Lauritz Melchior "Vesti La Giubba" on The Ed Sullivan Show

Lauritz Melchior "Vesti La Giubba" on The Ed Sullivan Show, December 24, 1950. Subscribe now to never miss an update: ume.lnk.to/EdSullivanSubscribe
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[@TomElvisSmith]

Thank you so much! It's always wonderful to see the great tenor Lauritz Melchior! This performance comes from the same episode on which Lauritz sang "Some Enchanted Evening" posted awhile back. I hope we will see more of Melchior! It's also really good to be able to watch all the different renditions of "Vesti La Giubba" on the Sullivan show. It's a favorite with tenors and each puts his own unique stamp on his interpretation. Thank you again!

[@JadeValour]

Melchior was the great Wagnerian heldentenor of his time. A remarkable life.

[@lesleyheller2271]

Back when 60 million people gathered around the television set to watch Ed Sullivan who always included a classical music artist on his weekly shows. Now? Nada!!

[@lonestarfriend]

Such power and emotion. Moving ending.

[@StephanieJeanne]

I don't know the story of Pagliacci, but I know it's tragic. Great performance here!

[@roncaruso931]

Watch Pavarotti sing it. The best.

[@voyage430]

Quel trésor ! ❤❤🎉

[@Kw1161]

Listening to him sing and pouring his emotions into this song leaves me winded…😂. Thanks for sharing and have a Happy and Wonderful New Year 🎉🎉🎉🎉!

[@roncaruso931]

Watch Pavarotti sing it. The best.

[@ariasemusicaslegendadas7657]

​@@roncaruso931 No, See Franco Corelli or Francesco Merli

[@roncaruso931]

Why when I have seen the best. Pavarotti. @@ariasemusicaslegendadas7657

[@musicalme27]

It's an aria, not a song.

[@Kw1161]

@@musicalme27 forgive me as in my house I was raised with both kinds of Music, Country, and Western.

[@cmclean6475]

SUPERB!!!!!!

[@miltonmoore8369]

IF MELCHIOR SOUNDED THIS GOOD AS AN OLD MAN, I MUST GOOGLE HIM TO HEAR WHAT HE SOUNDED LIKE IN HIS PRIME.😊

[@mirelion5328]

Search recording of Die Walkure 1935, it has very good quality It's represents very well Melchior's younger voice

[@keithad6485]

I agree!

[@AntMan201490]

Christmas Eve 1950 on Toast of The Town😀👍🏿🎄🎊🎉🎆

[@voyage430]

Happy newyear 2024 to you❤🎉

[@wayneandrus240]

Fantastic!!

[@gannonhaysstudent8346]

Always thought he sounded a bit odd on recording. Considering how beloved he was, I wonder what it was like to hear him live.

[@TheCarnivalguy]

I’ve listened to many of Melchior’s recordings over the years, and his later film and television performances. In my view, or rather to my 👂 he still stands as the greatest Wagnerian heldentenor in history. Of course, I never heard him “in house” so I cannot comment on the difference in sound versus his recordings. By those who did hear Melchior live, it is noted that he possessed a large powerful voice in his prime, capable of being heard over those surging Wagnerian orchestras. I would bet the sound was thrilling! It’s unfortunate there was no stereo sound recordings during his prime. Because of this, we are left with only a hint of what we might have had otherwise. It is what it is. To your comment that Melchior sounded a bit odd on his recordings, I agree. The oddity for me was after he transitioned from “chest voice” into “head voice”. His covered sound in head voice was extremely noticeable, and at times unpleasant (odd?) to my ears. Some tenors have a much more agreeable sound once the transition is made into head voice. And sometimes so well done that the transition between registers is almost imperceptible. I have no idea why Melchior sounded this way. Some thoughts of mine are: possibly his retraining from a baritone to tenor i.e. he was taught that way. Or perhaps (disregarding a poor technique) it was the best he could manage. Keeping in mind that Melchior was “doing it correctly” meaning to transition into the covered sound in head voice, for me the sound he made at times was so damn unpleasant. That is what I would describe as odd. Because of this greatest of all heldentenor, and being paired with the greatest Wagnerian soprano of the 20th century, Kirsten Flagstad, the “German wing” at the Metropolitan Opera of the ‘30s and ‘40s has never been equaled. Well, that’s a few of my musings. Am I as clear as mud? 😉

[@johnhoie1]

Past his prime, but still pretty impressive.

[@alessandrodelmagno9125]

Troppo vecchio. È commovente , ma in alto stenta assai.

[@Twentythousandlps]

Sixty years old.

[@inter215]

Actually he was 60 years old and 9 months in December 1950. Quite impressive for a man almost 61 years old.

[@mcgurkryans]

It was a different time… he looked like he was in the late 70s

[@musicalme27]

What does your religious clap-trap have to do with an operatic aria?

[@standingontherockofages]

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[@miltonmoore8369]

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[@standingontherockofages]

@@miltonmoore8369 1 Corinthians 15:3-4 KJV For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; and that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures. Romans 10:13 13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. John 3:16 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life 1 John 1:9 9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

[@standingontherockofages]

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[@keithad6485]

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[@janerikgranberg3611]

Impressive but not very authentic!