For this scene... there is Pinza, and there are the rest of them.
He was sixty when he recorded this. The phrase "ya Tsar yescho" goes only to an E-natural, but compare the thin braying of so many basses on this note to the full-throated bellow of Pinza. Amazing.
For this scene... there is Pinza, and there are the rest of them.
He was sixty when he recorded this. The phrase "ya Tsar yescho" goes only to an E-natural, but compare the thin braying of so many basses on this note to the full-throated bellow of Pinza. Amazing.
hafizullahchishti 7 months ago
He wanted to sing it in Russian, but only if everyone else learned it in Russian too. The Met couldn't afford to ask that of the chorus in 1939.
ATsarIsBorn 1 year ago
You know he was a great athlete a 6 day bike racer early in his life, a great Basso and a great personality.
pearlmuth3 3 years ago 4
What a voice! Thanks so much for sharing.
bmcneese45a 3 years ago 3
Bravo Ezio! TY.
paulostroff99 3 years ago 3
great sound- great voice. thanks for posting this.
zciweslab 3 years ago 3
So fine to have this in Russian, his only one, great voice always he was unique.
pearlmuth3 3 years ago 3