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durée : 00:58:26 - Piotr Beczala, l'aisance de la voix et la richesse du timbre - par : Aurélie Moreau - Le ténor Piotr Beczała est l'invité des grandes scènes internationales. Récemment à l'Opéra de Paris, il était un magnifique interprète de Lohengrin. Le voici dans des airs de Massenet, Berlioz, Bizet… et des romances de Rachmaninov et Tchaïkovski.

Absagen gehören zum Opernbestrieb dazu. Und leider hat es derzeit auch Publikumsliebling Jonas Kaufmann erwischt, der aktuell mit einem multiresistenten Keim kämpft und nach Auftritten in Aix-en-Provence oder Regensburg nun auch seinen Münchner Liederabend im Rahmen der Opernfestspiele streichen musste.

Ein Album von Piotr Beczala, Christian Gerhaher und Gerold Huber - vorgestellt auf NDR Kultur.

Leipziger Allerlei ist nichts gegen die heutige Folge. Es wird aufregend, peinlich, knifflig und viele weiter Adjektive, die der Duden hergibt. Lasst euch das nicht entgehen, wir waren schließlich auch da! Roberts Empfehlung: Die La Boheme Inszenierung mit Anna Netrebko und Piotr Beczala von den Salzburger Festpielen. Zu finden bei Apple TV und als DVD. Der hochoffizielle D&G Instagram Channel: @distanzundgloria Städts Instagram: @staedt_tc Roberts Instagram: @tenorpohlers

Das Leben von Startenor Piotr Beczala scheint nur aus Höhepunkten zu bestehen. Auch musikalisch - beim Programm mit den Münchner Symphonikern jagt ein Opernhit den nächsten. Um das durchzuhalten, ist Ruhe unerlässlich.

Piotr Beczala ist ist einer der weltbesten lyrischen Tenöre, von New York bis Wien - er singt auf allen großen Bühnen dieser Welt. Bei den Salzburger Festspielen hatte er sein Rollendebut als Radames in Aida. Ein Radio Cafe über Mentale Stärke, über Mut und Glaubwürdigkeit und was Kuchen backen mit Singen zu tun hat.

Verbier Festival Orchestra, Gianandrea Noseda, Maria Agresta, Daniela Barcellona, Piotr Beczala, Ildar Abdrazakov, Coro Teatro Regio TorinoPurchase the music (without talk) at:Verdi: Requiem (classicalsavings.com)Your purchase helps to support our show! Classical Music Discoveries is sponsored by La Musica International Chamber Music Festival and Uber. @khedgecock#ClassicalMusicDiscoveries #KeepClassicalMusicAlive#LaMusicaFestival #CMDGrandOperaCompanyofVenice #CMDParisPhilharmonicinOrléans#CMDGermanOperaCompanyofBerlin#CMDGrandOperaCompanyofBarcelonaSpain#ClassicalMusicLivesOn#Uber Please consider supporting our show, thank you!http://www.classicalsavings.com/donate.html staff@classicalmusicdiscoveries.com This album is broadcasted with the permission of Katy Solomon from Morahana Arts and Media.

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We have a one-hit wonder from Cilea this week - Adriana Lecouvreur. It's "based on actual events", but it's very over-the-top in drama. And if you find the right production, you'll see Piotr Beczala's infamous pornstache!

Molt estimada al Liceu, on ha inaugurat la temporada 2020-2021 al costat de Piotr Beczala, la soprano nord-americana

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Piotr Beczala gilt als einer der besten lyrischen Tenöre unserer Zeit, spätestens seit er 2018 als Einspringer bei den Bayreuther Festspielen als Lohengrin glänzte. Unterwegs auf den bedeutenden Bühnen der Welt ist der gebürtige Pole aber schon seit über 20 Jahren, immer aber mit Bedacht: „Man muss sehr klug mit seinen Kräften umgehen, das versuche ich. Aber man darf sich mit solchen Gedanken nicht zu sehr beschäftigen, weil man dann automatisch auf die Bremse steigt. Man muss die Stimme laufen lassen und auch fordern.“

For a switch, the ladies cover a Czech opera this week: Antonin Dvorak's Rusalka. What's a rusalka? Where did this story come from? How do Renee Fleming and the Incredible Hulk tie into this? What died on Piotr Beczala's face? Listen and find out!

