Tre Sbirri, Una Carrozza... (Te deum)

Ettore Bastianini's "Te Deum". 20th June 1958, is a live recording at the Theatre Monnaie Brusseles. La Scala was on tour at the Expo Brusseles '58, thank you for the information, ackstrom. The one that I uploaded erlier was not by him, I apologise that I got confused.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Ettore
• Bastianini
• baritone
• Tosca
• puccini
• scarpia

[zs1968]

Magnifico!

Finalmente Scarpia che torna ad essere Barone quindi nobile.

[DixielandEli]

I will always love him - I have commented quite a lot about his recordings but the word that comes up very first is simply "love".

There's no other like him.

Rest in peace, Maestro!

[AfroPoli]

Grande e basta!

[expatmartin]

What a great great singer who sadly died of cancer of the epiglottis in 1967. My teacher sang with him when he was still a bass in the early 50s. Basitanini has been my all time fav baritone since I first heard him on the WRC "In Memoriam" album in 1974 and he remains so to this day. BTW he sings Gobbi into the floor as far as vocal quality goes..

[BorisGodunov]

@tenortobe Gobbi was a better Rigoletto than Bastianini, easily. Bastianini was pretty much panned in the role, while it was one of Gobbi's most acclaimed. I don't know if Bastianini ever sang Falstaff, either, but Gobbi owns that one, too.

[AnryK2690]

So far I think the best performance vocally are L.Warren's and G.Taddei's versions. (Last with Karajan). But the best acting performance I've come across is Gobbi - 1964, Covent Garden. Also, Raimondi never fails to show very different and still great Scarpias each time he plays the role. 

[tenortobe]

Bastianini was The king of baritones. Period. Gobbi yelled too much on his high notes, but I do agree there is no other Scarpia like Gobbi's. None. He's lecherous and disgusting and lacking any compassion or morality. That being said, Ettore dwarfs him in any other role.

[Aetion]

I certainly consider Bastianini as one of the greatest baritones ever! However, Gobbi was, is and will remain THE Scarpia. ΙΜΗΟ οf course :)

[stevevandien]

I love Bastianini. This, dear brothers and sisters, was a true Italian dramatic baritone -- black timbre, great power, wide range, expansive temperament. NOBODY like him today. How sad that Bastianini died so young, for our sake as well as his. But we were damn lucky to have had him here as long as we did. Rest in peace, Maestro:) --

[corellithebest]

@Bassoturco I would say Bastianini too was a sort of bass-baritone because he started his career as a bass, and performed as one for a couple of years, and then made the transition upwards, to baritone register.

[jeanmolin55]

Bastianini: tra i migliori bassi/baritoni sulla scena! Assolutamente padrone del ruolo, tecnica che non da luogo alla minima sbavatura o sostegno. Se poi Scarpia sia un nobile, un demonio o entrambi mi sembra che l'incisivita' e la titolarità di Bastianini non si possa assolutamente discutere.

Ottimo:pieni voti!

Grazie a Françoise per la segnalazione e a Babyfairy per il post.

[saiserieht]

Tosca, mi fai dimenticare Iddiiiiiiioooooo!