Jerry Hadley - Comfort ye my people -Messiah

Jerry Hadley - Comfort ye my people -Messiah - Handel

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15 жыл бұрын

Jerry Hadley (June 16, 1952 July 18, 2007) was a student of my teacher from 1978, after getting his masters degree in music from the University of Illinois in 1977. He then started teaching at the University of Connecticut. A 1993 article by Noël Goodwin in Opera magazine stated, "After 15 years Hadley still goes back to this Sicilian American who, he says, gave him confidence and secure knowledge of what he is doing with his voice at any given time, through teaching methods that are direct and physiological." Hadley also stated, "(I was) lucky above all else to have found a teacher in New York without whom I really doubt I could have really built the career I have." Here he displays wonderful balanced vocal registration and release of constriction which are the cornerstones of the technique that he learned and that I teach.

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@alessandramarc285 4 ай бұрын

JERRY, I WILL MISS YOU FOR ALL ETERNITY...NOT ONLY FOR YOUR PRODIGIOUS GIFT AS A SINGER , BUT FOR YOUR ACHINGLY TENDER SWEET LOVING HEART AND YOUR UNPARALLELED SENSE OF HUMOR !! YOU ARE SO SO SOOOOO SORELY MISSED AND LOVINGLY REMEMBERED...FOREVER !!!

@ralphsanders01 4 ай бұрын

What a garland spirit! His voice is only overshadowed by his amazing heart, soul and passion for his gifts and life!! What a role model he was for all who trodded the same pathway after him! May his soul and sweet voice be remembered always!💞🎶💞

@SilverSingingMethod 15 жыл бұрын

I think you can have fun when your voice is free so that you can do with it what you wish with confidence.

@roserichmond-nkosi9026 2 күн бұрын

Greetings from South Africa. This rendition gives me goosebumps , unforgettable .What a golden tenor ❤❤❤

@bigowl9408 9 жыл бұрын

Such a rich voice for a tenor. This must be my most favorite of all renditions of this moving piece from Handle's Messiah.

@robertwilderblue6395 12 күн бұрын

I love this performance. I have a complicated history with Jerry Hadley. Including, goddammit...

@blessloveheal 10 жыл бұрын

What is beautiful is the joy that is expressed in that smile that passes over his face throughout this most beloved piece from Messiah.

@SonicPhonic 8 жыл бұрын

Truly magnificent. His artistry is undeniable-his tasteful ornamentation and vibrato are perfectly fitting.

@sopranosd 11 жыл бұрын

Wow I love his voice. I have been told about him by various coaches and singers and they are so right! Such a sweet but strong voice. A true tenor - definitive tone. So sad he left the world so young.

@stevimichael5553 6 жыл бұрын

sopranosd agree..tragic end..gorgeous voice

@jimraw1 14 жыл бұрын

Jerry Hadley was one of the most versatile tenors. I remember during a PBS Great Performances of Show Boat, he talked about how he approached different styles of music and was able to demonstrate. Singers such he and Placido Domingo are few and far between - we miss you greatly Jerry.

@modestavicentefuertes2286 4 жыл бұрын

Mingo was a joke

@oliverdelica2289 3 жыл бұрын

@@modestavicentefuertes2286 true

@user-yh7jg3ri7j Жыл бұрын

Isaiah 40:1 - 4 1. Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. 2. Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the LORD's hand double for all her sins. 3. The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. 4. Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain: To God Alone Be All The Glory.

@avuncular300 5 жыл бұрын

A great singer with incredible honesty in all his performances. A tragedy with his passing.

@robertmorris17 9 жыл бұрын

He seemed to really enjoy singing ! What a treat

@matteobitetti3810 4 жыл бұрын

Clean, unfettered and completely Jerry! What a tenor he was!!!!!

@michaelmiller1215 6 жыл бұрын

The finest tenor of my lifetime. A tragic loss.

@Tetsuo315 5 жыл бұрын

Absolutely beautiful! Rest in peace.

