Cesare Siepi as Leporello "Il catalogo" Don Giovanni

[paokara707]

great !

greeting from greece !!!!

[sisifus100]

Great voice...

[francescaemc2]

grazie mille....o mille e tre :)

[DonPaolissimo]

One helluva good job, but stiil, PINZA was the greatest for me in this aria! As for "greatest bass" of the century, Siepi is in the top10, but surpassed by Ghiaurov & Christoff, Pinza & Pasero.

[vampireratt]

Siepi Was the BEST!!!!!!

[alanmelk123]

isso é baixo profundo!!!!!!!! muito legal!!!

[italomelomane]

Ti ubriaca di bravura.

Non so se lodare di più Da Ponte,Mozart o Siepi

[francescaemc2]

@italomelomane

dai....Mozart!

[witness124]

Gra! I'm a bass, but siepi is legendary. His voice just reverberated around any opera house or concert hall, in an unbelievable fashion. Perhaps Boris Christoff defeated him in technique, however, but this man gave him a run for his money.

[adhrianuss]

@witness124

honestly, I don't think Boris defeated Siepi in technique. Maybe is just a personal opinion, bu tu can't compare two such figures and it is no way of putting scales between siepi and Christoff

[pepys1633]

LEPORELLO INCARNATE!!!!!

[federic017]

Straordinario cantante!!! Sembra una strumento... saluti

[hkenrick]

RIP Cesare :(

[OPSTBSTL76]

R.I.P., Maestro

[Jabbadabbadopera]

Rest in peace greatest of basses!!

[jujujijijaja]

He makes it look so easy...

[federic017]

Questo artista è come se avesse in bocca uno strumento!!! non canta Suona!!!!!!!!!!!

La migliore interpretazione che abbia mai sentito. Non ho parole per esprimere la bellezza di questo canto. E poi non è nemmeno tanto giovane. GRANDISSIMO: Un saluto

[MrKos1987]

BEST!!!

[jeanmolin55]

PERFETTO !

Maestro Siepi il miglior Leporello:

...Madamina... Che grandezza!

Silenzio: il No: 1

Pieni voti! 5*****

Grazie per il post

[massvalz]

Musicalità, fraseggio. legato, colore omogeneo lungo tutta la tessitura, emissione perfetta, accento, un fiume sempre in piena, una canna d'organo d'orata pregna di diamanti. Irraggiungibile !!!! Massimo Valzolgher

[minnie888444]

A lesson in VOCAL TECHNIQUE.

[solongmemory]

Che eleganza! Perfetto! 10 e lode!

[eudilieto]

giù il cappello!

[WhiteProfondo]

wow, how elegant, really nice!!!! How warm and graceful like a winged carpet in the wind...

[Dogaradodia]

And the winner is...

Cesare Siepi...

Best "Il catalogo"

[ARIRASA]

Listen to it mister pape

[edraith]

Dopo 40 anni di carriera cantava ancora molto meglio di TUTTI i cani che oggi sentiamo cantare in Italia :(

Come siamo arrivati tanto in basso?

[Dogaradodia]

Classified Intergalactic!

[Dogaradodia]

Certified Intergalactic means you can't hear anything like it in the entire universe. Now, fuck off!

[Paier]

Nice pic on your page by the way- before i saw it i only wanted to slap you- now i want to punch you.

[Dogaradodia]

Certified Intergalactic! Long live Siepe!

[Paier]

stop posting the same word on every video. it doesnt even make sense man give it a rest.

[Dogaradodia]

If I won't certify it, who will? I only watch classical. Maybe you're right, I should reword it.

[ambarabamciccicocco]

insuperato e insuperabile !!

[gaemp]

grande... nessun'altra parola!

[oakroom48]

Thank you for posting this astonishing performance. For someone his age, this is the quintessence of skill, taste .. just wonderful:)

[Cavaradossi1981]

The King of Basses...

[gallferi]

one word: SUPERB!!!

[fdbrewer09]

A Truly magnificent voice and commanding presence. I find it very impressive that he was able to speed up the entire orchestra from 2:55 to 3:08 in order to make the long held note. Not many singers could have accomplished it.

[Cantermann]

Gran Cesar... You're still the best of all times!!!!!!!

[Arashi110]

As has been said many time before, he makes it sound so easy it's almost unbelievable!

[wrbmmusic]

I love leporello love him!!

