@hiyadroogs you can not possibly know enough to state why Mario did not sing the high Bb at the end. He had high notes aplenty right to the end of his career so I believe your statement to be false.
Can anyone imagine waltzing into an opera house todays and hearing a performance like this? I think that the most severe critic on this thread would be overwhelmed with excitement at a live performance like this--just the the audience was.
Mario Del Monaco! The definition of a grand Italian tenor...better than Pavarotti and Domingo....the size and power of his voice matched with his strong stage presence and charisma makes him one of all time best. I never saw him perform, born too late but he lives on in recordings and Youtube. What a magnificent voice! And he looks and sounds every bit like a Roman warrior...
@OperaMystery80 Pavarotti was essentially a lyric tenor with some spinto facillity later in his career. Domingo is a spinto voice with a short top. Del Monaco however was a true tenore robusto which was at its best in heavy declamatory parts. This type of robust voice is ill suited to the high lying bel canto parts that suited Pavs voice. Habitual & continuous full throated use of the voice in the upper middle tends to tire the top voice, which is why Mario omitted the high note here.
@Telltaleheart79 What, are you just learning about this thing called singing? Shouting? Somebody has be dramatic. You do know what dramatic singing is all about right?
@rovingdesertfox Yes I do know. I also know that he was arrogant enough to try to drown out all other singers such as Callas, as well as the orchestra. Even in duets it was usually a case of him trying to steal the show.
@Telltaleheart79 True,DelMonaco's ego was perhaps as big as any other singer.Gigli Lauri Volpi Callas.MDM claims that Callas held a high note in a duet a little longer than she should have,so he retaliated.Callas really became annoyed with him& i'm not sure if they ever sang together again,MDM&Callas did an Aida in Mexico City which was fantastic.,so what ever competition they had going on, resulted in some great performances.I don't have any pity for orchestras(VonKarajan)a little loud,Continue
@Telltaleheart79 As Corelli had said,DelMonaco tried to sing softer&was not successful in doing so.When MDM1st came on the scene,his wife had told him ,he cud not be heard beyond the 3rd row.MDM went to Mellochi&together they built the voice or sound that you dislike so much.Although he is impressively loud here, There are other recordings on YT where he was able to modulate his voice.Forza &Ballo arias.If you don't care for him that's fine.But perhaps some info may soften your dislike.Enjoy
Very compelling performance. Even though he dodged the high C, it's probably all for the best. He even gets a Flavio able to sing the Gs without sounding tepid.
Del Monaco makes singing tenor sounds more masculine than any other male vocal range. :D
@hibyeeee2 LAURI VOLPI HAD A LYRIC VOICE WITH DRAMATIC IMPACT THAT COULD TRAVEL THROUGHOUT THE OPERA HOUSE.DEL MONACO HAD A VERY LOUD DRAMATIC VOICE THAT DID THE SAME HOWEVER I GIVE VOLPI THE EDGE BECAUSE OF THE CONSISTANT VERBRATO.ITS HARD TO BELIEVE THAT ANYONE COULD BE LOUDER THAN DELMONACO . WHO HIT HARDER DEMPSEY OR MARCIANO. THE POINT IS THAT BOTH TENORS REALLY HAD THE ABILITY TO THRILL AUDIENCES EVERY TIME THEY APPEARED. THEY WERE VOCALLY PHENOMENAL
@sugarbist I agree although I think I like Volpi better. I love his fast vibrato and his technique better. Also I like how his voice wasn't as dark as a dramatic Tenor's but was just as loud and just as powerful. I don't think we'll know who was louder unless we actually see them perform but I think they were equally loud and powerful but Volpi's voice wasn't as dark and his technique and coloratura was better.
@hibyeeee2 this is a little confusing.Del Monaco is my favorite although i think they are both terrifc.Del Monaco with the larger voice ,But voplis vibrations extended further , possibly more than any other singer.listen to his A TE O CARA.its really unbelievable. He appears in a tuxedo in concert form.Thanks for answering me and enjoy.
L'acutone ammazzasette non è per niente calante, Del Monaco ha scelto di fare il la bemolle invece del si bemolle. L' acuto è bellissimo per squillo, timbro e durata!
Che dire? Cè da chiedersi cosa cerca tanta gente dalla lirica, che si esalta a vedere simili cose. Grande voce da punto di vista puramente materiale, ma per il resto... Classico esempio del cantante che ignora del tutto lautore e mette in scena solo il suo ego infantile; basta vedere il modo ridicolo con cui satteggia, che un pupo siciliano è più naturale.
E il finale... che pena! Salta le ultime battute per prender fiato e sparare lacutone ammazzasette che fra laltro è anche calante...
@bellinianodoc sono molto curiosa d'ascoltare la sua voce,mi immagino la bellezza che si nasconde in lei.há cantato questo ruolo?lei non é cantante,e non ama la lirica.é bello sentiree vedere ancora una voltaMario Del Monaco alla fine della sua splendidissima carriera,bel uomo, aveva una voce unica!
vai nel teatro e vedrai che oggigiorno cantanti come Del Monaco non esistono piu.
sei "perfezionista"? purtroppo devi ascoltare Grigolo,Alvarez,Kaufmann,
@ranigema Distinta signora, se il giudizio sui cantanti lirici potesse esser dato solo da altri cantanti, l'opera avrebbe ben scarso pubblico, non le pare?
Forse essere un professionista può aiutare a cogliere qualche particolare tecnico, ma il totale cattivo gusto, la volgarità becera, l’infantilismo, la recitazione da filodrammatici della domenica, cioè tutto il repellente cascame di Del M. sono così evidenti che basta anche solo un minimo di gusto estetico per esserne disgustati.
@bellinianodoc io capisco bene il suo gusto raffinato ed elegante una domanda con cortesia,ma avete sentito/a Del Monaco dal vivo?Credo che lei non há capito/a ancora che la lirica non esiste piu.Lei non é un professionista e per questa ragione é disgustato/a dalla interpretazione di Del Monaco...continua di ascoltare Hvorostovsky e la sua compania,ed'io continuo la mia vita con la voce di Mario .La sua voce canta ancora nella mia anima,che uomo, che voce!
@ranigema Bene, dopo aver appreso che bisogna esser cantanti per giudicare l'opera, ora è necessario anche ascoltare di persona: il numero dei melomani autorizzati si assottiglia sempre più...
La verità è che se lei ha dei ricordi del tutto personali di D.M. legati magari alla sua giovinezza, be’ li rispetto, chi non ne ha? Li conservi gelosamente e se ne delizi ancora per tanti e tanti anni.
Ma cerchi di evitare che queste soavi memorie le ottenebrino del tutto la facoltà del buon gusto.
@bellinianodoc sento una frustrazione nel suo commento,mi dispiace.
Io non vado piu nel teatro,hó piu di 6000 registrazioni...piu di 5000sono dal vivo.
Hó registrazioni con piu di 50 tenori,gli adoro tutti!Per questa ragione perdono tutto á Mario!E conosco molto bene il prezzo che si deve pagare...
Per fortuna hó quasi tutte le registrazioni con Mario,Marconi,Bonci,De Lucia,Caruso,Fleta,Corelli,Masini,Pertile,Piccaluga giovane,Merli,Paoli ecc...ecc...
