Giuseppe Di Stefano - Vainement, ma bien-aimée

Original Broadcast from BBC2

26th Nov 1973
Royal Festival Hall, London.

Giuseppe di Stefano accmp. Ivor Newton

Vainement, ma bien-aimée (LE ROI DYS, Edouard Lalo)

Part of the recital with Maria Callas.

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[reduxmisc]

Quite beautiful, especially this late in his career. His middle voice is still there and of course his pianissimi were always beautiful. A voice for the ages

[mdgaultney]

Always a musician first. A supreme example of aging singers battling against eroding technique with breath and soul. Sure, the voice could be better, but Di Stefano could always sing as if the composer wrote the very aria for him. Bravo!

[marguerite263]

@Ax008Al

Vous pouvez l'écouter ici sur YT en 1949 (27 ou 28 ans).

Voir Le Roi d'Ys GDS Recital in Toronto in 1949 (Rare). La voix est plus fraîche, plus agile, mais l'interprétation n'est pas meilleure que celle-ci.

[Ax008Al]

Giuseppe Di Stefano a chanté quelques opéras français, notamment Faust (de Gounod) Werther et Manon de Massenet. Il était alors jeune et sa prestation du chevalier Des Grieux fut parait-il remarquable. Malheureusement très rapidement il endossa des rôles trop lourds pour lui, (Calaf, Radames etc) ce qui endommagea sa voix.L'air de Mylio est interprété ici avec gout , dans le style adéquat, mais j'imagine ce que cela aurait donné quelques années plus tôt.

[goblitude]

Absolutely incredible. The control that the man has for his high notes is jaw-dropping.

[pippofan123]

Que maravilha!!! Isso é cantar com o coração.!!!

[CotaDangelo]

Those pianissimi!!! so risky haha!! incredible... what a beautiful sound! it seems like he was taking a shower, singing just for himself. However, he was in front of thousand of people, and televised for another hundred of thousands...Pippo io t'amo!!!

[AntW11]

@mdgaultney I'll second that! His rendition is charming.

[rafaelpelaezf]

There si no use to look for errors or mistakes. Pippo is a Greck God, and being such, has some human characteristics.

We don't have to compare among legendary singers, we only have to praise them.....

[dave4128]

There is something unsurpassingly beautiful about his singing. At the same time, his voice here is, to me, broken. He relies on the head voice, which is GORGEOUS, but it is completely disconnected from the rest of the voice. He is only 52 at this point, at which time a tenor should still be in his prime. He music is stupendous. His voice was already fading. What might have been?