The incredible voice of Hendrik Appels

[@vitabella6481]

What a tenor ❣️❤ a real trombone ❣️ and I did not know him, incredible. Hearing such singigand vouce makes me happy 😍

[@massimocesareAnnaloro]

Che voce meravigliosa! Ha fascino e nostalgia nella voce, cosa piuttosto rara nelle voci così grandi. Grazie.

[@xxsaruman82xx87]

Wonderful, even, solid production of sound. Thank you for bringing this magnificent singer to my attention.

[@carlosstieffel1620]

GRANDE, veramente GRANDE!!!!!

[@tarekmohamed3263]

Effortlessly Huge!

[@matthewmosca5002]

Splendid voice and artistry, such solidity to the tone- thank you for posting these superb recordings.

[@krystynazapolska8541]

The real thing. Wow Just Wow

[@joaopauloribas8495]

I'm fascinated with his voice ! He's a true Wagnerian heldentenor with an impeccable technique, amazing projection and by far a more beautiful tone than Melchior. I prefer his contemporary Franz Völker in the Lohengrin excerpts for his unmatched vulnerability and lyricism in the role ...I'm so excited to hear this GREAT artist for the first time !!!! Thank you so much!

[@boristemkin]

His voice is darker than many contemporary baritones.

[@XPRT10R]

Who aren't REALLY Baritones!

[@boristemkin]

@@XPRT10R Yes, I must write many contemporary "baritones".

[@ritapapiri]

Very interesting this Siegmund..thank you.

[@gerhardrohne2261]

the dutch produced some astonishing wagner tenors: Henk Noort had a similar career in many german towns and spent like Appels the war years in berlin...

[@ilkertenor]

What a nice bronze colored tone and agree in similarity to Tauber due to similar vibrato.

[@MrBertramLevaughn]

His voice is COLOSSAL!

[@francesca7564]

Tres beau document, merci ami ...

[@jimmychoo1857]

Thank You! Great indeed!

[@jonathanyarrington84]

Beautiful! Thanks for the introduction

[@juliogonzalezcampayo3201]

No lo conocía. Gracias por compartir.

[@arturomedrano2816]

Julio, y no haz oído lo mejor, procura lo y a Vladimir Galozine tenor ruso. Ten Salud.

[@josepablosanchomendez1186]

Reminds me a little bit of Ramon Vinay's voice, true titans

[@freddystoof7698]

Davvero una grande voce nella stessa qualità al par d'un Melchior . Grazie mille

[@sictransitgloriamundi1329]

What a voice! These recordings show how these parts should be sung. How ridiculous is Vogt e.g. in these parts with his lyrical mezzo tenor.

[@vitabella6481]

Mezzotenor 😂😂😂 thatsa good one! I call him a Knabenchortenor.

[@jimgulick9773]

Wow.

[@Xerxes89]

Glorious

[@darklord220]

This guy is mind-bogglingly fucking good and amazing. How is he relatively unknown? He should be standard fare for students.

[@PcCAvioN]

Appels is incredible here. To the comparisons with Melchior, Appels has obviously studied Melchior's singing and imitated it at times (who wouldn't want to sing like Melchior?). Here I am purely talking about vocal technique. As an artist Appels stands proudly, and to my ears his Canio is better than Melchior's. I feel he is more Italianate in style and more impassioned

[@Garwfechan-ry5lk]

He was no Melchior, you would have to listen to a Full opera to Compare , Appels did sing alongside Melchior a number of times in London Paris and Berlin , Melchior was supreme.

[@mariay4011]

What a voice!

[@benjaminwerth]

Fantastic!

[@AfroPoli]

I would have liked to comment on your vincerò / vinceremo video, but the comments are turned off... so, I do it here. Well done, Sir! Best of luck to you and your career.

[@benjaminwerth]

@@AfroPoli Ah, thank you! I appreciate it.

[@scotthogsed]

Mesmerizing

[@Welverance]

favoloso! grazie per l'upload!

[@AfroPoli]

Ahah, grazie, sono felice che ti piaccia. Ho vissuto in Italia e da allora adoro Pozzetto! :D

[@XPRT10R]

​@@AfroPoli perché, di dove sei?

[@alvisebadoero7015]

Hervorragend gesungen, er ist zu Unrecht vergessen (ausser bei Sammlern).

[@arturomedrano2816]

Una de las mejores voces de tenor grabadas en 78rpm 1930s.Archivo Sonoro de Chihuahua.

