His humility, lightheartedness and humor sometimes mask the fact that he possesses singing talent of an almost ungodly proportion. Bravo, Enge - BRAVO!
A fan from the first time I heard his voice. He touched my heart with his music. So much talent. What a Gift he has develoed and how fortunate we are he has shared it with the world. Age is just a number..........listen to this voice and it has only gotten better with time. He has that magic to reach into one's heart. And he has matured gracefully and moe handsome than ever. THE MAN WITH THE VOICE THAT WILL STAND ALL AGES. b. ROBINSON---lOUISIANA
I enjoy listening to Engelbert's singing. Most people do not want to read foolish arguments on these You Tube comments, comparing singers and bickering over what label to put on their voice type. I stick to my guns on what I have said about his voice, and do not want to participate in this conversation any further, enough is enough. Here is something that you can argue with someone else about. Placido Domingo, sang baritone before he sang tenor. What about Freddie Mercury? Eddie Fisher? ha ha
I just found this to be extremely funny at the end, but Engelbert had/has the potential to be a opera singer. What can't this man do in the field of music, he was hitting the hight notes extremely well. Thanks for allowing me to see this video. Crazy funny!!
@btsg nah,. if he was a tenor he would have made a lot more $ singing there instead of as a baritone. some baritones can see high A well. but that does not mean they are tenors.
@Snackay I think this is a futile argument. He sang his whole career as "light baritone". However in this one instance we see and hear him singing as a tenor. This role of Rodolfo is NEVER sung by a baritone, I do not know of any baritone ever to sing this role. On this one video we heard something different that we have never heard again, that being his beautiful tenor voice. Shame on him for burying it and hiding it and not using it. The world was cheated! Sorry if that is a little harsh.
@psychodamned Thank you :) There's no question in my mind. Think about it. Why would Anna Moffo have chosen this tenor role for him? There are plenty of baritone duets in opera. He is a tenor who sang in his low register so they erroneously said, "light baritone" but, he was not a baritone, a light baritone would be Sinatra, Bobby Darren, Vic Damon, etc. Englebert's tenor range was not light, it was operatic, his tone matched with Anna Moffo, just listen... and had he continued to train... wow!
@andersonchap Yeah. People don't realise that baritones can have tenor ranges too. Roy Orbison was a baritone with an incredible range. PJ Proby and Scott Walker and John Rowles were true Baritones. A very rare thing in popular music these days. A shame that talent doesn't prevail now. For me the male voice comes into its own around about 28 years old. Most svengali's finish thier carreers before they have developed properly : (
@andersonchap You are spreading misinformation. I emailed the official Englebert website and was told he IS a lyric baritone. And Sinatra really did seem to sing in the baritone range.
My my my what wonderful cords that boy had/has what amazing things could have come out of that beautiful mouth...more amazing things I should say ... sorry. I love opera as well and my mind boggles at the places we could have seen this man...wonder his mum did not chase him in that direction as he has often said she had an amazing voice also...go on for ever Enge and forever delight us your fans
Wow, his voice blew me away on this. What a beautiful operatic voice, thrilling, ringing tone, and he conveys such emotion, perfect for Puccini operas. I love opera, trained and coached many opera singers, and I would loved to have seen and heard him in opera, too bad. Some of those note put goose bumps down my spine and he would make me cry if he were actually playing that role in the opera. Wonderful amazing talent... one of a kind performer.
Andersonchap @Snackay This is a tenor role, the highest note is A. He has a tenor voice even though he has nice low notes... he is gifted. Listen again and notice his voice opens up on the high notes, there is more power and beautiful ringing tone, and those high notes roll out easily. He is not at the top of his range but could sing even higher notes. Sadly we have only this one you tube clip to judge his opera singing. If he had studied and trained and chosen opera... we can only imagine.
@andersonchap did you listen to rhydian roberts on youtube? he said he is a baritone, but he seems to sing the high A well. I believe Chris Cornell is a light baritone and not a tenor, but he can sing C5. Also Elvis was a lyric baritone who could briefly sing a high C, B4, but did not do it very often.
