Verdi: Ella Giammai m'amò - Tancredi Pasero (English subtitles)

The mythical Tancredi Pasero singing one of the greatest airas of the bass repertoire. Simply a lesson in bel canto, perfect technique and perfect interpretation... or as near to perfection as is humanly possible

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[wattever333]

why did they do the slow part so fast? They had lots of space left on the second side.

[CzarDodon]

@wattever333 The slow part? which part would that be? too fast and too slow is often only compared to what we are used to hearing. In the age of early recording ther were no such established standards.... most of the music people heard was live, today it is exactly the opposite

[wattever333]

@CzarDodon the one that is marked "slower" in the score.

[CzarDodon]

@wattever333 do you mean the part marked Andante mosso cantabile? it should, according to the metronome marking on the Ricordi score, only be a little slower than the opening andante sostenuto, most performers speed up later at "se il serto regal" here they keep the same tempo and only speed up where Verdi has written stringendo, personally I don't find anything to object in the choice of tempo here.

[egymagyar1111111]

there is an understanding in this greqat interpretation, great voice, sublime interpretation, my personal note he has a voice too sweet for this tragic role, nothing less for him, it had to be by the angry lost and overpowering interpretation of Christoff who surely learned of this I am really amazed by Paseros's grandieur to prostrate in front of him thanks for the posting, is there any Oroveso by him?

[CzarDodon]

There is an Oroveso with Pasero, with Gina Cigna and Stignani recorded in the thirties. I have it on an old audio casette, naturally he gives a truly fine performance.

[MaiLeeb]

My teacher was a friend of Tancredi, back in 1952, in Milan. My teacher Jesus Quinones Ledesma was studying with Apollo Granforte then, in Milan. They were great friends and he has so many stories to tell about that time. I send you a video response with my teacher's Di quella pira. Another example of Bel Canto, as great as it can be. Please visit my channel, there are lots of his videos.

[mayflash67]

@cyberwolf100

You can try to hear the same aria by Mark Reizen.

[cyberwolf100]

very, very interesting --- but unbelievingly out of time. how quickly taste is changing! if a singer sang this aria this way today, the audience would take it as a parody, as a cabaret. amazing! nevertheless, everyone still knows the name of tancredi pasero - i regret to have heard this aria - wish i would not!

[VictorStarita]

Grazie molte per questa storica registrazione!!!! Victor Starita

[Cantormatis]

Bravo and bravo. The opening section is impassioned, really impassioned- thrilling, actually. His "dove son?" has incredible dramatic truth. I like the tempi, by the way- he seems to be almost looking forward to his end as a sweet release from the difficulties of the world.

[outtaker]

stunning, artistically brilliant, and demonstrative of an earlier era of singing. How I long for those days, where every singer had a distinct quality that identified them-now, the singer's particular "distinction" is lost; the schools of singing are homogenized, and one hears singer after singer sounding the same-in other words, boring. Golden Age of Singing indeed!