Mario del Monaco "Che gelida manina" La Boheme

[MadameBorgi]

Prefiero a Corelli...

[VvbrendanVV]

Wow! Sad. Looks like an old episode of Dallas with Howard Keel giving it laldy.

[capes02]

haha this is hilarious! Is he trying to make extra money off his old recordings??

[MrZeitun]

Couldn't they have died his hair so that he doesn't look like Giorgio Germont?

[teapartypublishing]

No there is something wrong with that. King of push. Wonderful at times but this is not his best at all, it's taken down a half step. Canio, Othello, yes Rodolpho - no!

[operfanpadova]

Pure lui si ingola nel "talor dal mio froziere"......bravo però dal momento che la voce è fuori ruolo in boheme. Ottimo il si naturale, peccato che dal vivo se poteva lo evitava, tendeva a limitarsi al si bemolle. Comunque notevole.

[mauro7385]

As Mcquicker I miss the times of del Monaco, di Stefano, Gobbi, Callas, and I think that the decades of 50's and 60's were the golden decades of opera. I also agree with respect to del Monaco. But I think there is a need for new artists all the time in order to maintain opera alive. In fact opera is show business.

[antonioFFRAMOS]

Hi Mcquicker , I partially agree with you but anyway I think it is unecessary to say :" Poor Pavarotti and the rest fo the tenors today " . We should be respectfull with anyone even though they are not so good as others . There is no winners and / or loosers , superior and inferior ones . Finally you will know that there´s no accounting for taste , wont you ?

[barryhawk23]

Very fine indeed. better than any Corelli version I've come across and I'm a great fan of Franco's. any links to a good Corelli "Che Gelida" much welcomed.

[sentibravo]

IF his top B sounded that easy and good surely he could of sung in original key

[hswatnik]

the great Mario del Monaco in all his splendor-

[opera888able]

Del Monaco for me was singer who 'went for it,' no mucking around. He sang with

complete confidence what you heard was what you got. They say he was one of the greatest Otello's since the war,I believe that.

[pippytoul]

Carreras is/was not only extremely good looking but also a great lyrical tenor (acting not the strong point for sure).....listen to the same piece by more than half a dozen of the great tenors on You Tube and you can hear the difference - not just technique but a sensitivity which is truly touching.

[Kievest]

The singer with the iron voice gives us a performance of youth, poetry, passion,

nuance and timeless romanticism! He silences the critics who insist he was

simply loud! Thank you Onegin 65 for posting and to FrancoMFT8 for sharing!

[fmiglio437]

un tenore che ho sempre seguito con attenzione e ammirazione e risentirlo oggi a distanza di tanti anni è molto bello - grazie

[FrancoMFT8]

Great performance.

Thank you for sharing.

[JIMY45GR]

Che gelida manina! Se la lasci riscaldar. Cercar che giova? Al buio non si trova. Ma per fortuna e una notte di luna, E qui la luna l'abbiiamo vicina. Aspetti, signorina, le diro con due parole chi son, ...Chi son, e che faccio, come vivo, Vuole? Chi son? Chi son? Son un poeta. Che cosa faccio? Scrivo. E come vivo? Vivo. In poverta mia lieta scialo da gran signore Rimi ed inni d'amore. Per sogni e per chimere e per castelli in aria L'anima ho milionaria. Talor del mio forziere ruban tutti

[JIMY45GR]

lanimma milionaria

[porubs49]

bravissimo non ci sono parole

[andrea1956able]

Altri tenori possono avere cantato quest'aria con migliori qualità vocaliche, non sono un esperto e non mi cimento quindi in paragoni.

Ma davanti a questa interpretazione di Mario Del Monaco per me c'è solo l'inchino.

[seektheforce]

He could just kick em all off the stage today.

[judithbrandl]

@hopelesslyderanged I was and I saw him in Budapest In the 70-is a'm not sure 79 or 80 something like in the Aida.He was a great tenor.Some times we had not enough food on the table,but buy a ticket to the opera,it was a great times.Or because we where yung and the world was beautyfull.

