Netrebko and Alvarez - O soave fanciulla

[@diehlan]

Grande MARCELO !!! sos lo mas groso...encima te tranzas a la Netrebko...sos mi envidia !!!!

[@biwaUSA]

This is how it should be. Two great voices, two great people beautiful music and great magic.

[@rexxcarz]

This is the BEST "O Soave Fanciulla" since Caruso and Melba in 1906, period! This kiss at the end was a huge icing on a beautiful cake! Ms. Netrebko is outstanding, perfectly in tune and in character; marvelous soprano! Mr. Alvarez is perfect with soul and volumn in voice! Opera was for the common man and woman to enjoy; it was not created for the fake opera-snobs that tear a performer down because she (Anna) has over-the-top talent AND looks. Learn to sit back and enjoy it for what it is.

[@rexxcarz]

This is the sweetest, most intense rendition of O Soave Fanciulla since I heard the 1906 recording with Caruso and Melba! Alvarez is powerful and full, and Anna...sheesh, the voice so full and effortless, and drop dead gorgeous! And to top it all off, the lucky buzzard got to KISS HER!! And what a kiss it was as she pursued the kiss toward him! Gawd!

[@1962mcomet]

Ah, what a lucky man to have kissed the beautiful Anna! Beautiful singing!

[@Higbby]

bravo bravo BRAAAVOOO Anna Netrebko !

[@gianllucchino]

bravissimo alvarez !!!

[@ralphjosephpugh]

Beautiful. My favorite version of this that I have found.

[@Hosenfeld24601]

I love it! The song is heartfelt, and they are so obviously enjoying it, and that is much of what makes a great performance.

[@operagirl81]

This was so cute!!! I even saw a couple who were kissing in the audience.. how perfect!

[@jaras1410]

Tyle ciepła i miłości w tym głosie , coś pięknego Brawo!!

[@verrru]

That´s the way the duet should be! Awesome truthful performance..

[@dalferr]

Fantástico!!!! Pure love is in the air.

[@Higbby]

Bravo Bravo Bravoo Anna Netrebkoo !

[@csnvinnie]

Mr. Alvatez has the good taste to take the last note down a fourth, so as not to blast the high C. I don't know of any tenors who can do the high C delicately enough to not break the spell of this aria. Perhaps Juan Diego Florez. Miss Netrebko is absolutely enthralling.

[@GraefinVonSalamanca]

simply wonderful! GRANDE GRANDE GRANDE!

[@GraefinVonSalamanca]

grazie marcelissimo,sei bravissima - rispetto!!!

[@marcelissimo]

It was Marco Armiliato and he had birthday on the day of the concert. I was at that concert and thought he might have had one or two glasses before the concert started. ;-)

[@zenkiaguirre]

pienso lo mismo que vos marcelo es un gran talento

[@lusciousbobby]

Uh oh, Marcelo is coming on to Anna! Regardles of what he's got in the back of his mind he's terrific, IMHO. A very rich, full and sweet voice with near flawless pitch. Anna is once again exquisite in every way. Anna could do toothpaste jingles and I'd listen.

[@karifrid]

Russians are making good singers... Her and Hvorostovsky, both my favorite... Plus some old ones....

[@AnibalAcevedo1]

Marcelo... bravo!!!!!!!!

[@poyma]

Thankyou for posting this. Their singing is breathtaking!

[@pawdaw]

Very cute!

[@paulostroff99]

A lovely performance TY m for posting.

[@elinorberg]

I am quite shure he had..........Thank you for telling me

[@hipocampelofantocame]

I'm a new fan of this couple. I want to buy some videos

[@miabuchignani]

Is it just me or does Netrebko go flat and sharp a lot? I don't find her very consistent but she's still beautiful and has such a rich color to her voice.

[@ROFLMAN07]

Very beautiful! Bravo, but it would be priceless if the cameraoperator had accidently zoomed in on the guy in the background at 3:44.

[@dalferr]

Bravi!

[@hisimperialmajesty]

I'm not so sure about that. I mean, they say that Joan Sutherland and Luciano Pavarotti weren't particularly good actors, and yet they had huge followings.

[@SebasGreco]

So much better than the one with Villazon. BRAVO ALVAREZ, BRAVO!

[@jucameron]

Hmm! I think I agree with evolt56. Try listening to the Caruso-Farrar version from 1912.

[@marcelissimo]

Oh, that's only of the Italian ARMANI!