"MET Stars live in Concert" heißt ein Projekt, mit dem die MET Sängerinnen und Sängern Auftrittsmöglichkeiten bietet. Das Publikum ist per Stream dabei. Piotr Beczala wird am Samstag in Wuppertal auftreten. Michael Atzinger hat mit ihm telefoniert.

Molt estimada al Liceu, on ha inaugurat la temporada 2020-2021 al costat de Piotr Beczala, la soprano nord-americana

«NOTEN & SCHLÜSSEL»  Konzerteinführungen aus Grafenegg, die Ohren öffnenPeter Blaha über das Programm des Opernabends in Grafenegg am 20. August.InterpretenTONKÜNSTLER-ORCHESTERPIOTR BECZALA, TenorSASCHA GOETZEL, Dirigent  ProgrammGIOACHINO ROSSINIOuvertüre zur Oper «Guglielmo Tell»PIETRO MASCAGNI«Mamma, quel vino è generoso» Arie des Turiddu aus der Oper «Cavalleria rusticana»Intermezzo sinfonico aus der Oper «Cavalleria rusticana»UMBERTO GIORDANO«Come un bel dì di Maggio» Arie des Andrea Chénier aus der Oper «Andrea Chénier»GIUSEPPE VERDITriumphmarsch und Ballettmusik aus der Oper «Aida»«Se quel guerrier io fossi... Celeste Aida» Rezitativ und Romanze des Radames aus der Oper «Aida»RUGGERO LEONCAVALLO«Vesti la giubba» Arie des Canio aus der Oper «Pagliacci»GUSTAV MAHLER«Blumine»ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK«Vidino divná» | «Wundersames Traumbild» Arie des Prinzen aus der Oper «Rusalka»PIOTR ILJITSCH TSCHAIKOWSKIOuvertüre solennelle «1812» Es-Dur op. 49https://www.grafenegg.com/de/podcast

Eine CD von Piotr Beczala - vorgestellt auf NDR Kultur.

Der polnische Tenor spricht über seine Zürcher Pläne und wie man Verismo-Partien singen muss.

Tenor Piotr Beczala hat sich mit seinem neuen Album „Vincerò!“ einen Traum verwirklicht. Nachdem sich der Kammersänger der Wiener Staatsoper in den letzten Jahren an die Spitze des lyrischen Tenorfaches gesungen hat, wagt er sich an die großen Rollen des Verismo. Im Gespräch mit Martin Hagen spricht Piotr Beczala über das neue Kapitel seines künstlerischen Schaffens und erzählt, welche Schwierigkeiten es mit sich bringt eine CD in nur wenigen Tagen aufzunehmen.

Join us as we catch up with our dear friend and colleague Piotr Beczala. From spotty internet, to polish sausages, to red wine....and just a whole lot of laughs and shenanigans! Come along with us to Poland where we find Piotr and his beautiful bride quarantined during Covid 19. http://piotrbeczala.com/

Here is a program filled with sunshine for a March day. Franco Corelli sings O sole mio plus arias from Rigoletto, Romeo and Juliet and May Night. Also spreading sunshine are Karita Mattila, Piotr Beczala, Renata Scotto, Carlo Bergonzi and Nicolai Gedda. The post Here Comes the Sun appeared first on WFMT.

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Als souveräner Einspringer in der Titelrolle des "Lohengrin" zur letztjährigen Eröffnungspremiere der Bayreuther Festspiele glänzte Piotr Beczala als einer der besten lyrischen Tenöre unserer Zeit. Seinen internationalen Durchbruch hatte der gebürtige Pole 1997 bei den Salzburger Festspielen als Tamino in Mozarts "Zauberflöte". Seither verpflichteten ihn alle internationalen Bühnen.

Er kam, sang - und siegte: Placido Domingo begeistert in Verdis Luisa Miller mit einer atemberaubenden Leistung. Das Publikum feiert ihn schon vor der Vorstellung mit demonstrativen Ovationen. An der Spitze einer festspielwürdigen Besetzung ein glänzend disponierter Piotr Beczala.