[MrSammyscroll]

Very true, Nasalobstruction........you cannot compare.....excellent observation....

[dayanvolpe]

es un DO perfecto, grande, prolongado y sin esfuerzo. tecnica perfecta. el mejor tenor de todos los tiempos.

[lightenor]

this seems a high B

But still great as usuall

[magisquam]

E' vero, i tenori di una volta oltre che dotati di magnifiche voci erano anche ottimi attori e avevano una grande presenza scenica... oggi, mah!

[boland7214]

Love it! The voice...ok, it was pre-recorded...but the dubbing was well done...but the acting plus the singing....the best I've seen/heard on you tube! Bravo maestro!

[lelefrancky]

Monaco is the BEST!!

[NasalObstruction]

@mcquicker.....Comparing Pavarotti to Del Monaco is ridiculous. One is a dramatic tenor,the other a lyric tenor. It`s not something you can compare. Poor Pavarotti? Lol

[jeanmolin55]

La versatilità della voce di MDM gli permette sempre di interpretare qualsiasi ruolo sia drammatico, sia melodico, appassionato, violento oppure tranquillo. La potenza vocale è ineguagliabile, lintonazione perfetta, mai una sbavatura! Per chi avesse dubbi consiglio di ascoltare Del Monaco oltre che in Boheme, anche in Trovatore, Andrea Chenier, Aida, Pagliacci.

Non ci sono possibilita di paragoni con nessun altro tenore. Del Monaco: n.1 a pieni voti !!!

[LordoftheTrapdoors]

La potenza c'è sempre. L'intonazione invece in altre esibizioni è spesso traballante (lui stesso ammetteva di prerferire il pathos drammatico alla precisione dell'intonazione). Un tempo non lo amavo affatto, proprio per gli eccessi stentorei ed enfatici, ma ultimamente sto cominciando ad apprezzarlo.

[andyroma72]

TOTALMENTE D'ACCORDO

[LordoftheTrapdoors]

Può sembrare un'eresia, ma io credo che nei ruoli lirici Del Monaco fosse quasi migliore che in quelli drammatici, nei quali eccedeva in enfasi scadendo spesso nel cattivo gusto. Qui invece è davvero splendido, e riesce a dare un po' di grinta ad un personaggio che altri tenori rendono spesso lezioso

[mfrances0503]

Above all: Del Monaco!!

Then Pavarotti, Corelli, Carusso... but the best ever, no doubt, was Mario del Monaco!!!

[bigus]

i respect your choices and totally agree with one exception, i like pavarotti best =D

[Etnalleb]

@mfrances0503 Whoops; Even though he didn't make his career on the Opera Stage the other Mario (Lanza) should be included with the 3mentioned here. Lanza was Pavarotti's inspiration to sing Opera as well as Domingo and Carreras... they are all on record stating that fact.

[giampaolo17]

credo che pavarotti in quest'aria sia imbattibile...

[2591740]

@giampaolo17 yo considero a franco corelli como la mejor version de esta aria 

[Aetion]

Amazing! Who is Mimi pls?

Tks for posting!

[Englishtenor2]

@Aetion There is no Mimi - it's a telecast, hence the lady is a hired actress...

[Aetion]

Oh, I see. Thank you.

[andyroma72]

anche se creod che cambi poco,il sibemolle di del monaco era meglio del do di altri

che poi al do ci arrivavano pochissimi

tenori di forza nessuno

pavarotti si ma era un do meno potente piu stridulo meno rotondo

la qualita dell'organo di del monaco....

[nnsochedirti]

guarda che è in tono

[andyroma72]

infatti

[andyroma72]

mi sembra un do..

[guillecanaleja]

Perfecto, bravo Mario!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[andyroma72]

è un do? o un sibemolle?

