Simon Keenlyside - Prologue from Pagliacci

Simon Keenlyside sings the Prologue from Leoncavallo's Pagliacci at the 2007 Richard Tucker Music Foundation Gala. Asher Fisch, Conductor and member of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra.

[@stephpwall]

no one who commented below could TOUCH this performance. Get off off KZbin and go back to the 1950s and listen to your 45RPMs of Warren and snivel about how great the good old days. This is a unique and thrilling rendition of a living art form

[@GeeEmming]

opera singing and youtube do not gel very well... these people are the worst

[@jordipanadesribera6890]

Love it.

[@riccardo50001]

AMEN!!! He really knows how to tell the story, even when he's singing in Italian. Now I want to go back and relearn this magnificent aria!

[@LewisGrenville]

Stupendous and the artistry!!!!

[@mickbachner]

Bloody hell, that jacket fits where it touches!!!!

[@arambarsamian6312]

Gorgeous singing and artistry. Bravissimo!

[@rosemaryallen2128]

Thank you for posting this - I tried, I really tried, not to burst out laughing!

[@istvanhirs7452]

Tripple "Big Like!"

[@user-uc7ek3gj8q]

0:25

[@kaiserjager2754]

Voce troppo leggera per questo ruolo. Fuori repertorio.

[@mino7520]

Un tenore corto.

[@xxsaruman82xx87]

Sooo woofy.

[@bharp4390]

Can you give an example of a baritone that doesn't sing "woofy"? I always see people complaining about this, but I really don't hear it.

[@xxsaruman82xx87]

@@bharp4390 I you haven’t listened to many baritones who don’t sing woofy, then no, you probably wouldn’t hear it. For some modern ones, try Ernesto Petti and Nikoloz Lagvilava.

[@xxsaruman82xx87]

@@alexlawrence2729 No. No he doesn’t. He doesn’t have squillo.

[@maximilianbjorklund6544]

@@xxsaruman82xx87 yes he does

[@boundary2580]

@@xxsaruman82xx87 he has a ton of squillo, especially compared to other baritones today. I don’t think you actually know what squillo is, otherwise known as the overtones that make operatic voices carry over an orchestra.

[@faamanufuimaono7404]

Everyone just shut up and listen…

[@BaroneVitellioScarpia1]

Small, nasal singing. Horrible.

[@gregorydiercks8958]

Wow. It's a brilliant rendition - too bad you didn't hear it.