@Pollito Asesino Jajajajaja...si usted puede gritar como el, seria el mejor tenor del siglo tambien...jajaja...

@Pollito Asesino if anyone is screaming as good as he is nowadays, Opera would be amazing to hear. Too bad singers sound like mosquitoes buzzing around nowadays.

.. and even today ;-)

Would ring some ears up. Incredible volume for a leggiero tenor.

@@ivanraphaelorquillas7874 Absofreakinglutely! He was a friend of mine in college- would sit in on his voice lessons once in a while (in a living room...lol) Heaven! Just plain Heaven! Heard him sing arias from Cenerentola, Barbieri, Fille du Regiment, Don Giovanni, L'Italiana, Verdi Requiem. ..etc 😊😊😊

@@rugby8-Philadelphia I am so jealous right now. Lucky of you!!

@@ivanraphaelorquillas7874 He's a really nice guy! And, I knew his wife also - she took classes at a Dance Studio where I played piano 🤪

Pero pavarotti tenia voz de hombre

@@madaxmesias3973 JAJAJAJAJAJAJAJA

@@madaxmesias3973 sei normale?

Eeemh... por la edad??

@@hnofabianmanuelarenas599 jajaja claro

Todos hubiesemos querido que siguiera cantando eternamente ;(

Tiene más de 85 años

Because he can !

It does sound right!

Just to piss you off

#1 Of course it sounds Right! #2 It is bel canto - interpolation/variation is expected ...Read up on the style 😎😎😎

If you want to be a purist, you must know that Donizetti wrote exactly eight top C (sung at this period in falsetto); the ninth is an added tradition. So, Kraus, Pavarotti and others are also out of the truth, if we follow your reasoning. Mr Blake added, for fun, two more, but with the text included ("et mari") for the three last C; his choice has its own logic. Nowadays, Michael Spyres interpolates top D in this aria ! No limits...🤪

....then don't listen 😉😉😉

Your fallacy is you think his high notes need to be as weighty and scuro sounding as del monaco or some other über-over-the-top Bb tenors high notes. Anatomy of every single individual throat in the world refutes that.

I heard a similar notion from another wise man: "I don't care about high C's if they sound like a kazoo or a chicken with its head cut off" -- Leo Smart.

SO True!!! 😎😎😎

You mad

.....about what? 😎😎😎

Agree!

I don't think he was sharp, although, I haven't looked at the score. What I mean is that he's not off key. This is bel canto, you're allowed to play with it as far as I know. In fact, as far as I know, that's part of the fun of bel canto. Absolutely right about the libretto fudge up though, however, I can only conclude that even the great Rockwell Blake is human and makes mistakes and occasionally suffers from the ol' nerves.

....wow, slander, aren't you smart....lolol Consider complaining less? Lololol 😎😎😎

You wanna split any other hairs? Did he happen to look at someone the wrong way at some point, did he move his arm in an incorrect manner perhaps?

You need adult supervision.

Ma chi se ne infischia della tua oppinione dilettante!

@@alexeyizmirliev64 Si, sono un "dilettante": provo infatti "diletto" ad ascoltare la buona musica; lei puo invece vantare il suo gusto educato ai prodotti da supermercato.

@@G.Andrea_Piras allora stai zitto!

@@alexeyizmirliev64 Si tolga il tappo, e tocchi terra!

@@G.Andrea_Piras Idiota

Do you understand anything about bel canto and the performance traditions/expectations??? The *bit* *at* *the* *end*(as you call it) it's completely correct. It's the cadenza/ending *He* chose - as he is supposed to - and executed it exceedingly well. ....um....hence the audience response 😎😎😎

@Barone Vitellio Scarpia if he had a wobble, he definitely would not have lasted as long as he did singing coloratura repertoire such as this!

Esta aria es terriblemente difícil, pura técnica. Es evidente que Blake usaba la técica de la sonrisa, lo cual ensucia su actuación. Lo que te molesta no son expresiones faciales de su interpretación del personaje sinó parte de su técnica vocal.

it's a concert, not a staged version

Не придирайтесь. Это мистер" ре" .

@@ferdecla there is a difference between smiling technique and unnecessary overacting

@@beckyyule1228 bueno, son opiniones, cada uno apreciabdesde su subjetividad. Hay una sobreactuación que es propia del género operístico, que siempre esta al límite del mal gusto, a eso le sumas la técnica de la sonrisa y el resultado es este.

ES UN TENOR LÍRICO, IGUAL SE RESPETA SU OPINIÓN

Si cuan ignorante es su comentario lleno teatros todos los años que duró su carrera. Yo tuve oportunidad de escucharlo tres veces en Chile y era impresionante y si su voz era o no fea es cosa de gustos, y para eso....

Para envidia asido el mejor cantante de Rossini en el siglo pasado

@@fredycastropinzon7342 condivido. Blake era Rossini!!!! Fenomeno!!!

Negar a Blake... es negar la evidencia!!! Un tenor aplicado y serio, que sin dudas es de los mejores (sino el mejor) en el repertorio que abordó (especialmente Rossini). No es “cuestión de oído” es ... cuestión de cultura musical.