Moffo the most beautiful women with the most beautiful voice...rich and full
@Walter19503 жыл бұрын
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.
@shicoff13982 жыл бұрын
Wow! I knew him very well also, but not a singer myself, he was a kind and sincere person, generous with friends, and I'll never forget his large rich spinto voice, must have seen him over 20 times in both opera and concert in several cities
@cieslaolsztyn8266 Жыл бұрын
He is doing the best Pajazzo both acting and singing
@DCFunBud Жыл бұрын
It is always rewarding to hear how wonderful and kind the famous and talented were. Thank your for your remembrance.
@mermodfreres5 жыл бұрын
Tucker and Moffo were such a magical couple.
@photo1617 жыл бұрын
Anna Moffo...so beautiful to look at as well as to listen to...
@sozanmarshall28324 жыл бұрын
Your so right
@allenjones31309 ай бұрын
Great singing by Moffo and Tucker!
@drplot12 жыл бұрын
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.
@richardallen38107 жыл бұрын
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
@vivaverdi82 жыл бұрын
hes me and your mothers favorite you most be a very kind and talented person
@shicoff13982 жыл бұрын
True, and I know because I knew the late Mr. Tucker very well.
@orion8835 Жыл бұрын
Lol. American star ideation at its weirdest. Many many great opera singers were and are awful people. It’s their voice not their soul. Tucker was a mensch from many accounts yet it is the theatre. They are not gods.
@johnpickford4222 Жыл бұрын
Your mother’s favorite tenor was named “Allen”? Did she like Allen Jones?? 😄
@richgoscicki16014 жыл бұрын
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.”
@Wanamaker19463 жыл бұрын
I too saw her in later years giving a Master class from the stage at Curtis. I was not a student, but only a privileged guest. Only now on KZfaq can I hear here sing. She is totally delightful in every way. Her voice is perfection.
@Dan4748343 жыл бұрын
What do you mean she sang an Anna Moffo aria? She was a singer, not a composer.
@user-py1jg6bb2r2 жыл бұрын
Prime time singing from Richard Tucker, full power with sweetness and rounded youthful tone... ideal match with Moffo, Bravo!
@jasonjoe42064 жыл бұрын
No Mimi can reject that charming and sweet Rodolfo...
@shirleyrombough81735 жыл бұрын
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.
@shirleyrombough81735 жыл бұрын
They looked like they were in love and sang like it too. Wonderful singing and acting. Bravissimi.
@danarzechula37692 жыл бұрын
Clearly a gifted actress as well as that gorgeous voice
@mizmp33ot1510 жыл бұрын
I think he was outstanding. Tremendous diction, breath control and just "sung" it. He didn't "milk" the notes.
@Dion19575 жыл бұрын
Damn fine tenor! Underappreciated.
@rachelport37236 жыл бұрын
She was the Mimi of my youth, and for years I always pictured her when I heard this.
@fourstrings483 жыл бұрын
The adored Mimi of my youth was Mirella Freni. But I must admit that Anna Moffo was pretty good in that role, too!
@alexanderzamora59303 жыл бұрын
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.
@fellow1114116 жыл бұрын
These are the two opera singers I love most.
@zava06 жыл бұрын
This is pure perfection.
@terrycreagh41038 жыл бұрын
What great memories of these two fabulous artists.
@davidhertzberg5 жыл бұрын
Just exquisite, to be taken back in time to witness such incredible talent ... This was terrific, beautiful, thank you so much for sharing.
@beatrizleal50402 жыл бұрын
Estas son maravillas que nunca se olvidaran no pasaran.Las continuaran disfrutando las nuevas.generaciones llenos de admiracion y orgullo.Pipo de Texas
@cultivandoflores39903 жыл бұрын
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!
@richardwalker98262 жыл бұрын
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
@MrGer22957 жыл бұрын
Beautiful singing! Thank you so much :)
@jamieott70805 жыл бұрын
I love it for being a little more humble in the way they performed.
@wbondar8 жыл бұрын
This is just wonderful, great to see and hear them both! Bravo!
@debradorfman79404 жыл бұрын
So incredibly beautiful: their sound, emotional connection and passion. Thank you for the upload; their performance just grabs my heart.
@DavidN3695 жыл бұрын
Sublime.
@marciaweare15542 жыл бұрын
Like "Mario Lanza" like "Richard Tucker..especially !! Bella Voce !!
@kasha19327 жыл бұрын
DIVINE..........Both of them! thank you!
@hudsondeal2 жыл бұрын
What a great find!
@williamschwartz68815 жыл бұрын
I totally agree with Shicoffi. Singing like this is sublime beyond words!
@michaeldale30966 жыл бұрын
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.
