Samuel Ramey "Come notte " Nabucco Gala Tucker 99

[34castafiore]

Le meilleur Zaccaria de tous les temps !!! (suite)

Ce rôle a souvent attiré les grandes basses profondes, certaines bien sur possèdent un grave plus riche que celui de Samuel Ramey, mais aucune ne peut rivaliser sur les autres aspects de l'écriture du role. Malheureusement il n'a aucun successeur, sa tessiture de basse chantante colorature fait appelle à des qualités naturelles extrêmement rares dans ce type de voix.

[34castafiore]

Le meilleur Zaccaria de tous les temps !!!

Que ce soit dans l'aria ou la cabalete qui suit, Samuel Ramey est exceptionnel. Facilité et beauté de l'aigu, noblesse d'un phrasé nuancé, homogénéité de la voix. Son chant sert à la perfection la partition et le personnage. C'est surtout dans la cabalete qu'il écrase la concurrence, ou ses qualités de colorature uniques lui permettent d'affronter avec facilité et noblesse les vocalises d'une écriture encore ancrée dans le belcanto romantique.

[angusmcrandy]

The conductor is Gerard Schwartz.

[BravoLucero]

I heard him sing this role in Nabucco at the Met. He was amazing.

[lamsalgado]

DIVINE Ramey, to my ears the most beautifull basso voice ever!

(Consider that I'm a huge fan of Furlanetto, genial!; Guiaurov (wow!) and Pavel Lisitsian (a phenomenon!), a dream trio)...

And yet..Ramey SHINES!

[lamsalgado]

@Onegin65 Thanks Onegin for this upload of divine Ramey ! Bravissimi !

[lauradavis90]

This is absolutely wonderful like all of Onegin65's postings. Does Mr. Ramey sing much these days? I last saw him in the Met's 2009 production of Puccini's La Rondine. His voice then was a mere shadow of that heard in this magnificant aria. Opera lovers who love this piece will surely enjoy Mr. Ramey's rendition of Lord Sydney's hymn in Rossini's Il Viaggio a Reims also posted on You-tube.

[Cantermann]

La técnica más perfecta... cada nota y cada pasaje resuelto con el más mínimo detalle... un genio...

[rrgallo]

who's conducting?

[Dogaradodia]

Almighty Bass!

[Fasnacht123]

I love this guy, but in this video he seems to have forgotten the end of the aria

[raycanto76]

A legendary bass-baritone

[Baelmyrrdn]

I agree. An American treasure. We will not see his like again in our lifetimes.

[lamsalgado]

He is a Basso with fantastic upper register. What amazes me, besides the incredible beauty of his voice and singing is how his register is seamless! Yes, he is a living legend! One those voices once in an century !

[bassfanne45]

@lamsalgado The seamlessness of the voice knocks me out, too. I always think there has to be a break in the voice somewhere, that nobody can blend the registers that well, but Ramey can!

[bellinianodoc]

Che voce leggendaria. Grandissimo Ramey.

[orthochrom]

Thank you for the video.C

[drdre333]

A modern legend.