DI Stefano Pagliacci

[julioregalado123]

I met this song thanks to gta lcs double cleff fm good song

[rexrexleaband]

gta liberty city stories double clef fm

[DarkForceB]

Why do I think of the guy in the Nissan Sentra commercial getting mafia hit by water balloons when I hear this......

[aydatube]

the best ever

[1906sfjd]

It's hard to imagine anyone not loving what DiStefano does here. He is one of the most impassioned, gifted lyric tenors who ever lived, and this is heart breaking.  Bravo, Giuseppe.

[putaindheretique]

Press 4, 2, 1, 1 for the song of death !

Repeat the combination and let's sing AAAH Hi-Haga-Haga !

[aragorn13308]

Beautifull! And to GDS critics- better to sing ten years like Di Stefano than 40 years like Bergonzi!

[corradoerdas]

Volevo dire x 31122051!!!!!!!!

[corradoerdas]

X 32122051.......Perché non ti bevi un bel brodo....Se c'è qualcosa di sfasciato, sicuramente è il tuo cervello!!!!!!!

[RaZiNuaL]

press 4 as many times as you need...

[sugarbist]

There are many people criticizing DiStefano here, saying that he is too open & its damaging. Open or close, really doesn't matter because it really works in this particular performance.This is an example of Di Stefano singing beautifully& still being critcized as if he is not singing well.He is a lyric tenor but sings this aria extremely well in spite of the amateur critical statements.I saw Di Stefano live in the early 60s& his voice was beautiful,round&full,just the way you hear it here.Enjoy.

[joutneyman]

This is way more emotional than for eg pavarotti, the latter mostly seems to belt it out like a bulldozer wrecking an old house. I really like this version. Opera isn´t all about power, you need to control it to, like Jussi did.

[molavegurl]

Yes finally! i've been trying to find this ever since i watched "the clown at midnight".

[arniemazmax]

Excellent I have tracked him down, first heard him in Serpico Al Pacino, bit of digging and here we are. Sounds like Domingo and Lanza

[leomantles]

1:12 magnificent

[gchik]

so awesome.. wish i knew what he was saying though... -.-

[Apoc897]

That is one sad fuckin clown.

[mugenrider754]

isn't this is the doc song that appears on Crazy 8 Story (TM:Black)?

[fuckingdaworld]

press 1 and 2 fast do it XD

[fuckingdaworld]

press 1 and 2 fast do it XD

[P1B1U1H1]

To those of you who dislike LP, at least you can see whose Pavarotti's teacher was. Look carefully and you will see the lineage.

[HuggumsMcgehee]

Now that I know what he's saying, I'm hearing this in a whole new way. Going to watch this whole opera now.

[DelphiaWilliams]

@ Russianprime OMG i LOL'D

[Russianprime]

The fuck this nigga saying? dont he know bitches aint shit but hoes and tricks?

[pagstube123]

If you didn't cry after this, check your pulse. Bravo Maestro!

[angriffsritter]

I'd love to see a subtitled version...

[TucoBenedicto69]

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[TucoBenedicto69]

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[Salar73]

barely reached again-no wonder Pavarotti adored him

[sugarbist]

EVEN A LYRIC TENORS HEART CAN BE BROKEN . ENJOY

[mauriciomille]

@sugarbist does di stefano was a lyric tenor?

[sugarbist]

@mauriciomille Yes DeStefano was a lyric tenor but he also sang spinto roles. Sometimes he did very well with them and other times not so well.Enjoy

[mauriciomille]

@sugarbist thnks... I am enjoy it as never

[malthuswasright]

Wow! All this AND playing for Real Madrid. ;-)

[gpin1779]

Di Stefano was born 8 days before Caruso died. The king is dead, long live the king

[terminaterjohn]

i don't see something falling down at 1:10 lol

[31operafan]

Wow! Di Stefano was obviously a great actor. Loved the way he broke that mirror at the end. Too bad he passed away recently. :(

[DarkShroom]

very nice, it would be nice if someone made a playlist for this stuff :) hint hint, cmon gotta be someone obsessed with opera to make me a nice youtube playlist to take me through the greats

[marasmo65]

Esplendorosa interpretacion... para llorar aplaudiendo de pie.