[@marcelissimo]

because it is a big (high) open arena

[@filipadam7087]

nice

[@marcelissimo]

@GraefinVonSalamanca mille grazie :-))

[@johnnie543]

I see someone's made their opinion, but I'll still ask anyway: IS NETREBKO READY TO SING MIMI ONSTAGE??

[@ChristinaLuiseNikita]

I'm note sure, but wasn't this in Munich ? Great performance ! Love you Anna !

[@kngiht84]

You should support your assertion with more evidences (although I believe that Netrebko has everything to be amongst today's greatest sopranos)

[@saagua1953]

why do we have to look at members of the audience so often?

[@deportivobech]

hey marcelissimo where are you from??? from Argentina??? Im from Chile and I love Marcelo Alvarez

[@kngiht84]

Ehm, have forgotten Ms Gheorghiu, haven't you ?

[@GallegaK]

¡Gracias, Maestro! ¿Cuándo esta compatriota puede verte en Buenos Aires?

[@ELThenN]

@AntonTenor Maunya yang cium"an

[@ozzycouture]

This live recording was too-slow paced and a little sappy. The male's voice was well adjusted; however, the female's voice was shaky from her very first note, which was late.

[@SebasGreco]

Coincido en gran parte. Pero ojo con la gordura. Parte de la voz (solo una parte) nace de la caja toraxica. Pavarotti nunca fue flaco. Pero incluso podes comparar su voz cuando era mas flaco y cuando era mas gordo y notaras diferencias, sobretodo en la capacidad para sostener la nota por mayor tiempo. En general suelen engordar, no adelgazar! jaja. Sin duda uno de los mejores 5 tenores de los ultimos 20 años, junto a otro Argentino, Jose Cura, tan amado como odiado parece. Pero un grande.

[@tanpeke]

why he kissed her?

[@spgtenor]

Good singing from both, which kind of surprised me, but it's hard to get passed Alvarez doing an impersonation of Jim Carrey with all the different goofy ass faces he makes.

[@karifrid]

I have a video of Rigoletto where he sings a High D flat, with the soprano. Here he should sing the High C with her.....Perhaps loosing his balls.....She is GREAT !

[@trovatore90]

@urbino08

[@xralph1968x]

why do they need microphones?

[@marcelissimo]

hi deportivobech, I am from Austria (Vienna). If you want to check my website for Marcelo Alvarez, please click on 'marcelissimo' (my profile) and then on the link for my homepage.

[@hugoforth]

Oh dear...the couple below...armchair critics, cant just enjoy a performance , for what it was, absolutely lovely, as for...can't stand her voice....something wrong with your hearing then....ridiculous.

[@pieritlyon]

"NETREBKO,MUY BELLA VOZ Y MAGNIFICA INTERPRETACIÓN, ADEMÁS MUY HERMOSA. MARCELO ALVAREZ MUY BUENA VOZ E INTERPRETACIÓN. Es mucho mejor que Villazón,éste hace muchas muecas cundo canta,parece que le costara mucho sacar la voz debida. Alvarezes es más natural pero, verdaderamente debe adelgasar; es un tenor grato de escuchar pero no de mirar.Además que se vista mejor, más adecuado a sus presentaciones y estaría más en la mente de todos,más que Villazón por que es mejor.

[@vmg007]

Maldito!!!!! La besó!!!!

[@blue7530]

:-)

[@dg6da]

Netrebko is not a good Mimi.

[@lusciousbobby]

incredible. Why does she do all that "other" stuff when she's obviously meant for Puccini and hopefully Wagner?

[@Oetti]

like reputation, i.e. having a reputation for having a bad voice.

[@elinorberg]

But who was the terrible conductor. All the tempi were to slow. Poor singers!Marcelo Wonderfull! Netrebko bad high C !

[@rexxcarz]

Marcelo is fabulous in this version of "O Soave". But no one on this board is worthy of saying Anna (or anyone else) is less than wonderful. No one here possesses the talent, training, discipline and life-long devotion to opera---the TOUGHEST musical challenge EVER! Ms. Netrebko is nothing but TOP SHELF, worthy of standing amid Galli-Curci, Tetrazzinni, Melba, and the others. Stop trying to be some pseudo-critic and just enjoy the wonder of opera and the human voice.

[@M4DDISON]

good but nowhere near as good as with rolando then again how can you better perfection??

[@xjuno11]

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[@dalferr]

Bravi!