@ranigema Vede, forse la differenza fra noi è che lei va a teatro per le voci, io per la musica.
L’1 ott. sarò a Venezia per Rigoletto e so che non ascolterò nè Bergonzi nè la Callas. Ma basteranno dei buoni professionisti per farmi comunque ascoltare tanto Verdi quanto basta per ripagare 1000 volte il biglietto, il treno, etc. etc.
Lei non andando a teatro dovrebbe rimpiangere assai più la musica di Bellini o Mozart dal vivo, piuttosto che un bambinone incolto e sguaiato come D.M.
@bellinianodoc Guardi che la lirica è teatro...senza interpretazione con solo solfeggio ascolterà una cosa perfetta, ma senza anima ...mi creda specialmente Verdi non sarebbe stato contento di una interpretazione piatta...Egli stesso diceva ai cantanti di servire prima di tutto il poeta e poi il musicista...in questo video Del Monaco è veramente un Proconsole Romano come intendeva Bellini ..fuori dal canone abituale se vogliamo, ma un vero soldato di effetto...saluti
@bellinianodoc Gentile signora! Purtroppo sono daccordo con Lei in tutto quello che ha scritto....la ringrazio per i Suoi commenti, perche mi accorgo di non essere solo con il mio modo di pensare. Cordiali saluti
INARRIVABILE !!!!! Per favore non paragonatelo ad altri .......per bravi che siano ! NESSUNO come lui !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! UN FINALE DA BRIVIDI !!! GRAZIE ! GRAZIE ! GRAZIE !
Always loved this tenor and I agree there is no one who comes even close to him..singers today sound alike to me, perhaps one a little lighter then the other.
Although I must be fair in saying that every singer in their own right are good and more then good. Each must be given individual respect and to compare is not fair. It is also not nice to tear down a singer because he or she just does not appeal to ones ears and liking. They made it! I prefer some singers over others MDM is one!
At 52 and after a devastating car crash MDM is back in prime shape. No tenor before or after has been able to match him for sheer sound. Can you imagine how he would intimidate the little tenors singing today. :)
bravo del monaco, anche se la registrazione non è delle migliore sei il più grande Pollione che nella mia lunga vita ho mai ascoltato. Strepitoso!!!!!!
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It's just ridiculous- a sheer caricature of an opera singer. MDM's only interest is his ego. Poor Bellini, poor music, poor opera, poor drama... Instead of singing I would rather call that vocal masturbation....
@strhg1 Sorry, but that Flavio is not Jon Vickers. It's somebody entirely different. I don't know who. But it is not Vickers. Candidly, I'm very, very familiar with Vickers' voice and singing, and that Flavio is simply not Vickers. No way. Your information is plainly in error.
machiequesto, sono gusti. Ce hi vuole l'angelo, ce chi vuole il "demone", ce chi gli piace raccontare e chi gli piace cantare, ec. Il mondo è bello perche è vario!
This is not shouting. It is also not Mozart. There are basically two kinds of reviewers, those that complain about this and that and those that actually have heard him sing in an opera house. This is late in his career and the high note at the end of the cabaletta is transposed down. Listen to the much earlier live recording with Callas and conducted by Votto. Wow. w3
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This is essentially shouting in tune with a vibrato. Unfortunately, many people perceive opera to be just that; Loud and Louder - beauty of tone and finesse seem to be irrelevant.
MDM sang heroic parts, with his Pollione, we get the character, he's musical & it's thrilling! In opera, voices need to project into the acoustics of an opera house even Fleming and Pavarotti have admitted that it is screaming and shouting in tune; the singer tries to do it as beautiful & meaningful as possible & they both have done plenty of floating and spinning out sounds but in dramatic moments with dramatic parts like this, and orchestration as dense as this, it better be loud.
Mario Del Monaco ; Il Re canta : dizione e fraseggio scolpiti come nel marmo da una voce unica e indimenticabile paragonabile solo al ruggito del Leone; grande Mario! E poi ....il bravissimo Mario Guggia ,che meraviglia di cantanti!
does anyone know who the flavio is? i know it can't be, but i swear he reminds me of vickers. most NORMA's are lucky to have a tenor that good for pollione.
Sublime interpretación del más grande entre los tenores dramáticos de todos los tiempos.
¡Qué potencia de voz! ¡Qué dramatismo imprime al personaje! Realmente despierta maravillosos sentimientos de gozo con esa inigualable voz tan dramática pero al mismo tiempo aterciopelada. ¡Bravo Mario!
This is what you call "park and Bark" at its best. I love that there is no nuance in his singing. The sound is incredible and clearly he knows this in this performance. More bows, please!!
whatever minuses there are here, this is very late del monaco. if there was a single tenor on earth that could do this today it might get me back into the opera house.
Ma ragazzi. Se lo osservate....vi pare una tecnica pessima?
Sembra tutto rilassato e lo era! Forse la tecnica dei cantanti di oggi è pessima. Ma comunque d. Monaco faceva piu o meno le stesse cose di tecnica che fanno tutti bravi cantanti. Esisite solo una tecnica di far uscire la propria voce con il massimo di volume.
Love it!A blazing flame of sound. Subtle? Finessed? Forget it. He sings with passion and drama, and you know what? You can hear him, unlike many tenors in today's operas.
Well I don't know which opera houses you go to, but I really sick to the teeth of this nonsense about people not being able to hear singers today. I've been going to the opera for over 30 years and I've been able to hear at least 99% of the singers, if they have proplems they are not roblems of volume. BTW this is Bellini, not Mascagni
"conosco benissimo nicola Martinucci che mi ha scoperto, il quale dice che la tecnica di del monaco la poteva usare solo lui...una tecnica pessima"
Spiegami allora perchè la tecnica di mario è pessima e martinucci fa ad ogni recita le stecche! Buon per te che t'abbia scoperto, ma non prendere per oro colato quello che ti dice, lo vedi con i tuoi occhi che oramai è alla frutta!Se rimaneva con la tecnica di mario non si ritrovava in questo stato pietoso..
Del Monaco in this video is full of passion and dramatic point....great tenor and actor!!! Corelli was very good with strong voice but he was also had a piano voice...grat tenors....Del Monaco, Corelli was a great Pollione.
He was by the way singing it the way he should and I heard him do Otello in 59, terrific dramatic tenor with a BiGGER voice then Corelli and no he could not sing piano like corelli but he also did not have some of the bad habits franco had and early in 1946 I have a live Ballo where the voice is very beautiful and far more lyric then later Corelli was more a spinto in some ways and Del Monaco a dramatic, very different sound but in the house MDM was great to hear, Corelli recorded better.
this is the sort of singing which I am surprised does not lead to riots and mass furniture destruction, and I mean this in the BEST possible way. the man was so possessed by the drama of the role...... I would have given a great deal to have been present when this happened. Many thanks for posting this! It is the GLORY made flesh.
baritenore è solo un musicofilo demente...ama il canto ma non sa nemmeno cos'è...poverino lasciamolo stare...quando Mario Del Monaco canta si sente la voce di Dio imbecilli!
purtroppo per te non ascolto soltanto la musica ...apparte che conosco benissimo nicola Martinucci che mi ha scoperto...e il quale dice che la tecnica di del monaco la poteva usare solo lui...una tecnica pessima
Parli molto a sproposito, oltretutto esprimi opinioni che sono di altri! Pensi davvero che se avesse avuto una tecnica così terribile avrebbe cantato tutto quello che ha cantato e COME lo ha cantato??
