Cesare Siepi in Don Giovanni

[Maripudelmonaco]

EL BAJO MÁS GRANDE QUE HA EXISTIDO !!! NINGUNO COMO ÉL !!!

[Vincenzo2010an]

@Maripudelmonaco Sì, lo adoro en esta parte de la obra, Siepi no està cantando don giovanni, el es don giovanni! Su su versión de la aria de champán es unica y su versiòn del final del 1 acto es grandiosa, especialmente en la parte "ecco il birbo che t' ha offesa" me encanta el segundo 0:01... que actor....

[Maripudelmonaco]

@Vincenzo2010an - Llevas razón , SIEPI, cantase lo que cantase, se metía de tal forma en los personajes, los hacía de tal forma suyos, que para mí es muy dificil poder escucharlos por  otros cantantes, considerando que han existido otros bajos extraordinarios pero,,, SIEPI ES SIEPI !!!! SALUDOS,,,,

[Vincenzo2010an]

@Maripudelmonaco GRACIAS POR TODO,VINCENZO.

[patriciohampar]

excelente!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



[suzannesadiiqa]

Lovely but too slow......

[oaristes]

53-year-old Zerlina is almost just as cool :)

[misterpaulrussell]

What a voice! Shame about the acting in this clip!

[jcab2323]

other "Don Giovannis" are mere "Giovannis"..

[CeciliaLucretiaBadea]

@SuperZorrolover

You are right. I love him.

[CeciliaLucretiaBadea]

Siepi is charming in every part. His voice is killing me.

[SuperZorrolover]

@CeciliaLucretiaBadea siepi , is and was the best don ever!

[surreal45]

amazing! i still think that bryn terfel is the best don giovanni but siepi is one of my favourites too!

[lilight69]

man in tights <3

[HellasItalia4]

E Lento ma ..... Siepi ragazzi è la "FERRARI" del opera mondiale!! INDIMENTICABILE!

[cesarefan]

@HellasItalia4 bravo....!

[Vincenzo2010an]

@HellasItalia4 bel paragone! ma cesare è più che una ferrari!

[ranigema]

@HellasItalia4  il tuo commento ti tradisce!

tu non hai sentito mai la voce di Siepi dal vivo!

Siepi dal vivo aveva una piccola voce accanto a Neri, Ghiaurov eccetera.

[HellasItalia4]

@ranigema Sicuramente la voce l'emmissione vocale di Siepi e' diversa da quella di Giulio Neri (che aveva un carro armato ...), di Ghiaurov ec. Ma tantissime persone che conosco che hanno sentito dal vivo Siepi (dagli anni 50 fino 80) e hanno lavorato con lui (!) dicono che aveva una gran bella voce ed'era il basso nobile piu completto. Atrista di classe con una voce morbida, fonda e leggera nello stesso momento, particolarissima ma per niente "piccola". Ciao!

[ranigema]

@HellasItalia4 sono troppo vecchia per questo non ho voglia di entrare nei discussioni inutili.

ripeto ancora una volta,dal vivo Siepi aveva una voce del basso normale.

hai sentito la sua voce dal vivo?non.io a 86 anni ne ho sentita dei bassi,per esempio da noi cantavano voci molto più belle di questa di Siepi,chi conosce i loro nomi?nessuno!Siepi aveva una voce ordinaria del basso,niente di eccezionale.per me (sono Russa) aveva voce piccola.

ma,gli italiani avevano la scuola migliore!ciao!

[Miauriceful]

@ranigema

Siepi è un basso buffo e Mozart scrisse la parte per un basso buffo, cioè un cantante con una voce abbastanza profonda, ma capace di agilità.

In genere i bassi russi hanno voci molto profonde, ma mancano di agilità.

[Vincenzo2010an]

nice(berger , not siepi!.

[peterbrotherforever]

Ahora ha muerto de verdad Don Giovanni. Requiem In Pace.

[sueflaster]

So slow! Good legs (on him). Although the voice is beautiful, I find it "swallowed"

and a tad difficult to listen to for long. Compare to Gobbi, who is altogether more

alive and much less mannered.

