Franco Bonisolli - O muto asil del pianto

Bonisolli singing "O muto asil..." from "Guglielmo Tell" by G. Rossini, at the Gigli Tribute Concert

[@DonPaolissimo]

One of the truly great tenors in all operatic history!!!

[@grantes4969]

The young Bonisolli sang Rossini beautifully.

[@andreychaptykov5338]

одна из самых любимых записей этого исполнителя. Невероятная вокальная техника. Настоящий тенор. Гранде.

[@tenorschofield]

BRAVO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, grande Bonisolli, il meglio per me!!!, in queste concerto in Tributo al maestro Beniamino Gigli!!!!...BRAVO!!!!!!!!!!!!, per sempre in nostri cuori, Franco Bonisolli!!!

[@ivandr2923]

Here he was already 52 years old and at that time singing Otello, Chenier, Calaf. So it is a great tribute to his glorious voice that he was capable of singing bel-canto at that stage of his life and career

[@claudiooriental]

Bravo Maestro! Grande siempre. Un poco "pazzo" como dicen los italianos, pero grandioso, eterno como su arte. BRAVO!!!!

[@Etnalleb]

Absolutely Stunning ! No other dramatic Tenor in history has ever attempted this Aria, including Corelli and Delmonaco,so i guess Bonisolli stands alone as King of the Dramatic Tenors. This piece is strickly for a Lyric Tenor i was in awe that Bonisolli attemted it and blew away all his fellow tenors in the process. MOLTO BRAVISSIMO BONISOLLI.

[@tommacdonald7990]

Tamagno, a dramatic tenor, and the creator of "Otello", sang the role of Arnoldo. Gedda , a lirico-leggiero, did it in French, but Bonisolli like Corelli were lirico-spintos not dramatic like Del Monaco. I've seen them all and was in the chorus of Wm. Tell when Bonisolli sang Arnoldo. His middle tended to be muddy, but the high notes were huge and brilliant. Del Monaco's voice was frightenly big all over (which defines the voice ; not the timbre) and he could make the sweetest of pianissimi when he wanted to. Tucker was a spinto, by the way,. which means he could do most lyric and dramatic roles. N.B. The two Francos died on the same day.

[@tommacdonald7990]

Actually Tamagno sang the role. Then Filippeschi a spinto, then Gedda (inappropriate) a lirico leggiero. He had a beautiful top, but that's not enough. Bonisolli had a thunderous top. I was there ! Del Monaco's range for the role which includes a high d flat was too short.

[@habibarteaga1995]

They are a delight to hear them but there was also ANGELO LOFORESE. hopefully they can hear it.

[@giorgiobonvicini9678]

😮

[@marjorieallworth6172]

They are all great XXX

[@brianchambers1508]

An incredible voice with so much felling an amazing artist never to be forgotten rip

[@sarado88]

Bonisolli is a fantastic voice and tecnique!! Bravo!!

[@user-py1jg6bb2r]

Such a beautiful voice and handsome guy all around, so under appreciated, fantastic full voice with full power and full artistry, Bravo!!!

[@samuelkarlberg7773]

Rossini wrote this part for a tenor with more hepth and dramatic qualities then his other tenor roles. Verdi wrote both Othello and Fenton and I am certain he never thought that one singer could combined thoose parts!

[@DonPaolissimo]

One of the truly great tenors in all operatic history!!! Beats Domingo in every aspect of singing, not only his fantastic top notes!

[@octopussy51]

Così si canta no come i gallinacci di oggi !!! Grandioso FRANCO

[@darkvmaster07]

Que gran tenor Dramatico! Fabuloso!

[@Un_Gordo_De_Derecha]

Tenor Lirico Spinto

[@andron16]

Woooow!!! I forgot how great this is, been a while since i listened to this recording!!!! Incredible Franco, you will always be with us!!!

[@ceccopisa]

Grande tenore!!! Splendida tecnica

[@lucianomontanaro6091]

Fenomenale

[@jeffreyhunter7635]

Technique is solid here; big like Lauri Volpi and in control of the chest! The spin is perfectly laid with breath control

[@cesrra]

This is a jewel!! thank you infinitely for sharing this!!

[@Andi6205]

So true thanks!

[@Kafkandinsky]

Bonisolli was highly underrated during his lifetime. No way he was inferior to Pavarotti or Domingo. Althoug his antics made him a difficult person for the maestros to work with (sword incident with Karjan, High C's in your face agains critics, etc)

[@elsincuello]

Absolutely. Marketing is more powerful sometimes than beauty and art. Bonisolli, with his own defects and virtues, was enormous as an artist.

[@andymanland]

Fckng brilliant

[@gabrielenelweck3754]

Carrisomo Franko

[@marokt]

He sings it like a Verdi aria. But Why not? Very interesting!

[@dulcamara2851]

Fantastic, Bonisolli's voice, a legacy for humanity, his diction is simply sublime, absolutely stunning the marriage of vocalization, pitch and Italian diction. Franco sei grande!

