Martin Muehle's sensational Calaf

[@operaanimelover369]

Martin Muehle is excellence, freshness, and virility personified in terms of being one of the true spinto tenors of today. I wish I had seen him in person, let alone see his performance as Calaf, but I ended up watching a performance of Aida at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden and made a review of it. However, I still want to thank you for preserving these moments at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, as Signore Muehle is a testament that real opera can still exist in all the right places.

[@Mariejeanne-c1k]

Très grand ténor bravo excellent calaf merci ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@maxmustermann7903]

He is one the few modern singers who sings with a real open throat rather than singing in the "mask". This makes him sound like the great tenors of the last century. Bravo. Bravissimo.

[@Radiobestia1]

DE MASCHERA NO TIENE NADA! SE AGOGA Y ACELERA EL TIEMPO PARTA SALVARSE! SE NO EMPIEZA A CORREGIR ERRORES --EMPEORAN!:OFRESCO AIUDA _A PRECIO CARO:SALVAR LA VOZ DEBE SER BIEN PAGADO:

[@carolinafaria_opera]

I am proud to hear all comments. Martin is a great artist and a reference in Brazil. Sucesso!

[@Carmesi66]

I also attended this Great performance on the 22th. In my opinion Martin Mühle is todays best spinto Tenor. In the last 5 years I saw him already 6 times and his Voice is still as good as 5 years ago. BTW Cathrine Foster as Turandot was also verry good.(At least for my Taste)

[@asifitmatters1]

If this is the best psi to tenor out there then opera is well and truly DEAD!

[@goldenagerecordings5295]

BRAVO Martin Muehle!!!!!!!!!! I remember his Calaf very well from a performance in Cologne years ago.

[@andreasbettau5951]

Great,great,great.

[@pekkak.2724]

Real singing indeed, courageous and pure singing... it would be very nice to hear him singing live.

[@flicfan416]

Lovely to see you make content about modern singers that you actually like. Keep it up.

[@draganvidic2039]

It’s strong and ringing

[@lulupansa]

Sei semplicemente fantastico!!!❤

[@baoanhnguyen9186]

The staging is weird, to say the least. Muehle does sound tired sometimes, but overall he's very good. Better than most modern singers singing this role, I'd say. And he could have *somewhat* competed with the tenors of older days. Bravo.

[@dankurth4232]

Yep! Somewhat …

[@meisterwue]

Ein Tenor ......Gott, ist das Labsal......bei all diesen vokalanämischen Stimmchen HEUTE eine solche wahre Tenorstimne zu hören.......❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤noch dazu in dieser genialen Rolle

[@baishihua]

Wow so clean and well projected.

[@giahuy98]

I was there to see the last performance. Sometimes he seems to be outsung by the both donne. However I really love his voice which has genuine darkness. He sounds healthy too.

[@rorystruthers]

Fantastic singing... glad there is someone around who is committed to the artform still. Would be well worth seeing him live, by the sound of things. (As a former professional Ping, I do like the audience cheering straight after the 'vincerò', rather than drowning out my entrance. 😀)

[@AfroPoli]

Haha so true. And Ping is a wonderful role, a bit ungrateful but so much fun ❤

[@meisterwue]

@@AfroPoli wish to be a tenor, a spinto to create this part of this Principe ignoto......thanks for all

[@katerynaverbytska5069]

I have seen this singer live in 'Chenier' before Covid. Now it seems like another life))

[@meisterwue]

@@katerynaverbytska5069 Chenier is made for Muehle

[@katerynaverbytska5069]

@@meisterwue As far as I can remember, I was delighted with his singing.

[@femistokll_Moskalkov]

Very good singer and another fucking director!

[@adamsmithtenor]

That’s a Calaf of a generation. He never oversings and still sounds 40 years old. So fresh. Bravo Martin. I do love the comments about singers from 50 years ago that most people haven’t heard live or haven’t heard live for least 50 years.🤌🏻🤌🏻😂

[@Carmesi66]

I agree 100% with it. BTW you are in the Same league ( Champions League)and I Admire verry much your Voice. I will attend your Cavaradossi Performance Next year in Hamburg.👍

[@biancacastafiore8760]

@@Carmesi66 the mushroom league?

