Giorgio Zancanaro - Dagli immortali vertici

[antares291]

Come Aetius Flavius era lultimo romano,lultimo eroe e scudo di Roma,cosi Giorgio Zancanaro e ultimo grandissimo cantante! Nessuno non sta accanto lui! Nessuno....Adesso non cantano cosi. Quasi tutte le stelle dell opera di oggi sono false,lavorate con PR! Zancanaro e stella vera. Mille grazie,signor Giorgio,per il Suo ARTE,per il Suo GRANDISSIMO CANTO! IL SUO VOCE E BRILLANTE PURO!!!!!

[coryisawake]

Stentorian and some of the most beautiful aristocratic phrasing; it's ridiculous that he was self-taught and just a policeman when he began singing.

[orejarota]

Grande maestro!!! si tengo que elegir.... solamente a Ud. y lo quiero para mi! para mi solo lo quiero!!!! GRACIAS POR TANTA MUSICA DE VERDAD!!!

[georgerannie]

Yes indeed Giorgio is the real thing. 

[miseriamia]

@georgerannie qualcuno sa dirmi dove abita e se da lezioni?

[georgerannie]

@miseriamia I hope that you are agreeing with me because I love Giorgio's singing and I do not speak or write Italian--sorry.

[bodiloto]

@miseriamia ma Tu amico sei un cantante,che fortuna! Normalmente un genio studia da solo,un leone e solitario. Ascolta i grandi baritoni del passato glorioso italiano,aiuta molto.

In bocca al lupo.

Ah,una registrazione e una dolce illusione....

[luisamiller]

Un immense artiste que je n'ai jamais vu en direct; je le regretterai toute ma vie. la technique, la ligne de chant, la voix... Bref un talent sans commune mesure qui ne sera pas égalé de sitôt même s'il y a des artistes de la nouvelle génération qui peuvent prétendre à sa succession dans certains rôles de son répertoire.

Son Ezio est un modèle du genre. Merci maestro de nous donner tant de plaisir à vous écouter

[aclouti6]

wow, it never hit me until now how much the melody staring at 1:56 sounds just like a melody that the duke sings in the rigoletto quartet. a fun little example of verdi reusing some material. might as well imitate someone you like i guess.

also, my goodness! Zancanaro is marvelous. superb control, great tone, killer high notes, and above all, style. Bravo.

[eljolras]

perfect tecnique and wonderful voice color. He is like a school!

[Operaddict]

Manly, elegant, full throated singing in the grand style...he was one of the greats.

[lehar]

Not only a great singer, but at the same time the greatest of all Verdi arias. This is what opera music should be - melodious and easy to understand. Therefore, in Italy, opera was a real entertainment to common people in the 1830s and 1840s.

[chengducat]

In addition to a voice full of feeling he has great stage presence.

[tempo986]

Bravissimo Zancanaro!!!!!

[20478]

Voce verdiana per antonomasia!!!!Con una tecnica perfetta, legato magistrale e intonazione perfetta.Cantante di altissimo livello al pari dei più grandi!!

[TheFabcol]

come una tecnica perfetta puo' nobilitare un timbro ingrato,anzi da baritono comprimario, diciamolo pure.

Bravo davvero.

[31122051]

Timbro ingrato ? Personalmente, sulla base di quello che ho sentito, non mi sembra proprio che avesse un timbro così sgradevole ( se il suo è ingrato quello di Nucci che cos'è allora ? ).

[dongio76]

secondo me non capisci che cosa sia un timbro veramente ingrato....questa è una registrazione di quando era gia' avanti con gli anni,eppure e' perfetto vero timbro brunito..alla "Bastianini".magari ci fossero dei BARITONI cosi' oggi!e dal vivo: FORMIDABILE!

[bodiloto]

dal vivo Ezio = Stoyan Popov

[chengducat]

Roma incarnate

[Arnoldo65it]

Ritengo che Zancanaro sia il più grande baritono della seconda metà del Ventesimo Secolo e penso che potrebbe giocarsela anche con i grandi della prima metà: un timbro grigio e anonimo sono largamente compensati da una tecnica che invano ricerco negli altri baritoni: morbidezza di emissione e copertua del suono a tutte le altezze. Un esempio su tutti: ascoltate il "Nemico della Patria" in un video del Covent Garden del 1985 (NVC ARTS). Grazie

[31122051]

Mi sono visto pochi giorni fa un " Trovatore " con lui come Conte di luna. Meraviglioso ! Concordo pienamente con quanto ha scritto : un baritono assolutamente FORMIDABILE, forse, assieme Bruson, l'ultimo grande baritono italiano. I miei saluti.

[Dogaradodia]

Certified Intergalactic! I just love Zancanaro's voice! Perfect role for Ezio.

[btsg]

where is this vocal master now?

is he contactable?

[VidalHernando]

Hay pocas voces con la solidez y la calidez de Zancanaro. Siempre es un placer escucharlo.