[@fabrizzzio48]

Andy, waiting for the documentary... : )

[@johnswadley9899]

PS Guadagno was a great. I saw him conduct three big nights in a row in Vienna. He was conducting Chenier, subbed in Rigoletto, then subbed in Elisir. No rehearsals, no problem.

[@jordipanadesribera6890]

Grazie, Bonisolli !

[@Triosfrios]

I'm sure Domingo and even Carreras would never dared to include this aria in a concert. They always went with easier stuff like Nessun Dorma and Recondita Armonia.

[@johnswadley9899]

Well, he was committed, that is for sure. I will never forget the way he threw himself over the cannon in Forza del Destino just sobbing his heart out. It was a lot of voice and he sounded better than many others, I will name Merighi and the Canadian chap Mauro, who might have been better singers, but less voice. If he was pazzo, it was good pazzo! Let there be tenors like Corelli and Bonisolli, but good period voices too, Florez is probably much closer to Rossini!

[@andymanland]

GRANDE!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@andymanland]

Wooooooow!!! Nothing to say, accept wooooooooow!!!!!

[@fabrizzzio48]

@ThomasCBooth Perhaps his energy and commitment was too much for them. Perhaps he did not kiss up to the "right" people. Perhaps he was too good to be true... but he was good and he was true, and he will always stand up as a standard for the best qualities in human musical performance.

[@aguacun]

Agree... I do not why people make a direct relation between Mozart and Rossini with tiny white and "heady" voices.

[@fabrizzzio48]

@ThomasCBooth Mr. Booth, you're quite a gentleman. It is my inference that some envious Italian opera people pasted on him a most undeserved nickname. It seems it's about time that opera fans, critics, historians everywhere eradicate this vicious practice, which tells of the character, not of Mr. Bonisolli, but on those who applied to him the term.

[@Ilvermibaleno]

Tecnica e stile decisamente incongrui. In alcuni passaggi si sente proprio quel suono in gola che quasi ne prova il dolore l'ascoltatore. Però fibra e cuore sono davvero incredibili. Daje Francone!!

[@Jeff4014]

Tuttavia con questa tecnica "incongruente" e che gli "rovinava la gola" come dice lei, lui non ha mai abassato la tonalità dei pezzi e non steccava mai, doveva fare di quella pira in do e lo faceva fino i suoi 60 e passa anni quando mori! Pavarotti e Domingo abassavano di mezzo tono e steccavano, pavarotti si è pure permesso di abbassare la tonalità di " ah mes amis" e comunque steccava vomitantemente ma la sua conclusione è che Bonisolli aveva la tecnica che gli faceva male alla gola e incongruente...che incongruenza!

[@Ilvermibaleno]

@@Jeff4014 Bosnisolli aveva di quelle serate in cui si pigliava fischi infiniti per le sue stecche. Detto questo ribadisco che era un animo puro e un cavallo di razza che si, come dice lei non si è mai piegato ad abbassare una romanza come invece facevano quei marketingmen di domingo e pavarotti. La sua tecnica non era buona, troppo spinto e ingolato, chiunque provi a cantare così ci lascia le penne. Ma non voglio criticare Francone perché è stato un vero portento e quando era in serata un uragano non gli avrebbe tenuto testa. Poi mi piace il suo carattere irascibile e l'ho adorato quando ha detto che i tre tenori non ne fanno uno completo:) Insieme a Corelli le pire più scintillanti. Nessuna polemica. Saluti

[@renatobonisolli6039]

@@Ilvermibaleno tecnica non buona!!! spinto e ingolato!!!! chiedo scusa: ma da che caverna viene??? forse sarebbe meglio che ascoltasse Kaufman e altri. franco possedeva una technica che il mondo della lirica gli invidiava!! gli avrebbe permesso di cantare fino a 100 anni! ingolato poi! con la canna sempre aperta anche nelle note acute e sovracute! ma per piacere!!!

[@Ilvermibaleno]

@@renatobonisolli6039 Come vuole lei. Ho già scritto che ho molto rispetto per il cantante Franco Bonisolli perché un animo così impetuoso è difficile trovarli tra gli esseri umani. La tecnica che usava era una emissione tutta sua, inimitabile perché qualsiasi cantante "normale" semplicemente si spaccherebbe la gola per sempre. Detto questo Bonisolli era formidabile e non solo, secondo me (non l'ho mai conosciuto anche solo per una questione anagrafica però me ne dà l'idea) era una persona che sapeva donare tanto amore agli altri e non cantava per il suo ego come un del monaco ma cantava proprio per ubriacarsi di verità e di vita vera. Poi oh, il pubblico anche oggi andrebbe in delirio nel veder gigioneggiare un tenore di tale portata. Grande Franco. Nessuna polemica. La mia era un'analisi semplicemente su una vocalità decisamente fuori dal comune non accostabile diciamo così al manuale del belcanto che sia esso rossiniano verdiano donizettiano o pucciniano (per me il canto lirico è il canto lirico punto) ma alla fine chissefrega se il risultato è quello che ha regalato Franco Bonisolli al mondo dell'opera. Quindi Sig. Renato stia calmo che non esco da nessuna caverna, suppongo sia parente, bene, sappia che il Tenore Bonisolli non ha bisogno di essere difeso da chicchessia. Saluti

