Pinza Boris Gudonov

[hafizullahchishti]

all the more amazing that Pinza was sixty when he recorded this.

[Beth29252]

Wonderful singer Pinza was. Such a rich and noble voice, bravo to him for taking on such a difficult and dramatic role. Boris Godunov is a masterpiece, full of beautiful and haunting melodies. Pinza just then proved that he can sing the role just as well as Chaliapin and Boris Christoff, and considering how phenomonal both were in the role, that is saying a lot.

[bodiloto]

voce poco bruna per questo repertorio...

Pinza aveva una bellissima tecnica vocale ma questo non basta per porter interpretare Boris ...

[BorisGodunov]

Pinza's Russian is better than Chaliapin's Italian!

(I say that with total love for both artists. :) )

[796824]

Listen to ALEXANDER KIPNIS

[pearlmuth3]

Wow, so fine, thanks for a good post.

[cantorandopera]

I have heard the recordings of Christoff doing Boris and they are fabulous. He had an interesting vibrato that wasn't offensive - but rather - intriguing and seductive.  However, this is great singing by a great voice - don't take anything away from Pinza, please.

[canegracehasettevite]

Ma le orecchie ce l'hai? Se questo è italiano io sono Babbo Natale.

[hologramlink108]

I do agree with you, He might have been good for seducting women and playing don giovanni, but when it comes to Boris Godunov it just doesn't do it for me...

[VinylToVideo]

This IS in Russian, you idiot. You don't even know what you're talking about.

[masonbarge]

LOL. I can understand someone mixing up languages, but *Russian*?  He must not have even listened to the clip.

[VinylToVideo]

Yeah he made his mind up before even listening, the jackass.

[Onegiin]

I saw Pinza as Boris at the Met in 1946. It was sung in Italian. There were two other singers at the beginning of their long careers in that performance: Richard Tucker as Dimitri, and Jerome Hines as the police officer in the Inn Scene. He later sang Boris.

[sagalat]

Very nice. Too bad they cut the Bell Campanario Madness, though

[Moffolover]

I got an old record where Pinza sings italian arias, he was a very good bass.

[girardje]

beautiful

[sorbino9]

It is, isn't it? He was a champion cyclist before he became an opera singer. What's more he was a total natural, apparently. So good to hear a bass who doesn't make any effort to sound impressively "deep", thus robbing the singing of any expression.

[liedersanger1]

EXACTLY. Compare his "Some Enchanted" with Cesare Siepi's on YouTube. One is a human being, the other is a singer.

[stevevandien]

I believe this was the only time Pinza sang excerpts from Boris in Russian; nicely done. His Italian recordings of the part, made about 10 years before this, are definitely worth a listen, too --

[coryisasleep]

This is charming!