There are some weird disturbed people leaving really bizarre comments here. The only important thing is that this is a marvelous performance. The voice is magnificent, the style impeccable; whether or not his Italian is immaculate is beside those very valid points.
One of the very greatest baritones of all time- tremendous power, always under complete control- gorgeous tone, and such dynamic control- thank you for this wondering posting!
Pavel Lisitsian is Armenian by his parents , but he's Russian by his mentality and culture. He was singing in Moscow Big Theatre (opera and balet). He was living in Moscow downtown..On his is apartment building there is still memorial desk on his honor. His two beautiful daughters are exellent singers too.
As CoolJay77 pointed out , Pogos Karapetovich Liseetsian was born in the Russian city of Vladikavkas not very far from Armenia. He had sang in Armenian and taught at the Yerevan Conservatory in Armenia.
this hasbeen the faith of most Armenians unfortunately because of the SICK neighbors we have had to face with throughout our history.
maladets Pavelchik, gives his fellow Armenians good name. i am proud of talented Armenian brothers who raise true Armenian pride as talented nation. not those crooks that give Armenians bad name. surely, those crooks must have turkish blood in them, that's why they act strangely from true blooded Armenians. famous Armenian names: Artem Mikoian, Anastas Mikoian, Boris Babaian, Arthur Chilingarov, Raymond Damadian, George Simjian, Victor Hambartsumian, Arno Babajanian and many more.
I read lacaf1 comments on this singer. He said: "powerful voice, my ass!"
Lacaf1: This voice has a lot of squillo. Squillo carries the voice from the stage to the last row in a theatre with no need of screaming (like many singers do nowadays).
Pavel Lisitsian was one of those REAL singers whith an amazing vocal technique that would allow him to be heard in the last rows of a theatre with effortless singing. That's one of the "secrets" of the Art of Singing that very few have mastered.
He was one of the greatest singers who ever lived. Certainly the greatest of the Russian baritones, much better than that other guy today (Hvorostovsky).
For LACAF1: You are a very sick person and should see a psychologist soon before your self-hate and violent mentality hurts somebody. Why do you hate everybody so much?
And if you are Italian, you disgrace your country with your foul, vulgar language. Hope your mother doesn't know what you're like. Also, you claim to be a musician, yet your comments about Pavel are ignorant and mere vile sputterings. Too bad you don't like classical music. Again: get help!
I love him. He is welcome in my pub anytime....! I know at least one pubful of people who would love him -- or, maybe, it might be more correct to say, would have loved him! Thank you!
Susejf--Your comments are the most ridiculous I've seen ever on youtube! What kind of music do you like and listen to? Obviously not opera. Pavel has one of the most beautiful, powerful, expressive voice matched by very few, maybe even Warren. And his Italian is fine, including his perfectly rolled Rs. So stop being an ingorant music critic. People might not realize you're a fool if you keep quiet. Pavel,love your voice!
And your coments are so full of shit that only a moron that calls himself "Zio"from a fuck up country like the USA,can write.
Powerful voice my ass,if you think is Italian is good then you have no idea how to speak that language.You shup up you dumb fuck ignorant american,the only thing your country is good for is attacking other countries and kill innocent people in the name of liberty and democracy,you mass murderers!
With a dumb fuck ignorant like Bush as president,you idiot!
your grammar isn't very good really is it? i doubt an italian has any right to be calling anyone violent, and for your information, im from scotland not england. BIG difference. Your message made me laugh so much, thanks :)
Magnifico!!Una de las mejores interpretaciones que he escuchado de esta canción. Tiene una voz baritonal aterciopelada y arrulladora. Tecnica antigua.Me recuerda a Battistini.
Pavel Lisitsian was actually Italian. Nee Paolo Lisisto he changed his name for career purposes. An Armenian heritage would be more exotic.
OKAY - The entire performance could easily be from an Italian. The style and phrasing are perfectly Italiante. I am proudly an American of Italian heritage and I have just given him dual citizenship.
As far as i know he was born with an Armenian name, Pogos Karapetovich Liseetsian in the Russian city of Vladikavkas. He has sang in Armenian and has taught at the Yerevan Consevatory in Armenia. Where did you get the italian name from?
This guy has complete control off his instument, he has a great palette of vocal colours and resources behind him. This refined style of singing (using all the breath)is so rare nowadays... :>(
I must confess that this is the first non-Russian item I've heard of Lisitsian. As he does in his own laguage, he sings this with style, feeling and charm.
Oh, my! That's overwhelming! What a performance!
Hjadlowker 1 month ago
The easiest A4 I've heard a baritone produce…
Jextxadore 1 month ago
I can't hear anything.
wattever333 6 months ago
There are some weird disturbed people leaving really bizarre comments here. The only important thing is that this is a marvelous performance. The voice is magnificent, the style impeccable; whether or not his Italian is immaculate is beside those very valid points.