[linuseenballe]

Laugh, Paggliaccio,

for your love is broken!

Laugh of the pain, that poisons your heart!

[HellasItalia4]

questo è cantare sulla parola. Chi lo fa meglio?? cosi si fa!

[zfranklyn]

this is my favorite pagliacci. only stefano truly brings out the piangere...!

[georgyporgy69]

How has this only got 1/4 million views? It is amazing. And I am a young house music loving Londoner!

[leebeer]

Amazing! seinfeld got me into this!!!!!

[68falko1]

великолепно!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[haisenpahalle]

I don't understand a word and still this breaks my heart.

[pupulique]

omg, it's a mile ahead anybody, how can't people listening to, say, Corelli, understand that. absolute.

[Alexandreznt]

Bravissimo....

[raptor0jesus]

12 people are scared of clowns

[bigttim1]

Stunning!!!

[pgrande2012]

i could not believe my eyes when i saw this. in this day and age when this beautiful art is becoming scarse thank you for uploading it made my day,,, it is my favorite aria! i have all of Giuseppe di stefan's music that has been passed down to me from my father i hope this art lasts a million years bravo,,, bravisimo

[pgrande2012]

i could not believe my eyes when i saw this. in this day and age when this beautiful are is becoming scarse thank you for uploading it made my day,,, it is my favorite aria! i have all of Giuseppe di stefan's music that has been pass down to me from my father i hope this art lasts a million years bravo,,, bravisimo

[unpodimusica1]

One of my very favorites... how lovely. Great singer, great aria.

[Gameboob]

Like #666 O_O

[cretaboy007]

i wonder who are the 12 bastards that dont like this majestic piece of art... mus be gaga or bieber fans ahhh i want to kill them

[BMIChris74]

They are beasts without taste.

[grunge0815]

Sounds better than Pavarotti!

[pcx34]

@grunge0815 all the great opera singers sound better than pavarotti

[zambrocca]

@grunge0815

no, at all

[Abmisutrot]

@grunge0815 Everybody sounds better than Pavarotti

[Abmisutrot]

@grunge0815 Everybody sounds better than Pavarotti



[r7diego]

Pavaroti haters a so pity

[distressed7]

@r7diego No. I cannot speak for others, but my perception is that this man has a better voice. That's all.

[mauriciomille]

@grunge0815 Mmmmm, let me think about!... Pavarotti's waves on his voice sounds amazing, as a mangetic waves, and in di stefano's voice doesnt marks as clarity or strong as pav did.

[doc955]

@grunge0815

Agreed. Pavarotti might own Nessun Dorma, but Di Stefano owns Vesti la Giubba.

[Folbold]

@grunge0815 He was Pavarotti's idol.

[Daniel6996ful]

fantastico!

[majo128]

my absolute favorite aria

[31122051]

Il caro buon vecchio Pippo Di Stefano : sempre ingolato e costantemente fuori repertorio. Canio = Aureliano Pertile, Galliano Masini, Mario Del Monaco, Franco Corelli, F. Bonisolli, G. Giacomini ... e altre voci un po' più DRAMMATICHE, sostenute da una tecnica vocale un tantinello più SOLIDA. VOCE FUORI REPERTORIO che si è inesorabilmente SFASCIATA in poco tempo. Per dirla tutta, in questo ruolo anche un tenore corto ( o bari-tenore che dir si voglia ) come Domingo è meglio di G. Di Stefano.

[federic017]

@31122051 Ottimo commento...daccordo...ma concedimi di dirti che il temperamento c'è...saluti

[tomfroekjaer]

Right up there with Enrico Caruso - and that's means something (at least for me).!

