Nessun Dorma - Best "Vincero" Comparison EVER!!!

00:00 Alessandro Granda
(1898-????)
00:19 Alessandro Valente
(1890-1958)
00:45 Alessandro Ziliani
(1906-1977)
01:14 Antonio Cortis
(1891-1952)
01:42 Aureliano Pertile
(1885-1952)
02:07 Beniamino Gigli
(1890-1957)
02:34 Flaviano Labò
(1927-1991)
03:02 Francesco Merli
(1887-1976)
03:25 Franco Corelli
(1921-2003)
03:51 Gastone Limarilli
(1927-1998)
04:17 Gianfranco Cecchele
(1938-2018)
04:42 Gianni Raimondi
(1923-2008)
05:11 Giuseppe Giacomini
(1940-2021)
05:41 Helge Rosvaenge
(1897-1972)
06:14 Jan Kiepura
(1902-1966)
06:38 Joseph Schmidt
(1904-1942)
07:04 Kurt Baum
(1908-1989)
07:30 Mario Del Monaco
(1915-1982)
07:58 Mario Filippeschi
(1907-1979)
08:27 Nino Piccaluga
(1890-1973)
08:51 Piero Visconti
(1948-????)
09:18 Richard Tauber
(1891-1948)
09:44 Richard Tucker
(1913-1975)
10:07 Luciano Pavarotti
(1935-2007)

[@lieliannenasgy2649]

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

[@josecarcolezayas2379]

És difícil

[@josecarcolezayas2379]

Però... Corelli, Raimondi, Pavarotti😅

[@sysprogmanadhoc2785]

Heaven and earth will pass away, but Mario del Monaco's voice will never pass away

[@lieliannenasgy2649]

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

[@blissdharma980]

It is because of such a wonderful compilation of opera’s finest of this video there are, the masters of the oldest form of music in the world have presented themselves to me. And that says a lot on my part and behalf because I was born in 1980 and…I thought I have heard them all. I got to see and hear Nessun Dorma’s ending lyrics…from 3 to 5 different Alessandro named tenors I have never heard of in my life until now. Even from tenors I’ve never even heard of before until now and today. That was new for me! I really enjoyed how this video was perfectly put together.

[@user-ry7xy5zm7d]

I also sang the climax of "Nessun dorma": kzbin.info/www/bejne/pqjSpoqmbtWYlcU

[@radames5855]

Il più bravo non è chi tiene la nota finale più lunga...sono altre le prerogative per essere un grande Calaf!!! E qui ci sono grandi Calaf !!! Saluti

[@user-ry7xy5zm7d]

I also sang the climax of "Nessun dorma": kzbin.info/www/bejne/pqjSpoqmbtWYlcU

[@carlosaleman1135]

Valente,Corelli,Pavarotti,Cecchele,Jacomini,Kurt Baum, Piccaluga,Tucker

[@PinaOliva-dp1ig]

Corelli per sempre su tutti. Anche Del Monaco bravissimo. I miei preferiti. Anche bellissimi. Avevano tutto. ❤❤❤❤

[@zeculi]

Una pena que no la pudiera cantar Caruso, murió antes.

[@opera.turkiye]

Unfortunately :(

[@h.e.l4385]

Quizás con inteligencia artificial logren algún día simular esta obra "cantada" por él.

[@carlooggioni1127]

Corelli il migliore

[@photo161]

There are recordings of Corelli's Nessun Dorma far superior to the one included here. As Pavoroti himself along with Birgit Nilsson has acknowledged, Corelli had the largest top of any singer known to them. Moreover, he could sing seemingly forever on a single breath. Hearing his top B's and C's in the house was a completely unique experience. In spite of my knowing in advance that he was about to sing such a note, ( as in Turandot, or Romeo,) I nevertheless found the sudden brilliance and immense size of his voice absolutely viscerally startling such that I was jolted in my seat...

[@photo161]

...nevertheless an altogether superb compilation...

[@opera.turkiye]

Of course, Corelli has an extraordinary talent and an excellent voice. Making these compilations is tiring. Some records may be overlooked.

[@photo161]

@@opera.turkiye ...I'm sure that your efforts are appreciated by opera lovers everywhere who surely derive great pleasure from your exciting and enlightening compilations of the challenges encountered by so many great and near-great singers.

[@daviddecarlo6930]

I saw them both in person and I'll stay with Pavarotti.

[@julesr677]

Photo161 How I wish I had been sitting right there next to you to hear him sing!