Sondra Radvanovsky i Piotr Beczala protagonitzen Luisa i Rodolfo en una bonica història d'amor que marca el Verdi madur amb un final tràgic

Piotr Beczala.

¿Cómo son los grandes divos actuales de la ópera y el canto? En "Hoy Toca" analizamos la voz y descubrimos la personalidad de siete grandes voces masculinas actuales. Gracias a Lorena Jiménez, musicóloga y periodista que ha entrevistado a los siete, conoceremos mejor a Bryn Terfel, Erwin Schrott, Thomas Hampson, Jonas Kaufmann, Piotr Beczala, Philippe Jaroussky y Andreas Scholl. Barítonos, tenores y contratenores, cuyas voces escucharemos en arias magníficas de Mozart, Verdi, Leoncavallo, Berlioz, Haendel y un par de autores que no te esperas: Bazin y Sartorio... ¡Hoy Toca dar el do de pecho en Clásica FM Radio!

¿Cómo son los grandes divos actuales de la ópera y el canto? En "Hoy Toca" analizamos la voz y descubrimos la personalidad de siete grandes voces masculinas actuales. Gracias a Lorena Jiménez, musicóloga y periodista que ha entrevistado a los siete, conoceremos mejor a Bryn Terfel, Erwin Schrott, Thomas Hampson, Jonas Kaufmann, Piotr Beczala, Philippe Jaroussky y Andreas Scholl. Barítonos, tenores y contratenores, cuyas voces escucharemos en arias magníficas de Mozart, Verdi, Leoncavallo, Berlioz, Haendel y un par de autores que no te esperas: Bazin y Sartorio... ¡Hoy Toca dar el do de pecho en Clásica FM Radio!

This past New Year’s Eve, the Met presented a glorious new production of Francesco Cilea's Adriana Lecouvreur. This production features the unparalleled trio of soprano superstar Anna Netrebko, tenor heartthrob Piotr Beczala, and electrifying mezzo Anita Rachellishvili. On this episode of The Metropolitan Opera Guild Podcast, we have a pre-performance lecture by composer and conductor Victoria Bond, exploring the history and lush musical writing of this rarely performed verismo masterpiece.

Lohengrin im Overall - als Held der Arbeit, mitten in der surrealen Bildwelt der industriellen Moderne. So sah es aus auf der Bühne bei der Premiere von Wagners "Lohengrin" am 25. Juli 2018 auf dem Grünen Hügel. Mit großen Namen wie Piotr Beczala, Anja Harteros, Waltraud Meier starteten die Bayreuther Festspiele - musikalisch hoch inspiriert, doch szenisch eher lauwarm. Eine Kritik.

Eine große Aufgabe, die zu übernehmen keine ganz leichte Entscheidung war, musste der Tenor Piotr Beczala treffen. Denn nur dreieinhalb Wochen vor der Premiere bei den Bayreuther Festspielen soll er nun für Roberto Alagna einspringen und mit dem Lohengrin sein Debüt bei den Festspielen geben. Warum er "Ja" gesagt hat, erzählt er im Interview.

Während sich gerade die Nachricht verbreitete, dass der polnische Tenor Piotr Beczala in der Bayreuther Lohengrin-Neuproduktion die Titelrolle übernehmen wird, saß unsere Autorin bei dem Bayreuther Musikdirektor Christian Thielemann. Ein Gespräch über heimliche Proben, Tenöre aus "südländischen Gefilden" und Sängerentscheidungen nach dem Motto "machen wir das doch einfach mal".

Una Carmen con el sabor de la Opera Comique. Escuchar audio

El tenor polaco es uno de los grandes especialistas actuales en el repertorio lyrique como demuestra este Fausto. Escuchar audio

Until I get things worked out again,here are some old clips:The first is my dear Piotr Beczala Prince Igor Aria. Nicest guy in captivity!!!!!! (He actually reads my posts on Facebook)

Ran into him before Boheme Sat. No one as sweet and lovable....plus that great voice..His idols are Gedda and Wunderlich..FIGURES!!!!!

