O sole mio - Franco Bonisolli

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[@squillodivoce]

People might say all the negative things about Franco Bonisolli that they want. But here is a tenor that REALLY had the high notes. And really had them to spare. Sadly, the quality and thrill of these high notes are almost inexistent in the opera theaters these days. Grande Bonisolli!!

[@jimbuxton2187]

Sqillo...I think even a perfect technique can't give you the quality and thrill that God bestows on the chosen few. This man was BORNE to SING! His build and his big head and neck are a miracle like James Vickers!

[@nirn6333]

@@jimbuxton2187 Jon Vickers,James King,which one?

[@uppityglivestockian]

@@jimbuxton2187 So you're a monarchist. Only those born to it need apply. He had a big head alright.

[@petergroverd6626]

I seem to think a long time ago when Italia 90 world cup came along Franco was to be one of the three Tenors. Pavarotti, along with Domingo. Jose Carreras got the third spot because Franco was deemed to be a loose cannon and so they left him out. Franco was a great singer that Lanza would have been proud of.

[@marjorieallworth6172]

If the above is true--- how very sad XXX

[@mikelinxi3828]

l am so surprised to find such a powerful and beautiful voice after watching tenors so many years. He deserves higher popularity.

[@robertwallace6974]

he is the highest and most beautiful high C,D. And he is a real artist too. genius

[@pedroaranguren6160]

Mi tenor favorito....el último tenor italianíssimo con bravura, potente voz de acero, dulzura, romántico y un cacho de locura. Sólo comparable con Corelli y Volpi....el resto viene detrás, aún Pavarotti que me encanta; pero escuchar a Bonisolli es transportarse en el tiempo.... Grande maestro!

[@orion8835]

Gorgeous spinto tenore singing here.

[@tenorschofield]

Simply the best!!! He was a so dotated tenor that is hard to imagine Bonisolli without watching him perform...people can say whatever they want,but the real fact is that he was the best!!!...as simple as that. Bonisolli the best!!!

[@putin6018]

Se nota que no has escuchado al gran tenor Alfredo Kraus......

[@tenorschofield]

@@putin6018 No solo le escuché, sino estudie con el de 1996-97, y era una gran persona y maravilloso tenor, GRANDE ALFREDO KRAUS!!! 😊✌️🎶(Bonisolli era un lírico spinto y don Alfredo un lírico ligero...ambos Maravillosos!!!)

[@cesarezappa7574]

hai perfettamente ragione perche' lui volendo sapeva anche alleggerire la voce...al contrario della tecnica ingolata di Del Monacobe Corelli e Hofman

[@thehix]

It is transposed to Bb major. I don't think any other tenor has ever had the balls to do this.

[@markparks6556]

I would agree, I am a life long opera fan and have never run across another recording like this, spinal thrills!!

[@jean-jacquesrousseau7001]

Einfach grandios !!

[@walterzans3341]

10.37

[@pianoronald]

He sang it in C major as printed. I was the pianist so I should know!

[@diplomamilldoc8562]

@@pianoronaldcould you please tell us what Franco was like as a person?

[@mariobarbov9174]

He is WONDERFUL here!!!!!!!!!!

[@annamariapoma-swank6458]

I am so happy to ear his magnificent voice.......................magnifico.............

[@Jeff4014]

you will never hear pavarotti hitting high sib to times and a ln amazing high c at the end of o sole mio !! you will neverr never hear it from any other tenor

[@maxwilsonpereira]

67.367 VIEWS? Should have 1.000.000.000 VIEWS!!!!!! AMAZING!!!!!

[@markparks6556]

I agree, should be the template for judging all other tenors in this aria.

[@danbhakta]

My favorite tenor.

[@Themanuelgb]

ESTE LOCO, ERA UN GRANDE!!

[@moorfan1]

Yes ladies and gentlemen...that was a full-throated high c in CHEST VOICE. Pazzo.

