NOPE nope nope nope. He still sounds like a tenor. I didn't like this at all, it looked like a big show off but still sounded weak and forced. You want a good performance if this search Thomas Hampson.
@zaqzaqzaqify no no no no it's not good at all. This is aan aria for a baritone, not a tenor. This sounded nothing like Rossini meant. Nope nope nope, weak, forced, uncontrolled sometimes, etc. Nope.
Questa è una gigionata che Del Monaco poteva risparmiarci...certo ci sono anche le note basse...ma la preferisco cantata da un vero baritono...in ogni caso è un grande personaggio...saluti
Per il mio modestissimo parere il più grande tenore di tutti i tempi, anche se Corelli gli è a un soffio. Potenza devastante il primo, eleganza estrema il secondo
Ragazzi in Italia abbiamo un patrimonio culturale esagerato in ogni arte...specialmente nella lirica basti pensare che i 4/5 delle opere rappresentate in tutto il mondo oggi sono scritte dai nostri Verdi Donizzetti Rossini Bellini Mascagni etc...e nessuno da più spazio a tutto questo? incredibile.
@kingstontry Hai ASSOLUTAMENTE ragione!!! E' inammissibile,il patrimonio culturale che abbiamo noi é sconfinato,e andrebbe valorizzato,ma a quanto sembra noi non ne siamo capaci.....
...si condivido....capisco perchè si prendevano a calci con Callas...il ritmo è inventato la dizione lascia a desiderare, è solo una rincorsa con l'orchestra...è fatta solo per suo capriccio...la partitura è violentata...
if he was a bari it would be impressive.. but he's not.. soo.. thumbs down... should have stuck to his own rep..... how ever... Leonard warren OWNES this piece for me. :)
His high notes are a lot heavier than a lot of other tenors; it's like he needs to support his G4 like a bass would. Is he naturally a tenor or a tenor-baritone who trained to be a tenor?
I didn't know he could sing all those coloraturas. Anyway, I though that at 3:28 he was going to start singing staying alive or something from the Bee Gees territory.
Oh yes he is showing off but the whole aria is a SHOW PIECE. Bravo for you MDM. I like him much better as a baritone than as a tenor. To me he sounds much more like this was his true voice than the tenor reportoire which tired him out eventually. Anyway, what a VOICE>
Is a tenor and he even did a falsetto. The really first part him and the band(orchestra ) were not on perfect timing but I have to say I have so many recording of this song and I love this one . I have slower versions, more polished version with costumes but this is something else! yes maybe a bit of show off as somene said but is really something that I will listen again and again.
if you want to listen a good baritones in today crappy opera.......then you are in the RIGHT PLACE........MONACO SHOWS A MORE RAW, NASTY SOUND LIKE OLD TIMES......THAT MANY OF TODAY FACTORED / FORCED BARITONES......
Thrilling! Wish I'd been there. But what great camera work they had in those days [sarcasm]. Every tenor & would-be Gilbert & Sullivan singer of patter songs should learn "Largo al Factotum" and the Champagne Aria from Giovanni. Just whopping good exercise of the articulators w/o having to worry about high tessaturas of the Rossini/Donizetti kind. Is del Monaco singing in the original key?
Uma voz formidável. Um dos maiores tenores de todos os tempos, na minha opinião. Mas essa gravação a mim parece uma bosta. Ele aparece mais que o personagem. Daí fica ruim. A música some. Chega a soar heróico.
the greatest baritone ever.....and of course the KING OF TENORS.....today baritones sing to dark!!!!!...without that nasty and wild animal quality......he does it so beautifull....
Mario è un grande... però questa davvero non gli è venuta bene. Del resto ogni cantante si deve attenere alle sue parti :-) io da baritono non posso andare a cantare "nessun dorma", per quanto questo mi causi incubi giorno e notte :-)
The thing is, having listened to this, most of the others sound out of breath. (OK, I'll concede Tito Gobbi, who is masterful), but after Del Monaco, most of the others just don't deliver the power that we know this piece can have.
I don't think in art there is a greatest of anything-all that does is start absurd arguments
Certainly agree that he was a great Verdi baritone, and I listen to him with enjoyment-but even among his direct contemporaries there was MacNeil-at his best I prefer him-Bastianini-not to mention the many great historical voices
Warren was a little too obsessed with top notes which IMO distorts the nature of the bartione voice-also a muddy bottom-sometimes a bit of potato mouth
I don't think in art there is a greatest of anything-all that does is start absurd arguments
Certainly agree that he was a great Verdi baritone, and I listen to him with enjoyment-but even among his direct contemporaries there was MacNeil-at his best I prefer him-Bastianini-not to mention the many great historical voices
Warren was a little too obsessed with top notes which IMO distorts the nature of the bartione voice-also a muddy bottom-sometimes a bit of potato mouth
Certainly one of them-but I guess I don't go for the greatest in anything, not only don't I think it true-but it's also a way to have foolish arguments
I have enjoyed Warren a great deal-but his high note obsession distorts what the baritone voice should be-I found his bottom muddy-without getting historical but thinking of his contemporaries when macNeil was on he was the =of anyone, Bastianini was a sound I loved-and so on-but we'd be happy to have any of them today-including Milnes
Actually he sang a Ballo live in 1946 that was wonderful and very musical, his rival later Corelli would never attempt it nor would Corelli sing Otello live and complete even though he had the dramatic color for it and why I don't know. Del Monaco sang this for the house not for the critics, an encore and his Otello was wonderful, better then Domingo's or Heppner's or probably Vickers, his I did not hear in house but did the others and a few more also. MDM also was excellent in Golden West.
YES Gay tenor and Nello make good points and as I said it was a recital so let Bastianini or Gobbi sing a tenor aria Gobbi I heard in house in Chicago where he was so admired but yes he was a terrific actor and got into his roles but his voice was one I could never warm too and Merrill sang this as well or better then anyone and with greater beauty of voice. Still for Verdi Warren had it and had high notes many tenors would envy. This was a recital with MDM and an encore, for fun.