[@renatobonisolli6039]

@@Ilvermibaleno la ringrazio per la sua pronta risposta. sinceramente la sua valutazione che ha suscitato "le mie ire!!" non è quello che ha ammesso nella risposta, a ogni buon conto meglio per lei se riconosce i veri meriti di Franco e le sue qualità! su una cosa concordo: la tecnica di canto di Franco era frutto dellla scuola di una grande maestra , la Sig.a Cassioli di Roma, (splendido personaggio!!) ed é veramente inimitabile per chi non ha i mezzi! credo di capire che lei sia giovane a differenza mia che ho 79 anni e che prima di dare giudizi sono abituato a riflettere e amo molto la verità delle cose senza presumere di difendere niente e nessuno specialmente chi non ne ha bisogno cordialità

[@bensitsdownwithfriends]

yeah might be out of his fach. but those high notes are golden and spot on.

[@aguacun]

I like Bonisolli in this... but O´Sulliva rules!

[@Dreddusa]

The only anton guadagno

[@Gorxheimer]

Es gab fast einen Eklat in diesem Konzert, weil Bonisolli die Arie sang und der kurz nach ihm auftretende Salvatore Fisichella die gleiche Arie vortrug - mit vergleichlich besserer Stimme und grandiosem Stil. Damals war ich empört über Bonisollis Geheule. Heute denke ich milder. Er hat sich immer getraut.

[@fr9khg57h]

Fisichella’s version at the same concert is nowhere near as good as bonisolli’s. Bonisolli sings more phrases in one breath, connects better too, more legato

[@aguacun]

To solve this subject we may see the source where we can read(and know who wrote it and why)how must sound or do a singer depending on what composer will sing. So far always in any score Puccini, bellini, verdi, donizetti, mozart, rossini)I only can read: Otello: Tenor; Almaviva: Tenor; Nemorino: Tenor, Ferrando; Tenor. Never Tenore dramatico, spinto, leggero.I belive art must not to be ruled by rigid laws. I recognize difference between "bad taste" and "singing out of the style" (subjective).

[@aguacun]

jajajajajajajaja! that´s right

[@aguacun]

May be I understood your point but may be the problem was not to make me understand but to be agree with it. Not trying to convice you to agree with mine I only searched for an exchange of opinions and work over them without any other intention.

[@aguacun]

you said Bonisolli is singing this like a Verdi aria. Why? I just can think in:Because he sings to loud and dark sound and lack of style. Which are the rules for a Rossini style? I do not know. May be Juan Diego Florez will have more difficult to performe roles like Manrico, Radames. But many singers on the past that sang these roles, could sang rossini and mozar roles. If I must say that Juan Diego is a point of reference for how a rossini tenor must sound and have, I do not agree with that.

[@aguacun]

Rossini

[@giuseppedimarco8358]

Very difficult! for a spinto tenor!

[@Dadacomero]

Non amo questa performance ...però che voce!

[@aguacun]

I didn´t want to say it like this adn that´s why I made my "naive" question... but... IS TRUE!!!! BUAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAAAAA!!!

[@frederickaquino1449]

Freddie aguilar sanbahin.

[@aguacun]

There´s a famous tenor who sings Verdi,Bellini,Donizetti like singing Rossini How he sounds then? without color, a machine gun of high notes that a cup of saliva have more taste. I do prefer a voice not in the style but with soul. Rossini and Mozart are not exclusivity of tenors with "angelical" (called Mozartian tenors) voices in the head,hiding behind music (style) their lack of technique. Good technique is not just reach hig notes! Heil to voices from the earth! Bravo Bonisolli!

[@RickChristman]

"O muto asil" as composed by Giuseppe Verdi?

[@aguacun]

WHy not to have Rossini tenors with a "male sound".WHere was writted that Mozart and Rossini tenors must have an androgin sound between castratti and angels? Look at youtube for Sergey Romanovsky siging Almaviva (I´ll pay to him $400), he sounds like a man, not like a singer. For me Florez is not a rossinian tenor. Is a tenor. I do not wknow why he do not sings other kind of repertory (his duke of mantua is nice). I hardly belive that you will listen to him trough an orchestra in Siegmund! ;)

[@anthonyehrenzweig1635]

Not so stunnimg as you can hear his highest notes have gone.

[@dandanache82]

Great, but not very confortable rendition. I prefer Lauri Volpi, Filippeschi or John O' Sullivan for this aria.

[@armwrestlingfanatic7923]

Uma das piores interpretações que já vi. Ridículo.