Anton Dermota live in "Il mio tesoro intanto" from Don Giovanni

[operalover67]

or bohm...still i think it's furtwangler...

[Herur22]

@operalover67

You're right. It was Furtwangler.

[operalover67]

i think the conductor is furtwangler...great dermota...but why showing the whole cast but the conductor??????????...

[SuperLuckydream]

I applaud Anton Dermota with fond admiration.Thanks a lot for posting!

[Sutherland2]

A wonderful, sensitive, great musician, a very great Mozart tenor and almost unknown today by so-called opera "cognoscenti..." The number of great singers plowed under by the modern marketing of lesser talents is a scandal in opera!

[Gorboduc]

The conductor here is Wilhelm Furtwangler.

[fairlytaleofnewyork]

Sublime. What a delicate and wonderful performance!

Many thanks for uploading.

[Vincenzo2010an]

bravo! i have this dvd.

[marcocito]

Léopold Simoneau chante également cet air magnifique!

[mrantiquedealer]

Magnificent!

[PJinBston]

The best performance that I've heard of this is the 1954 Josef Krips recording - sung by Anton Dermota.

[whitesno100]

Thanks for uploading this precious film.

[Kievest]

A tenor with a fine voice, elegance and

finesse. Thank you.

[KatherineXIX]

How does this poor man not have scars on his lungs from the ridiculous dirge-like tempo? Great voice!

[PJinBston]

Yes, it is a little slow. Aside from that, the orchestra is fine.

[marcobenve]

il don ottavio piu' completo che abbia mai sentito.ottimo fraseggio,legato ecc...

[satotakuhi]

5*****

magic...

[SonoPortoricano]

wow, where did you find this? Did is wonderful. Thanks.

[Herur22]

The whole opera is on Internet. I downloaded it with Emule.

[hillevifan]

It's on DVD too from Deutsche Grammophon and its readily available

[Vincenzo2010an]

@Herur22 and on dvd.

[neronnenn]

Poi dicono che non esistono specialisti di un repertorio....Dermota ...più mozartiano di cosi'...con Simoneau il migliore in questo ruolo

[lido2008ve]

Peccato certo, che si sia dedicato quasi sempre al repertorio mozartiano, ma è forse proprio per questo che qui lo ascoltiamo nel più eccelso "Don Ottavio" possibile.

[blichilde]

Velvety voice,great and perhaps underrated tenor.

[SloClass]

@blichilde

he wasn't underrated, only unknown to people these days. Whenever a great conductor (eg. Karajan) needed a good tenor they called Dermota.... i know that, i live 2k away from his birthplace :)

greetings

[macciboma]

Eccezionale tenore, peccato che si sia dedicato quasi interamente nel rpertorio di Mozart.

Ci mancano le sue interpretazioni nel resto della lirica Grazie. Walter.

[Moegiust]

Thank you for posting not only this splendid clip of Dermota singing faultlessly at the height of his powers, but also for the exemplary text you provided to accompany it.

[LjubljanaSI]

Thanks for this record: truly, Anton Dermota was an outstanding Slovenian singer but unfortunatelly rarely sang in Ljubljana. I can't stop listening to his beautiful, powerful and open voice.

For those who might be interested in a fanstastic piece of Slovenian romantic music I direct you to enter here at Youtube "Serenada za godala" (Serenade for the strings)of Slovenian composer Benjamin Ipavec. You won't be dissapointed, believe me :::)))

[Glenmed]

I've listened closely to a dozen renditons of this aria today. All superb. All would be in top place, if it wasn't for the other eleven! Anton has to join the roll of honour. His stage presence is wonderfully powerful too.

[EvaHartwig]

Matchless.

[Herur22]

Thank you, Paul. I wanted to post also Dalla sua pace, but unfortunately this aria wasn't on the video. No idea why not.

[dollartwenty]

"Dalla sua pace" was often cut up until the 1970s.

[Herur22]

Really? Why on earth should they do it?

[dollartwenty]

I think it was a way of shortening the evening as the aria doesn't really affect the story. When I was an aspiring tenor back in the 70s my teacher, Ronald Dowd(a well known Australian tenor who had a big career at Covent Garden) always lamented that he rarely got to sing it, even in Vienna!

[Herur22]

And the poor don Ottavio remained with only one aria. Very ungrateful role!

[mjmacmtenor]

Actually, "Dalla sua pace" was not in the original score of Don G as premiered in Prague. It was added for the Viennese premiere as a substitute for "Il mio tesoro" (the colorature was too difficult for the tenor hired). I don't know when it became common practice to include both arias (but current tenors are thankful as it is a somewhat thankless part). The recording from the 60s (Karajan) with Gedda includes both I believe.

[Herur22]

Thank you for the explanation, Mjnacmtenor. How interesting histories are behind some operas.

[mistatomsom]

@Herur22 this is indeed one of the most ungrateful roles in the history of opera. A great rendition though by an amazing Slovenian tenor!

[tHEnOOSEsWING]

This is an beautifully filmed opera. The entire set including the costumes have such gorgeous details. The colours are wonderful. And Anton Dermota gives a perfectly balanced performance. Thank you Herur22 for your great video.