I went to the site where Gobbi is seen doing this aria in a movie or something and I would take Del Monaco anyday since Gobbi had a ugly voice and his Rodrigo in Don Carlo caused by ears to bleed.
And listen to Warren the greatest of all. This was done only in concert and in the opera if he was a Baritone he would have done it differently, this is out of context and lets hear Bastianini sing vesti la giubba then. After all this is a Baritone aria not for the tenor he is just having fun here. Try flaming something else.
halavey how true. Bastiannini was very good but he sure as hell wasn't Warren who, by the way, sings much higher than Del Monaco at times. Another classic redition is the performance by Robert Merrill who sang the opera a great deal. But the fact remains that if today we had a baritone with the power and ring of a Del Monaco there wouldn't be enough money to paid him. It must be hard to believe that a voice could have the power of Del Monaco without forcing. Bravo Mario
@gaytenor While I don't share your enthusiasm for DelMonaco's version, I agree with you wholeheartedly about Merrill. In fact, though his voice is lighter than any of these guys, his version is really the finest of the lot. Brimming with joy and humor and character and perfectly sung--the essence of Figaro.
I have many issues with MDM -but this is not one of them why he did what he did with his voice and career when you hear the immense potential in 1948? questions of judgement taste egotism etc.
But this is a lark i don't begrudge him he's having some fun an aria that many fantasize about @Yubarco lighten up! it's actually not bad at all nice articulation clarity of text of course it has its tasteless moments it's MDM after all but we know he's going to blast the notes and hold them big deal!
Are you people nuts? This is simply butchered phrasing top to bottom. It stinks, regardless of how impressive you may think his vocal faculty is. Where oh where is there any singing here? If he didn't have a name this would be just a drunken embarrassment at the company Christmas party!
@Nello7 Sing like this? Surely you jest. This is awful singing no matter HOW BIG a star DelMonaco was. He had a long history of fractured phrasing and overkill and this is just more of same, except that he abuses some baritone literature here. Incidentally, just WHAT does Othello have to do with this?!?
Awful singing is Licitra, Cura, and many other hapless tenors that are being thrown out there. MDM is one of the greatest dramatic tenors of all time. There is no disputing that. He sang a baritone aria. Big deal. Cannot a singer have fun? The context is that of a recital where a singer is expected to bring a little extra, particularly MDM. You're being hypercritical and he certainly sang it better than some baritones. MDM sang OTELLO not Othello. I was reinforcing the absurdity of your claim.
@Nello7 Hey, I think ole Mario had a fab voice, but like the guy said, this stinks. Why is it when people are fanboys they can't call something for what it is? He sure didn't prove anything here that we'd want to know, except that he could sing a Baritone aria badly, did he? Just having fun? Phooey to that. BAD is just bad! There are a lot better ways musically to have fun than to disfigure a perfectly charming aria!!
Listen to Bastiannini do this aria. You will hear a masterful presentation of coloration, phrasing, diction, agility, RESTRAINT, POWER & MUSICALITY. He does not sing MOST of the aria at double forte, he does not MILK any endings, he does not CHEW UP any phrasing, and most importantly, he finds and holds a line through the aria that makes Figaro a delightful, variable, clever and comic fellow. MDM sounds like an opera singer showing off how big his voice is. Not one of his stellar moments.
You are making an unfair comparison for MDM is not a baritone. Remember something, our opinions are subjective and reserved for our ears only. I did not declare it the best rendition, but it certainly isn't awful singing. I have heard baritones sing it worse than this. Two things to remember: he was having fun in a recital setting, and being on stage for over an hour of balls to the wall singing (as was the case in this recital) I am inclined to accept it for what it was- FUN!
Well, since he chose to do the aria he is subject to comparison to a baritone; cant take the heat get out of the kitchen, right? Then too, the qualities Ive mentioned in Bastiannini are qualities that good singers share. Tenors, baritones, sopranos, doesnt matter, right? And lastly, I dont think having fun gives anyone license to butcher anything. This looks more like he just couldnt get it done as a musician than it does like fun.
It was not too choppy IMO. It was devoid of nuance, but not of agility. No one can say that MDM's voice is lacking in color! His diction is excellent save for one moment. And milking endings excites people- this is how he become the vocal power that he is, by milking the ending of "Addio fiorito asil" in an audition. It's thrilling. Distateful? Sometimes.Most people are afraid of the sheer size of his instrument to realize that he had everything that of an immortal singer, except for restraint.
Couldn't have said it better myself: he lacked restraint, and so for all the vocal wonder of his voice, he too often undermined his own efforts by literally blasting through the material. A waste, that.
@Nello7 I made a comment 2 years ago on this very same video and I said he wasn't able to pull this aria off. This being a song for baritones although I loved that Little Richard/Robert Johnson like falsetto on the last "Figaro" inflection. Then I revisited this again just now. It got me thinking, rock, soul, blues and jazz artists have no problem jamming on tunes. Maybe, MDM is just jamming! He probably will never have an opportunity to sing this onstage or on record so why not jam it on TV.
@bpabustan That's the exact point that I made above. He has a baritonal quality to his voice so why not have fun with it? This is exactly what he was doing. If you haven't seen the entire performance you should. It was filmed in a radio studio in Germany with a huge orchestra with terrible acoustics. He chose to sing Otello, Wagner, Rossini, Bellini (Norma), in this recital and most of it was too loud. I own this performance at home, his singing was forte but exciting nevertheless.
To all of the baritone purists I suggest that you recall Ingvar Wixell a major league pain-in-the-ears with his overly open tenorish baritone voice that lacked range, I also commend to your attention Thomas HAMpson. Give me Del Monaco any day of the week since he had a real voice and he sounds good to me and he was having a good time.
What I'm not is an overly pendantic opera queen who can not enjoy a really great voice having fun. As an audience pleaser its great. If it distrubes you don't ruin your day proving what a total moron you are by insulting someone over a trivial matter Mary.
no way. okay, he has great top notes, but this is BEL CANTO not wagner or verismo. one cannot sing this well unless it is done elegantly. I mean no offense to mr. del monaco, this was obviously done mostly as a fun joke, but comparing this to a professional bel canto baritone is both ubsurd and unfair
ejb61: sounded a bit like Hampson?... What??!! I think Hampson even would have drunk a bucket of soap if he was promised he'd woke up next morning and sounded like that.
