Mario del Monaco "Un di al azzurro" Andrea Chenier

[giapuccini2]

Great beyond words!!!!

[giustizzera]

unico per me

[robertdonkers]

Such tour de force, simply magnificent. It is what we miss when we listen to the great later tenors like Domingo. The voice is soooooooooo strong and heroic without trying to be and listen to those higher free notes, no nasel clampdown!

[Maripudelmonaco]

UNICO !!!, GIORDANO LE LLAMÓ " IL MIO CHENIER "

[ewalter111]

I saw Del Monaco sing Andrea Chenier 5 or 6 times. This performance only catches a bit of how astounding he was in this part. Sensational. Only Peritile sings the aria on the same level.

[gaemp]

the right breaths and phrasing... just GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!

[lirica2011]

Magico, mitico, grandissimo Mario Del Monaco!!!!!!

[tenorschofield]

Inmenso!!!!BRAVOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!

[buontenerones]

mario lanza non ha mai cantato opere del repertorio lirico tantomeno lo si può paragonare ad una immensa macchina da guerra come lo è stato mario del monaco.saluti

[faffyssimo]

GRAZIE MARIO, PER LE EMOZIONI CHE SEMPRE CI SUSCITI CON LA TUA VOCE SPLENDIDA !!!!

[19olivier72]

Ci sono 13 persone a chi consiglio di consultare un''otorinolaringoiatria. MDM può essere contestabile su alcuni registri, ma su questo, era il più grande in assoluto!

[HellasItalia4]

CHI AMA LA LIRICA NON PUO' NON AMARE MARIO DEL MONACO!!

[enzogrella1]

immenso e unico.....però credo che sia playback.....( 1: 41)....

[alejandrobajo]

Great! Meraviglioso! ¡Unico!

[pepeelsordo]

That center of his voice, so wide and resonant, almost like a baritone, with that smooth passagio, and then with those fantastic high notes, this combination has been unique. Many tried to imitate him, but he was force of nature, difficult to emulate.

Correli's high notes were out of this world, but his center didn't have the solid sound of Del Monaco.

What I would give to hear any of those monsters now days on the stage!!

[hgbrown20001]

@pepeelsordo You got that right! I watched Correli walk across the stage of the Old Met holding his high C and up the stairs to ring the gong on Turnadot! Awesome! And Tebaldi and Del Monaco Chenier left me like a wet rag in the seat! McCracken's Otello left me in tears, and I caught a Aida with Vickers and Nillson once. Yes, those were the days! AND THEY DIDN'T USE MICROPHONES! They can monster me any time they want!

[Joeleole]

I think it's probably recorded live but he's lip syncing. The Pianists hands are moving in time with the recording but his mouth isn't. MDM didn't open his mouth in that exaggerated way either when he sang live... 

[gabarens]

Why does everyone think that Del Monaco is Lip Syncing? He Has a very professional technique which might make him look that way; or maybe the lag between the music and the video. But I assure you 100% that he is singing!

[hiyadroogs]

@gabarens You can assure us all you wish, but he's still lip synching.

[gabarens]

@hiyadroogs why would Del Monaco lip synch, hes a legend

[cfreetenor]

@hiyadroogs Even if he were, I would rather sound like Del Monaco for a single recording than any opera singer today for 1,000 live performances.

[andyroma72]

il piu' grande andrea chenier

[amdnovello]

it's live but off sync i guess?

[citrussorbet]

he was in the1st opera i saw. i was 17 in the early 50th at the Shrine in LA,when the San Fran. opera company would come down for a few weeks. I still remember that great voice after all these yrs.

[jdpotc123]

@citrussorbet thats amazing!!!!! im 17 & i want to go to an opera so badly but they are so expensive, and i dont want to waste my money on "small" singers. I rather use that money to pay for my singing lessons. i want to hear singers like Del Monaco, Callas, Tebaldi... someone who knows how to sing the classical bel canto way, and who isnt scared to sing "BIG"!!