[nickpug]

Del Monaco said Pippo was a dramatic tenor in temperament, not in voice. Still for me the greatest natural voice I have ever heard.

[paulostroff99]

awesome!  TY.

[GatoTotal]

Fantástico..Maravilloso ... El dolor de un cornudo llevado al límite en una ópera... BRAVÍSSIMO...

Such a nice play!!!

[fabiandemichel]

@GatoTotal el dolor de un cornudo!!...hahahaha...! que hdp sos kurepa!...haha muy bueno...

[EiriDarkKnight]

=//w//=

[stoggy1976]

puta que voz esto si es clase de música

[mozzrt]

del Monaco was Canio? Please...di Stefano, Kraus, Bjorling and others were singing. del Monaco was yelling, shouting, screaming. Although I regret that di Stefano had such few good years, those years mean more to music than 20 del Monacos.

[31122051]

Canio = G. Masini, M. Del Monaco, F. Corelli, F. Bonisolli, G. Giacomini ... e altre voci un po' più DRAMMATICHE con una tecnica vocale un po' più SOLIDA.

[el666tarimoro]

sin duda el mejor por la emocion y la actuacion prfecta

[cacaalberti]

Se um dia Deus quis falar conosco, simples mortais, o fez através da voz de Di Stefano . . . essa sim é imortal!!!

[cretaboy007]

wow wonderfull makes feel like him

[TheHyde55]

2:37 Seven years

[shidosuke1]

bravo bravisimo una expresión de emoción caótica

[phatphace]

Those high A's are so beautifully dramatic and convincingly show his despair at the aria's climax. On the other hand, they are extremely weighted on the throat. It is, on occasion, OK to sacrifice technique for emotion. In Guiseppe's case, he was a culprit of this too often.

[AnryK2690]

@phatphace Very well said - sacrifice technique for emotion. But what does a listener love in opera? Technique or emotion? I think the answer is quite clear. That's why he was so great.

[claudiomania52]

@AnryK2690 One of the most passionate and interior aria. To reach the hearth you need : empathy, technique, perfection....Pippo

[segu82]

SERATA IN ONORE DI GIUSEPPE DI STEFANO, Giovedì 8 Aprile 2010, ore 18:00, Teatro alla Scala di Milano (ingresso libero)

[claudiomania52]

@segu82 E' prevista anche una serata simile a Roma?. Quella di Milano forse non era stata pubblicizzata abbastanza...peccato. Ho con me un ricordo di Pippo.

Il suo libro " l'arte del canto " con dedica.

[segu82]

@claudiomania52 Per Roma non so nulla...purtroppo a Milano i posti erano pochi e molta gente non è riuscita ad entrare. Quel libro è un tesoro, tienilo stretto...peccato non sia più stampato...

[2591740]

le quedo grande el area

[ellicantropo]

comentario digno de una persona que no sabe una mierda de musica,

[ConnonTenor]

Do you think the bad luck incurred from smashing the mirror at the end contributed to his vocal decline?

[asalvoni1]

one of the great lyric tenors of all-time. his dictation (while it probably ended his career prematurely) was exceptional, some tenors can barely be understood when they sing, every word was crystal clear with di stefano. his rich, bright timbre is always a joy to listen to

[31122051]

Voce fuori repertorio.

[Vendimi3]

@31122051

Fuori.....?????????ahahahahaha­hahahahahah

Finché mi dici che era fuori ruolo in "Trovatore", passi...nonostante anche lì abbia tracciato una nuova via interpretativa: ma fuori ruolo nei pagliacci

non direi proprio.

[chicagosbaby]

thanks for this upload!!!! this was one of the songs i just cant never find on youtube...maybe i have always spelled the name of the song wrong?? but anyway THIS IS CLASSIC=)

[fabriou]

the only one tenor in the world who sing vowels like they are in the real world.

[whoupingu]

it is his passion for the role he played that ruined his voice. and only that made him great

[fabriou]

is yours a positive or negative statement?

