Italian Tenor Tito Schipa ~ O del mio amato ben (1933)

[rubyedelman]

I am amazed 7 people did not like Schippa!!!!!!!!!!!Can you imagine?????

If that is the case who you like? He is one of the very best, if you don't like him who else can be your choice????

[rubyedelman]

Schippa's voice was not limited at all, although on these recordings that is all we can hear. But please note that forcing does not mean to sing loud, it is an illusion as when we force the voice shrinks and does not allow the overtones to be heard. Schippa is a tenor who does not force at all but is heard well, better than Corelli and everyone else, otherwise he could not be in a cast of so many famous singers if he had limited voice, just analyze info and you will understand who Schippa was !

[Ettoredipugnar]

@rubyedelman My mother saw him in Lucia in 1947, She said he was wonderful. If you support your voive properly you don't have to force to be heard.

[MrPipposiculo]

Nessuno come Schipa in questa romanza ha saputo esprimere il dolore dell'essere abbandonato.

Grazie !!!

[lornabegbie]

A supreme tenor singing a sublime song = bliss! Thank you! Lorna

[fairlytaleofnewyork]

I love Tito Schipa. His voice is so warm and I always feel very near to him when I listen to him singing. I feel like tapping his schoulder and talking to him...

Love him so much!

Many many thanks for posting it.

Daug, you made my day!

Best regards

Satoko

[runupahill1]

Thanks, Doug. Another eternal classic from CurzonRoad for my playlist!

[EdmundStAustell]

Like Gall-Curci, an ultimate bel canto singer.  That's about as fine and elegant as tenor singing gets! He once said that all you have to do is get the sound to the lips, and if and when it falls off the lips, it will carry. That all one had to do. And you know, he was right! Too many singers turn red in the fact tryin to make a huge sound, when a well place gentler one does just as well, if not better. In the case of bel canto operas, definitely better!

[schlusnus]

Hi Doug:

You know my opinion.......cheers and thanks always. C

[opertutto]

Almost everything Schipa touched turned to vocal gold with his exquisite taste and fragile voice. He obviously knew the limits of his instrument and seldom tried its use beyond its native capabilities. I was told the voice was so well focused that he could be heard easily in the last row of most any opera house. Charming, plaintive rendition.

[paulostroff99]

Awesome!  TY Doug.

[genia106]

My Darling Douglasio,

Grazie for this most Beautiful start to MY Day.

Tito is Sublime and your visual is Bellissimo.

[mayatatyana1]

Doug, thank you very much. This is exquisite. Maya

[dantitustimshu]

With his uniquely plangent tone, Schipa gives a rendition of this pearl of a canzonetta that is lovely and haunting in its own way. Claudia Muzio's version remains hors concours. Thanks for sharing, Doug. 

[meltzerboy]

@dantitustimshu It just occurred to me that in some ways Schipa's voice and vocal color are the male counterpart of the voice of Muzio: plangent tone (as you describe it), sighing, chiaroscuro, worlds of emotion contained in the very timbre of the voice. Even so, Schipa's perfect singing partner is Galli-Curci rather than Muzio with respect to phrasing, elegant style, and vocal weight. I admire both Schipa's and, of course, Muzio's recording of this piece. Thanks go to Doug for posting it.

[AulicExclusiva]

@meltzerboy McCormack recorded this too, but no one had the tenderness and inner refinement of Schipa. The wide range taxes his voice, but he speaks the words and shapes the phrases like a true musical poet. Transforming artistry.

I am sorry Galli Curci never recorded any of these Donaudy airs. She would have made magic with them.