Nessun dorma

[paulostroff99]

awesome!  TY.

[Manxypop]

An amazing testament to a fine vocal technique and musical sensitivity which can still triumph through a difficult aria at 80. Paul Potts eat your heart out.

[eblanaken]

Who is this tenor?

[AZo9jojo]

Giacomo Lauri-Volpi.

[paulostroff99]

@eblanaken -Your uncle.Moe. Don't you remember-Giacomo.

[alcoemdge]

The audience members must have felt like they were all time travelers, to have heard this famous voice in this aria at that date ....

[dtkane]

What is it with these videos? They're either way out of sync or nearly inaudible.

[jtaylor8424]

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[elisa9393]

che uomo ammirabile.. anche a quell'età cantare con tanta passione.. ha tutta la mia stima

[donaldrose]

I need to show this to my physician. He sings in a choir but thinks that because he is 75 his voice is no longer capable of much more than a little over an octave. I said that it was purely a technique issue and I could expand that range give it better resonance and punch in just a few lessons.

Sure, Lauri-Volpi hasn't got the youthful B or the squillante he had years ago but this is still singing only surpassed by the best tenors around today.

[Webarton]

I think I might like this person.

[Vairguy09]

Most of us will be lucky to be walking without a walker, let alone singing like this! WOW!

[ingve1974]

Very powerful.

[lanpojken]

this is amazing for an 80 year old.. Between 65-80 the voice weakens a lot but he still had loads of volume left ^^

[JesusEspinozaSoria]

Realmente increible , con 20 años que practico creo q jamas cantaré como este maestro y menos a su edad.INCREIBLE!!!!!!!!!

[JBARBAROUX]

Realmente espectacular, escuche por radio esta versión hace 25 años, ahora que la veo, gracias quien subio este video...fuera de serie...gracias maestro Lauri Volpi

[macciboma]

Che meraviglia a 80 anni cantare così bene,eccetto l'acuto,il timbro era meglio che da giovane.

Grazie del bel video.

[ivancin25]

lo veo y me sigue pareciendo increible que cante esa aria de opera tan dificil bueno lo que me queda decir es que tenemos que ver mas a los antiguos porque cada evz nos damos cuenta que eran grandes voces .. ahora ya no hay tan grandes voces en cuestiónd e potencia y es porque la tecnica ha cambiado.. ahora la cuestión es la opera se canta sin micro y la voz debe ser las grande que el resto que no canta opera.. claro eso se da mas en los bel cantistas.. a ver digan algo??

[Huljic]

He had 80?? Than he is really fantastic!! Great,he had a full power!!Cangrdulation!!!

[girardje]

formidable

[ivancin25]

el gran vo,lpi tenia mas emoción que kraus.. para catar esta ária.. de opera... kraus canta pero su voz es demasiado fria para le enssun droma.. en cambio vilpo con los 80 años.. emociona.. y me parece que a esta edad tenía mas potencia que muchos tenores de ahora..

[Golifion]

Kraus nunca interpretó Calaf, no era su repertorio, grabo el Nessun Dorma y lo hizo, como todo, perfecto, pero es cierto que falto de emoción. Lauri Volpi emociona por su fuerza y sobretodo por su edad. Gran video

[maxmarce]

SIEMPRE UN PERO

[maestroredal]

INCREDIBLE AT 80 !!!!

someone is say that this was a playback ??? You are terribly Wrong !!!

This was the most incredible voice, tecnique and temperament you can immagine. People who heard him live in the ´50 told me that the recorded voice is nothing comparing the real brillant voice you heard in the Theater !!!!

Unique !!! He knew what he was doing, with the frasing, the breath and interpretation.

[emalaithdies]

this is definitely his voice. The video and sound are not always perfectly synchronised on television as anyone over the age of five should know. He is 80 and his powers have diminished somewhat, from being the awesome force he was, to just bloody good

[lafferty2316]

leomac

some subscribers are of the opinion that he is great because of how well he could sing at around 80 years of age. Well, at presently 81 years of age the Scottish tenor Alexander Hood, resident in London, is still singing and producing rock solid notes up to bflat that would be the envy of tenors around today.

