His name is Antonio Paoli born in Puerto Rico in 1871.
No one has ever sing Verdis compositions like Paoli did. In fact, Paoli sang Otello 585 times. One last piece of history is that 1912 when Paoli finished singing Lohgengrim at the Imperial Theater of Vienna, surprisingly the Astro-Hungarian Emperor Franz Joseph, stood up applauding to the tenor, breaking every protocol.
Don't know who this is, but he's singing about as loud as he possibly can the whole damn time and pushing sharp at least a couple of times or more on some sustained notes. It's not bad... it's pretty good. I am guessing slightly lighter fair, or at least a less bombastic approach to this music might have served him better. Good voice though.
That person standing next to Verdi is dressed as Iago , so It must be a recording of the first Iago singing E'sultate I can't think of his name . A lot of baritones have the range to sing Otello. Look at Milnes some peoplle say he was a tenor . Go figure .
My guess [too late now!] would have been Francesco Vignas, or perhaps Leon Escalais. The other John O'Sullivan records I have heard were less impressive than this.
It is John OSullivan. I looked up the recordings on Amazon and found these selections. He ranks among Tamagno and Del Monaco in sheer power. The character standing with Verdi behind the mask looks like Iago, perhaps baritone Victor Maurel, who created that role in the premiere of Otello in 1887.
The character standing by Verdi is indeed the baritone Victor Maurel, the Iago in the premiere. In truth, I wasn't expecting ANYONE to know the mystery man in the illustration was Iago, and NOT Otello!
The wig and elaborate costume threw me off the track; I thought that the mysterious figure was that of whoever played the role of Desdemona. Also, although you stated that the chap on the left was Verdi himself, he looked like a butler and therefore became a prime suspect for the one "Who Done It".
My vote is for John O'Sullivan, the great Irish tenor. The role of Otello was one that he sang, his voice seems to have the same massively brilliant quality as has the mystery tenor's, and finally you recently left a comment about Mr O'Sullivan's singing of O muto asil (as far as I see, the only example yet of his singing here at YouTube), so your hearing his voice might have stimulated this particular post and competition.
Credo anch'io si tratti di John O'Sullivan.Un bel Otello.Grazie
1947Rollo 6 months ago
the ring and brilliance of this voice!
zfranklyn 1 year ago
Amazing and huge voice despite recording conditions of the time... how it should be live!
aguacun 1 year ago
hmmm... very difficoult to recognize him... but he's Italian anyway
gaemp 1 year ago
Non so' chi può essere ma è senz'altro un tenore con le palle...un saluto
federic017 2 years ago
is this Antonio Paoli?
bacassa 2 years ago
Thank you SOOOO much for this!!!!! SUPER POWER love it
bacassa 2 years ago
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bodiloto 2 years ago
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troppo forte, insensato!!!
sonioquiparlaate 2 years ago
Incredible. Is it Lauri-Volpi? I can't think of anyone else who sings it with this kind of power and authority.
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His name is Antonio Paoli born in Puerto Rico in 1871.
No one has ever sing Verdis compositions like Paoli did. In fact, Paoli sang Otello 585 times. One last piece of history is that 1912 when Paoli finished singing Lohgengrim at the Imperial Theater of Vienna, surprisingly the Astro-Hungarian Emperor Franz Joseph, stood up applauding to the tenor, breaking every protocol.
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yesyanfel 2 years ago
Don't know who this is, but he's singing about as loud as he possibly can the whole damn time and pushing sharp at least a couple of times or more on some sustained notes. It's not bad... it's pretty good. I am guessing slightly lighter fair, or at least a less bombastic approach to this music might have served him better. Good voice though.
bradleyjenks 2 years ago
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Is John O'sullivan....Uno dei grande de tutti tempi!!!!
en94lelle 2 years ago
Tamagno?