[@Carmesi66]

@@biancacastafiore8760sorry of course „ Champions league“😂😂

[@tinkerwithstuff]

Say, do you have an example handy of someone who _does_ "oversing", but _not_ also does everything else wrong, so my ears have a good chance of hearing the actual defect of discussion? (so I won't do this myself, although building my voice, perhaps "oversinging" is kind of a part of that, as is lifting "too much" is part of gym?)

[@emailvonsour]

The fuck are you talking about? Can I not talk about Muehle even though I haven't heard him live? You can hear on a recording how somebody's singing. I mostly talk about singers a hundred years ago, anyway. Or way, way more. Is there any reason that nobody can do anything Battistini did well over a century ago despite today's modern science and knowledge? We just can't talk about the past because it makes the moderns look awful?

[@somerandomguy84]

Nothing beats a dramatic tenor high c

[@opercissimo]

Ein wunderbarer Sänger mit einem lange nicht dagewesenem Timbre.Er erinnert an die gute alte Zeit und deren Gesangsstil.Bravissmo Martin!

[@ricardocrampton5629]

grandissimo tenore e persona!

[@piccaluga35]

Wow. I have to remember the name!

[@meisterwue]

Jaaaaaaa, eine meiner Lieblingsopern......und Calaf, ich liebe diese Rolle .....❤Martin Muehle❤ ist exzellent, er ist im selben Alter wie Jonas Kaufmann......

[@Diemut_F.]

So alt wie Kaufmann, aber um Längen besser - ein echter Spinto halt!

[@meisterwue]

@@Diemut_F. Ja, natürlich......das wollte ich sagen. Martin = Calaf....Afro hat auf dem Kanal auch ein Interview mit Martin Muehle.....ein Tenor nach meinen Herzensohren.

[@ritapapiri]

Bravo!

[@theoddball7]

I was born in 2002, and this man is probably the closest I will ever hear to opera singers of the previous century

[@tinkerwithstuff]

Yeah, this is why I was able to drag my father in for a ride of hundreds of kilometers, too. I mean, he's also old. But I don't expect this to be better in 20 years.

[@williammorris584]

Too true.

[@Jackswansontenor]

Does anyone know who Martin studies with or what the basis of his technique is? he’s the absolute top top top.

[@AfroPoli]

Watch the interview with him on his training or contact me. You can find my address in the info section on my channel.

[@Jackswansontenor]

@@AfroPoli thank you! I really enjoyed the interview.

[@shahramyazdani7575]

The taste, essence and color!His voice throws you back to the Corelli and Del monaco time!!! Where the great singing and great singers where ruling the opera!!!! I am more than honored to know him in Person and I blessed by listening to him almost in 90 percent of his BIG repertoire live!!!! His voice carries very well in those roles and the character he puts in all spinto/Dramatic roles he plays and sings, is just OUTSTANDING! The squillo and very well placed and done chiaroscuro in his voice made him the most favorite lirico-dramatico present tenor for me and in my library! THANK YOU Dear AfroPoli FOR POSTING THIS although I was in the house for the premiere of this production sung by him! Che bravo ❤👏 Grande Calaf

[@tinkerwithstuff]

Hehe, at the end again... he tends to "sink into the bottom", to more sing on the breath, for the difficult note :-) At least that's what it feels like to me, what he's doing there. He moves back quickly here, as if thinking "wait, people see that, must suppress". I felt it more strongly for some notes in Tosca. And thanks for the clip! I missed this one.

[@grouchomarx5609]

WTF is this staging? Sensational singing indeed.

[@tinkerwithstuff]

Apparently, directors need to make it look like their salary is justified, so they can't just do something that's not somehow new or "genius" ;)

[@alejandrotm]

I heard him as Calaf July 2023 in Madrid and he was supposedly not 100% performant, yet didn't withdraw to let another Calaf stand in for that night's performance. If what I heard was a tenor with a bit of a sore throat that didn't feel like cancelling, he must be wondrous when he's totally healthy. I regret missing him at the artist's entrance at the end to get his autograph on the program and congratulate him, but I told his fellow primadonna that night, Saioa Hernández that, not only I enjoyed her debut as Turandot, but his Calaf was very appreciated and I was surprised that he sounded that good with a bit of a sore throat.