@expatmartin 13 жыл бұрын

A wonderful artist with a most beautiful voice and one heck of a nice guy. RIP Jerry Hadley and thank you for gift which you shared so generously with the world.

@hightenor123 14 жыл бұрын

Jussi's voice may not have big in the sense that it was not thick, but it was pointed like a laser beam. It was loud at the back of the theatre as it was 5 feet away. I think it is the magic of a wonderful technique that voice size doesn't really matter... It pales in importance next to to solid projection. So many "big" thick voices go nowhere but to the back of their own head. Ps.... Bravo Jerry!!!

@Mochachinothedog 4 жыл бұрын

Bravo Jerry! One of my favorite tenors from his era. Very rich and focused.

@tanyaclements212 2 жыл бұрын

Comfort hurting people right now please Father Yahuah in Yahushuah Hamaschiach's name and HalleluYAH and amen.

@SilverSingingMethod 2 жыл бұрын

I don't understand this comment?

@ajessm 2 жыл бұрын

A beautiful rich and warm voice. Love his interpretation.

@soprano774 6 жыл бұрын

He was a really great singer. This is so fine. When he sang Werther at NYCO, he was as good as any who ever trod the boards in that role. May he rest in peace.

@seyidon7809 Жыл бұрын

The beauty of classical music. Comfort ye my people says the good LORD. Every valley shall be exalted. Every difficulty shall be dissolved. And the glory of the LORD will be revealed.

@user-py1jg6bb2r 4 жыл бұрын

Among millions of version, Jerry's is my first take. Controls so well, right amount of power. Very classic taste,

@charlottepatterson2864 2 жыл бұрын

He looks as if he’s having an absolute blast singing this. And why wouldn’t he be? He had a beautiful voice and the know how to use it singing the Word of God set to some of the greatest music ever written.

@matthewanderson3750 3 жыл бұрын

I don't know anything about voice, but this really communicates the heart of Isaiah 40.

@eloisem3214 2 жыл бұрын

Exactly what I was thinking. And the joy on his face...beautiful! Could this have been exactly as Handel had envisioned this piece being sung?

@angelacooper2661 2 жыл бұрын

This aria is in E major (I am a string player with perfect pitch). I have the cassette of this performance in Dublin, Easter 1992; I was not yet twenty two at the time, so thirty years ago!

@KimberlyNoel-yc7dl 5 ай бұрын

You are joking. This doesn’t even come close to emoting the piece. Of course, some like other bad singers who can’t emote like Jonas Kaufmann.

@m33cav 7 жыл бұрын

Beautiful. God bless Handel.

@romalisan1 11 жыл бұрын

A very beautiful voice. It is a pity that people do not ask for help when they need to. I think that we often forget to say to other people that we love them. Mr. Hadley is a great lost to our world.

@sgnmath1234 2 жыл бұрын

A real man's voice. Full of depth , power and strength with good melisma.

@francoaragosta4285 5 жыл бұрын

A lovely, lively robust-yet-refined rendition of this standard, perhaps too-often-performed Christmas favorite. I greatly admired Hadley's work, and still feel stricken at his abrupt, unnecessary departure from this life in the midst of a splendid career.

@kraftpr 10 жыл бұрын

Wonderful to hear a real TENOR sing this -- not some of the emasculated pseudo-tenors they get for those "authentic" versions. My opinion. So sad that Jerry Hadley took his own life. I wish those closest to him could have seen that he needed help. Such a great loss.

@martinmoller5591 6 жыл бұрын

yes

@flaze3 5 жыл бұрын

What are you talking about? He has a slightly lower voice. It doesn't mean higher voiced tenors are emasculated.

