Robert McFerrin baritone sings Cortigiani (Excerpt)

[MrDeadMan4]

So that's what my voice called...

[VinylToVideo]

Please remove the Ninon Vallin video I accidentally posted as a video response.

[Omnicron4735]

Outstanding.



[intelegentable]

Robert McFerrin was a great singer and a truly exceptional artist. In a more just world with talent like this he should have been ultra famous. What a waste of a great American talent.Racism limited his chances. Who can say this man was not one of the most incredible voices of his day?

[kaptainkerby]

@WOOFOWOOF scary

[coryisawake]

RM was a really exciting voice; almost tenorial.

[TryPeaceNow]

Robert McFerrin was an exceptional talent in an era that also had Leonard Warren, Robert Merrill, Robert Weede and a young Cornell MacNeil. I am so pleased to see this video to help keep the memory of real singing alive! And to think today that Placido Domingo is singing Rigoletto.....vergonia

[chrisjackson1]

@WOOFOWOOF Like a frog.

[lorrrence]

his voice is so warm

[rdberg1957]

I was just looking at his entry in wiki and it is mentioned that he was considered "underrecorded." He didn't make many recordings, his career at the Met was relatively short. According to Wiki, he didn't believe he had much job security.

[ZsaZsadoll]

Wow what a voice

[nawmmbr]

Holy, Jesus! I am speechless..... WOWWW!... I .....WOWWW! I.....WOWWWW! Never mind! This is fantabulous!

[Savaric86]

Brilliant.

[Buzaglod]

He's phenomenal!

[creolediva]

This is so wonderful. Great to finally hear him!

[85msbear]

he kind of looks like ludacris(rapper) but he looks way better and has way more talent RIP

[KristopherNexus]

Rest In Peace!

[deefirst]

BEAUTIFUL!

[sonqualnave]

Yes, and he even sang a tenor part in Trouble Island

[Doromir]

The same without the high G in the middle :-))

[LuxieP]

Good one!

[cchamp27]

holy crap! what a voice o_o

i wish there were more recordings of him on youtube

[kitneen]

What a thrill to hear his voice. I studied voice with him at Sacramento State Univ. in the late '60s. In a small room, his powerful voice was almost too much. His performances of Schubert lieder could bring tear to your eyes. A wonderful man and tremendously talented...RIP Maestro

[righteousness16]

oh wow haz inredible...he is def my her, wishI had hat opportunity, I'm 19 study opera an would lv to hav had the chance o meet him

[nero93747]

so powerful

[legatofancier]

Impressive, to say the least! Would love to hear more from this artist!

[severalside]

Quelle belle surprise ! On en redemande, merci...

[tenornmd]

That was amazing!!

[kgarmaker123]

You got that right.. amazing!

[stevevandien]

I certainly wish McFerrin would have had the opportunity to record more. This was an excellent dramatic baritone. If he were around today, he'd be an international star --

[Ebonysoprano]

Yummy Chocolate voice

[leonelfran]

He is father of bobby Mcferrin the singer of dont worry be happy. Believe it or not

[Operafiend22]

Incredible! This is as good as it gets. A performer rightfully deserving to be mentioned alongside Bastianini, Warren, Protti, Gobbi and all the other great Rigolettos

[WillBraden]

I wish there were more recordings of this amazing man and his amazing voice!

[Agorante]

He was also the voice of Porgy in the movie. Sidney Poitier was the face on the screen.

[sarahcyn]

That's fascinating!

[Agorante]

You shouldn't be surprised. Listen to this clip. He's very, very good. He's better than Todd Duncan or Lawrence Winters - the first Porgy on stage and the first Porgy on records. He had a helluva voice.

[sarahcyn]

He's good alright. I guess I just meant, "why didn't I know that before?" Of course it's an obvious piece of casting now I think of it!

[leesterg]

Trivia: In the Porgy & Bess movie which starred Sidney Poitier, Master Robert McFerrin's voice was lip synced by Poitier.

[espatrio]

Lawrence Tibbett was the first Porgy on records.

[Agorante]

You're older than I am so perhaps you have a personal contemporary remembrance. I heard all of these guys only later on records. Winters sang the first complete Porgy on records. I had that set at one time. Tibbett only recorded excerpts as did Robert Merrill. I believe the Gershwins wouldn't allow full stage performances with white singers.

[Oaktownrob]

At long last, one of the Greatest baritones to utter a sound! I had the privelege of knowing Robert Mc Ferrin personally and will never forget his unmatched artistry. This man

mesmerized every audience who ever heard him.

As a legendary singer of the Metropolitan Opera and the foremost exponent of the Negro

Spiritual, he has no peer. I hope there will be more of his work represented here.

[lowvoice3]

Thank you SOO much for adding this...we've been waiting!!!!