TheTristan1954 2 years ago
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bodiloto 2 years ago
I really don't know who he is... the only thing I can say is that he's not Italian for sure...
gaemp 2 years ago
This is Paoli
mano1234pipo 2 years ago
this is Paoli
mano1234pipo 2 years ago
no, this voice is heavier
HMW 2 years ago
It is Fernando Zenatello!
dilvishselar 2 years ago
Nicolai Fusato ?
tenorismo 2 years ago
john o'sullivan?
vkdasniper 2 years ago
Manuel Salazar
wlonis 3 years ago
Is he Lauritz Melchior or Antonio Paoli?
liric01994 3 years ago
It is Jose Carreras!
sandrik100 3 years ago
Sorry, I meant John O'Sullivan
lastofdmelocchians 3 years ago
Dudes...my 1st guess is that it is the great Irish Dramatic tenor who challenged Lauri-Volpi to a vocal battle! This has to be John Sullivan!!!
lastofdmelocchians 3 years ago
gmmix- Check out my mystery tenor video- I DARE you to try and guess who that is! :)
Yoni89 3 years ago
it is Paul Potts
karlfriedrich 3 years ago 2
Ha ha ha ha - Paul Potts! Ha ha ha - A man who needs a microphone & electronic amplification just to make himself heard in the prompters box!
hiyadroogs 2 years ago 5
@karlfriedrich no, Shakira...:))))
gaemp 1 year ago
Sounds too fresh to be Tamagno. The person on the pic is of course VICTOR MAUREL, the french baryton. Perhaps is it Escalais, yes. Or Paul Franz.
SENAFOREVER 3 years ago
That person standing next to Verdi is dressed as Iago , so It must be a recording of the first Iago singing E'sultate I can't think of his name . A lot of baritones have the range to sing Otello. Look at Milnes some peoplle say he was a tenor . Go figure .
tenorismo 3 years ago
My guess [too late now!] would have been Francesco Vignas, or perhaps Leon Escalais. The other John O'Sullivan records I have heard were less impressive than this.
saltburner2 3 years ago
I think it cuold be Bjorling
LeonardoEulero 3 years ago
NO!!!!!!
VeryMeanHen 3 years ago
I tried XDXD
LeonardoEulero 3 years ago
THIS is absoultely mind blowing
2ManyHighCs 3 years ago
Fantastic and never mind who is this artist
tomzoricic 3 years ago
Ha, ha, the man in the photo is Victor Maurel... Tamagno was a giant of man, not like Verdi!!!
Amazing this O'Sullivan... this is much better than his rendition of O muto Asil and of Dillo Ancor, the sound is more compact.
TrovadorManrique 3 years ago
Good point...Tamagno was indeed a bigger man than Verdi, at least in stature!
gmmix 3 years ago
Most likely in voice as well!
jws2718 3 years ago
@gmmix How do we know that it is the man in photo the one who is singing?
Aetion 1 year ago
It is John OSullivan. I looked up the recordings on Amazon and found these selections. He ranks among Tamagno and Del Monaco in sheer power. The character standing with Verdi behind the mask looks like Iago, perhaps baritone Victor Maurel, who created that role in the premiere of Otello in 1887.
jeichacker 3 years ago
I'm stunned by this person's detective work.
The character standing by Verdi is indeed the baritone Victor Maurel, the Iago in the premiere. In truth, I wasn't expecting ANYONE to know the mystery man in the illustration was Iago, and NOT Otello!
You caught me!
gmmix 3 years ago
The wig and elaborate costume threw me off the track; I thought that the mysterious figure was that of whoever played the role of Desdemona. Also, although you stated that the chap on the left was Verdi himself, he looked like a butler and therefore became a prime suspect for the one "Who Done It".
rupepill 3 years ago
You guys are great! Well done. I just found this, but I wouldn't have gotten it correct.
Great stuff! You should be proud!
Beats the hell out of the dandies sitting in between acts on the Met radio guessing which opera/scene after 45 seconds of music :)
wotan3000 3 years ago
It could be also Zenatello
koloskopie 3 years ago
My vote is for John O'Sullivan, the great Irish tenor. The role of Otello was one that he sang, his voice seems to have the same massively brilliant quality as has the mystery tenor's, and finally you recently left a comment about Mr O'Sullivan's singing of O muto asil (as far as I see, the only example yet of his singing here at YouTube), so your hearing his voice might have stimulated this particular post and competition.
rupepill 3 years ago
As usual, Rupepill's powers of deduction are
impressive and correct in all regards. Well done, my friend.
gmmix 3 years ago