Unusual attempts at characterization, I believe a few have mistaken that for a flawed sense of tempo. While not the first version I would listen to definitely an interesting interpretation from a higher range male voice. With different training he may have been a baritone, which may have been easier on him, prolonging his vocal decline.
I don't think he could have been a succesful as a baritone. As for his vocal decline - sure, many speak of the accident and some decline, but hearing him in his last performances I think it's fair to say he never really declined at all, unlike many other singers. Also, if baritone singing would have been easier on him, I think you meant it would postpone his vocal decline, rather than prolonging it.
Where was the one who had to say to Mario that he better could not do this !!. Its a beautiful man with a beautiful voice, but not for this aria. It sounds ugly. Its the same as Callas who sang Carmen: they do things that are out of they possebilities. This is not writtten for their voices. Lots of real baritones have recorded this more better. And... there were soooo many tenor-arias that waited to be sung by this great musician.
Eh beh scusami Del Monaco era un tenore, questa è un'aria da baritono; è già moltissimo che riuscisse a cantarla ;)
Poi rispetto al ridicolo penso che il suo intento fosse proprio quello di fare uno "scherzo". Vedi come accentua la gestualità lasciando intendere che sta facendo una fatica boia, anzichè cercare di nasconderlo? D'altronde questo era Mario Del Monaco... a volte gli piaceva fare il buffone; però, consentimi di dirlo, se lo poteva ben permettere!
This is a terrific performance both musically and physically, in the studio I guess, He must have been marvellous on the stage.
ahmad123987 raises an interesting point. I don't have perfect pitch so I can't tell whether the piece has been transposed for him. Similarly has the Callas/Gobbi recording been transposed from mezzo to help her?
Now, ladies, is this not a man?
Thanks to Tenor65 for a wonderful performance clip that I would never have found otherwise..
the only difference between a verdi baritone and a heldentenor is the latter is about a whole step high in range (and slightly less dark). if anything, this piece would be easier for a heldentenor. the high tessitura is murderous.
why a tenor sings this?? is not the same ... in my opinnion he has a really bad pronunciation.. listen to Tae-Joong Yang ... you dont even need lyrics to understand what he is singing..
All voice fachs are artificial and exist in the mind. Untrained all men sing naturally and easily somewhere in the bottom of the tenor clef.
With training the range expands and most well-trained singers sing over 3 octaves. Therefore all trained male singers can sing most parts. However each voice resonates better in a different range. So the fach is determined by where the voice sounds the best. I can sing basso parts but my dark tenor resonates best in the tenor tessitura so I am a tenor
Condivido con enzonapulitan Del Monaco el il Re della Lirica il Piu' grande Tenore ,si Placido domingo canta tangos del monaco canta Largo al factotum per che no?
thats how muscled it is.. its LOH instead of LA... the beginning of the end of technical prowess of singers.... covering somehow become swallowing the sound in the throat...
A vocal technician.. that figured out the wrong way to sing!
That's not a death knell for singers. That is a product of an extremely well-received method of registration. He, like all Melocchi students and (in concept and result, not self-proclaimed) Caruso, instance. It's based on the closed [o] vowel and tends to have that effect in the middle. It's made for depth and increases the strength of the fundamental.
Huh? Of whom are you speaking? Del Monaco? Of course he was a tenor. EVERY role that he was known for was in the tenor rep. There is no voice category known as tenor-baritone. You might be thinking of Heldentenor.
I couldn't care less what you call it in Serbia. Mario del Monaco was a spinto/dramatic tenor of the Italian school. Nothing more or less. That he could sing some baritone roles no more makes him a baritone than the fact that Warren could have sung some tenor roles makes him a tenor.
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This made me laugh. Del Monaco is terrible, as usual. But this goes beyond any decent standards of style and taste. What about the text? He isn't able to sing buffo-style. A real "perla nerla". A caricature. I wonder wether his (and Corelli's, Lanza's, Bocelli's, Pott's...) fans are entirely free of any musical education.
NOPE nope nope nope. He still sounds like a tenor. I didn't like this at all, it looked like a big show off but still sounded weak and forced. You want a good performance if this search Thomas Hampson.
124235346 2 weeks ago
bravissimo!!! he plays with this aria
zaqzaqzaqify 3 weeks ago
@zaqzaqzaqify no no no no it's not good at all. This is aan aria for a baritone, not a tenor. This sounded nothing like Rossini meant. Nope nope nope, weak, forced, uncontrolled sometimes, etc. Nope.
124235346 2 weeks ago
youtube.com/watch?v=i49_jiZ9tX0
perso74 4 weeks ago
ascolta LEO NUCCI un'altro grande dell'opera qui sotto c'è il link per ascoltarlo
perso74 4 weeks ago
Questa è una gigionata che Del Monaco poteva risparmiarci...certo ci sono anche le note basse...ma la preferisco cantata da un vero baritono...in ogni caso è un grande personaggio...saluti
giampierone010 1 month ago
The best until now for Figaro 24/7 R.I.P indeed - Il migliore fino ad ora per Figaro riposare in pace davvero.
elevenses9s11sH5s11s 1 month ago
Per il mio modestissimo parere il più grande tenore di tutti i tempi, anche se Corelli gli è a un soffio. Potenza devastante il primo, eleganza estrema il secondo
gianmasini 3 months ago in playlist Mario del Monaco 5
@gianmasini è il migliore Mario del monaco....nessuno lo euguaglia
perso74 4 weeks ago
Uno dei pilastri della lirica. Non penso ci sia da aggiungere altro!