E' il più grande tenore drammatico di tutti i tempi, e un interprete formidabile!
grande aramib :) ma che ci vuoi fare...tutti commentano(spesso a sproposito) ricordo che gia nel 1952..qualche sapientone aveva detto..del monaco durerà forse ancora 2 anni..ahahahaahahaha......aggiungere altro a questo commento.....non avrebbe senso.
C'è gente che fa commenti negativi su questo GRANDE che con Corelli e Di Stefano ha onorato il Melodramma Italiano non solo con la voce ma anche con l'interpretazione. Dove sono OGGI gli interpreti? Ci sono solo degli esecutori, precisi!!! ma che noia!!!
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There is so much whining & sniveling on this post it is disgusting! If you post a video WITHOUT disabling the comments then you have no right to complain about what is being said on the post. Coloraturafan can disable the comments as he pleases but the fact that he doesn't means there must be some kind of power trip to not only provide but to rule as well.
I have a power trip? How can I have a power trip over videos. I provide these for everyone's pleasure, not for any self gain.
However, if you don't enjoy what I have to say, and you think I am on a power trip, then DON'T watch my videos. Wow that was such a simple solution, I am surprised an intelligent person like yourself didn't come up with it on your own.
Though I can marvel at how thrilling and visceral Del Monaco's voice is, for me it ruins the performance when I don't see much nuance to the character, not to mention when he has to hold his final notes for an interminable (though impressive) amount of time, and subsequently take a bow in the middle of a performance...tacky
I'm sure I'll get negative remarks and thumbs down for posting this when I see the comment history, but it's my opinion after all. At least I don't resort to cattiness! lol
Au contraire my friend! No negative remarks on this end because of your obvious praise for the impressiveness of the performance despite your inherent yearning for the distinctly personal touch in the character.
LOL...you won't get anything negative from me. I completely agree. There's something about holding notes longer than anyone else (see the Act 1 trio), and trying to be louder than anyone else (not to mention the STUPID bow) that just screams bad colleague. I think singers have to have a healthy ego, but that's way too much. Loud and louder. Otello sining Norma (although I think Otello benefits from nuance as well).
Never mind few unsinged notes. Such drammatic intensity is never heard on stage (of course that MDM in 1967. isn't the same as in 1955. - legendary year with M. Callas in their antologic Normas) and never more will be repeated. Amen
Exactly the point! You can't find this kind of voice , nor this kind of drama in today's singers.(and somebody is worried about "subtle" sounds?) Del Monaco doesn't sound as good as in those awesome Norma's w/ Callas, but he still sounds amazing for someone who had been singing for almost 20 years professionally. i
Imagine that sound in the theatre...I've never heard such an instrumental sound from any other tenor. Subtlety is great but I often miss the effect of a voice like this. I would easily ignore subtlety for an evening to experience Del Monaco's sound.
This is a perfect example of what I always said about Del Monaco. Loud and LOUDER. This is absolutley not bel canto singing. It's a little vulgar actually. I wish he would have had a bit of subtlety (like Corelli, who was just as loud but could file the voice down to a whisper). But, that said, there's no denying that there is POWER here. In spades. He left out the C and the 2 B flats tho.
What is vulgar is the unfortunate fact that you ended up on this post...on your way to the Britney Spears breakdown video I assume...did you lose your way? Oh, the crowd must have thought it was not bel canto singing either. Just because your vocal cords are made out of jello and would never be able to sustain a fraction of the pressure that Del Monaco exhibits, don't waste our time with your unbearable whining. Is this "subtle" enough for you? Go find a Bocelli video to police.
LOL. How juvenile. I'm entitled to my opinion, and I'll voice it whether you like it or not. Pressure does NOT equal good singing. It just equals LOUD singing. I would never WANT to sing like this. All he does is YELL. Plenty of GREAT singers have mastered subtlety, whether your little brain can grasp that or not. Personal attacks on someone you know nothing about because of a differing opinion only make you look like an ass. Grow up and get a life. Del Monaco doesn't need you to defend him.
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Unfortunately your opinion will go about as far as your career which will be pretty much naught. It is sad to see that you "study" these great singers and yet your own technique is considerably lacking. It is still not too late for a career change...try flower arranging. I think this would a subtle enough fit for you.
I will admit that del Monaco was never my favorite on audio recordings. That was a long time ago. Now the more I listed to him, and now see him, the more I love everything about him. He is the total package!
And you would know my technique is lacking HOW, since you've never met me and have no idea who I am? My career is not as a singer anyhow, so it's really a moot point. You don't have to have a career as a singer to know something about how the voice works. Opera by its very nature is subjective; you like who you like. Incidentally, you talk about my opinion, but what makes yours so much more valid than anyone else's? And as for the flower arranging? If that's a crack about me being gay, fuck you.
I can't agree with you more! You DO NOT have to be a singer to have an appreciation for the art. I am not a singer, but I am such a fan of opera. And yes, it is a very subjective subject we all have favorites for differnt reasons, that's what makes opera so wonderful.
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Oh brother, this has turned into a Dr. Phil episode. You've got a flower arranger by day posing as a nightclub wannabee singing expert by night being helped by a pseudo-subtle fuzzy feeling relationship expert telling us that everything is alright. Too much for me.
How rude! I make a statement agreeing with BeauTenor and you retaliate against me. I have seen this way too much on youtube. Believe me you are NOT unique. What an arrogant person you are.
See what you did billthaxon? Coloraturafan feels like he has to to take a break from all these fabulous postings he's been working so hard to show us, all because YOU'RE acting like a STUPID PRICK. Why don't you take your venom and go somewhere else. We come here to enjoy the music, not to be harassed by some jack off little BITCH who thinks he's so much better than everyone else. You might try showing a little gratitude, but I guess that's too hard. GO SOMEWHERE ELSE. NO ONE WANTS YOU HERE.
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Sir, I don't know who you are but your language has no place on this post. I am going to report you to You Tube and see what they can do about your comments.
You're welcome to...an open forum means just that. People are welcome to express their opinions...you don't have to like it or agree, and incidentally, it had nothing at all to do with you.
Unfortunately BeauTenor some people do not have opinions, and when they are challenged on an intellectual ground they can only bark and insult. Chapeau bas to you for standing up for coloraturafan, whose uploads have always stood for style and beauty.
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They are comments and if he is bothered so much by them then he doesn't belong on Youtube. After making 600 some videos and he is bothered by one person and a few comments? He should do us a favor and leave if that is the case. BTW, you shouldn't talk about someone else's "venom" when there is a lot of it in your own post.
Who asked you? I'm usually very agreeable and fair, but the fact is that some jerk might ruin it for everyone else because of his crap. Sorry, but that pisses me off. A BASIC rule is, don't piss on the guy providing your enjoyment. These vids are a gift, and they should be treated that way. Sorry if you don't see it that way, but it's the truth. This is an open forum, whether you like it or not. If you don't like my language, don't read my post. Simple as that.