[@goldaron7]

A Magnificent Tenor voice. I only discovered him lately. Looking at my collection of 250 Opera Records. I have none with Franco Bonisolli

[@Agorante]

You know the funny thing is that after hearing this spectacular performance of this song you have to understand that he was actually holding back. On the CD he takes it up at the end to - I think - a high D Natural. I heard him in a couple operas. He replaced Pavarotti in a new Gioconda production for SF Opera which had been bought for him by Gordon Getty. I heard both tenors in this a couple couple years apart from the same seats. Bonisolli was better. His voice was bigger and richer is not quite a smooth. Bonisolli was better on stage too. You just had to love the guy.

[@sananton2821]

Bonisolli was a clown. Sliding, wobbling, and absolutely garbling the text, all of which lovely habits are present in this clip.

[@elisabetht9216]

He is not one of my favorites but your comment is quite harsh and to call him a clown is simply rude.

[@robertjschroff6307]

The most beautiful version I've ever seen also hi sang it higher by a half note than it is usual. Amazing.

[@ramonsandulescu6258]

The legend

[@titwixtitou2421]

Franco Corelli reste le meilleur à mes yeux et à mes oreilles

[@user-fu4zx9iu1h]

You are not alone.

[@sandrik100]

Franco Bonisolli is unique here!!! He can not leave people who listen to him indifferent, you can like him, or dislike him, but both in very, very strong way!!! Me personally, I dislike his lacrymose singing here, but his sweetness is phenomenal. I dislike his too loud singing, but his ringing and full of metal voice is stuning!!!

[@miltonmoore8369]

You cannot have all the qualities you desire operating at the same time. There are limitations to everything. Don't be greedy until you yourself can out perform Bonisolli. Good luck with that.😬

[@Jeff4014]

you will never hear pavarotti hitting high sib to times and a ln amazing high c at the end of o sole mio !! you will neverr never hear it from any other tenorl

[@cesrra]

Thank you for this amazing video... He was just amazing! He will always be remember as the great artist he was.

[@fludu1]

fantastic

[@Agorante]

There wasn't just one Bonisolli - there were three. The first was a sweet high lyric. Then a mainstream spinto. And finally a dramatic. He sang Almaviva early on and he recorded Umberto in La Donna del Lago. At the end he was doing Otello (Verdi version) and Calaf. In his middle period he sang everything in between. BTW on his Neapolitan songs recital album named 'O Sole Mio' he goes up at the end. I think it's a D natural. He was the best tenor of this kind since Filippeschi. Pavarotti never had their kind of a top. I heard both Bonisolli and Pavarotti on the same stage in the same production of Gioconda (and I was in the same seat). This was about three years apart. Pavarotti was smoother but Bonisolli was more fun.

[@Andi6205]

Thanks Patrick.

[@Agorante]

***** Yes. I saw him in the 1969 Traviata and the 1983 Giaconda.

[@Passione2024]

I love your comment!!

[@Agorante]

I know opera, if you don't, be warned, Bonisolli wasn't normal. Don't expect you will hear another voice like his. He was something of a freak when he was alive. Pavarotti sang sweeter in their shared roles but Bonisolli was much more exciting. I heard them both in the same parts on the same stage. Bonisolli is the goods.

[@judithpotts5032]

simply superb! I could cry. Where is this man now? Deceased? Why have I never heard him before this? maybe I have and didn't know who it was.

[@donaldfuck]

@@judithpotts5032 he's died in 2003

[@sihanjin266]

Also, be warned, u r not gonna sound like Bonisolli

[@alragarp]

ESPECTACULAR!!

[@suzegiljer3206]

Fantastic interpretation and the pianist was extraordinary.Thank you.

[@roxalysmendez7941]

Solo escuchar a Lanza y olvidarse de todo lo demás , que por cierto es solo lo demás , !grande Lanza!

[@juancruzfernandez3565]

Idiota

[@santosperez8472]

Bueno Lavoz de Lanza indiscutiblemente era bellísima era una voz muy varonil oír a Lanza es un sueñopero mi amigo cuando se trata de verdaderas voces opristicas y notas altas este tenor está entre los mejores del mundo.