Cantormatis 1 year ago
One of the very greatest baritones of all time- tremendous power, always under complete control- gorgeous tone, and such dynamic control- thank you for this wondering posting!
baltoman24 1 year ago
Superb Armenian baritone. God bless his soul.
joejoe4812 1 year ago
hmm no doubt Ots is much better
mobhog 1 year ago
@mobhog
It is not right to compare the two. because they both stand on their own.
joejoe4812 1 year ago
Thank you for making this talent known here as I never heard his lovely voice.
His voice makes me feel the pain in his words .
sophiah88 2 years ago
Pavel Lisitsian is Armenian by his parents , but he's Russian by his mentality and culture. He was singing in Moscow Big Theatre (opera and balet). He was living in Moscow downtown..On his is apartment building there is still memorial desk on his honor. His two beautiful daughters are exellent singers too.
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As CoolJay77 pointed out , Pogos Karapetovich Liseetsian was born in the Russian city of Vladikavkas not very far from Armenia. He had sang in Armenian and taught at the Yerevan Conservatory in Armenia.
this hasbeen the faith of most Armenians unfortunately because of the SICK neighbors we have had to face with throughout our history.
joejoe4812 1 year ago
One of the most beautiful voices of all time - unmistakable, unique, glorious. What a gem this video is - thank you.
vstasov 2 years ago
maladets Pavelchik, gives his fellow Armenians good name. i am proud of talented Armenian brothers who raise true Armenian pride as talented nation. not those crooks that give Armenians bad name. surely, those crooks must have turkish blood in them, that's why they act strangely from true blooded Armenians. famous Armenian names: Artem Mikoian, Anastas Mikoian, Boris Babaian, Arthur Chilingarov, Raymond Damadian, George Simjian, Victor Hambartsumian, Arno Babajanian and many more.
BoxXing4Fun 2 years ago 3
I read lacaf1 comments on this singer. He said: "powerful voice, my ass!"
Lacaf1: This voice has a lot of squillo. Squillo carries the voice from the stage to the last row in a theatre with no need of screaming (like many singers do nowadays).
Pavel Lisitsian was one of those REAL singers whith an amazing vocal technique that would allow him to be heard in the last rows of a theatre with effortless singing. That's one of the "secrets" of the Art of Singing that very few have mastered.
picapin 2 years ago 16
@picapin yes:)
raphaelhudson 1 year ago
He was one of the greatest singers who ever lived. Certainly the greatest of the Russian baritones, much better than that other guy today (Hvorostovsky).
GermanOperaSinger 3 years ago
In USSR was one more great baritone George Ots, he was from Estonia.
dilvishselar 2 years ago
Pavel lisitsian is armenian from russia
RussianBoxer84 3 years ago 2
For LACAF1: You are a very sick person and should see a psychologist soon before your self-hate and violent mentality hurts somebody. Why do you hate everybody so much?
And if you are Italian, you disgrace your country with your foul, vulgar language. Hope your mother doesn't know what you're like. Also, you claim to be a musician, yet your comments about Pavel are ignorant and mere vile sputterings. Too bad you don't like classical music. Again: get help!
greenstboy 3 years ago 8
Суки пидоры найдите место для ругани в другом месте!! Лисициан рулить!
Mitezz1 3 years ago
Sorry, I don't speak Russian. Hope you are a Pavel Lisitian fan, as am I.
greenstboy 3 years ago
I love him. He is welcome in my pub anytime....! I know at least one pubful of people who would love him -- or, maybe, it might be more correct to say, would have loved him! Thank you!
sebreathnach 3 years ago
well thats a lesson and a half
nickcowie 3 years ago
Glorious singing! Bravo! TY.
paulostroff99 3 years ago
Susejf--Your comments are the most ridiculous I've seen ever on youtube! What kind of music do you like and listen to? Obviously not opera. Pavel has one of the most beautiful, powerful, expressive voice matched by very few, maybe even Warren. And his Italian is fine, including his perfectly rolled Rs. So stop being an ingorant music critic. People might not realize you're a fool if you keep quiet. Pavel,love your voice!
greenstboy 3 years ago 5
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And your coments are so full of shit that only a moron that calls himself "Zio"from a fuck up country like the USA,can write.
Powerful voice my ass,if you think is Italian is good then you have no idea how to speak that language.You shup up you dumb fuck ignorant american,the only thing your country is good for is attacking other countries and kill innocent people in the name of liberty and democracy,you mass murderers!
With a dumb fuck ignorant like Bush as president,you idiot!
lacaf1 3 years ago
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Horrible!!this is one of the worst renditions of this great intimate song.