[thehix]

Well I don't know about others but I love his vowels !!!!!!!!

[giordani19]

It's the open and shouted style of singing, di Stefano demonstrates here, that ultimately ruined his voice. He might've lasted longer, had he covered his tones and performed the right repertoire.

[fabriou]

it's the open vouels to make di stefano more "believable" than other tenors....I'm an italian....when I speak I say ridi pagliAccio and not ridi pagliOccio....all the tenors sing it wrongly...I'm sorry but I must deny what you re sayng...better 10 years perfect singing than 30 years middle-way (and with bad diction)singing

[Nello7]

I disagree with what you are saying here. From a standpoint of singing Pippo is singing this incorrectly. From a linguistic standpoint you are correct, his open vowels are italianate and perfect- but this contributes to the breakdown of acoustics and the head register. The breath does not go into a proper singer's phonation, TALL vowels (one's that travel up into the head) I am not saying that your preferences are incorrect at all, just that Pippo's technique was-and enabled his ruination.

[fabriou]

I disagree with your statement. opera singing is something "unsingable" for human beeings...So a way has been invented to "pretend" to be singing ...and all tenors in reality don't sing it...they get around it...the only one who really SUNG opera was Di stefano....at the cost of not lasting for a long time...but i prefer 15 year real and breathtaking singing than 30 yars of fake singing

[pippofan]

@fabriou Bravo!

[pippofan]

@Nello7 It's the results I care about - whats the point of having a long but unexciting career? a poem best describes Pippo's career - "My candle burns at both its ends, it will not last the night - but ah my foes and oh my friends - it makes a lovely light."

[Nello7]

@pippofan

No one is arguing whether or not Di Stefano was a great singer. His voice by natural selection did not carry the thrust or weight required in singing this role. This is a fact. I suppose he could sing Siegmund and you'd accept that he was the greatest of all time as well. That would only mean that while you love Di Stefano (as do I) you don't understand the vocal requirements that goes with selecting the proper literature. While he was a great artist his voice lacked dramatic colors.

[pippofan]

@Nello7 Pippo was a dramatic tenor in a lyric body. He sang from his heart and soul - he was an interprative genius and always had the mood and character correct. Did he make mistakes? Yes - Would he have done things (hindsight) differently? NO! He went with his heart and that is why people loved him, there was no compromise in him he always sang at 100%. There was no one like him before and there will never be another. I would listen to this man sing the ingredients of Cool Whip.

[Nello7]

@pippofan

"I would listen to this man sing the ingredients of Cool Whip."- That is one of the funniest things I have ever heard! I don't disagree with that. Let's make one thing clear though: Pippo was NOT ever a dramatic tenor in the sense of fach. He sang with the greatest sense of style perhaps ever of any tenor, save for Caruso and Bergonzi.

[pippofan]

@fabriou Again, bravo to you.

[thefranzpippo]

@fabriou Di Stefano was the best because he sang the words perfectly. the song is this! and he always excited!

[sugarbist]

@fabriou There are examples of Di Stefano covering.Perhaps not as much as most tenors.However he does cover A Te O Cara 1952 Cielo E Mar, O Tu Che Seno Agli Angeli1956,Speaking Italian&singing Italian is not really the same. As speaking Neoplitan is not sung as it is spoken.Even your example of Ridi PagliAccio&PagliOccio,The PagliOccio when sung will really sound like PagliAccio&will help protect the voice.Di Stefano new how to cover,but chose not to.He also sounded beautiful when covering.Enjoy

[noisushima]

Ridi, Pagliaccio, sul tuo amore infranto,

ridi del duol che t'avvelena il cor!....

Dedicata al "gioppino"....Zaza'...

[Dronio1]

Di Stefano wymiata wszystkich !!!

[Becarlet]

el mejor de todos los tiempos...!!

[cyulian89]

@Becarlet ehhhhhh nop, no se compara a Caruso

[xxvenomous]

Voce a parte, che era quello che era, quello che colpisce di Di Stefano era la sua abilità nel pronunciare le parole, sempre comprensibili, pulite. Che spettacolo.

