Cesare Siepi South Pacific Some Enchanted Evening TV

[sustock]

Magical! Exquisite! My favorite bass baritone ever! What an artist!!!

[movieman7000]

man what a low voice damn how low can it go

[Lactoris1]

Cesare Siepi is - or was - the greatest singer of the twentieth century and probably all time born 1923 in Italy many years with Metropolitan Opera USA -

sorry to learn he passed away 2010 age 87. Such talents should live forever.

[paulostroff99]

Superbly sung.One of the most underrated in history.

[skisportballer]

wow - that was amazing, I think that is the best voice i've ever heard sing this song. However Ezio's expressionism and physicality with his costar brought out more emotion...

[donaldmccann]

WHAT A FINE VOIICE!!

[Wellch]

Was he the original Emile in the first Broadway Version of this fine Musical?

[AvalonMorley]

@Wellch No, he was not. The original Emile was Ezio Pinza.

[opera1232010]

Very nice basse. I did not know him..

Thanks for sharing my friend

Regards

Pierre Canadian tenor

[paulostroff99]

@opera1232010 -Siepi was considered by many especially Italians as the best of them all.

[stryfe1000]

SUPERB

[Mumsilius]

Hey look, now I have a million goosebumps!

[joeparkson]

Who was the woman? She was terrific.

[richstout]

His voice is beautiful, amazing. I could live without the syrupy re-arrangement of the orchestration.

[Arkelk2010]

I wish they still sang like that in popular media such as Broadway shows.

[bonnies1234567]

Not only is Cesare's voice superb, but he is good looking too.

[UncleCharlieOakley]

So gifted. Incredible artist.

[DragTas]

If only Broadway still required singing of this caliber, or that of Pinza...

[12DNWM]

A great loss to the World.

Siepi died on 5th July 2010.

The Don filmed live at Salzburg in the 1950s was my introduction to Opera.

Fortunately I have the Video.

[SwingShoes]

Siepi (RIP) - thank you for such a glorious voice, for every nuance, for beautiful phrasing, for smoothness...and for making me want to be a bass (even though I was a baritone).

[richstout]

Oh my god. He takes the last phrase in one breath both times. What amazing control. Beautiful.

[runhardhooah]

What a great ending.

[TheAdmiringFool]

Absolute perfection in every way.

[runhardhooah]

You couldn't be more right.

[tenore8]

Magnificent and totally idiomatic for the role.

Beautifully sung!!!

[NYCroxmysocks]

ehh not my fav, i mean amazing singer, just to much of an opera tone with this, its not classical its a musical, broadway

[UglowD]

It was written for one of the great operatic basses, Ezio Pinza, so it is meant to be operatic in this style.

[NYCroxmysocks]

i guess that makes sense, i hadnt known about that, but i dont really like oprea in this song :/

[write2rommel]

What a rendition!