Opera Cage Match: Di Quella Pira Sing-Off
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Uploaded by baritonoguapo on Dec 31, 2007
4 great tenors thrown into the cage to battle it out for bragging rights: who sings this very high, very difficult aria the best? Presented in chronological order:
1. Enrico Caruso
2. Jussi Bjoerling
3. Richard Tucker
4. Franco Corelli
Note: Only Bjoerling sings this in the original key of C. The other three transpose it down to B.
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The worst is Caruso and a strugglingTucker and a pathetic Corelli
The Kiepura take even without chorus to catch breath is superior singing to all these Only Bjoerling comes close to the Kiepura articulation of the notes.
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@cfhosford1 Sorry , I do stand corrected. Perhgaps I became confused with Aida or Turandot. Never the less Bjorling was a great tenor and was incapable of uttering an ugly note. Thanks and enjoy
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@sugarbist This role was a live touchstone for Bjorling, and he sang it on stage many times. In the chronology of all his stage appearances, in the biography "Jussi," by Andrew Farkas, his last appearance in this part was March 29 in San Francisco, just a few months before his death. He also sang it many times live on the radio.
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I only delve in chakras Jussi has the heart chakra with sound energy, the rest are all sound and melodies thru the throat
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Corelli had a better voice and was a better singer, but Bonisolli was a freak! he was a big, dark, dramatic tenor voice, but then he could pop out these easy, gigantic C#s and Ds!
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@raigekimaru right! if we take corelli studio version in original key with incredible acuti we'll see that jussi can only hide from franco. in this cabaletta no contest....maybe only franco bonisolli can stay near him.
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having a Di Quella Pira competition with Corelli is like having a Spargi D'amoro Pianto competition with Joan Sutherland....it's not a contest.
PS: who cares about keys? I feel like most tenor arias are pitched too high anyway. who cares if you have a high C when most tenors sound like they're screaming for dear life in the upper range. this is why I like tenors like Kaufmann and Giacomini who had good, strong lower register balance.
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you know I love me some Björling, but damn Corelli's good
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Corelli could win anywhere. take care.
francotenor 2 years ago 5
Yup... CORELLI definitely wins!!!
fedeymini 2 years ago 3