No. 25 is a Chinese dramatic tenor from Taiwan, his name is Wen-Xiu Wu. (吳文修)

Corelli just sends shivers up my spine. I teared up a bit there...

Wow! Corelli! Absolutely incredible! Thanks for sharing this collection of great singers!

Non avrei mai creduto di poter ascoltare Masini in questa splendida frase. Emoziona ascoltare come quella nota bellissima emerge dal caos della pessima registrazione, che sarà comunque sempre benedetta. Il suo è un Do di una bellezza incredibile, di uno squillo prodigioso, stupendo; il suo è stato uno dei timbri di tenore più belli della storia, sono davvero felice. Onore a Galliano Masini. Grazie

Corelli demonstrates true greatness here.

Corelli's sound is incredibly virile.

I heard all or almost all of the great tenors in my half century of opera hearing opera, mostly at San Francisco Opera. But the only two times I caught Turandot the Calaf was a virtual unknown. But both were great. The first was Ludovic Spiess. He had a lot of publicity leading up to his arrival. He had made a specialty of the part. He had a big and blazing top voice. He dominated the stage with that voice. Later in parts that called for subtlety, his rather crude vocalism was revealed, but at first exposure I was dazzled. I went the next day to Tower records and bought his recital LP. The second Turandot had Nicola Martinucci. I think the reason he never got to the top was he was pretty short. Shorter than Carreras or Del Monaco. But he sang an almost perfect Calaf that night. I could have heard Turandot three times, I had tickets, but I skipped it. That was the one with Pavarotti and Caballe. I should have given them away. Everyone wanted them but I didn't think either one was appropriate for their respective parts in Turandot. Still don't.

Corelli, magnificent as always.

Wonderful to hear this great compilation of artistry through so many years! Thank you for posting!

Grazie....Can always count on you to play Amedeo Zambon a terribly neglected tenor, a real artist,a special favorite of mine.

Corelli, Corelli, CORELLI Per sempre!

WOW ! WHAT A GREAT COMPILATION OF GREAT TENORS ! MANY THANKS @ AfroPoli ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥♥

FRANCO CORELLI 😍😍😍

Domingo's voice was overruled by Nilson's. I think only Corelli could match Nilson's power.

I guess there’s a reason why Corelli is considered one of the true greats.

Thank you AfroPoli for a magnificent compilation. That must be one of Martinelli's last solo high Cs. Thank you also for sharing the gold that is the Masini extract!

What a pleasure to listen to all theese great tenors! It is just such a pity that most of them are forgotten today.

What a fine show of tenors. Thank you.

Corelli is wonderful as always. Also, I wish you had included Mario del Monaco, there was a recording of him with Tebaldi and some excerpts of his performances with Callas in 1949.

Per amor del cielo si ascolti e si riascolti Masini, insuperabile!

Fantastic video!

How cool! Thanks for this upload

Corelliiiiiiiii

Grazie mille Afro Poli per queste stupende incisioni dei più grandi tenori lirici di ogni tempo. 👍👍👍

Corelli, Barioni, Cecchele👍👍👍

Seriously...a wealth of Tenorissimo here, but if Corelli is the best (undoubtedly) then close second unequivocally has to be the great Michele Molese! Omg, what a find indeed. Bravo.

Thank you for Hans Kaart! He had so much to offer but died much to young during an earoperation in 1963. What a pity! Like a lot of Dutch opera singers ( Marijke van der Lugt, Gerry de Groot ) it is almost impossible to get their recordings.

No tengo palabras para hablar del grandísimo Corelli. Para mí uno de los mejores.

The tenor without a name singing in German is Eugene Tobin

Si nota dal video che dopo questi Tenori non ci sono altri che oggi possano portare avanti la dinastia

Thank you.

In questa regggia truly is the most amazing moment in opera, so thrilling and exciting

Huge thanks

thank you

The brilliance of Corelli’s voice has yet to be matched in my opinion. RIP Maestro.

Some good surprises here!!! I must say, from these examples, Nilsson was a merciful partner...

How do you find all these amazing recordings? Such a treasure.! Your channel is amazing. I love it!

Corelli the greatest of all time.

Tucker is worth an acknowledgment since he is 61 years old in this recording.

¿Qué habrá pensado Nilson de Domingo luego de que tuvo por compañero al enorme Franco Corelli en Turandot?

Corelli is, as ever, the great Corelli. Fillippeschi: just another day at the Acuti Office. Barioni has a good day and when he does is among the best. Tucker is like Updike’s writing; he doesn’t get the credit he should because he makes it look too easy. Zambon is criminally under appreciated. I was relieved that Ceccele didn’t burst open. Martinucci made me believe he was Calaf.