[j72050]

..incredible...smooth, stylish....what a teacher for other singers...and yet, I must also own the rougher Pinza version....when Pinza says ella giammai m'amo...in the other aria... you can tell he means it

[enantiodrom]

Trasforma marchesane in marchesine...infatti quel marchesane non si sapeva proprio da dove saltasse fuori

[carloss63]

The best adamina, I ever heard! Sung from the best Giovanni of all times. Great! Thank You for posting this. What a great concert!!!

[PythiasBest]

Großartig! Siepi auch als Leporello wunderbar zu hören! DANKE!!!!

[simonitaly85]

Bravissimo!

[EvaHartwig]

1985!

[packsoldier]

That is one of the most awesome things I've ever heard. I've got tears in my eyes...yes, he was even better than Terfel or any of them.

[verdiguy]

Like most of the other folks who have been good enough to comment here, I think that Siepi is the greatest bass of the century. To hear him at age sixty-two bringing such effortless elegance to this aria is an absolute joy and something to be treasured. He sang the role of Don Giovanni almost one hundred times at the Met alone with a number of excellent Leporellos, such as Corena and Flagello and his version is as ironic and sardonic as the best. Thanks for posting!

[RossiniSoprano]

And not just elegance, but no wobble either, like some of our favorite bassos of today at the same age. And that TOP.....amazing!

[gallferi]

@verdiguy My friend, a bass can sing deep into his 70s or even into his 80s. So at 62 he should still sing well, which he DOES!. I totally agree with you that "he is the greatest bass of the century". A colleague of mine (Daniel Bonilla-Torres - google please) have studied with him here in Europe, and it is unbelievable, how Siepi has helped him.

[witness124]

@gallferi True. Basses are like champagne, lyric tenors like cheese, and wagner singers like good wine, as I always say. Basses get a little better as they get older, lyric tenors never last too long past their sell-by-date, but the wagner singer has to be old or ther's no hope for them!

[witness124]

@gallferi True. Basses are like champagne, lyric tenors like a nice cheese, and wagner singers like good wine, as I always say. Basses get a little better as they get older, lyric tenors never last too long past their sell-by-date, but the wagner singer has to be old or ther's no hope for him!

[llamasaresmelly]

@verdiguy I definitely agree. The only other basses I think who match him are Samuel Ramey and George London; all extraordinary in their own way.

[vpinel]

Quelle élégance, quelle classe, quelle aisance.

Oui c'est ainsi que cela doit sonner.

Quand on voit ses yeux qui incarnent la subtilité de chaque phrase, de chaque variation, quelle émotion.

La partition est respectée dans la lettre et dans l'esprit.

Je serais femme, après un tel air je courrais dans la loge du maestro pour le demander en mariage.

[primobaritono]

BRAVISSIMO MAESTRO SIEPI !!!

[Orfeus80]

How opera is supposed to sound

[Holovanov]

Definitely the best Madamina I've heard !! And I've heard many..:)

[meltzerboy]

Such smooth, elegant, refined singing and a very musical, stylish, non-exaggerated interpretation. It is very different in tone and style from Chaliapin's recordings of the aria, which I also love.

[Selkaen]

I knew Siepi only as Don Giovanni, I didn't know he'd sung Leporello as well, but this is great! I know Furlanetto as well and I think he's also a great Leporello.

[4everSiepi]

WOW!!!! This is the most EFFORTLESS version of this aria I have ever seen! Most Leporello's are sweating, straining, and off tempo. Siepi sings this aria like watching someone do a back stroke in a pool. It's so smooooooooooth and beautiful! Siepi is the BEST EVER. He will always be my favorite.

Everyone should also check out Ferruccio Furlanetto on youtube! Siepi was Ferruccios idol. Check out his version of the Aria!

[adhrianus534]

and, I forgot to say,

every note is put at his place

in the most natural way I ever heard!

[edraith]

You forgot to say that here he was 63, after 40 years of on-stage singing. In spite of that, his voice was still magnificent and better than any other we nowadays have.

[adhrianus534]

I think Siepi as Leporello is fantastic!

Among other basses and baritones (not to mention that usually Leporello is sung by baritones and you can't find anymore basses to sing this piece, at least not in such a natural manner ) he is definitely the very best.  His voice is deep and powerful, but here, most beautiful and most impressive,

his voice is so warm, clean

and smooth

and by the way, you can't hear any roughness in his voice. Siepi-number one in my opinion

[Sommerswerd]

cesare siepi will always ma favourite basso chantante...thanks for the wonderful clip...superb...i wud like to know what happen to him nowadays?