[denccian]

e un do!:)

[andyroma72]

infatti

dicono tutti(ignoranti) che il do lo facevo solo pavarotti haahahah

[denccian]

im sorry!!

it is a si bemol...

jejeje it seems like a si sostenuto! :P

sorry

hehehe

[robertocresca]

è un si naturale....mezzo tono sotto l'originale...ma sono quisquilie.... :-)

[nnsochedirti]

questa è in tono

[btsg]

bjorling? ------yes I think I have heard of him------caruso was gone in 1929 and the most important Dramatic in the Italian rep since the 40's to Corelli was MDM.

So amended.

[Artisticz]

breaks my heart to see del monaco a brilliant tenor who tried to cling on to the fading voice by lip synching to old recordings of him in his younger days on video!

[btsg]

todwfish--disagree with you. #1 dramatic tenor in history, MDM.

[DTGeek155]

btsg- I disagree with your statement. Listen to Caruso or Bjorling. Though, Bjorling wasn't a dramatic tenor, listen to him anyway.

[Operaandchant90]

did not know he could sing these roles. great!

[Operaandchant90]

Pavarotti was not the best musician either, actually.

This guy's technique was incredible.

and why are you mentioning pavarotti and di stefano even though they clearly do not appear in this video?

[bigus]

@mcquicker lol this is the same post as on the previous video, but anyway, you cannot watch this and say MDM was a good actor at all. you can say he was a great over actor however since that is what he does.

[ferrariemil]

@mcquicker Unfortunately, Pavarotti was fat and not very appealing, but vocally, as a tenor, both in tone, both for management of sound and heat as well as for interpretation was better...

listen: Luciano Pavarotti - Ah! mes amis - Live 1969

(for example)

[ferrariemil]

@mcquicker Ps.

Pavarotti's Legendary High C 's

was record in 1995.... hehe

[gonzalordm]

@mcquicker great voices, not best singing. Del Monaco was barking many times when he sung. Corelli had an antique style, where the vocal line was imperfect, Di Stefano had a beautiful voice but his singing was so open, his high notes so shouted. Pavarotti was by far a better singer, even if also open some vocals and his musicality depended on his mood...

[sugarbist]

@gonzalordm This is the selection at hand&the dramatic Del Monaco is not barking here.Again,a dramatic tenor singing a lyric aria.Corelli had a style that achieved world wide fame,with at least10signatures roles,along with Del Monaco.Di Stefano did a lot of mezza voce,Diminuendo&filatura which outweighedPav only in a musical sense.Pav. was an excellent tenor with his strengths as well,but could not compete vocally with MDM orCorelli in the more spinto&dramatic roles.All4 tenors were great.Enjoy

[oiuyuioiuyuio]

@mcquicker This is a major blasphemy. this performance is totally flat, no musical emotion, it's a halfstep lower, the acting is NOT THAT good, AND it's a lypsynched over his much younger self recording. Pava completely owns him in this role. When Pava replaced Di Stefano as Rodolfo for the first time, the audience went completely nuts, almost in shock by Pava's amazing interpretation...You are nothing more than a total fail of a hipster.

[sugarbist]

@oiuyuioiuyuio MDM,was a dramatic tenor with a low pitched voice.Therefore the performance is not totally flat.Yes,the piece is transposed as is totally acceptable in this piece by many tenors other than lyric ones like Pav,Bjorling,& Di Stefano.Of course Pav is superior as Pav's voice is more suited in this role as Del Monaco is more suited than Pav in more Spinto&Dramatic roles like Aida Forza,Chenier,Carmen,ETC.This performance is interesting because of the dramaticMDM singing a lyric piece

[jrynz]

Voice over. By this age he definitely couldn't sing like this.

[kgus123]

jrynz is right: MDM is lip-synching. Nothing wrong with that -- the vocal track of his younger self is fantastic.

[andreaplanet]

Perfect! Perfetto!

[bellatrix58]

Fantastic!!He could not only sing beautifuly heroic and dramatic rolls, but also lyric ones like Boheme, and with an enormous histrionic capacity.

Thank you Onegin 65 for posting this video.

[justtenors]

WOW