Verdi Rigoletto-Quel vecchio maledivami! (Rigoletto-Sparafucile) Talvela-Milnes Duet (amazing low F

[@BorisGodunov]

A contemporary review stated that Talvela "sings like the ocean roars." Indeed.

[@thezealouscellist1966]

Love the nasty contrabassoon lines at the close of this duet!

[@Agorante]

Actually the low F isn't the tough note. You simply don't get cast if you can't manage the F. The soft top E is harder. Talvela and Milnes sing the whole thing softly and mysteriously. Very well done indeed.

[@figaro248]

Talvela is incomparable in this recording. The flatness at the start of his low F only adds to the atmospheric color of his brilliant performance of this scene. His voice was probably the richest bass voice ever recorded!

[@MsCryptoknight]

Sounds grand. I play this Rigoletto often. But I do like trying to picture a man of Talvela's stature skulking in an alley.

[@ZauberinNini]

Grandissimo Martti Talvela,ai limiti delle possibilita´ umane il suo basso profondo.

[@susik8498]

Es mi versión favorita de este dueto. La voz de Talvela parece un mar inmenso. Gracias por subirlo.

[@teodortoma5855]

3:55 : That is the most beautiful, and one of the most haunting "Sparafucile mi nomino" I have ever heard

[@lesthermiranda1794]

Talvela is the best Sparafucile

[@martahannaderosa6137]

¡Sin palabras! Bravísimo

[@MrCC379]

Best recording of this duet ever!

[@operalover67]

grandissimo Talvela...I think he never sung rhis role in a theater...

[@vardor]

Even the low E actually hahaha amazing

[@hwh1946]

Talvela dn Milnes: does not get any better.

[@ShorelineArtsCT]

I love the picture! Perfect ... who is the baritone? Thanks:)

[@mariahornosmiller8624]

Sherrill Milnes

[@leadoffeohippus]

He sure was. Who are the others do you think? Moll, Hines...?

[@marcolastra9285]

First Talvela, then Moll, no third, fourth or fifth place and then, everybody else.... Listen to Moll and Ramey in Don Giovanni's finale....

[@Sophiestelle]

¡Demonio! ...¡Va!, ¡Va!, ¡Va!

[@giannitognini4288]

Il massimo punto lirico di riferimento. Qui c'è tutto, in perfezione: dall'orchestra agli interpreti. Quanto all'edizione, la migliore per me in assoluto. Tuttavia confesso che il mio Duca di elezione è Alfredo Kraus...mi perdoni il grandissimo Pavarotti.

[@Yitzhakhazak]

Talvela began his professional career in Vienna as a 1st bass in the choir. It gave him the routine of producing softer tones in the high range. The problem with this low F is the one octave fall and the mental preparation needed to relax the vocal chords from middle to low range, especially after having sung the high e. Sparafucile´s part is as cruel as the character; one needs a high f# in the finale. Talvela was first class i his fach.

[@baishihua]

I thought he was just keep oscillating between the E and the F like the background instrument.

[@edwardamosbrandwein3583]

Did he ever sing this role on stage?

[@ShorelineArtsCT]

oh, Milnes. Sorry;-)

[@simonequondamantonio5539]

The low F is flat at the beginning..

[@galletitamortal]

@ChessPlayer50 o_____o I can sing a B2 (in the vídeo de F he sings is a F3) sometimes when I'm training my voice, my teacher says I'm a basso profondo.

[@Bulacio_Elias]

GalletitaMortal the low note of the video was a F2