Part III: Rare and unknown voices - FRANCESCO ALBANESE

[PEAinSwe]

Thank you!!! I had never really listened to Albanese before. He is singing Alfredo the way I want that part to be sung. And I love the timbre of his voice - very masculine and alive. He has this flow in the voice that we seldom hear.

[0Gioacchino]

I live in Torre del Greco, we loved him. He was a great tenor, listen to him sing Ecco ridente

[leoniemikele]

Thank you for sharing. I like his voice very much.

[31122051]

BRAVO ALBANESE ! BRAVO ! GRANDISSIMO PROFESSIONISTA.

[mcpetropolis]

Bravíssimo !!!

[DanyelHawkes]

Albanese was amazing and often sang with Maria Callas in her early days. Those two were gold together!

[MissFireMagic]

Beautiful.

[tenorvoicefan]

Ich mag ihn einfach, aber er hat das Pech mit Pippo zu konkurrieren.

Und das zudem noch in einer Aufnahme mit Fr. Callas. Daher ist eine Beurteilung schwer, ich habe halt andere Tenöre im Ohr, wenn ich das höre.

Nichtsdestotrotz, ein feiner Sänger mit einer angenehmen Stimme.

Übrigens, ich habe ihn erst hier auf der tube kennen gelernt, und für mich ist er wirklich unbekannt.

Daher danke ich sehr für dieses ganz tolle Video. Danke sehr, Mike!

[meltzerboy]

I don't particularly care for Albanese; or, rather, I like him more in Neapolitan songs than in opera. Admittedly, I haven't heard him in too many of either. Callas is another story, here in one of her finest and favorite roles. Thanks for sharing this, Mike.

[hobo1975]

@meltzerboy i dont like this either,but u have to love this clip,Tenore FRANCESCO ALBANESE - Rondine al nido (di Vincenzo De Crescenzo)

[flon5flon]

A very pleasant honest voice: the combination with Callas is a bit funny. Her sound and timbre are quite opposite of his. To my (humble) opinion Tebaldi would have been a better match.

[greghauser]

I really like the voice of Francesco Albanese. First heard him in FREISCHÜTZ (w. Jurinac and Christoff) as Max and I immediately admired him. His Alfredo sounds very well too. Recently I bought the CD of Armida with a lot of fine tenors opposite Maria Callas. All in one opera. Albanese sang the male leading role.

I think he was one of the best tenors of the 50`s. So was your next RARE VOICE which I guess is that of Giuseppe Campora!