AndrewBluestorment 3 months ago
Ragazzi in Italia abbiamo un patrimonio culturale esagerato in ogni arte...specialmente nella lirica basti pensare che i 4/5 delle opere rappresentate in tutto il mondo oggi sono scritte dai nostri Verdi Donizzetti Rossini Bellini Mascagni etc...e nessuno da più spazio a tutto questo? incredibile.
kingstontry 4 months ago
@kingstontry Hai ASSOLUTAMENTE ragione!!! E' inammissibile,il patrimonio culturale che abbiamo noi é sconfinato,e andrebbe valorizzato,ma a quanto sembra noi non ne siamo capaci.....
Villeneuve27rosso 4 months ago in playlist I video preferiti di Villeneuve27rosso
hahahahahahahaha che mitooooooooooooooooooooooo
MrINVECE 5 months ago
ahahahah. è fantasctico!! non sapevo che fosse così umorista XD XD XD
panpypoo 5 months ago
que nade dude que este fue el mas grande tenor de la historia, jaa incluso el baritono..
ellicantropos 6 months ago
...si condivido....capisco perchè si prendevano a calci con Callas...il ritmo è inventato la dizione lascia a desiderare, è solo una rincorsa con l'orchestra...è fatta solo per suo capriccio...la partitura è violentata...
alessiogila 6 months ago
if he was a bari it would be impressive.. but he's not.. soo.. thumbs down... should have stuck to his own rep..... how ever... Leonard warren OWNES this piece for me. :)
qwertyoop 8 months ago
@qwertyoop you should listen carlos julio ramirez version. i think is better
josewarty 4 months ago
What the hell is the hurry Mario.Slurring the lyrics all over the place, I think he did it
for a laugh or a bet or something. Sorry thumbs down on this one fella. Can't be taken seriously.
opera888able 8 months ago
His high notes are a lot heavier than a lot of other tenors; it's like he needs to support his G4 like a bass would. Is he naturally a tenor or a tenor-baritone who trained to be a tenor?
Jextxadore 8 months ago
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Drammatic tenor
Miauriceful 4 months ago in playlist Largo al Factotum #3
I didn't know he could sing all those coloraturas. Anyway, I though that at 3:28 he was going to start singing staying alive or something from the Bee Gees territory.
RoOodOoOloOmeg 9 months ago
He could do those coloraturas!
RoOodOoOloOmeg 9 months ago
Great Mario del Monaco's performance as the baritone Figaro, but I prefer him as a tenor.
FrancoMFT8 10 months ago
pure shit
MetagothSlayer 10 months ago
Simply fabulous...A Figaro filled with life, character and iron clad high notes.
MDM was truly one of the precious metals! Like a cat playing with his prey,
everything delights and amazes him....each one of Figaro's Mr. Fix-It talents
is a new and thrilling discovery. No false modesty here, thank Heaven! A
solid gold historic treasure! Thank you for posting! Bravo Mario!
Kievest 10 months ago 2
@Kievest If God wanted to gift the world of opera-lovers he could not have chosen a better gift than this singer.
AnryK2690 10 months ago
great !!!!
querar1 10 months ago
Bravo - bravissimo no ! per Mario del Monaco un aggettivo : unico
fmiglio437 10 months ago
he is mAAAAAAAAd! :D
rondjave 10 months ago
¡¡¡Hay Que Ver Para Creer y Realmente Como lo Hace!!! Del Monaco haciendo
algo fuera de su repertorio...Me da mucha sinpatia y realmente me quedo ato-
nito de cuanta capacidad. Gran Novedad. Esta Genial.
55werther 10 months ago
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FrancoMFT8 10 months ago
I still prefer Hampson (i guess i am closer with his interpretation), but i was very surprised; THIS IS REALLY GOOD!!
Ismon1 11 months ago
Oh yes he is showing off but the whole aria is a SHOW PIECE. Bravo for you MDM. I like him much better as a baritone than as a tenor. To me he sounds much more like this was his true voice than the tenor reportoire which tired him out eventually. Anyway, what a VOICE>
richbari 1 year ago
avrebbe dovuto fare ciò che sapeva fare.... cioè il tenore....
sarracino5 1 year ago
FANTASTIC
HeshamElGuingy 1 year ago
It sounds good, but it still sounds like a tenor. Same thing with Domingo, good for them, but it just doesnt sound right.
jbrown91287 1 year ago 2
One of my well-knowns said me not long ago, that del Monako is "barutone, who plays a part of tenor"))
Faritych 1 year ago
Is a tenor and he even did a falsetto. The really first part him and the band(orchestra ) were not on perfect timing but I have to say I have so many recording of this song and I love this one . I have slower versions, more polished version with costumes but this is something else! yes maybe a bit of show off as somene said but is really something that I will listen again and again.
DarioIaccheo 1 year ago
I am sorry, but I didn't like it. I respect Monaco, but this performance is nothing else, but big show off!
Lenochka1107 1 year ago
oh my god!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! perfect BRAVISSIMOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
HeshamElGuingy 1 year ago
if you want to listen a good baritones in today crappy opera.......then you are in the RIGHT PLACE........MONACO SHOWS A MORE RAW, NASTY SOUND LIKE OLD TIMES......THAT MANY OF TODAY FACTORED / FORCED BARITONES......
bajobaritonoAH 1 year ago
during this video i wondered is this good or bad singing. I'm not sure.
escamy 1 year ago
The great Mario Lanza. The best.
O grande Mario Lanza. O melhor. Um artista completo.
sergiomanzione 1 year ago
listen to that "NASTY WILD ANIMAL SOUND"....where that sound is in today opera singing?.....
bajobaritonoAH 1 year ago
he's not a bariton...he looks like a tenor...am i right?
beelzebub667 1 year ago
@beelzebub667 No he is THE VOICE.
sandrik100 1 year ago
wowww... so wonderful!!! just great.
Nibelungenfrau 1 year ago
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Thrilling! Wish I'd been there. But what great camera work they had in those days [sarcasm]. Every tenor & would-be Gilbert & Sullivan singer of patter songs should learn "Largo al Factotum" and the Champagne Aria from Giovanni. Just whopping good exercise of the articulators w/o having to worry about high tessaturas of the Rossini/Donizetti kind. Is del Monaco singing in the original key?
