Sherrill Milnes sings Dio di giuda e cabaletta

Giuseppe Verdi, Nabucco, Paris 1979; conductor Nello Santi

[@alessandroventurini9363]

uno dei pochi baritoni a saper cantare sul fiato. Commozione vera...

[@selmalillo1945]

E vero!

[@joseluiscanales7075]

Milnes, Warren, Bastianini,Cappuccilli, there is no¨ better or the best¨. They are all great. Just enjoy their greatness.

[@BaroneVitellioScarpia1]

Nabucco = Milnes, Bastianini, Guelfi, Gobbi and Macneil

[@chengducat]

Amen to that

[@crazyorganist1609]

So beautiful. Verdi could write some beautiful melodies. This is notoriously difficult and Milnes sails through it

[@aforwood1]

Such a truly beautiful voice. Always was my favorite baritone.

[@stevendaniel5649]

First met Sherrill in 1968. We studied with the same voice teacher, Andrew White, a Sidney Dietch protege. Sherrill was a gentleman then and remains so. Now 83 y.o. and going strong in Savannah. God Speed, old friend.

[@luisnorbertogomez7058]

Un MAESTRO

[@mcconicoduka]

Sherrill Milnes was the greatest American "Verdi Baritone" that ever graced the stage of some of the biggest and most important opera houses in the world. Anyone who can't appreciate the voice, obvious technical superiority, and italianate approach really doesn't understand the male top voice.

[@crazyorganist1609]

I love his Rigoletto with Sutherland

[@NYCOPERAFAN]

In his prime absolutely. But prior to him Leonard Warren was even greater and his voice never declined.

[@lindapearson2399]

Exquisite. Milnes remains my forever favorite. Brings tears to my eyes.

[@victoriaaldunate9870]

Magnífico Milnes !

[@jrosings1]

It is amazing how differently we all hear. To me this is sublime. The definition of beauty, flexibility, and extraordinary musicality. As an opera lover I listen to as many singers as I possibly can. Milnes is my absolute favorite baritone. I also love Robert Merrill and Piero Cappuccilli.

[@xxsaruman82xx87]

And Bastianini!

[@oeschertube]

@@xxsaruman82xx87 Don't forget Tito Gobbi please!

[@xxsaruman82xx87]

@@oeschertube Certo! No other studio recording comes close to his (with Souliotis).

[@xxsaruman82xx87]

@Barone Vitellio Scarpia Certo!

[@trem0lo]

What a fantastically slow tempo, perfectly phrased and sung! Look how easy and relaxed he is, letting the breath do all the work. And that high G he diminuendos!

[@jackbigbug]

Relaxed? What do you mean?

[@VERONAcd]

Amazing beautiful elegant full of colors sublime singing of that aria ! maybe too beautiful for a defeated king. bravissimo.

[@daviddecarlo6930]

The greatest baritone ever.

[@tebaldo1935]

Riascoltato ancora...is magnific !

[@aneashumm203]

That is a thrill to hear. What a gorgeous singer he is. Bravo.

[@kgarmaker123]

Wonderful baritone.. Wow.. what a big voice.. and big range.

[@laszlokando9588]

how can he not be your favorite?

[@linamariagarnerobaeza2086]

Magnífico.

[@WotansSpeer]

The best of the very best! Milnes!

[@maxdaxlivehacks2804]

So far Milnes is concerned, I cannot imagine a better musical interpretation.

[@crazyorganist1609]

Neither can i. His beautiful is so beautiful

[@chengducat]

Unique lovely timbre

[@ninawally1]

my favorite baritone!!!!

[@jefolson6989]

Whatever you think of his sound, there is no denying MILNES was an exciting singer! ( with huge cast iron balls. His confidence carried him.)

[@veronicamelendez8102]

This Is the best way to sing verdi arias.. ❤ sublime ❤

[@ebie58]

Unbelievable..I saw him in this production several years ago and came away literally, blown away....

[@erosmorandotti9229]

Il migliore

[@ransomcoates546]

This is the only Verdi cabaletta I know that starts with the chorus. Also, it sounds to me as if he transposed the aria up.

[@FranciscoFerrerGaliana1930]

Magnifico..!!!

[@giuseppinascapparone5912]

Stupendo, un baritono meraviglioso. Un incanto!!!!!!!