If he was Italian he never learned how to pronounce the r's or how to project the sogn's feelings to the audience.
To compare him to Warren is a blasphemy that only a moron like Rodoldo Celleti could sustain.
susejf 3 years ago
you should be shot or at least have something nasty done to you, yeah, i hope you stub you toe every day for the rest of your life
nickcowie 3 years ago
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Only a moron from engalnd ,which is a land full of violent and ignorant bastards, can write an email like this.
Go fuck yourself and your fucking country and your queen you dumb fuck son of a bitch retarded scum of the earth english asshole.
lacaf1 3 years ago
your grammar isn't very good really is it? i doubt an italian has any right to be calling anyone violent, and for your information, im from scotland not england. BIG difference. Your message made me laugh so much, thanks :)
nickcowie 3 years ago
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If you are from Scotland it is even worst:just drunkards and whores.Your "country"has not produced anything except those two types of individuals.
Keep laughing you faggot!!
lacaf1 3 years ago
@susejf you're A JOKE.
joejoe4812 11 months ago
Wow, i didnt expect to love his voice so much! It is almost gravelly but has such power and deepness. Loved it
bradybraidz 3 years ago 2
being an Italian, i think that this singer's pronounciation is not worse than other italian singer when they sing in neapolitan
alber6161 3 years ago 4
Song that is moving and without any compromise.
A glory of humanity!
klokheten 3 years ago 2
Magnifico!!Una de las mejores interpretaciones que he escuchado de esta canción. Tiene una voz baritonal aterciopelada y arrulladora. Tecnica antigua.Me recuerda a Battistini.
Enhorabuena!!.
bellatrix58 4 years ago 2
Pavel Lisitsian was actually Italian. Nee Paolo Lisisto he changed his name for career purposes. An Armenian heritage would be more exotic.
OKAY - The entire performance could easily be from an Italian. The style and phrasing are perfectly Italiante. I am proudly an American of Italian heritage and I have just given him dual citizenship.
BRAVO, MAGNIFICO E GRAZIE A PAOLO
Con Mio Respeto- Giovanni
63Attila 4 years ago 2
As far as i know he was born with an Armenian name, Pogos Karapetovich Liseetsian in the Russian city of Vladikavkas. He has sang in Armenian and has taught at the Yerevan Consevatory in Armenia. Where did you get the italian name from?
CoolJay77 3 years ago
CoolJay77
I made up the Italian name. The text after OKAY I thought indicted the humor.
The Italian name was a way of complimenting him for his stylish singing of this Italian song.
I love his voice and singing- Best- JOHN
63Attila 3 years ago 2
Of course he was Armenian. Everyone knows that.
musicbox99 2 years ago 3
Terrific. Get his An die Musik -- it's definitive.
vpo2g2 4 years ago
Beautiful. Your collection is a treasure.
edegeorg 4 years ago
Rodolfo Celletti diceva che Pavel Lisitsian era un baritono molto superiore a Warre. Aveva ragione!
aldissimo43 4 years ago
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Soltanto un analfabeta come Celleti(che non ha mai capito un cazzo di canto)poteva comparare questo disastro a Warren.
La voce e bruttisima,la dizzione un disastro e la musicalita zero.
susejf 3 years ago
Does anybody have a video of the great mezzo Zara Dolukhanova who was a sister in law of Lisitsian?
jioffe 4 years ago
Does anybody have a video with great mezzo Zara Dolukhanova who was a sister in law of Lisitian?
jioffe 4 years ago
Heartbreakingly beautiful! Thank you so much. One of my favorite singers.
jkircher314 4 years ago
Magnificent!
paulostroff99 4 years ago
This guy has complete control off his instument, he has a great palette of vocal colours and resources behind him. This refined style of singing (using all the breath)is so rare nowadays... :>(
duliba 4 years ago 3
I must confess that this is the first non-Russian item I've heard of Lisitsian. As he does in his own laguage, he sings this with style, feeling and charm.
Martinoraff 4 years ago
He sang Lieder in German. Outstanding.
pupulique 4 years ago
Does anyone can tell where his Di Provenza clip was gone from Utube? A terrible loss.
pupulique 4 years ago
Very interesting. My first hearing of Lisitsian. Thanks.
scharwenka1850 4 years ago
The only version I admire more than this is Caruso's own. Bravissimo, Pavel!
rm946 4 years ago
Wonderful Italian with a slight Russian accent. But that beautful Lisitsian voice - oh wow
musicbox99 4 years ago
Perfetta; non solo la voce di Lisitsian è magnifica e l'interpretazione eccellente; anche il pianista è ottimo e contribuisce con grande sensibilità.
canegrace 4 years ago
this is the most beautiful rendition of a nonItalian baritone of the famous Neapolitan song!
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