@andersonchap did you listen to rhydian roberts on youtube? he said he is a baritone, but he seems to sing the high A well. I believe Chris Cornell is a light baritone and not a tenor, but he can sing C5. Also Elvis was a lyric baritone who could briefly sing a high C, B4, but did not do it very often.
@Snackay High C is customarily the highest note for tenors in opera. Some tenors have a good high C and some don't. In this duet is from "La Boheme" the soprano has high C as the last note, which the tenor sometimes sings also, although the part is written with a lower note (E) for the tenor. Also the tenor aria from the first act has a high C, sometimes this aria is transposed down to B flat. Englebert should have a good B flat and possibly the high C... We could write to him and ask him.
@andersonchap@andersonchap hmmm...i can't tell. isn't tessitura determined more by vocal timbre? he sounds similar to placido domingo...but lighter. bruno pelletier on youtube..he is a light baritone? Englebert I read had an opera singer mother.
I believe Enge is a tenor and has a three octave range. Amazing, he has a super voice and could easily have been an opera singer. See him on stage taking the mickey out of Andrea Bocelli. Enge is wonderful...mmm. Thanks for posting this.
Enge singing opera is spellbinding. What a magnificant voice he has. I think he is a tenor and a very special one. He should bring out an operatic cd. He'd be wonderful in Tosca, La Boheme.
This is a very rare insight into the man who has such talent that we cannot comprehend just how much. A true legend and one of a kind.
Enge is so cute in this. Anna Moffo places his hand on her diaphragm so he can feel her singing - forcing air out of that area and not her throat. But, he starts rubbing her tummy instead. I think he knew better.
no, she placed it on her abdominals. common misconception of ALL voice teachers. The diaphragm is a mostly horizontal involuntary muscle inside the torso, between the lungs and the lower organs, it divides the torso cavity in two. When the diaphragm contracts, either you have a hiccup or you vomit. You can't touch it, and you can't control it.
As Enge states, he can hit notes a bank cannot cash...Yes, this is a treasure, and I thank you also, LOC139, for posting it. Enge teases during his show, about Andrea Bocelli singing some of his songs, and then does a bit of an imitation of Andrea, little do fans know the power and range he truly does have....Enge would have been fantastic for some Operas, and or Broadway plays, and of course, appearing on the Big Screen, but it would have been so painful for his fans, not to see him touring.
I've never seen Engelbert live and I think I never will but I'm convinced you are right: little do we know about the power and range he truly has. Of course, for people like me, who can't see and listen to him otherwise, studio recordings are like manna. But you are right, his real forte is live shows. Engelbert's unquestionable place is on stage and I feel privileged when I can watch a DVD from a live concert. NOTHING compares with the electrifying feeling of a live performance!!!
He sounds closely to dramatic tenor, but he is a high (lyrical) baritone. Such voices (as Bruno Pelletier, for example) can reach tenor high range, but also have deep chest register.
Englebert with Anna Moffo. She was one of the most accomplshed operatic sopranos from the mid-fifties onwards. She was a gorgeous Musetta to Maria Callas's Mimi in La Boheme (1956). Here she was age 40 and still ravishing. The show that this is taken from was an English/German co-production.
LOC139, I love all your videos. Now that you are posting duets with ladies, do you happen to have "United we stand, divided we fall", a due by Engelbert and a lady whose name is something like Claudia or Cloda Rochest or something like that, it is beautiful. If you have it and post it you'll have my eternal gratitude.
yeh, as i was sitting in the er with our puppy, her name came to me and it is Anna Moffo, and yes they do look a lot alike. PS Puppy(!$) is fine, groomers left cotton ball in his ear.
Wonderful clip Loc.....Timeless clips........Thank you...visit his website and see the many changes including Discograpy and Audio/Video clips...including Happy Birthday wishes...with a beautiful poem!!
