Young Bonisolli Vespri Siciliani High D !!!!! La Brezza aleggia intorno

[Takken1256]

LA BREZZA TI VIENE ADDOSSO......AD ASCOLTARLO!!!!

[DonPaolissimo]

One of the truly GREAT tenors in history - far better than any of the (supposedly) "big" three.

[MadonnaImperia]

Does anyone know when this was recorded and who the soprano is? Thank you.

[JoanLorraineN]

@MadonnaImperia

I think that this is from a 1974 performance with Deutekom in Paris..

[seektheforce]

@coloraturatenor Sorry but Fritz Wunderlich, Jussi Bjorling, and Jerry Hadley, are just a few among many others who deserved to live long and happy singing careers.

[ThePavafan]

Pavarotti had a kind of a sword in his voice that cut through every dramatic,lyric,spinto voice,huge orchestra,full orchestra.He could outsing everyone.

[ThePavafan]

And trust me i have all heard them in almost every opera house they sung.Ihave even sung with them

[ThePavafan]

and ghena's voice is as big,as powerful,as piercing as nilsson's and bonisolli's voice.The volume of ghena's voice is as big as nilsson's and bonisolli's,but despite of his medium voice [his voice wasn't that wide like the others',wasn't that big,didn't have that much bass[support] in his voice] because of his perfect technique could outsing in beauty,power,piercing and volume every singer ever.His voice was more powerful than nilsson's,bonisolli's and corelli's.Pavarotti was louder than them.

[ThePavafan]

the bigness of the voice has nothing to do with loudness.I have heard both pav and bonisolli at the met and despite pav's voice was smaller by a mile his technique allowed him to be louder than anyone.When i compared them pavarotti's voice was a little louder than bonisolli's, a little more.I have heard pavarotti sing tosca with ghena dimitrova in the Vienna's opera house in 1985 and despite pav's voice was a lot smaller than ghena's he was a lot louder.He drowned her in every note.

[primohomme]

It's a D, and it's amazing he can keep the dark quality so high, a miracle

[erricoline]

La voce era davvero di ottima grana, ma il fraseggio davvero periclitante. Le difficoltà di questa pagina d'altronde sono improbe... nessuno è ancora davvero venuto a capo di questo ruolo, vocalmente parlando, se si escludono i recenti tentativi di affidare Arrigo a tenori lirico leggeri, per facilitare l'ascesa agli acuti. Il che non mi sembra convincente... la scrittura di Arrigo, stante anche l'orchestrazione, è da tenore drammatico...

[semiramide1945]

Do you by any chance have his Giorno di Pianto from this performance. I was stunned by the high D here, tossed off like it was nothing. I have always admired his exciting, thrilling, and fearless way of singing. Thanks for posting this- Ernesto

[abracadabranque]

Un ré,d'accord,mais pas très beau comme tout le reste de sa voix.Il valait mieux rester sur l'ut !

[DonPaolissimo]

Phenomenal! Why was he largely ignored in favor of the lesser tenors, such as Domingo & Carrerras!!

[tenorismo]

I saw him in La Donna Del Largo at Carnegi hall late 70's he was incredible. If he sang at the net in the 70's Domingo would have been a door man.

[dorothy76]

Do you know how he called Mr. Domingo ? Placi-- --mingo BECASE no DO =C

[DonPaolissimo]

Magnificent - FB was never recognized with the following the Domingo commanded. Yet, he could sing circles around the cracking & hoarse Domingo!!!

[bigus]

its a C# not a D

but its still fabulous

[Jextxadore]

@bigus Pretty sure that's a D.

[bigus]

@Jextxadore grab a pitch pipe or a keyboard and see for yourself its C# or Db depending on the key signature.

[Nicrhind]

@bigus Care to correct your comment?

[bigus]

@Nicrhind C# or Db check it i just pitch piped it even.

[31122051]

Repertorio immenso, voce meravigliosa, acuti molto estesi, splendida interpretazione. Uno dei migliori di sempre !

[ReardonSteel1]

Awesome voice.

I bet this guy laid more pipe than Exxon.

