Moffo the most beautiful women with the most beautiful voice...rich and full

Tucker was both a great artist, tenor, and human being - as a young singer in the chorus I got to hear him live several times and each time was a memorable experience. Also, so kind and generous with his time and advice to young singers that wanted future careers on the opera stage. I wish I could turn back the clock and thank him again and for his advice that made it possible for me to go from the chorus to a career on the opera stages of Europe. Thank you, Mr. Tucker.

Tucker and Moffo were such a magical couple.

Anna Moffo...so beautiful to look at as well as to listen to...

Great singing by Moffo and Tucker!

Richard Tucker was utterly amazing. a beautiful sound, strong bid sound, perfect diction, sang it without over embellishing. A big sound but sweet and focused.

My mother's favorite tenor I was named after him. I grew up hearing his voice on LPs and am told he was one of the nicest stars to work with from colleagues. Generous and loving family man who placed God and his family before career

I was in a restaurant in Philadelphia where the wait staff were mostly students from Curtis Institute of Music. My waitress began singing an Anna Moffo aria. I clapped and told her I once saw Anna Moffo sing Gilda, Rigoletto’s daughter. It was at the Old Met, with Tito Gobbi as the title role. The pretty young student looked at me like I had witnessed her idol. I could only say after all these years, “Yes., I was there.”

Prime time singing from Richard Tucker, full power with sweetness and rounded youthful tone... ideal match with Moffo, Bravo!

No Mimi can reject that charming and sweet Rodolfo...

I love these two and how they responded to each other to say nothing of their wonderful voices. How perfect: they just met and are transported by the wonders of love at first sight. Their voices carry us too.

They looked like they were in love and sang like it too. Wonderful singing and acting. Bravissimi.

Clearly a gifted actress as well as that gorgeous voice

I think he was outstanding. Tremendous diction, breath control and just "sung" it. He didn't "milk" the notes.

Damn fine tenor! Underappreciated.

She was the Mimi of my youth, and for years I always pictured her when I heard this.

They’re so much better than the new opera singers! Their voices were brilliant and to think the recording technology was not as advanced as today.

These are the two opera singers I love most.

This is pure perfection.

What great memories of these two fabulous artists.

Just exquisite, to be taken back in time to witness such incredible talent ... This was terrific, beautiful, thank you so much for sharing.

Estas son maravillas que nunca se olvidaran no pasaran.Las continuaran disfrutando las nuevas.generaciones llenos de admiracion y orgullo.Pipo de Texas

Que lindas árias! Che gelida manina! Sí...mi chiamono Mimi! Oh soave fanciulla! Que estória linda! Que árias magníficas! Que grande tenor! Que grande soprano! EMOCIONANTE! Estou chorando! Neste vídeo não se discute a aparência física dos atores e sim suas capacidades vocais e suas musicalidades que são os principais contextos. Magnífico! Gratidão!

sounds and looks better every time i watch it- what magnificent voices and personalities from an era of greatness! wish they could do a digitally remastered and colorized version

Beautiful singing! Thank you so much :)

I love it for being a little more humble in the way they performed.

This is just wonderful, great to see and hear them both! Bravo!

So incredibly beautiful: their sound, emotional connection and passion. Thank you for the upload; their performance just grabs my heart.

Sublime.

Like "Mario Lanza" like "Richard Tucker..especially !! Bella Voce !!

DIVINE..........Both of them! thank you!

What a great find!

I totally agree with Shicoffi. Singing like this is sublime beyond words!

Oh I am so glad I found this. It’s just gorgeous isn’t it. Oh to have heard them live. We are so blessed to live in an age where recordings can preserve these beautiful performances forever. I was a little sad before I found this and now my heart is lifted. A singer has done the job properly when a listener is MOVED, not impressed, but MOVED. The tear in my eye says it all. Thank you for posting this. By the way, so lovely to hear a tenor who doesn’t scream every phrase.

This is perfection. Thank you for posting 💗

C'era una simbiosi ed un'alchimia fra i due che li rendeva perfetti.

Gotta love the bow in Moffo's coiffure: CLASSIC 1963!!

Life's beautiful moments!,,,

So beautiful, thank you Vincent

Fantastic

Ambos cantaban maravillosamente , bellísimo !!!!!😂😂

I know this opera and the performance so well, that from the very begining I am affected emotionally knowing how it all ends.

Anna Moffo is a dream here...

Wonderful singing by both. As an opera fanatic I had to smile when the poor Mimi has a hairdo which must have cost more than a few Francs. I love OPERA.

So beautiful!

Just beautiful

Fantasticos cantantes y artistas que hoy nos faltan mucho

давно хотів послухати а мофо такера чудово!!!

And Tucker is no slouch either. There was a time not so long ago when people knew how to sing beautifully and NATURALLY.

3:07 DIVINE.

So lovely and heartfelt

MARVELOUS!!!!

TUCHER...grande per il reperorio spinto drammatico, ma qui non è il suo ruolo anche se la classe non manca. MOFFO perfettamente in ruolo per voce, fraseggio e bellezza fisica al top. Beautiful

Que bonitoooo!!!!!

Moffo tenía una voz única para Mimi, casi todas suelen sonar ñoñas en el papel (hasta abueleadas), pero Anna tenia una voz carnosa, tierna, pero con un timbre sumamente sensual (por eso también es la Musetta de referencia), fantástica y super sexy.

