Giuseppe di Stefano - La fleur que tu m'avais jetee (Live)

[giuseppe9461]

UNICO,INSUPERABILE GRAZIE GRANDE PIPPO.

[dziady1]

Neither are as good as Kiepura

[getlost0204]

Always in love with Di Stefano, but Kaufmann is, perhaps, the best tenor we have in our time out there.

[frankmaiorana66]

@VinylToVideo. I think Bjoerling was 49 when he passed away. It also sounded like he had alot of good opera left. I think of three tenors who left us way too soon. Bjoerling, Mario Lanza, and Fritz Wunderlich. Had Di Stefano done some things even slightly differently, how much better could his career have been.

[gigli110110]

great

[321abcable]

Even Bjorling said Distefano had the most beautiful tenor voice.

[MariaCallasLegend]

Without Doubt the BEST Don Jose EVER!! BRAVOOOO GIUSEPPE!!!

[MrFrenchaccent]

Merci d avoir existé !

[lafca88]

Che voce,che voce  . . . non mi stanchero' mai di dirlo.Lafca88.

[pipsprof]

Listen to Josep Carreras - not the same voice for sure but the phrasing is incredibly similar and the emotion, for me, better with Carreras...

[Fegen]

Terrific!

[VinylToVideo]

And of course Stevens finished the performance. Hell, Bjorling performed a few hours after a heart attack. Singers today would be calling their understudies with a hangnail.

[SageFlores]

@VinylToVideo

I think Bjorling died 6 - 9 months after that. Aged 39.

I wished he wouldve taken more care of himself, such a great loss for humanity.

What I'm saying is.. health is important.

[VinylToVideo]

@SageFlores What you're saying is a given. Bjorling's health by that point was so far-gone that it wouldn't have made a difference had he performed or not.

[dziady1]

Kiepura leaves them both in the dust

[TenorBarbilian]

You know all, it's not just his beautiful voice, his voice is beautiful also for his way of singing !!!

Different....white not elegant for trainers and " masters " or teachers, but this way of singing made his voice to sound like a diamant, naturally !

[281308ful]

Perfection!

[peacocktravels]

Stupenda!!

[9InfernoDrako]

Stefano is a tenor for real opera lovers

[jerrya1979]

pippo makes me forget he is singing. I just enjoy the moment instead of thinking about his technique. Im no professional. In fact Im in law school but I do sing a bit and from what I can tell he gives 100% to the audience. This kind of heat burns out quick but while it is lit, what a glorious light it produces. Check out my recording of this aria on here if you are curious. I love comments.

[coreTenore]

Pippo, "tutto cuore"....

[maewe]

for me the best rendition of don jose is the one by nicolai gedda

[escotoeric]

One word: SEX.

[dg6da]

I don't understand how people compare Kaufmann to Di Stefano (or Wunderlich or Pavarotti). Di Stefano is the prototype for smooth, italian singing (with technical flaws, we all know). Kaufmann has a dark, in the middle register "cloudy" sounding voice with now real squillo. There is nothing "italian" in his voice.

[dmc46sw]

Re: TheCatcherKid - I went to sample Alagna, he can't hold his pitch, his voice is unsteady. Waltersoto, don't quote Pavarotti, it's between you and the music.

[pavarangi]

Di Stefano has a beautiful voice, the beauty to convey meaning of the text and the power of drama. I love this aria, and Di Stefano's interpretation molto bene!!! tres bien!....

[segu82]

Serata in onore di GIUSEPPE DI STEFANO Teatro alla Scala, Milano - Ridotto dei Palchi Giovedì 8 Aprile 2010, ore 18:00 ingresso libero fino ad esaurimento posti

[pieritlyon]

Gran interpretación y potente voz. BRAVO GIUSEPPE DI STEFANO. Me agrada tanto como la del Gran Maestro Corelli

[richiedrr]

The B flat is already over-weighted. It wasn't bad technique but oversinging (not the same) that did him in.

[sugarbist]

@richiedrr What do you mean by over-weighted?and over singing?Forget what did him in.

[TheCatcherkid]

Alagna sings this the best.....no questions asked

[Umbriaga]

not Alagna! No one surpasses Di Stefano & Pavarotti!

[Lovelytenor1]

Jussi B's actual quote was "He could be number 1 if he put his mind to it". It was a disparaging remark as ever singer knew of GdS poor technique, which ruined his voice and curtailed his career much too early. Pavarotti loved him, as you know, but also spoke of the open singing which led to GsD's downfall. If you find it, see the PBS series "Luciano Pavarotti and Italian Tenor." It will put things in perspective for you. It was, at one time, on you tube.

[thehix]

There's something interesting a tenor told me about him. A conductor that di Stefano sang under once asked him if he doesn't know how to cover. Di Stefano showed him that he can and knows how to but he prefers not covering :).