[@deropernliebhaber9181]

Sein Cavaradossi war auch sehr gut, ein großartiger Sänger

[@katerynaverbytska5069]

I want to thank you for finding and sharing recordings of MM's performance from that evening. I have to apologise for my audacity, but do you happen to have his 'Non piangere, Liu'? 👀

[@AfroPoli]

Not from that performance. But there is a video on YT of him singing that aria, the finale included.

[@katerynaverbytska5069]

​@@AfroPoliyeah, I've already found it. Thank you

[@xxluchino]

non vedo l'ora di sentirlo nelle Villi a Torino e magari anche fare un volo a Palermo per la sua Turandot

[@ComteAnckarstrom]

Sorry I don't want to disturb because it's a Muehle post but could you give us some opinion about Ettiene Dupuis? I'm really surprised with all the good reviews because in my modest opinion he is far from being a Verdian baritone, well I think he is not even a baritone and his Rigoletto debut is announced in December in Madrid. I have tickets to listen Anduaga who is in his same cast but maybe it would be a good idea change the tickets for another day... What do you think about this singer? Have you listen at him in the theatre? Thanks a lot.

[@AfroPoli]

Thanks. I've never heard him live. Judging from the videos, he seems to be a lighter, more lyrical baritone. He's musical. And for some Verdi roles, his voice might work. Look at Di Luna's score. Il balen has so many pianissimi that get ignored by the more "manly" baritones. But then... who can tell what is right and what is wrong. He is no Bastianini, no Bruson. But maybe the voice projects and cuts well through the orchestra? Only a live performance can tell. So, if I were you, I'd go! Peace.

[@ComteAnckarstrom]

@@AfroPoli Thanks!

[@Olgaalwina]

Martin mit der wohl in Deutschland faszinierendsten Tenorstimme!

[@AdolfoRufatt]

GRRRRRRRRAAANDEEEEEEEEE!!!!

[@medeaiassonidi8391]

Does anybody hear that the tenor is sharp in many points? Isn, t too light color to sing Calaf?

[@Altonahh10]

Thank you! Finally someone who has ears and knowledge. He is fighting the whole time because he is not a dramatic tenor which is needed for Calaf. Therefore he ends phrases too soon and grasps for air, just focusing on the high notes to shine. That is lousy and he should get back to where he is coming from as a lyric. If he sings roles like that his career won´t last long.

[@grr8048]

Many folks here including the channel owner only look for resonance regardless the singer sings sharp or not.

[@jimdrake-writer]

The creator of the role of Calaf at the Metropolitan Opera in 1926, Giacomo Lauri-Volpi, was not a dramatic tenor but rather, as he described himself, "Un tenore del teatro, non un tenore della radio o delle registrazioni" ("A tenor of the theater, not a tenor of radio or of recordings"), meaning that to be heard properly his lirico-spinto voice needed space around it, ideally the space of a large opera house. His wife, the soprano Maria Ros, who also taught selectively, maintained that the evidence of a refined technique was the ability to execute a diminuendo in the high range. His late-1920s Victor Orthophonic recording of "A te o cara" is replete with diminuendi in the upper range: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZoOwYWupa85licUsi=o4aWXJP5pDL6oH8A

[@AlainArvelo]

the "Il mio nome non sai"...incredible. a generational voice.

[@ey8767]

Just when I think that all modern opera singers are garbage, this came to my KZbin frontpage. Thank you for uploading the recording and thank Mr. Muehle for the fantastic performance! Even nowadays there are still true artists like him.

[@flicfan416]

You don't need to think that, though. There are a lot of good singers out there still.

[@ey8767]

@@flicfan416 Hopefully I can see some of them live! Most of the opera singers I have seen either cannot sing, or cannot act, or they simply just cannot do anything. Last time I saw an Opera, they were using microphone and it's not the worst part. The worst part was that the mircrophone was suddenly turned off during the performance and then there was no sound at all....Yeah opera singers who cannot survive without microphone.