[Vincenzo2010an]

siepi è morto il 5 luglio

[masettoallegro]

R.I.P.

Grazie Maestro!

[PhillyWings]

RIP!

[Krawi6]

Siepi is wonderful, the best Giovanni ever, but Berger is definitely too old! She looks like his mother.

[Vincenzo2010an]

@Krawi6 was, not is.

[fans1234567890]

It really surpirse me when i listen to the recording of "Die Forelle" when she was 57 years old...her voice is still pure like a young girl...her Zerlina is an excellent sample for this role.

[adamskyb]

Is there a commendatore scene with siepi on youtube?

[LifeJuice90]

She looks like a child next to him.

[WhiteProfondo]

I have a quite similar timbre like Siepi and he´s so a good example for my studies; because I´m a german bass and italian singing I´m not THAT used to it, so its just great to see and hear him here on youtube:-)

[bodiloto]

Sublime Siepi Grazie .

[marioj34]

Siepi = The Best. Legato, blow, distinction, homogeneity of the registers, irreproachable musical quality, the class!

[vonspre]

unsurpassable...STELLAR!

[linguini9966]

This is completely ridiculous. Listen to those E naturals - let's be clear, F natural is the bass' "high C". Look elsewhere on youtube to hear Siepi's low low C. This man had as low and rich a voice as any bass, and to be able to sing those high notes so sweetly... I'm convinced he was making unholy sacrifices in the wings to be able to sing like that. Amazing.

Siepi - always good for making you feel like your technique sucks. :)

[nomsdufrere]

THis Zerlina is so cute and minute! One could not imagine a more perfect Zerlina. Vocally perfect too.

[Wamofan]

Erna Berger's Zerlina was an example for many other singers. Reri Grist , for instance, had a very similar voice and was also a wonderful Zerlina.

[LifeJuice90]

How does one pronounce his name I pronounce it as SEE EPPY or is it SEYE EPPI or SEEAPEE please tell me.

[JubbaDaTrombone]

My vocal teacher says SEE EPPY, so I'm going with that

[edraith]

No.

It's ['sjεpi] in IPA.

[Bastikalk]

It's spoken "Sjepie", the e as in "the".

[taf44tt8io]

A proposito di morbidezza e charme il Rigoletto e il Conte di Luna di BASTIANINI non son da meno. E, tanto per rimanere nell'ambito dell'opera in italiano, il Conte mozartiano di FISCHER-DIESKAU nella versione diretta da BAREMBOIM.

[Dogaradodia]

Almighty Bass!

[voce29]

How exquisite! Siepi at his Best.

[Phonologie]

Cesare siepi, is the best.

[grubiforever]

grandeeeeee!!! dovrebbero fargli una statua! ancora oggi non trovo un basso o un baritono che possa eguagliarne lo charme la morbidezza del canto..aaah! SIEPI verrò in pellegrinaggio ovunque tu sia ora!

[fratenore]

Hai ragione! Oggi c'è la cultura dell' affondo, cioè delle voci mal messe ma grosse.

E ci sono poche voci chiare e leggere con questa morbidezza purtroppo...

[palymusic]

Scusa ma non bisogna confondere l'affondo (nell'accezione della scuola di Melocchi) con l'uso della forza (il cosiddetti canto di fibra) sono due cose completamente diverse. Spesso però la seconda emerge da un'esagerazione della prima. Sono daccordo che oggi si tende ad ingrossare la voce con la fibra invece che con la pressione naturale dell'aria.

[Cantermann]

Cesare Siepi... his kingdom in "basses land" continues...!!! You're still de best!!!

[songbirdwatcher]

Oh dear, that deathly dragging tempo kills the piece.

