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< Music per se ~ Looking for suggestions for haunting, beautiful male arias

seenbeen

Posted: 17:23, Sun 14 Mar 2010

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Hi, I'm working on a TV campaign to advertise opera programmes, and I'm looking for suggestions for music we could use. All suggestions welcome!

We need a male aria that is hauntingly beautiful, which will move and tranport people when set against an emotional scene. It could be well known (eg.E lucevan le stelle) but preferably we'd like something that's not so well known, but should be!

Thanks in advance

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kirkb

Posted: 18:22, Sun 14 Mar 2010

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seenbeen wrote:

You could try Vesti La Giubba or
Federicko's Lament, from L'Arlesiana or
Una Furtiva Lagrima

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tenorfach

Posted: 23:54, Sun 14 Mar 2010

Piano Member (250+)Joined: 01:10, Fri 11 Feb 2005Posts: 337

seenbeen wrote:

Hi there - sounds interesting!!

As for arias .......... there are so many, so where to begin?? Starting with a known aria - Ombrai me fu, usually sung by a counter-tenor, but here sung expertly by Joseph Calleja - first time I heard him sing this aria, I was in a flood of tears!

Next, is an aria from the opera La Juive - Serenade (Loin De Son Amie). Here sung by tenor Colin Lee.

Next up - O fiamma soave from the opera La donna del lago, again sung by Colin Lee

More good Bel Canto material - Juan Diego Florez singing Ma un solo conforto from the opera Marino Faliero

My last choice - and one of my favorite arias ..... O souverain, o, juge, o pere from the opera Le Cid. Here sung by Placido Domingo.

Tons of materiale out there ....... just a handful for starters, and of course purely from my point of view!

One last note ......... please, please, please - do us all one big favour please - make sure it is a prober opera singer performing the aria and not some cross-over style artist, however popular he might be!! :lol:

Tenorfach

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Don Giovanni

Posted: 08:16, Mon 15 Mar 2010

Mezzo Member 500+Joined: 11:25, Fri 26 Dec 2008Posts: 503

Haunting? What do you mean by haunting? Haunting as in it makes people think about the plight of the character the singer is playing in the song or haunting as in emotionally moving? For the latter, I can recommend some arias. These are the ones I find the most moving.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ai_RksnqGNM
(Quando la sere un placido from Verdi's Luisa Miller sung by Carlo Bergonzi)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBz-jnt-8To
(Salut,demeure chaste et pure from Gounod's Faust sung by Nicolai Gedda)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RU6cNEwjajI
(Ich bin nur ein armer Wandergesell from Kunneke's Der Vetter aus Dingsda in English sung by Richard Tauber)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wPefS6BWgo
(Dalla sua pace from Don Giovanni sung by Luigi Alva)

These are tenor arias

Below are some baritone and bass arias

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNfxNfzH9bs
(O Sainte Medalle..Avant quitter de ces lieux from Gounod's Faust by Ernest Blanc)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VqA1WLSiZE
(Infelice e tuo credevi sung by Cesare Siepi from Ernani)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cvIWaEN_jU
(Hermann Prey singing an aria from Lortzing's Der Wildschutz)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCCvXE7ag78
(Song of the Varangian Guest from Sadko by Boris Christoff)

I hope this will help.

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keith

Posted: 11:52, Mon 15 Mar 2010

Mezzo Member 500+Joined: 22:25, Tue 01 Jul 2003Posts: 517Location: east midlands, england

You want 'haunting'... :evil:

Have a go at this - a Desert Island Disc for me :wink:

:
http://www.mediafire.com/?mmm3numzd1o

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Duggie

Posted: 12:59, Mon 15 Mar 2010

Piano Member (250+)Joined: 16:04, Sat 19 Jun 2004Posts: 346

I thought about "haunting" - "beautiful" - "solo"

Background, not too intrusive - something lesser known, avoiding the "lollipops" we hear daily and a great singer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QFgPtmM7Ps

If you need more - there is of course the duet - Au Fond du Temple - highly recognisable

Nothing more hauntingly beautiful ever recorded imo.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PYt2HlBuyI

Be interested to know the final choice.

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Geoff. Mallinson

Posted: 20:42, Mon 15 Mar 2010

Fortissimo Member (1500+)Joined: 23:40, Mon 07 Apr 2003Posts: 1870Location: Cleethorpes, N.E.Lincolnshire, U.K.

I might as well throw my two penn'orth in just for the fun of it;
http://www.mediafire.com/?ymmyzcwzzjo Alan Vanzo (Roi D'Ys) Vainement, la bien
aimee.

Thanks for the tracks of Colin Lee, Tenorfach. If they don't confirm the fact that Colin is now well and truly in the Tenor World Rankings, I don't what will.

I think that all the choices put forward so far make up a mouth watering selection.

Geoff.

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Jaaakob

Posted: 21:30, Mon 15 Mar 2010

Pianissimo Member (100+)Joined: 18:24, Sat 07 Jul 2007Posts: 161Location: Sweden

I wholeheartedly agree with "Je crois entendre..." but I'd also like to recommend "En fermant les yeux" from Manon even though I think the aforementioned is more 'haunting'.