Son bonitas grabaciones y gracias por hacerme recordar tengo tantas grabaciones que no da tiempo para escuchar Puccini cada ópera que escribió las hizo difícil para los tenores y aquí oímos lo forzante y el esfuerzo Turandot hermosa ópera viva Puccini

Corelli is the popular one, but I always prefer clean diction and grand delivery of small man Flaviano Labo, also the gorgeous voice of Daniele Barioni.

I listened to all 30 tenors (9 of them I have seen in the theatre) and heard only one Calaf: Franco Corelli. My second best in Cecchele. These two sing. The others produce high notes in isolation as impressive as they might be (Filippeschi, Bonisolli, Barioni, Molese, Limarilli, Labo, Moldoveanu, Galouzine). The worst for me are Bergonzi (whom I love very much but he should have never attempted this role!), Tieppo, Martinucci and Domingo (also unsuitable for Calaf).

Non c'è gara o competizione, c'è CORELLI👏👏👏

Corelli e Barioni per squillo e lucentezza

Bon travail frere

Corelli did Corelli himself.Great. . . . . ..

It makes a great difference which high C of Calaf you listen! This note is obligated at the end of In questa reggia, with the soprano. The second one, at the end of the act is in ossia. Many tenor don't sing it. If you listen No, no Principesse, you must consider that the tenor has already sung another C previously! Corelli, Nikolov and Galouzine are great on this note.

It's a shame the quality of Masini's peformance is that bad, i assume theres the entire piece of it? And i wonder why Filippeschi didn't go for the C in the principessa altera.

Corelli is Calaf. Some other great tenors here but it’s a no-brainer who is the greatest.

Dai tenori che avevo sentito dal vivo il migliore Calaf era Nikola Nikolov con una vocalità brunita pucciniana vera e registro acuto di una bellezza rara !!! Questa è la mia modesta opinione. Daniele , sei troppo forte e di più hai una bellissima voce ! Saluti cordiali. ❤️👍 Qua parliamo della vocalità Pucciniana vera adatta a questo capolavoro.

Las grabaciones y las edades de los tenores son desiguales: como una mitad de ellas tienen un volumen bien bajo y dan la sensación de ser pequeñas las voces, como la de Corelli (1958) y otras, principalmente de la 20 en adelante tiene un volumen bien alto que dan la sensación de que todas son voces grandes. También hay desigualdad de edades, por ejemplo, Richard Tucker tenía 61 años, mientras los tenores más recientes eran más jóvenes. El tenor taiwanés no es dramático, ya que su voz es lirica como otros Calaf, mientras otros son spintos y pocos dramáticos, algunos de ellos parecidos al timbre de Mario del Monaco, que quizás fueron émulos de Mario. También, en cuanto a la calidad del sonido es muy desigual con distorsiones que algunos tenores no se escuchan en el agudo, como Bergonzi y Domingo. En la mayoría de los casos, estos 30 tenores muestran un vibrato oscilante liante (wobble en inglés), es decir, pobre, a diferencia de los vibratos de Corelli o Barioni. Otros, como Corelli y Zambon, tienen voces potentes y brillantes, y otros, como Giacomini, tienen voces engoladas. Pavarotti, tenor lírico-ligero, no encaja en el papel de Calaf, porque fue la publicidad la que lo hizo, para muchos, el mejor Calaf, muy lejos de Corelli. Martinelli sólo toca el agudo sin sostenerlo y Martinucci fue muy elogiado en la década de 1980 como Calaf, tenor dramático con gran extensión vocal, tenía un timbre parecido al de Pavarotti. Galuzine se oye dramático con un timbre que recuerda a del Monaco. Gianfranco Cecchele es uno de los mejores Calaf. El público es engañado por la publicidad tendenciosa para vender discos. En fin, no se puede hacer una comparación objetiva para afirmar quién es el mejor Calaf, pero sí podemos decir que, por ejemplo, Filippeschi y Corelli han sido de los mejores Calaf. Saludos,

Non dimentichiamo il grande Giuseppe Giacomini,un grandissimo tenore che non è più.RIP Maestro.

Sin dudas Franco Corelli es Calaf. Faltaría Jussi Bjorling, y sobran más de 15...

Corelli siempre el más chingón 👍🇲🇽

Magníficos todos ….mis preferidos Corelli , Bonisolli, y Ermanno Mauro

KAAN! WOW

I've heard Galouzine's Calaf in Marseille (with the great Giovanna Casolla). His voice was incredible. Round, powerful and homogeneous across the entire range. And great presence; he WAS Calaf.

Did you all come... to an agreement... regarding who has the biggest... voice??? Shall we now listen to the music and get thrilled by each jewel, more or less flawed, that is the voice of each of those artists? Thanks guys :))

Todos impresionantes, los disfruté mucho

Wow! A recording of Masini singing Turandot. Unbelievable. Can you post his "Nessun dorma"? Re. Corelli: this C is from the studio recording in 1958, not live. Beside the tenor had sung better Cs.