[@ZENOBlAmusic]

This is an easy one, it is Franco Corelli, but the best part of his Nessun Dorma is the diminuendo on ‘splendera’. He performed the role of Calaf 123 times! Basically far, far more then most tenors. You need the strongest of vocal cords to perform this role regularly. Nessun Dorma is one of the easiest parts of the role to sing. Giacomini and Kurt Baum does a magnificent Nessun Dorma as well!

[@frankmaiorana66]

I saw a comment on why we do not hear Enrico Caruso in this. Enrico Caruso died in 1921 and Turandot did not premier until 1926. Corelli's Nessun Dorma featured here was from the Turandot recording he was involved with Birgit Nillson.

[@bryanschlippjr4894]

I think it was a 1965 recording with Angelo Mercurali as the emperor

[@suek7086]

Sadly

[@bryanschlippjr4894]

@suek7086 Why sadly?

[@babbsc3272]

My favorite - thank you for sharing this magnificent compilation of phenomenal artists' -each with a unique voice and interpretation and each worthy of inclusion in your comparison.

[@user-ry7xy5zm7d]

I also sang the climax of "Nessun dorma": kzbin.info/www/bejne/pqjSpoqmbtWYlcU

[@toscadonna]

Thank you for doing these important videos and preserving the good singing techniques for all who want to hear.

[@user-ry7xy5zm7d]

I also sang the climax of "Nessun dorma": kzbin.info/www/bejne/pqjSpoqmbtWYlcU

[@johnthomas5129]

Where is Bjoerling's 1944 version one of the best recording of Nesun dorma

[@amantedellopera1681]

Yesshould be there,but then singing one aria in isolation is completely different to singing the entire opera on stage

[@grouchomarx5609]

@@amantedellopera1681 But Pavarotti's still there. Also this list definitely lacks Kiepura and Lauri-Volpi.

[@rubenhoraciogentili4578]

Wonderful Compilation for Comparison ! Many thanks indeed. What should the next piece be? The best of the best : "A Te, O Cara" - I Puritani - Bellini !!! Thanks !

[@h.e.l4385]

In principle, Alessandro Granda could be still living. I will ask him for an autograph in his next performance.

[@suek7086]

Thank you for providing this, my favorite of all musical pieces.

[@user-ry7xy5zm7d]

I also sang the climax of "Nessun dorma": kzbin.info/www/bejne/pqjSpoqmbtWYlcU

[@Vzt347]

Pavarotti for ever 🥀 celui qui tient la note finale le plus longtemps. j'ai toujours des frissons quand je l'écoute

[@saltburner2]

Corelli is again the best, especially in the live version conducted by Stokowski. It has become the norm to hold onto the B natural, though it is written merely as a grace-note before the final A.

[@radames5855]

Ma...ce ne sono tanti di tenori bravi...e credo anche esserci dei tenori non adatti al ruolo, per vocalità ...

[@radames5855]

Per esempio Pavarotti e Gigli non hanno una vocalità adatta

[@bodiloto]

E Fleta ?…

[@bodiloto]

@@radames5855 1 Gigli = 20 Pavarotti Sono un vecchio di natura generoso… 😉👍

[@radames5855]

@@bodiloto certamente...ho scritto Gigli ,perché credo non abbia mai cantato Calaf...naturalmente Gigli essendo uno dei più grandi non ha niente a che spartire con Pavarotti...ecco perché hai ragione

[@karifrid]

So many great singers, for example Kurt Baum and Rosenvange. Fleta and Monaco...

[@user-ry7xy5zm7d]

I also sang the climax of "Nessun dorma": kzbin.info/www/bejne/pqjSpoqmbtWYlcU

[@alejandroemessutid3199]

¿Cómo señalar alguno respecto a los demás, si casi todos fueron de una grandeza admirable? Sería egoísmo fanático destacar a alguno porque simplemente nos cautivó o nos gustó mucho, pues cada voz e interpretación es un tesoro, una reliquia para regocijo eterno del alma humana (aunque a mí pero le encantan!!). Claro, hay excepciones, pero aún así, no les restan méritos en total. Muchas gracias amigo por brindarnos este regalo; Dios bendiga tus esfuerzos y tu vida 🇻🇪🙏🏻

[@opera.turkiye]

Te agradezco el lindo comentario. Si te gusta el contenido, no olvides seguir el canal.

[@rfkantenberger]

There have always been great singers- thank God there always will.

[@absdyna]

I think the Corelli recording is possibly from '62 or '64 since he certainly did not sound this way in 1982....

