Leonard Warren Largo al factotum

[@beatricescroggin3406]

I was born in 1929 And he was my favorite baritone. Still can remember and hear him singing all of his opera's. Still have some 78 recordings

[@johnpickwick407]

Wow, you're amazing.

[@johnpickwick407]

You must have seen so much!

[@juancarlosyaneznavarro6466]

For me the best baritone of the all ages and times excelente technique

[@daphnebeloved]

Bravissimo, big and free voice, with squilo , big volume, legato and projection!!

[@garywait3231]

As a youth, I recall hearing and watching this original broadcast. The weekly broadcasts of The Voice of Firestone were a must in our household, and to them, I attribute the beginnings of my lifelong love of classical music. Blessings on Howard Barlow and his marvelous guest artists, like Warren!!

[@francoisbessing]

His voice makes me smile. Warm but so fluid, connected, and flexible...so much here.

[@VictorianCouch]

Wow. Old School. Amazing. THIS is Opera.

[@bodiloto]

fantastico ! un Baritono Vero ! Attore Meraviglioso ! Grandissimo Warren Grazie !

[@bodiloto]

@bodiloto's hater pappagallo piccolino, non capisci proprio nulla della lirica . live performance 1 Warren = 50 Milnes

[@Blueswailer]

Damn, he's just smiling and looking around like he's not doing anything special. And that technique. Like many have already said, I'll have to repeat. Seamless, consistent, powerful. Those phrases where he goes from high notes to lows in a single breath. I could listen to 'em all day. Damn. One of my favourite operatic baritones and another untimely death.

[@raigekimaru]

darkness of a bass, high notes of a tenor

[@pauls.9228]

A joy from beginning to end. What a great, great singer, musician and personality. This level of artistry simply doesn’t exist anymore, and we are all the poorer for it. Thank you for reminding us of when vocal Giants walked the earth (Warren, Merrill, Bjorling, Callas, Milanov, Tebaldi, Corelli etc etc etc)

[@garywait3231]

I remember them all, and their formative influence on my lifelong love of classical music, and my amateur career as a Church chorister and choral conductor. Blessings on The Voice of Firestone and the Metropolitan Opera!!

[@eduardoromera]

Sin duda es uno de los grandes barítonos de todos los tiempos. Saludos.

[@byronloyd2489]

A big, velvety, and rangy voice. No one can compare with him. And how fabulous to see him close up. Bravo to the nth.

[@SteelyPhil37]

Such a phenomenal talent whose life was so tragically cut short. Aside from the peerless rendition, I just love his smile and presence throughout this performance.

[@TrueConnoisseur]

Definitely the best technical prowess ever displayed in this aria's recorded history.

[@robertmitchell4126]

Perhaps the best baritone EVER! He had high notes to burn. He popped off high A's better than a lot of tenors! Amazing voice, amazing career, incredible death -- onstage!

[@alexeyizmirliev64]

Etore dove lo lasci?

[@道-p2e]

99.9% possibility of approval of truth. His rich detailed timber and artistry is shocking, best among baritone and maybe all operatic singers...

[@johanronnung1665]

You're right, sir!

[@robertmitchell4126]

@@johanronnung1665 Thanks, Johan! It was Warren who inspired me to become an opera singer! As a youth always wanted to be a baritone like him. But, as it turned out, I was actually a tenor! Sang over 40 leading tenor roles for some 30 years -- including PAGLIACCI!

[@johanronnung1665]

Robert Mitchell That is something, 30 years as a tenor! I wanted to become a baritone, but it didn't materialize. I came to know Warren when I listen to some early records with him and Jussi Bjoerling. Bjoerling sung sometimes with Warren, sometimes with an other baritone, Robert Merrill. I perticularly noticed Warren's high notes with very fine quality. Few baritones has a high A like his.

[@Operasinger91]

Such a strong voice!

[@normancharles7953]

I have recently discovered Leonard Warren, I am catching up with his works...He has made all my favourite songs & arias fresh again...What a voice...WOW...