[zabnica6]

Belissima voce ! Ma ... troppo spingere...mi piace Corelli piu, voce piu libero di del Monaco. Ma e vero oggi nessuno canta in questo modo, poveri...

[svetul]

ma lui non canta qui - questo e un playback...anche bello

[DonPaolissimo]

Yes, I was blessed to have seen the great man "live" - with Warren in Otello & Pagliacci, in Samson et Dalila, concerts. Oh, to have been so fortunate as to live in the next apartment while he was rehearsing!!!!

What crap we now have as Chenier - Alvarez? Licitra? All very poor jokes & a disgrace to the role!!!

[gaytenor]

OMG he is great! This is something we have a very short supply of today a rea; voice. Corelli fans are welcome to his singing but I prefer the sound of Del Monaco and Tucker as Chenier.

[halavey]

Here is an example of my favorite Dramatic tenor, yes he sings with no bad habits and IMO as Chenier he is greater then the great Spinto of Corelli. He is wonderful here and I heard him at La Scala sing Otello in 1959. In our time he was the Otello! This is a real Dramatic tenor and until his car accident he was the greatest dramatic of his time. Bravo! sounds great even with only Piano.

[javrnunez]

Re di tenori per sempre!

[bacassa]

WOW AWESOME!!! love it as much as Lanza's

[simmail123]

bravo, bravissimo

[Garopera]

Impressive!!!

Can you even imagine listening to him live?

[azzz717]

Bravo, la mejor interpretacion de esta aria

[andyroma72]

grande del monaco e dicevano che sarebbe durato solo qualche anno...la critica è a volte crudele e spietata,no esistera piu un tenore cosi potente profondo e che soprattutto no perde il timbro della voce quando sale di tono

diaframma d'acciaio del monaco

[nnsochedirti]

la critica è una montagna di merda

[VivaRenata]

E di gelosia! D'accordo.

[Ruje0Zabimaru]

Muy bién, tanto como la iterpretación del Gran Franco Corelli. Dos voces bellas, potentes y con perfectas interpretaciones; especiales para "Andrea Chenier". EL GRAN MAESTRO FRANCO CORELLI Y EL GRAN MARIO DEL MONACO....PIERI...

[bodiloto]

D`ACCORDO CON MARISOLDELMONACO,Permettete mi da esprimere anche la mia opignione: UNO DEI RE della Lirica ?!?!?!?! IMMORTALE !!! Grazie.

[MARISOLDELMONACO]

Ma non e posibile comparare a un vero tenor di palcoscenico Mario del Monaco.

con un tenore di Hollywood Mario Lanza.

Bella voce aveva lanza ma Mario del Monaco il Re della Lirica.

[jeichacker]

Vero.

[caruso81]

LIVE... Great!!

[btsg]

it is live----i have heard every Impro he's done, and this isn't one of 'em. also he holds the last aaaaaaaamor forever on this...great at practice as well as perf.

[gaemp]

please listen to his "improvviso" in 1949 from la Scala with de Sabata... there are some excerpts... just magic!!

[57monks]

Who cares if he's lip-synching or not?? Just to hear that glorious voice is enough for me. Wow!!

[lastofdmelocchians]

I'm gonna have 2disagree w/U Oneguin65:( He IS lip-synching. I don't know Y(?) The strange thing is, the piano is definitely "live." I've got every "live" performance of Del Monaco's & I can tell if he's really singing or not. There's a big difference in facial expression when U R actually singing. Here's a giveaway: Each time he sings an "A" vowel his mouth position is too open like he's saying/singing "AH!" What's wrong w/this? Well, his technique(Melocchi)U really say "AW." Can't w/2openMOUTH

[billthaxton]

Even if you are correct, the fact still remains that what you are hearing is from a home rehearsal that he decided to record at his leisure. You will not find this version in ANY available live or studio recordings...it is definitely special. Heck, he could have recorded it in the morning and lip-synched to it in the afternoon.