MTondeleo 1 year ago
Qué pinta de borracho putañero... y qué voz, la concha de su madre!
elgranmurcielago 1 year ago
Voce eccezionale,superba,adatta per qualsiasi tonalita'
gioantos1 1 year ago
Uma voz formidável. Um dos maiores tenores de todos os tempos, na minha opinião. Mas essa gravação a mim parece uma bosta. Ele aparece mais que o personagem. Daí fica ruim. A música some. Chega a soar heróico.
jreterno 1 year ago
the greatest baritone ever.....and of course the KING OF TENORS.....today baritones sing to dark!!!!!...without that nasty and wild animal quality......he does it so beautifull....
bajobaritonoAH 1 year ago
THE GREATEST BARITONE OF ALL TIME!!!!!.....AND OF COURSE THE KING OF THE TENOR
bajobaritonoAH 1 year ago
//Ah, bravo Figaro! Bravo, bravissimo//
a te fortuna non mancherà.
r2d2fredy 1 year ago
He falls off tempo constantly and seems to lack even the simplest agility.
primohomme 1 year ago
esto es mucho.....
manuelalejolusima 1 year ago
Bring it up a minor third and... maybe. To each his own. Such disenchantment from such a terrific tenor... Pity!
msalaslanz 1 year ago
La canta molto meglio di altri baritoni bravo MARIO!!!!
SaroFalsaperla50 1 year ago
listen that great "PRIMAL SOUND"........where does sound has gone in today singing?
bajobaritonoAH 1 year ago
Mario è un grande... però questa davvero non gli è venuta bene. Del resto ogni cantante si deve attenere alle sue parti :-) io da baritono non posso andare a cantare "nessun dorma", per quanto questo mi causi incubi giorno e notte :-)
operansam 1 year ago
ma il tempo qui è un optional???
aunktintaun 1 year ago
mi spiace ma questa esecuzione di mario è da cancellare:)
federricoilgrande 1 year ago
¡Demasiado, es que es impresionante oirlo!
Tita398 1 year ago
poor performance... as much as I like MDM...
ElisabettaVS 1 year ago
The thing is, having listened to this, most of the others sound out of breath. (OK, I'll concede Tito Gobbi, who is masterful), but after Del Monaco, most of the others just don't deliver the power that we know this piece can have.
runbambirun 1 year ago
straordinario ma affatto rossiniano ;-)
rossinigio 1 year ago
Estupendo. Inolvidable Tita Ruffo en esto. Un destrabalenguas. Algo increíble. Bravo por del Mónaco
gamchez 1 year ago
Entirely devoid of subtlety or style, a poor effort.
Mooorhe 1 year ago
I don't think in art there is a greatest of anything-all that does is start absurd arguments
Certainly agree that he was a great Verdi baritone, and I listen to him with enjoyment-but even among his direct contemporaries there was MacNeil-at his best I prefer him-Bastianini-not to mention the many great historical voices
Warren was a little too obsessed with top notes which IMO distorts the nature of the bartione voice-also a muddy bottom-sometimes a bit of potato mouth
Labienus 1 year ago
I don't think in art there is a greatest of anything-all that does is start absurd arguments
Certainly agree that he was a great Verdi baritone, and I listen to him with enjoyment-but even among his direct contemporaries there was MacNeil-at his best I prefer him-Bastianini-not to mention the many great historical voices
Warren was a little too obsessed with top notes which IMO distorts the nature of the bartione voice-also a muddy bottom-sometimes a bit of potato mouth
Labienus 1 year ago
Certainly one of them-but I guess I don't go for the greatest in anything, not only don't I think it true-but it's also a way to have foolish arguments
I have enjoyed Warren a great deal-but his high note obsession distorts what the baritone voice should be-I found his bottom muddy-without getting historical but thinking of his contemporaries when macNeil was on he was the =of anyone, Bastianini was a sound I loved-and so on-but we'd be happy to have any of them today-including Milnes
Labienus 1 year ago
I think warren was the greatest verdi baritone, yes.
halavey 1 year ago
Sorry, I meant guys, not gays.
runbambirun 1 year ago
You gays are just jealous.
runbambirun 1 year ago
Actually he sang a Ballo live in 1946 that was wonderful and very musical, his rival later Corelli would never attempt it nor would Corelli sing Otello live and complete even though he had the dramatic color for it and why I don't know. Del Monaco sang this for the house not for the critics, an encore and his Otello was wonderful, better then Domingo's or Heppner's or probably Vickers, his I did not hear in house but did the others and a few more also. MDM also was excellent in Golden West.
halavey 1 year ago
YES Gay tenor and Nello make good points and as I said it was a recital so let Bastianini or Gobbi sing a tenor aria Gobbi I heard in house in Chicago where he was so admired but yes he was a terrific actor and got into his roles but his voice was one I could never warm too and Merrill sang this as well or better then anyone and with greater beauty of voice. Still for Verdi Warren had it and had high notes many tenors would envy. This was a recital with MDM and an encore, for fun.
halavey 1 year ago
I went to the site where Gobbi is seen doing this aria in a movie or something and I would take Del Monaco anyday since Gobbi had a ugly voice and his Rodrigo in Don Carlo caused by ears to bleed.
gaytenor 1 year ago
And listen to Warren the greatest of all. This was done only in concert and in the opera if he was a Baritone he would have done it differently, this is out of context and lets hear Bastianini sing vesti la giubba then. After all this is a Baritone aria not for the tenor he is just having fun here. Try flaming something else.
halavey 1 year ago
halavey how true. Bastiannini was very good but he sure as hell wasn't Warren who, by the way, sings much higher than Del Monaco at times. Another classic redition is the performance by Robert Merrill who sang the opera a great deal. But the fact remains that if today we had a baritone with the power and ring of a Del Monaco there wouldn't be enough money to paid him. It must be hard to believe that a voice could have the power of Del Monaco without forcing. Bravo Mario
gaytenor 1 year ago
@gaytenor While I don't share your enthusiasm for DelMonaco's version, I agree with you wholeheartedly about Merrill. In fact, though his voice is lighter than any of these guys, his version is really the finest of the lot. Brimming with joy and humor and character and perfectly sung--the essence of Figaro.
