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Gorgeous baritones. Ok, tenors too.

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#1 ·
I reckon the boys need their own thread.



Simon Keenlyside



Ruggero Raimondi



and of course the silver fox himself:)
 
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#18 ·
It's funny, but Pavarotti remains a mystery to me. I mean I can see he is a super fantastic singer who can really belt it out, but it leaves me cold. Even when he was at his peak I preferred Domingo or even Carreras, because at least they were making an effort to inhabit their roles. Pavarotti always sounds and looks the same to me, whatever he is singing. But I know he brought immense pleasure to many people, and I don't want to disrespect that.
I can understand that view on Pavarotti. I've spent years not really liking him & not understanding why so many people raved over him.

Then as part of my homework for Rigoletto I wanted another version - already have the Carreras CD (JC sublime but recording quality terrible) and the Domingo CD & DVD (amazing).

Anyway bought the Pavarotti/Sutherland/Milnes CD & was blown away. His interpretation of the Duke as a totally amoral man is perfect. Have since got LP's Il trovatore and La traviata and have finally begun to appreciate him.

I understand that Decca are going to release the Juan Diego Flórez Rigoletto DVD later in the year. A very different role for him but I do like him & wish he'd do more Verdi.
 
#19 ·
Maybe I should try more listening and less watching. I have been trying to like LP on Met Player but every time he starts to sing I can see him go inside himself and I get put off.

The JDF Rigoletto sounds interesting - who else is in it? I don't see him in many Verdi roles but the Duke should be fine.
 
#32 ·
you're welcome!

Now, where do I start...

there's Damien Guillon:


and Iestyn Davies:


and of course Andreas Scholl:


the gorgeous Christophe Dumaux:


and Max Emanuel Cencic - although he changes looks all the time and sometimes has a very camp style

I think he has a very advanced hairpiece or a hair transplant....

and of course my "dear" Philippe Jaroussky although I wouldn't classify him as hot in the traditional sense, he's too babyfaced for that...
http://a21.idata.over-blog.com/3/24/72/07/MELO-MAN/Philippe-jaroussky--c--Simon-Fowler.jpg
 
#33 ·
Plácido Domingo leaves ROH for Ioan Holender's farewell concert.

http://www.maximilianvanlondon.com/2010/06/placido-domingos-busy-days.html

I'm sure that's Joseph Calleja on the left in a brown leather jacket & black shirt. Everyone's looking at Domingo & nobody takes much notice of Joseph until a couple of women approach him for autographs. He seems very friendly & rather scrumptious... ;)
 
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Lawrence Brownlee is cute in a fresh-faced sort of way. Here he is jumping though the high Cs hoops ,with inevitable comparisons to JDF. I say, there's room for both of them, the more tenors the better. And I enjoyed his performances in the HD Met transmissions of Armida and Cenerentola.
Wow - I like him a lot! There aren't that many true belcanto tenors so there's definitely room for him.

I preferred his Pour mon âme, Quel destin! to JDF's.
 
#46 ·
Hey Karen
Don't you think that the poster was just having a big deliberate dig to get some reaction? You have the right to say "dear" if you feel that this singer is special to you.
After all, one of the joys of the human voice is that it can rouse such emotions when you listen, and different singers resonate with different people.
 
#48 ·
I was about to buy the "samurai Admeto" in Milan a few months ago but settled for La Cenerentola. Now I regret I didn't buy both, but they were expensive. I think Admeto was €40 or something...

I will say that Tim Mead looks even better in person ;) although I've only seen him from about 7th row on a rather small stage. He did outsing the other countertenor (or in this case sopranist) at that occasion too.

Looks aside, he will be in a CD recording of Flavio with Iestyn Davies in October.:D
 
#51 ·
I was about to buy the "samurai Admeto" in Milan a few months ago but settled for La Cenerentola. Now I regret I didn't buy both, but they were expensive. I think Admeto was €40 or something...
Yes, it's really expensive, even on Amazon marketplace, and when you add in the postage to NZ it really blows the budget. Also I'm a bit sick of taking my chances on daring Handel productions and being severely disappointed more often than not (Alcina, Rinaldo, Agrippina). But this one does sound intriguing...
 
#49 ·
mamascarlatti

I guess, we didn´t understand each other well enough. Sorry for my poor English, but I already asked your pardon for my possibly mistake, no ? Now, you mention me again - and very unfriendly. Why?

karenpat

"Dear" and dear are two quite different meanings. And I don´t understand your words about "hot" etc. Sorry again.

By the way - I ´ll wait patiently for the DVD "L´Incoronazione die Poppea" with your "dear" Jaroussky - the performances were so marvelous, I just hope, that they have got an sufficient video - recording as well.
 
#50 ·
mamascarlatti

I guess, we didn´t understand each other well enough. Sorry for my poor English, but I already asked your pardon for my possibly mistake, no ? Now, you mention me again - and very unfriendly. Why?
If your first post on the forum was meant to be in any way friendly, it didn't sound it. It sounded like a deliberate attack on someone's wording. That's the problem with "honest reactions", they can sound hostile. It seems to me that if you want a warm welcome on a new forum, it's best to start with an introduction on the new member sub-forum and then some friendly comments on other threads. Then people can see that you are well-intentioned and will not react badly to your honest opinions.

By the way - I ´ll wait patiently for the DVD "L´Incoronazione die Poppea" with your "dear" Jaroussky - the performances were so marvelous, I just hope, that they have got an sufficient video - recording as well.
Unfortunately your putting "dear" in quote marks again still seems sarcastic to me. Maybe it's because you are writing in English, it's certainly a hard language to express yourself clearly in even when you are a native speaker. "Hot" is colloquial English for attractive and sexy.

That said, do you know for sure if this is going to be issued on DVD? It sounds interesting although I'm pretty happy with my production with Alice Cooote in the title role. But it's always fun to see a man playing a man.
 
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