[cotogna76]

voce a parte?????? sei sicuro di quello che dici ?

[xxvenomous]

Forse mi sono espresso male, "con voce a parte" intendevo dire che la voce di Di Stefano era eccezzionale.

[cotogna76]

ok! infatti sembrava tu dicessi il contrario !

[Nello7]

@cotogna76

Assulomente. Voce a parte, gola aperta, e tutto cosi. Non e' una fantasia che lui se dice.

[MrMammamao]

Orgoglioso di essere italiano!

[gothpuella]

Beautifuly sad...

[Chivalryaintdead]

I love the sound that Di Stephano was able to achieve, but it came at a heavy price. Attacking the notes like that causes serious strain.

[tenor9216]

do you think that it's his vocal technique that ruined his voice ? It might... but it's probably mainly because he sang roles that were too heavy for him. I personally feel as if he's only not covering as much as most tenors on his high notes, which is not in itself bad for the voice. But no matter what, I agree his sound was amazing. :)

[nalekhina]

@tenor9216

Actually he used the same tecnique (sung openly at high) which Gigli did and Gigli' voice remained fresh for many years. Of course, Pippo's voice was more robust, but certainly Gigli's didn't passed night after night playing billiards and smoking like a chimney.

[rannur79]

BRAVO!!!

[wasserstand]

@rannur79 Still for me the greatest natural voice I have ever heard.

[alghe21]

He is the best from all time!

[mrvill101]

Wow i wish I can sing like that

[MarioLanza2]

@Magyar126

Whats so funny about it?

[segu82]

COSI' SI CANTA!!!!!

[JeanBabtisteGrenoui]

This is my favorite aria, and this video is the best one demonstrating the beauty of a good performance.

I wish I could give this clip a 1,000 star rating.

Absolute masterpiece on many levels.

It's shameful that such good quality entertainment isn't appreciated these days by the masses.

[FuckingAlpaccino]

@JeanBabtisteGrenoui His face should be painted but they wanted him to look pretty and handsome. Masterpieces don't compromise.

[jd1906sf]

I cannot stop listening to and watching this video. DiStefano's vocal skills are breath taking: after Caruso's version, which is very different, the heart, warmth, musicial brilliance and raw emotion of this version are just stunning. Among the lyric tenors, DiStefano is my absolute favorite. He is as close to perfection as it gets.

[joelweisberg]

May I say bravo to you jd1960. I have seen some wonderful Vesti's on you tube. Then

I view this one by Pippo again, and I once again realize how wonderful he was. He is absolutely at his peak here. Breath taking it is jd. He is sorely missed in this world. Riposa in pace Giuseppe!

[Amelinda27]

As for me he sing slowly

[jonvadillodomingo]

Estoy totalmente de acuerdo con ratanasnasnas y con john1379. En mi modesta opinión, aunque creo que lo comparten muchos entendidos, Giuseppe di Stefano es la más sublime y bella voz de tenor de todo el sigloXX. Descanse en paz. Su voz perdurará en la historia de la ópera.

[tuadolcefanciulla]

Di Stefano is what opera rarely get - a "two-fer"

2 things for the price of one. An amazing voice

AND GREAT acting. Josep Carreras and Natalie Dessay are also always "two-fers". I think Di Stefano had a fairly happy life, which shows the saying "break a mirror - 7 years bad luck." is absolute nonsense. I assume this production went through a lot of mirrors.

(It used to take a poor person 7 years to afford to replace a little mirror a few centuries ago.)

[ratanasnasnas]

sin palabras...sencillamente espectacular....estelar.......­demasiado...gran maestro giussepe di stefano

[john1379]

Sang from the heart by one of the 20th centuries greatest tenors!

Bravo Maestro Giuseppe Di Stefano!