@stone8193 5 жыл бұрын

flaze3 he is a lyric tenor. This is how a lyric operatic tenor should sound. His voice is not low. In fact it’s high. The emasculated comment refers to the fact that modern tenors do not sing with their full sound because they think their true sound is a less masculine sound due to either psychological reasons or coordinative problems such as constriction, which makes the voice colorless and loses it’s operatic size and fullness and weight

@francoaragosta4285 5 жыл бұрын

I love Hadley's work, but please keep in mind that ORATORIO is N_O_T "OPERA," and in the Baroque Era performance practices and singng styles were very different from those used today in performances bel canto works, and those of Mascagni, Cilea, Verdi, Puccini to say nothing of Wagner and Richard Strauss.

@tenorcarloscol 5 жыл бұрын

@@francoaragosta4285 That is a modern school thought my friend. The tendency that pretended to recreate Baroque singing in such an exaggerated way was originated in the 20th century.

@user-lx4ou2ze6k 7 жыл бұрын

great! he surely has a holy spirit

@ozielich 2 жыл бұрын

The best Idomeneo I ever saw on stage and it was in his vocal decline!

@tiffaniedavidsen5421 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful hymn! My first time hearing it was in the movie "Gifted Hands" ~a movie about Ben Carson's life! WOW! Such a win w/this beautiful hymn & artist, & a movie about a man who feared God & gave him glory in his work. So blown away by both.

@ekowsaint-gideon8802 12 жыл бұрын

I think this is my favorite of Handel's Messiah.

@Wynstorm3 12 жыл бұрын

Thank *you* for posting beautiful, uplifting music, and for keeping Jerry's memory alive.

@sopranosd 11 жыл бұрын

'dancing it' -- perfect way to describe this performance. It is so chipper and beautiful at the same time.

@tenorschofield 14 жыл бұрын

I am shocked to learn Jerry Hadley died in 2007; may his soul reach the comfort and joy in Heaven with our Lord...the same joy he gave us with his extraordinary talent and his marvelous humanity. Thank you Jerry Hadley for showing us the way to voice excellence. We will always remember you!!!!!

@elliotportner8020 Жыл бұрын

Beautifully delivered and deeply registered for internal spiritual moving and emotionally depth

@tita4359 5 жыл бұрын

Such incredible singing

@gud-onevantonder6693 10 ай бұрын

"Comfort ye my people, speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem" indeed God knows what we are going through

@ceciliavargaslizarraga 7 жыл бұрын

Maravilloso!. Wonderful how he express this!

@SilverSingingMethod 11 жыл бұрын

And yes, people have no clue about voice and technique! LOL! Nice to meet you. I have put many videos of Hadley up on my channel.

@hozmessianicministries1484 11 жыл бұрын

Love Love Love This. Thank you Yeshua Messiah for gifting this gentleman with such a wonderful voice and the musicians with their musical ability. Ahmein

@tenorschofield 9 жыл бұрын

Bravo!!!, great artist was Jerry Hadley!!!!, his voice ,as you said, is not in a single place, but in his "maschera" and comming form his mouth (with a perfect air support); always from to top to low attacks...BRAVO!!!!!!!!!!!!...thanks Jerry, we will remember you forever!!!!

@js59695 6 жыл бұрын

John Schofield mask?

@stone8193 5 жыл бұрын

The voice cannot be placed. Can we get away from this made up mask crap? You can’t place where the voice goes.

@ngatihine6072 5 жыл бұрын

crazy nonsense only maschera is in un ballo maschera. deep pharyngeal resonance that is all helped with right tongue position and appoggia breathing. your welcome

@FredericKahler 7 жыл бұрын

He is my role model for next weekend's performance. I adore his interpretation and hope to do him honor!

@lightbulbfish 8 ай бұрын

@FredericKahler how did your performance turn out?

@meudeusefiel9820 Жыл бұрын

The lyrics are actually the very words of God almighty.

@filledwithpeace 5 ай бұрын

Isaiah 40:1-5 🕊 Praise Be To our LORD GOD & Savior Jesus the Messiah!

@rychehed 12 жыл бұрын

This man was pure class,one of the great voices of this century,check out his tom rakewell.

