Di quella pira best comparison EVER!!!

Who is the best singer?
00:00 Beniamino Gigli (1890-1957)
00:31 Carlo Bergonzi (1924-2014)
00:59 Franco Corelli (1921-2003)
01:24 Mario Filippeschi (1907-1979)
01:53 Giacomo Lauri-Volpi (1892-1979)
02:15 Kurt Baum (1908-1989)
02:41 Luciano Pavarotti (1935-2007)
03:09 Jerome LoMonaco (1926-2002)
03:34 Nicola Martinucci (1941-0000)
03:57 Franco Bonisolli (1938-2003)
04:23 Aureliano Pertile (1885-1952)
04:47 Jussi Bjorling (1911-1960)
05:13 Mario Del Monaco (1915-1982)
05:34 Richard Tucker (1913-1975)

[@lieliannenasgy2649]

The great maestro Franco Corelli, unique, excellent and exceptional❤

[@user-uf8dl9wr5r]

Corelli!!!!!

[@julesr677]

Many thanks OT for another exciting compilation! I love Franco Corelli singing pira, he makes it so exciting, his voice is so beautiful and powerful!❤❤❤❤

[@cristinamonaco3474]

Aureliano Pertile

[@clefnoteproductions6695]

Bonisolli, Pertile and Merli were wonderful as well.

[@giovannievangelista6218]

1) Corelli 2) Bonisolli 3) Pavarotti 4) Bergonzi 5) Lauri Volpi

[@marisarossi6692]

MDM innanzitutto.

[@CKalino]

Out of these, I think the ideal Manrico would be a hybrid of Del Monaco’s and Corelli’s sheer vocal brilliance and Pertile’s and Bergonzi’s musical/interpretive/stylistic prowess.

[@alancorner69]

Those final top notes demand an effortless yet powerfully toned voice. For me, only Corelli seems to deliver it. Del Monaco was quite impressive too.

[@critic9216]

Del Monaco transposed it down.

[@maxtrentini5589]

non può esserci un vincitore,tutti eccezionali.Il do di Baum è meraviglioso

[@MrTenore1]

Corelli does 3 alarmi's before the last alarmi.😮

[@Mirabelliana]

Corelli, Del Monaco and Pavarotti for me!

[@clefnoteproductions6695]

For me, Corelli is the most exciting. Filipeschi has wonderful squillo. I love the color Baum's voice

[@ivanscotton6163]

A melhor gravação completa do Il Trovador é com Del Mônaco, Tebaldi , Savarese. Idem Força do Destino e Otello. Rigoletto com Di Stefano, Callas, Tito Gobbi. Manon Lescaut de Puccini idem. A Luccia de L'ammemour com Callas, Ferrúcio Tagliavini. Aquela Aida com Giglio, María Caniglia e Dino Bechi estão entre as melhores gravações.

[@andrewbloom7694]

Its always hard for me to tell on old recordings, I can say Ive heard the tracks for Pavarotti and Corelli directly from the albums, and without all the clipping Pavarotti sounds much closer to corelli.

[@homersimpson9940]

1. Corelli, 2. Bonisolli, 3. Pavarotti.

[@marisarossi6692]

non era nelle corde vocali di Pavarotti. Faceva fatica.

[@DiomedesDioscuro]

Corelli, Lauri Volpi and perhaps LoMonaco.

[@Valentino_Cammarelle]

Corelli, 1965, studio recording

[@marcusprado2709]

I found Bergonzi's performance impressive

[@marcodefelicis6375]

Però per cantare all'armi attende che l'orchestra si fermi per non essere coperto, questo è un errore da rilevare.

[@den3963]

Для меня, Del Monaco,Corelli,Bonisolli!

[@hellahennessee6707]

Always Jussi!

[@certified_modernschoolhater]

Gigli, Filippeschi, Lauri-Volpi.

[@vanjaprelic]

Bonisolli emperor of di quella pira

[@alexmashkin863]

1. Corelli 2. Del Monaco 3. Bonisolli

[@jfsanin]

Corelli best rendition

[@spevoljub]

Kurt Baum.

[@andreafasoli8186]

The Lauri Volpi section was in Napoli With Callas. The tenor was booed after the Pira.

[@margheritatamagno5303]

E Francesco Tamagno

[@melihkarasu]

😍

[@romeovernarelli7676]

Corelli e Pertile..

[@fabiohero6354]

Corelli, Corelli e ancora Corelli

[@ramonavandermerwe1159]

Jussi Bjorling 💖💖💖

[@guycondroyer7058]

Corelli reste vraiment un niveau au dessus des autres

[@yoshiyyachben-moshe6890]

Beniamino Gigli high c

[@marcosrosi7201]

Senza dubbio Pertile! Fedele allo spartito di Verdi!

[@jameshook1862]

Del Monaco total owned this one

[@wizardwombat3770]

No Flaviano Labo? His live rendition in 1974 was great - one of the best, in my opinion. Also, no Giacomo? There's a version of a young Giacomo on KZbin producing a very Corelli-like squillo-filled performance of Di quella pira!

[@draganvidic2039]

Anyone here is better than everybody today… (More or less)

[@aiulina]

bonisolli!

[@renesmit647]

Corelli ist the best ever😊

[@paolapipa]

Franco Bosinolli

[@Vstrpr]

Franco Corelli - the best

[@pietrobrunetto334]

As the great Lauri Volpi (the best for me) always said, the high C isn't written; if you have it, you sing it, but transposing down the entire cabaletta is not an option.

[@sugarbist]

Volpi later in his career also transposed the Pira down a half tone.

[@tomvandongen8075]

Isn't the Lauri-Volpi recording in this video transposed down? Am I hearing it right?