[@alexandrkolesnikov9062]

Я слышал его в Большом в Кармен. Блестяще! Еще он был скромен и мил)

[@RealHogweed]

A sensible performance, it seems

[@johnbratincevic3634]

I guess I’ve been out of the game too long, this is the first I’ve heard of this guy. He sounds like Corelli without the volume.

[@johnbratincevic3634]

Though getting to the end - the top is much more focused and lighter than Corelli.

[@rowley555]

simply the best.

[@jerzysnakowski]

I didn't know Calaf could be performed this way...

[@dankurth4232]

If you listen to Franco Corelli’s rendition(s) you could learn how it should be performed .. much better and much more impressive

[@jerzysnakowski]

@@dankurth4232 I'm afraid you didn't understand my sarcasm

[@dankurth4232]

@@jerzysnakowski LOL then sorry for my reaction! Yes! This performance by Mühle lacks the required intensity and also forza and (fine tuned) squillo. Technically Mühle is OK, but that’s it

[@AfroPoli]

You should both listen to Corelli's in house recordings in Turandot before writing this kind of BS.

[@wieslawrudnicki2638]

BELLO UOMOBELLA VOCE BEL CANTO SALUTI DALLA POLONIA

[@armandonazarenocerutti9860]

Buena voz, a mi leal saber es un tenor lírico neto y el rol de Calaf está escrito para un tenor lírico-spinto, acercándose al tenor dramático.

[@boguslawmorka1809]

The Best tenor Bogusław Morka! Polish sing Kalaf. ❤

[@thomasdahlen8533]

Very good bu he must work with his support.Focus and timret excellent.

[@giovanniformisanotenorefor4999]

Non il mio preferito ma bella voce.

[@busterbeach]

Not bad. No Corelli but not bad.

[@ferminsalaberri]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@TD05SSLegacy]

Sad. I predict opera won’t exist in 50 years. No one will be able so sing it. 😢

[@rascaypica73]

It is easier to record this opera than to stage It. Few singers will take the risk and,of those who dare,few will survive with good reviews. You can see what some people sais in KZbin about Sondra Radvanovky and her voice,but she is for sure between the best three Turandot of all times,and one of them didn't even dare to sing Turandot in a theater... What I mean is: that's what we have now...Let enjoy It.

[@TD05SSLegacy]

@@rascaypica73 I don’t want to see or hear this sound!

[@downfromkentuckeh]

Holy SHIT THE FUCKING SNOBS IN THIS COMMENT SECTION

[@Ypsheim-Gindelbach]

Ich weiß nicht, was ihr habt. Unpassende Zwischenatmer, Höhe mit letzter Kraft. Kann sein, daß andere schlechter sind.

[@Altonahh10]

Ich weiß nicht, wieso sich hier alle derart von ein paar Tönen hinreißen lassen. Man hört doch klar, dass der Mann völlig überfordert ist. Er ist kein dramatischer Tenor, hat hier überhaupt kein messa di voce, der Fokus liegt nur darauf, das Publikum mitzureißen, weil es plump auf eine Arie reinfällt. Ich wäre sehr unruhig geworden bei diesem Calaf und ahne, dass hier jemand sich nun auf Rollen stürzt, die ihn kaputt machen werden. Aber das konnten ja andere vor ihm auch und singen weiterhin alles kreuz und quer mit äußerst zweifelhafter Technik und hörbaren Defiziten. (Kaufmann z. B.)

[@busterbeach]

He’s very good big this role belongs to Franco Corelli.

[@Tenorchristopherjackson]

Franco Corelli doesn’t own this role. Actually no one does. He’s been dead for 20 years so it’s time to live in the future. It’s okay to simply give this wonderful singer a compliment and leave it there.

[@busterbeach]

Actually that’s how I feel and who the hell are you

[@Tenorchristopherjackson]

@@busterbeach You publicly stated your opinion, and I publicly responded. Don’t get your panties in a bunch. Blessings to you!