[ideiao]

When you sing in a small room like this with that small piano, naturally one does not need to break the legs,so the facial expression will not be the same as when you are really singing.

[picapin]

well shouted!

[bacassa]

WOW i love it as good as LANZA'S!!!!!!!

[Aetion]

Me too.

[TurandotFanatic]

Amazing how the last B-flat goes, with lowered larynx, emission perfect, strong and consistent voice. Best than the studio recording he did.

Thanks for posting this video.

[giloubreizh]

j'aime bien ces témoignages d'interprètes, hors concerts. C'est émouvant.

[phantom4087]

Del Monaco is better in rehearsal than most tenors are in performance.

[phantom4087]

The accompanist was deaf by the end of the session.

[louvet66]

Enfin, des amateurs de Mario. Puisse-t-il y en avoir un jour dans les conservatoires afin de favoriser l'art lyrique dramatique.

[pearlmuth3]

Even if he was slightly flat once he was a great dramatic tenor, what a voice for Otello!

[aguacun]

I he really singing here?

[tdeane34]

Looks like he's lip syncing, doesn't it?

[Oneguin65]

No, he's singing really

[zabnica6]

@Oneguin65 he is not singing live! but anyway great...

[Oneguin65]

@zabnica6 I think so it's live, a studio recording with piano would be very strange

[Aetion]

@Oneguin65 That's corerct.

[Aetion]

@zabnica6 I don't care whether live or not. The only thing I am interested in is what I am hearing. And that's wonderful.

[tenorismo]

@zabnica6 the audio is out of sync with the film. Thats all he is singing live

[bellatrix58]

Impresionante!!!

Tenores actuales, a temblar.

[wotan3000]

Del Monaco is amazing to listen to. If there was ever a singer to emulate for trying to access 100% of your voice, this is the one. Yeah, you don't want to be 100% all the time, but his approach is dead on for it when you do.

So clean - so poweful!

[tehen162]

Magnificent voice but out of tune in many places.

[bellatrix58]

It seems to be so, specialy in the recitativo part, but it is so highly an expressive and dramatic-heroic aria that it could deceive anybody´s ears

[elcantante45]

tengo conciertos,operas completas en dvd,discografia completa de mario del monaco,interesados escribanme

[oclhie]

pues subelos a youtube en lugar de videos de perros, amigo

[operacaster]

can you imagine what it must have been like on the ears being in a small room with la mario? how'd ya like to coach with his accompanist after this. he wouldn't be able to tell if you were screaming "si vendetta" from rigoletto or "at the fulton market now he yells fish" from my sister eileen. but what a way to go deaf :--)

[montallio]

Fascinating clip of Mad Mario again. I have to agree that I don't understand his facial expression either in relation to his text, neither can I say that I find his singing beautifull. Still he is a phenomenon.

[sigmund000]

do all of you understand what he is saying or do you just enjoy it without understanding? I am the latter btw

[primobaritono]

Check out what the text means in this aria. It's very touching. :)

[BARREDA1976]

que belleza, que fuerza en la voz

[HellasItalia4]

Che emissione !!! Mamma mia!! Tenors dont try this at home!!!!

[lafferty2316]

Each time I hear this man I simply marvel , not only at his truly exceptional voice, but also at his facial and bodily actions. Wonderful all round and blessed with extremely handsome features.

[abednego20]

Hasta que vi este video prefería a Corelli, pero he de admitir que del Monaco es igualmente excelente.

[tenorspinto]

Te lo dije anteriromente, existen otros paradigamas tan grandes como Corelli. Saludos.

[phantom4087]

Gianni Savelli sucks. Stop advertising him.

[2ndAveLine]

Damn, he is inhuman!!!

[OPERASVERKER671]

Best Andrea Chenier.

