I never considered myself a profondo but a commenter says that I am based on the German Fach classification of Seriöser Bass. I used to sing Osmin, Sarastro, the Commendatore and Fafner. These are profondo roles in the German sense. I also sang some Monteverdi but alas not Seneca. Tadeo then is a profondo in that he sings serious low music. No mic, large hall, solo, real music. Tadeo is a profondo. Case closed.
@BariTenoreDram Uno nome soltanto - Ramon Vinay.Questo Signore era tenore drammatico e aveva dal vivo una voce più bella e scura di Signor Tadeo.Anche Pavarotti cantava il repertorio del tenore drammatico purtroppo aveva una voce leggerina.Il pubblico chi ha sentito la voce di Pavarotti dal vivo sa molto bene di che cosa sto parlando.Il repertorio del Signor Tadeo era poco interessante per i cantanti che avevano le voci per il grande repertorio.Accanto à Gulio Neri questo Signore è baritono.
Per me questa è la voce del basso baritono e ancora...
Ah,anche Ruggero Raimondi cantava il repertorio del baritono 'verdiano' purtroppo dal vivo non aveva la voce... lo stesso Raimondi cantava il repertorio del basso con una vocetta poco adatta à questo repertorio.
Ah,anche Ramey ha cantato tutto il repertorio del basso...dal vivo lo stesso Ramey aveva una voce più leggera di Vinay,Vichers,Nikolov,Giacomini,Cossuta(tenori)...
@bodiloto Spero di conoscere i cantanti lirici visto che lo sono pure io, comunque ci sono diverse tipologie di basso profondo, un basso profondo russo del tipo ottavista non riesce nemmeno a fare Deh vieni alla finestra di Mozart perché é gia troppo alta, Tadeo é un basso profondo del tipo europeo Come Moll ecc. scendere sotto il do basso non serve per questa tipologia di cantanti, un baritono non riesce a fare il re basso in questo modo, posso assicurartelo.
@figarodongiovanni81 amico il fatto che sei cantante e magnifico! Ma se Tu il cantante non mi capisci (io sono pugile)questo vuol dire che siamo messi male...lascia la teoria à pace.30 Taddeo insieme = 1 Ghiaurov e ancora,dal vivo era così.Poi le teorie sono una bellissima cosa purtroppo la realtà e che Signor Taddeo ha una piccola voce.Amico parla mi dei grandi bassi russi(ho la sensazione che tu non hai sentito mai nella tua vita una vera voce del basso)non dei ottavisti...
.....un baritono classico al massimo scende al fa ma a gia' fatica, dopo ci sono le eccezioni ma normalmente é cosi'. poi il colore il modo che formula le note ecc.
@figarodongiovanni81 Guelfi,Petroff,Popov etc. se la mia memoria e buona cantavano re naturale... questi Signori tutta la loro vita cantavano il repertorio 'verdiano','pucciniano' etc. come baritoni.
Giusto amico mio e proprio il colore della voce di Signor Tadeo che è leggero.
Il fatto che un cantante 'canta' un certo repertorio non vuol dire che ha LA VOCE per questo repertorio.
Rispetto questo basso-baritono ma per me la sua voce e troppo chiara e leggera per questo repertorio.
@DeathNest94 Really, if you can't understand the particular language of the opera, then yes, of course it is nonsense. Do you really want to dismiss it all for lack of comprehension? No! You are better than that, I'm sure.
It's too bad that some people can't have a filter on what they are allowed to say or post (looking in the direction of mariuszny, if that is his real name).
Tadeo is very good here and he sings the low D as written. Ghiaurov is better yet in the snippet I posted but he only sings an E Natural. Of course in the 17th century there was no concert pitch standard. That low D could have been an E or an F or even higher.
When I saw Poppea the nominal tenor lead was sung by Alan Titus, a baritone. I have a recording of Orfeo with the tenor part sung by Gino Quilico, another baritone. All Monteverdi should probably be transposed up.
Of course Nero was orginally a castrato not a tenor. The only modern castrato I know of was Michael Jackson who allegedly was fed hormones by his family to keep his voice childlike and effeminate. Jackson was certainly weird enough to play Nero.
