Wow, what a blast from the past! I was the train bearer/page boy in white shirt and black tights in the danced sections. I was 13 or 14 at most around '89/'90 when this was filmed. The lead dancers playing Melisenda and her beloved are none other than Jeannette Zingg and Marshall Pynkoski, co-founders of Opera Atelier. Brand new when this Rhombus Media production was filmed in Toronto, Opera Atelier is approaching its 40th season ( 2026). I danced with them for 35 years before retiring in 2021. Dancers were, as best as I can recall: Jeannatte Zingg (Melisenda) Barbara Szablowski Karina ?? (memory fails me) Marshall Pynkoski (Melisenda's Knight) Roderick Johnson (The Moor) Antonio Francisco (Rival to the Knight) Carl Strygg (The King) Jeremy Nasmith (A Pageboy) The singers are listed in the description.

Bella Interpretazione !!!! 👍

Number One!! 🎶😳👍👍

Perfect technique, great voice. ❤

…another forgotten treasure learned in my New England Conservatory days, from my wonderful repertoire coach Felix Wolfes, circa 1959….this recording is from a recital during the CASALS FESTIVAL…1984 ,accompanied by Elias Lopez Sobá.

Grande voix certes, mais cela manque de douceur. Il est vrai cependant que le timbre s'est élargi dans le grave depuis ses débuts mais est resté parfois un peu tenorisant ce qui nuit au velours dans l''interprétation .Ce n'est pas mal chanté toutefois. Une belle interprétation de cet air et selon mon avis est probablement la référence estcelle de giuseppe Taddeî .salut à vous tous.

Powerful interpretation of a classic. Great voice

Gyönyörűen énekel, szép a hangja, de a konyhakest elvehette volna a lánytól. Nagyon vivodott szegényke, h. mit tegyen vele...❤❤❤❤ 4:13

El mejor Yago de todos los tiempos!❤

Greatest singer!

Брависсимо!

Parasta

BRILLIANT

Matti Salminen hat ohne Frage eine sehr gute Stimme. Diese Partie jedoch höre ich lieber gesungen von einen Bass wie László Polgár.

He's a very oily Scarpia as well...saw him with Maria Ewing and Neil Shicoff in LA.

que flaco se te ve Justino! y sin embargo que gran voz! (bueno, los panzones son los tenores) Triumoph, Die Rache gelinh! suena imponente!

Excellent german. Horrible pianist...

TREMENDOUS performance by Matti,WHAT A VOICE!!!

ON FIRE 🔥 🔥!

Te admiro muchísimo Justino!

Salminen is my favorite Sarastro--his voice is rich yet supple --so many basses in this roll have a very limited dynamic range and lose their phrasing and tone color in as they hit the bottom of their range. Salminen is a fine musician with the technique that allows him to vary his tonal color to emphasize both the text and the subtleties of Mozart's melodic phrasing.

Vocally, he's fantastic. But on state I always found him to be rather stiff.

In the same school as the great Ezio Pinza. Thrilling rich vocals by a master.

Yes, that is Sam Hollingsworth, without a doubt. I would recognize him and his flowing gray hair anywhere. Sam was Principal Bass in the Pittsburgh Symphony. He succeed Tony Bianco when he stepped down from the post. Sam had a wonderful Busan bass that I got to play a few times, although this bass does not appear to be his Busan. I grew up in Pittsburgh and saw Hollingsworth often. It's Hollingsworth.

Tem uma voz magnifica

sublime.

fenomeno.

Bravi tutti e due (anche il contrabbassista!) ... Ottima pronuncia

This is not Justino Diaz voice.

Chenier is a favorite of mine. As a teen I saw the fantastic Franco Corelli in it as well as Tosca and Fanciulla. If only Diaz could have been the baritone Gerard, Scarpia and Rance. I don't even remember those baritones. Loved Diaz since I first heard him.

Nice job from a bass-baritone. Rich sound. A pleasure to hear his voice in this aria.

wonderful, Rolando Panerai, one of the best baritone ever

listen to the way he sings "del suo sorriso"... that "del" makes all the difference.... there is panerai and then there's everybody else.... in this role at least....

THE BEST !!!

Remember the beautiful Escamillo on the Carmen tour in Japan! Best regards.

GRANDE Justino!!

Justino Díaz, orgullo de Puerto Rico para el mundo. Proud that he is an excellent puertorican for the world.

Beautiful!!!!

The great Ronaldo in all of is pomp wonderfull

Excelente!!!!

At that time he was the first bassist of the Pittsburgh Symphony (Mr. Levinson).

Sigh... one of the most accomplished and beautiful Iago's... a great actor with a stupendous voice. I was happy to see him memorialized on film in Zeffirelli's Otello with Domingo, though the film itself is deeply flawed. Thank you for sharing!

My heart belongs to Sherrill Milnes but Justino is absolutely magnificent. His voice is spectacular and his acting--hello--his acting is brilliant. I'm so glad I have DVDs of him working with the greatest tenor ever, Placido Domingo. Not one but two soaring exemplars in voice and pulchritude on stage made the magic grand. I regret I didn't get a chance to see him perform live. Finally, KZbin serves a higher purpose that can enrich We The People, for a change.

Beautiful!!

bellissima voce,poca tecnica

Bravo Justino Diaz - this is how I envision Iago ever since seeing and hearing this. I first heard of him when I was in college, in the 70s, from his recordings of Mozart Requiem, the Messiah, the C minor Mass. Only later did I realize he was an opera singer. Always loved the color of that voice, but even more that he creates a character with his voice, not just singing notes but putting a meaning in them. Gobbi, Bastianini and a few others could do it too. Today's singers, not so much.

Stentoreo, pesante, rumoroso e compiaciuto di sé.

Diaz is a PROPER bass-baritone. People nowadays forget what that used to mean, but back when, it literally meant you sing segments of both fachs. This aria is in the handful of so-called Verdi Baritone arias that a good bass-baritone should be able to sing well. This, Si Puo (if you have an Ab), maybe Di Provenza, Pieta, Rispetto, Amore from Macbeth, maybe a couple others. Do i think he could sing a respectable Cortigianni? Unlikely. It's in the same boat as aria's like Il Balen or Eri Tu, HIGH aria's with tessitura's to test a proper baritone. Nowadays most bass-baritone's are just guys who don't excel at either voice type, and are relegated to the middle. That's not how the fach is supposed to be.

He's legit one of thebest Iagos. Regardless of range thepoint of Iago is to deliver greatly and colour his voice and Diaz just NAILS that better than anyone iveheard ...his going from piano to forte, from lyrical to harsh colouring it's brilliant.. Esp in the lyrical parts where Iago mocks others.... Excellent.

Nemico della voce. Diaz is a not-overly-profundoish basso cantante. This aria is high even for a baritone.