I can only laugh at you. You have no business at all making judgement of me. I don't owe you a damn thing. Why don't you do me a favor and leave me and my videos alone.
This is the kind of crap that I am tired of. People making comments like yours CSMjr91090.
What a little person you are to think that one person bothered me that much. Rather it is many people, and over a long period of time. All I can say is you sir are an ass.
Funny how you can come here and criticze Del Monaco, a great singer wheather you like it or not, and yet I don't remember any videos of YOU singing? Why is that? Perhaps you are nothing more than a keyboard commando who makes their living by attacking great singers? You don't have to worry about wanting to sing this way because you couldn't if you tried. Del Monaco was great and it would be better if you just kept repeating that to get it into your thick skull.
I don't have an opera career, mainly because I don't have the ego for it. I'll say it again though, I'd never WANT to sing like this. Just because you sing everything FFF does NOT mean you're a great singer. You're just LOUD. And BTW, if you read my posts you'll find I don&
@hiyadroogs you can not possibly know enough to state why Mario did not sing the high Bb at the end. He had high notes aplenty right to the end of his career so I believe your statement to be false.
rdargenio 3 months ago
So sexy and macho!
doggonel0ver 3 months ago
Can anyone imagine waltzing into an opera house todays and hearing a performance like this? I think that the most severe critic on this thread would be overwhelmed with excitement at a live performance like this--just the the audience was.
oegaziz43 3 months ago
Questo non e' canto. "E SCULTURA!!!!
VIVA MDM !!!!
HellasItalia4 7 months ago
MdM; The most attractive, sexiest Opera voice ever
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ElSalvador50 9 months ago
Mario Del Monaco! The definition of a grand Italian tenor...better than Pavarotti and Domingo....the size and power of his voice matched with his strong stage presence and charisma makes him one of all time best. I never saw him perform, born too late but he lives on in recordings and Youtube. What a magnificent voice! And he looks and sounds every bit like a Roman warrior...
OperaMystery80 9 months ago
@OperaMystery80 Pavarotti was essentially a lyric tenor with some spinto facillity later in his career. Domingo is a spinto voice with a short top. Del Monaco however was a true tenore robusto which was at its best in heavy declamatory parts. This type of robust voice is ill suited to the high lying bel canto parts that suited Pavs voice. Habitual & continuous full throated use of the voice in the upper middle tends to tire the top voice, which is why Mario omitted the high note here.
hiyadroogs 5 months ago
PAZZESCO INARRIVABILE GARNDIOSO SCULTOREO MONOLITICO
andyroma72 10 months ago 2
Such a shouter!
Telltaleheart79 1 year ago
@Telltaleheart79 What, are you just learning about this thing called singing? Shouting? Somebody has be dramatic. You do know what dramatic singing is all about right?
rovingdesertfox 11 months ago
@rovingdesertfox Yes I do know. I also know that he was arrogant enough to try to drown out all other singers such as Callas, as well as the orchestra. Even in duets it was usually a case of him trying to steal the show.
Telltaleheart79 11 months ago
@Telltaleheart79 That's the way life goes. Those singers then had the option to not sing with him from then on.
So, I understand better where you were coming from. Thanks.
rovingdesertfox 11 months ago
@Telltaleheart79 True,DelMonaco's ego was perhaps as big as any other singer.Gigli Lauri Volpi Callas.MDM claims that Callas held a high note in a duet a little longer than she should have,so he retaliated.Callas really became annoyed with him& i'm not sure if they ever sang together again,MDM&Callas did an Aida in Mexico City which was fantastic.,so what ever competition they had going on, resulted in some great performances.I don't have any pity for orchestras(VonKarajan)a little loud,Continue
sugarbist 9 months ago
@Telltaleheart79 As Corelli had said,DelMonaco tried to sing softer&was not successful in doing so.When MDM1st came on the scene,his wife had told him ,he cud not be heard beyond the 3rd row.MDM went to Mellochi&together they built the voice or sound that you dislike so much.Although he is impressively loud here, There are other recordings on YT where he was able to modulate his voice.Forza &Ballo arias.If you don't care for him that's fine.But perhaps some info may soften your dislike.Enjoy
sugarbist 9 months ago
@sugarbist Thank you very much for the info. I was not aware of the background information.
Telltaleheart79 8 months ago
@Telltaleheart79 Your welcome
sugarbist 8 months ago
Very compelling performance. Even though he dodged the high C, it's probably all for the best. He even gets a Flavio able to sing the Gs without sounding tepid.
Del Monaco makes singing tenor sounds more masculine than any other male vocal range. :D
CaptFitzbattleaxe 1 year ago 2
Dio santo.....!!!!
enzogrella1 1 year ago
Who had a bigger, louder and more powerful voice Mario Del Monaco or Giacomo Lauri Volpi?
hibyeeee2 1 year ago
@hibyeeee2 LAURI VOLPI HAD A LYRIC VOICE WITH DRAMATIC IMPACT THAT COULD TRAVEL THROUGHOUT THE OPERA HOUSE.DEL MONACO HAD A VERY LOUD DRAMATIC VOICE THAT DID THE SAME HOWEVER I GIVE VOLPI THE EDGE BECAUSE OF THE CONSISTANT VERBRATO.ITS HARD TO BELIEVE THAT ANYONE COULD BE LOUDER THAN DELMONACO . WHO HIT HARDER DEMPSEY OR MARCIANO. THE POINT IS THAT BOTH TENORS REALLY HAD THE ABILITY TO THRILL AUDIENCES EVERY TIME THEY APPEARED. THEY WERE VOCALLY PHENOMENAL
sugarbist 1 year ago
@sugarbist I agree although I think I like Volpi better. I love his fast vibrato and his technique better. Also I like how his voice wasn't as dark as a dramatic Tenor's but was just as loud and just as powerful. I don't think we'll know who was louder unless we actually see them perform but I think they were equally loud and powerful but Volpi's voice wasn't as dark and his technique and coloratura was better.
hibyeeee2 1 year ago
@hibyeeee2 this is a little confusing.Del Monaco is my favorite although i think they are both terrifc.Del Monaco with the larger voice ,But voplis vibrations extended further , possibly more than any other singer.listen to his A TE O CARA.its really unbelievable. He appears in a tuxedo in concert form.Thanks for answering me and enjoy.
sugarbist 1 year ago
Who was conducting? Was the Norma Elinor Ross?
XPRT10R 1 year ago
perfect
HeshamElGuingy 1 year ago
does anyone know who the other tenor is in this video? This guy is better than most of our wimpy tenors singing today.
omarihardy 1 year ago
1967. Mario era in declino ma aveva ancora in gola 20 tenori!
mozart200657 1 year ago
Boy the sound he produced.
tenorismo 1 year ago
L'acutone ammazzasette non è per niente calante, Del Monaco ha scelto di fare il la bemolle invece del si bemolle. L' acuto è bellissimo per squillo, timbro e durata!
grandemarione 1 year ago
Che dire? Cè da chiedersi cosa cerca tanta gente dalla lirica, che si esalta a vedere simili cose. Grande voce da punto di vista puramente materiale, ma per il resto... Classico esempio del cantante che ignora del tutto lautore e mette in scena solo il suo ego infantile; basta vedere il modo ridicolo con cui satteggia, che un pupo siciliano è più naturale.
