CHE GELIDA MANINA (RCA Hall of Fame)

"Che gelida manina", Boheme.
This recording was considered as "the best recording of the year" by the National Records Artistic Association and was introduced by RCA hall of fame.Lets listen to him:

Che gelida manina, What a frozen little hand,
se la lasci riscaldar.let me warm it for you.
Cercar che giova? What's the use of looking?
Al buio non si trova. We won't find it in the dark.
Ma per fortuna But luckily
é una notte di luna, it's a moonlit night,
e qui la luna and the moon
l'abbiamo vicina. is near us here.
Aspetti, signorina, Wait, mademoiselle,
le dirò con due parole I will tell you in two words
chi son, e che faccio, who I am, what I do,
come vivo. Vuole? and how I live. May I?
Chi son? Sono un poeta. Who am I? I am a poet.
Che cosa faccio? Scrivo. What do I do? I write.
E come vivo? Vivo. And how do I live? I live.
In povertà mia lieta In my carefree poverty
scialo da gran signore I squander rhymes
rime ed inni d'amore. and love songs like a lord.
Per sogni e per chimere When it comes to dreams and visions
e per castelli in aria, and castles in the air,
l'anima ho milionaria. I've the soul of a millionaire.
Talor dal mio forziere From time to time two thieves
ruban tutti i gioelli steal all the jewels
due ladri, gli occhi belli. out of my safe, two pretty eyes.
V'entrar con voi pur ora, They came in with you just now,
ed i miei sogni usati and my customary dreams
e i bei sogni miei, my lovely dreams,
tosto si dileguar! melted at once into thin air!
Ma il furto non m'accora, But the theft doesn't anger me,
poiché, poiché v'ha preso stanza for their place has been
la speranza! taken by hope!
Or che mi conoscete, Now that you know all about me,
parlate voi, deh! Parlate. Chi siete? you tell me who you are.
Vi piaccia dir! Please do!

On May 5th ,1949 Mario recorded 4 arias with his coach and pianist Costantine Callinicous. Among these arias there is also the popular "Che gelida manina", Boheme.

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[chris99103]

Shame on the musicological fraternity for its lingering prejudice towards this vocal "force of nature."

As Placido Domingo said: "One of the truly great natural tenor voices of the past century -- a voice of beauty, passion, and power"

Nobody can belittle that voice !

[dmar5143]

of all the great che gelida mannina this is the greatest of them all.such romantic poetic beauty in the voice flawless interpetation and pure tenor gold out of the lanza throat.

[finetoonanimation]

Let's not forget to mention a "little known Swedish tenor" I think his name was Jussi Bjoerling...maybe you all have heard of him. His was a voice of beauty and power with a glorious high C!

[hoochikooch]

The hell with DeReske...Mario can sing with his hands in his pockets anyttime!

[tenorvoicefan]

Welche Schande, das dieser begnadete Sänger sein Talent in Filmchen vergeudete und nicht auf den Opernbühnen der Welt Erfolge feierte. Was ihm problemlos möglich gewesen wäre, denn stimmlich gehört er zum besten was die Tenorwelt hergab.

Diese Aufnahme ist traumhaft schön, aber trotzdem bevorzuge ich die Wunderlich Aufnahme, dessen Höhe und Strahlkraft noch ein wenig besser war. Aber bei Sängern dieser Klasse zu vergleichen ist nicht machbar. Sie sind eben einmalig, jeder für sich.

[Glenmed]

A sumptuous and thrilling rendition. Amazing that I found Fritz Wunderlich and Mario Lanza doing this aria in the last few days - and have favorited them both.  Many thanks for the words too.

[jodistanio]

I agree with all the comments here. Very few tenors in history could mix power with beauty the way Mario had done all his life, whether in song or in Operatic interpretations such as this one. I have a handful of Opera tenors who I think had both of these qualities but do not want to compare them to Lanza. There was only one Mario Lanza & I'm glad I have all of his recordings. I just love YouTube.

[petrof4056]

the best Rodolfo ever: voice and character

[sruotecnarf]

Magnificent! Soars above the rest. Only FW had such a glorious high C.  Thanks very much for sharing.

[turhanbey]

The power that there is in his voice, excites me from inside. The romanticism in his voice calms me at the same time. He is the only tenor/singer that does this effect to me. He was my dad's favourite. It is a pity that we didn't share enough time together hearing Lanza's voice. Love you Dad!!