Viglione Borghese era alto. Credo che fosse alto tra 1,77 e 1,80m.

😂❤ Вечная память выдающемуся певцу Джованни Мартинелли . ❤😊

This is great!

0:40 Finally we hear a baritone that sings TRADITOOOOOOOREEEEEEEEE instead of “tra-di-tow-rey”!

Would anyone happen to have a copy of this translation? im trying to write it out myself but there are few moments where its unclear

Wow he is sooo good!! Battistini would be proud (;

THE Mozartian singer

wonderful❤❤

Pronunciation, clarity, gee, owe, ay, tee

The great Belgian bass! The best of 19th century style smooth bel canto singing.

Figaro Straight up got the guitar so we're off to a homage to the material.

Ive just come from Monaco's '66 live performance.. looking forward to going to the 30s!

Thank you. I'v read his book.

So much dubious intonation, tremolo, glottal hiccup noises and poor diction all in one aria. Poor scrubwoman pushed on that stage! And I thought Pollione was supposed to be a tenor, not a creaky baritone... Bellini à la verismo! Mistaking this loud ugly caterwauling for belcanto is like mistaking gang-rape for tenderness, and mud wrestling for ballroom dancing. In absence of a recording of this scene by any of the best Normas (Boninsegna, Burzio, or at least Lilli Lehmann) there is an acceptable substitute with the only properly trained dramatic soprano since Frida Leider: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mYizpIqgpb-efac

Of the three other First Opera Film Festival movies, so far the only one I have been able to find posted online is Auber's Fra Diavolo on Chelsea Rialto Studios, again very worth watching. Outstanding in the leading female role Zerlina is the Hungarian soprano Magda László (spelled "Magda Laselo" at the very bottom of the cast list in the opening credits). She was a member of La Scala at the time. As far as Nozze di Figaro and Don Pasquale, I have only seen links to buy a set of the four films. I have not even been able to find cast lists. Some links list the fourth opera as Carmen, rather than Fra Diavolo. Can anyone confirm that this exists? I hope there would not have been so simple a mistake as incorrectly listing the more famous of the two French operas.

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A correction for the Description: the conductor is not "Angelo Roma," but Angelo Questa conducting the Orchestra and Chorus of the Rome Opera (see opening credits). This exciting film is comparable to what is called in German a Querschnitt, an abridgment with some rearranging which tries to give a sense of the continuity of a complete performance. It is a pity that two of the work's best known arias are omitted: 1. Arnold's O muto asil (in French, Asil héréditaire) - I would love to hear Soler sing this because his voice is at its most spine-tingling in this film. 2. Tell's Resta immobile in which he instructs his son to remain motionless when he shots the apple off his head. Both Gobbi's 1956 live Martini and Rossi and 1964 recording from the double LP The Art of Tito Gobbi can be found online. Of Soler's few commercially released recordings, well worth hearing (though not in the rechannelled Everest/Cetra release) is the RAI Cetra Andrea Chenier conducted by Arturo Basile with Tebaldi and Savarese. I have heard only portions of this and so far found only a few excerpts from this online.

I never heard of this singer before. I was very impressed and he was probably top quality back in the 30s. Great rendition and powerful voice merry Christmas to everyone.

This is my second favorite recording of this aria just right after Maurel.

UNICO

so beautiful

Magnifico ! ❤

L’aria è abbassata di mezzo tono alla portata di ogni basso …. Una interpretazione e vocalità poco adatte al repertorio …. Bellissima voce wagneriana …. il vecchio

Stunning, as always. This force of nature never ceases to amaze me.

wowwww! she never ceases to amaze me

Do you have more Tagliabue’s live recordings at the Met?

The greatest baritone of all time !

A similar opportunity arose when Gwyneth Jones sang Monteverdi’s Poppea. Totally unexpected. And the beauty of Nilsson’s voice here, and Jones’s voice there, is remarkable.

It’s no surprise that Joan Sutherland always swooned when talking about Flagstad. She said the voice just poured out of her, large but never harsh or shrill. And here, in the later chapter of her career, she still has surprisingly good agility.

This is Caballe's the greatest moment ever!!! It's hear wrenching and unbearable tragically deep and at the same time tremendously beautiful.

That effortless stream of bright yet sweet sound. I don’t hear the steel here 😍

Didn’t remember she sang this role as late as 1967

Superb sound quality for 1903!

Please share more Mapleson Cylinders if you can! This is priceless.

This and his L’Étoile du Nord aria are some of the most miraculous singing I’ve ever heard from a baritone.

Do you have her Gluck Orfeo aria?

Definitely the best stuff I’ve heard from him. Very impressive.

I wish the camera had stayed out from her more. When seeing the distance, it was easier for my perceptions to grasp the effortless force of her instrument. It was immediately visible at the beginning when she sang her first notes. It was wonderful to see the younger singer demonstrate that the repertoire was as easy for her as singing Mary Had a Little Lamb is for most of us.

I'M SEVENTH - FOURS YEARS OLD AND I WAS THERE THAT NIGHT ALL I VAN REMEMBER ABOUT THAT CONCERT WAS MY GIRLFRIEND AT THE TIME WAS GIVING ME A HANDJOB

These people, both male and female, in the first 30 or 35 years of the past century, were MASTERS of so much of the repertoire. The old reissue - The Record of Singing/EMI - in its volumes, covered SOME of the best recordings of the time, as did the usual/LP reissues from many sources - EMI, RCA, Columbia, and the independent labels.

Think this is likely my favourite baritone singing ever. I don't generally listen to baritones that much, but he's great

Countertenors should learn from him

Merrill is singing a number of these arias down a half-step. Is this an issue with the recording or did he do this often?

10:06: "è fatica cantare così. costa meno gridare". Verissimo!

The Depth of Melchiors voice even comes through with Tibbett a real great Bass Baritone, all colleagues together, Branzell of course was immense, but the Flagstad Melchior pairing was perhaps the greatest in Wagnerian singing of all time. Wonderful bit of Historic film. Flagstad with Dame Maggie Teyte.

Can you please find me a recording of afro Poli singing Largo Al factotum?

Extremely rare and Amazing!!!, do you know Andrei Ivano by any chance? I would like to hear more recordings of him

we won't ever hear the likes of him nowadays

one of the greatest in his time.

Majestic ❤