[amneris54]

excellent comme toujours

thks

je l'ai croisé à Vérone ,,,  grand souvenir

[meo2imma]

I remember the first time I heard the extended duet between Ramey and Zancanaro in the Prologo of the Muti recording of Attila - I thought it was one of the most exciting passages of opera and, incidentally, of singing I had ever heard.  That was years ago and I still play that duet a least a cuople of times a month. Ezio's phrase 'Avrai tu l'universo, resti l'Italia a me' epitomises for me Verdi's patriotism. Fantastic

[AulicExclusiva]

Not much variety or colour to his singing, but he had a solid, healthy sound, and a certain sense of line. He was certainly the best, post-1975, anyway, that's for sure.

I don't like the monotonous, loud conducting here.

[Agorante]

This is the the final number in the opera. Or I should say the last good number. The opening prolog and first act are wonderful but the last act is dreadful.

BTW this video is much better recorded than the Phillips CD. This is more like how he sounded live.

BTW II. The historical Ezio (Atius) is known to history as "The Last Roman" - a great and noble hero. The opera libretto portrays him rather like Stillicho - a shady, dicey character.

[natalka444]

Riccardo Muti's studio recording of 'Attila' was done for EMI. It was Lamberto Gardelli who recorded it for Philips 17 years earlier.

I rather like the final quartet from the opera. I realize that it involves a lot of operatic hollering, but there's something to be said for high-octane Verdian hollering, and the singers in this performance pull it off brilliantly.

[Agorante]

This is the sort of thing that makes me have to look up everything before I post. That's no fun.

Last month I listened to the Attila DVD from NetFlix (Nesterenko) and two of the CDs (Ramey and Raimondi). I'm sorry but the last act reminds me of the final scene in Ariadne - the music continues but the composer ran out of ideas.

[pavonegiallo]

Grandioso!!!

[AliciaDupres]

Fabulous.

[Dogaradodia]

Certified Intergalactic! Bravissimo Zancanaro!

[pantanegro]

I love the way Zancanaro manages to keep the wonderful 'buzzy' resonance in his passaggio and above. The voice reaches out and touches you!

[trem0lo]

Great performance! He even repeats the cabaletta.

I love how the "soldiers" fly away at the end.

[vlp92]

Zancanaro is great! bravo

[leolopezlinares]

Uno dei piu grandi ultimi baritoni del secolo

ho avuto il onore di far il cover suo in Nabucco in 2001.

bravissimo Giorgio Zancanaro!!!

[moideti4]

I like Giorgio Zancanaro! Wonderful singer! One of the best baritones of all times! Listen please Dimitri Kharitonov in this and in other arias in you tube.

[askar78]

Orrible Muti!!!!!!!!

[narfitowa]

Beautiful singing and beautiful early Verdi music!! a few breath to many at the begining of the aria but I dont care if he sing it like that.

Bravo Zancanaro!!!

[dragig00]

very good bariton

[rinnuccio392]

ive heard opinion that he is a "lazy tenor"

i doubt it but his voice is fabulous and has the agility of a tenor.he is the most listenable baritone i know

[Agorante]

I don't think he's any kind of tenor. He seldom interpolates high notes. He's a standard range Verdi baritone. He's not a Milnes or Nucci (very high baritones). Of course the Verdi baritone itself is about the same range as a chorus second tenor.

When Milnes recorded this aria on his first recital album he ended the cabaletta with a high A Flat (I think).

[courtneybaritone01]

Actually, it's a B flat.

[girardje]

very good voice of baritone bravo

[girardje]

very good voice of baritone bravo

[Moffolover]

This is one of my top favourite singers. This's the best way to sing.

[xsavovx]

Yes, I'm also interested what do you mean by referring to him as "strange" :) It's interesting for me, because i also admire him much.

[michaeletshaw]

Certainly one of the finest baritones since the 1939 War, Zancanaro was largely self taught.

[MadameMarieM]

La più bella voce da baritono che io abbia mai ascoltato dal vivo. Divino.

[richiedrr]

Great singing! Beautiful voice, and an object lesson. Every young baritone who aspires to sing Verdi should hear him.

[Agorante]

The historical Aetius (Ezio) was called the "Last of The Romans' The emperor Valentinian III murdered him with his own hand out of jealosy. Aetius had defeated Attila at Chalons. With the death of Aetius the fall of the Western Roman Empire accelerated.

Zancanaro had a uniquely beautiful sound but he only got the top under control rather late in his career.

[lightbarytone]

Zancanaro in very good shape...

The idiotic overpowered swinging violins throughout the cabaletta make me think Muti is the conductor.

Isn't him?

[izar1234]

What a gorgeous voice and technique he had. An absolutely perfecty produced passagio area. Calcecnini: He was born in 1939 so I doubt he's still very at almost 70. I don't know for sure though.

[calcecini]

Does anybody have any information on Zancanaro? Still alive? Retired? He was magnificent....

[lightbarytone]

Yes, he is still alive. I don't know about his actual carreer, but I know that he teaches singing near Verona, in Italy.

[MadameMarieM]

He is alive and surely flies or go on horse...I don't know if he has retired himself, but he was born in 1939...Magnificent? Divine as Baritone, strange as Man...I know him very well...

[pabloricciardi]

Tell us more, why a strange man?? Do you know him personally? Saludos de Argentina