topping the world: voices of the 21st century: Dimash and Dmitri singing Adagio

Born on the land between Europe and Asia (the true Eurasians)

Dimash from Kazakhstan, chose to be pop vocalist while having the range of an operatic singer

distinguishing himself in the high register

but note that at the high notes, he kept his mid voice

it is only toward the end did he switch to his head voice (for a male, sometimes described as falsetto

but from my ear-capacity, not exactly, it's the head register and then the whisper register (resembling the top sopranos of the world). This reminds me of the extinguished castrati of the past  (Renaissance Italy)

COMPARE  

The late Dmitri of Russia
a true operatic star
Born in Siberia, Tatar
sang in the baritone range, velvety, warm, and rich
but resembling a lyrical tenor at times, of bel canto tradition

AND NOTE:

Both of them began the song in their natural voice (almost no breath support)
and then they go into their projection, resonance and tremendous breath support for their
voice to soar across the orchestra, as though they each possess three different voices in one person...

AND,
their stage presence:  two different men:

Dimash crosses gender, so slender and delicate

Dmitri, so manly, so virile, epitome of a male man/man male

They both become so powerful, overwhelming us, so much into their song, so engaged, so taken by their passion in music ...there is nothing fake, phony, orchestrated in them or about them

that's what it takes: the geniuses of the musical and performing arts

at the turn of the 21st century, on the land that joins Europe and Asia...

LOOK AT THE DIFFERENCE IN AUDIENCE REACTION:

In China, the young drool over the high notes and the perfection of the soaring voice

In Russia, the audience are so grave in awe, mesmerized by the operatic power and the sentiment that fills the air...

BRAVO!