Verdi, Les Vepres Siciliennes(I Vespri Siciliani)(Willis-Sørensen,Caimi,Petean,Schrott)English Subs

Re-upload with better sound quality. French version of the opera. Decent quality video, but best viewed on tablet or smaller. Sound is about an 8 out of 10. The singing is excellent, although the production is a little rough around the edges in my humble opinion.
Conductor - Omer Meir Wellber
Hélène - Rachel Willis-Sørensen
Ninetta - Helena Zubanovich
Guy de Montfort - George Petean
Procida - Erwin Schrott
Henri - Leonardo Caimi
Danieli - Matthew Grills
Mainfroid - Galeano Salas
Robert - Callum Thorpe
Thibaut - Long Long
Le Sire de Béthune - Alexander Milev
Le Comte de Vaudemont - Johannes Kammler
Bavarian State Opera, Munich, Germany
March 2018

[@operavancouver-sm1vu]

Fantastic! My goodness in French and memorized

[@amyberkner8525]

Thank you for watching and commenting! 😊

[@camilomarks5616]

Wonderful voices, beautiful production, magnificent mise en scéne, although nobody can tell where .-I mean the theater- and when this most egregious production was carried out.

[@amyberkner8525]

This is from 2018. I think the actual date is March 22, 2018. I'll put it in the description. It's from the Bavarian State Opera in Munich, Germany.

[@jasminkavujovic6065]

Most beautiful voices!!!!!!Bravi!!!!

[@amyberkner8525]

Glad you like it. Thank you for commenting! 😊

[@innamoratopazzo1792]

¡Felicitaciones! 💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐

[@jcmucci2001]

No wonder Verdi didn't want to do the ballet. Have we checked to see if he actually has rolled in his grave, after this?

[@opera.english.subtitles]

🤣Really! I thought ballet was supposed to be beautiful.

[@AvatarYoda]

@@opera.english.subtitles As an amateur ballerina, I can tell you that modern ballet does look the way presented around the 2:21:00 mark. It can be jerky, stiff, funky, and intentionally ugly in its choreography, costumes, music, and concepts. I'm a bit old-fashioned in that I mostly prefer to watch classical ballets of the Romantic era, and modern ballets with choreography based on that school of ballet, with their grace, fluidity, and beauty. That's the kind I learned, dance, and like watching. I like some Balanchine and MacMillan, but their modernity was from the mid-20th century, which isn't as anti-classical as 21st-century movement. The ballet here is not pleasant to my eyes or ears, but it fits neatly into the modern concept. Do you know the year?

[@amyberkner8525]

@@AvatarYoda This is from 2018. I think the actual date is March 22, 2018.

[@jasminkavujovic6065]

Costumes,masks,makeup-ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE,THE VOICES ABSOLUTELY DIVINE!!!!

[@amyberkner8525]

Yeah, kind of hard to watch. Such a shame. 😊

[@akechijubeimitsuhide]

I wish someone did a bilingual production of this opera. Italians sing in Italian, French sing in French, the main characters switch as the situation calls for it. Would be a bit hard to learn but it would be fun.

[@opera.english.subtitles]

Now that would be interesting. :o)

[@Jorge-yy3dd]

and Martians in Mars bars

[@AvatarYoda]

2:20:20 We interrupt this Verdi opera to bring you the funky techno ballet production of "The Nightmare Before Christmas".

[@amyberkner8525]

🤣Good one!

[@Shinyoung_Hwang]

1:03:00

[@Dylonely_9274]

Why did you remove the last Aida video ? Where can I freely get it again ?

[@opera.english.subtitles]

Actually, KZbin removed it. There was a copyright issue. I haven't seen it anywhere since. Yeah, I put a lot of work into the subtitles so that was a bummer. Hopefully, I can find a different Aida to subtitle again.

[@opera.english.subtitles]

@@Dylonely_9274 I'm sorry, but I don't remember. Yeah, the singing is very good in that one. Keep on the lookout. It should turn up again somewhere.

[@Dylonely_9274]

@@opera.english.subtitlesIt was my favorite video on your channel and I intended to watch it full :(

[@opera.english.subtitles]

@@Dylonely_9274 Yeah, like I said, I put a lot of work into it, so it's very disappointing on my side too. Oh, well, I am working on some other ones now, but it's a slow process.

[@Dylonely_9274]

@@opera.english.subtitlesThere are also other performances, such as Il Trovatore’s one that have been removed :(

[@archiereece8321]

56:20 yum

[@charlieworley9273]

1 star

[@ahmaddiyafam1884]

you removed the bartered bride 😭

[@opera.english.subtitles]

Nope. KZbin removed it.🙁It is owned by Garsington opera, the opera company performing it. They have a KZbin channel but at this time don't seem to have the full video available to watch, however, you might try their partners listed at the bottom of their KZbin channel homepage. Sorry about that. I hope you got to watch it earlier. It is quite good.

[@rena9047]

They'll go to any lengths in order to impress. Disgusting!

[@opera.english.subtitles]

If you are talking about the production, I have to agree with you. It's pretty ugly.

[@shadyelrakhawy]

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[@gaddovarzi6980]

Non so proprio che logica abbia avuto scritturare per quest'opera un tenore giovane e leggero come Caimi. Il ruolo pesantissimo di Arrigo ha già fatto danno a voci ben più blasonate e sperimentate - vedi per esempio Chris Merritt. in certi momenti è una vera sofferenza ascoltare una voce che si distrugge.

[@opera.english.subtitles]

I don't know much about Caimi or even the role really, although it does seem a bit heavy. You sound like you know what you are talking about.

[@gaddovarzi6980]

@@opera.english.subtitles ...non so, ascolta a 2:34:55 a cosa s'è ridotta la voce del tenore...

[@opera.english.subtitles]

@@gaddovarzi6980 At least Caimi has a nice agility for some of those tricky passages. I have a video of Rigoletto where I think it is Caimi singing the Duke, but I didn't bother with it too much, because although Caimi was quite enjoyable, the Rigoletto had no top whatsoever, so I became frustrated with it and quit watching it.

[@Jorge-yy3dd]

atrocious staging

[@opera.english.subtitles]

Yep. Such a shame.

[@Alex1810-wg6in]

It goes well with the stage directoin. Awful.

[@ThomasRiggins]

Ruined by infantile staging and dressing the singers up in halloween costumes. An insult to Verdi and opera in general. Why do the singers put up with it?

[@opera.english.subtitles]

That's a good question. I don't really mind unique approaches to opera but this one is just downright ugly to me. Still, the singing is good, and I will sit through the dumbest of stagings if the singing is good. Thank you for commenting.

[@dimitrovajunkie]

Maybe they need the job. It's probably only the really big singers who can protest and be listened to.

[@opera.english.subtitles]

@@dimitrovajunkie True. Unless the singer is super-famous and churning out CDs for a big music label, he/she would probably be a fool to turn down singing at the Bavarian State Opera.

[@opera.english.subtitles]

@@dimitrovajunkie True. Unless the singer is super-famous and churning out CDs under a big music label, it would likely be foolish to turn down a job singing at the Bavarian State Opera.

[@miketackabery7521]

Regie garbage

[@shadyelrakhawy]

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