His humility, lightheartedness and humor sometimes mask the fact that he possesses singing talent of an almost ungodly proportion. Bravo, Enge - BRAVO!
mobrules29 5 months ago
That's awesome!
xxsweetcandiesxx 1 year ago
A fan from the first time I heard his voice. He touched my heart with his music. So much talent. What a Gift he has develoed and how fortunate we are he has shared it with the world. Age is just a number..........listen to this voice and it has only gotten better with time. He has that magic to reach into one's heart. And he has matured gracefully and moe handsome than ever. THE MAN WITH THE VOICE THAT WILL STAND ALL AGES. b. ROBINSON---lOUISIANA
Betty37475 1 year ago
I enjoy listening to Engelbert's singing. Most people do not want to read foolish arguments on these You Tube comments, comparing singers and bickering over what label to put on their voice type. I stick to my guns on what I have said about his voice, and do not want to participate in this conversation any further, enough is enough. Here is something that you can argue with someone else about. Placido Domingo, sang baritone before he sang tenor. What about Freddie Mercury? Eddie Fisher? ha ha
andersonchap 1 year ago
@andersonchap You sound like an ass, going haha. I emailed his official website, and they said lyric baritone.
Snackay 1 year ago
I think it's funny that Moffo tells him to support, support, support, when she never bothered to the whole time :)
tamerlano 1 year ago
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@tamerlano
Lol, do what I say, not what I do.
Miauriceful 9 months ago
Superb! He was such a great singer. Pity he went on too long.
victortjioe 1 year ago
I just found this to be extremely funny at the end, but Engelbert had/has the potential to be a opera singer. What can't this man do in the field of music, he was hitting the hight notes extremely well. Thanks for allowing me to see this video. Crazy funny!!
hand1940 1 year ago
Ug, the hair, Planet of the Apes has nothin on this dude.
robynbirde 1 year ago
All this talent.Fantastic.
Joanexcite70 2 years ago 5
HE, is a pronoun relating to the male subject of the video, whose name is Jerry Dorsey/Engle etc. So, for you he is Indian. Ok.
btsg 2 years ago
he is a tenor by nature--and he is welsh, which is a s close to northern european Italian as you can get .. great voice.
btsg 2 years ago
HE meaning Engelbert, is NOT WELSH.
Born in India and raised in England. Get your facts straight.
libralayd 2 years ago 3
@btsg nah,. if he was a tenor he would have made a lot more $ singing there instead of as a baritone. some baritones can see high A well. but that does not mean they are tenors.
Snackay 1 year ago
@Snackay I think this is a futile argument. He sang his whole career as "light baritone". However in this one instance we see and hear him singing as a tenor. This role of Rodolfo is NEVER sung by a baritone, I do not know of any baritone ever to sing this role. On this one video we heard something different that we have never heard again, that being his beautiful tenor voice. Shame on him for burying it and hiding it and not using it. The world was cheated! Sorry if that is a little harsh.
andersonchap 1 year ago
@andersonchap Engelbert has a tenor range for sure : )
psychodamned 1 year ago
@psychodamned Thank you :) There's no question in my mind. Think about it. Why would Anna Moffo have chosen this tenor role for him? There are plenty of baritone duets in opera. He is a tenor who sang in his low register so they erroneously said, "light baritone" but, he was not a baritone, a light baritone would be Sinatra, Bobby Darren, Vic Damon, etc. Englebert's tenor range was not light, it was operatic, his tone matched with Anna Moffo, just listen... and had he continued to train... wow!
andersonchap 1 year ago
@andersonchap Yeah. People don't realise that baritones can have tenor ranges too. Roy Orbison was a baritone with an incredible range. PJ Proby and Scott Walker and John Rowles were true Baritones. A very rare thing in popular music these days. A shame that talent doesn't prevail now. For me the male voice comes into its own around about 28 years old. Most svengali's finish thier carreers before they have developed properly : (
psychodamned 1 year ago
@andersonchap You are spreading misinformation. I emailed the official Englebert website and was told he IS a lyric baritone. And Sinatra really did seem to sing in the baritone range.
Snackay 1 year ago
My my my what wonderful cords that boy had/has what amazing things could have come out of that beautiful mouth...more amazing things I should say ... sorry. I love opera as well and my mind boggles at the places we could have seen this man...wonder his mum did not chase him in that direction as he has often said she had an amazing voice also...go on for ever Enge and forever delight us your fans
oirak 2 years ago
Wow, his voice blew me away on this. What a beautiful operatic voice, thrilling, ringing tone, and he conveys such emotion, perfect for Puccini operas. I love opera, trained and coached many opera singers, and I would loved to have seen and heard him in opera, too bad. Some of those note put goose bumps down my spine and he would make me cry if he were actually playing that role in the opera. Wonderful amazing talent... one of a kind performer.
andersonchap 2 years ago
@andersonchap is this a baritone role? what are high high notes?