Yubarco 1 year ago
@halavey
Greatest of all? your greatest, your favorite a baritone I certainly admire a great deal-but not even my favorite sound
Yes,Merrill did this well-I also like de Luca-charm, grace, not just bellow or high notes
Labienus 1 year ago
I have many issues with MDM -but this is not one of them why he did what he did with his voice and career when you hear the immense potential in 1948? questions of judgement taste egotism etc.
But this is a lark i don't begrudge him he's having some fun an aria that many fantasize about @Yubarco lighten up! it's actually not bad at all nice articulation clarity of text of course it has its tasteless moments it's MDM after all but we know he's going to blast the notes and hold them big deal!
Labienus 1 year ago
Are you people nuts? This is simply butchered phrasing top to bottom. It stinks, regardless of how impressive you may think his vocal faculty is. Where oh where is there any singing here? If he didn't have a name this would be just a drunken embarrassment at the company Christmas party!
Yubarco 1 year ago
You only wish that you could be this drunk at any Christmas party, sound this good, and get paid to do it. I suppose that his Otello sucks too.
Nello7 1 year ago
@Nello7 Sing like this? Surely you jest. This is awful singing no matter HOW BIG a star DelMonaco was. He had a long history of fractured phrasing and overkill and this is just more of same, except that he abuses some baritone literature here. Incidentally, just WHAT does Othello have to do with this?!?
Yubarco 1 year ago
Awful singing is Licitra, Cura, and many other hapless tenors that are being thrown out there. MDM is one of the greatest dramatic tenors of all time. There is no disputing that. He sang a baritone aria. Big deal. Cannot a singer have fun? The context is that of a recital where a singer is expected to bring a little extra, particularly MDM. You're being hypercritical and he certainly sang it better than some baritones. MDM sang OTELLO not Othello. I was reinforcing the absurdity of your claim.
Nello7 1 year ago 2
Call a spade a spade, man. I don't care how much you like this dude (or dislike the other ones), this is stinky!
X56000 1 year ago
That's a very academic assessment on your part. Particularly the "stinky" accusation.
Nello7 1 year ago
@Nello7 Hey, I think ole Mario had a fab voice, but like the guy said, this stinks. Why is it when people are fanboys they can't call something for what it is? He sure didn't prove anything here that we'd want to know, except that he could sing a Baritone aria badly, did he? Just having fun? Phooey to that. BAD is just bad! There are a lot better ways musically to have fun than to disfigure a perfectly charming aria!!
X56000 1 year ago
What do you find to be bad and please put it into context. It's one thing to say that it is bad, it is another to substantiate it.
Nello7 1 year ago
Listen to Bastiannini do this aria. You will hear a masterful presentation of coloration, phrasing, diction, agility, RESTRAINT, POWER & MUSICALITY. He does not sing MOST of the aria at double forte, he does not MILK any endings, he does not CHEW UP any phrasing, and most importantly, he finds and holds a line through the aria that makes Figaro a delightful, variable, clever and comic fellow. MDM sounds like an opera singer showing off how big his voice is. Not one of his stellar moments.
X56000 1 year ago
You are making an unfair comparison for MDM is not a baritone. Remember something, our opinions are subjective and reserved for our ears only. I did not declare it the best rendition, but it certainly isn't awful singing. I have heard baritones sing it worse than this. Two things to remember: he was having fun in a recital setting, and being on stage for over an hour of balls to the wall singing (as was the case in this recital) I am inclined to accept it for what it was- FUN!
Nello7 1 year ago
Well, since he chose to do the aria he is subject to comparison to a baritone; cant take the heat get out of the kitchen, right? Then too, the qualities Ive mentioned in Bastiannini are qualities that good singers share. Tenors, baritones, sopranos, doesnt matter, right? And lastly, I dont think having fun gives anyone license to butcher anything. This looks more like he just couldnt get it done as a musician than it does like fun.
X56000 1 year ago
It was not too choppy IMO. It was devoid of nuance, but not of agility. No one can say that MDM's voice is lacking in color! His diction is excellent save for one moment. And milking endings excites people- this is how he become the vocal power that he is, by milking the ending of "Addio fiorito asil" in an audition. It's thrilling. Distateful? Sometimes.Most people are afraid of the sheer size of his instrument to realize that he had everything that of an immortal singer, except for restraint.
Nello7 1 year ago
Couldn't have said it better myself: he lacked restraint, and so for all the vocal wonder of his voice, he too often undermined his own efforts by literally blasting through the material. A waste, that.
X56000 1 year ago
@Nello7 I made a comment 2 years ago on this very same video and I said he wasn't able to pull this aria off. This being a song for baritones although I loved that Little Richard/Robert Johnson like falsetto on the last "Figaro" inflection. Then I revisited this again just now. It got me thinking, rock, soul, blues and jazz artists have no problem jamming on tunes. Maybe, MDM is just jamming! He probably will never have an opportunity to sing this onstage or on record so why not jam it on TV.
bpabustan 1 year ago
@bpabustan That's the exact point that I made above. He has a baritonal quality to his voice so why not have fun with it? This is exactly what he was doing. If you haven't seen the entire performance you should. It was filmed in a radio studio in Germany with a huge orchestra with terrible acoustics. He chose to sing Otello, Wagner, Rossini, Bellini (Norma), in this recital and most of it was too loud. I own this performance at home, his singing was forte but exciting nevertheless.
Nello7 1 year ago
To all of the baritone purists I suggest that you recall Ingvar Wixell a major league pain-in-the-ears with his overly open tenorish baritone voice that lacked range, I also commend to your attention Thomas HAMpson. Give me Del Monaco any day of the week since he had a real voice and he sounds good to me and he was having a good time.
gaytenor 1 year ago
If this sounds good to you, you are not a purist, idiot.