E il finale... che pena! Salta le ultime battute per prender fiato e sparare lacutone ammazzasette che fra laltro è anche calante...
bellinianodoc 1 year ago
@bellinianodoc sono molto curiosa d'ascoltare la sua voce,mi immagino la bellezza che si nasconde in lei.há cantato questo ruolo?lei non é cantante,e non ama la lirica.é bello sentiree vedere ancora una voltaMario Del Monaco alla fine della sua splendidissima carriera,bel uomo, aveva una voce unica!
vai nel teatro e vedrai che oggigiorno cantanti come Del Monaco non esistono piu.
sei "perfezionista"? purtroppo devi ascoltare Grigolo,Alvarez,Kaufmann,
Villazon,Florez...che pena.Coraggio caro.
ranigema 1 year ago
@ranigema Distinta signora, se il giudizio sui cantanti lirici potesse esser dato solo da altri cantanti, l'opera avrebbe ben scarso pubblico, non le pare?
Forse essere un professionista può aiutare a cogliere qualche particolare tecnico, ma il totale cattivo gusto, la volgarità becera, l’infantilismo, la recitazione da filodrammatici della domenica, cioè tutto il repellente cascame di Del M. sono così evidenti che basta anche solo un minimo di gusto estetico per esserne disgustati.
bellinianodoc 1 year ago
@bellinianodoc io capisco bene il suo gusto raffinato ed elegante una domanda con cortesia,ma avete sentito/a Del Monaco dal vivo?Credo che lei non há capito/a ancora che la lirica non esiste piu.Lei non é un professionista e per questa ragione é disgustato/a dalla interpretazione di Del Monaco...continua di ascoltare Hvorostovsky e la sua compania,ed'io continuo la mia vita con la voce di Mario .La sua voce canta ancora nella mia anima,che uomo, che voce!
Ciao sei carino/a.
ranigema 1 year ago
@ranigema Bene, dopo aver appreso che bisogna esser cantanti per giudicare l'opera, ora è necessario anche ascoltare di persona: il numero dei melomani autorizzati si assottiglia sempre più...
La verità è che se lei ha dei ricordi del tutto personali di D.M. legati magari alla sua giovinezza, be’ li rispetto, chi non ne ha? Li conservi gelosamente e se ne delizi ancora per tanti e tanti anni.
Ma cerchi di evitare che queste soavi memorie le ottenebrino del tutto la facoltà del buon gusto.
bellinianodoc 1 year ago
@bellinianodoc sento una frustrazione nel suo commento,mi dispiace.
Io non vado piu nel teatro,hó piu di 6000 registrazioni...piu di 5000sono dal vivo.
Hó registrazioni con piu di 50 tenori,gli adoro tutti!Per questa ragione perdono tutto á Mario!E conosco molto bene il prezzo che si deve pagare...
Per fortuna hó quasi tutte le registrazioni con Mario,Marconi,Bonci,De Lucia,Caruso,Fleta,Corelli,Masini,Pertile,Piccaluga giovane,Merli,Paoli ecc...ecc...
la facoltá del buon gusto?
Sei carino,ciao.
ranigema 1 year ago
@ranigema Vede, forse la differenza fra noi è che lei va a teatro per le voci, io per la musica.
L’1 ott. sarò a Venezia per Rigoletto e so che non ascolterò nè Bergonzi nè la Callas. Ma basteranno dei buoni professionisti per farmi comunque ascoltare tanto Verdi quanto basta per ripagare 1000 volte il biglietto, il treno, etc. etc.
Lei non andando a teatro dovrebbe rimpiangere assai più la musica di Bellini o Mozart dal vivo, piuttosto che un bambinone incolto e sguaiato come D.M.
bellinianodoc 1 year ago
@bellinianodoc si confermo la differenza fra noi due é enorme,io ho 85 anni e vivo con le voci del passato.La lirica non esiste piu,é finita.
Ascoltare i dilettanti del 21 secolo?No,grazie!Preferisco la voce di Mario!
La lascio con i direttori d'orchestra moderni che non sanno che cosa é LA VOCE e ancora meno LA LIRICA ITALIANA!
Coraggio,sei carino.
ranigema 1 year ago 4
@bellinianodoc Guardi che la lirica è teatro...senza interpretazione con solo solfeggio ascolterà una cosa perfetta, ma senza anima ...mi creda specialmente Verdi non sarebbe stato contento di una interpretazione piatta...Egli stesso diceva ai cantanti di servire prima di tutto il poeta e poi il musicista...in questo video Del Monaco è veramente un Proconsole Romano come intendeva Bellini ..fuori dal canone abituale se vogliamo, ma un vero soldato di effetto...saluti
federic017 1 year ago
@bellinianodoc leggendo i suoi commenti voglio chiederla con rispetto:
-Come si immagina il teatro lirico senza LA VOCE?
Di quale musica lei parla?
Sinfonica,di camera,musica leggera,jazz?
E poi Signora ma chi sono oggigiorno gli artisti che "cantano" Bellini,Mozart?...
Puo dirmi per favore due o tre nomi dei artisti che cantano oggigiorno Bellini?
E poi lei dice per Del Monaco che é "un bambinone incolto e squaiato...ahahahahahahahahahahahah
capisco il suo gusto raffinato nella materia...
bodiloto 1 year ago
@bellinianodoc Gentile signora! Purtroppo sono daccordo con Lei in tutto quello che ha scritto....la ringrazio per i Suoi commenti, perche mi accorgo di non essere solo con il mio modo di pensare. Cordiali saluti
enzogrella1 1 year ago
INARRIVABILE !!!!! Per favore non paragonatelo ad altri .......per bravi che siano ! NESSUNO come lui !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! UN FINALE DA BRIVIDI !!! GRAZIE ! GRAZIE ! GRAZIE !
PieroS53 1 year ago 2
la più grande voce di tutti i tempi!
ssitalien 2 years ago
Always loved this tenor and I agree there is no one who comes even close to him..singers today sound alike to me, perhaps one a little lighter then the other.
Although I must be fair in saying that every singer in their own right are good and more then good. Each must be given individual respect and to compare is not fair. It is also not nice to tear down a singer because he or she just does not appeal to ones ears and liking. They made it! I prefer some singers over others MDM is one!
verdiago1 2 years ago
pazzesco inarrivabile
andyroma72 2 years ago
THIS WAS AMAZING...WHAT A GREAT VOICE....DID HE SANG WAGNER OR ONLY ITALIAN OPERA ? i LOVE DEL MONACO...ONE OF THE GREAT TENORS OF THE 20TH CENTURY
MastersoftheOpera 2 years ago
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federic017 2 years ago
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federic017 2 years ago
At 52 and after a devastating car crash MDM is back in prime shape. No tenor before or after has been able to match him for sheer sound. Can you imagine how he would intimidate the little tenors singing today. :)
MaestroJosephShore 2 years ago
DEVASTANTE, una voce gigantesca dal timbro bronzeo come non ce ne sono state mai più, il più grande di sempre.
superlm75 2 years ago 3
d'accordo una voce inarrivabile
andyroma72 2 years ago
Il finale è vietato ai minori....Non farlo a casa!
