Cesare Siepi as Don Basilio "La calumnia" Il barbiere

[SuperZorrolover]

Cesare Siepi is the best.

[anzolettilino]

@spatauser il re dei bassi!



[banate]

One of the most gorgeous voices ever bestowed on a human being.

[peppemacho]

Maestro Siepi,solo pochi aggettivi: inarrivabile,unico ,elegante,tecnicamente perfetto e attore,cosa che lo contraddistingue da tuttigli altri,grazie maestro vorrei un giorno avvicinarmi un pò a lei ,diventare un bravo basso,grazie ancora delle sue perle

[wysiwyg248]

Awesome Don Basilio, he makes it look effortless, LOL @ 1:26.

[marcindarmas]

Good night, Cesare

[MisterPapageno]

what a wonderful and real Italian bass voice! :D

[Jackomel88]

Grandissimo!!! Il miglior basso della storia!

[Vincenzo2010an]

@Jackomel88 è vero.

[pipilone]

pensate che in quegli anni io a Macerata l'ho sentito in Don Carlo..una cosa indicibile

[tervonlis]

Without question the best of the best.

[polylepis62]

I was there, 29 years ago.

Incredible!!!!!

[PickBit]

Che cu... ehm fortuna! ;p

Quanto ti invidio, adoro Siepi, è uno dei pochissimi in grado di reggere il confronto con Ghiaurov.

Sensazionale anche qui, in particolare per l'interpretazione, da rotolarsi in terra! xD

[polylepis62]

@PickBit

Sferisterio che si sganascia quando durate il 2° atto, Almaviva invita Basilio a "prendere medicina", Siepi prende il flacone fumante e lo versa in un vaso con un fiore gigante, che immediatamente si affloscia!!!

[pelolu2001]

Extraordinaria voz, chirria un poco el final,

muy rapido en comparación al resto

y el si va a crepa (por crepar).

[VERSCHIN]

SUPER!!!

[magdalarondine]

Increìble!!!

[kejther]

priceless timbre which is memorable

[polylepis62]

Percaso è l'interpretazione dell'Agosto 1980 allo Sferisterio di Macerata???

Se è questa, ero lì presente!!!

[MARISOLDELMONACO]

Extraordinario Hermosa voz.

[powersolutions]

espectacular, un maestro

[siwericsdotter]

Great CESARE SIEPI...superb!!!

[fedtrooper]

On the old Met Opera website was a review of Chaliapin's first Basilio at the Met c. 1910 His Calunia was a scandal. He ran around the stage like crazy. He rolled his eyes and waved his arms. He jumped on Bartolo. He turned the aria into a whole show, and drove the critics wild. They said it was the goofiest stuff they had ever seen at the Met.

[Dogaradodia]

Cesare Siepi -- very memorable voice!

[organdude44]

Too bad there's not a video of Siepi and the great buffo Fernando Corena together. They were quite a team in "Don Giovanni" and "Barbiere"!

[finylvinyl66]

When I was a kid learning about opera, Corena was my favorite. I used to listen to his recording of Bartolo's aria from "Barbiere" over and over. By the way, who is conducting here? Too slow!

[organdude44]

Many years ago in South America I had the thrill of singing Don Basilio to Corena's Dr. Bartolo. Having grown up with his voice on records and the Met broadcasts it was a memorable night for me to share the stage with this great artist. You might be interested to know that in those rehearsals Corena had a whole set of scatological lyrics(in Italian) that rhymed perfectly with what Rossini wrote. He was a brilliant linguist and a very generous artist.

[finylvinyl66]

Thanks so much for sharing this. What a thrill it must have been to do the other comic role alongside a living legend!

[crebillon73]

Assolutamente il basso più grande sotto tutti i punti di vista,grande Cesare Siepi

[adhrianus534]

Such a deep voie.

Impressing!

I'm on the point of saying that this is the best performance of don basilio. if anyone could give me some informations/links/posts about other don basilio's?

Till now i think this is the best ever

[Ethratian]

In my opinion nobody will ever beat Nicolai Ghiaurov although it's really hard to choose between those two great basses.

Thanks for uploading this version.

[JohnSoister]

As a young man, I had the pleasure of seeing Mr Siepi at the Met quite a few times (standing room was only $2.50-$3.50 in those days) & he was never less than totally magnificent. Never the slightest sign of strain, never a break in the legato, never a hair flat or sharp or anything other than fabulous. I count myself blessed & honestly don't think I'll see his like again in my lifetime.

[hoffschauer]

Cesare siepi is the best.

[allegra55]

superb! bravo! grazie cesare!

[mertsungu]

Such a voice, such an artist...In addition to those; very handsome man!

[fratenore]

Grandissimo basso: voce splendida, tecnica meravigliosa e controllo totale. Straordinario!

[Varsonoviev]

As expected,he does a superb job.What else can you ask from a legendary basso cantante?One question;any idea as to the identity of the buffo doing Dr. Bartolo?

[modglezili]

great basilioooooooo

[wysiwyg248]

Great Don Basilio, he put a couple of tempo touches that I didn't care for but the interpretation is Great.

Thank you for sharing this jewel.

[orthochrom]

Thank you for the video. CP Vienna

[dustmondo45]

This role is almost like singing Mephisto in some ways...

[bassovoice]

Don't know.Yep, they don't do drug tests at work...

[dustmondo45]

Well, makes it sound rather good!

[dustmondo45]

What do they snore? Apparently they don't drug test in Opera Houses!

[wysiwyg248]

On those days, it was common to snort Tobacco.

[wysiwyg248]

@dustmondo45

Tobacco.

[fortunata1]

So glad that I saw and heard him life in this role!

[PhoenyxRider]

Incredible!

[Orfeus80]

One of the most glorious sounds I've ever heard. The state of his voice in 1980 is incredible.

[viziagi]

A real joy to hear Siepi in a "funny" role!