XP11XP 1 year ago
What I'm not is an overly pendantic opera queen who can not enjoy a really great voice having fun. As an audience pleaser its great. If it distrubes you don't ruin your day proving what a total moron you are by insulting someone over a trivial matter Mary.
gaytenor 1 year ago
meglio di Pavarotti
Netfuturista 2 years ago
Bisogna ricordare che questa aria è per baritono, mentre Del Monaco era un (grandissimo) tenore.
ernestogasperini 2 years ago 2
magari se la cantava intanto che si faceva la barba era meglio , si vede che voleva scherzare. comunque doti canore immense
birilloarturo 2 years ago
ma sembra proprio che stia giocando! fantastico!! ahah
neobenisichi01 2 years ago 2
I'm disappointed with his high A at 1:15, he screams it rather than sings it.
saintsaens21 2 years ago
well , surely a bit styleless but I'll pay anyone who brings me another tenor able to doing this . Phenomenal .
duxdelceresio 2 years ago 2
well, most of the tenors have problems with showing off :)
osiumjrtosfyo5syerg 2 years ago
Zapatero a tus zapatos...
Una voz increible, legendaria... pero las termina dándo en cuestion de agilidad y respiración.
bolillovinyl2d 2 years ago
Para nada maestro, es la mejor version de esta aria que he escuchado, despues de la de Dalibor Jenis.
Saludos!
VengadorMexicano 1 year ago
Considero Del monaco uno dei piu' grandi tenori di sempre, ma questa poteva rispiarmarsela...
grandissimo comunque!!
odontotazio 2 years ago 5
io lo amo! sono propro innamorata persa
NightOpera 2 years ago
MDM gives a lesson how to fuck up a great aria!!!
AlexLegionOfFate 2 years ago
Oh please. He sings it better than MOST of the baritones today
Dtenor87 2 years ago 16
@Dtenor87
no way. okay, he has great top notes, but this is BEL CANTO not wagner or verismo. one cannot sing this well unless it is done elegantly. I mean no offense to mr. del monaco, this was obviously done mostly as a fun joke, but comparing this to a professional bel canto baritone is both ubsurd and unfair
anyway, just my 2 cents =)
raigekimaru 1 year ago
@raigekimaru I totally agree!
(I never liked his musical taste, ever, even as a tenor...)
xafnndapp 1 year ago
wow! this is nearly as good as his daughter-in-law dragana's famous concert performance of the carmen finale!
MassiniAndPuccinet 2 years ago
Rubbish.
calios1 2 years ago
Bravissimo,nulla da dire...anche perché per un tenore cantare da baritono non é semplice. *****
Villeneuve27rosso 2 years ago
THIS IS REAL TECHNO NO JOKES! :D :D :D :D
mantysm 2 years ago
UN GENIO!!!!
prodesica 2 years ago 2
great,bravissimo.i was hoping for a top c at the end though!sounded a bit like hampson!
ejb61 2 years ago
ejb61: sounded a bit like Hampson?... What??!! I think Hampson even would have drunk a bucket of soap if he was promised he'd woke up next morning and sounded like that.
bloydaage 2 years ago 4
Why not sing this aria-- said MDM...:-)
He knew it wasn't his aria to sing..It is fun to watch it ,and was fun for him too..
I LOVE him TOO MUCH !!!
BRAVO BRAVISSIMO del Monaco !..:-)))
lanarv 2 years ago 11
I can understand all the critics. Let's face it, after this, anyone else who attempts this is going to sound like a poof.
runbambirun 2 years ago 3
NOT Hermann Prey!!! My favourite Factotum...
This is fun though and he looks likes he's loving every minute. Great voice...
nineteenforty7 2 years ago 3
fantastic! He give a piece of his soul to the song!
Emacs23 2 years ago 5
Outstanding!
svjatazarov 2 years ago 5
Unusual attempts at characterization, I believe a few have mistaken that for a flawed sense of tempo. While not the first version I would listen to definitely an interesting interpretation from a higher range male voice. With different training he may have been a baritone, which may have been easier on him, prolonging his vocal decline.
pavoman23 2 years ago
I don't think he could have been a succesful as a baritone. As for his vocal decline - sure, many speak of the accident and some decline, but hearing him in his last performances I think it's fair to say he never really declined at all, unlike many other singers. Also, if baritone singing would have been easier on him, I think you meant it would postpone his vocal decline, rather than prolonging it.
Pawelp 2 years ago
Where was the one who had to say to Mario that he better could not do this !!. Its a beautiful man with a beautiful voice, but not for this aria. It sounds ugly. Its the same as Callas who sang Carmen: they do things that are out of they possebilities. This is not writtten for their voices. Lots of real baritones have recorded this more better. And... there were soooo many tenor-arias that waited to be sung by this great musician.
Hans NL
qklq42 2 years ago
Horrible tempo! Unproffessional to say the least. haven't they practised? And he yells as usual.
mozzrt 2 years ago
And with his technique hi can sing arie for Tenor-Baritone like this and not just tenor baritone he sing fc From Pagliaco Prolog and excelent too!!!
lukasbarak 2 years ago 2
that was great loved it.
ddzz37 2 years ago 2
questa comunque non e canzone per lui....un po ridicolo...
kritikoreal 2 years ago
Eh beh scusami Del Monaco era un tenore, questa è un'aria da baritono; è già moltissimo che riuscisse a cantarla ;)
Poi rispetto al ridicolo penso che il suo intento fosse proprio quello di fare uno "scherzo". Vedi come accentua la gestualità lasciando intendere che sta facendo una fatica boia, anzichè cercare di nasconderlo? D'altronde questo era Mario Del Monaco... a volte gli piaceva fare il buffone; però, consentimi di dirlo, se lo poteva ben permettere!
PickBit 2 years ago
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dandefikon 2 years ago 3
2 reasons IMO.
First he wanted to make a joke, it's obvious he's not taking it too seriously.
Second he wanted to say "If I want I can manage to sing even this... Is there any other tenor who can stand up to this?"