Snackay 1 year ago
Andersonchap @Snackay This is a tenor role, the highest note is A. He has a tenor voice even though he has nice low notes... he is gifted. Listen again and notice his voice opens up on the high notes, there is more power and beautiful ringing tone, and those high notes roll out easily. He is not at the top of his range but could sing even higher notes. Sadly we have only this one you tube clip to judge his opera singing. If he had studied and trained and chosen opera... we can only imagine.
andersonchap 1 year ago
@andersonchap did you listen to rhydian roberts on youtube? he said he is a baritone, but he seems to sing the high A well. I believe Chris Cornell is a light baritone and not a tenor, but he can sing C5. Also Elvis was a lyric baritone who could briefly sing a high C, B4, but did not do it very often.
Snackay 1 year ago
@andersonchap did you listen to rhydian roberts on youtube? he said he is a baritone, but he seems to sing the high A well. I believe Chris Cornell is a light baritone and not a tenor, but he can sing C5. Also Elvis was a lyric baritone who could briefly sing a high C, B4, but did not do it very often.
Snackay 1 year ago
@Snackay High C is customarily the highest note for tenors in opera. Some tenors have a good high C and some don't. In this duet is from "La Boheme" the soprano has high C as the last note, which the tenor sometimes sings also, although the part is written with a lower note (E) for the tenor. Also the tenor aria from the first act has a high C, sometimes this aria is transposed down to B flat. Englebert should have a good B flat and possibly the high C... We could write to him and ask him.
andersonchap 1 year ago
@andersonchap @andersonchap hmmm...i can't tell. isn't tessitura determined more by vocal timbre? he sounds similar to placido domingo...but lighter. bruno pelletier on youtube..he is a light baritone? Englebert I read had an opera singer mother.
Snackay 1 year ago
@andersonchap I emailed englebert's site and the response was light baritone.
He does have good high notes.
Snackay 1 year ago
strepitosa!!!
Mariannapetrof 3 years ago 2
Engelberts mother was a opera singer.
Would it not be wonderful to have heard her sing.
zakkiller223 3 years ago 2
Enge had a small role as an opera singer in the 1991 TV movie "Sherlock Holmes" with Christopher Lee in the lead character.
barvet 3 years ago
I believe Enge is a tenor and has a three octave range. Amazing, he has a super voice and could easily have been an opera singer. See him on stage taking the mickey out of Andrea Bocelli. Enge is wonderful...mmm. Thanks for posting this.
nodnol123 3 years ago
Enge singing opera is spellbinding. What a magnificant voice he has. I think he is a tenor and a very special one. He should bring out an operatic cd. He'd be wonderful in Tosca, La Boheme.
This is a very rare insight into the man who has such talent that we cannot comprehend just how much. A true legend and one of a kind.
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ForeverEnge 3 years ago
Sounds like he could have been a good operatic tenor if he had trained for that.
And haha, I think old Engelbert had a boner while dancing with Anna. Can't blame him!
Milordvega 3 years ago
he can sing it all
poppopsix 3 years ago
Legend!!!
holmes1978 3 years ago
did he reach tenor level in this clip???
detroitballer86 3 years ago 3
Love the arrangement of The Last Waltz :-) Anna and Engelbert - very good combination!
Thank you for posting this rare duet!!!
mvanhave 3 years ago
Enge is so cute in this. Anna Moffo places his hand on her diaphragm so he can feel her singing - forcing air out of that area and not her throat. But, he starts rubbing her tummy instead. I think he knew better.
pldx01 3 years ago
no, she placed it on her abdominals. common misconception of ALL voice teachers. The diaphragm is a mostly horizontal involuntary muscle inside the torso, between the lungs and the lower organs, it divides the torso cavity in two. When the diaphragm contracts, either you have a hiccup or you vomit. You can't touch it, and you can't control it.
pasfresh123 3 years ago
Engelbert Humperdinck can sing anything! Great piece! Well done!