Are you sure? I'm a basso cantabile (a step above a basso profondo) and I can sing a really nice D2 as well. I don't doubt he's a bass (and a damn good one too), but that doesn't sound like a profondo role to me. And I've listened to opera arias since I was young.
Wow. That low D is really impressive. It`s so loud and resonant and it sounds so clear. Of courese a real basso profondo. I bet he was able to sing a clear low C too.
" Go, ye all, prepare my bath For, if life runs its course, Like the flowing river, Into a tepid river I want this innocent blood to go reddening my way through death" Impressive! Very touching, to say the least!
Ive heard it. He has some deep notes, however we are talking here about bassi profondi and that is he certainly not. Giorgio Tadeo is a basso profondo. So are Maxim Mikhaylov, Vladimir Pasuikov, and Viktor Wichniakov, just to mention three names that cross my mind now. Listen to Do not reject me in old age with Viktor Wichniakov and you will see what I mean.
I know what you're referring to...that last note is a B0, which for those who may not know this, it is the last B on the low end of the piano. Great B0 by Tim there!
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Aren't there any bass singers that sing an octave lower than this guy, I can't find any and I want someone that I can sing along with... the lowest sounding I could find was Gottlob Frick, but that's not low enough for my voice either.
A lot of confusion here about the term Basso Profondo. Basically it just means serious as opposed to comic. Any bass that wants a career will need to be able to sing both serious and comic roles. Today some basses with good low notes, like Gregory Stapp, bill themselves as Basso Profondos.
Greg will, I'm sure, be glad to sing a buffo part if the money's right.
Yes, there certainly is a lot of confusion about the term Basso Profundo, and I'm afraid, that you're also mistaken. Basso Profundo is not a synonym for "serious bass". It mean Low Bass (i.e. Profundo=profound=deep).
Words of course mean what we choose for them to mean. There is no exterior semantic authority. Early on the lowest male vocal classification was baritone. The bass voice was in the middle.
Probably most people consider basso profondo to mean an extreme low bass. Yet Grove's uses Nazzareno De Angeles as their examplar. He sang a typical bass repertoire. They call Osmin a profondo role. They don't call Sarastro a profondo part.
My point was "singing profondo" not "being a profondo".
WHAAAAAAAAAAAT? He is so good. Bright in the high notes and strong in the low notes. The end is sung just in one breath and ends on the low D with such confidence and roundness. Magnifico!
The voice should NEVER sound dark in the high register. He is a basso profondo because he has the timbre and the voice quality to sing all these low notes, and the D.
And to all others - It's not just a matter of hitting the note; it is about hitting it comfortably and powerfully. For example: I'm sure many of you can hit lower notes in the early morning, but not later in the day.
In this particular video, the bass hits the note very well - but if you listen closely you can hear a bit of a struggle. If he was asked to sing that note repeatedly for a long period of time, you would find that he would be constantly straining his voice and his throat.
I just went on a tour with a student orchestra and chour and I met a lot of tenors who can hit te the lowest notes. the difference between a bass and a bariton is not the pitch, but the color of the note.
and I olso met a real bass who coult reach 3 octaves. so he could sing high as well:P
Colour of the note (timbre) is indeed one of the distinctions between a tenor and a bass. But pitch is definitely another factor in this. Generally speaking, basses tend to have a comfortable lower register.
There are many basses who can sing in upper registers as well as lower registers, however, it must be noted that to do this they sing Falsetto - a primary example of this is Ivan Rebroff.
maartjechiel is right-baritone can hit low D.I`m a baritone and I can go that low.Sometimes hitting down to B ,but C# is where I usually stop. Greetings! ;)
One thing is "hitting" a note, another is singing it. ALL well-trained baritones can "hit" a low D. My teacher is a baritone and I've heard him reaching the low G (the G below low C) a couple of times.
That's a D. I just checked it with my pitch pipe. Regardless, it's impressive to be heard in that setting with such a low note and no microphone right in his face. Very nice.