Fue grande muy grande Bonisolli

[@gianlucadavino1740]

Devastante. Grazie Bonisolli.

[@jacksparrow5281]

This guy is the real deal. Most others sing only a couple of verses not the whole song. Compare the “three tenors” who each sang only one part each. Respect.

[@gabrielenelweck3754]

Franko il Grande Grande Tenore

[@Andi6205]

I won´t say this...sometimes singing is hard work as you can see...especially when you sing without microphones and you like that the people on the cheap seats can also hear you - loud.

[@tenorhandrio]

high C ending.. BLASTTTTTTTTTTTTT!

[@elisapradaorosa5210]

Cantar a garganta abierta, eso sí era cantar, con octava napolitana y todo, bellisimo, celestial.❤❤❤

[@Jeff4014]

y terminando la parte del climax con un Do de pecho. Así se hace, no como pavarotti que ya en su juventud bajaba las tonalidades de las arias. qué verguenza

[@patricioarriagada5738]

Todavia recuerdo la Traviata en pelicula que vi en un Cine que estaba frente al Teatro Munuicipal. En esta version cantaban. Ana Moffo, Franco Bonisolli, Gino Becchi. Gran reparto como Uds pueden juzgar. Posteriormente la he visto en internet. Exelente.

[@blopanomas]

El cine Ducal

[@cesarezappa7574]

splendida Anna Moffo e meraviglioso Bonisolli

[@petergroverd6626]

Brilliant. I rest my case. Lanza would have been proud if was there to hear him.

[@tenore8]

Yea, baby. This is the real deal.

[@xiaoxiaoyang5017]

So charming and beautiful singing

[@user-uk8ms7tw7v]

Andreas grazie ad un mio amico che abbiamo la fortuna di ascoltare questo Grande Italiano Franco Bonisolli , la ammiro per loro , peccato che il suo non è più fra noi , ma mi è capitato di ascoltare dal vivo a Mosca 1989года , te il regno dei cieli, il mio caro amico Franco .

[@fabriziosarcinelli7566]

Out of this world!

[@looncheekeng9783]

It is wonderful !加油！

[@napejack]

Bestia! Great Franco.

[@jacksparrow5281]

Bello bestia.

[@napejack]

@@jacksparrow5281 Certo!

[@Agorante]

There is a problem with this version. I used to play Bonisolli's CD version full blast with the top down and the sun in my face at high speed. This one I have to listen to inside. Other than that. Wow!

[@FranciscoFerrerGaliana1930]

Magnifico

[@Norat49]

Perfecto

[@josegeraldodacostaleal2323]

O SOLE MIO, AUTORES EDUARDO DI CAPUA, MAZZUCHI E GIOVANNI CAPURRO, GRANDE OBRA MUSICAL, LINDA INTERPRETAÇÃO E APRESENTAÇÃO. PARABENIZO. ABRAÇOS CORDIAIS.

[@keith46x]

just great

[@giampierone010]

Cantante strepitoso!!!

[@aigazigadjiev6972]

Франко Бонисолли! Он один был больше трёх теноров вместе взятых!

[@arisienltd8755]

A true master. Pavarotti is an amateur in comparison. This is a natural tenor voice, with passion and emotion. Like the great Mario Lanza. Natural ability !! Bravo !!

[@QUESTANOTTE88]

more respect for Luciano ,they were different voices with distinct characteristics for different roles.For me the Luciano´s voice was more beautiful than any other in history,No one sang like him all the Bellini and Donizetti repertoire to give just tow examples; "A te o cara" .. "Deserto in terra".. "Ah mes ah mis". With the years the body responds differently in each person,the same happens with the voice.

