Lawrence Tibbett - Toreador

[gambamama]

Thank you so much for posting this. Just going through some of my grandfather's papers (he was an impresario back in the 40's and 50's). I found a program from a recital Lawrence Tibbett gave in Salt Lake City, 1945. Here was the lineup: The Land of Dreams by Handel, Tobacco by Hume, I Am A Roamer Bold, Mendelssohn, Four Serious Songs of Brahms, Schumann's Arabeske, Brahms Rhapsody in B minor, Di Provenza il Mar from La Traviata, then an intermssion. He sang 6 more songs after that.

[meathwoman100]

My mom studied at Julliard in nyc, and did some spearcarrying at the Met. She loved to tell us how nervous Mr. T. was sometimes. He chewed gum to get calm, and one whole section of the main curtain hid his discarded wads of gum!

[bodiloto]

SUBLIME!!!

[SinoSene]

@bodiloto wow. at last someone you like hehe

[Beth29252]

One word for this performance- amazing! I totally see where Thomas Hampson is coming from when he talks about how charismatic Tibbett is, his acting is riveting here, so vivid and exciting. And he has a superb voice, one of the true golden voices of the twentieth century in my opinion just by powerful it is in the lower and higher register. He performs the Toreador song wonderfully, very good french as well. Do check out Metropolitan, it's very good and Tibbett is the best thing about it.

[Lightseeker001]

And quite a dashing actor, too!

[kenrayez1]

ONE OF THE WORST I HAVE HEARD!

[paulostroff99]

Wonderfully performed.TY for posting.

[65attila]

@paulostroff99

Thank you for this. LT was IMO the best I heard in this aria,

John

[MrSkylark1]

In his attempt to describe Lawrence Tibbetts voice, the host doesn't understand

the Art of Chiaroscuro

[BolandseBoer]

Für mich gibt es keinen anderen Toreador!

Incomparable!

[petereuropa]

It's always interesting to hear different voices. This version of Toreador with Tibbett is fantastic, outstanding! On the other side I like very much the voice of Robert Merrill singing "Cortigiani vil razza danata" Rigoletto with Jussi. B. RM's more soft voice make the aria more moving (personal opinion).

[sidelis]

Immenso!!!

[TenorCoyle]

wow, what an amazingly incredible beast of a man

[rhomp2002]

Who played the Carmen here - was it Swarthout?

[mrm4xim4m]

im starting to understand really how great he was when i try and sing this hahahaha what great performer to so sincere and original. love that guy!

[evenstar0]

*swoon*

[Kievest]

He certainly had a lot of Swash to his

Buckle. Spectacular. Bravo for the

post.

[pietro22051962]

GRANDE BARITONO !!!

[rafanegrete]

Such a great Artist! Bravo Tibbett. By the way you should write "Toreador" not "Torreadorrr"

[stephenTGV]

Absolutely unique. The greatest version I have ever heard, for me the golden standard. An incredible voice, and his French was excellent too. Aprecious document. Also a superb 'Veau d' Or', another golden standard. Thanks for posting.

[stephenTGV]

The greatest version without any doubt. Tahnks for posting.

[paulostroff99]

He and Leonard Warren were certainly as good as any ever.

[BlondeRabbit]

Tibbett fans! If the listing is correct (paws crossed), early this Friday (8/31) AM, Fox Movie Channel will show METROPOLITAN (1935). On the West Coast it's listed for 4:30-6:00 A.M.

Set those VCR/DVR's!

[pjb98422]

Lawrence Tibbett made a movie with Grace Moore called "Parisienne Belle" in the 30s. I think there was a clip from it on youtube (both singing) but it seems to have gone.

[mrfabulocity]

Parisienne Belle was New Moon in America.

I'm not sure why since the film is about Russians.

[gvjps123]

He is so charismatic and artistic!

[stevevandien]

How I wish we had more film footage of Tibbett!

[blakemooney]

Without doubt the greatest baritone singer to walk on any stage. Listen to his dark sound, the perfect placement, the amazing dependability of his voice that the audience loved to share! That dark sound never needed tinkering with by engineers! It was amazing! I don't think Warren, standing side by side with him, would hold up to comparison. Thanks for posting this.

[lpvcrcd]

Didn't Tibbett once say he didn't want Warren doing to him what he did to Deluca or[Scotti?[] I can't remember which baritone ... Tibbett was a great voice!

[smemr]

He was referring to what happened at a gala honoring Scotti. He sang Ford as an unknown and stopped the show with his big aria. He received even more applause than Scotti at the end. When Warren came along some 10+ years later he "protested" Warren as Ford to his Falstaff because he didn't want Warren doing to him what he had done to Scotti.

[lpvcrcd]

Interesting story.. thanks.. Always interesting hearing what great singers say about one another.. rather rare between baritones

[rmm413]

Do you know what movie this scene was originally filmed for and what year?

[rmm413]

Nevermind, I found out myself. The clip is from the movie Manhattan. It's from 1935.

[jasewgtn1]

What a great find - thanks for sharing this

[emtube]

Very distinctive, excellent! Thank you for posting this!