[@sugarbist]

@@tomvandongen8075 Yes, Volpi transposed the Pira down a half step late in his career. Corelli transposed the Pira down a half tone in his debut at the Met in 1961 when he was 40 years old. I think the Pira is written with Gs and the high note C was later interpolated. The B- Naturals were also acceptable in place of the high C. Many great and good tenors have sung the Pira with B-naturals.

[@shicoff1398]

@@sugarbist Is the MDM here a studio recording?

[@shicoff1398]

@@sugarbist True and not all the singers here singing live where in their best voice.

[@oktaygozcu4799]

Corelli is my best 👌🏻👌🏻

[@mariagasparrini223]

Mario Del Monaco sempre poi Franco Corelli

[@bodiloto]

Tutte queste registrazioni sono veramente un prodotto commerciale fantastico… Ma può dirmi uno tra di voi intenditori appassionati quale tra queste registrazioni corrisponde a 100% alla verità Artistica ?!… Una registrazione a volte è una illusione dolce 🍭 e viceversa … Sovente mi sto chiedendo ascoltando queste e altre registrazioni : - Ma come mai una parte di queste registrazioni / create all’inizio del 900/ che ho a casa anch’io qua sul YT sono nella tonalità originale e sul mio giradischi /professionale Sony/ suonano abbassate di quasi mezzo tono ?! Incredibile ma vero ! Sul YT hanno fatto la loro apparizione tantissime registrazioni truccate che purtroppo non hanno niente a vedere con l’originale e con la verità Artistica. O tempora o mores il vecchio

[@opera.turkiye]

Ciao. Secondo la mia ricerca; 1- In passato, la velocità di rotazione dei record non poteva essere controllata durante la registrazione dei record. 2- Il valore di frequenza della nota "La", che ora accettiamo come 440 Hz, era diverso in passato. Per questo motivo, i record possono essere fuorvianti. Ma le persone che ascoltano molto questi dischi non sono influenzate da questa situazione.

[@opera.turkiye]

Hello. According to my research; 1- In the past, the rotation speed of the records could not be controlled while recording the records. 2- The frequency value of the note "La", which we now accept as 440 Hz, was different in the past. For this reason, records can be misleading. But people who listen to such records a lot are not affected by this situation.

[@bodiloto]

@@opera.turkiye so tutto questo . Il La verdiano = 432 hz Se mi ricordo bene il primo che difendeva i cantanti contro questo cambiamento di A - 440 hz era un certo Mattia Battistini… A Vienna a volte durante le recite il A arriva a 448 hz e anche di più! Poveri cantanti . In un secolo solo la sonorità dell’orchestra mondiale purtroppo diventò molto più alta e più isterica. Grazie per la sua gentilezza, una cosa rara al giorno d’oggi… Grazie . il vecchio

[@renesmit647]

And gedda also

[@leonardopizzella7834]

Pertile bjorling y Corelli el podio

[@Veni_vidi_vici_opera]

2:10 - They're screaming "Boo"? То Lauri-Volpi? Seriously?

[@opera.turkiye]

Yes unfortunately :(

[@sugarbist]

They seem to be screaming Bis to Volpi which sounds like booing. But Volpi never paid the Claque for applause like many other great and good tenors have done

[@shicoff1398]

@@sugarbist of course some here are singing High B which is OK, of course studio versus live isn't a fair playing field

[@shicoff1398]

@@sugarbist LV sounded older here then usual, and so if they where shouting Boo it's because he is older, don't know when it was? Perhaps Bis, if he refused to pay maybe they Booed him for that reason.

[@smemr]

@@shicoff1398 GLV was 59 (born 1892) at the time of this recording. Really should have used recordings from 20s or 30s when he was in his prime.

[@user-ff1cp5lt9n]

Filippeschi and Corelli

[@TheMauro1703]

Corelli marziano!

[@shicoff1398]

Some are fine quality studio recordings here and some others live are in both good and not good sound quality, so the playing field is not completely fair, but it's an interesting post if you crave high C's.

[@bodiloto]

Ogni sera quando Nicola Nicolov interpretava il ruolo di Manrico cantava sempre La Pira nella tonalità originale . no comment il vecchio

[@matveykurland7012]

Needs Braschi and Merli

[@opera.turkiye]

I love these artists, but I missed them. I will be more careful for other videos.

[@oktaygozcu4799]

@@opera.turkiye Merli is the first singer of Calaf and a real dramatic tenor like Lomonaco. I wish he was here...

[@sugarbist]

@@oktaygozcu4799 Lauri Volpi debuted Calaf at the Met in 1926. I saw Jerome Lo Monaco in Rigoletto circa 1960 at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. He was a fine lyric tenor with a beautiful quality of voice. But here on You Tube many of his recordings are enhanced to make his voice sound larger. Jerome Lo Monaco was '' NEVER'' a dramatic tenor. Enjoy

[@shicoff1398]

@@sugarbist How old was Lauri Volpi here? Age must be considered, .

[@sugarbist]

@@shicoff1398 I don't know how old Volpi is in this recording

[@virgilioghisoni]

il migliore è franco corelli

[@mariagiannacracco8039]

Il piu'grande tenore Franco.Corelli😅

[@virgilioghisoni]

@@mariagiannacracco8039 sono daccordo con lei

[@TheMauro1703]

Un marziano tra bravi tenori!

[@hakancice2098]

Corelli tokat manyağı yapmış

[@guycondroyer7058]

Par qui ❓

[@principecalaff]

Bergonzi !!!!!😱😱😱

[@xxirapax8830]

Corelli, no match

[@marisarossi6692]

erano voci.

[@elenajha4357]

Gigli, Corelli, del Monaco, Pertile.