I think the tempo is just perfect. It's a palpitating aria and the tempo exactly reflects the lyrics. Well chosen by the conductor. If played too slow it sounds artificial and very 19th century. This is typical late baroque music and the entire drama is in the sentiment expressed by the aria and the interpretation. Don't forget this is opera well before the reforms initiated by Christoph Willibald Gluck. Handel at its best.
How did I miss this video? Well, better late than never. This is positively thrilling! Bravo, Christophe, I have never heard "Vivi tiranno" sung better than this.
OMG! is this Bernard Labadie, sometimes he conducts soo slow that look like the lost brother of Nicholas McGegan!!! I like that he has taken this fast tempo for this wonderful aria. Bravo Dumaux!
Magnifique Christophe Dumaux !!!
I think the tempo is just perfect. It's a palpitating aria and the tempo exactly reflects the lyrics. Well chosen by the conductor. If played too slow it sounds artificial and very 19th century. This is typical late baroque music and the entire drama is in the sentiment expressed by the aria and the interpretation. Don't forget this is opera well before the reforms initiated by Christoph Willibald Gluck.
Handel at its best.
Holy Mother of God! He owns it!! Thank you for posting.
Fabulous, just as everything Dumaux does. Hope he will be in a few opera CDs in the futur
Wow, that was a thrilling ride! Dumaux is the best.
Beautiful, yet another gorgeous counter-tenor! Bravo!
How did I miss this video? Well, better late than never. This is positively thrilling! Bravo, Christophe, I have never heard "Vivi tiranno" sung better than this.
superbe aria .beaucoup de talent et d'énergie
Quelle précision dans les vocalises. Wha! Mis à part quelques mots italiens écorchés, c'est une magnifique interprétation du Vivi Tiranno
Magnifique!
Oh,give us a break.Why these guys can`t enjoy new performers?Dumaux is just superb.
Un grande del bel canto.
Bravo
OMG! is this Bernard Labadie, sometimes he conducts soo slow that look like the lost brother of Nicholas McGegan!!! I like that he has taken this fast tempo for this wonderful aria.
Bravo Dumaux!
yes this is one of the most exciting counter tenors around
Quelle voix plus "haendalienne " que Christophe Dumaux ? (les "castrats étaient très à la mode du temps de Haendel )Magnifique interprétation! !
Fantastic
Fantástico!!
Beautiful! A bit too much vibrato to my liking but overall very good! Bravo! Thanks for posting.
the conductor will have the last word but it has to be a common choice, at least in principle
I imagine that the tempo would be the choice of the conductor rather than the singer.
What's a 'throath'?
Too much vibrato / (ballato)...
And not "...sgorga i furor..." but "...sfoga i furor..."!!