[PonselleLover]

But I doubt he'd make Lauri Volpi jealous... Let's be reasonable. And the fact this tenor can do it doesn't diminish LV's exceptional talent.

[americ0yrupailla]

very emotive!! like paul potts

[345murphy]

Oh my God what a fantastic clip we have here.

The voice at 80 years old still sounds so full

and rich. All you want to do is applaud for more

and more. Absolutely blown away.

[PonselleLover]

Even in his late 70s, Giacomo, throwing his incandescent javelines, trumpetting, gives a lesson forever to the nowadays tenors with their dull, backward placed and strainful voices.

[lachukee]

absolutely fantastic!!!!. this upload is terrible. i saw the same presentation as this on TV and it wasn't lip singing at all. from all the tenor i heard singing this amazing "aria" i think this is the most passionate and heartfelt performance

[kamehasutra]

to sing this at the age of 80 its quite impressive!! and very emotive!! i really love this song

[vaquero74]

To much energy, but I think he must go to play with his grandsons. Nessun Dorma is an incredible song, but, if it is interpreted badly is sad.

[arkantos20]

Sin comentarios... es exelente!!!

[invidsur]

thanks for upload this and let me know about this man..

[DOYLETWAT]

Pavarotti will always sing this song the best no matter what key it is sung in.

[markhh]

Lauri-Volpi is the man who introduced this aria. He was Calaf in the premiere of "Turandot" in 1926!

[markhh]

Sorry, he was in the Met premiere.

[angeldelosilaos]

I think the first Calaf was spanish tenor Miguel Fleta at la Scala.

[v2eqi]

Yuo are correct.Puccini wanted Lauri-Volpi or gigli to do it but since he was dead and Toscanini didn't like GLV Fleta was chosen.Fleta never sang anything related to it again cause he knew it wasn't right for his voice.

[siukola1]

you know, for all not believers montserrat Caballe was present at the concert- ask her

[gilmourex]

out of his time :P sounds pretty shitty

[Golifion]

ni del Monaco, ni Corelli, ni Pavarotti...ni siquiera el mismo LauriVolpi de joven me hubiese emocionado como en este video, es fantástico, no me canso de verlo...80 años...dios mio

[Thesmokingsinger]

for Del Monaco I make an exception... for the incredible masculine power of his passionate singing....

JP

[nobisotti]

he did it when he was 80, I have got the CD. The hell knows about this video. but he was great!!!!

[Thesmokingsinger]

If that is true, I am very much ashamed - a singer myself, and 30 years his junior... Unbelievable... Whats the title and company of this cd?

JP

[Thesmokingsinger]

I doubt the reality of this video. It'd be great if L-V had sung like this when 80, a feat I've never heard of. And then there's the synchr. or rather, the total lack thereof. but:when you see the conductor, he and the music are perfectly in time.

My suspicion is,this is a typical Italian tv-show,where a once famous tenor mimes to an early recording of himself while the orchestra plays live.

God, I so hope I'm wrong!

Could anybody give some info?

Jan-Paul van Spaendonck

[DeadmanInc786]

I agree with you, but it has to be said that the emotion and performance as a whole is still enjoyable despite the lip syncing.

[Thesmokingsinger]

Of course.. but that is not my point. LV was a great singer. But this (and after seeing the video again,I'm quite certain)is NOT an 80 year old man singing....

[AndreaBorto]

i am italian and he was sung in playback. Heis out of time, don't worry you're in right.

[siukola1]

this was not playback- Lauri volpi was one of the greatest singers the world ever saw, greater than Pavarotti, and P.knows this.

[siukola1]

Lauri Volpi was a singular case, also in his book voci paralelle he describes it as voce singolare.

He is 80, but there was a time, when singers existed that could not be imagined today

here the voice of Gigli short before his death.