[@tomvandongen8075]

Yep, it's from the 66 studio release

[@labienus9968]

Well he didn't sound that way in 1982 because he had already retired. There are so many great recordings of him in this opera-and he's a singer whose live performances are often superior to studio

[@opera.turkiye]

Yes, you are right. The sound is from the 60's. I wrote the video release date. I'm sorry for that.

[@guycondroyer864]

Corelli ne chantait plus en 1982. Derniers récitals en 1981 C'est 1962

[@juancarlosbelletti6335]

Para mi fue el mejor Pavarotti❤❤❤❤

[@FdelSD]

Alessandro Granda (born Alejandro Granda) was peruvian. Excelent tenor.

[@gonzalocuadra8657]

As written by Puccini, Merli and Pertile are the wonderful mix of voice, slancio and musicianship. With the fermata, so many... Gigli, Cecchele, Pavarotti, Raimondi. Calaf in the première was Fleta, but i thinks he didn't record the music, Merli was Calaf in the first complete Turandot on records (Cetra, 1938). I remember a researcher and musicologist once told me Puccini wanted Gigli for Calaf and even the tenor had a note written by Puccini himself asking him for the possibility.

[@oktaygozcu4799]

I thought this role is written for Merli. Could you show me the resource that you have. I have seen your reference but I want to read 😊🙋‍♂️

[@gonzalocuadra8657]

@@oktaygozcu4799Super! In "Gigli", by Giuseppe Pugliese, Matteo Editore, 1990, p. 55, is written: "Nel settembre 1924 Puccini, gli aveva offerto la parte di Calaf per la prima de la Turandot alla Scala. Ma il grande compositore muore in novembre e l'accordo salta. Gigli se ne sentì sollevato, anche perchè, come lui stesso ebbe dichiarare, "la parte non conveniva affatto alla mia voce." Also appears in "Come un raggio di sol" by Miguel Patrón Marchand, MPM editor, 1996. 🙏🏼😊

[@sugarbist]

Lauri Volpi debuted Calaf at the Met in 1926, and during the same year, Fleta debuted the role at La Scala chosen by Toscanini, but never sang the opera again, as the role of Calaf nearly destroyed his voice. Fleta was a great tenor but died young at age 40.

[@ZENOBlAmusic]

Gigli would not have done well in this role. Lauri Volpi was the best Calaf during that time. Calaf is not a role for lyric tenors at all, it is a vocal cord destroyer. Of course it is Corelli that has sung this role most, somewhere between 150 to 200 times. That is the voice you need for Calaf.

[@gonzalocuadra8657]

@@ZENOBlAmusic Yes, indeed. Gigli himself though the part wasn't good for his voice. And wasn't a matter of size of the voice, the role of Calaf needs more steel and is more vociferous as his object of his love. They are tit for tat.

[@giovic9802]

Rosvaenge, Corelli, Pavarotti, Filippeschi

[@alanhowe1455]

We don't have singers like the earlier ones featured here any more. Mind you, some should never have been singing this repertoire (e.g. Gigli).

[@user-ry7xy5zm7d]

I also sang the climax of "Nessun dorma": kzbin.info/www/bejne/pqjSpoqmbtWYlcU

[@Revener666]

Forgot Jussi Björling!

[@user-ry7xy5zm7d]

I also sang the climax of "Nessun dorma": kzbin.info/www/bejne/pqjSpoqmbtWYlcU

[@ninokatsitadze7787]

Beniamino Gigli, he was first, who make last phrase longer. 2 Mario Filippeschi and Luciano, of course ❤

[@tommyekman7922]

The best recording ever, in 1944 with Jussi Björling - why was it left out???????

[@opera.turkiye]

A sound that is detached from the body and cannot be heard beautifully.

[@Ttdrboy]

Corelli kesinlikle en masküleni, harika bir derleme videosu olmuş! Teşekkürler!

[@cristinamonaco3474]

Del Monaco per sempre...

[@JarodMoreau.Officiel]

Alessandro Fransa (1898 - 1962), I managed to find his year of death.