GRANDE!
HellasItalia4 2 years ago 2
Великолепного качества ролик!А тенор творит чудеса!!Браво!
27tenor 2 years ago
Наконец-то чистый громкий звук,качественная картинка в ролике,а сам тенор-этоЧТО-ТО!!
27tenor 2 years ago
bravo del monaco, anche se la registrazione non è delle migliore sei il più grande Pollione che nella mia lunga vita ho mai ascoltato. Strepitoso!!!!!!
mandorla28 2 years ago 3
amazing
MrBill270 2 years ago
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It's just ridiculous- a sheer caricature of an opera singer. MDM's only interest is his ego. Poor Bellini, poor music, poor opera, poor drama... Instead of singing I would rather call that vocal masturbation....
machiequesto 2 years ago
IGNORANTE!
MsDvornik 2 years ago
Grazie altretanto!
machiequesto 2 years ago
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edraith 2 years ago
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machiequesto 2 years ago
Hey, that Flavio isn't bad. Please, who is it? Thanks.
grig035 2 years ago
The Flavio is none other than the great
Jon Vickers.
strhg1 2 years ago
no it is Mario Guccia
coloraturafan 2 years ago
@coloraturafan
he's surprisingly good; sign of those times i guess....nothing like looking at those bills and seeing half a dozen legends.....
crwv 1 year ago
@strhg1 LOL well he does look a lot like Vickers but his italian is too idiomatic to be good ol'Jon. ;)))
XPRT10R 1 year ago
@strhg1 Sorry, but that Flavio is not Jon Vickers. It's somebody entirely different. I don't know who. But it is not Vickers. Candidly, I'm very, very familiar with Vickers' voice and singing, and that Flavio is simply not Vickers. No way. Your information is plainly in error.
grig035 9 months ago
il più grande pollione di sempre , ci sono stati grandi interpreti di questa parte ma nessuno è riuscito a renderlo meglio di del monaco.
federic017 2 years ago
A pari merito con Franco Corelli
frine1947 2 years ago 2
Concordo, pari merito con Corelli.
edraith 2 years ago 3
CAZZO!!!!!!!!!!! Mai sentito qualcosa del genere! MOSTRUOSO! Il finale tocca cielo.......! Fatemi sentire un suono piu completo. NON ESISTE!
HellasItalia4 2 years ago
@HellasItalia4 mostruoso - davvero! canta come un mostro :-) preferirei un angelo....
machiequesto 2 years ago
machiequesto, sono gusti. Ce hi vuole l'angelo, ce chi vuole il "demone", ce chi gli piace raccontare e chi gli piace cantare, ec. Il mondo è bello perche è vario!
HellasItalia4 2 years ago
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federic017 2 years ago
@federic017 angeli? per fortuna ce ne sono tanti! artisti seriosi, cantanti e musicisti meravigliosi...
machiequesto 2 years ago
@machiequesto Pollione però non è un angelo. E' un militare romano, orgoglioso e potente. Del Monaco è Pollione, nulla di più nulla di meno.
TheDrunkiedean 5 months ago
mostruoso!!!
andyroma72 2 years ago
elendrea : bravo !!!! Del Monaco ,sublime ,insuperabile,immortale , grazie !
bodiloto 2 years ago
Che fiaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaato!
claudiocp35 2 years ago 2
That last word 7:25 to 7:45- WOW
he was getting his money's worth out of his lungs that's for sure =P
ShawDAMAN 2 years ago
This is not shouting. It is also not Mozart. There are basically two kinds of reviewers, those that complain about this and that and those that actually have heard him sing in an opera house. This is late in his career and the high note at the end of the cabaletta is transposed down. Listen to the much earlier live recording with Callas and conducted by Votto. Wow. w3
DAMANDRED1 2 years ago
Got any links etc to that version?
St4rdog 2 years ago
strepitoso
circearte 2 years ago
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This is essentially shouting in tune with a vibrato. Unfortunately, many people perceive opera to be just that; Loud and Louder - beauty of tone and finesse seem to be irrelevant.
mofofosho13 2 years ago
MDM sang heroic parts, with his Pollione, we get the character, he's musical & it's thrilling! In opera, voices need to project into the acoustics of an opera house even Fleming and Pavarotti have admitted that it is screaming and shouting in tune; the singer tries to do it as beautiful & meaningful as possible & they both have done plenty of floating and spinning out sounds but in dramatic moments with dramatic parts like this, and orchestration as dense as this, it better be loud.
veracura 2 years ago
Mario Del Monaco ; Il Re canta : dizione e fraseggio scolpiti come nel marmo da una voce unica e indimenticabile paragonabile solo al ruggito del Leone; grande Mario! E poi ....il bravissimo Mario Guggia ,che meraviglia di cantanti!
Grazie-
PRINCECALAF 2 years ago 16
il padre di tenori the king
zuriko90 2 years ago 2
"My GOD!!!" This is the greatest dramatic tenor voice I've ever heard ...period!!!
lastofdmelocchians 2 years ago
DAMN RIGHT!!! No one (today) compares to del Monaco!!!
jhgreenhorn 2 years ago
giji
zuriko90 2 years ago
Mario's Granada album is amazing.
toomanymodz 3 years ago
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zuriko90 3 years ago
04:27 no sustenta la nota grave
oclhie 3 years ago
ALUCINANTE!
Plecostomus1986 3 years ago
does anyone know who the flavio is? i know it can't be, but i swear he reminds me of vickers. most NORMA's are lucky to have a tenor that good for pollione.
iriisblue 3 years ago
Mario Guccia.
Mooorhe 3 years ago
Why is there nothing to be found about this man on the internet? Where can I learn some more about him?
adamfrandsen 3 years ago
Sublime interpretación del más grande entre los tenores dramáticos de todos los tiempos.
¡Qué potencia de voz! ¡Qué dramatismo imprime al personaje! Realmente despierta maravillosos sentimientos de gozo con esa inigualable voz tan dramática pero al mismo tiempo aterciopelada. ¡Bravo Mario!
Jesusechave 3 years ago
Indubbiamente una grandissima interpretazione; ottimi appoggio, si vede benissimo lo sgancio
TheOnlyVistosi 3 years ago
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federic017 2 years ago
This is what you call "park and Bark" at its best. I love that there is no nuance in his singing. The sound is incredible and clearly he knows this in this performance. More bows, please!!
chameens 3 years ago
whatever minuses there are here, this is very late del monaco. if there was a single tenor on earth that could do this today it might get me back into the opera house.
iriisblue 3 years ago 2
A good aria beautifully sang by one of the best ever.
Guilherme7530 3 years ago
Mamma mia. Cantare un aria del genere in questo modo, non si puo cantare che con una tecnica splendida.
oznegrella 3 years ago 4
Ma ragazzi. Se lo osservate....vi pare una tecnica pessima?