Am 10. August 2016 hatte Charles Gounods "Faust" bei den Salzburger Festspielen Premiere. Für die Neuinszenierung war ein interessantes Regieteam um den Österreicher Reinhard von der Thannen am Start. Piotr Beczala wirkt als Faust-Interpret wie der legitime Erbe einer schwedischen Legende.

Today's episode is taken from our Singers’ Studio series, in which editors from Opera News magazine sit down in conversation with some of today’s elite singers. In these conversations, singers discuss many things from their career origins to future plans, and even their thoughts on the art form as a whole. In today’s episode, we are happy to present one such interview with renowned tenor Piotr Beczala. I hope you’ll enjoy listening in as Mr. Beczala sits down with Opera News Digital Editor Adam Wasserman in the Singers’ Studio.

I present the magnificent tenor, Piotr Beczala, in arias from Werther, Le Cid, La Favorite, and Romeo et Juliette.  Few tenors in my opera experience have thrilled me as much, and in addition he is the sweetest human being one could know.  I did not give you the entire album, because if you don't buy it, he loses royalties.(I think!)

Opernarien von Georges Bizet, Hector Berlioz, Jules Massenet, Charles Gounod und Giuseppe Verdi | Piotr Beczala (Tenor) | Diana Damrau (Sopran) | Orchestre de l'Opera de Lyon | Leitung: Alain Altinoglu

1.NAPUKO.....The greatest basso ever. (I sang with him....hard not to laugh) 2.Tagliavini   Amor ti vieta (Fedora) 3. Richard Tucker   Celeste Aida 4. Ernani Ensemble..Milanov,Warren,Del Monaco (I saw all of them) 5. Olive Middleton recites (?) Adriana Phedre Scene 6.Gabriel Bacquier   Damnation of Faust aria 7.Dino Borgioli   Una furtiva lagrima 8. Piotr Beczala    Macbeth aria  (My fav.tenor) 9.  Caruso  Duca D'alba aria   (LORD!!!!) 10.   Fedora Barbieri   Trovatore  "Condotta) 11.Rita Hunter  Trovatore (In English) 12.Fanciulla finale (I cry every time) Dorothy Kirstem Clifford Harvuot (Sonora's lines get to me every time.. 13. Marisa Galvany (as mezzo)  Aida act 4 scene

San Diego Opera is delighted to have tenor Piotr Beczala back to sing King Gustav ('Gustavo') in Verdi's A Masked Ball. In this interview with Nicolas Reveles, Director of Education and Outreach, he talks about the role, other Verdi characters he sings, 'updated' productions of opera and his recent appearance at The Met in Rusalka. You'll also hear a bit of one of his arias from Ballo. Enjoy!

 This is the second compilation from early files. You might use them for an opera party, in which you give out cheap gifts to the winner(s). ENJOY!  (app.70 min.) 1. Grace Bumbry          Turandot:  "In questa reggia" 2. Fiorenza Cossotto   Trovatore:  "Condotta"  (Sounded "miked' in the theatre. An amazing singer.) 3. Nadezda Kniplova    Walkure:    "Hojotoho" 4. Cornell MacNeil/Renata Scotto   Rigoletto: "Si vendetta"  (WOW!!) 5. Lina Bruna Rasa      Andrea Chenier : " La mamma morta." (An example of over-done chest voice. She supposedly dived into the orchestra pit!!!) 6. Aprile Millo                Ernani:  "Ernani involami." 7.  Maxim Mironov      L'Italiana in Algeri:  Fabulous rendition of Lindoro's Aria. 8.  Elena Nikolaidi        Semiramide:       "Bel raggio" 9. Birgit Nilsson/Richard Tucker    Ballo in Maschera:  Love duet 10. Eugenia Burzio      Saffo aria  (less-known wonderful soprano.) 11. Piotr Beczala          Land of Smiles:  "Dein ist mein ganzes herz."  (His new album of operetta  arias just received a big prize, and deservedly so.) 12. Giuseppe Di Stefano   Faust:  The legendary "Salut demeure" with the phenomenal high C dimuendo.