[yahualico2007]

yo cante a lado de PLACIDO DOMINGO esta opera siendo baritono y le invitaba al llegar a la aldea a tomar un buen vino y desde luego vi en vivo el momento de esta aria y me conmovio mas confieso que la interpretacion de PIPPO me satisface aun mas sin compararlos y eso es ahora tal vez porque tuve la dicha de conocerlo y pasearlo en mi auto vw en conpania de mi amigo Flavio Becerra tenor y maestro mexicano distinguido radicado aca en GUADALAJARA y concervamos inolvidables recuerdos de entonses

[improvisso]

Que lástima que un cantante tan extraordinario como Di Stefano haya arruinado su voz abordando un repertorio que no era el más apto para él y todo por la gran rivalidad que este tenía con Mario del mónaco y con Franco Corelli. Sin duda alguna las mejores obras que interpretó Di Stefano son aquellas hechas para un Lírico-ligero.

[laloss09]

i prefer pavarotti with this song and the all de opera

[soporia]

La mejor interpretación de esta obra, Alfredo Di Estefano

[jd1906sf]

I"m always amazed that an adult human being would take the time to log in and write "loser" and "cretin". It's like throwing rocks through a window and running away. This is a remarkable Pagliacci, an almost thankless effort as the great Caruso defined it. With a voice much more lyric than dramatic, DiStefano summons up the power and emotion to leave a truly compelling and heart-breaking Pagliaccio. One of the handfull of great, great tenors. Bravo, Pipo.

[nintforce]

The ending was moving, because he gives all the pain and sorrow when brokes the mirror! awesome

[SandomierzTV]

Great performance!

[upatoia]

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[whupass95]

Thanks for this vid...RIP Pippo, we love you.

[gilliebest]

Bless Pippo's Sicilian heart, he wanted to sing these roles that didin't fit his voice, but did fit his personality. This Pag is gorgeous, tho', deeply moving.  We will miss him.

[PigmaKun22]

at least he wasnt a bass, like i am. i try to sing this song and i sound like an italian frog!

[YEBUTO]

The best in the world!

[stupidbeloved]

riiiiidiii paaaagliacciooo sul tuo amooooor infrantooooo!!!!!

[nokia1242000]

anyone has the part of "Recitar! Mentre preso dal delirio...." sung by Pippo? I wanna post it on Facebook

[rynniful]

Thank you Stefano

[akissgr1]

Thank you...

[sergiobantam]

Após Caruso, Del Monaco, Lanza, Di Stefano, Pavarotti, Domingo, Carreras e Villazon, nada resta para se formar a voz perfeita!

[Garc1993]

His interpretation is excellent, but I believe (my perspective, do not criticize it) Plácido Domingo's and Pavarotti's interpretations establish a great difference between excellent and godlike.

[AfroPoli]

Pavarotti as Canio - what a joke. He had a voice as big as Mickey Mouse.

[bobtemming]

LOSER

[AfroPoli]

CRETIN

[sparedda72]

Il grande PIPPO sempre nei nostri cuori

[Dillweedaj85]

Stefano isn't my absolute favorite singer, but this is my favorite performance of Vesti la Giubba. incredibe interpretation & feeling behind everything. looove the mirror shattering too, just puts the final touch on a great song.

[aguirre79]

Bene. Finalmente un eccellente cantante che pronuncia tutte le parole perfettamente.

[lecielmalice]

Myyyyy gooooodness

[chunyenbcn1]

maestro nicola rescigno said pipo was empty musically and he didn't know the rolls he was playing,sorry ,maetro,i think only empty thing is your head and you didn't know what you were talking about

[haroof]

the only thing i've gathered by reading these comments is that steakopera thinks he knows a lot but in reality doesn't know shit about opera.

[steakopera]

haroof.

Please do elaborate your accusation about my knowledge in opera. If you wish to initiate a debate on opera, I am all ears but your ignorantly insane comment reflects directly back at yourself how dumbfound you are.

[thefesterpip]

this is good...but no one surpasses Pavarotti...