[aguacun]

Sorry, but: is he dubbing here?

[aguacun]

No, aparently he is not!

[salvo78]

Se avesse continuato a cantare così!

[allinvideo]

Even better than the studio recording!

[topmeat69]

in this age of undersized voices,these recordings will remind us in the years to come, the true sound of the dramatic tenor

[rdargenio]

Is another tenor capable of such a total performance while singing in his living room? Not that I have ever seen!

[8calaf5]

the best chenier

[fabstenor]

The Best

[FacePaster]

Amazing singer. Truly one of the greats. I love being able to see him in such an intimate environment like this.

[maestroshore]

MDM suffered his whole life from the envy of other singers. He had the greatest tenor voice since Caruso. He had his flaws but no one who heard him live could doubt his position. Singers are often envious of other singers and show it by unjust criticism and back biting. MDM was an intellectual man and fine musician. He just happened to have a voice like Niagra Falls.

[Doooku]

the so-called Three Tenors are simply over-rated...Mario Del Monaco, Corelli are far more better than

[baritolo]

Portentoso. Giordano gli insegnò personalmente quest'aria. Il si bemolle finale è una forza della natura, anche Volpi lo sosteneva.

[sherom]

Very interesting, a home video of Del Monaco. Thanks a bunch.

[michaelscarface]

I have never been a great fan of MDM. Huge sound, solid voice but a bit of a racket sometimes. Always found a little shy of the note too. Still, I think you had to hear the voice in the "flesh" to appreciate it. An interesting clip though.

[simonesimone2]

awesome. where the hell did you get all this MDM singing at home stuff????

[viverito]

Only a moron would say Del Monaco doesn't interpret. Del Monaco is a legend and is only considered one of the greatest tenors ever. Del Monaco was also a great musician and pianist. Why don't you read a little in the Tebaldi autobiography where she writes that he played the piano while he auditioned a very young Tebaldi singing the arias from Otello. How many instruments do you play and "interpret" with?

[cesari]

I regard someone who tries to win an argument by resorting to insults as a moron.

[onlyg]

No, seriously dude, go somewhere else. Or is it that the magnificent Del Monaco can't keep you away from this majestic clip.

[valpal55]

Most people today know zip when it comes to great singers. Have been brainwashed by the Three Pretenders for toooooo long. Tucke did nothing for me and Corelli was good. Did not like his lower voice. DelMonaco was tremendous. Will never see another like him

[janarthurleo]

what a wonderful singer he could have been if he hadn't permanently broken the line, sobbed his heart out etc. all to take an extra breath and make more noise

[ErnaSack]

I don't hear any line broken nor sobbing his heart out, if someone 'sobbed it out' it was tucker or corelli. Don't forget these are accoustics in a living room : very dry and not sweet to the voice.

[ErnaSack]

the others are all mousetenors, he's the one and only, the greatest of them all

[garjay]

Simply wonderful..in great voice.

[cesari]

The man had no idea what interpretation means. There is no connection between the lyrics and MDM ridiculous facial expressions. Pure ham !

[onlyg]

"Lyrics"...uh...don't you mean text. Sounds like you should save your amateur comments for American Idol. Do us all a favor, don't waste the use of your keyboard keys or your mouse surfing over to this section of the internet.

[cesari]

Oxford Dictionary

Lyric:Meant to be sung,fit to be expressed in song(Lyric Opera)

[MarioArnold]

C'mooon man ! Your slip is showing. If you can't even be ten miles below him don't back bite. YOUR NATURE didn't give you more. Resign to your fate otherwise try to sing like him...if you can.

[hymnforlorca]

There's no need to be so picky about terms! Sometimes it is called for, on this occasion it certainly was not.

[Orfeus80]

One of his best roles. The voice is in excellent form!

[cdgray2]

Once again -- the greatest ever

[Tenor6507]

thank u oneguin he is my favorite tenor

[Tenortone21]

I love this guy. :)