Like it or not, but this was Mario del Monaco... :p
PickBit 2 years ago 3
This is a terrific performance both musically and physically, in the studio I guess, He must have been marvellous on the stage.
ahmad123987 raises an interesting point. I don't have perfect pitch so I can't tell whether the piece has been transposed for him. Similarly has the Callas/Gobbi recording been transposed from mezzo to help her?
Now, ladies, is this not a man?
Thanks to Tenor65 for a wonderful performance clip that I would never have found otherwise..
bm1729 2 years ago
he probably could have taken the end note up an octave. that would have been hard ass.
raigekimaru 2 years ago 3
isnt this song suppose to be sung by a Baritone and not a tenor, Rigoletto is the baritone and the count is the tenor.
ahmad123987 2 years ago 3
the only difference between a verdi baritone and a heldentenor is the latter is about a whole step high in range (and slightly less dark). if anything, this piece would be easier for a heldentenor. the high tessitura is murderous.
raigekimaru 2 years ago
Tell me, what does "fundamental mean", and what muscles are being strengthened, name them all.
Webarton 2 years ago
remember that MDM is a tenor, not a baritone, this aria is suited for baritone. But del monaco did this for fun
nlsnbebang 2 years ago 3
grande voce, volume e spessore, sarà il tempo ma la dizione non è delle migliori.
zezter 2 years ago
Hi's glorius! Best Figaro!
SerbianSoprano 2 years ago
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drammapermusica 2 years ago
What a mess.
tat1685 2 years ago
why a tenor sings this?? is not the same ... in my opinnion he has a really bad pronunciation.. listen to Tae-Joong Yang ... you dont even need lyrics to understand what he is singing..
Mrrsz1 2 years ago
il tempo è forsennato e Del Monaco è costretto a inseguire il maestro. Comunque grandissimo Mario come sempre. grazie tante per questo video Tenor65
daruglon 2 years ago
All voice fachs are artificial and exist in the mind. Untrained all men sing naturally and easily somewhere in the bottom of the tenor clef.
With training the range expands and most well-trained singers sing over 3 octaves. Therefore all trained male singers can sing most parts. However each voice resonates better in a different range. So the fach is determined by where the voice sounds the best. I can sing basso parts but my dark tenor resonates best in the tenor tessitura so I am a tenor
donaldrose 2 years ago 3
I couldn't agree more with you!!! You are 100 % right!
SerbianSoprano 2 years ago
Best Figaro
ThPaw 2 years ago
Condivido con enzonapulitan Del Monaco el il Re della Lirica il Piu' grande Tenore ,si Placido domingo canta tangos del monaco canta Largo al factotum per che no?
MARISOLDELMONACO 2 years ago
aha! even italians have trouble with that patter in italian.
pasfresh123 3 years ago
It would have been better had he actually sang more of the written notes! It was nice to see del Monaco however. I had never seen him singing.
Vairguy09 3 years ago
呵呵，头一次听莫纳科唱男中音很有意思！
lggl521 3 years ago 2
lalalalalaLO 1:14
thats how muscled it is.. its LOH instead of LA... the beginning of the end of technical prowess of singers.... covering somehow become swallowing the sound in the throat...
A vocal technician.. that figured out the wrong way to sing!
What a voice though..
Webarton 3 years ago
err dude you know del monaco was a TENOR? (ok dramatic tenor but a tenor still)He is singing a BARITONE piece here, it's normal he isn't at his best.
In my opinion this is a further demonstration of the greatness of this singer
PickBit 3 years ago 3
That's not a death knell for singers. That is a product of an extremely well-received method of registration. He, like all Melocchi students and (in concept and result, not self-proclaimed) Caruso, instance. It's based on the closed [o] vowel and tends to have that effect in the middle. It's made for depth and increases the strength of the fundamental.
tenortime51 2 years ago
This is relating to a comment two pages to the right, saying that Del Monaco was a vocal technician who figured out the wrong way to sing.
tenortime51 2 years ago
WOW its all pushing.. but WHAT a VOICE
Webarton 3 years ago
I think he is too much!! Good intepretation, but too much
Leporello001 3 years ago
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ThPaw 2 years ago
Why? The whole point that Figaro is a BARITONE is the whole element of excitement. A tenor singing an A and G really not all that exciting.
JonGbass 3 years ago 2
"A tenor singing and A and a G really not all that exciting"
Depends on the tenor and the baritone. Del Monaco or Corelli's G's and A's are sure a hell of a lot more exciting than Hampson's, to pick just one.
countceprano 3 years ago 3
Damn it, He is not tenor, He is a rare type of voice called tenor-baritone, and that makes him special. After all, Figaro is baritone character.
ivanplazacic 2 years ago
"He is not tenor"
Huh? Of whom are you speaking? Del Monaco? Of course he was a tenor. EVERY role that he was known for was in the tenor rep. There is no voice category known as tenor-baritone. You might be thinking of Heldentenor.
countceprano 2 years ago
I should know, Dragana del Monaco is my good friend! I don`t know is there officially tenor-baritone category, but that is how we call it in Serbia.
ivanplazacic 2 years ago
I couldn't care less what you call it in Serbia. Mario del Monaco was a spinto/dramatic tenor of the Italian school. Nothing more or less. That he could sing some baritone roles no more makes him a baritone than the fact that Warren could have sung some tenor roles makes him a tenor.
countceprano 2 years ago 3
Brilliant! This is the best.
runbambirun 3 years ago
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Meravigliosamente stupendo!!!
é il migliore!!!!
pippoloop1982 3 years ago
Fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigaro!
JamaQu 3 years ago
Brilliant.
runbambirun 3 years ago
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This made me laugh. Del Monaco is terrible, as usual. But this goes beyond any decent standards of style and taste. What about the text? He isn't able to sing buffo-style. A real "perla nerla". A caricature. I wonder wether his (and Corelli's, Lanza's, Bocelli's, Pott's...) fans are entirely free of any musical education.
crimsontoxic 3 years ago
and just who is a good singer in your opinion?
MusashiTzu 3 years ago 4
Sei un grandissim stronzo delmonaco e il RE DELLA LIRICA pezzente vergognati
enzoonapulitan 3 years ago