[@pepeelsordo]

If you like this kind of sound, this is the best "largo" ever recorded. Warren has been my idol in baritones, but with age I think now that, all of the great ones have something the the others don't. Vocal nuances, style, language, etc.

[@rwsmith29456]

After all these years he still does it best. Fantastic.

[@mbrsart]

Man he has a GREAT voice! Everything I inspire to be.

[@pekkak.2724]

Simply the best baritone ever lived! There are bunch of decent guys, like Merrill, Bastianini, Nucci, Zancanaro, Cappuccilli, Millnes and so on... but Mr. Warren had it all: low/middle/high- voices, depth, squillo, volume.. I'm so sorry I was born in 1966, and I had no change to hear him live. Thnk you ofr these posts, and thant you Silverstone!

[@pekkak.2724]

@Barone Vitellio Scarpia You might be rihgt... but I haven't heard Nucci live in his prime. The sound he created in video with Giacomini in Forza was amazing, Giacomini had a huge voice live and Nucci did not lose in that competition...

[@Sloneno4eg]

One of the bestest performances! BRAVO!!

[@benkejozsix]

simply magnificent, superb, perfect, gorgeous etc.!!!

[@Rosangela161]

Encantador. Unico. Gracias. Esta grabación es histórica.

[@sirdicaudore]

Oh dear... He made my day!!! That's fantastic!

[@PickBit]

The very voice of this man smiles and despite this he manages to maintain a totally vertical position. Truly one of the best singers i have ever heard and seen.

[@joserobertocursod1341]

Fue y será el mejord todos los tiempos voz d otro planeta artista irrepetible jamás habrá otro warren

[@tenore8]

Great artists really bring out the ignoramuses. Thank you poster for sharing this important document.

[@federic017]

Saluti a tutti!!! Questo artista è il "CARUSO" dei baritoni...canta con una sicurezza e con una gioia da fare invidia ai codardi... quindi qualsiasi commento contrario è solo invidia...grazie

[@FractalBob]

Sorry, Federico017, but Titta Ruffo was and remains known as the Caruso of baritones, not Leonard Warren.

[@eugeniogentili1048]

Povero Warren died on stage.

[@m.rodriguez9732]

Bravo! What a voice. He really tackled a difficult piece superbly. He was Figaro the barber just about as well as John Rawnsley, who performed this piece flawlessly.

[@desatormentandome]

Gigante Warren. Qué voz magnífica.

[@seniorosity68]

Mr. Warren was, by far and wide the greatest operatic baritone of the 20th century and although his life was cut tragically short, he died doing what he loved the most!

[@mdt471]

I could not disagree more. Considering this aria as a standard, it compares poorly with Thomas Hampson's interpretation which is superior in every imaginable way.

[@stephenkutos9072]

I would like to say that Thomas Hampson's version has an arrogance that is very off putting no matter how good his voice is. Mr. Warren has none of that quality with all the great voice and beautifully executed high notes. This aria, particularly in concert versions separates the men from the boys. In time, perhaps, Mr. Hampson will lose some of this narcissism (often associated with the young singer) and become more involved with the music and less involved with himself.

[@goranstarcevic5440]

Apsolutely true .Greetings from Serbia

[@perhegg]

If I had a country it would be a crime to compare great Leonard Warren to the weak tenor Hampson.

[@道-p2e]

@@stephenkutos9072 Hampson is famous and highly busy all over the world, yet, I agree totally with you, He sang more like an engineer method, rarely seen the detailed reading through story and music, it is not even close to compare with Warren. His work in big or small, shows much deeper artistry, I love Ettore's voice, yet I will put him second to Warren on the software part.

[@w1cked001]

incredible voice

[@mire2007]

Leonard Warren para mi gusto nunca tuvo competencia, sólo un baritono muy antiguo (mi padre, muchos años primer baritono del tteatro municipal), pero bueno...me fascina Leonard Warren!, la risa que hace interpretando a Iago es genial!!! Thanks for uploading this maravilla!!!