[Lovelytenor1]

Yes, there are surviving comments from GDS about improper technique. He thought the other tenors were too concerned about protecting their voices. It was his choice.

[waltersoto777]

might be the same one who he told that he'd rather sing a short time but with this voice than a longer time with one that isn't his (more or less I read)

[Lovelytenor1]

Interesting that the first note, which lands squarely in the passagio, is sung wide open. Kaufmann, now sings it covered to the point that it is too throaty- an ugly tonal production. Oh well, we'll have to wait till the next Jussi B.

[fabriou]

I love Jussi Bjorling....but Di Stefano was superior even to Bjorling...not what concerns technique but overall speakind DI STEFNO was superior...By the way ,Byorling himself once sayd DI STEFANO was "the best of us all"

ciao

[waltersoto777]

Pavarotti said the same thing of the modern era, "Alagna is the best of us all"

[guanacadecorazon12]

Pavarotti said Bjorling was the best of all in a 1000 years and he was right.

[escotoeric]

@guanacadecorazon12 Yeah Pavarotti also said Di stefano was his all time favourite..

[guanacadecorazon12]

@escotoeric I dont doubt that. Di Stefano was a great singer as well.

[escotoeric]

@guanacadecorazon12 Yes the best.

[cleanears]

YES... the way it used to be done! Kaufmann GIVE UP!

[ShawDAMAN]

Heh. Kaufmann is no Di Stefano when it comes to beauty of voice; but technically speaking he is probably better suited to this role than Di Stefano and I for one am glad to have a tenor as good as him today.

[A7madeus]

totally agree with u

[fabriou]

KAUFMANN VOICE IS CRAP. iT'S TROATHY....KAUFMANN IS A PUBBLICITY FAKE

[ShawDAMAN]

Kaufmann's voice IS throaty but I wouldn't call it "crap."

[A7madeus]

Kaufmann is good , but no tenor can be compared to Pippo Di stefano the most beautiful voice ever

[escotoeric]

@A7madeus I am entirely with you.

[tuadolcefanciulla]

@A7madeus Absolutely, and I'd say he passed the torch to Josep Carreras. These

two voices are similarly beautiful, these two are honest emotionally in their singing and acting, and both men were and are wonderful human beings. Thank you GermanOperaLover for this marvelous posting.

[tuadolcefanciulla]

@ShawDAMAN Kaufmann's voice is so unique. It is a baritone quality in a tenor.

It is the uniqueness of Marilyn Horne, a rich mezzo - but an amazing bel canto and yes sometimes even coloratura range. I do enjoy him very much. But Pippo and Josep are always the closest to my heart.

[A7madeus]

Pippo's voice is much much more beautiful than Kaufmann's there is no doubt but I think in this specific aria Kaufmann's voice and performance is more suitable than that of Pippo.

[A7madeus]

@A7madeus

[novice1959]

Yes, this is very beautiful!!

[2mising]

I am a lifelong fan of di Stefano but I have never heard this wonderful recording. Is it available?

[mezereum]

la voz del alma

[nickpug]

How much energy did Pippo give every time he sang. Absolutely my favorite singer, for all time!

[pippofan123]

Essa é uma das áreas mais adequadas para as vozes líricas. Talvevez, por essa razão, tantos tenores cantam-na bem. Mas ninguém, NINGUÉM, passa com sua voz, o drama e o desespero que D. Jose estaria sentindo naquele momento, como o nosso Pippo. Fique com Deus, Pippo. Muito obrigado GermanOperaSinger.

[matiasbustafan]

Que belleza de voz... que belleza de timbre... Único

bravo!!!

[cornucopia2]

Chi, ancora oggi, ha il coraggio di criticare un artista come Pippo Di Stefano, si merita tutti gli Aronica, Licitra, Armiliato, Berti, Palombi e bestiario a seguire...

[ArcanaMundi81]

ahahahahaha quanto hai ragione!!!!

[LvJols]

Sorprendente!! Di Stefano nunca deja de sorprender. Qué maravilloso cantante.

[TIADALMA1983]

ca me plait beacoup. il est le meilleur. love it.

[palymusic]

Che timbro meraviglioso...

si resta senza parole

pensare che pochi anni dopo la sua voce era da rottamare

monito per i giovani tenori.

STUDIATE BENE! FATE LE GIUSTE SCELTE!

[Iphylm2]

A friend introduced me to Mr DiStefano backstage at the old Met in NYC. He shook my hand . I didn't wash that hand until the following evening!!

[tena2]

Good on you. Lucky you, you got to meat him.

[Musikkristin]

Wunderbar, vielen Dank

[borjamt]

beautiful