Three samples from Piotr Beczala's new album!!!!

Last week, the Deutsche Oper am Rhein in Düsseldorf cancelled a Nazi-themed production of Wagner's Tannhäuser, when the premiere performance prompted booing, mass walkouts and even reports of audience members getting sick. With scenes that reportedly showed Jews being murdered and dying in gas chambers, it certainly shocked — but it was hardly the first revisionist opera production. In this podcast, Naomi Lewin asks three prominent opera-watchers whether Düsseldorf was right to cancel the production, and what radical updates can bring to the art form. To some commentators, the Dusseldorf Tannhauser was a stretch: the opera is set in the Middle Ages and based on a ballad about a bard called Tannhäuser. Yet the intention of the director, Burkhard Kosminski, had a logic that many could understand. In the month of Wagner’s bicentennial, he wanted to link the opera to the Holocaust – an event which the composer’s own ardent anti-Semitism seemed to presage. John Berry, the artistic director of English National Opera, called the Düsseldorf company “extremely well established” and he praised its talented leadership. But a company should also prepare its audience for a provocative concept. "Usually, in an opera house, you receive a model and an outline of the ideas a year, two years, sometimes even longer [beforehand] so the Düsseldorf management would have had a good idea of the overall vision for the piece,” he said. “On the face of it, it does seem shocking that the whole production has been pulled due to the audience response," he continued. "I haven’t heard of that anywhere. But I haven’t seen the piece.” James Jorden, opera critic of the New York Post and editor of the blog Parterre Box, took a sterner view of the company’s cancellation. “The job of opera management is to present the vision of people who create opera – the director, the conductor and the singers,” said Jorden. “It’s a terrible, terrible thing and a cowardly thing to send the message to these artists that we’re not going to support you. If someone complains about your work, we’re out of here. We'll drop you like a hot potato." Anne Midgette, the classical music critic of the Washington Post, noted that Nazi references are not uncommon in German Wagner productions, typically as a way of exploring issues around German nationalism. But what may have ignited the Düsseldorf controversy was the fact that "it actually showed people being killed." Still, Midgette believes that opera has the power to confront and challenge. "You’re dealing with an art form that many, many people approach with a sense that it's safely distant," she said. “A production that puts people being gassed on stage is going in there wanting to grab the audience by the collar."  (In a statement, the Deutsche Oper am Rhein said that although it knew that the production would be "controversial" it did not expect the extreme reactions that followed the premiere.) But when does a strong directorial concept (aka "Regietheater," or "director's theater") lose focus and cross over into what detractors label “Eurotrash?" Berry believes modern updates can be highly successful if essential ingredients are in place. "In the end, whether it’s a modern updating or not, is it well-sung, is the director telling the story, does it have a dramatic and musical power?” Sometimes a concept will completely miss the mark. Jorden recalls seeing a Carmen in Stuttgart where the title character "died six or seven times in the course of the opera – but not at the end." Yet he also remembers Calixto Bieito’s staging of Wagner’s Parsifal, set in an apocalyptic landscape inspired by Cormac McCarthy's novel The Road. "Not only did this make me question completely my ideas of what the opera was about, it still to this day has me wondering what the purpose of religion in human existence is," Jorden said. "I don't think you could ask for a more profound meaning in an operatic performance." Weigh in: What modern updates of operas have you seen that did or didn't work for you? Tell us about it in the comments box below. Photo: Piotr Beczala as the Duke and Oksana Volkova as Maddalena in the Met's "Vegas" Rigoletto (Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera)

With permission of the star, here is a sampling of Piotr Beczala's new Verdi album.Mariusz Kwiecien joins him in the Don Carlo (with a nice interpolated high C at then end.) I think you will all love it. I get NO commision, although there are some who think I ought to be committed.

Highlights from Kalman's "Countess Maritza", with Sena Jurinac, Karl Terkal, Anneliese Rothenberger, and Rupert Glawitsch, followed by highlights from Lehar's "The Land of Smiles," with Charlie's favorite tenor, Piotr Beczala and Camilla Nylund..  (73 min.)