[Dekyi1210]

I heard Pavarotti and the great Franco Bonisolli a lot of times in Vienna and other opera-houses (also in the Arena di Verona), but I tell You, Pavarottis voice NEVER had the volume and the beauty of Francos. Not in the low and not in the high notes.

Bonisolli was the greatest tenor I saw. What would I give to hear him one more time on stage.

[cantanteporsiempre]

and what happened? why did he not sing more? I am a singer, and in my medium, they say that Domingo ruined his career.

[mediterraneo1000]

@cantanteporsiempre si domingo even ttry to ruinede fco araiza career,he undermined.

[cantanteporsiempre]

really? tell me the story!! what does it mean undermind.

[mediterraneo1000]

@cantanteporsiempre yes he avoid all coment about fco araiza y he try to ruined his career because the jealous feelings about the popularity of araiza in germany and austria where araiza was very popular in opera thats why araiza no work too much in la opera metropolitan new york

[cantanteporsiempre]

envious old fellow. and whos´ else he ruined the career?

[mediterraneo1000]

@cantanteporsiempre some people say domingo and marketin companies even ramon vargas sufered this problem

[cantanteporsiempre]

ramon vargas? from domingo?? really?

[mediterraneo1000]

@cantanteporsiempre si eran una verdadera competencia para el y otros como los 3 tenore y no era bueno para las ganancias de las disqueras

[mediterraneo1000]

@cantanteporsiempre hablas español?

[cantanteporsiempre]

si. como sabes todo eso? cuentame mas

[mediterraneo1000]

@cantanteporsiempre pues mira vivia en usa un tiempo 10 años aprox y asisti a unos conciertos y opera de domingo alla le dicen algunos criticos wheres the do y lo critican por que la mayoria de sus operas o las cantadas por el las transpone medio tono o un tono abajo del usual para poder cumplir con el registro establecido ni araiza ni vargas hacian esto y eran mas aclamados en europa cos a q molestaba a domingo quien etsa muy relacionado con las cias disqueras... cont...

[mediterraneo1000]

@cantanteporsiempre por lo q trato de boicotearlos muchas veces y prueba de ello es que ahora vargas tiene muchisimo trabajo dado q domingo y pavarotti ahora estan retirados y ya no hay por q molestarlos inclusive araiza se rebelo contra domingo en la presentacion de una opera en el met causandole desasosiego a domingo por q no acataba las indicaciones de las cias disqueras donde domingo tenia mucha influencia.

[cantanteporsiempre]

es muy interesante lokeme cuentas. de esto esta lleno el ambiente del canto. araiza y vargas son dos grandes voces, pero a veces en esta carrera se encuentra uno con ese tipo de gente. es duro para un cantante.

[RADAMES1983]

@Dekyi1210

Thank you for this comment.

[ThePavafan]

@Dekyi1210 Well i have heard them both at the MET and Pav's voice despite being smaller than bonisolli's because of pav's perfect technique and traveling ability of his voice was far louder than bonisolli. Pav was louder than bonisolli by a mile. And for beauty of the voice, pav had the most beautiful and recognizable voice ever. He had overtones which bonisolli never had. pav's voice was FAR MORE beautiful than bonisolli's.

[tenorschofield]

@Dekyi1210 I only saw him in videos, but must say that I agree with you. His voice had that wonderful color an elasticity that even if full and strong, gave him the tools to manage hyper high notes. He was great Bravo!!!!!

[Agorante]

If you want to understand Franco Bonisolli listen to Richard Margison. Margison started off as a folk singer. Then he became a Gilbert and Sullivan tenor. Then a lyric doing roles like Rodolfo. Lastly he sings heavy drammatic parts in the big theaters. Or try Alan Titus. When I first heard him he sang tenor - sort of. Then he sang Belcore. Then he became a big voiced Verdi Baritone. Now he a heldenbariton and sings Wotan.

Bonisolli started as a lyric and later became a drammatic. Old story.

[mongemark]

bravo davvero ... (e non sono suo fan)..

a parte il re sopracuto (che è bellissimo in sé) anche tutto il pezzo è eseguito con stile ...

ancora bravo

[caazguy]

Hes definitely Great... but you forget how strong a very young Pavarottis voice was, ever hear his early recordings?... and he sings with more passion.

[svjatazarov]

Ammmmmazing!