[@tenore8]

Bravo. Primobaritono!

[@TheContessa52]

Absolutely the best - Bravo Maestro. Rest in peace - your voice is like melted chocolate - Your Di Luna is superb

[@logica10]

impressive voice. and respect for such wonderful artits who have preceded us.

[@commandokiller4651]

Bravissimo indeed, I think the best version I ever heard

[@tenorschofield]

Que maravilla, one of the best ever for me!!!...simply watch the easy emision of this great artist (even if he has a full bodied voice, he attacks with such "soave" pronounce that he even looks like efortless!!!!). Bravo!!!!!!

[@UncleNathan]

Thank you for this wonderful clip! What a marvellous artist was Leonard Warren, and how lucky we are to have film and recordings to remember him by!

[@cincorn]

Wow, what a huge voice!

[@esanchof]

uno de los baritonos mejor de todas las epocas entre todos los registros cantando operas ,canciones marineras ,napolitanas etccc es a mi parecer un divo

[@MrGer2295]

Beautiful singing ! Bravo LEONARD WARREN !

[@lastofdmelocchians]

"The greatest example of perfect mixture of air & cords!!!" Just the right amount of each other results into a Warren:) No pressing, tightening or squeezing anywhere here! Hvorostovsky should watch this clip! He puts the sounds where they're supposed to go...in the resonating chambers! And the way he sings his high notes, no over doing of the COVER sound. Listen to his incredible A natural!!! I always felt that he could've sung some heavier tenor. He used to show off his high C warming up! BRAVO

[@raigekimaru]

such a rich deep sound for one with such ringing high notes. he could practically pass for a basso cantante when singing in his low register.

[@aaravmaheshwari3733]

Wow old comment

[@Tico4president]

His voice is an enigma

[@roberttillman8872]

This guy is two cannons. Thanks for posting.

[@HazAlberto]

Are you all listening to the same man, Warren, singing this? It's a fabulous recording. The technique is perfect, his top is astounding and the only thing I wonder is whether he had been a tenor that pushed the voice down. I wish I could have heard him live....really...listen again! The modern singers don't shine his shoes!

[@juancarlosbelletti6335]

GRANDE WARREN es uno de mis Favoritos..❤❤❤❤❤❤😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@tube29]

This should have more likes. It's historical footage and quite amazing.

[@SteelyPhil37]

Best version I've come across.

[@BaroneVitellioScarpia1]

Bravo Figaro, bravissimo!

[@gallantentry]

Thanks for sharing this gem! Warren was the greatest!

[@cliffgaither]

My God what a voice ! His high notes are staggering. I will definitely take the advice of one of the "posters" and listen to his Count di Luna.

[@egarrulo]

Mind bending. Thanks for sharing.

[@Arkelk2010]

In addition to the other qualities of his singing and characterization, I am impressed with how he rolls his Rs throughout the aria.

[@tenorschofield]

BRAVISSIMO!!!MERAVIGLIOSO LEONARD WARREN!!!

[@ruffatony]

This is what a true verdi baritone should sound like. Rich, dark and even all the way up and down. Makes most of today's baritones sound like light tenors by comparison!

[@markmiller4376]

My favorite baritone. Few can match Warren's beauty of tone, coupled with dramatic impact. His voice remained fresh and vibrant up to the end. He left us much too soon.

[@lastofdmelocchians]

The easiest Big Voice ever! It's a walk in the park 4 him:) Even Tenors who sing this aria don't have his ease! BRAVO LENNY!!!

[@jl2caliban926]

Magnificent

[@arturocampuzano8907]

gracias por estas joyas

[@xinixxaxx9584]

Just magnificent.

[@gdabreo]

My favorite Rigoletto. I had no idea he could do this... I think America has the corner on great Baritones. Warren, Merrill, MacNeil and Milnes

[@marinellabakken5863]

You forgot Tibbett. Warren and Merill are American Jews.

