Ruggero Raimondi sings Le veau d'or

[FloriaTosca90]

Molti dei difetti che avete trovato (ritmo lento, coro disorientato, sguardi lontani) credo siano colpa della direzione artistica del teatro, che quanto ad allestimenti non è mai maestra. Se ascoltate Raimondi nello stesso brano in altro video, vi apparirà già molto meglio

[abracadabranque]

Depuis le temps qu'il chante mal,il dure:Aurait-il fait un pacte???

En tout cas,pas une claque après son air:Le chef a pourtant attendu,mais rien !!!

Le public napolitain n'est pas dupe...

[ranigema]

o r r e n  d o!

[lehar]

It's difficult not to agree with you. But till now, this role seems to have been sung by such many barytones, that I think that the opera world has changed a bit....

[stevevandien]

I've never understood why some consider Raimondi a great singer, much less a great singing actor. His young voice did have a rich, handsome, coppery timbre. Those qualities had long since dried out when 63-year-old Raimondi made this video. And one cannot sing basso cantante without a bass register. His acting is OK at best. I think he was (is?) a dramatic baritone in the rough, who never found the right teacher to help him reach that potential. Just my humble opinion --

[cyparris3]

He is not quick enough when he makes the pic appears. looks stupid

[bodiloto]

à 2: 49 un silenzio totale dopo quale i coristi cantano : merci de ta chanson...

[abracadabranque]

@bodiloto L'admiration,sans doute...Non?..

Ciao!

[Regietheaterdreckweg]

Why? The are wearing sneakers? LoL!!!

[milandinic1977]

defenetly slow conducting. Ruggero should sing to citizens and he didn t even look at crowd.

[ElisabettaVS]

@milandinic1977 that is because mephisto gives the croud something to look at and sings his aria to the audience, just like: look I told you, the gold does that.

At least, that's how it looks to me ;-)

[ElisabettaVS]

Raimondi is my favourite bass-baritone! Absolutely great, although I think, that at least the beginning of this aria was a little slow conducted, at least for my taste. I like the beginning to be faster. ^^

[energyglobal]

jamesmertins : Very good observation and comment !!

Still Ruggero was superb in roles which suited him - as you said.

[Masicians]

On dirait qu'il force comme un taré sur sa voix.

Ce n'est que mon opinion mais soit il n'est pas en forme, soit ce n'est pas sa tessiture.

en tout cas, il y a un problème.

[saintsaens21]

Il se fait vieux, tout simplement. Mais même au faite de sa gloire il avait du mal avec les rôles de basse.

[bodiloto]

Da trenta anni mi chiedo ,ma quale e la vera voce di " MAESTRO" RAIMONDI E non trovo LA RISPOSTA ! E baritono leggero,basso-buffo,baritono verdiano comico ?

[louvet66]

Baritono Panzzani,SI, si !

[nnsochedirti]

ahahah sei un grande guarda!! secondo me non è nemmeno un bartino comico..cioè è comico come canta, si...il suo scarpia sembra belfagor

[ranigema]

@nnsochedirti "sembra belfagor"?hihihihihihihihihihi­hihihihi,

ma che commento hihihihihihihihihihihihihihihi­hihi

tu sei uno dei pochi giovani che ha un buon orecchio!

"sembra belfagor"hihihihihihihihihihih­ihi

[nnsochedirti]

@ranigema grazie per il complimento!!! aggiungerei anche che questo commento sboccia dall'amore per questa Arte e dal rispetto per i Compositori e per gli Artisti che ci hanno preceduto: cosa che evidentemente questi signori non hanno. Lasciano il tempo che trovano, ad un orecchio attento ed avvezzo al buon gusto ed al buon canto (come il suo e modestamente il mio) appaiono solo come cani attaccati ad un misero osso. Buona Giornata sign raginema

[comescrittomaestro]

Raimondi is a baritone of an average talent. Coming from a very rich background,pushed his career to a top level, but he was never a primo baritono.

This aria lies in a bass-baritone range, even good baritones can sing it well. All I hear is unsupported white, sounds at the top, pity.