[@jezamania]

Thanks, I've watched a few videos on YT over the last few years of this tenor and wondered why there are not more recordings of this magnificent helden voice on YT?👍

[@paganisto]

BRAVO!

[@rosshalper6708]

I too thought it was Tauber at first! But bigger and without the finesse.

[@josepablosanchomendez1186]

Awesome!

[@romearomeo]

Sublime

[@robertevans8010]

This man was a great Tenor

[@EliominDZ]

BARITONO

[@andrzejzborowski4920]

There are no such voices any more because there are no vocal teachers to teach such technique. And it starts with proper music education in public elementary schools. Young people want to be IT workers and sing heavy metal.

[@darklord220]

It's certainly more financially secure :(

[@patrice4081]

Un grand heldentenor avec une technique plus sûre que celle de Melchior.

[@johnbratincevic3634]

Sounds like a more elegant Melchior.

[@whyis_hehere6638]

When were these recordings made? The quality it really good.

[@AfroPoli]

Mid 1920s.

[@cliffgaither]

@@AfroPoli :: Some recording studios must have had better technology ! The 1920s ! WOW ! Thank you, as usual, AfroPoli.

[@roideschats8799]

comme d'habitude, les grands chanteurs d'autrefois ridiculisent les "demis-portions" d'aujourd'hui... Non seulement par le timbre, mais par l'expression artistique elle-même.

[@langleytw]

Excellent voice in the old style. New name for me so thanks. I think audiences today would find the penetrating sqillo a rather unusual experience. Does anyone sing with this type of production today? Certainly sound engineers would have a few problems. Personally I prefer a slightly more covered approach in the passaggio, a la Melchior.

[@tecnicaantica]

Melchiors’ voice is rather “Horizontal” compared to him. Very open though, to my taste darker and much more appealing than Melchior. Greetings

[@ransomcoates546]

@@tecnicaantica Melchior’s mouth position was markedly horizontal, which the vertical dogmatists ignore.

[@langleytw]

@@tecnicaantica I guess that is why we all have our own preferences. Myself, I cannot hear anything but vertical in Melchior's voice. He dominates the passagio and never opens the vowels in the middle voices. His singing is super-legato where required or clipped to suit the style. He had a relatively small mouth and what he may have done physically has little bearing on the sound, though I do not think he spread his mouth unduly. Here is an example I'm sure you have heard: kzbin.info/www/bejne/sJK5mZ5vqd58hZY Compared to many whose careers are associated with the role of Otello, Melchior sounds un troubled. Perhaps too clinical for some but that's personal preference. I like the way he allows the composer to provide the histrionics. And lets not forget that the only reason he did not sing these roles was because the Italian side of the house (Met) were concerned that he'd wipe the floor with them and so Bing would not allow it.

[@langleytw]

@@ransomcoates546 Please see my response.

[@ransomcoates546]

@@langleytw A good example of the physical mouth position I note is in the film where he sings the ‘Preislied’ and bows at the end. I mention it only because teachers seem to be promoting a practically disjointed jaw position, which Corelli adopted towards the end of his career. It encourages forcing, I think.

[@XlikeZero]

baritonal quality

[@Garwfechan-ry5lk]

if this man was around today HE would be the greatest tenor in the world, not the glotal crap of Kaufmann.

[@mariofilippeschi4855]

Did Germans did also lowered their larynx?

[@juanaguirre4833]

Of course. This is a low larynx sound if there ever was one.

[@MarielouAppels]

He was Dutch!

[@ahidalgocarnicero5881]

Its better than Lauritz Melchior

[@XlikeZero]

No.

[@ahidalgocarnicero5881]

@@XlikeZero or maybe yes, all depends on the ears that hears. Thanks

[@langleytw]

Melchior had an unusual vocal finesse and discipline at the peak of his career for such a big voice. He never bawled or shouted. He was particularly restrained in the passaggio. This is what set him apart from other heldentenors, in my opinion. Appels certainly has a beautiful authentic heldentenor voice of the type we may not hear again.

[@luissanchezroma1010]

@@ahidalgocarnicero5881 Yo también lo creo.Este va más holgado en toda la zona de pasaje, y los agudos más redondos en general.Melchior a partir de cierta zona empuja más y estrecha. En cualquier caso, tanto uno como otro han desaparecido.Hoy no existen wagnerianos similares ni de lejos.Todos gritan, empujan, y cantan la zona de pasaje como pueden.Con la consiguiente mengua y empequeñecimiento vocal.

[@georgeblumenthal7875]

langleytw kn