Gioconda Duet: Titta Ruffo, Beniamino Gigli

[paulostroff99]

Superb! TY.

[Erdrick345]

Even Ruffo himself said that he lost his voice at the age of 50. He was 49 when this recording was made so certainly he was at his vocal end and we have a young Gigli here.

[bcndn63]

If this is Ruffo past his prime, dang, can you imagine his voice then!! Stupendous, though he holds back it seems...maybe so Gigli could be heard?

[paulostroff99]

Golden voices of the past.

[WMP777]

Artistry of a bygone era. I wonder about the technique when this duet was recorded. The voice of Gigli sounds far from Ruffo's ,that is out stronger during the recording. The impression I perceived is that Gigli's voice was too small to blend with Ruffo's. powerful resonance.

[bodiloto]

Sublime  interpretazione immortali

[chrizosthemis]

Is Gioconda connected with Da Vinci's Mona Lisa?

[reduxmisc]

No not at all

[MrCafiero]

Even Ruffo past his prime here is so incredible!!!!!! You can hear why they called him the Lion of Pisa.

[stevevandien]

You know, I don't think Ruffo sounds all that past his prime here. His singular ring-the-gong resonance is still there. For me, Ruffo sounds better here than in the "O Mimi" duet, also with Gigli, recorded about the same time --

[ahtenor]

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[FJMLAM]

In all my years of listening to historic opera recodrings and collecting 78's I NEVER knew Gigli Recorded this with Ruffo. Lovely surprise.

[eblackadder3]

It was never issued officially. It circulated in copies made from test pressing(s), but I don't think it was issued by RCA until it's appearance on a Gigli CD around 1990 or so. It's likely on other CDs as well.

[hobo1975]

i prefer battistini

[hobo1975]

you can see how the mask type singing diminishes ruffos resonance compared to giglis very resonant ones.

[Ankhsnammon]

The two best ones ever.surely!

After to listen to them,wI feel..oh,yes!I feel! the desire of to SEND ALL THE SINGERS OF NOWADAYS TO HELL!!

which baritone of nowadays makes the Barnaba?Which one?

ankhsnammon

[Operaddict]

Carlo Guelfi sings it.

[19olivier72]

Grandi cantanti! Ho visto proprio oggi la tomba di Titta RUFFO. Commovente...

[operaf209]

Thank you for this !!!

[paulostroff99]

Superb! The greatest baritone ever,and one of the greatest tenors ever-together! Bravo! TY.