I saw also better versions of this video, and know also people who knew lauri volpi personally

[Isidore98]

No this is out of synch - he did sing live -and other versions of this video are in synch...

[PonselleLover]

Totally right.

[PonselleLover]

Be safe : you're wrong. I had it as a video tape and it was perfectly synchronized. LV would never have cheated his audience doing a play back.

[siukola1]

wonderful, unbelievable !!!

[kamehasutra]

el final es mas q emotivo.. ahi se puede ver la pasion fuerza y entrega, realmente, sin bromas, las lagrimas casi se me salen al ver la delicadeza y gracia con la q canta, realmente bella interpretacion

[Sirprincipe]

Bravisimoooo, que belleza de voz

[OettingerCroat]

that is just amazing... 80 years old and he pulls that off... and a great climactc ending.

[WhatAboutBlighty]

Bravo! Spectacular!

[didisales]

See about Franco Corelli's teacher (Lauri-Volpi) at Grandi-tenori dot com, and at english Wikipedia.

[ancorseo]

good!

[diablito265]

Quien es este tenor? Impresionante simplemente.

[allinvideo]

Many people use to write at YouTube that Corelli's teacher was Melocchi. That's not true. Anyone can read the Corelli's interview that he did few classes with Melocchi and "scaped from him". His principal teachar was the tenor Giacomo Lauri-Volpi.

[Cesaare]

In an interview with G.Hines Corelli mentiones only one teacher and only one school he followed, it was Melocchi's method. Corelli claimes he never studied formaly with anyone even Melocchi (went there 2 or three times) but he studied his method with his student Scaravelli and talks about Melocchi's method of singing never mentioning Lauri-Volpi's one.

Take a look in "Great singers on Great singing" by G.Hines

[PonselleLover]

He studdied with him much later, in 1961, to lighten his voice and reach the high Ds of Gli Ugonoti he was about to sing at la Scala.

[GreekCallas]

Spectacular!

[francotenelli]

At this age simply unbelievable!

[Abril507]

Does anyone here has this aria interpreted by Mr. Lauri-Volpi? PLEASE TELL ME IF YOU DO

[ErnestoPetti]

i have it

[vwlai788]

he looks and sounds a bit like Alfredo Kraus!

[mose3]

Maestro Corelli many times spoke to me about him, specially his examples. For thirteen years, until his death he studied with him. The position of his larynx,the openness of his throat, the shear size of the sound...Phenomenal!!!

A great pupil of the great Cotogni, one of Verdi's favourite baritons.

[Manuelnc]

COMO AGUANTAR LAS LAGRIMAS DESPUES DE ESCUCHAR ESTO!!!

Alguien sabe que edad tenia en este video?

[cziffra]

masomenos 80 años. es impresionante.

[adremoid]

He had then 81 years. I think he was an absolute phenomenon. Let's see if one of the young tenors can do that at the same age.

[alainwilliam]

I got in my microsillon -GIACOMO LAURI-VOLPI - LAST RECORD SEPTEMBER 27TH 1973-to go on like that you must have a extraordinary technic

[adremoid]

absolutely fantastic

[Redboy4]

Reading some of the comments on these tenor clips, one would think he came across the petty "east coast v. west coast" type of thing that is common to rap music. This tenor is better than that tenor, and this one sucks and that one sucks etc etc. Maybe some would be happier if their favorite tenors were in a boxing match or a street fight. Unbecoming of the artform I say.

[Ahdren]

you are watching a man who i believe is almost 80 years of age who was one of the first great interpereters of this role. It was an unusual voice in its hey day as it had very little verbrato....what this shows it that careful care for the voice will allow you to sing nessun dorma on your 80th birthday which he did. Take note Salvatore Licitra!!

[MinnieFalconer]

It must also be mentioned that this man is singing "Nessun dorma" in the original key. Notice the king of the high Cs in his Torino rendition sang it below key; and the Spaniard's rendition doesn't deserve any comments. I saw that performance and it was also lowered. After a few turns at the studio, it came back on key. I agree that Licitra is someone to take note of, if the record companies and the three tenors let him.