Tucker starting out very lyric attempting to caress the music as he successfully does. Wonderful singing by both Moffo and Tucker.

UN BELLO DUO

Richard tuker grande

Moffo, perfecta Mimí voz, belleza e interpretación ; Tucker canta bien pero parece el abuelo de Rodolfo...

What a surprise to find this - and such a pleasure! I was familiar with Richard Tucker's singing from 'way back but I have only recently 'discovered' Anna Moffo. What a treat! I hate to say this but her face reminded me of the lady star of the British TV series, The Rag Trade.

These two Super Stars are Magnificent! They all but Define this Act, in voice and acting. I should not be catty, but 12 hrs ago, 04.10.21, I heard the Met Sat afternoon radiocast of La Boheme from a performance of the last 5 yrs. Rodolfo had a resonant peak that seared at my ears in crescendos! Sadly, Mimi And Musetta Both had out of control vibrato! With all three main voices so badly flawed, it was hard to enjoy one of the greatest works in Opera Repertoire.

Exquisitely sublime! (No apologies for the hyperbole)

How could I miss all this ?? Hmm.

Bravooooo , dos grandes cantantes 🥰🥰🥰🥰❤❤❤❤

"Que Belli!"....as the Italians might say....Love it!!!

due fenomeni

Wow! Is there anything we know about Richards vocal technique? He makes my hair stand, amazing!!!

Ni que decir que en éstas épocas no hay traviata que valga. La pieza musical mantiene su valor sin embargo. Es muy bella.

Vor 60 Jahren!! Wer ist Pavarotti, wer ist Mirella Freni usw. Anna Moffo hat einen sehr weichen Sopran, angenehm für die Ohren und für die Seele. Grandios.

In the first couple of phrases, Tucker sounds a little bit like Gigli. Del Monaco and Gigli were Tucker's favorite tenor's. Tucker is outstanding here.

Funny thing is that she is taller and when they're close she is sitting or he steps on something .

I agree, completely SHICOFF1. Those recordings are utterly divine.

I count 5 D's on "C'è fredddddo fuori" at 10:59 :-) Love it.

Ya seré una burra pero que me gusta este tipo de canción me gusta.

Bjorling/Tebaldi 1956 Producer's Showcase NEVER duplicated in Beauty

tucker had to stand on the staircase when standing next to moffo.

Люблю.

Tenor de série C. Soprano TOP

How to say thrilled to the marrow! Al Greenberg

The lengths they go to, to disguise the fact that Tucker is so much shorter than Moffo...!

Анна Моффо - звезда на все времена! Артистичная, певучая королева сцены 70-х. Но мне больше нравится дуэт с Т.Стратас и Х.Кареросом. Моффо слишком шикарна для бедняжки Мими и Такер чересчур помпезный для роли замерзающего и голодного художника.

To those that gave this a thumb down, you cab do that. "What were you expecting?"

Ему тут ровно 50 лет.

Anna's Musetta was fabuco as well and opposite Callas Panerai and DeStefano it is for my ear my favorite Boheme recording

Ez maga a csoda!

Es la Boemme! Y yo ni idea.

Can he get that high “C”

Richard Tucker! Better than any Tenor today and he is not even in the top 10 of Tenors of his era.

is the narrator Robert Preston?

i direct this to shicoff 1- I have finally figured you out. I know your secret now.LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL

Che gelida manina is a semitone lower than written.

Veccio Rodolfo...

Bien , grande mimi grand ténor mais je préfère la voix de son beau frère jan peerce plus élégante et plus nuancée.

Moffo really had a beautiful voice, however, her lyric-coloratura soprano voice at the time she sang Mimi wasn't mature enough for the role. In fact, Mimi is a spinto soprano role, it starts there. Obviously that doesn't stop a lyric-coloratura soprano from singing Mimi, but that will demand a maturity in the voice that Moffo didn't have yet, he was still very youthful. Her voice was perfect for Musetta. Unfortunately Moffo's career was rather short-lived, she lost her voice very early on. But also! Singing Gilda, Lucia, Musetta, Mimi, Norina, Cio-Cio San, Nannetta, Liù, Manon, Melissande, the FOUR heroines of "Les Contes d'Hoffmann", Susanna, etc, voice and challenged roles that were too demanding with roles that were right for her. Maybe if she had had a longer career, I think she would have played a great Mimi.

Bene Tucker ma la romanza di Rodolfo è mezzo tono sotto.

Moffo was always a weird Mimi. In fact her Butterfly is the same. Her voice is just not large enough. Tucker has rather short phrasing and cheated vocal legati that is incredibly choppy. He also is rather bottle necked with the tone. It was always somewhat trapped and the upper top was just sort of peeled off. He was better where he could let the tone go and sing freer. I found this phoned in and just weird. Many of the television opera appearances were amazing this one felt strange. Sort of like watching Pagliacci stumble into the Merry Widow. It did not feel like Boheme.

Тенор вида ужасного Голосом пел прекрасным...

Staging and costumes? They do not look "impoverished" bohemians.....Always loved Moffo even before rhinoplasty. Other tenor voices I've liked much more, but have heard there was no finer human being in opera than Tucker.

LMAO during the tenor's aria, Moffo looks like Tosca listening to Scarpia. LMAO and she sings her aria scooping and meowing, a tic that just got worse over the years. Too bad, she had the greatest vocal instrument.

Рудольф слишком наглый, берет Мими за подбородок, рисуется. Я бы хотела более беззащитного и дурашливого персонажа.