[@MiguelRuiz-xq7pn]

For those who agree that Franco Corelli was the best, remember: To him, the greatest Calaf was the original Calaf, Giacomo Lauri-Volpi, probably one of the largest voices with a top that begun where other tenors' voices left it off (up to high Eb non falsettone), but also because of his immaculate bel canto style. Furthermore, only after practicing with him, was Corelli able to delivers his best performances and match Nilsson's power! I'd dare to say he got the blessing to take the baton as Calaf ; ) That been said, Giacomo Lauri-Volpi was also the first to sing the high B at Buenos Aires, after first singing as written without it. I have to say it is a crime this video does not includes his 1942 recording, at least as sign of respect. > : (

[@martasalanova8156]

The first Calaf was Miguel Fleta. He premiered Turandot in Milan, under the direction of Toscanini. Some say Puccini wanted Fleta to be Calaf, and Toscanini fulfilled his will.

[@MiguelRuiz-xq7pn]

@@martasalanova8156 I disagree. Fleta never had the voice to handle a massive orchestra, which Lauri-Volpi had by excess while also having intense lyrism. Puccini asked Lauri-Volpi to be the singer at premiere, or Beniamino Gigli is Lauri-Volpi couldn't. It is not understandable why Toscanini chose Fleta (a rather close singer to him that couldn't say no even when he did wanted to say no) against Puccini wishes. Although Fleta was indeed the first Calaf, I (and he himself as told to his friend Giacomo Lauri-Volpi by letter) consider it a mistake.

[@martasalanova8156]

@@MiguelRuiz-xq7pn I wrote “some say”…According to others it was Toscanini’s choice: Lauri was banned after his Chenier in Venice 1922, and Gigli was not an option for his “sobbing voice” (voz sollozante). Anyway, Fleta had not a long career, but to this day I have never heard someone educated say that his voice couldn’t handle a massive orchesta… You wrote “never”: he had pharyngitis iin 1927 and after that he never fully recovered his voice. Whatever: he was the first Calaf, the critics of the time praised him for his great performance (a performance that neither you nor me have heard) and that was my point :)

[@mariagasparrini223]

Ne esistono solo due Del Monaco e Corelli!!

[@atizaries5512]

Others are good, but Corelli is supperb

[@Pachinanonim]

Lauri Volpi..?

[@opera.turkiye]

Do you think Volpi's recording is a good record?

[@ariasemusicaslegendadas7657]

​@@opera.turkiye is very good!

[@panbal3151]

@@opera.turkiyeit’s not about what you think is good or not, Lauri Volpi is great and that is a FACT. If you do this kinda ranking videos just base on your flavor, man, just stop give people poison.

[@joelweisberg]

@@panbal3151Yes indeed, Lauri Volpi was considered a great tenor.

[@user-nf5kg3kx2g]

Gigli, Corelli, del Monaco,Pavarotti

[@salvotoreromep5322]

Gianni Raimondi e Mario Del Monaco.

[@user-cg6cb9tu2y]

The final high C of Salut Demeure

[@manfredkuchler1118]

Giacomini

[@TheMauro1703]

Adoro Corelli e bravi tutti, ma quest'aria è Pavarotti ! Vedere nessun Dorma Lincoln Center 1979 stratosferica!

[@flexingpxssy8935]

Tutti grandissimi.Ma il mio preferito rimane Giuseppe Giacomini.

[@jackhamm1745]

Pavarotti, Gigli, Valente and Cecchele! Bravi!!!!

[@robertalbano3826]

I enjoyed it very much. Lanza?

[@alexeyre674]

Corelli! Guacomini! Gigli! Del Monaco!

[@MissPrekrasnaja999]

LUCIANO ❤❤❤❤❤

[@kmkwong]

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍❤❤

[@opera.turkiye]

[@user9xyz836]

Corelli è irragiungibile.

[@MarioGoetze-pc7cl]

Vergleiche hinken meistens.

[@maxtrentini5589]

questa volta sto con Gigli-poi Pav,Tucker,Giacomini e Granda

[@juancarlosbelletti6335]

El que mas me gusto fue Piero Visconti❤❤

[@jappi8977]

Y FLETA?

[@kerstinej]

Where is Jussi Björling?

[@opera.turkiye]

I had to delete KZbin because of copyrights.

[@kerstinej]

@@opera.turkiye I see! But Thank you anyway for uploading the video!

[@elenajha4357]

Lauri-Volpi, di Stefano?

[@opera.turkiye]

I missed the Stefano recording. But I didn't add it because Volpi's recording was bad.

[@bryanschlippjr4894]

1962 for the first tenor

[@sinakiris6068]

Nessun Dorma için Pavarotti'nin tüm alternatifleri yok edip, kendini odak hâline getirmesi haksızlık :)

[@Goetterdaemmerung86]

Corelli, Baum, Pertile, Piccaluga (Beautiful voice, infuriatingly terrible idea to stop the orchestra at climax IMO), and Limarilli are my picks

[@atizaries5512]

None is like Corelli. He is the best zValaf ever

[@salvotoreromep5322]

Penso che Mario Del Monaco stacchi tutti.

