Gianni Schicchi: "Firenze è come un albero fiorito" (Levine)

[parodycreator25]

In modern adaptations of Gianni Schicchi like this one it's really difficult to understand why these people are fighting for mules and a mill.

[Detectivefiction]

I love this aria! It's like a hymn to Florence (beautiful city, by the way).

[Agorante]

Miles better than the version by Florez. It's not an aria for a big voice like Calaf or Cavaradossi but it still needs thrust and trob. Massimo is very damn good. He has color and brilliance.

[federricoilgrande]

Tenorino? Ma se la canta meglio di Di Stefano e di Del Monaco !!

[TheBaythorn]

what is his motivation for asking Gianni Schichi to come?

[dcossi1]

@TheBaythorn he was expecting something from the will,so then he could marry.the girl he wants to marry is schichi's daughter.

[miauhaus]

Concordo con andmat5. Regia da solito regista anglosaxon-todesco (vedi le Violette sulle scale mobili con spolverini in pelle nera). Bella la voce del tenorino

[andmat5]

Bella voce di giordano non mi piace l'ambientazione inizio secolo .

[helendonath]

Giordano ha una bella voce, ma perché tutti questi portamenti alla Gigli?

[WaitonAlsoSings]

I love this opera; We're currently working on it at my college, but one question: why does Rinuccio never shut up? It's mind-numbing to the audience to have only one person in the opera singing anything that matters to the plot. "Oh, another Rinuccio aria? How nice... When does Zita sing one? Oh, never? Simone might have some worldly wisdom to share in a recit - Oh, no? Hmmmm...so it's just Rinuccio for most of the opera? Great. Ummmm...is it natural to bleed from the ears?"

[piccolofioretriste]

mamma mia che tenore!!!!!!!! una voce pulita e che viaggia!!!!!

[ianpark333]

I don't get it.. I don't get it..

[audiofile7]

Bravo!

[VoceVersatile]

Belli voci e bell'aria del tenore ***** Mi piace molto. Bravo l'Opera Metropolitano!

[OrganLiturgic]

Molto bello

[decimaquinta69]

Fantastico

[brescd01]

Giordano's voice is very well trained, his high notes are effortless because he is using a lot of head voice when he hits them as opposed to singing them "del peto". Hopefully he will keep his excellent techinique for more substantial roles.

[jcbcn751]

The best Rinuccio: Dalmacio González!!!

[jcbcn751]

Problemi di fiato e per forza di impostazione alla maschera. Si debbe cantare più leggera... senza voce ingolata...

[Samanthalastrega90]

@jcbcn751

sono d'accordissimo!

[24yotenor]

oh yeah, and that b is on an [i] vowel...

[24yotenor]

I am unfamiliar with this young tenor but this is my favorite youtube recording of this recit and aria. I must give him credit that his B in the recit is the best I've heard. It's hard to just pop up there like that.

[searnold56]

you obviously have not done your research

[babynini94]

bellisima aria di questa piccola opera strano come mai puccini abbia fatto un'opera buffa!! XD

[peteradaniel]

I'm very sorry but i saw this live in the theater and he messed up all the timing in the aria. Not only that but my friend back in London saw the same performance in the cinema and he also noted the same major mistakes. This has been edited from the original live broadcast and he didn't sing it very well at all.

[cyberplasma]

Massimo Giordano does the best Rinuccio I ever heard!!!! Beautiful voice, excellent pronunciation and perfect timing! This is my favorite aria of Gianni Schicchi

[parsifalito]

Great! Bravo Massimito!

[chuckm51]

I tried to talk my daughter in to using this aria for her wedding recessional. She wouldn't bite. She's not an opera fan, or opera snob like most here.

I think it was sinatra.

[chuckm51]

the subtitles are  nice.

and the voice

[tarik19501956]

bravi...artisti eccezionali...tutti bravi....

[LordMgls]

I hate this kind of doll-like and dramatic voice in tenors.