Sembra tutto rilassato e lo era! Forse la tecnica dei cantanti di oggi è pessima. Ma comunque d. Monaco faceva piu o meno le stesse cose di tecnica che fanno tutti bravi cantanti. Esisite solo una tecnica di far uscire la propria voce con il massimo di volume.
oznegrella 3 years ago 9
@oznegrella Ma dove ha letto che Del Monaco aveva una tecnica pessima? Saluti
federic017 1 year ago
Del Monaco è eccezionale in quest'opera. Bravo!
deborafrancescomazzo 3 years ago 4
Love it!A blazing flame of sound. Subtle? Finessed? Forget it. He sings with passion and drama, and you know what? You can hear him, unlike many tenors in today's operas.
solostan 3 years ago
Well I don't know which opera houses you go to, but I really sick to the teeth of this nonsense about people not being able to hear singers today. I've been going to the opera for over 30 years and I've been able to hear at least 99% of the singers, if they have proplems they are not roblems of volume. BTW this is Bellini, not Mascagni
CzarDodon 3 years ago 3
Your remark verges on rudeness, but I will only say that there are plenty of voices that I can barely hear and then those that I dont' want to hear.
solostan 3 years ago
Baritenore...
"conosco benissimo nicola Martinucci che mi ha scoperto, il quale dice che la tecnica di del monaco la poteva usare solo lui...una tecnica pessima"
Spiegami allora perchè la tecnica di mario è pessima e martinucci fa ad ogni recita le stecche! Buon per te che t'abbia scoperto, ma non prendere per oro colato quello che ti dice, lo vedi con i tuoi occhi che oramai è alla frutta!Se rimaneva con la tecnica di mario non si ritrovava in questo stato pietoso..
nnsochedirti 3 years ago 3
Del Monaco in this video is full of passion and dramatic point....great tenor and actor!!! Corelli was very good with strong voice but he was also had a piano voice...grat tenors....Del Monaco, Corelli was a great Pollione.
poupounakis 3 years ago
He was by the way singing it the way he should and I heard him do Otello in 59, terrific dramatic tenor with a BiGGER voice then Corelli and no he could not sing piano like corelli but he also did not have some of the bad habits franco had and early in 1946 I have a live Ballo where the voice is very beautiful and far more lyric then later Corelli was more a spinto in some ways and Del Monaco a dramatic, very different sound but in the house MDM was great to hear, Corelli recorded better.
pearlmuth3 3 years ago 3
this is the sort of singing which I am surprised does not lead to riots and mass furniture destruction, and I mean this in the BEST possible way. the man was so possessed by the drama of the role...... I would have given a great deal to have been present when this happened. Many thanks for posting this! It is the GLORY made flesh.
herminestover 3 years ago
he deserves every second of applause.Something to tell your grandchildren about ,if you were lucky enough to be there!
rinnuccio392 3 years ago
Mario Del Monaco e veramente Un Dio!
CumpariSparacino 3 years ago
Braaaaaavo Maestro!
How could I find this performance's DVD?
BeniaminoGigli 3 years ago
baritenore è solo un musicofilo demente...ama il canto ma non sa nemmeno cos'è...poverino lasciamolo stare...quando Mario Del Monaco canta si sente la voce di Dio imbecilli!
nnsochedirti 3 years ago 3
purtroppo per te non ascolto soltanto la musica ...apparte che conosco benissimo nicola Martinucci che mi ha scoperto...e il quale dice che la tecnica di del monaco la poteva usare solo lui...una tecnica pessima
BariTenoreDram 3 years ago
Parli molto a sproposito, oltretutto esprimi opinioni che sono di altri! Pensi davvero che se avesse avuto una tecnica così terribile avrebbe cantato tutto quello che ha cantato e COME lo ha cantato??
E' il più grande tenore drammatico di tutti i tempi, e un interprete formidabile!
aramib 3 years ago 4
grande aramib :) ma che ci vuoi fare...tutti commentano(spesso a sproposito) ricordo che gia nel 1952..qualche sapientone aveva detto..del monaco durerà forse ancora 2 anni..ahahahaahahaha......aggiungere altro a questo commento.....non avrebbe senso.
DANIELTEX78 2 years ago
C'è gente che fa commenti negativi su questo GRANDE che con Corelli e Di Stefano ha onorato il Melodramma Italiano non solo con la voce ma anche con l'interpretazione. Dove sono OGGI gli interpreti? Ci sono solo degli esecutori, precisi!!! ma che noia!!!
elendrea 3 years ago 2
Hai perfettamente ragione...toglierei solo dall'elenco Corelli...
deborafrancescomazzo 3 years ago
Who is the other tenor?
raythetse 3 years ago
Mario Guccia
Agorante 3 years ago
Geniale Mario!!!
otelloarg 3 years ago
Monaci was not young in that time (529, but he is is excellent disposition. he is an enigmatic actor. Thanks for it!
marokt 4 years ago
nella prima parte fantastico, ma nella cabaletta è megli corelli...
figaro92 4 years ago
bravo tenore.... what a huge heroic sound
ChristophGF 4 years ago 4
bravo tenore..... what a huge heroic sound....
ChristophGF 4 years ago 3
bari tenore che cazzo scrivi ... forse spingi tu quando canti....
delmonco 4 years ago
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There is so much whining & sniveling on this post it is disgusting! If you post a video WITHOUT disabling the comments then you have no right to complain about what is being said on the post. Coloraturafan can disable the comments as he pleases but the fact that he doesn't means there must be some kind of power trip to not only provide but to rule as well.
jfadavo 4 years ago
Jfadavo,
I have a power trip? How can I have a power trip over videos. I provide these for everyone's pleasure, not for any self gain.
However, if you don't enjoy what I have to say, and you think I am on a power trip, then DON'T watch my videos. Wow that was such a simple solution, I am surprised an intelligent person like yourself didn't come up with it on your own.
With my warmest regaurds.
coloraturafan 4 years ago
Where is Pollione? The way he is singing is in contrast with the words. No modulations whatsoever. "Quella ver-gi-ine ce-e-le-ste" is really funny.
sevoflurane 4 years ago
Though I can marvel at how thrilling and visceral Del Monaco's voice is, for me it ruins the performance when I don't see much nuance to the character, not to mention when he has to hold his final notes for an interminable (though impressive) amount of time, and subsequently take a bow in the middle of a performance...tacky
I'm sure I'll get negative remarks and thumbs down for posting this when I see the comment history, but it's my opinion after all. At least I don't resort to cattiness! lol
drdre333 4 years ago
Au contraire my friend! No negative remarks on this end because of your obvious praise for the impressiveness of the performance despite your inherent yearning for the distinctly personal touch in the character.
onlyg 4 years ago
LOL...you won't get anything negative from me. I completely agree. There's something about holding notes longer than anyone else (see the Act 1 trio), and trying to be louder than anyone else (not to mention the STUPID bow) that just screams bad colleague. I think singers have to have a healthy ego, but that's way too much. Loud and louder. Otello sining Norma (although I think Otello benefits from nuance as well).
BeauTenor 4 years ago 3
come si fà a spingere così tanto senza rovinarsi la voce!!!!! madonna avvolte urla proprio però mi piace ... solo ci vorrebbe un pò di classe
BariTenoreDram 4 years ago
Never mind few unsinged notes. Such drammatic intensity is never heard on stage (of course that MDM in 1967. isn't the same as in 1955. - legendary year with M. Callas in their antologic Normas) and never more will be repeated. Amen
tomzoricic 4 years ago
Exactly the point! You can't find this kind of voice , nor this kind of drama in today's singers.(and somebody is worried about "subtle" sounds?) Del Monaco doesn't sound as good as in those awesome Norma's w/ Callas, but he still sounds amazing for someone who had been singing for almost 20 years professionally. i
csmjr91090 4 years ago
Imagine that sound in the theatre...I've never heard such an instrumental sound from any other tenor. Subtlety is great but I often miss the effect of a voice like this. I would easily ignore subtlety for an evening to experience Del Monaco's sound.
