❤

[@kevinbraden798]

Great voice....but they do a little bit of a "mic effect" there on the high C. No big deal, but I would rather they didn't do it so we could her it normal. Theaters often do it when making a recording of the show.

[@maihatsu]

Great

[@JoaoPedro-fj3td]

Che gelida manina! Se la lasci riscaldar. Cercar che giova? Al buio non si trova. Ma per fortuna è una notte di luna, e qui la luna l'abbiamo vicina. Aspetti, signorina, le dirò con due parole chi son, e che faccio, come vivo. Vuole? Chi son? Sono un poeta. Che cosa faccio? Scrivo. E come vivo? Vivo. In povertà mia lieta scialo da gran signore rime ed inni d'amore. Per sogni e per chimere e per castelli in aria, l'anima ho milionaria. Talor dal mio forziere ruban tutti i gioelli due ladri, gli occhi belli. V'entrar con voi pur ora, ed i miei sogni usati e i bei sogni miei, tosto si dileguar! Ma il furto non m'accora, poiché, poiché v'ha preso stanza la speranza! Or che mi conoscete, parlate voi, deh! Parlate. Chi siete? Vi piaccia dir!

[@nickrichards3841]

Whoever edited this video should arrested. I can’t believe it cuts off right at the end when the cloud erupts, and Michael Fabiono’s face is a picture as he tries not to grin. 😢

[@Pink_Lemonade_Axolotl]

1:46

[@sad78r]

Великолепная актерская игра, исполнение на высоте, за исключением высоких нот. Ноту До надо микстовой техникой петь как в свиток на резонаторах, краями связок, а не грудью пытаться взять, тогда она зазвучит

[@scottconnuck3406]

I like him. As for her... she projects absolutely no thoughts or emotions while he is singing. What the heck is she thinking about while he is pouring his heart out to her? Her next aria, perhaps? Not acceptable!

[@familypondman]

No support enough, so the high notes will eventualy disappear!

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[@artisticskillz01]

That high note didn't do it for me

[@spek4769]

scemo chi legge

[@user-ub9wd3yv2k]

Not great on the top C , almost failed

[@olivealbers2478]

Maybe, but it's not too bad.

[@andreassengeleitner6743]

He failed. And it was to be expected,

[@operadog2000]

He was FLAT.

[@zerekdodson1095]

Gosh, you people are harsh. It is a beautiful high C, excellent if from a live performance. Listening back a dozen times, I can hear that he flounders for ~0.5 seconds at the beginning, then finds a stable placement. It is *not* noticeably flat by any means. Imho I would rather it be slightly flat than sound shrill and forced.

[@operadog2000]

@@zerekdodson1095 totally flat. It's either on pitch or it's off.

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[@carolineclegg8898]

Lovely acting here. Hope that fire wasn't lit.

[@sananton2821]

Jussi didn't scoop like this. Take note.

[@tonyventura4605]

I love Jussi. But his voice is 1/2 the size of this tenor.

[@johnmangels5572]

4:16 Jussi has unfortunately been dead for decades...should no one ever sing this glorious music again just because Jussi is dead. These are the most asinine comments. Do yourself a favor, get off of KZbin and only listen to Jussi recordings from the 1950s and 60s.

[@frankborder]

no performance would be complete without some jabroni who speaks no italian yelling bravo right at a very poignant moment anybody ever consider that MAYBE Puccini wrote continuous music so that you *wouldn't* have an opening to do that? 😊

[@Monnarchmonnarchy]

Pafetic parody. Bravo? No high notes, softy...

[@machovoce6826]

His mincing about the stage is a bit embarrassing. Before making a "reaction" video dissing Bjoerling and Caruso, however, you'd think he would at least sing a high C on pitch. Not the case here. Flat and right from the throat.

[@nikolinkataleska3453]

Disaster.

[@colinreeve4012]

Beautiful!!!!!