I just can't stop watching this over and over. And after having heard him, it will really take a long while before I will be satisfied with a Seneca of my own. :D
It seems this was recorded in concert Jul 1961with the marvellous Tadeo as Seneca & Teresa Berganza as Ottavia. How can anyone not pine for more of this rarely heard of Monteverdi opera, and esp this great basso.
Yes, it's true a bass soloist needs to be able to sing at least an E2, but to be able to sing just about every bass role in opera, they should be able to sing down to a C2. Hell, I'm a basso CANTANTE and I have a better low C than some pople who call themselves "profundos".
@BariTenoreDram I was also given to understand that Basso low note was low E; though some arias require Ds or even improvised Cs. Profundo would probably be down to an A, or even F (!) but hitting THOSE with an orchestra behind you is nigh on impossible! (seems to be the preserve of 6ft 10 inch Russians with cavernous chest resonances.
Personally, I can get an A (and I'm English and 5ft10!), but would doubtless be drowned by an orchestra below about C.
@mariuszny I used to sing 6 years in Prague's opera and now sing in the men choir Bolschoi Don Kosaken as a low bass. Properly speaking for opera singing it's enough to have a good stable F, but for singing orthodox music the C is a common for bass... As far as maestro Giorgio Tadeo he has a very nice colorful voice and who tells here he is not a bass - is real amateur in vocal music.
@FishingInPrague People still bashes me, so maybe I say something again. It's not about maestro Tadeo, but about adding "profondo" after "basso" in the name of this video. If you would post maestro Tadeo singing low C (or lower) then call that video basso profondo. If not, then rename this video to "Basso (Probably Profondo, but Spend Most of His Life Singing Opera) Georgio Tadeo low D ". Low D is in my range, but not low C (I can hit but it's very weak).
can anyone tell me?which opera is this from?will be greatly appreciated!
NemTheMan 3 weeks ago
@NemTheMan no need answered my on question...DUH!
NemTheMan 3 weeks ago
I never considered myself a profondo but a commenter says that I am based on the German Fach classification of Seriöser Bass. I used to sing Osmin, Sarastro, the Commendatore and Fafner. These are profondo roles in the German sense. I also sang some Monteverdi but alas not Seneca. Tadeo then is a profondo in that he sings serious low music. No mic, large hall, solo, real music. Tadeo is a profondo. Case closed.
Agorante 1 month ago
@Agorante Very well said.
BassoCantante19 1 month ago
@BariTenoreDram Uno nome soltanto - Ramon Vinay.Questo Signore era tenore drammatico e aveva dal vivo una voce più bella e scura di Signor Tadeo.Anche Pavarotti cantava il repertorio del tenore drammatico purtroppo aveva una voce leggerina.Il pubblico chi ha sentito la voce di Pavarotti dal vivo sa molto bene di che cosa sto parlando.Il repertorio del Signor Tadeo era poco interessante per i cantanti che avevano le voci per il grande repertorio.Accanto à Gulio Neri questo Signore è baritono.
bodiloto 2 months ago
il re basso lo è del basso profondo! cerca su wikipedia e vedrai.
Shinigami6761 2 months ago
@Shinigami6761 caro/a,io vado à teatro dagli anni 50...
Per me questa è la voce del basso baritono e ancora...
Ah,anche Ruggero Raimondi cantava il repertorio del baritono 'verdiano' purtroppo dal vivo non aveva la voce... lo stesso Raimondi cantava il repertorio del basso con una vocetta poco adatta à questo repertorio.
Ah,anche Ramey ha cantato tutto il repertorio del basso...dal vivo lo stesso Ramey aveva una voce più leggera di Vinay,Vichers,Nikolov,Giacomini,Cossuta(tenori)...
No comment.
bodiloto 2 months ago
Шикарный голос, но это центральный басс, это не профундо.
В низу он показывает только РЕ малой актавы, а это диапазон центрального баса.
NokelainenAl 4 months ago in playlist Basso profundo
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Уважаемый, а что он здесь ДО или СИ вам должен показать?
aliaksey1 3 months ago
@bodiloto voglio vederlo un baritono che ti fa la nota finale (un re) in questo modo....mi sa che ti sbagli..
figarodongiovanni81 6 months ago
@figarodongiovanni81 voce leggerina,timbro piccolo.
