MICHAEL SPYRES Les Huguenots - Tu m'aimes, duet act 4 (Meyerbeer)

cypit73 Comenta:

Jan 9, 2010 - Bard Summerscape 2009 - Hastings-on-Hudson New York Conductor: Leon Botstein Director: Thaddeus Strassberger Scenic Design: Eugenio Recuenco Costume Design: Mattie Ullrich Orchestra: American Symphony Orchestra

gestas60323 Comenta:

Feb 1, 2010 - Superb! Why are there no recordings of this magnificent tenor available and why don´t we see him in major parts in European opera houses? I was lucky enough to catch him in some performances at the Bad Wildbad Rossini fastival - whre the exceptional beauty of his voice made me even endure the ridiculous Euro Trash productions. Bravo Michael Spyres !!!

maulwurfchen Comenta:

Feb 1, 2010 - Thanks for the comments. But don't you worry about him not singing in European Opera houses. La Scala, Covent Garden, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Dresden State Opera, Ravenna, Valencia, Bilbao, Lisabon, Vlaamse Opera, Salzburg Festival - he only sings at the best... And there are quite a few commercial recordings in planning.

gestas60323 Comenta:

Feb 1, 2010 - thanks, this is good news. In Berlin, I managed to hear him only in the small part of Arturo (Lucia). Hope to hear him soon at the MET (am going there every year). Look forward to the commercial recordings!

ciociosan Comenta:

Feb 17, 2010 - Who did he study with?

tneprescintr Comenta:

Mar 5, 2010 - My French is probably limited to a dozen words, so, can anyone explain the plot at this point? It seems... intriguing.

maulwurfchen Comenta:

Mar 27, 2010 - he is actually self-taught

OperaLover84 Comenta:

May 10, 2010 - am i right in thinking that I saw him at the Met last month? I think i saw him walking around with an entourage or something. is he perhaps in talks to sing something there?

maulwurfchen Comenta:

May 12, 2010 - you are quite right: he was there for Schumann's Faust Scenes with the ASO and also did his Met audition. You probably saw me as well as part of his entourage!

ciociosan Comenta:

Jul 24, 2010 - whoa.

ciociosan Comenta:

Jul 24, 2010 - /melts

muatlas Comenta:

Aug 22, 2010 - Les Huguenots is the grandest of all grand opera. This is an excellent performance of the duet scene. Listen to all of the opera. It is full of beautiful, grand music.

XPRT10R Comenta:

Sep 25, 2010 - He is FANTASTIC, I must say, and I am very hard to please. But NO WAY he is self-taught. It might sound good for PR to say that, but any tenor worth his salt knows that is not a self-taught voice. Ultimately it does not matter who taught him. He is a splendid singer. Great musicality and technique.

Matt75003 Comenta:

Oct 27, 2010 - The scene takes place in Paris in 1572, just before the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre (a wave of Catholic mob violence directed against Protestants). Raoul, a young Protestant nobleman, has a clandestine encounter with his lover Valentine inside her father's home. He finds out that Valentine's father is an instigator of the upcoming riot, and wonders whether he should warn his fellow Protestants or stay with Valentine. Eventually, he makes his escape from the house.

Cantormatis Comenta:

Nov 17, 2010 - THIS guy needs an audition???!!! HE's arguably the finest tenor before the public today. Of course, because he's an American, the jerks at the MET will never take him seriously- they only seem to like Spanish tenors. Spyres has not only a great instrument but technique and musicality.

ungiornodiregno Comenta:

Nov 19, 2010 - Excellent voice and superb singing!

gestas60323 Comenta:

Nov 27, 2010 - how right you are !

ploplisphilin Comenta:

May 14, 2011 - I always wanted to see this opera, but I don't want to see it done this way, e. g. Valentine in sexual hysteria. The ludicrous visual just spoils the beautiful singing.

mezzomanUK Comenta:

Jun 20, 2011 - I have just seen this opera for the first time at La Monnaie, Brussels in a fabulous production with a very strong cast-but this tenor is much better!!

mezzomanUK Comenta:

Jun 20, 2011 - Where did this performance take place?

TAMdeGledel Comenta:

Jun 20, 2011 - Spyres, vraiment meilleur qu'Osborn ? Ça n'est pas sérieux.

PeterPetronovich Comenta:

Jun 26, 2011 - He is not self-taught. According to the biography on his website, "He began his studies in the U.S.A. and continued them at the Vienna Conservatory, Austria." from michaelspyres dotcom.

4ottave Comenta:

Jun 28, 2011 - Michael simply beautiful!

ATsarIsBorn Comenta:

Aug 23, 2011 - The soprano is Alexandra Deshorties, by no means unworthy. (The staging of the end of this duet, however, was atrocious.)