Lawrence Tibbett takes a bath

[MOZ1175]

Dear me, I wish I was in that water with him, least I could do is help him wash his back.

[bonnies1234567]

Enchanting!! Love it.

[francesca7564]

A ma belle amie Sospello

Comme je n'arrive pas à t'écrire sur " répondre" tu auras droit à un beau message .

Oui, paradis, car je veux une salle de bains comme çà, une source, des petits oiseaux ( et des gros ...) Pas d'avion cependant . C'est la plus belle salle de bains du monde , sous le ciel . Je veillerai cependant à prendre un savon de Marseille à l'encienne, non polluant .

Des bizzes à ceux qui savent qui les méritent .

F.

[SENAFOREVER]

Looks like a black and white Pink Narcissus.

[francesca7564]

@SENAFOREVER

Elle est pas belle la vie ??? On se retrouve aux beaux endroits ! En l'occurence ici au paradis ... Quand je serai grande, je serai Lawrence Tibbett ... Embrassades . F.

[SENAFOREVER]

@francesca7564, quand je serai grande je serai un perroquet dans cet arbre pour voir Lawrence Tibbett tout nu... ;-)

[francesca7564]

@SENAFOREVER

Mais ptit diable, qui vous dit qu'il est tout nu ??? :-)

[SENAFOREVER]

@francesca7564, sans plaisanter, je pense qu'avec Franco Corelli c'est l'un des divis les plus tada-dam-dam de l'histoire de l'Opéra.

[SENAFOREVER]

Habilleuse de Franco Corelli, ça c'est un métier cool.

Ma petite soeur a déjà fait un massage à Johnny Depp, ce qui est pas mal du tout...

[francesca7564]

@SENAFOREVER

Sans blagues ??? Johnny Depp ?

[SENAFOREVER]

@francesca7564, oui, un job d'étudiante qu'elle avait dans un spa. Et en privé c'est un parfait gentleman, courtois, francophile et pas avare question pourboire.

Hélas, il est pris.

[francesca7564]

@francesca7564 Pris on s'en doute, tout dépend de la liste d'attente ... Belle approche cependant .

SMACK !!!

F.

[francesca7564]

@francesca7564 J'me réponds, n'importe quoi !!! Mon ptit Sena, bien évidemment , c'est à vous que je cause ... SMACK !!!

F.

[francesca7564]

@SENAFOREVER

Habilleuse ??? Je me contenterai de Jonas Kaufmann ...

[sospello]

@francesca7564 "There isn"t any Mrs. Smith." Alors ici tu te trouves au paradis :-)

[796824]

There was a characteristic known as decency in that era, Alas, non-existent now. Tibbett did not need to exhibit his well-toned physique since his superb singing, unheard on the opera stage today, established the reason that he was considered a stellar baritone

[EmpressOfWyoming58]

Now that is a funny, romantic ending. Today's Hollywood has lost the art of subtlety. Sometimes, a little goes a longgg way.

[KiwiDanChch]

Does anyone know what film this is?

[decotodd]

"Under Your Spell (1936) -- it shows up on Fox Movie Channel

[cleanears]

I wouldn't mind landing on a beach and running into Mr Tibbett singing AND bathing...

[acla9000]

Who says that singers only sing under a shower?? And with a toucan forming a duet!! Hey, wait a minute, there's a toad too, then it's a duet no more! Now, behold a plane motor bruit ... and here comes a lady! Oh, never mind, it's all very amusing. Teeheehee.

[pasfresh123]

I love the celesta at the beginning, enchanting. I love to hear him having fun with his voice. Too bad they gave the toucan the voice of a chicken x parrot. That's the lovely Wendy Barrie with him. Funny how in those days women were expected to act like children (sulking).

[jbuckaroo82]

Most of the women I know tend to sulk when they don't get their way. ; )

[philippelouvet]

cucul la praline...

[Luindriel]

I bet he sang in the shower too. :)

[forallyouknow]

I notice that he is constantly trying to hide his body from the lady. Is this the custom of the era? Was it de rigeur to not show your body to a lady or something?

[Amiduffer]

No. The movie censors were reeeeal strict about what could be shown in a film.

[Johnny1206]

I'm also a baritone. Nowadays A Tibbett is very hard to match.

[phineas57]

Tibbett made several Hollywood films and was even nominated for an Academy Award (1932, I think) for best actor.

[canzonettasullaria]

Charming!

[796824]

Alas, the Golden Age of singing no longer exists. Tibett, Gigli, Schipa, Bjorling, Borgioli, no one since that period could or can match them.

[Ufelan]

Never fear! I is here!

Coming through, wait for just a couple of years. :)

[berserkur7]

This looks awfully much like it´s from a movie. Anyone know which movie?

[primobaritono]

"Under your Spell"

[MrCafiero]

Listen to that highly developed falsetto register!

[maxasian]

that is not falsetto

[MrCafiero]

That is absolutely falsetto. No doubt. Falsetto is a lack of thyroarytnoid (chest) where on the edges of the vocal folds vibrate.

[MrCafiero]

And just to be clear. I am a voice teacher and teach registration. I know what falsetto is. And, actually, the high E he sings in falsetto and then the OH goes into a little bit of chest on the word "FIGARO".

[maxasian]

Only the three notes are falsetto, and the rest of notes are head voice.

[MrCafiero]

Well, that depends on YOUR definition of those things. Headvoice is what women sing in and it has some chest in it. The whole thing is in chest, but he covers as he goes higher. The top note are in falsetto.

[bradleyjenks]

Nerdiness abounds.......

[MrCafiero]

That's what all the future unemployment regulars say about "nerds"LOL!!! WINK!

[bradleyjenks]

Let's hope not. I am also a voice teacher. Such pedagogical talk rarely makes appearance in lessons, and, when learning to sing requires discussion like that above......god help us all. I guess I am a tad unorthodox.

[MrCafiero]

Well, I rarely talk about it in lessons as well, but as a voice teacher it is your job to know how these things work; and the students need to have a clue about how their voices function as well even if not in full anatomical detail.

[rm946]

Do you use something like the methods advocated by Cornelius Reid then?

[MrCafiero]

In that I teach registration, yes, but not exactly like Reid in other ways.

[rm946]

That's interesting, my teacher is similar but again has his differences with Reid. Where did you learn about registration? They do not appear to teach it correctly if at all in British music colleges. Do you think Tibbett was taught to physically exercise the falsetto and blend with the chest or was he just naturally coordinated? All I have read is that his teacher got him to sing the vowels as if they were in his own accent, rather than fretting about the Italian.

[MrCafiero]

I think that it is clear that he had a developed falsetto because he sings it in this clip. I am sure they worked on it, but maybe called it "head voice" or whatever else.

They rarely teach registration anywhere, not just in the UK. And the results of that speak for themselves. You can PM me about this stuff if you like.

[primobaritono]

Where do you teach ?

[MrCafiero]

I am in the NYC area, but not in the city.

[1915fas]

Gordon MacRae had a beautiful falsetto. I understand he was offered a positon at he Met but decided to make movies in Hollywood so he could play golf most of the year.

[steainsy]

hotness?

[primobaritono]

Sizzling ! lol