[LordMoe]

just because Pavarotti lowered it doesn't mean he's worse than anyone else. Everyone must deal with old age, and it's a blessing that Pavarotti could still sing like that at about 70 years old. The guy in this video can sing it in it's original key, but it doesn't sound that great.

[hammondmania]

well said. And don't forget another tenor who sang into old age was Jan Peerce, singing beautifully at his last concert in Carnegie Hall, aged 78.

[blakemooney]

Unfortunately, as Einstein said, "Everything goes by comparison." This mean, to me, that no one is in a class by themselves. We all stand up and account for ourselves...one way or another.

[mactopolis]

In His Prime..There Was Very Very Few Better Than He...Gigli And Bjorling Are First And Second As Far As Tenors Go..Lazzaro Is Third

[blakemooney]

I agree with this except I don't see how Caruso--the first "arrainger" of most of the great tenor arias--can be ignore for contributed much more than his instinctive good sense and beautiful voice when identifying dramatic emphasis and breaks for breathing: he sang and popularized opera and he did it first.

[mactopolis]

I Am Not Ignoring Caruso For He Was Surely In A Class By Himself...Not A Number...There Was Something Sensational About His Embellishments Of Certain Notes He Sang

[Redboy4]

Amazing.

[nypunkeer]

wow. for being that old and having that much power, quite impressive.

[Sanrus]

Magnificently sung, and with a sense of style which definitively belongs to the 'old' school. The most beautiful rendition of the phrase "...che tremano d'amore" I have heard:-)

[Astardis]

This is amazing. Still, 'Nessun dorma' belongs completely to Pavarotti.

[nypunkeer]

*scoff* Domingo sings is better than he does, but Franco Corelli's, Guiseppe Di Stefano's, and Mario Lanza's all surpass both of theres. Pavarotti sings clearly and projects, yes, but I haven't heard the kind of power and drive (nor acting ability!) that these three men have.

[mactopolis]

These Are Good Singers.Heaven Knows Not The Best:Domingo Is A 3rd Rate Tenor As Wel As Lanza. The Yeller...I Can Not Appreciate Corelli's .PavarottI..Ugh....A Big "Ham" With Great Breath Control And Minimal More...Lauri-Volpi Here Is Very Old...And Sure Not That Beautiful Any More..Like His Voice Was In Its Prime...Hell Even John McCormack Was Better Than These Spaniards And Italians You Listed...

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[johnvanbuyten]

laza is the best tenor ever

[GreekCallas]

How can it belong to Pavarotti when Giacomo Lauri-Volpi was in the Met premiere of Turandot in the 20s? As far as I'm concerned, Lauri-Volpi is Calàf.

[allinvideo]

And the World première, with Miguel Fleta. I had never heard any Fleta record on "Nessun dorma", do someone have that and can share at YouTube?

[sjwfabian]

No recordings exists of Fleta doing "Nessun Dorma"

[hammondmania]

there is no record of Fleta singing Nessun Dorma because at the time the publisher of the music wouldn't allow it, thinking it would slow down (or stop) sheet music sales of the music. The same reason why there is no record of Caruso singing "Chella mi creda" from "La Fanciulla del West". A very sad and short-sighted decision.

[singingdonkey]

anyone who thinks ND belongs to Pavarotti,is either too young to know better,or a little biased.Think bjorling or Valente or half a douzen others,seek and ye shall find!

[randysync]

Seens he is going to die with his broken heart in the end...

[zedocaixao]

Eso es un gran cantante de verdad, 

[FamiliaOrero]

<Faint> That was pretty good!!! Lovely performance, Thank you so much for the video.

[donatello1]

WOW! Pretty awesome.

[cherpa]

nessun dorma with style

[jsphotos]

pretty darn good - considering Volpi's age at the time - a great voice with great expression!

[cziffra]

i agree with that. the nigh notes are good. im surprised

[steveabrams]

He was in his 80th year! 1971. He created the role at the Met premiere in 1926.