Questa non e la voce del basso profondo.
Vuoi un esempio?
Ascolta la voce di Stoyan Popov chi era baritono 'verdiano'.
E poi ascolta Ramon Vinay chi era tenore.
Buon ascolto.
E inutile di parlarti dei bassi russi e i bassi bulgari,spero che tu sai di che cosa parlo.
Ciao.
bodiloto 6 months ago
@bodiloto Spero di conoscere i cantanti lirici visto che lo sono pure io, comunque ci sono diverse tipologie di basso profondo, un basso profondo russo del tipo ottavista non riesce nemmeno a fare Deh vieni alla finestra di Mozart perché é gia troppo alta, Tadeo é un basso profondo del tipo europeo Come Moll ecc. scendere sotto il do basso non serve per questa tipologia di cantanti, un baritono non riesce a fare il re basso in questo modo, posso assicurartelo.
figarodongiovanni81 6 months ago
@figarodongiovanni81 amico il fatto che sei cantante e magnifico! Ma se Tu il cantante non mi capisci (io sono pugile)questo vuol dire che siamo messi male...lascia la teoria à pace.30 Taddeo insieme = 1 Ghiaurov e ancora,dal vivo era così.Poi le teorie sono una bellissima cosa purtroppo la realtà e che Signor Taddeo ha una piccola voce.Amico parla mi dei grandi bassi russi(ho la sensazione che tu non hai sentito mai nella tua vita una vera voce del basso)non dei ottavisti...
E tutto.
bodiloto 6 months ago
.....un baritono classico al massimo scende al fa ma a gia' fatica, dopo ci sono le eccezioni ma normalmente é cosi'. poi il colore il modo che formula le note ecc.
figarodongiovanni81 6 months ago
@figarodongiovanni81 Guelfi,Petroff,Popov etc. se la mia memoria e buona cantavano re naturale... questi Signori tutta la loro vita cantavano il repertorio 'verdiano','pucciniano' etc. come baritoni.
Giusto amico mio e proprio il colore della voce di Signor Tadeo che è leggero.
Il fatto che un cantante 'canta' un certo repertorio non vuol dire che ha LA VOCE per questo repertorio.
Rispetto questo basso-baritono ma per me la sua voce e troppo chiara e leggera per questo repertorio.
Ciao.
bodiloto 6 months ago
a basso profondo goes almost a sixth lower by using undertones...
Sanitoeter666 7 months ago
is not a basso profondo, check vasiliev miller
mandrutiu 10 months ago
@bodiloto Sono spesso daccordo con i suoi commenti...saluti
federic017 1 year ago
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bodiloto 1 year ago
what the heck is this , i never understood this opera shit .... it's nonsens for me really ....
DeathNest94 1 year ago
@DeathNest94 Really, if you can't understand the particular language of the opera, then yes, of course it is nonsense. Do you really want to dismiss it all for lack of comprehension? No! You are better than that, I'm sure.
bigmandrel 1 year ago
It's too bad that some people can't have a filter on what they are allowed to say or post (looking in the direction of mariuszny, if that is his real name).
vanstan73 1 year ago
That is one serious low D at the end; I really enjoyed seeing/hearing this. Thanks for posting it.
76Basso 1 year ago 2
Tadeo is very good here and he sings the low D as written. Ghiaurov is better yet in the snippet I posted but he only sings an E Natural. Of course in the 17th century there was no concert pitch standard. That low D could have been an E or an F or even higher.
When I saw Poppea the nominal tenor lead was sung by Alan Titus, a baritone. I have a recording of Orfeo with the tenor part sung by Gino Quilico, another baritone. All Monteverdi should probably be transposed up.
Agorante 2 years ago
@Agorante
Of course Nero was orginally a castrato not a tenor. The only modern castrato I know of was Michael Jackson who allegedly was fed hormones by his family to keep his voice childlike and effeminate. Jackson was certainly weird enough to play Nero.
