Lauritz Melchior -"Notung! Notung!"- Siegfried

Studio Recording 1928-1932

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Music

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• Opera
• Wagner
• Siegfried
• Lauritz
• Melchior

[j72050]

...whenever I hear a ...so called...heldentenor.....I remember there is only one, Melchior...and see Melchior staring down, from above.... frowning!

[nog55]

Will any of us ever hear a heldentenor half as good as Melchior. For me nobody comes close.

[MARCTULATAI]

I SHIVER AND FEEL MY MEDULLA FREEZE WHEN I LISTEN THIS MUSIC AND THIS SINGER

[Tamoulmitchel]

Lauritz pute

[hiyadroogs]

@unclejuniorsoprano Good luck with your novel. Feel free to use any material you like : )

[hiyadroogs]

@unclejuniorsoprano Thank you very much, you're very kind. I believe that the modern obsession with uniformity of tone is to blame for the lack of truly moving & exciting singing. The voices are certainly there, but they are strait jacketed by forcing the voice to sound the same at the top as at the bottom of the range. This is completely unexampled in nature, or indeed in any strung, brass, or reeded instrument. It's the register tone changes that allow a singer to express feeling & thought.

[unclejuniorsoprano]

@hiyadroogs Your description of Melchoir is the best I've read. I'd swear you were Walter Piston or the like. You seem to have a good understanding of the complicated physics of sound. I'd like to use some of your ideas in the novel I'm currently writing. I am deeply impressed with such a brilliant analysis/assessment of this truly phenomenal heldentenor.

In the Steersman Song fr: Hollander he outshines Daland & The Dutchman with his power which must be very hard to compete with.

[ThulePrincess88]

No one could have been better suited for the role other than...Lauritz Melchior :)

[hiyadroogs]

@unclejuniorsoprano I agree. Unlike many of todays tenors & baritones, he never carries the weight of his lower voice above the bridge. He lets the head register take care of the top notes, & so each register naturally assumes its rightful place without force. The lower register full open & sonorous, & the upper steely, pealing & loaded with squillo. It isn't just a big sound, it's also beautiful & freely produced, which is why he could start an opera feeling tired, & 5 hours later end fresh.

[ThulePrincess88]

Definitely the best vocals for this part :D

[MsWombat66]

Er ist der beste Wagner interpret.Ich wage zu behaupten ,daß er den Vorstellungen des Meisters am nächsten gekommen ist. Habe noch W. Windgassen zu bieten.(geschmackssache)

[unclejuniorsoprano]

@minnie888444 In regards to the conductor being "brutal," don't forget that this is a hammer song & not a love sonnet. The conductor is right on target with Wagner's music & so is Melchoir. If you have a better version in mind, I'd love to hear it.