Grande Maestro: John McCormack - Il mio tesoro

The greatest rendition of this aria.
Effortless singing with stupendous breath-control and wonderfully sweet lyricism. John McCormack was a grand master of belcanto.

Funny anecdote: Lawrence Tibbett and John McCormack got into a friendly argument about their respective B-flats. "I can sing a better B-flat than you can" Tibbett proclaimed and produced a sample. McCormack grinned and replied "Maybe so...but I get more money for my B-flats than you do." This ended the argument.

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• opera
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[telephilia]

His voice was sheer gold.

[sophia88two]

Makes it seem effortless.

Just flowing so melodious .

[murraymae]

Oh, you GO!!! Those runs are marvelous!!!!! Unsurpassed!!

[NoMoosic1]

Mozart would have kissed him right on the mouth! Perfect!

[SuperAleaiactaest]

sometimes when I get bored I sing along with this recording and try to practice singing the long run in the middle in one breath, but McCormick kicks my ass every time!!!!!

[willbeaver]

@ciroalb3 I cannot find my original comment. It must have been somewhere else, not under il mio tesoro?

[cimbalok]

I agree. I have never heard Il mio tesoro sung so beautifully or clearly and it's my favorite aria from D.G. so I have heard it a lot.

[Nojnotpu]

wonderful,who can say more.

[marykaye35]

John McCormack owns this aria. Best of the Best.

[ciroalb3]

@willbeaver surely it's Edwin Schneider at this date.

[ciroalb3]

@lidiabonini he certainly did know Italian, studied under Vincenzo Sabatini, and performed there briefly under the stage name Giovanni Foli. In his film, Song of My heart, there is a brief conversation with the baritone Segurola. But he was actually quite good in all languages. His French, German and Latin are beautiful, the german with a delicious Irish brogue.

[ciroalb3]

when will someone put up his pur dicesti? there's also supposed to be a se il mio nome somewhere