SunshineDazMN 3 years ago 2
As Enge states, he can hit notes a bank cannot cash...Yes, this is a treasure, and I thank you also, LOC139, for posting it. Enge teases during his show, about Andrea Bocelli singing some of his songs, and then does a bit of an imitation of Andrea, little do fans know the power and range he truly does have....Enge would have been fantastic for some Operas, and or Broadway plays, and of course, appearing on the Big Screen, but it would have been so painful for his fans, not to see him touring.
emyhobbyh 3 years ago 2
emyhobbyh,
I've never seen Engelbert live and I think I never will but I'm convinced you are right: little do we know about the power and range he truly has. Of course, for people like me, who can't see and listen to him otherwise, studio recordings are like manna. But you are right, his real forte is live shows. Engelbert's unquestionable place is on stage and I feel privileged when I can watch a DVD from a live concert. NOTHING compares with the electrifying feeling of a live performance!!!
AugustaRomania 3 years ago
Amazing!!! What a voice...THE VOICE - love this combination. Enge can sing anything. Anna has a great voice also. Thanks for posting!!!
mvanhave 3 years ago
Engelbert is a tenor? or a baritone? he sings high notes easily..
aravikipita 3 years ago
I think Engelbert is Tenor but im not sure.
Inside the tenors exists different definitions.
MWislander 3 years ago
He sounds closely to dramatic tenor, but he is a high (lyrical) baritone. Such voices (as Bruno Pelletier, for example) can reach tenor high range, but also have deep chest register.
LeoImage 3 years ago
@LeoImage is this a baritone role?
Snackay 1 year ago
Oh My Gosh, Engelbert!! I didn't know that you've studied opera.... You're just so CUTE and so FUNNY! NAUGHTY too. More reasons to love you! (Smile).
Ikkeyik 3 years ago
Wow what an amazing clip. never ever thought I'd see Moffo in somthing like this. God she was so sexy.
mrrk 3 years ago
loc139,
Thanks awfully for this five-star video! Great performance.
AugustaRomania 3 years ago
Englebert with Anna Moffo. She was one of the most accomplshed operatic sopranos from the mid-fifties onwards. She was a gorgeous Musetta to Maria Callas's Mimi in La Boheme (1956). Here she was age 40 and still ravishing. The show that this is taken from was an English/German co-production.
Glenmed 3 years ago
Love it !
bettymr1929 3 years ago
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Humperdink lol what kind of name is that
TNTPr0ducti0ns 3 years ago
Great Video. Very Rare! Thanks for posting.
Engelbert actually sounds quite nice as a tenor.
Anna was still so young. Hard to believe that she is gone.
Thanks again.
Brent
BrentAudi 3 years ago 2
LOC139, I love all your videos. Now that you are posting duets with ladies, do you happen to have "United we stand, divided we fall", a due by Engelbert and a lady whose name is something like Claudia or Cloda Rochest or something like that, it is beautiful. If you have it and post it you'll have my eternal gratitude.
beltor333 3 years ago
as always a pleasure
my only hope is one day we can get copies of the Engelbert Show here
why they don't put it for sale is beyound me
Wendy
WENDY329 3 years ago
I'm with you damroc, I think its Maria Callas also.Thanks loc139 for posting this.
humpy68 3 years ago
I stand corrected...its actually Anna Moffo. She greatly resembles Maria Callas. Both great opera singers.
damron13 3 years ago
yeh, as i was sitting in the er with our puppy, her name came to me and it is Anna Moffo, and yes they do look a lot alike. PS Puppy(!$) is fine, groomers left cotton ball in his ear.
humpy68 3 years ago
Wonderful clip Loc.....Timeless clips........Thank you...visit his website and see the many changes including Discograpy and Audio/Video clips...including Happy Birthday wishes...with a beautiful poem!!
sandikki 3 years ago
Great video loc. Just one question. Is the lady singer Maria Callas by any chance ?
damron13 3 years ago
Just know she is Anna Moffo.
loc139 3 years ago 2