[@serffers6544]

Bullshit...A te o cara bye Pav is torture.---try Lauri Volpi for true masterpiece

[@JohnMinagro]

As a professional opera singer myself I hear & feel a strain in his voice on his high notes that I don't hear or feel at all in Pavarotti. IMO

[@connormacleod2023]

@@JohnMinagro Yeah ,of course you are right ,he is doing everything in limit by force to do this wide sound ,spectacular yes,but i wonder how u can pull out this sound ?!

[@darklord220]

@@JohnMinagro you had a harder time hearing pavarotti in certain roles that you would not have had with bonisolli. yes, he is at his limit. but pav pushed too, and never got these results.

[@damosedafa124]

GRANDE

[@856285]

this is directed towards andreas baum and giaffi alfageme- il pazzo is a great singer with a wonderful voice. no doubt about it. but he was a mad man. i watched him on you tube and at the conclusion he hopped of the stage like a bunny rabbit. he was a great singer and he was al;so a great comedian. lol

[@naitilius1]

Best Maestro Bonisolli

[@mohammadasgharkhah509]

🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@user-ct1ez8ll5u]

Брависсимо!!

[@856285]

andreas baum- when I read what you sent me I began to laugh. it's obvious you know nothing about the tenor voice. but I did get a big laugh so I thank you for that. i'm happy when i'm laughing.

[@Andi6205]

Hi Les, it was a video file that was copied to digital and it happened that video and audio are not correct. I like to hear that you can laugh and I understand that you are in the beginning of understanding.

[@AbsoRuud76]

If Bruce Dickinson has been an opera singer.

[@Andi6205]

The Lion King

[@thehix]

@NMEnrique Is there any recording of him singing it in Bb major ? All I've seen with him singing O sole Mio is in Ab major with Bb4 at the end.

[@rulfian]

Do you know from what year is this video?

[@856285]

hey andreas baum- when I watched the video of franco singing o solo mio his mouth was not matchings up with the sound. it was phoney.

[@paolopecchioli9793]

Potenza....ma cantare è cosa diversa da dare fiato alla canna

[@giulianosalvatori4126]

Tanta voce, tanta potenza ma non bastano ! Saper cantare è anche qualcosa in più! Con altri insegnamenti e soprattutto con un altro carattere sarebbe stato un fenomeno al livello di Corelli. Comunque lui si è divertito ed ha fatto quello che voleva !👋👋👋

[@thehix]

@NMEnrique No, he sang in it Ab major.

[@liedersanger1]

What year and venue?

[@piero7322]

Real freak

[@fmusumeci316]

Nessuno lo raggiunge, o lo ha mai raggiunto|||||

[@fmusumeci316]

Grazie Niel, il tuo giudizio è giusto e molto professionale. Degno d'un grande tenore. Sono Ferdinando Musumeci amico di David Aronson. Ho cantato ad Amsterdam, all'opera nazionale dove tu hai cantato una Bohème memorabile, e ci siamo conosciuti a Vienna, al Wienerstadtsopern mentre cantavi Peter Griems diretto da Rostropovich. E un grande piacere davvero saperti vivo e spero ancora per molto. Dove ti trovi in questo momento? Dammi, se vuoi, tue notizie. Ciao Ferdinando

[@kirilkolev6626]

Best!!!!!!

[@dilvishselar]

One of my favorite tenors (and i think at least at the tehnic of the voice he is number one). I anderstand that you where frends with him. It is wery interesting. Maybe hm i dont know... Can i ask you wright down some ogf your memories about him for my russian blog about opera (i will translate it into russian)?

[@Andi6205]

Hi, Thank you - Yes, I like to write some things. What blog is it? Best regards, Andy

[@dilvishselar]

Andreas Baum it is in russian: delvin-stil.livejournal.com/ i am a singer myself (student of Joseph Shore) so i wright about opera and about singers in my blog.

[@nicksum29]

I agree. I think the reason he could be so "showman-like" was because his technical skill was so excellent that it gave him the confidence to be unique.

[@Andi6205]

Yes, I am working on a book about Franco and I will send you a part of it! Take care!