[@ippolitos22]

exciting, superb

[@carlomartinucci9032]

Magnifico

[@tenorojuke]

Fantastico Maestro Milnes

[@crististanescu3353]

Superbisim!@@

[@johnblasiak607]

Very good here voice clear crisp warm convincing top notes exceptional

[@donprofondo]

Glorious singing. Technichally perfect, (listen to his messa di voce!) and diminuendo on top notes. At the same time fills me with sadness: how fast such a marvel deteriorated into a wobbly, lusterless effort.

[@ransomcoates546]

He had a serious vocal injury in 1980.

[@NYCOPERAFAN]

@@ransomcoates546 Actually a year later but still this is one of his last truly great flawless performances.

[@use-c7o]

Нет никого лучше в этой роли, чем Ettore Bastianini

[@jesusmunoz2400]

Pero por qué siempre comparar?

[@francoroselli7154]

The best Sherril Milnes .....

[@alejandrowolowski7147]

the best

[@baritoneforyears]

this is my favorite milnes video

[@omararaya1]

Maravilloso

[@cristinapalermo3569]

Superb

[@carlociabrini1589]

je l'ai vu a Garnier, fabuleux

[@Milordvega]

6:42 "Andiaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaam!"

[@herrbrucvald6376]

Now this is the opera! Milnes is it. A giant. (also love Bastianini, Nucci, Bruson very much too.) Wish he could have sung some of the rare dramatic Donizetti parts----Nello in Pia de' Tolomei, Corrado in Maria de Rudenz. Maria di Rohan (Chevreuse), Le Camoens in Dom Sebastien, etc........ he would have been sublime....

[@ingridwild7301]

I like this Voice

[@giampierone010]

Seguirò il Suo consiglio ...grazie

[@terezinhabarroso4933]

denis rrusso demonstrando muito lndó suas musicas aadoreí

[@carlociabrini1589]

Et un très grand Santi

[@petergraham8681]

A fine rendition of what may be termed Verdi‘s first great baritone aria courtesy of Milnes, two years or so before his vocal difficulties began to become seriously noticeable. The sometimes problematic flatting in the E to F area in earlier performances (which can be a danger in this particular aria‘s tessitura) are not present here & although he still likes to showboat his high notes, he gives a sensitive interpretation of the aria itself. The following cabaletta is predictably indulgent but impressive nevertheless.

[@alejo25081973]

Sherrill Milnes, Thomas Allen y Thomas Hampson los mejores barítonos de las últimas décadas.

[@BaroneVitellioScarpia1]

Hampson? Ahahahahahahah!

[@alejo25081973]

@@BaroneVitellioScarpia1 pues sí, Hampson

[@BaroneVitellioScarpia1]

@@alejo25081973 Hampson e' un tenore corto.

[@ingriddoppler]

@@BaroneVitellioScarpia1 😅😅😅 agree

[@NYCOPERAFAN]

Hampson can't hold a candle to him in this repertoire (or any really) and Allen - a magnificent baritone - specialized in an entirely different fach, sharing very few roles with Milnes.

[@montoyapaulo]

Wow... Milnes was certainly not one to shy away from a top note, especially to cap a Verdi cabaletta!!

[@BaroneVitellioScarpia1]

Grandissimo.

[@oliverdelica2289]

His high Ab is surprisingly long. Holy crap! 🤯🤯😱

[@jesusmunoz2400]

Por supuesto que es grandísimo al igual que usted es un grandísimo estúpido.

[@joseamer1670]

No soy un entendido, pero, este barítono era un diez.

[@harpercraft9354]

2:12: High G 6:23: High G 6:42: High A Flat

[@baritoneforyears]

i wasn't dazzled by the A natural. i was dazzled by the A flat. you think?

[@HUGOWERTHER]

PARECE QUE 12 PERSONAS NECESITAN UNA AUDIOMETRIA URGENTE!!!!

[@alejo25081973]

21

[@giuseppedimarco560]

Superlativo!

[@alextudor43]

mon Dieu que c'est beau !

[@aguacun]

how difficult to glad everyone!

[@federic017]

Ce ne fosse di questi cantanti!!! Il guaio è che ce ne sono molto pochi!!! La voce , l'avrà anche brutta, tenorile, ma la usa come meglio non si potrebbe... un saluto

[@stevevandien310]

Milnes at his best. Even so, this imposing rendition of the aria falls short of the standards set by Stracciari in his 1925 recording.

[@thomaslehmanbaritone]

No, it simply doesn't. You cannot actually hear the natural vibrato in these old school recordings and they feature the voice far more than what one would hear in a hall. Stracciari is a legend, and every baritone takes notes from his old recordings, but they are not accurate representations of what the voice would be like in real life.