Agorante 2 years ago 2
@Agorante you should check out radu marian....he is an "endocrinological castrato"...his voice is different from any countertenors i know
VokalmusikEuropa 1 year ago
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Sorry, but this isn't a bass profund. This voice is much similar to the voice of Juan Pons, a modern baritone
mcmvzjosefm 2 years ago
Tim Storm it's very nice, but without a mic and audio amplifier...he's nothing.
Tadeo, as any other operasinger, have natural amplification of the voice...
LardoDiColonnata 2 years ago 2
Are you sure? I'm a basso cantabile (a step above a basso profondo) and I can sing a really nice D2 as well. I don't doubt he's a bass (and a damn good one too), but that doesn't sound like a profondo role to me. And I've listened to opera arias since I was young.
Jpmadore1 2 years ago
That´s possible. Ezio Pinza was also basso cantate and he had nice low D (watch his performance of Osmin´s aria...). The timbre matters.
hugodraslik 2 years ago
Wow. That low D is really impressive. It`s so loud and resonant and it sounds so clear. Of courese a real basso profondo. I bet he was able to sing a clear low C too.
DonSchanteloni 2 years ago 3
Sure. He was reputedly able to do double low A...
hugodraslik 2 years ago
" Go, ye all, prepare my bath For, if life runs its course, Like the flowing river, Into a tepid river I want this innocent blood to go reddening my way through death" Impressive! Very touching, to say the least!
siegfriedstark 2 years ago 6
Seneca knowing that he shall die.:
"Itene tutti, a prepararmi il bagno,
Che se la vita corre
Come il rivo fluente,
In un tepido rivo
Questo sangue innocente io vo' che vada
A imporporarmi del morir la strada."
siegfriedstark 2 years ago 3
Italians do it better!
xXMandolinHeroXx 2 years ago
I can't believe this music was written in 1642. It sounds very romantic.
leadoffeohippus 2 years ago
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hugodraslik 2 years ago
In low greate octava profondo have specific velvet timbre (and we hear it in this record).
In contra octave they have not loud,but rumbling sound with many obertones (up to 15)
This rumbling sound is used in russian clerical chores instead of organ basses (ortonox chirch has onlu vocal music).
But in opera contra octava is never used.
ArtemisDEfes 2 years ago 3
Tadeo had really basso profondo.
Here he sings C2, but he does it masterfully, with comfort.
I think he could hit at least A1 and may be ever lower.
Profondo is a bass who has contra octave notes in his diapasone.
The Guiness record is E1 flat.
But these notes are not used in opera for several reasons, because usuallu profondo have not enough strond sound.
ArtemisDEfes 2 years ago
Emm... guinness record is B(-)2... two octaves below the lowest B on a piano (ONLY 8 Hz). (by Tim Storms... look for it on google/youtube)
Blackwargreymon 2 years ago
Sorry, Tim Stormss voice has nothing to do with an opera bass voice. It is hardly heard.
Aetion 2 years ago 2
You're right, he isn't an opera singer ;)
But his low notes are... just amazing :D
Please watch this video:
(Tim Storms singing "That lonesome road" very low) near the end.
He is like a 5000W sub woofer xD
GoodBye n_n
Blackwargreymon 2 years ago
Ive heard it. He has some deep notes, however we are talking here about bassi profondi and that is he certainly not. Giorgio Tadeo is a basso profondo. So are Maxim Mikhaylov, Vladimir Pasuikov, and Viktor Wichniakov, just to mention three names that cross my mind now. Listen to Do not reject me in old age with Viktor Wichniakov and you will see what I mean.
Aetion 2 years ago
I know what you're referring to...that last note is a B0, which for those who may not know this, it is the last B on the low end of the piano. Great B0 by Tim there!
GamingDrummer89 2 years ago
T obe a bass is more than having some deep rattles...
For example Mr. Storm what would do with an orchestra at the back?
The voice does not have just a quantity but also a quality too. Would you listen to Mr. Storm for 2-3 hours? I wouldn'.t Low but has no beauty.
And after all: to be singer is not enough to have a voice you have to have a special aura too :)
golaxo 2 years ago 7
Low bass is an element of Russian Orthodoxy Chirch tradition.