[jamesjmertins]

Having sung with him in his production of Don Giiovanni and the Damnation de Faust I can say he is not a bass, more light bass-baritone. When he try's to sing the real bass roles his voice goes into dull mode and it flattens badly, listen to his Forza recording and Don Carlos to see what I mean but and it,s a big but It was at times a very beautiful sound when singing roles that suited him.

[saintsaens21]

@jamesjmertins. You're getting red arrowed for this impudent remark, I'm not surprised. But it's true, Raimondi is no good at the bass repertoire, he's got no power under C3, even shameful for a baritone.

[matticello1979]

Seine Zeit ist vorbei!

[arturovilla02]

i know he is not a tenor ,i said that just to illustrate that he is not a bass but a baritone

[comescrittomaestro]

it's funny, you mentioned him being a tenor, may be, you are right. I just listened to one tenor, here on youtube, singing le veau d'or. believe me, much better then Raimondi(though the orchestration was quite wierd, some kind of a rock type)

[arturovilla02]

interesting and funny, who is that tenor? tibett s version is better too.

[comescrittomaestro]

Tibett had amazing voice of a great quality, his relatively short career was due to his 110% giving. The tenor's name is Franco Tenelli-weird version but vocals to my view better then one of Raimondi's

[arturovilla02]

interesting, a tenor pretending to be a bass!!!!

[voltape]

De donde sacas que es tenor?? Si lo fuera seria el tenor mas dramático del mundo!!

[VeritasTeLiberat]

Do you mean a baritone pretending to be a full basso, or a bass-baritone pretending to be a full basso?

[giangaleazzo24]

per me Raimondi e stato il piú grande Mephisto ever. Nessuno ha fatto chiaro come lui il lato pericoloso del diavolo perche cosi inquietantemente afascinante , e che humour!!! ma in questa orrenda produzione solo un grande come lui puo uscirne indenne

[nnsochedirti]

...ghiaurov, christoff, neri, pinza, de angelis...dove me li metti allora?

hai mai ascoltato altri faust oltre quello di questo canzonettista?

[leuthold]

Bé, è sen'altro un'esecuzione infernale.... ma non per gli argomenti trattati!

[operaman20]

His tone sounds very strained! I'm not sure what he's doing it's not easy sounding, it's sounds raspy!!

[JohnInMableton]

The performance is strangely staged, but Ruggero Raimondi is great as always! His performance is not geriatric and his tone is not flat. As for his French pronunciation, let's not nitpick, OK? When you all start singing as beautifully as he does, then you have the right to criticize his singing.

[frenchyfrench]

Ruggero is going to be a great...tenor soon ! I saw him 3 times in recital, younger, and it was fantastic so let's be nice with this great artist.

[voltape]

How come?? he was a bass - then he signs Toreador, and now you predict he will be a tenor soon?????

[BBozhkilov]

Nah, he was never a bass. Hear his La Calunnia, compare it to Ghiaurov's, and you'll see for sure that Raimondi is, well not really bass-baritone, but one idea lower than baritone lol. Anyways, I'm not a fan of his singing.

[Pereidom]

ahhaha raimondi still singing??? o my god!

[Wildlatinae]

Yo admiro a este señor, de verdad. En mi opinión, vocalmente está más apto para los papeles de barítonos, como Escamillo o Scarpia; pero, por otro lado, tiene una capacidad interpretativa que le permite generar un Don Basilio adorable y un Mefistófeles muy histriónico, en el registro de bajo.

[OperaFanLover]

how come no applause? where was this performance?

[Wildlatinae]

Quizá no aplaudan porque el público es italiano, y no es muy dado al aplauso espontáneo, sino que se manifiestan sólo cuando finaliza el acto completo.

[amlirco]

I think you are grossly mistaken. Sera por la interpretacion...

[zarzuela84]

Geriatric performance and doesn't sing french....

[majorcana]

His tone is pretty desiccated, and he's often flat. Also, the conductor is having trouble keeping pit and stage in sync.

[taillia]

Ruggero Raimondi is a charismatic artist but he doesn't sing french very well!

[Meleagro]

Stendiamo un velo pietoso sulla performance di Raimondi... perché si ostini a cantare ancora non so...

[giangaleazzo24]

Per fortuna canta ancora ...non si trovano piú dei grandi come lui

[ada15]

Mr. Raimondi is stil in the very good shape! Brava!