Bechi & Tagliabue Largo al Factotum Sing-Off

[DonPaolissimo]

Never cared much for Tagliabue. After Ruffo, Bechi was IL RE dei baritoni italiani! Che leone tremendo!!!!!!

[DonPaolissimo]

Never cared much for Tagliabue. After Ruffo, Bechi was IL RE dei baritoni italiani!

[liEder89]

Grandissimo Bechi....

[bodiloto]

Baritoni come Tagliabue e Bechi non esistono piu ! Per me Tagliabue e migliore ,ma che importanza c'e ? Sublimi,immortali !

[34fgsfgsdtu48w7qtaqt]

Non saprei...

[operaqwas]

tutti due brAvi!!!questa di bechi e Live recording e questa di tagliabue e studio recording...poi bechi piu interessante...ma bravi tutti e due!!!!

[grandeleader]

Tagliabue was a lot better than Gino Bechi. Bechi's voice lost too soon its softness, due to wrong selections in his repertory.

[enzoonapulitan]

taglibue il migliore

[paulostroff99]

Just wonderful- does not do this one justice!

[schwarzkavalier]

The first time I heard the Bechi's voice was when I was 7 years old and,obviously I did not care about lyric and classic music,but I liked so much hearing the voice of this man,on a record given to my family by my uncle who stidied as tenor at that time.I was so impressed hearing this piece as I was fightened hearing him singing the "Credo" of Othello.Good remembrance hearing Bechi,thanks to primobaritono.

[345murphy]

Listen to Gino bechi singing "La Strada nel

Bosco" it will just blow you away from the

first note he sings. What a voice and sexy

with charmisa. I would have loved to have been

serenaded by him.

[Jgrant3919]

Since this is a sing-off - and by the way, I love these sing-offs - I must vote. I vote for Bechi. That is one awesome version. But Tagliabue is also superb. No sense hosting a sing-off if it is a one-sided crush, but on points I vote for Bechi.

[darragh21]

Thanks! I guessed right, then. The film on DVD Mad about Opera on the BCS label has him singing the Largo, too, but a studio version. Love this live one.

[darragh21]

Can anyone tell me when Gino Bechi sang this clip? Early, middle or late in his career? Obviously, this is a live performance. Thanks for posting it!

[primobaritono]

around 1950 I believe so early/middle part of his career.