[@nicksum29]

Andreas Baum Gosh - so glad. I feel that he was very unfairly treated by the art establishment. The eccentricities of talented people should be put up with for the sake of posterity.

[@pianoronald]

I would rather not tell you what Franco was like as a person,

[@cesarezappa7574]

era una persona stupenda,seria,generosa,ho avuto il privilegio di conoscerlo,era di indole anticonformista e a volte riceveva le critiche mai per la sua voce ma per la sua eccentrica personalita',una delle voci piu' belle del 900 assieme a Di Stefano,tutti gli altri al di sotto di lui

[@voce29]

Oh God, what happened to this wonderful singer?

[@jacksparrow5281]

IMO her did not fit the typical mold and what was expected as a Tenor. He did not play the game. He was his own man. How many others in any given profession fall to the same fate?

[@856285]

hey andreas baum- I just read a biography on google about bonisolli- he was a physco. I have to laugh. they said his nickname was ll Pazzo{the Madman or phsyco.} you really know how to pick them don't you. again i'm happy when i'm laughing.

[@operabilia]

THAT is singing ...

[@martinazengel-sellmann2175]

Ich habe Franco als jungen Sänger

[@thehix]

@Andi6205 Especially when you have the balls to sing something one whole tone higher than Pavarotti and one minor third higher than most people.

[@Mikep487]

He's got the juice alright and his notes are quite full, but I don't find his voice particularly appealing. Very competent but not one of my favorites.

[@100mjmaloney]

see michael maloney tenor on u tube

[@ursmue1937]

Michael Maloney , wer ist Michael Maloney ???

[@enmanuelmartinez709]

Que clase de salvaje

[@cinegg]

quanno fa iorno e o sole se ne scenne...non sapevo che di giorno il sole scendesse 2:28

[@numetutelare]

Imprecisione scusabile ad un artista di quel calibro, meglio una svista che una stecca !!!

[@ENRIKmusic]

un DO (C) sobreagudo

[@fmusumeci316]

Qui si parla di estrema obiettività professionale non di un gusto particolare ed individuale. Sforzatevi di capirlo, sennò, meglio tacere!

[@EJR3MDM]

Mi dispiace ma l’audio è alterato. L’audio originale è un altro e non è alterato. Io ce l’ho. Nessuno canta le cose alterando lo spartito. È alterato l’audio tanto che la voce di Franco è ben diversa e da notare il pianoforte all’inizio. Oltre al fatto che nemmeno è sincronizzato bene l’audio. Le note che suona sono quelle giuste ma il suono è più alto. Quindi: audio alterato.

[@santoshpss]

Potresti per favore inviarmi il link al video originale su youtube? (Sorry about the terrible translation, I'm not Italian.) Could you please send me the link to the original video on youtube?

[@EJR3MDM]

@@santoshpss Don’t worry! Su KZbin non c’è il video originale. Io lo possiedo. Se mi mandi l’email te lo invio. Ciao 👋

[@santoshpss]

@@EJR3MDM KZbin is censoring my comments. I don't know what to do... maybe send your email id, and I'll send my email id to that...

[@EJR3MDM]

because an e-mail is written. write me on my channel under this video. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qIGqdIB-mZx0sLc

[@fr9khg57h]

@@EJR3MDM KZbin bonisolli da capo, he sings live around the 17minute mark, and he ends with a massive squillante high c

[@massimocassano2545]

Tra i pochi " ultra dotati" dello scorso secolo. Canta " O ' sole mio" come se si stesse bevendo un bicchiere d' acqua" C ' e' poco da commentare Tra l altro una terza sopra..... Mai sentita una roba del genere

[@donaldfuck]

Ingiustamente dimenticato

[@nicolasceballos1649]

este cantaba con las pelotas

[@856285]

marios voice was much prettier. but he has a great voice.

[@ursmue1937]

les gardner ???

[@856285]

you are dead wrong Arthur. I can't imagine being as far off base as you are. your in real trouble. LOL LOL LOL LOL.

