Nicolai GEDDA reciting lyrics of Hindu Song in SADKO

Nicolai GEDDA, World Famous Tenor, reciting spoken Russian lyrics of Hindu Song, from the operatic work Sadko, by Rimski-Korsakov Nikolaï Andreïevitch Rimski-Korsakov - Николай Андреевич Римский-Корсаков - né le 18 mars 1844 à Tikhvine (Тихвин) et mort le 21 juin 1908 à Lyubensk (Любенск), compositeur et théoricien russe, l'un des membres du Groupe des Cinq composé également de Mili Balakirev, César Cui, Alexandre Borodine, et Modeste Moussorgski.

The video document you are going to watch now is absolutely unique and exceptional, as it has never been issued before, nor was it ever shown to anyone until this very first day.

This personal archive is related to the greatest Maestro Nicolai GEDDA who is internationally considered by most operatic connoisseurs -- from all over the world - as being assuredly one of the greatest tenor of all times.

Lyrics in Russian (Cyrillic) - Русский:

Песня Индийского гостя Не счесть алмазов в каменных пещерах, Не счесть жемчужин в море полудённом- Далёкой Индии чудес. Есть на тёплом море чудный камень яхонт, На том камне Феникс - птица с ликом девы. Райские всё песни сладко распевает, Перья распускает, море закрывает. Кто ту птицу слышит, всё позабывает

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[klavfreak1982]

Does anyone know what music is being used for the intro/ending of the video clip? The singing is breathtaking and I'd love to know what work is being performed. Thank you for sharing.

[icareh]

@klavfreak1982

Goldmark's opera Die Königin von Saba ("The Queen of Sheba"), Op. 27, was celebrated during his lifetime and for some years thereafter. First performed in Vienna on 10 March 1875, the work proved so popular that it remained in the repertory of the Vienna Staatsoper continuously until 1938.

[icareh]

@klavfreak1982

Thank you for your comment!

The aria, sung by Nicolai Gedda, is: "Magische Töne", from "Die Königin von Saba", by Karl Goldmark.

Karl Goldmark, also known, originally, as Károly Goldmark (Hungarian: Goldmark Károly) and, later, sometimes as Carl Goldmark (May 18, 1830, Keszthely January 2, 1915, Vienna), was a Hungarian composer.

[svjatazarov]

he recites in Russian without ANY accent!!!!! I think...he IS RUSSIAN!

[icareh]

Да! Вы правы!

В самом деле, его отчим был русским, а мать была шведская.

[icareh]

Nicolai Harry Gustav Gedda [Harry Gustaf Nikolaj Gädda] was born in Stockholm to a Swedish mother and a half-Russian father.

Gedda was raised by his aunt Olga Gedda and his adopted father Nicolaj Ustinoff (a distant relative of Peter Ustinov), who sang bass in a Cossack choir and was cantor in a Russian Orthodox church.

Gedda grew up bilingual and learned English, German, Italian, and Latin besides Swedish and Russian.

[Etnalleb]

Nicolai Gedda in my opinion had the sweetest most pleasurable Lyric Tenor voice EVER. As regards to being the Best Lyric Tenor of all time it would be to hard to choose between Gedda and Pavorotti, 1 had a bigger voice with a more powerful tenor, but Luciano pushed and strained where as Never once did i ever see or hear Nicolai strain or push, he absolutely had no touble at all with any High C's or D's for that matter, he even hit a F above C with no strain at all, ok Gedda was the Greatest.

[teaseXXXtouch]

Dear Icareh! You are most welcome. I stand by my statement the N.Gedda was the Greatest Lyric Tenor, he sang more Lyric roles than any other tenor. I prefer him over J.Bjorling because Gedda was exciting to watch and he didn't sing stiff or sound like he was reading right off the score. J.B

[nicolas7915]

Merveilleux Nicolas ! La vraie grande classe, unique, et si simple, humain, "gentil" dans la vie courante !!!Que de merveilleux souvenirs, avec lui, à Lyon (rigoletto), et à Paris, bien sûr, à l'Opéra, en récital, au restaurant, en enregistrement de mon émission "L'opérette, c'est la fête", à Radio-France-Culture".....Quel bonheur d'avoir eu la joie de connaître un être de cette dimension, faite de grandeur et de simplicité..! Un exemple, pour tant d'autres ! Jacques ROUCHOUSE

[nicolas7915]

Merveilleux, unique Nicolas, si grand et....si simple et gentil dans la vie ! "LA" grande classe, la grande race, le "lust" !!!!!

[TheInimitableKaka]

He mispronounces райские

[skatesindreams]

What an important document; and great tribute, this posting is.

Thank you so much!