Here is a repeat of a few Slavic arias (from the CD) as sung by our wonderful Piotr Beczala, whose birthday is Dec.28. He has certainly endeared himself to audiences around the globe, and we look forward to his Met performances in Manon. He is also such a sweet, natural guy, and he has made us so happy to know him.

Today's episode will be centered around Opera Works & Songs from our classical collection. We have 4 pieces for you today, and we will end with a piece from our featured release, "Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor." Nicolai Ghiaurov, Sesto Bruscantini, Alfredo Kraus, Gundula Janowitz, Sena Jurinac, Walter Monachesi, Dimitri Petkov, Olivera Miliakovic "Don Giovanni" (mp3) from "Mozart: Don Giovanni" (Opera d'Oro) Buy at Napster Buy at iTunes Music Store Buy at Rhapsody Stream from Rhapsody Buy at Amazon MP3 More On This AlbumSteven Kimbrough, Wolfgang Schmid, Andreas Kreisel "Kommt wieder aus der finst'ren Gruft" (mp3) from "Geistliche Lieder - Sacred Songs of Bach (from the 1736 Songbook of Georg Schemelli)" (Arabesque Recordings) Buy at iTunes Music Store More On This AlbumInessa Galante, Vladimir Choclov, Janis Bulvas "A idise mame" (mp3) from "Goldins: Jewish Folk Songs - Rachmaninov: Romantic Songs" (Campion) Buy at Napster Buy at iTunes Music Store Buy at Amazon MP3 More On This AlbumValery Gergiev, Natalie Dessay, Sergei Skorokhodov, Ilya Bannik, Vladislav Sulimsky, Mariinsky Chorus, Mariinsky Orchestra from "Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor" (Mariinsky) More On This AlbumThe Mariinsky label’s opera recordings have garnered acclaim and awards from around the world, most recently for Valery Gergiev’s recording of Parsifal released in 2010. For the label’s fifth opera, Gergiev conducts Donizetti’s masterpiece with a magnificent cast led by Natalie Dessay. Donizetti’s tragic opera in three acts depicts a family feud set in the Lammermuir hills of Scotland. The opera was premiered on 26 September 1835 at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, with the coloratura soprano Fanny Tacchinardi Persiani, and a revised version in French followed suit in 1839. Inspired by Sir Walter Scott’s novel The Bride of Lammermoor, the central character of Lucia Ashton (Dessay) is in love with Edgardo di Ravenswood, her brother Enrico’s sworn enemy. With his fortune waning, Lord Enrico plots to force Lucia to marry Lord Arturo Bucklaw, in order to guarantee his continued power. Torn between her family and true love, Lucia submits to her brother’s desires but in turn loses her mind. Lucia’s delicate disposition is tested and results in the famous ‘mad scene’ where Lucia kills her new bridegroom Arturo. Natalie Dessay is one of the world’s most sought-after sopranos and an admired interpreter of lyric heroines. She is particularly renowned for her interpretation of the role of Lucia, which she has performed at the Metropolitan Opera, Royal Opera House and the Mariinsky Theatre. Future engagements include Verdi’s La Traviata with the LSO at the Aix-en-Provence Festival in July and at the Wiener Staatsoper in October. Piotr Beczala is rapidly establishing a reputation as one of today’s leading lyric tenors. He has recently sung Edgardo with the Metropolitan Opera in New York and on tour in Japan, and this summer will perform at the Bayerische Staatsoper and Salzburg Festival. Valery Gergiev recently won the Disc of the Year Award from BBC Music Magazine for his LSO Live recording of Prokofiev’s Romeo & Juliet. In July, Gergiev will conduct the Mariinsky Ballet at New York Metropolitan Opera and in August he conducts at the Edinburgh Festival and BBC Proms with the Mariinsky Orchestra before opening the LSO’s 2011-12 concert season. In October he embarks on a major tour of the USA and Canada with the Mariinsky Orchestra, including residencies at Carnegie Hall and Berkeley. Forthcoming releases include the final instalment in his Mahler cycle on LSO Live featuring Symphony No 9 and the Mariinsky label’s first DVDs and Blu-Ray Discs. Natalie Dessay appears courtesy of Virgin Classics.