[@johnfalstaff2270]

@@marinellabakken5863, not religion but American birthplace decides what is their nationality.

[@josh95263]

they’re are talking about their ethnicity, which is Jewish

[@milazdero7479]

Wow!! Amazing !! Bravo

[@qwertyoop]

i love his tuned laugh at about 2:45. hahahaha hahahaa :) best version ever.

[@janisfit]

I love Warren's voice. He has a richness that is wonderful. My only crit of this performance is his articulation. The aria is a challenge for sure, as you need to have range, power and the ability to spit out a machine gun of lyrics. His voice is just wonderful. For fans, listen to the recording of his Russian tour.

[@ariasemusicaslegendadas7657]

Jesus Christ, he's perfect😍

[@DwightDowson]

Consumate Peformer, Mr. Warren. A Great Voice!

[@Baystreetboy1947]

Superb!!!!! Thanks.

[@georgepolyzoides1766]

I totally agree with you. I wonder too about these 12 people. I do not want even think about what they might like. Warren`s 1945 commercial record is also superb. Only Titta Rufo`s very old rendition comes close but Ruffo did not have the glorious highs. And how about the stamina.......

[@therodassam]

Beautiful!

[@TheseusTex]

I can't believe an artist of his stature made such freshman italian mistakes rolling his "r" in piacere, barbiere, figaro, etc. Funny. That wouldn't happen today. But then again, no one sings like this. still my favorite. I'll take the italian mistakes with a voice like this, please.

[@francoisbessing]

Excuse me but this aria belong to Warren. Such enunciation, such breath support, so much air, so much control...so wonderful.

[@caninbar]

One of the greats! Brabo Brabrissimo! :D

[@berniezuniga408]

Holy smokes that squillo!

[@itob.9231]

Grandissimo

[@Labroidas]

damn this was good

[@LanzaLover2]

I recognize Howard Barlow conducting. This looks like it's from "The Voice of Firestone" which I watched as I grew up. Can HB's name be added for searching? I'm grateful to be able to see Leonard Warren as I haven't known too much about him. Did hear him a little on the Met broadcasts, but then he was gone too soon.

[@materialgirl8707]

truly magnificent1!

[@1felipeslash]

Se eu canta isso desmaio KKKKKKKK mto legal o video.

[@saintlouie2832]

Leonard Warren : Grande Barítono dramático! 😁

[@alragarp]

Brillante.

[@andrealupini6769]

warren e splendido naturalmente in un aria di forte e velocissima esecuzione come deve essere quest'aria è chiaro che un cantante straniero non é favorito anche se la pronuncia non è malvagia

[@goranstarcevic5440]

FANTASTIC

[@caninbar]

Perfect technique

[@tat1685]

A titan.

[@musician523]

I love his one ornament at 3:24 :) and 2:34-2:42 as well

[@ezayi]

WOW... BEAUTIFUL!!!

[@germanasis]

The best

[@mrantiquedealer]

Now this is a BARITONE!!!!!!!

[@alhayse]

This guy is a cannon!

[@qwertyoop]

BEST EVER!! :)

[@drjjpdc]

There is a 3 cd set of Warren's work. Also the best Pagliacci ever, Warren, Bjoerling, de Los Angeles and the young Robert Merrill!

[@VinylToVideo]

Amazing.

[@gferrick]

What happened to his hair at 1:48

[@Raphael-fg9lc]

What a stunning voice, even after listening to other versions by Leo Nucci, Hermann Prey, Titto Gobi or Sesto Bruscantini...

[@marcmomus]

Try Apollo Granforte also.

[@vitormrmr]

Nucci tenor

[@11azsa]

perfect

[@legatofancier]

People who heard him in the opera house, as well as several people who actually knew him, told me that he sounded different live in the opera house. A music teacher who knew him told me that he deliberately crooned on some commercial recordings because he realized that the engineers took down the big voices.

[@roberto9003]

Divine

[@joondochang843]

WOW!

[@jrellis11]

Spectacular performance.