[@BaroneVitellioScarpia1]

But Stracciari didn’t record the cabaletta.

[@profeleo100]

El mejor!!!!

[@ChrisStockslager]

Wonderful! Such a shame his voice started to go after this point. :( Besides Cornell MacNeil, Milnes owns this piece!

[@rogerpropes7129]

So after he studies hard, sings great in his prime, he should just give it up and flip hamburgers after he passes 40?

[@cliffgaither]

@@rogerpropes7129 :: Opera singers, especially the stature of Milnes, do not end up flipping burgers, no matter what happens to their voices.

[@jordifuentesandres226]

ARIA EVOCANDO el deseo de la meditación para entender si la vida en todos los sentidos tiene un sentido o todo es aleatorio, sin ningún director de orquesta que la dirija.

[@ShawDAMAN]

mighty fine high notes as always but already past prime

[@marenzio01]

I mean milnes of course, I'm really sorry!

[@fabriziomariagarzi5534]

Bello e bravo, stratosferico, l'unico ultimo baritono "vero", altro che Nucci e Company.

[@fabriziogarzi9396]

@Barone Vitellio Scarpia, Barone, grazie.

[@BaroneVitellioScarpia1]

Com'è possibile confrontare un baritono e un tenore corto? Ahahahahahahah! Milnes è un baritono vero, L'ULTIMO GRANDE baritono; Nucci è un mediocre tenore corto.

[@cliffgaither]

@@BaroneVitellioScarpia1 :: Yes ! Your, truth about Nucci ! His baritone always lacked a rich, powerful, imposing resonance ... but he had a long career ... maybe we missed the role that made him really stand out ? I have disliked singers until hearing them in a role that made them sound spectacular ( James McCracken, for example ).

[@jesusmunoz2400]

@@BaroneVitellioScarpia1 Como es posible que salga el nombre de Nucci en cualquier comentario y esté pendiente para denigrarlo diciendo que es tenor. Usted es un enfermermo.

[@jesusmunoz2400]

El grupito de tarados anti Nucci están en todas partes. Dais pena y asco.

[@bnoyan]

good musician.. (and clever tenor haha)

[@Tkimba2]

Exactly

[@HUGOWERTHER]

Decir que Sherril Milnes tiene fea voz y que siempre esta calante.....Dios mio,,,hay quer estar mal del oido y de la cabeza

[@Aerometale]

Definitivamente hay que estar mal del oído y de la cabeza para decir semejante barbaridad.

[@jayboytheplayboy]

Truly one of the greatest baritones whoever sang, but who sponsored the opera, Burger King?

[@cliffgaither]

Jay Stephenson :: Watch it ! They have good burgers !😊

[@Beth29252]

@tenorismo: And you, tenorismo, if this is humanly possible, should be arrested for constantly being a condenscending prick, writing nothing but nonsensical, childish critique and like everyone else who writes against this wonderful, under-estimated(especially now) baritone in an ignorant and opinionated manner spoiling it for those who want to enjoy watching and hear him sing. This is beautiful singing, and as always his acting, legato, phrasing and vocal expression is outstanding.

[@MANRICO412]

pardon, ho dimenticato Leo Nucci, altro grande Roberto

[@ritanicosia]

Roberto Battiroli, ti perdoniamo sinceramente 👋

[@BaroneVitellioScarpia1]

Nucci e' un tenore corto.

[@marenzio01]

Staging and costumes are disgusting but Bruson is AMAZING!

[@MANRICO412]

purtroppo talvolta l'orecchio non è perfetto: Capecchi era solo un galletto che poteva cantare al mattino alle galline; Manuguerra aveva voce sgraziata; per Fioravanti....lasciamo perdere; salvo solo Cappuccilli ( un grande ) come era un grande Milnes Roberto49

[@jamesnickoloff6692]

Wow! Milnes was almost perfect--up to the last, horribly flat note. But I say "almost perfect" not because of that miss but because he doesn't quite match the pathos (vulnerability) of Ettore Bastianini. Sherrill is strong throughout; Ettore is strong and weak at the same time. Listen to the latter's performance from 1959 at Firenze--and you'll know that THAT was The Golden Age.

[@aquamarinatoday7320]

Bastianini for me every time.

[@Tristanwille]

WTF! He's a lion!... that's the first reaction.

[@BaroneVitellioScarpia1]

He SOUNDS like a lion too.