[@riccardobarreca8066]

Trovo che sia terribile cantare così, c'è uno sforzo evidente e insensato, chiunque sia alle prime armi e veda questo video penserà che non vale la pena spaccarsi così e, nel caso, meglio fare il sollevatore di pesi, E pensare che Bonisolli era dotatissimo e aveva cantato di tutto. Dov'è qui il belcanto?

[@Andi6205]

He could have sing it without such strength and power...At that night, he decided to sing it that way. I do agree that it does not look good. But at least the audiance was satisfied.

[@riccardobarreca8066]

Temo che fosse proprio il suo modo di cantare, la sua personale tecnica d'emissione, con un fraseggio sempre piuttosto pesante, troppo chiuso e scuro. D'altra parte tutti i suoi video di YT sono così. Tenore di forza, preferisco un altro genere d'emissione ma se preferiva così va bene così, ognuno ha il suo carattere e sensibilità. Certo veder cantare Corelli (dopo la cura Lauri Volpi) è un'altra cosa e non è che Corelli fosse un tenore leggero!

[@Andi6205]

Riccardo Barreca Riccardo, we talk about artists who have a special gift we do not have. We should not analyse every poop. For me, the package Franco Bonisolli, is the best.

[@riccardobarreca8066]

Non è detto che non abbiamo anche noi qualcosa ....ma la sola dote naturale non basta, se parlo così non è per caso. Sono stati fatti molti danni per cattiva informazione, qualche critica obiettiva è giusta. Mi fa piacere che apprezzi tanto Bonisolli, ho anch'io stima di questo artista.

[@gabrieleruffini4884]

Riccardo Barreca Ciao Riccardo, parlando di "belcanto" intendo generalmente lo stile di canto del XVIII secolo che finisce nei primi decenni del XIX, per intenderci Haendel, Scarlatti, Porpora fino ad arrivare Rossini, Bellini, Donizetti. Rossini difatti chiude la sua carriera di compositore non ancora quarantenne dopo essersi reso conto che la stagione del belcanto e la sensibilità musicale legata a tale periodo era giunta al tramonto. Qui però siamo nell'ambito della canzone napoletana (se non sbaglio o sole mio risale agli ultimi anni dell' ottocento) e diciamo che un po' di enfasi tenorile può anche starci... Non mi pare di vedere chissà quale sforzo in Bonisolli anzi mi pare che le note acute risuonino in maschera potenti e squillanti e che siano emesse con una facilità di cui pochi altri tenori sono stati capaci

[@giuseppestefano6278]

牛屄

[@856285]

he is good but he is no match for Caruso,gigli or bjoerling. sorry but i'm just telling the truth. the beauty of voice is no match for the three I have stated.

[@Andi6205]

truly absurd...

[@Jeff4014]

absurd 100(30)%

[@serffers6544]

such an amateur opinion...absurd & grotesque…worthless bla bla..belongs to someone who knows zero about the opera & tenors

[@marcandregingras992]

The problem with social media there are pseudo experts have no ears ! Dont judge the look of the man open your ears for a real powerful voice can sing everyting the perfect lirico spinto ! But for appreciate opera you need first study singing to understand what your talking about ! I study and listen opera since I was 5 years!

[@ZENOBlAmusic]

@@marcandregingras992 You are right he is true lyric spinto. People do not understand or appreciate how extraordinary rare these voices are. The last one before Bonilsolli was Mario Filippschi.

[@uppityglivestockian]

Out of sync. Bonisolli was over-rated but competent. He was fat headed divo, and a whiner. He had his chance but he blew it. @Andreas_Baum

[@user-vj7rx4ge9h]

Ну, даёт!!!

[@gianfrancocartella5488]

Ma canyavz in play bak??

[@Jeff4014]

you will never hear pavarotti hitting high sib to times and a ln amazing high c at the end of o sole mio !! you will neverr never hear it from any other tenor