Orfeus80 4 years ago
You are right. Who cares about "subtle" sounds in an opera like Norma, this isn't La Boheme after all.
csmjr91090 4 years ago
I still care for subtlety but I wouldn't mind forgetting about it in order to enjoy Del Monaco.
silouanos28 4 years ago
thank you very very very much dear coloraturafan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
pertile1981 4 years ago
coloraturafan,¿can you post "Oh,rimenbranza"
por favor ? Gracias.
olgamarga 4 years ago
This is a perfect example of what I always said about Del Monaco. Loud and LOUDER. This is absolutley not bel canto singing. It's a little vulgar actually. I wish he would have had a bit of subtlety (like Corelli, who was just as loud but could file the voice down to a whisper). But, that said, there's no denying that there is POWER here. In spades. He left out the C and the 2 B flats tho.
BeauTenor 4 years ago
i agree 100%.
WoDeGe 4 years ago 2
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What is vulgar is the unfortunate fact that you ended up on this post...on your way to the Britney Spears breakdown video I assume...did you lose your way? Oh, the crowd must have thought it was not bel canto singing either. Just because your vocal cords are made out of jello and would never be able to sustain a fraction of the pressure that Del Monaco exhibits, don't waste our time with your unbearable whining. Is this "subtle" enough for you? Go find a Bocelli video to police.
billthaxton 4 years ago
LOL. How juvenile. I'm entitled to my opinion, and I'll voice it whether you like it or not. Pressure does NOT equal good singing. It just equals LOUD singing. I would never WANT to sing like this. All he does is YELL. Plenty of GREAT singers have mastered subtlety, whether your little brain can grasp that or not. Personal attacks on someone you know nothing about because of a differing opinion only make you look like an ass. Grow up and get a life. Del Monaco doesn't need you to defend him.
BeauTenor 4 years ago
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Unfortunately your opinion will go about as far as your career which will be pretty much naught. It is sad to see that you "study" these great singers and yet your own technique is considerably lacking. It is still not too late for a career change...try flower arranging. I think this would a subtle enough fit for you.
billthaxton 4 years ago
I will admit that del Monaco was never my favorite on audio recordings. That was a long time ago. Now the more I listed to him, and now see him, the more I love everything about him. He is the total package!
hotazzoperastud 4 years ago 2
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Splendid observation! Why people who have no appreciation for Del Monaco would want to hover over this post like an old buzzard is beyond me.
billthaxton 4 years ago
And you would know my technique is lacking HOW, since you've never met me and have no idea who I am? My career is not as a singer anyhow, so it's really a moot point. You don't have to have a career as a singer to know something about how the voice works. Opera by its very nature is subjective; you like who you like. Incidentally, you talk about my opinion, but what makes yours so much more valid than anyone else's? And as for the flower arranging? If that's a crack about me being gay, fuck you.
BeauTenor 4 years ago
BeauTenor,
I can't agree with you more! You DO NOT have to be a singer to have an appreciation for the art. I am not a singer, but I am such a fan of opera. And yes, it is a very subjective subject we all have favorites for differnt reasons, that's what makes opera so wonderful.
coloraturafan 4 years ago
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Oh brother, this has turned into a Dr. Phil episode. You've got a flower arranger by day posing as a nightclub wannabee singing expert by night being helped by a pseudo-subtle fuzzy feeling relationship expert telling us that everything is alright. Too much for me.
billthaxton 4 years ago
Billthaxton,
How rude! I make a statement agreeing with BeauTenor and you retaliate against me. I have seen this way too much on youtube. Believe me you are NOT unique. What an arrogant person you are.
coloraturafan 4 years ago
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Folks, please change the channel if your young ones are watching as the language has just gone from G to PG.
billthaxton 4 years ago
Billthaxton,
Your comments have gone from rude to funny. I can not even take you seriously. You are absurd.
coloraturafan 4 years ago
See what you did billthaxon? Coloraturafan feels like he has to to take a break from all these fabulous postings he's been working so hard to show us, all because YOU'RE acting like a STUPID PRICK. Why don't you take your venom and go somewhere else. We come here to enjoy the music, not to be harassed by some jack off little BITCH who thinks he's so much better than everyone else. You might try showing a little gratitude, but I guess that's too hard. GO SOMEWHERE ELSE. NO ONE WANTS YOU HERE.
BeauTenor 4 years ago
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Sir, I don't know who you are but your language has no place on this post. I am going to report you to You Tube and see what they can do about your comments.
onlyg 4 years ago
You're welcome to...an open forum means just that. People are welcome to express their opinions...you don't have to like it or agree, and incidentally, it had nothing at all to do with you.
BeauTenor 4 years ago
Unfortunately BeauTenor some people do not have opinions, and when they are challenged on an intellectual ground they can only bark and insult. Chapeau bas to you for standing up for coloraturafan, whose uploads have always stood for style and beauty.
sevoflurane 4 years ago 3
Some posters here are like small boils in the bum. Insignificant but highly irritating.
sevoflurane 4 years ago 2
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They are comments and if he is bothered so much by them then he doesn't belong on Youtube. After making 600 some videos and he is bothered by one person and a few comments? He should do us a favor and leave if that is the case. BTW, you shouldn't talk about someone else's "venom" when there is a lot of it in your own post.
csmjr91090 4 years ago
Who asked you? I'm usually very agreeable and fair, but the fact is that some jerk might ruin it for everyone else because of his crap. Sorry, but that pisses me off. A BASIC rule is, don't piss on the guy providing your enjoyment. These vids are a gift, and they should be treated that way. Sorry if you don't see it that way, but it's the truth. This is an open forum, whether you like it or not. If you don't like my language, don't read my post. Simple as that.
BeauTenor 4 years ago
CSMJR91090,
I can only laugh at you. You have no business at all making judgement of me. I don't owe you a damn thing. Why don't you do me a favor and leave me and my videos alone.
This is the kind of crap that I am tired of. People making comments like yours CSMjr91090.
What a little person you are to think that one person bothered me that much. Rather it is many people, and over a long period of time. All I can say is you sir are an ass.
coloraturafan 4 years ago
Merci my friend....and I apologize for my foul mouth. I got a little carries away.
BeauTenor 4 years ago 3
Funny how you can come here and criticze Del Monaco, a great singer wheather you like it or not, and yet I don't remember any videos of YOU singing? Why is that? Perhaps you are nothing more than a keyboard commando who makes their living by attacking great singers? You don't have to worry about wanting to sing this way because you couldn't if you tried. Del Monaco was great and it would be better if you just kept repeating that to get it into your thick skull.
csmjr91090 4 years ago
I don't have an opera career, mainly because I don't have the ego for it. I'll say it again though, I'd never WANT to sing like this. Just because you sing everything FFF does NOT mean you're a great singer. You're just LOUD. And BTW, if you read my posts you'll find I don&