The happiest of birthdays (Dec.28) to Piotr Beczala, one of opera's greatest artists. Here are arias from Aleko,Rusalka,Rigoletto,Hoffmann, and Romeo. A big "BRAVO" to one of the great singers of today, and ANY opera era

Selections from the cd's of 13 of our wonderful present-day tenors. We are so lucky to have them performing in the world of opera. In order, they are:            Ben Heppner, Johan Botha, Roberto Alagna, Marcelo Alvarez, Rolando Villazon, Salvatore Licitra, Ramon Vargas, Vittorio Grigolo, Jonas Kaufmann, Juan Diego Flores, Joseph Calleja, Marcelo Giordani, and Piotr Beczala.   (60 min.)

Hiya all,           You know I have become acquainted with this glorious Polish tenor, Piotr Beczala, and I will be seeing  him soon at the Met in Boheme and Romeo (I ordered tickets for THREE Romeos...I rarely do anything like that.). From Piotr's new album on the Orfeo label, I present arias from Prince Igor, Janek (Zelenski), and Eugen Onegin. I heartily recommend this album to you and hope these three selections give you a sampling of the album.                                                        Thanks for your patience   P.S.  I re-installed Propaganda and will fix those interruptions..They think I am NEW!!!!!!                                                                  Charlie    

Let's kick off our 2010 San Diego Opera Podcast Season by meeting one of the stars of our first production, Puccini's La Boheme: the young Polish tenor Piotr Beczala!  This is first class singing from the lyric tenor that we've all been waiting for!

Welcome to TENOR HEAVEN!!!!!     There are so many superb tenors in the opera world today,I thought you would like a sample of their art.They include: Lawrence Brownlee, Eric Cutler, Jan Botha, Salvatore Licitra, Ben Heppner, Marcelo Alvarez, Ramon Vargas, Roberto Alagna, Juan Diego Flores, Jonas Kaufmann, Rolando Villazon, David Daniels (countertenor), Marcelo Giordani, Joseph Calleja, Piotr Beczala (in photo).        (70 min.)

16 tenors sing the great "Una furtiva lagrima" from Donizetti's "L'Elisir D'Amore."  They are as follows (in exact order on podcast) Giuseppe Anselmi, Enrico Caruso, John McCormack, Hipolito Lazaro,Alessandro Bonci, Beniamino Gigli, Tito Schipa, Aureliano Pertile,Andre D'Arkor, Dino Borgioli, Ferruccio Tagliavini, Josef Schmidt,Giuseppe Di Stefano, Jussi Bjoerling, Carlo Bergonzi, Piotr Beczala.                                        (71 min.)

A comparison of 21 tenors singing the great Werther aria. The order is as follows:Emile Marcellin, Giuseppe Lugo, Andre D'Arkor, Gaston Micheletti, Jose Luccioni, Fernand Ansseau, Alfred Piccaver, Ferruccio Tagliavini, Carlo Bergonzi, Alain Vanzo, Fernando de la Mora, Alfredo Kraus, Nicolai Gedda, Tito Schipa, Franco Corelli, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Joseph Calleja, Ramon Vargas, Roberto Alagna, Rolando Villazon, Piotr Beczala.                     (57 min.)

     I sincerely hope you enjoy the voice and artistry of the superb Piotr Beczala, one of our very great singers. Here are some excerpts from his new album "Salut" plus the Land of Smiles aria from the complete recording.       Inspired by the great Fritz Wunderlich, Mr.Beczala surely is a"logical successor" to the man, and there are some similarities. The tone is so lush and his musicianship is impeccable. I also realize that there have been other"smart tenors" like Gedda,Bergonzi,Kraus, Tucker, and Gigli who had long illustrious careers because they had the good sense tocarefully choose proper repertory, and therefore I am not worried that Mr.Beczala will be essaying Otello or Tristan!!!!!                      I know you will enjoy this album as much as I did. If you have any comments, please forward them to me and I will forward them to Mr.Beczala.                         My best   CharlieP.S.  GO HERE: http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=Handelmania&emb=0&aq=f#q=Handelmania%20Beczala&emb=0