[@harrykuperhause1854]

Mario Lanza? .

[@virgilioghisoni]

molti bravi ma in assoluto il migliore è Corelli

[@camillozanon8560]

GIACOMIINI!!!!! IL VERO LIRICO SPINTO!!!

[@manfredkuchler1118]

Si vendetta

[@elijah32503]

Jussi?

[@opera.turkiye]

I had to delete KZbin because of copyrights.

[@elijah32503]

@@opera.turkiye No Way~~~~~~ anyhow, Thank you for your posting.

[@sugarbist]

Bjorling recorded Turandot with Nilsson, but never sang the opera live.

[@daviddecarlo6930]

Pavarotti

[@carlosaleman1135]

Bonisolli ????? Bjorling ????

[@johnpeaty3208]

Bjorling? Lauri Volpi? Lo Forese?

[@lamotte44]

Pavarotti the best!

[@edmundobrolmorales6689]

Toda la vida Pavarotti

[@Simon-es2pu]

Where is Björling!!!????

[@joelweisberg]

Pavarotti was the best with that aria. He could sustain the B nat longer than any of the others. By far!

[@ZENOBlAmusic]

Many of the great tenors could easily sustain a high B note. Nessun Dorma was not written to end the way, in which Pavarotti performed it. It is suppose to be a short note, Pavarotti and other tenors who extends the note sings a long high A note not a high B. It is actually an easy high B note to sustain, in Nessun Dorma. Look for a video, 22 Tenors sing “La Vita Mi Costasse” from Puccini’s Tosca. Here Puccini actually wrote a high B note that should be sustained the tenor, and Pavarotti does not do anything extraordinarily against the other tenors, when a long high B is actually written in the score.

[@oktaygozcu4799]

First of all Calaf role is written for Francesco Merli by Puccini. So for the interpretation we can clearly understand what Puccini wants in this aria. Nearly all of them are really traditional cause everybody is doing the same but I couldn’t feel the vibe of the ending. Anyway the other singers are all best of the golden era but my best is Francesco Merli with eveything🌹

[@matveykurland7012]

I think lauri-Volpi sang it before (he should be here)

[@absdyna]

@@matveykurland7012 it's true... Wikipedia records it as LV singing it in 1926 but Merli in 1927

[@absdyna]

It is also said LV was the one who started the tradition of the corona on the high B

[@Pachinanonim]

El calaf original fue Miguel Fleta.

[@matveykurland7012]

@@Pachinanonim Si pero no se si existe audio de el cantando este aria.

[@alfredbernasek861]

CORELLI IST DER BESTE

[@marcodefelicis6375]

Manca Bjorling

[@den3963]

Для меня, чем более мужественно звучит-Vincero(одержу победу!)тем лучше и убедительнее! И это ,конечно,героический тенор-Mario Del Monaco!

[@user-ry7xy5zm7d]

Я тоже пел финал из "Nessun dorma": kzbin.info/www/bejne/pqjSpoqmbtWYlcU

[@Xerxes89]

1. Del Monaco, 2. Rosvaenge 3. Giacomini. Thats my top 3.

[@nadia8087]

Sono cresciuta con Pavarotti e scusate ma gli altri, con tutto rispetto, li trovo quasi imbarazzanti. Chiedo scusa ancora ma non posso non scriverlo. 😀

[@heisenberg470]

Imbarazzante è il tuo commento. Scusa, ma non potevo non scriverlo.

[@bodiloto]

1 Miguel Fleta . il vecchio

[@froidurejohnny1729]

Pavarotti the best

[@Kursun_Asker]

pavarotti best forever...

[@Kursun_Asker]

daha iyi bir 'lirik tenor ' yok..

[@guycondroyer864]

Pavarotti est un pur produit marketing grâce aux médias, giuseppe Giacomini lui est tellement supérieur (voir concert 1989 à Moscou avec bis, une merveille)

[@PatenschaftfuerAusbildung]

LUCIANO !!!

[@marisarossi6692]

Non è un'opera adatta alle corde vocali di Pavarotti.

[@joelweisberg]

Richard Tauber👎🏻

[@user-nf5kg3kx2g]

Gigli, Corelli, del Monaco,Pavarotti