MICHAEL SPYRES - La Traviata - Alfredo's aria & cabaletta

MICHAE L SPYRES singing Alfredo's aria and cabaletta ("Dei miei bollenti spiriti ... O mio rimorso") from Giuseppe Verdi's Opera LA TRAVIATA, recorded in Tokyo in September 2007. Since this is a video from the dress rehearsal, in which he did not sing the optional top C at the end of the cabaletta I have added a short clip from a performance filmed from backstage, including the top c.
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[@Shahrdad]

That's the only time I've heard this cabaletta sung with all the little notes perfectly sung. He's amazing.

[@julianjesusperezfernandez8912]

Have you ever heard Alfredo Kraus' Traviata? Both Kraus and Spyres are wonderful tenors.

[@Shahrdad]

@@julianjesusperezfernandez8912 yes. He was Maria Callas’ Alfredo in Lisbon.

[@julianjesusperezfernandez8912]

At that time (1958) he was quite young and his Alfredo was really successful.

[@gustavotbf2]

I serioulsy don't undertand the dislikes! This guys is one of the bests nowadays.

[@SuperJasonable]

I guess they might refer to some less satisfactory execution of a few phrases especially at 5:44, where most tenors usually sing the high note. He seemed to show some fatigue in this part.

[@johannesgrau5956]

That he doesn’t sing the c .. that is actually not written doesn’t bother in my opinion. What is more astonishing is that he doesn’t cover the voice. He somehow squeezes the vocal chords to sing high pitch. More like Florenz technique. In my opinion the voice could be nicer with a covered Passagio.

[@jochemb.1748]

@@johannesgrau5956 Perhaps the conductor didn't allow him to sing the C. In the Traviata in 2013 at La Scala, Muti also didn't allow Beczala to sing it!

[@operadude32]

The voice is just GORGEOUS!!!! So natural, so uncomplicated, so beautiful. Please be inspired by the career of Alfredo Kraus. I'd love to hear Michael sing Mozart, French repertoire and some Donizetti - I can just hear Nemorino! Bravo.

[@selini52]

No baritone arias anymore!

[@nicolehourcade]

He will sing Alfredo with Placido Domingo in Chicago, next month. He was amazing last tuesday as Don Jose in Paris, wonderful voice, large ambitus, fantastic présence on stage, charismatique.

[@sarahdaniel411]

He is tremendous in person. Versatile in every way, and a beautiful voice. Beautiful.

[@MrQbenDanny]

FANTASTICO!!! BEAUTIFUL VOICE!!!

[@giovic9802]

Loving it

[@joseppluma5875]

5:43 me recordó al B DE domingo en el di quella pira, aunque aquí parece que solo fue una mala nota, porque 7:42 aquí fue muy bien

[@acravero1]

Excelente. Con el final escrito en la partitura y con el Do agudo. En ambos casos su desempeño es genial.

[@OperaLover84]

Wow!

[@mirzahrustanovic]

supeeeerrrr!!!!

[@lumieredusud5392]

J'aime beaucoup ce ténor. Il manque peut-être un peu de "feu" dans l'esprit, mais bon, il n'est pas Italien...

[@viv4life9]

dexcellent, singing this in a week :)

[@ezayi]

Beautiful voice and sing so easy. Like him very much. PLEASE... be careful with your weight!!!!

[@JUANQUISPE]

I like in this video theres no studio sound ...

[@20dty]

An ideal Alfredo 👍

[@giovic9802]

3:11

[@sospello]

Agreed--many worthy Alfredo tenors--but how many can do Roaul de Nangis or the Rossini "Otello" as well as this, or his ventures into Haedel, Mozart. Extraordinary versatility of voice and I think just in his early thirties.

[@07fantine]

Pourquoi une telle mise en scène ? un bien grand mot dans ce cas de figure ... mais j'aime sa voix alors (y)

[@piasecznik]

and Rossini. Rossini, Rossini, Rossini. But he knows that, he's not venturing too much into Verdi, which is good.

[@doet1064]

If you are a good tenor you can manage this Opera as a Rossini Tenor too.. but it should be the only one :D but the Sprano in the end is soo terrible...

[@konradottingen7187]

the high C of mr. spyres looks like the scream of a hen

[@joseppluma5875]

5:42 i agree, but the second one was very good

[@thricegreatart]

I don't like this tempo. But Spyres has a great voice

[@silvioivanbendanamora1682]

Su C5 al final de la cabaletta O mi rimorso suena opaca, cortísima y sin vibrato. En este caso es un evidente fraude, mienras que Bergonzi, en su versión completa de La Traviata con la Sutherland, lo emite limpiamente, lo mismo que Gedda en su grabación con la Sills, lo emite aún con squillo y más brillantez que el de Bergonzi, pero ambos notables. En cambio, Spyres desluce completamente. Saludos,

[@gestas60323]

@canzonettasullaria pitch problems: da bemängelt ein rezensent fehlerhafte tongebung. vielleicht, weil die c-dur cabaletta nicht von einem hohen d gekrönt wurde? aber im anhang wird die cabaletta (aus einer anderen vorstelung) nochmal gegeben, und da kommt der spitzenton!

[@glee8255]

3:48 ? 04:05?

[@Un_Gordo_De_Derecha]

Maybe stress?

[@Rubenkn]

He was marking, it was a dress rehearsal

[@MrPren]

Lui bravissimo come sempre. Ma il direttore con la T-shirt bianca?

[@w.urlitzer1869]

it is a rehearsal

[@sw5114]

Should leave the Verdi Bariton repertoire. Sounds more exciting as a tenor..

[@primosoprano]

Terrible staging of the aria. Costume??? Michael, you've got to be sure and take charge of the things that will make you look good...or bad.

[@Vielflieger01]

beautiful voice! some pitch problems and phrasing inconsistance. His acting could be more convincing and according to the text. A very promising singer. Congratulations!

[@user-cb8zp5mm1n]

could be better

[@diegoaugustosalomon5899]

No great in this role like an others like Rossini operas

[@sw5114]

Kraus and others much more passion and authentic singing. I’m rather bored.

[@Esoterre]

cabaletta, poorly sung.

[@joaquimcevallosmorales8944]

Ingolato, especially in the cabaletta. Remarkable for a true baritone, but old school opera singing is not in vogue, sadly.

[@junefun55]

The weight thing is not helped by horrid costuming! A big diaphragm and some weight to carry the voice BUT a skin tight waistcoat in nasty peach taffeta helps no one! See him do Plus Blanche from Les Hugenots also on youtube. I hope he is destined for a good French opera career. Lets hope he doesn't try to be just another tenor doing Turandot etc.

[@JacquelineLanceTenor]

And now twelve years later and he has been having an amazing career and the voice has only continued to develop.

[@Richbari1]

It's just kind of a boring voice. The core is missing from this voice.

[@arnoldamaral7406]

No passion very mechanical. ☝😱 Arnold Bourbon Amaral

[@agnieszkakruszyna4625]

@@arnoldamaral7406 Oh no, another stupid opinion from this "expert" 😂 You know who screams mechanically and without passion? Your Soaia 😆

[@DonPaolissimo]

Nothing "special" about yet another "B" tenor!

[@francescodonizetti]

I think he was trying on this role because obviously, he's singing high heroic tenor these days.