Mario Del Monaco very young, Pagliacci "A venti tre"

[sttar1982]

unico... degno della scuola italiana<3....

[policarpiosix]

Nunca habia oido este tenor, que cosa mas grande, que voz. Ya no hay así. Làstima

[AndreaChenier1977]

mamma mia come lo tiene il do di petto ...incredibile a dir poco

[bodiloto]

Sublime Del Monaco Grazie .

[FacePaster]

the note in the score is a B ( well, it's not actually in the score, but it is traditionally sung). If it's sounding like a C, then it can only be because the sound is playing at the wrong speed.

[viv3147]

@FacePaster its a c

[AfroPoli]

@FacePaster You are right. The speed is clearly wrong. It's easy to hear.

[FacePaster]

@AfroPoli Yeah, I always get baffled when people argue things like that. I guess a random youtube commenter can't possibly know that I actually know the scores to operas. You can tell me it's a C all you want or you could actually open the score of pagliacci and see for yourself that it's a B. oh well.

[MARISOLDELMONACO]

Grandissimo Mario. il RE dei tenori

[kingcorelli]

What a top C best I've heard!!!

[HMW]

that's a b natural buddy...

[kingcorelli]

listen again its a top c

[HMW]

yeah, i listened again, and you're right. i guess that the way he maintained his timbre right up to the top threw me off. impressive.

[joelweisberg]

Right you are. It was so effortless a high C that I didn't realize until reading your post that he indeed nailed a superb high C. Bravo Kingcorelli! I'm going to listen again!

[operabeauty]

the year is 1952, and del Monaco was at his incredible best!

[voltape]

This area has me mystified: why 23 ore? it is 11 pm and it is too late for a show. Or they had then another way to count the hours, Maybe the day began at 6 am?

[davidf996]

Because it will be an adult show.

[MaikHaeber]

True. Killing two people isn't family viewing.

[razzking]

Way down south Calbria in August (time and place of the opera's setting) very very hot. Outdoor social events often took place late after things cooled off. (And yeah, like the man said, it might also imply it was an adult oriented show but that's never alluded to in the opera.)

[FacePaster]

@voltape I know this is an old comment but I just saw it. I have heard it explained that it comes from an old-fashioned agrarian well of counting time before clocks were so standardized. In this system, the counting begins from sunset, so 23 ore would be one hour before sunset.

[Krazede]

@voltape In actuality, Pagliacci announces that the show will begin at "ventitre ore." This was the way farmers referred to dusk or 1 hour before the sunsets. In olden times a day was from sunset to sunset. Therefore, the

"23 ore" refers to the 23rd hour, which would be one hour prior to the new day, and the new day begins at sunset not midnight. I hope this explanation makes sense!

[Krazede]

@Krazede I actually misspoke, it is Canio, not Pagliacci that announces the time the performance begins.

[MrFernando1934]

@Krazede "I Pagliacci" (plural) means "The clowns", and that's the name of the opera. Canio, of course, is the pagliaccio (singular), the clown that Colombina, in the Play,(Nedda) is trying to convince that everything is OK, and that there is no lover around. And, as you well said it, Canio, who is the same as the referred pagliaccio, is the one tha announces that the show will commence at 11:00 pm, that night. "A ventitre ore, a ventitre ore"

[ytdemike]

en que paises vivio o vive mario del monaco?Gracias por la respuesta.

[EHAbello]

En Italia. El fallecio hace anos

[mornaymariedomini]

Già che fraseggio...che artista! futuro grande Mario!

[GerardoRosvaenge]

Impresionante.