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Dan F

Posted: 00:34, Tue 16 Mar 2010

Piano Member (250+)Joined: 00:05, Mon 14 Jan 2008Posts: 398

Jeez, Keith, what a gem! I would like to repost it this weekend :wink:

. Do you have any information on the tenor, and recording? PM or email me when you can [dan at grandi-tenori.com].

Dan

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Vocal Mechanics

Posted: 00:57, Tue 16 Mar 2010

Pianissimo Member (100+)Joined: 04:01, Sat 04 Aug 2007Posts: 196Location: Chicago

WOW-- This post is outta sight! As I'm trying to keep up with it, it's catching fire.

Bob

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Geoff. Mallinson

Posted: 01:58, Tue 16 Mar 2010

Fortissimo Member (1500+)Joined: 23:40, Mon 07 Apr 2003Posts: 1870Location: Cleethorpes, N.E.Lincolnshire, U.K.

Well, this could run and run ! 'Hauntingly beautiful' eh?

How about these ?
http://www.mediafire.com/?okttjwtazwg : La Sonnambula (Bellini) - Florez & Bartoli. As it's a betrothal scene, it's certainly beautiful and it could always be edited just to include the first part with Florez.
http://www.mediafire.com/?yjm4yxi2zmd : Madama Butterfly (Puccini) - Cesare Valletti. Certainly haunting and full of pathos even if Valletti's a bit lightweight.
http://www.mediafire.com/?qzayyounviq : Barber of Seville (Rossini) Ramon Vargas serenading away ! Could fit the bill.
http://www.mediafire.com/?ztmvmtmwdjz : Falstaff (Verdi) Ramon Vargas serenading again. This is certainly 'haunting' and beautiful, with Falstaff being the one who is about to be haunted.

That's it from me, but I'm pretty sure that others will want to join in !
Geoff.

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Don Giovanni

Posted: 07:46, Tue 16 Mar 2010

Mezzo Member 500+Joined: 11:25, Fri 26 Dec 2008Posts: 503

I hope my choices were good..Thanks for the comments,Geoff.

Hmm,I wonder what would be the final choice of this competition for a hauntingly beautiful male aria to be used to advertise opera programs.

I think 'En fermant les yeux' is one of the best choices anyone can come up with, it's even better than the ones I offered, I would say.

I feel that if we want to advertise opera programmes, it'd be better for an aria without so many high notes or which does not require the singer to hold the note for too long because these are the features of opera which turn people off other than the language barrier..It's true that not many can appreciate beauty but those who can are turned off by these factors sometimes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgyWaXw5Sns
(Ecco ridente in cielo is a nice serenade but I prefer this one..let's say that the former is quite a tranquil and 'simple' aria. I like it too but I feel this aria is more sentimental and beautiful)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=celrVlwzP2Y
(Languir per una bella from L'Italiana in Algeri..I think more people will find it beautiful and moving than I do but I don't really like this because it's all sentiment and doesn't have that much coloratura involved)

I won't suggest using these 2 arias for the advertisement because of the high notes at the end of the aria which will 'freak' people out,I think.

However,if 'Ecco ridente in cielo' wins the prize, I think these arias are more eligible for being shortlisted.

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keith

Posted: 12:49, Tue 16 Mar 2010

Mezzo Member 500+Joined: 22:25, Tue 01 Jul 2003Posts: 517Location: east midlands, england

Dan F wrote:

Jeez, Keith, what a gem! I would like to repost it this weekend :wink:

. Do you have any information on the tenor, and recording? PM or email me when you can [dan at grandi-tenori.com].

Dan

He appears in a complete rec of “Pique Dame” late in his career (1950s). He made c10 sides just pre-WW2: most are ‘folksongs’, uninterestingly sung

; then the 2 arias “Mermaid” & “Halka” that are terrific (the latter of course sung by every I.C. tenor in existance :wink:

)).

A while ago my m8 Eugene kindly sent me some information:

Pyotr Sergeyevich Belinnik was born on October 14, 1906, in Ahtyrka, province of Kharkov.
Starting from 1933 up to 1936 he studied in Conservatory of Kharkov (vocal course of R.S.Vain).
He was a soloist of Bolshoy Theatre of the Soviet Union (1936-1940), Kharkov Opera (1941-1942) and Kiyev Opera (1942-1964).
He is also known as performer of Ukrainian and Russian folk songs.
p. Belinnik is a People's/national artist of the USSR (1954). He has been conferred upon with a decoration of Lenin and decoration of Red Standard of Labor.

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a Soprano in Tenorland

Posted: 13:23, Tue 16 Mar 2010

LurkerJoined: 15:30, Sun 06 May 2007Posts: 61Location: USA

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Omar De Lorca

Posted: 13:33, Tue 16 Mar 2010

LurkerJoined: 15:17, Fri 17 Nov 2006Posts: 53Location: Melbourne, AUS

The first aria that comes to my mind when I think 'haunting' is definitely that of Nadir, so I add my voice to those who have already mentioned it.

Alain Vanzo sings it particularly beautifully: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MjnIcxCz8c

Another emotionally moving aria not previously mentioned would be "Pourqoui me réveiller" from Werther: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHLypruTo80

Though I am a lover of Russian opera myself and very much appreciate Keith's contributions in that area, I don't think it is a very easy place for beginners or for advertising opera in general. Otherwise, there is a wealth of such material that is far more haunting to my ear than almost anything in Italian or French opera.

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