About this, I give you 3 words:

Carlo dal Monte

[swonder1204]

SUCH a difficult aria to sing. So I have to give cudos to anyone who does:) There's an itunes recording of this with a tenor who is really fantastic to anyone who wants to pay the dollar to hear it

[operafan85]

I was listening this performance on radio, brodcasting from the MET, WHEn MY RADIO GOT WRONG... What a pity... Anyway I am very happy to see this aria with Giordano.

[palymusic]

Il canto è tutto sospeso...

siamo alle solite grandi doti naturali e scarso troppo scarso studio della tecnica.

Convincente l'ultimo acuto sulla i.

[chuckm51]

Show off!

 :-)

[lindoro2004]

Giustissima osservazione!

[desotavento]

the complete scene have many good things, but many times the singing is not working with the scene, and they sound very american way need more italian coaching

[Moegiust]

I have heard the melody sung more sweetly, but Giordano sings the text very effectively. Excellent work.

Looks like an ugly production, badly directed - the stage business is stupid and distracting. I wish these oh-so-clever stage directors would just let the artists SING. Does anyone really need for Rinuccio to point to a map so they know where the Arno is? or smooch a plaster statue of Giotto? This singer puts the text across - he doesn't need to be so burdened with stage props.

[Ted10038]

"I wish these oh-so-clever stage directors would just let the artists SING"

It isn't a concert, you know.

Plus an American audience probably needs the visuals.

Also it's a comment on the aria itself. Did it ever occur to you before that the aria sounded like a pedantic school lecture? :))

Chacun à son goût.

[Moegiust]

A lecture... that's an interesting idea, worth considering, so thank you for the suggestion. I think that concept might fit the words more than the music, but I'll listen again with your suggestion in mind.

[nichtsleezy]

You forget that these antics are also for people who are new to opera and for those who might not have a clue about geography. If opera is to survive with the next generation, we must do all that we can to be appealing. Also, I wish that opera people would drop the pretensions and communicate the music and drama in whatever capacity that will help draw an audience.

[nardones73]

bravo!voce bella e solare!

[jerryTheking]

Non molto azzeccata la regia...

[BelCantoBoy]

This aria is so unbelievably hard and he does it so well! I love this performance! It's so wonderful!

[operaman50]

Signor Giordano's performance here probably could NOT be bettered today. A big, beautiful, ITALIAN sound, .... he sings with style and great commitment. He sounds like NO other tenor singing today ...his voice is both instantly recognizable AND memorable! I cannot wait for this entire performance to be released on DVD !!!

[omgurf]

INVIDIA, GELOSIA e CATTIVERIA, lo sappiamo tutti che fanno parte purtroppo di questo mondo, ma tu sei l'ulteriore conferma che l'intelletto non appartiene a tutti, caro xprt10r.

[XPRT10R]

L'importante è che tu ne sia convinto/a... Un commento su quello che si sente non ha nulla a che vedere con "INVIDIA, GELOSIA e CATTIVERIA". Se volessi essere invidioso o geloso lo sarei di qualche tenore che canta in modo migliore. De gustibus...

[omgurf]

Omnium malorum stultitia est mater!!!!!! In multiloquio non deerit peccatum; qui autem moderatur labia sua, prudentissimus est.

[omgurf]

INVIDIA, GELOSIA e CATTIVERIA, lo sappiamo tutti che fanno parte purtroppo di questo mondo, ma tu sei l'ulteriore conferma che l'intelletto non appartiene a tutti, caro xprt10r.

[XPRT10R]

Voce ingolata... Note acute schiacciate e poco sostenute...

Throaty voice. Top notes are squeeazed and unsupported...

[jonadamora]

...seriously? You can't 'not support' those notes. It's very italianate and wonderful. Saw his Tosca last month--amazing.

[opusMusae]

Grazie di Gianni Schicchi.Molto interessante. Ma esiste una registrazione di questa opera graziosa secondo la mia opinione molto migliore: DVD da Glyndebourne 2004. Nelle due e Massimo Giordano un eccellente Rinuccio.

[raydebouvre]

I've linked your video tot my blog ! Many thanks.