[@downfromkentuckeh]

​@@busterbeachget fucked bastard, Corelli doesn't own this role and he's been dead for a while, deal with it you fucking snob.

[@Rab_Prokrastinazii]

Лучше Кауфмана, бесспорно, но ничего сенсационного в этом исполнении или певце нет, увы. По сравнению с дель Монако или Корелли- обычный, заурядный исполнитель

[@patrice4081]

Martin Muehle chante trop bas.

[@Altonahh10]

Are you all deaf? He's completely out of breath, he's just snatching sounds. That has nothing to do with thorough singing. And there goes another singer who sings the wrong roles. Muehle is not a spinto.

[@grr8048]

Going after the specific resonance is what the folks here do, regardless the singer singing sharp without much breath left all the time.

[@asifitmatters1]

Sensational is a very liberal way to describe his performance. He’s often out of tune, struggles with the middle and his top is squashed and tight.

[@giovannifassari2025]

Voce molto bella ma non per Calaf

[@AfroPoli]

In che senso?

[@giovannifassari2025]

@@AfroPoli in questo senso

[@AfroPoli]

@@giovannifassari2025 🙄

[@jonasecke02]

Che cazzo dici, Giovanni 😂? Lo hai ascoltato dal vivo?

[@mariomarjan]

​@@AfroPoli 1. Beautiful voice. 2. Same color, from the low to high notes. 2. He is for Calaf...why not? I am 100% sure, about that : He cat almost all finish notes of words..he should ( my subective opinion ) more longer finish notes of words and more legato singing...conecting notes - line, one by one to the end of phrases.

[@lanfrancogiannini9887]

Una voce che potrebbe avere le potenzialità" ma ancora acerba.Grazieb

[@20dty]

Thats not singing. Thats crying

[@KAZELLA1]

По-моему это откровенно плохо.

[@martincroft4997]

Very pitchy. What director makes their star lean against the pros? A bad one.

[@rascaypica73]

Bastante descontrolado el vibrato cuando baja a un registro más grave,la voz se vuelve muy fea incluso en la mezza voce. Ni hablar del registro grave. Calaf es un papel corto pero muy difícil y lleno de trampas resbaladizas para el tenor. Es agradecido porque mucha gente va a escuchar el Nessun Dorma (sin comentarios) y aplaudirán aunque me suba yo al escenario. El problema es que no todo es el Nessun Dorma. Hace 4 meses veía a Piotr Beczala sufrir mucho en Zurich y desafinar como nunca fallando alguna nota de forma tan notable que hasta los que sólo van a escuchar el Nessun Dorma lo percibieron. Y creo que Beczala es miles de veces mejor tenor que este señor.

[@emailvonsour]

"Y creo que Beczala es miles de veces mejor tenor que este señor." Entonces no conoces el canto para nada. Que horrible opinion! Hasta yo canto mejor que Beczala, con su "wobble" horribilisimo.

[@rascaypica73]

@@emailvonsour Claro,por eso ambos cantan exactamente en los mismos teatros y con los mismos cantantes. Claro! Debe de ser una conspiración internacional para cancelar a este señor TAN excelente.

[@rascaypica73]

@@emailvonsour Demuestras, además,un "altísimo" conocimiento del canto usando el término "wobble". Todo muy técnico de tu parte. Ah,y por cierto,a mí me da igual Beczala. No creo que sea el mejor del universo,pero es lo que hay,y ese "wobble" lo tiene porque su edad es ya de casi 55 años.

[@antonioparicionavarro]

Pues a mi me parece que todo lo canta super empujado , casi casi forzado , la voz es excelente, pero no suena bonita , no es nada musical.....

[@Bivolari]

I don't really hear a solid foundation to his voice. Here, he seems to constantly over singing. I fear for his vocal health if he continues to sing this heavy repertoire in this manner.

[@AfroPoli]

I can assure you, there is no over singing. He had all the resources for the finale which is the hardest part of the role. His voice (I listened from the 2nd balcony) is incredibly well projected and ringing. With ease.

[@achmedmohamed4708]

Bivolari Muehle is 54 years already. Not many tenors sing and sang so brilliant at this age.