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| Posted By: Jose P. Posted On: Apr 28, 2002 Views: 331 | A comment or two i'm not much into opera yet i've started to like it thank's to my friends. Now Corelli i've not heard his singing yet, Del Monaco i May have or may not have heard at some point. Di Stefano never names new to me, filippeshi new to me to, felta no comment, Now Alfredo Kraus i like i like him alot. But there is one thing that i don't like about him that i like about Nicolai Gedda. Nicolai Gedda is more understandable when it comes to his singing he's more clear.. Now what makes me sick is that Pavarotti whnt from 8th place all the way to 2 and know down to 3...what persin in there right mind would pull something like that..... From my point of view Pavarotti needs like 10 microphones just to hear his sorry as hell voice that he killed when he started singing dramatic opera...... thank you for your time |
| Posted By: Jay Anthonisen Posted On: Apr 29, 2002 Views: 325 | RE: A comment or two Jose, thanks for your time. About Gedda and Kraus, there are comments below about both, justifying why they could both have been included in the list. As to Pavarotti, well I think his quick ascent in the poll has been surprising to many Grandi Tenori.com readers. Unquestionably a great talent with a great instrument, but as you say, there's a general feeling that he adventured into a repertory not at all suited to his voice or personality, for that matter. Personally, the young Pavarotti is very exciting to me, the "old" is not, and I feel that his Three Tenors events and his huge and spectacular open air concerts in football arenas, with 10 microphones as you say, really have alienated the traditional opera public, who probably loved him early 70`s. |
| Posted By: Rodney C. Posted On: Apr 29, 2002 Views: 323 | RE: A comment or two I must say, even though Gedda ranks higher in my Fav. list than Kraus, if clarity is discussed, I must admit that Kraus is by FAR clearer in his singing than Gedda... to the point of sounding almost "metallic". We cannot compare Kraus or Gedda with Del Monaco or Corelli... It would be as bad as comparing Del Monaco with Luigi Alva... Maybe we could, but only on the basis of popularity... Concerning the "Rise of Pavarotti" in the poll, I can only attribute it to one or a few people with poor taste and even poorer sense of Opera. Most likely, the ones responsible for this "Heretical Act of Operatic Terrorism", lack both knowledge in music and are tone-deft themselves... And MOST definitely this terrorists belong to those circus-freaks that enjoy the "Three Monkeys" in Concert, may it be the one of '90, '94, '98... or all three. I will dissagree with the opinion that Pavarotti needs "10 microphones" and that expression behooves a person that has not heard a lot from his early "Pre-Circus" recordings... Pavarotti just did not performed well in those roles that were not (obviously) made for his lyric voice. But I am insulted, beyound belief that Pavarotti was put in a place above Del Monaco. |
| Posted By: Ron Dargenio Posted On: Aug 11, 2002 Views: 281 | RE: A comment or two I did not vote in the poll because I just found this site. However, if I voted it would be for del Monaco. I am aware of the criticisms of his singing; but I must say that on live recordings he certainly does modulate his voice. Above all, I prefer him in the roles that I love most: Chenier, Johnson, Otello, Canio. I also prefer him much more when seeing him as well as hearing him. A commanding stage presence, intensity, and total involvement. Ron Dargenio |
| Posted By: Helge Posted On: Jan 27, 2003 Views: 250 | RE: A comment or two Hello, just surfing by. My opinions: Grandi Tenori readers go for the flashy show-off tenors it seems: Corelli; yes, he was a very good Calaf and Manrico, but his vocal histrionics verged every so often on vulgarism...As for Del Monaco, well he WAS just downright vulgar thank you. Your poll reminds me of all those "greatest rock guitarist in the world" listings in which the guy who can pluck the strings the fastest always wins, the operatic version being the one who can hold the high C for 15 seconds with brute force (and total ignorance to the actual score). There's more to opera than "athletisism". Having said that, of course there are great singers with big voices; take Jon Vickers for excample. Now there was a man who combined huge voice with excellent acting skills and generally good taste and artistic depth. So who was the "greatest" in my mind? Rather difficult really, but I'd go for one of the below mentioned artists: Björling, Gedda, Simeneau, Martinelli or Gigli. Helge |