[wotan20]

I don't think so 'songbirdwatcher'. This is a true classic interpretation, which is still quite popular. There is more sweet sensualness in the duett this way, than if the performers would race through it, like if they were just making arrangements for a contemporary style 'quicky'. ☺

[marcmo2004]

I am aslo used to quicker tempos in Don Giovanni. In the firt minutes, when listening this, I am disturbed but after that I find it wonderful. When used to this performance, I am disturbed in the first minutes when listening to quick tempos, but after that find it wonderful also ! Besides, Siepi and Berger own among the most beautiful voices ever.

[ZombieOwen23]

I'm from quebec and I want to ask you to send me names of great opera singers or songs with a quick tempo

[marcmo2004]

See Ramey and Battle on this area you YT. Very good and quicker.

[ceccopisa]

Magnifico!

[billyguns2]

Is the conductor Furtwangler or Mitropoulos? I usually admire them. Whoever it is, they have a fundamental misunderstanding of how this should be conducted; it is subdivided and slow unto almost being stillborn. Also, the impetus is not on the bouyant upbeat. The marvelous singers are trying, heaven knows!

[OchsaufLerchenau]

furtwängler

[Wamofan]

@billyguns2 : this Don Giovanni (Siepi/Berger) is conducted by Furtwängler.

[arone64]

What about Ezio Pinza?He sang this with more light elegance,but Siepi is wonderful.

[Johninvan]

Wonderful singing - deadly slow tempo

[paulostroff99]

Both are absolutely superb and in total harmony on this rendition.Bravo!

[561423]

Really impressive. Not only two voices that fit exactly their roll demands, Berger and Siepi are giving a masterpiece of Mozart- singing:simplicity and expression of the dramatic situation.

[MrGuizot]

Quite an impressive perf. in it's way. Maybe more vacillation and coyness by Zerlina in the first part. Siepi is as close to perfection as one can get. I know light baritone Dons maybe be fashionable (and justifiable in some sense) but as long as a bass has that lightness & honeyed ease up around c-sharp, d, e, he's ok in my book!

[Selkaen]

OK, as long as it's not a wagnerian bass, the role needs some light elegance.

[ilFactotum]

Yeah, could you imagine Talvela, Frick, Sotin, or Ridderbusch singing this? I know I couldn't! =P

[ilFactotum]

I don't know why, but even though this is technically a baritone role, I'd rather take a bass anytime (or bass-baritone); what do you think?

[billyguns2]

Yes, I agree; I much prefer a bass or bass-baritone in this role because it adds a degree of sensuality and virility that is physically not available to most baritone sounds. I wonder how Bastianini would have sounded in this role, that most virile of baritones! Siepi and Pinza are my two favorite Don Giovannis.

[jayboytheplayboy]

Being a baritone myself, I may be bias; but I prefer a light lyric baritone in this role. With the Commendatore, Leporello, and Masetto all singing in the basement, you need the lighter baritone for contrast. I would hate to imagine the final trio with three basses.

[OchsaufLerchenau]

it depends on the singer.. i konow this is one of harnoncourts theories.. but hear.. compare siepi or londin with hampson and waechter..

all are good giovannis, but siepi and london are

legends

[ilFactotum]

What's wrong with three basses? It ROCKS! We rule! Ahahahahaha!!

PS, I'm a bass.

[bastianinisfan]

Yes, Siepi is the best Don Giovanni, I have two of this CDs, love it.

[kvagga1]

Siepi is the best Don Giovanni ever!That is the fact!!

[dorje1975]

I'm agree, but I think he is simply THE BEST... :)

[Vincenzo2010an]

@kvagga1 was.

[cincorn]

@kvagga1  He was the finest Bass ever for certain!

[cincorn]

@kvagga1 He was the finest Bass ever for certain! He has an elegance about him missing from most giovanni's

[ilFactotum]

"Non si picca, se sia ricca

Se sia brutta, se sia bella"

[theguy3000]

Well sorbino, you have to remember that the Don doesn't care if the girl he's after is unattractive or not, all that matters to him is if she's a woman.

[sorbino9]

He has great legs! Shame about the Zerlina, Don Giovanni must have been really desperate if we're to believe this production ;-)

[frecklenee]

I'm glad this video was brought back. This is absoluty beautiful.