@aviryd 11 жыл бұрын

Bravura. PERFECT voice,Articulation ,interpretation & magnificent deep warmth. J.M.Ainsley was my favorite until i ran into this unbelievable productionof of hadley sound:-) Tears of joy

@OperaBuff1935 13 жыл бұрын

What a gorgeous rendition of this opening recit and aria by one of the great American tenors of the late 29th Century. I wept when I listened to this - both at the performance of Jerry Hadley and at his untimely death by his own hand 3 1/2 years ago. I pray that Jerry's soul is comforted. He brought so much joy to his many fans in opera, oratoria, and crossover pieces as well. God rest your soul, Jerry.

@relike868p 4 жыл бұрын

What? 29th century?

@steinarj4627 10 жыл бұрын

Comfort ye.. he comforts me.. :-)

@kotchka32 11 жыл бұрын

Beautiful rendition of Messiah openers.

@NLosorelli 11 жыл бұрын

that diminuendo at the beginning? Beautiful.

@stephenrowley8234 2 жыл бұрын

Angela Rowley: I've only just come across this and it's the best I've ever heard. Such a rich, warm tone and the breath control! The enjoyment of the words is evident. What a beautiful opening to my most-loved oratorio.

@ksioufas6175 3 жыл бұрын

Maestro Hadley was the last great lyric tenor this world witnessed. RIP.

@thebacon8or99 Жыл бұрын

Juan Diego florez would like a word

@analogyman 14 жыл бұрын

This is my favorite part of Handel's Messiah! (BTW, I've been a Buddhist for the past 46 years.) Thank you for posting this on KZfaq for the rest of us.

@IvanIvanov-vy7pt 4 жыл бұрын

And are you STILL on the "crooked path"???

@Spawwwman 10 жыл бұрын

At 3:24, Brilliant. Well the whole is is amazing but when he does that with his voice!!! Just, wow...

@edmonddantes6486 11 жыл бұрын

Stunningly beautiful and humble. I feel the same awe when listening to the amazing ANDREY NEMZER singing SAINT FRANCIS PRAYER. Such humility and inspiration!.

@annhayes1032 5 жыл бұрын

Beautiful, beautiful. Touches me deeply.

@reggieongoogle3583 2 жыл бұрын

power, breath control, spacing, drama, just fantastic. bravo.

@cwlopi1 12 жыл бұрын

What a tragic loss. Jerry, how unfortunate for me that I just now found you.

@wgb135 10 жыл бұрын

COMFORT YE MY PEOPLE

@MarwaTarayra 11 жыл бұрын

The classical music is the best to hear, to read with and to feel fly away!

@pansanable 3 жыл бұрын

Superbly sung. Splendid voice.

@Wynstorm3 12 жыл бұрын

A still wonderful rendition that, even today, I remember first watching on A&E over 20 yrs ago.

@robertdarling3268 8 ай бұрын

Thank you.

@watekeman 4 жыл бұрын

Siempre vengo aquí para recordar cómo es que un tenor debe sonar. La voz debe ser imponente igual que el mensaje que se presenta. Hoy no hay tenor así.

@gyorgydorogman6974 Жыл бұрын

Lo que escribe va a misa.

@matiasbustafan1205 3 жыл бұрын

So so so FANTASTIC...

@janvolk4483 2 жыл бұрын

Perfect in every way 💖

@paddycable1723 8 ай бұрын

Such a great loss.

@claudiarushlow2155 7 ай бұрын

Well worth reading land hearing. Thank you

@logginsalternate 6 жыл бұрын

The greatest piece of music ever written.

@pamelameli2774 8 ай бұрын

Great Voice! What a Talent!

@Kimberly-tm4gr 3 жыл бұрын

La encontré gracias a manos milagrosas

@edgarkigozi7568 8 жыл бұрын

Gifted Hands...