Ermanno Mauro 😍

Corelli and Cecchele.

where are Grigolo and Eyvazov? 😁

In the 1960s I saw “Turandot” with Nilsson and Barioni. Nothing since has come close. I think he was what Corelli could have / should have been... no abbreviated phrases or interruptive breaths to accommodate preparation for a high note. Also, in 1970 saw Flaviano Labo at Caracalla in Rome from behind the fence at the very back of the audience. Went back again. And again. Little man, huge voice.

Did anyone here hear Barioni live? He sounds unreal here.

How can you tell what note Domingo sings? Nilsson absolutely overpowers him

Putting aside in live performances, among studio recordings, the great Italian singer Luciano Pavarotti and the great Australian dramatic coloratura, Joan Sutherland are unmatched IMO. The end of in Questa reggia where the tenor and soprano try to out do each other only to go higher together is most thrillingly recorded in the Mehta Sutherland Pavarotti recording. They approach it like a Bellini crescendo without abusing the heft of the voice and the result is unmatched.

Solamente Afro Poli puede armar un compliado cronológico tan variado y de gran calidad. Muchas gracias por compartirlo! Saludos desde Buenos Aires con una pregunta: El oppure de "ardente d´amor", está escrito por Puccini o la interpolación del agudo fue invento de Lauri-Volpi cuando estrenó la obra en el Teatro Colón y en el viejo Met? Extiste alguna crónica escrita del estreno de 1926 que consigne que Miguel Fleta también lo hizo? Se lo habrá permitdo Toscanini? Muchas gracias!

Corelli, sobre todos. Barioni magnífico y también Galouzin

Maybe eight of them were quite noteworthy! Nice mix thanks!

There were some scenes in which was sung in a Translation.

Corelli, poi tutti gli altri

Afro....thanks very interesting ,Tenors I never heard of .....but where is Sandor Konya😉

All good let’s be honest thanks for posting Corelli stands out of course but some of the other tenors are brilliant

Corelli, Corelli, Corelli no other can rival him in the part. Of Calaf.

Corelli sopra tutti e Galouzine

Muy disfrutables todos, no es concurso, cada quien tiene su valor y es cuestion de gustos.

Aún con las deficiencias de las grabaciones, ninguno de los tenores muestran el gran squillo de la voz de Corelli. Saludos,

Großartig!!!! Wer sind diese Tenöre? Einer besser als der andere!!!

All great tenors! Should add Rudy park too... I know he isn’t good anymore but his high C in his prime was definitely comparable

Franco Corelli is THE BEST CALAF! But why isn't Mario Del Monaco here? Great Calaf too.

Grande Pavarotti and Domingo!!!. Ha, ha,ha!. Grande marketing.

Hans Kaart.een grote verassing.hij was heel goed

Lol Bonisolli........classic!

Ah, Pavarotti with his endless shadow vowels. Little blights on his often matchless tone.

Hans Kaart is phenomenal, why haven't I ever heard of him?! Martinelli and Kaart are my favorites in this particular collection. And Corelli: athletic and manly high C. Limarilli in good voice here. The quality of voices gets noticeably worse towards the end. This is due to a decline in vocal pedagogy. Not the fault of the singers. Who is the last tenor? The one in the video? Really good.

When it comes to sheer volume a soprano can usually outmatch a tenor with a similar fach, but a good tenor has that squillo that cuts through nonetheless.

better exclude Dominggo. he was drowned by Nilsson's voice when they clashed. I bet Nilsson adjusted the volume of her voice here but when you listen to other recordings, Dominggo's inaudible when he clashed with her.

There’s a very good one with Lando Bartolini. Too bad is not here.

In some cases comapring apples and oranges, in that two different phrases are used for the high C-would have been more interesting as others have done having the same phrase. Good that they are all live performances (Domingo too?-never heard a C from him) but the choice is arbitrary. E.G many better later examples of Corelli, etc.

Они все великолепны! Почему сейчас так не поют?

Is the Masini excerpt from his Turandot with Callas and Olivero?

Xie-Wen Wu war 1974/75 an der Deutschen Oper Berlin engagiert. Ich sah ihn dort als Bajazzo. Eigentlich müsste er das sein.

Non so dove postare: scusi. C'è un video comparativo della nota bassa "Silenzio" di Ulrica del Ballo in Maschera ? Grazie. 😮

Corelli e Barioni sempre fuori gara.Tra gli"umani"Molese,Zambon,Pavarotti,Freeman e Galouzine

I don't think our host AfroPoli will include the stupendous Rudy Park recording of this scene because Park self immolated. He sang so loud that he destroyed his vocal mechanism. He only sang for about five years i think on big stages. By then the voice was in tatters.

Domingo has always bothered me because his voice lacks squillo.

Pleased to discover Jussi Bjorling's son Rolf.