Uploaded by MrCafiero on Nov 16, 2009
No other baritone can touch this recording. It is the ultimate recording of this aria. To have that HUGE a voice and to move that easily is phenomenal. Notice the pure EE on the high note in the end. No modification which is exactly how it should be. Covered, but not modified.
Titta Ruffo (June 9, 1877 - July 5, 1953). In Musical America, December 27, 1913, Ruffo wrote the following: "In view of the fact that numerous vocal instructors have endeavored to claim the credit of having been my "teacher" I desire to state emphatically that my brother Ettore is the one to whom practically all such distinction is due. I studied four months at the Santa Cecilia Conservatory in Rome under Signor Persichini and was told that I possessed neither voice nor musical talent.
Afterward I received instruction from Signor Sparapani for two months and from Signor Casini for four months, but as this was not sufficient tuition for an operatic career I placed myself under the tutelage of my brother. I remained his faithful pupil for six years and am the living proof of his scientific method of voice production. All those asserting that they have been my "teacher" and therefore responsible for my success arrogate to themselves false and mendacious prerogatives." This is the ultimate chiaroscuro voice. So dark and yet so full of squillante!! No one can touch this version for ultimate vocal splendor!
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BRAVO MAESTRO!
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RUFFO!!
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Titanic voice.
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La perfezione!
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@MrCafiero When was this recorded?
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Bravo Ruffo
The size of his voice moving with such ease is like an elephant doing perfect pirouettes in Swan Lake.
1 year ago 2
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Kónig unter den Baritonen! aber, Largo ist für ihm zu "light", trotzdem, Der König
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Yes, it is good, but I think Lawrence Tibbett's version is better.
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Ruffo is the only singer I listen to that hurts my ears when he sings, Imagine what he must have sounded like in the house!
ElSalvador50 1 year ago
@ElSalvador50 LOL! True, but look up Caruso singing Serenata.
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