@onwudebevincent6828 6 ай бұрын

Perfect. Thanks

@Serafinos 13 жыл бұрын

Remember his majestic voice thru the years. A great loss, indeed. Glad to have youtube/video recordings to remember him by. :D

@CurzonRoad 14 жыл бұрын

Excellent, superb, wonderful! Thank you! Doug --

@Ursaminor31 3 жыл бұрын

Magnificent. Truly

@SilverSingingMethod 14 жыл бұрын

There is actually no proof that singers in Handel's time used mostly straight tone. Most of the confusion comes from scholars tying to apply instrumental markings to the voice. Orders given to instrumentalists to "not vibrato" have been mistakenly also given to the singers. Also, early music tends to have different definitions of tremolo and vibrato than we use today. And the oldest manuscripts of bel canto teach that the voice must have vibrato.

@darklord220 6 жыл бұрын

YES

@modestavicentefuertes2286 4 жыл бұрын

But the tenors used to sing using falsetto or head voice after the E4 before Dupreou.

@jefolson6989 4 жыл бұрын

Vibrato is natural. To sing straight, one must hold the cords apart , preventing the constant restorative "massage" that correct vibrato provides.Its not good for the voice.(my theories)Hadley's vibrato is great. Never calls attention to itself, but gives the tone a vitality and impulse. You would notice its absence. He had a voice that "crossed over" easily but he didn't alter his technique. Aksel Schiotz is still the benchmark vocally and the his English is proof that it IS a singable tongue.

@SilverSingingMethod 3 жыл бұрын

@@modestavicentefuertes2286 No they didn't.

@IsraelLeviHernandez 7 ай бұрын

BRAVOOOOO 🔥🔥🔥 still a gem and model to emulate!!!! Solid technique!!!!

@akinkunmicook2977 6 жыл бұрын

He will be missed!

@nqobilebridgetmhlongo4224 8 жыл бұрын

this song is well constucted ,i love this artist

@NiniaGAHortensi 3 жыл бұрын

Dos deuses! Magnífico!

@tenorschofield 10 жыл бұрын

Maravilloso!!!

@emmanuelkogbo7969 8 жыл бұрын

Whenever I perform this song, I always remember my music director.

@SilverSingingMethod 11 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@severinsclassicalkaraokeho4077 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent!

@mollylea2643 7 жыл бұрын

Beautiful! I heard this in the TV movie about Ben Carson!

@Alfifa 14 жыл бұрын

Very beautiful! Karlott

@anakyriou 15 жыл бұрын

Jerry, you were and are loved. Rest in Peace.

@rationalsceptic7634 4 жыл бұрын

Hugely underated Tenor RIP

@manthasagittarius1 12 жыл бұрын

Some of the best tenors in that generation were able to pull in that darker dramatic quality and still have plenty agility and the flame at the top. I think of Franco Corelli, for example. This performance is too charming for words, leaving aside technique altogether. He is purely dancing it, and looks like he is having a ball.

@hopediamond4real 7 жыл бұрын

El Divo extraordinaire!!!

@su.... 5 жыл бұрын

sublime

@mjw9845 13 жыл бұрын

He was a tremendous artist...and he is missed. May his memory be eternal.

@julianjosephson9924 7 жыл бұрын

In late July 2013, my wife read this portion of the Haftarah, which was scheduled for that date and which happened to be around her 80th birthday.

@clifftanch Жыл бұрын

He has a strong and appealing voice. I am Sad at the end he did not understand the joyful message in Isaiah 40.

@aidavdbrake 15 жыл бұрын

i'm a real fan too. i heard him sing tito here in amsterdam, a most painful performance, in 2002, the year of his divorce, after which he banned himself from the stage. such a sad way to go. R.I.P. Jerry. (L)

@DionIsaiah 4 жыл бұрын

A tenor with balls should be singing this aria and Hadley did this!

@SilverSingingMethod 14 жыл бұрын

I totally agree. And today there are virtually no true spintos and dramatics - generally speaking. When you compare them to what a *real* spinto (like Corelli) or dramatic (like Del Monaco) they are nowhere even close. Which is why when we talk about Hadley, it is true that he was a lyric in the truest sense. Compared to the greats. But compared to the lyrics singing today he is bigger. They sing like leggieros.