They use no instruments in music - only singing.
So, profondo basses are very precious. They sings as an accompaniment, instate of organ used with Catolics.
ArtemisDEfes 2 years ago
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@golaxo
An aura that Pavorotti, Yuri Wichniakov , Ivan Rebroff among some others have/had mastered.
wowdanalise 10 months ago
A loud projected E1? Who sang that note?
DonSchanteloni 2 years ago
As I know, the russian singer Boris Miller takes it.
ArtemisDEfes 2 years ago
@DonSchanteloni
exuse me, Vladimir Miller
ArtemisDEfes 2 years ago
wonderful voice - IIRC Eduard Wollitz had no trouble either with the low notes
gnativerson 2 years ago
do you have a recording of him singing Seneca's aria right before "non morir"?
themusicman428 3 years ago
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barbarabocardo 2 years ago
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Aren't there any bass singers that sing an octave lower than this guy, I can't find any and I want someone that I can sing along with... the lowest sounding I could find was Gottlob Frick, but that's not low enough for my voice either.
aquatiger1987 3 years ago
A lot of confusion here about the term Basso Profondo. Basically it just means serious as opposed to comic. Any bass that wants a career will need to be able to sing both serious and comic roles. Today some basses with good low notes, like Gregory Stapp, bill themselves as Basso Profondos.
Greg will, I'm sure, be glad to sing a buffo part if the money's right.
Agorante 3 years ago
Yes, there certainly is a lot of confusion about the term Basso Profundo, and I'm afraid, that you're also mistaken. Basso Profundo is not a synonym for "serious bass". It mean Low Bass (i.e. Profundo=profound=deep).
Wikipedia confirms this:
"English equivalent: lyric low bass
Basso profondo, is the lowest bass voice type"
Gongfarmer2 2 years ago
Words of course mean what we choose for them to mean. There is no exterior semantic authority. Early on the lowest male vocal classification was baritone. The bass voice was in the middle.
Probably most people consider basso profondo to mean an extreme low bass. Yet Grove's uses Nazzareno De Angeles as their examplar. He sang a typical bass repertoire. They call Osmin a profondo role. They don't call Sarastro a profondo part.
My point was "singing profondo" not "being a profondo".
Agorante 2 years ago
You can notice the crowd is about to do a standing O when the clip ends.
albermarle52 3 years ago
WHAAAAAAAAAAAT? He is so good. Bright in the high notes and strong in the low notes. The end is sung just in one breath and ends on the low D with such confidence and roundness. Magnifico!
jhvorotin 3 years ago
Is he a basso profondo? The quality of the voice isn't dark enough, although he certainly has the range.
Operafiend22 3 years ago
The voice should NEVER sound dark in the high register. He is a basso profondo because he has the timbre and the voice quality to sing all these low notes, and the D.
jhvorotin 3 years ago 3
The low D sounded rock solid to me; I didn't hear a strain at all.
albermarle52 3 years ago 2
And to all others - It's not just a matter of hitting the note; it is about hitting it comfortably and powerfully. For example: I'm sure many of you can hit lower notes in the early morning, but not later in the day.
In this particular video, the bass hits the note very well - but if you listen closely you can hear a bit of a struggle. If he was asked to sing that note repeatedly for a long period of time, you would find that he would be constantly straining his voice and his throat.
bernardshakespeare 3 years ago
that is the tecnic to hit the low d or c, you must use youre throat mixed with the chest for it to sound solid.
marklontayao 3 years ago
I just went on a tour with a student orchestra and chour and I met a lot of tenors who can hit te the lowest notes. the difference between a bass and a bariton is not the pitch, but the color of the note.
and I olso met a real bass who coult reach 3 octaves. so he could sing high as well:P
maartjechiel 3 years ago
Colour of the note (timbre) is indeed one of the distinctions between a tenor and a bass. But pitch is definitely another factor in this. Generally speaking, basses tend to have a comfortable lower register.