[bAdAbAdA13]

Paris Opera, 1975, with Cristina Deutekom, Ruggero Raimondi and Peter Glossop, conducted by Nello Santi.

[Honken]

He has always been and will always be my favourite tenor.

[GVerdiOpera]

Grandissimooooooooo

[JOSQUINMA]

Nice high D!!

[WMP777]

Bonisolli was one of the best tenors of his generation. I have his first long playing where he shows not only a beautiful voice but a cotrol of dynamics that is truly amazing. Only Franco Corelli was able to make diminuendos in very high notes. Given their's huge voices, that technique is unherd from the new generation of young tenors.

[jhgreenhorn]

don't forget di stefano in this regard!

[Etnalleb]

You are correct both Franco's had huge voices, but Bonisolli was a true Dramatic Tenor and Corelli more of a spinto with dramatic qualities. Bonisolli's voice was deeper and bigger than Corelli's and just as powerful but because of his temperment and stage antic's was never taken seriously and was vastly under rated . Bonisolli in my opinion was 2nd to none. R.I.P. Franco.

[bigmandrel]

Etnalleb, you speak for me. All the best to you, and Franco B.

[mozartsinger]

I must disagree.  Bonisolli was a fantastic singer (and yes, a little crazy), but certainly not a dramatic tenor. In fact, he wasn't even a spinto. A darker color does not = a dramatic tenor.

[Etnalleb]

What would you classify Bonisolli as a LYRIC??? What kind of drugs are you taking lol.

[edraith]

He began as tenore lirico.

[BariTenoreDram]

@Etnalleb I think you've never heard both live ... Corelli had 3 times the volume and squillo of Bonisolli

[Etnalleb]

@BariTenoreDram Corelli had 3 TIMES the volume of Bonisolli ?? surely you must be joking , you don't expect any one to believe that now do you?

[bigus]

@Etnalleb he is right Corelli had a bigger instrument bonisolli was more of a lyric than corelli a big voice surely but not as big as corelli. i would say bonisolli was a big lyric/light spinto where corelli was more spinto to heroic.

[tantris3]

@BariTenoreDram You are absolutely right! Corelli's voice was at least twice as big as Bonisolli. I've heard them both live and loved Bonisolli's interjected optional high notes. He was doing the Saint of Bleeker Street at the Festival of Two Worlds at Spoletto, Italy when I sang Tristan...we formed a mutual appreciation society.

[Etnalleb]

@BariTenoreDram Right ! I can believe your opinion about Bonisolli as much as i can believe your age which you list as 109. Your a Joke!

[BariTenoreDram]

@Etnalleb yes a joke

[Agorante]

@Etnalleb

It depends on when you heard them. Corelli started late but immediately began singing the heaviest roles. Late in his career he sang lighter parts. Bonisolli had a rather samll voice at first but he looked good and had great high notes. His voice got bigger every time I heard him. Alas he started to lose finesse. He began to strut around the stage and shout. He always had a great C.

[raigekimaru]

@Etnalleb

I would disagree, I never heard Bonisolli live, but Corelli could match the volume of Birgit Nilsson, who had the largest, most piercing voice of any singer in the 20th century.

[Etnalleb]

@raigekimaru If you've never heard Bonisolli live then you really can't make a judgment on his voice, i heard both Corelli and Bonisolli live and believe me Bonisolli had the bigger , rounder ,deeper tenor. Corelli had more squillo there-fore his tenor sounded more brilliant and piercing as you mentioned of Nilsson.

[steakopera]

@Etnalleb I'll have to say Corelli's voice definitely had more squillante than Bonisolli. What hear on this video certainly is not a dramatico voice.

[Honken]

Agreed, the 1968 recording of Traviata confirms this.

[afra2id]

I really loved Franco Bonisolli's singing which was always masculine and generous...he had something of the old true Italian style before a few anglo-american puritan type critics who (with Muti although something of his pace is reminiscent of the style) have done their best to destroy that tradition so what if a tenor or prima donna milked a little applause or held the acuti longer if you've got it flaunt it and Franco B had it in spades, Bravissimo sleeping hero!!!!

[enzoonapulitan]

Grande Bonisolli grazie per il video:-))))