[@Cipioful]

Non mi sento di condividere le critiche alla vocalità di Milnes, comunque penalizzata da una dizione un pò yankee

[@juvey9013]

You are not difficult, the stamp of Milnes is blocked, lack of flexibility, safe in its treble, which is for me its only talent. Not to mention ,its mediocre scenic capacities. Milnes is very down, Piero Capuccili, Alain Fondary, or Ettore Bastianini and at the moment Leo Nucci, which are real baritone verdiens and gives the role with much more talent than him. When in the castingof this Nabucco of 1979, there is nothing to hold it, any real Verdian's voice, same Raimondi as I like very much nevertheless, do not find his place, in a directory which is not his, and a narrow direction, with cumbersome costumes and one decorations overloaded.

[@nisticom]

How nice of you and how polite... I find it annoying, boring, too mannered, stylistically not appropriate, far from the text, and did I say boring? You can insult all you want, my dear deaf friend, but it's still ugly!!! Be well and enjoy the boring baritone...

[@johnblasiak607]

Marco your a MORON

[@jefolson6989]

Voice can be a matter of taste, but no one who ever SAW Milnes onstage would call him boring! Even after the voice became hollow, he was still an immensely effective Jack Rance.

[@sim100]

Nice singing but terrible acting - when he realises that God is actually hearing his prayer (when the lovely flute part kicks in) he stands up and goes for a stroll as if thinking "I must stretch my legs and go make a cup of tea!" then at "Dio, verace, omnipossente...", surely a moment of true, humbling worship on Nabucco's part: nothing!

[@TudorAnghelina]

If you want to see good acting, stop listening to this kind of music and start going to the theatre ;). I would rather hear someone who stands still but sings amazing than someone who acts like a pro but sings like crap :)

[@herrbrucvald6376]

+Tudor Anghelina so freaking true. We want voice, voice, voice!

[@tonshaad1230]

+Tudor Anghelina Than you're missing the entire point of what opera is. Opera is dramatic theatre with dramatic plots and even more dramatic music. If you come only for "good" voices, then you're crazy to think that's the only thing for Opera.

[@tonshaad1230]

+!mrdunn brucvald And when you do get "voice, voice, voice," the voice tend to be boring and dull. No emotion, no intensity, no "dying for the art". Like it's crazy me to even fathom people want singers to stand there and sing and look like some robot. Humans MUST have emotion while singing, there is no other way.

[@TudorAnghelina]

tonshaad1230 , while you have a point, I think you can cut the singer some slack. It's not that easy to both sing properly and do great acting at the same time. In vocal music, the voice is the primary conduit for both singing and emotion. It's much easier to talk the lines instead of singing them. Maybe you should give opera singing a try ;)

[@anthonyehrenzweig1635]

Ettore Bastianini was better.

[@federic017]

Grande performance...baritono di fama mondiale tra i più grandi di ogni tempo...per quanto riguarda la qualità vocale sono d'accordo con giampierone010...è piuttosto brutta...grazie

[@eugeniogentili1048]

Se è tanto.brutta come dici tieniti Salsi allora.

[@ritanicosia]

@@eugeniogentili1048 Che coraggio hanno alcuni a fare certe affermazioni 😳

[@eugeniogentili1048]

@@ritanicosia Valli a capire.

[@radames5855]

@@eugeniogentili1048 la sua voce non è bella...ma non è detto che non sia bravo... Riguardo a Salsi,non centra niente con il recitar cantando

[@MANRICO412]

che l'orecchio di taluni continui a far brutti scherzi è un dato di fatto; Milnes non un grande....anzi un grandissimo! Roberto49

[@sim100]

My last comment was put up before I saw the recit before the cabaletta - more dreadful acting! He says the door won't open (porta fatal) without even trying it, which you think he would do in time to the chords, at least. (How does he know it won't open?) He tells the soldiers he has recovered his wits as if telling them he has recovered from a nasty cold, (it's no big deal) asks Abdallo for his sword as if saying "pass that fork over there" then when Abdallo hands it over (as if he is passing the fork) saying he can regain his kingdom with it, Nabucco kind of informs him in a very off hand manner "actually I want to save Fenena first" Fenena is a Jewish woman captive, rather less important than his kingdom you would think - but no, it's an everyday task of once-deranged and deposed now recovered kings, apparently to go round rescuing lowly Jewish women first - no shock, no surprise, no dramatic tension...poor

[@rogerpropes7129]

Well maybe he doesn't even speak Italian, just memorizes some words.

[@cliffgaither]

Sim :: Come on ... be fair ... the director is to blame for the errors you pointed-out.

