Bartered Bride with Gedda & Tozzi

[@Bobballsy]

Tozzi is perhaps the definition of underrated - people should fall at this man's feet. There are certainly very few artists who sang so well in so many different styles. Listen to his Broadway recordings - Rose Marie will break you. Put it next to his Verdi and you will be stunned. This man lives and breathes in Bloomington, IN and is a great a man as he is a singer.

[@sirenadellopera]

I agree 100%. The singer is flawless, the voice splendid, and the man charming, generous and wise. I am a soprano who had the great good fortune to have studied with him briefly.

[@amelagar]

I adore Gedda's voice!

[@bencopeland3560]

I’ve watched this several times over many years. It’s absolutely superb. Top to bottom one of the best examples of the art you can find.

[@johnblasiak607]

Fantastic version perfectly matched vocally and great acting

[@Bobballsy]

I remember a masterclass where Franz Grundheber spotted Giorgio in the audience and stopped what he was saying in mid-sentence to offer his respect to Giorgio, mid-thought. He said that he had been a young man in the ensemble during the production in Germany around which this movie was made. He said that all the German singers were amazed at how well this Italian-American singer could sing in their language.

[@canummare]

Giorgio Tozzi è uno dei migliori bassi di ogni epoca, grande attore e voce timbrata e bellissima

[@novasafo]

wow, such wonderful singing

[@Ivanhoe2]

Gedda's English is so good! He sings in and has mastery of every operatic language. A superb artist. Tozzi is quite magnificent in this role, a fine artist. The whole scene is very enjoyable.

[@FormerPig]

This is very good translation actually. Far superior to others. Sticks almost exactly to the czech original...in this scene that is. :-) And both the actors are just great. Thx for posting.

[@d00jolta]

Very nice looking recording, thanks for the upload! Next time you record an old clip, turn down the volume a bit, because this one has a lot of distortion...

[@maestrohound]

Oh my god thank you for posting this. I have heard people talk about how great Tozzi was(is), but had never had a chance to see him in video. When I was a trombone major student at IU, I took a semester of elective voice lesson with one of his doctoral students, which was no problem, but later in that semester I learned I would have to sing for him in semester-end jury! It was like having to swing a driver for Arnold Palmer or something. He was sooo nice though.

[@rexeterna]

this might just be the greatest thing ever

[@Bobballsy]

Tozzi's Meistersinger IS fantastic. I have the audio, but no video. I have seen the video at GT's house and hound him constantly about putting it to DVD, but he procrastinates. His Boris (in English) was also made into a movie for NBC - incredible.

[@sebthi7890]

It's hard to find a better cast.

[@ruffoite]

we need more tozzi videos!

[@realbasso]

Thanks for posting this. Nice to hear from those who appreciate Tozzi's artistry. I was a student of his at I.U. He is the greatest person as well. I loved seeing this video. If you want to hear a fabulous voice and superb phrasing, then you must get his recordings. His Verdi Requiem is unsurpassed as are many of his other portrayals. I was a big fan before he became my teacher. Any more Videos? He recorded a video of Meistersinger as Hans Sachs in Germany, which is suppose to be fantastic.

[@airmackeeee6792]

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[@mujviktor]

Yes, of course, he IS great actor :) This scene is superb!!! :) I´m Czech, but in original it doesn´t sound me so beautifully as in this performance with Gedda&Tozzi :)

[@Bobballsy]

Please send or post any information you may have on where to get it! Thanks!

[@mujviktor]

me too!! :) ... I will upload some other nice videos with him...

[@Bobballsy]

Giorgio will be 84 on January 8, 2007.

[@FormerPig]

Very well...the end is indeed stupid and Mařenka doesn't enter. :-)

[@Agorante]

You think Tozzi is underrated? Huh? The great basses have been very few - Mardones, Didur, Pinza, Siepi, Christoff, Ghairov, Ramey, Frick, Kipnis, and Tozzi. Maybe a few more. Among knowledgeable opera fans he has always been beloved and respected. Thanks to South Pacific he has a similar reputation with the general public.

[@eugeniogentili1048]

Hines Neri Giaiotti Treigle Flagello Tadeo Petrov Ghiuselev Nesterenko Petkov.

[@emailvonsour]

Plançon, Delmas, Nivette, Navarrini, Natzka, Andresen, Borg, Sibirjakov, Pirogov, Kastorskij, and then many others who were miles ahead of Ghiaurov and Ramey technically.

[@waltermontani1621]

teneri.......

[@Agorante]

I'm afraid you've got it wrong. In the famous English language version of Thr Bartered Bride at the Met, Gedda again sang Jenik. Vickers in the same cast sang the secondary comic tenor part. Vickers was of course magnificent but he outraged some of my tenor friends. How could the greatest drammatic tenor of the age (of any age?) sing the part of the stuttering comic relief.

[@billobrien5118]

Jon Vickers was highly versatile and took the role because he wanted to have some fun.

[@janetkenny1974]

Appalling translation!! The slick performance lacks essential nuance of phrasing and that's because of the awful English translation. Tozzi is very accomplished. Gedda bellows as always.