Anna Netrebko, Ramon Vargas, O soave fanciulla

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1. agunte los pibes
2. Pauline-I'd suggest you get your ears checked, and try
   refreshing your memory. I won't hold your age against you.
   But this is not remotely close to Pava & Freni. Your memory
   is failing you. I presume you have seen Pava & Freni live.
3. This is great! Both Vargas and Netrebko are singers of LINE
   with great technique; this is so much better than with
   Villazon its amazing...not up to gold standard of Pavarotti
   and Freni or Pavarotti and Contrubas but quite close, very
   close; I'd have loved to see Pavarotti with Netrebko.
4. Bien el gordito!! Anna como siempre, exitante!!
5. Vargas made in México!
6. Thankyou hermioney2k opinions are always welcome i bow to
   you'r knowledge
7. I think it has something to do with the place Waldbuhne (on
   the other video with Alvarez) which Netrebko always loves to
   perform. Just a comment.
8. Netrebko looks bored, try her and Alvares for a much better
   performance would welcome some opinions,
9. It is also intelligent on Vargas' part to control his volume
   in compliance with the composer's intent - which is to
   produce a haunting, faint but audible blending of sounds
   suggesting physical distance from the stage. It absolutely
   does not make sense for the singers to go full throttle off
   stage singing to the walls, when the paying audience could
   benefit from the full impact of the singers pregnant high Cs
   delivered right at their face from the stage. Nevertheless,
   this is very enjoyable.
10. Vargas' decision here not to go full blast with the high C
    is wise and intelligent. Wise because he had a lot of heavy
    singing left after this duet, and he needed to pace himself
    well. Immediately following this is the Rigoletto quartet
    which IMO is five times more demanding than this duet. Then
    there's a highly energetic solo number and the closing
    ensemble piece. It's not like in the opera where the tenor
    can go all out with the high C and then get saved by the
    intermission right after that .
11. I've seen Netrebko in tight jeans---her voice no longer
    matters. I will always think she's the greatest soprano
    ever.
12. I have to agree with Theinquisitive4Ever and
    iltenoredramatico, this tenor should have ended in High C,
    but guess what, he doesn't have a solid one, he belongs to
    the same troops: Villazon, Domingo, Alagna....
13. This duet should end with a top C by the tenor. Vargas's top
    note is weak at best. His remaining top notes sound pushed.
    Pavarotti at age 52 (with Mirella Freni) was still flying
    over that staff with a glorious top C. And spare me the
    counter argument that the original score calls for Eb. No
    tenor sings it as such as it wouldn't sound elegant. Freni
    in her 50s was singing better than Netrebko -she's just a
    centerfold of Opera Lite-Meets-MTV. 25 years ago, she'd be
    booed off of the stage.
14. Very beautiful by both of them I think. I don't understand
    the criticism of Netrebko. I think she has a lovely voice!
15. SIMPLY BREATHTAKING!!!!!!
16. Why do people negate IlTenore. He is absolutely right! Get a
    clue people! He's another mexican tenor who sounds hooted,
    monochromatic, and throaty; none of which is considered as
    part of good operatic singing. I won't bother commenting on
    Netrebko. She's just a postergirl of the opera world.
    Hideous coloratura...
17. Wow...I realize this is a concert, but she is really making
    every little aside an aria...WAY oversung across the board
    for her. He is more natural and looks as though he has
    performed Rodolfo many times, as I am sure he has. Her
    acting is very effected and stylized...not my favorite
    rendition. Still, they both have wonderful throats, so this
    is probably just a bad night.
18. All right, this is another point of view. I completely
    disagree, but I respect your opinion.
19. idiot doesnt have a high C and went for it.
20. rather, i think the opposite. i think vargas is pathetic,
    and i think netrebko is pretty good
21. Beautiful song, beautiful opera, La Boheme. I believe each
    of these singers is considered one of the greatest of
    today's singers. I am just used to listening to this piece
    sung by the old-time singers like Jussi Bjorling and Renata
    Tebaldi (there is one posted on YouTube) so it's a bit
    different but I enjoyed comparing comparing them. Thank you
    for posting.
22. this song makes me cry
23. Well done Vargas, Netrebko awful as usual.
24. Ramon Vargas is simply amazinging! Nebtreko is good too.
    thought at the end she over sang the high note, as most of
    her singing. She has an amazing talent.
25. I love this women end her voice