There are many basses who can sing in upper registers as well as lower registers, however, it must be noted that to do this they sing Falsetto - a primary example of this is Ivan Rebroff.
bernardshakespeare 3 years ago
maartjechiel is right-baritone can hit low D.I`m a baritone and I can go that low.Sometimes hitting down to B ,but C# is where I usually stop. Greetings! ;)
iliikataotbs 3 years ago
I must dissagree. most low baritons can reach for a low D. going for a C and lower more diffacult.
maartjechiel 4 years ago
If you're a baritone and you can hit a low D, then chances are you aren't actually a baritone.
Sudso21 3 years ago
One thing is "hitting" a note, another is singing it. ALL well-trained baritones can "hit" a low D. My teacher is a baritone and I've heard him reaching the low G (the G below low C) a couple of times.
Ufelan 3 years ago
Exactly. I myself am a baritone and I can hit low C. Can I actually sing it, no. I can usually just sing to low E or F.
titanfan5 3 years ago
It's a low C (Do grave). Monteverdi wrote it in the score, but not many basses are able to do it....
LardoDiColonnata 4 years ago
yes it´s a D as written in the score. very powerful D here.
jowox 4 years ago
That's a D. I just checked it with my pitch pipe. Regardless, it's impressive to be heard in that setting with such a low note and no microphone right in his face. Very nice.
bigboytenor 4 years ago
Are you sure it's a D? It sounds like a C to me...but I could be wrong...
Bass35744 4 years ago
What production of Poppea is this?
apodyterion 4 years ago
I just can't stop watching this over and over. And after having heard him, it will really take a long while before I will be satisfied with a Seneca of my own. :D
Ufelan 4 years ago
It seems this was recorded in concert Jul 1961with the marvellous Tadeo as Seneca & Teresa Berganza as Ottavia. How can anyone not pine for more of this rarely heard of Monteverdi opera, and esp this great basso.
coltillyer 4 years ago
He is amazing. Could you please post more of his performance of Seneca?
Where did you get this material?
Ufelan 4 years ago
profondo? just basso. All basso soloists should sing low C.
mariuszny 4 years ago
not true... the basso solist should sing low e... and anyway he take a low d with such power
BariTenoreDram 4 years ago 2
@BariTenoreDram-
Yes, it's true a bass soloist needs to be able to sing at least an E2, but to be able to sing just about every bass role in opera, they should be able to sing down to a C2. Hell, I'm a basso CANTANTE and I have a better low C than some pople who call themselves "profundos".
Jpmadore1 1 year ago
@BariTenoreDram I was also given to understand that Basso low note was low E; though some arias require Ds or even improvised Cs. Profundo would probably be down to an A, or even F (!) but hitting THOSE with an orchestra behind you is nigh on impossible! (seems to be the preserve of 6ft 10 inch Russians with cavernous chest resonances.
Personally, I can get an A (and I'm English and 5ft10!), but would doubtless be drowned by an orchestra below about C.
skingaz 1 year ago
Mariuszny, refrain from commenting on things about which you obviously know nothing. You are just showing your ignorance.
Ufelan 4 years ago 2
i have another video of him in seneca check on my videos :D
BariTenoreDram 4 years ago
@mariuszny simply basso profondo is the lowest of male voices.
Michal950117 1 year ago
@mariuszny it's not only the extension that matters, but also the color of the voice.
figarodongiovanni81 1 year ago
@mariuszny I used to sing 6 years in Prague's opera and now sing in the men choir Bolschoi Don Kosaken as a low bass. Properly speaking for opera singing it's enough to have a good stable F, but for singing orthodox music the C is a common for bass... As far as maestro Giorgio Tadeo he has a very nice colorful voice and who tells here he is not a bass - is real amateur in vocal music.
FishingInPrague 1 year ago
@FishingInPrague People still bashes me, so maybe I say something again. It's not about maestro Tadeo, but about adding "profondo" after "basso" in the name of this video. If you would post maestro Tadeo singing low C (or lower) then call that video basso profondo. If not, then rename this video to "Basso (Probably Profondo, but Spend Most of His Life Singing Opera) Georgio Tadeo low D ". Low D is in my range, but not low C (I can hit but it's very weak).
mariuszny 1 year ago