[@sim100]

@@cliffgaither maybe. Shades of The Police in Pirates of Penzance (“We go, we go we go….) !!

[@sim100]

But the singing is amazing!!

[@cliffgaither]

@@sim100 :: 😆 !

[@jimmychoo1857]

Столько восхищения здесь! Но, ребята, это очень дурацкое пение! Дурацкое произношегие, странное шевеление ртом, ненастоящий звук( это не итальянский баритоновый звук, а амерская жвачка)

[@thomasdahlen2158]

The most overestimated bariton in modern Times.He had his singing was epricieated in The US and with US revord companies.

[@Tkimba2]

Exactly

[@jimmychoo1857]

Аминь!

[@leniemansour6045]

Personally like vorostivski the best

[@giampierone010]

Voce tra le peggiori del panorama lirico...tecnica di canto e interprete di prim'ordine ...saluti

[@eugeniogentili1048]

Voce tra le peggiori...tieniti Salsi allora..

[@giampierone010]

@@eugeniogentili1048 cosa c'entra Salsi,che è un modesto cantante odierno...Milnes è un tenore mancato,e la sua voce è come un tenore comprimario,tipo Nucci...non voglio dire che non sia un ottimo elemento nel panorama lirico,ma che non ha ne il timbro,ne la voce dei suoi predecessori americani,tipo Tibbet,Warren Merrill,ma neppure la solidità di Bastianini,di Protti,per non parlare dei vari London e i baritoni wagneriani e dell' Est europeo...è un buon cantante.

[@eugeniogentili1048]

@@giampierone010 Hahahahah come Nucci lo sguaiato, non scambiamo l'oro con l'argento, Milnes ha 653 recite all'attivo al met, eppoi London era un basso.

[@giampierone010]

@@eugeniogentili1048 quante volte devo rispondere a lei??? ho detto che il timbro è da tenore comprimario...io la penso così.

[@nisticom]

why all those mannerisms? totally unnecessary... lots of weird diminuendos and messa di voce, an unwritten G... too much for me...

[@nisticom]

He certainly was a musician, no doubt... just not my kind of musician. I do not even find it entertaining...

[@liedersanger1]

Marco Nistico We get it, we get it, we get it, you don’t like him.

[@giampierone010]

Non posso dire che è una voce brutta? Chi è Lei? Ho detto che la qualità vocale è tra le peggiori del panorama lirico..ed ho detto anche che la tecnica e l'interprete sono di prim'ordine...glielo ripeto se vuole...voce brutta ma tecnica e interprete di prim'ordine...saluti

[@giampierone010]

@Barone Vitellio Scarpia Che c'entra Nucci,egli è un tenore secondo...ho ascoltato Milnes in Italia,e precisamente a Torre del lago Puccini,nella parte di Scarpia,ed è stato un ottimo interprete...tuttavia la sua voce non mi piace per niente...tutto qua

[@albertoverde5269]

A me non piace proprio questa interpretazione

[@giuseppinascapparone3303]

Non pare uno dei peggiori, anzi! A parte la pronuncia un po'.....americana? Certo se ascoltiamo Bastianini, Bruson, Cappuccilli, Nucci etc. Crescono le riserve. Comunque, bravo!

[@eugeniogentili1048]

Nucci meglio di Milnes? Non scambiamo l'oro con l'argento..

[@eugeniogentili1048]

L'ultimo dei grandi baritoni, presenza scenica indiscussa e 653 recite al met. kzbin.info/www/bejne/noHEYnusqLihfac

[@jefolson6989]

Is it an American accent, or the vowel modification necessary to hit the high notes the way he does?

[@jesusmunoz2400]

Nucci ha sido un grandísimo Barítono. Quizás este papel es más adecuado para Milnes pero para Belcanto mejor Nucci.

[@MrGraziano22]

ma statti zitto che fai più bella figura...saluti

[@nabucco46]

Voce brutta e sempre calante!

[@graziellalandolfo469]

nabucco46 menomale che c è lei che dice la verità questo milnes fa schifo

[@Tkimba2]

@bodiloto's hater you're ridiculous

[@giudiciadanna4550]

@@graziellalandolfo469 , ma vi ha dato di volta il cervello?

[@BaroneVitellioScarpia1]

Ahahahahahahahahahahah!

[@rnerse]

Inoltre l'acuto non ha niente. Voce brutta , poco espressiva, dizione dubbia. Non si può paragonare con i grandi : bruson, protti, taddei, warren anche cappuccilli..