@jrosings15 жыл бұрын
This is perfection. Thank you for posting 💗
@erasmopagano6585Ай бұрын
C'era una simbiosi ed un'alchimia fra i due che li rendeva perfetti.
@clealinden77553 жыл бұрын
Gotta love the bow in Moffo's coiffure: CLASSIC 1963!!
@johnpickford4222 Жыл бұрын
Clea Linden: She’s channeling Rose Marie of the DICK VAN DYKE SHOW.
I know this opera and the performance so well, that from the very begining I am affected emotionally knowing how it all ends.
@chandaraevanderhart2 жыл бұрын
Anna Moffo is a dream here...
@danarzechula37692 жыл бұрын
Ikr it seems an unearthly voice could not have come from a mere human
@65attila6 жыл бұрын
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.
@dirkadriaan60195 жыл бұрын
Yes the hairdo....very funny!
@melparker93373 жыл бұрын
It always amuses me that a woman dying of consumption can sing so powerfully.
@johnpickford4222 Жыл бұрын
65attila: For that matter, Rodolfo is wearing a toupee that must have cost him selling quite a few poems!!
@markjalcorn7 жыл бұрын
So beautiful!
@sozanmarshall28324 жыл бұрын
Just beautiful
@hugoalbertolamas50106 жыл бұрын
Fantasticos cantantes y artistas que hoy nos faltan mucho
@igordmitrik4698 Жыл бұрын
давно хотів послухати а мофо такера чудово!!!
@ransomcoates5464 жыл бұрын
And Tucker is no slouch either. There was a time not so long ago when people knew how to sing beautifully and NATURALLY.
@eternalmariacallas22834 жыл бұрын
3:07 DIVINE.
@bettyjanefoglio461711 ай бұрын
So lovely and heartfelt
@tenorschofield8 жыл бұрын
MARVELOUS!!!!
@luigimaffei913211 ай бұрын
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
@mariafernandavalleojea3276 Жыл бұрын
Que bonitoooo!!!!!
@oooooo20627 жыл бұрын
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.
@FelipeViannaNutriUFRJ2 жыл бұрын
Moffo has a very light voice for Mimi. Her Musetta was MARVELOUS! To sing Mimi, Moffo will need a matured voice who never come (she lost her voice very early). Sad...
@sugarbist7 жыл бұрын
Tucker starting out very lyric attempting to caress the music as he successfully does. Wonderful singing by both Moffo and Tucker.
@shicoff13982 жыл бұрын
It's interesting and of course they did record the opera together but the year before that they recorded Traviata together , both Moffo and Tucker.
@germanquintero101219468 жыл бұрын
UN BELLO DUO
@gianfrancocartella35985 жыл бұрын
Richard tuker grande
@orfeopecci8 жыл бұрын
Moffo, perfecta Mimí voz, belleza e interpretación ; Tucker canta bien pero parece el abuelo de Rodolfo...
@alragarp7 жыл бұрын
Pero, Tucker también tiene derecho!!Jaja
@fabriziomariagarzi55345 жыл бұрын
PORELLO...
@voltape5 жыл бұрын
Y adónde dejas a panzones como Pavarotti, Caruso. Etc
@alejandraponce56293 жыл бұрын
Preferibile que parezca "abuelo" pero que cante bien.
@brianward7724 Жыл бұрын
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.
@allenjones31309 ай бұрын
Would you be referring to the late Judy Carne?
@brianward77249 ай бұрын
@@allenjones3130 Actually, no. I have discovered that the actress I was referring to is/was Miriam Karlin.
@thomasjohnson79483 жыл бұрын
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.
@robertforester-lake28494 жыл бұрын
Exquisitely sublime! (No apologies for the hyperbole)
@aurelnegrea76172 жыл бұрын
How could I miss all this ?? Hmm.
@davidrussinolurpi60722 жыл бұрын
Bravooooo , dos grandes cantantes 🥰🥰🥰🥰❤❤❤❤
@johnboland17275 жыл бұрын
"Que Belli!"....as the Italians might say....Love it!!!
@dianaaljadeff29833 жыл бұрын
Both were american.not italian although she lived in Italy and used an italian name.
@kid9263 жыл бұрын
due fenomeni
@colinbellvintagehymnssongs52915 жыл бұрын
Wow! Is there anything we know about Richards vocal technique? He makes my hair stand, amazing!!!
@arrascaetadora75605 жыл бұрын
Ni que decir que en éstas épocas no hay traviata que valga. La pieza musical mantiene su valor sin embargo. Es muy bella.
@kunozeller38 Жыл бұрын
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.
@sugarbist3 жыл бұрын
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.
@shicoff13982 жыл бұрын
I like Tucker here in 1963 more so then the "VAI" post of him in color singing it also with her in 1961 in color posted by VAI, anyhow thanks to Mr. Placido for the post,
@novic636 жыл бұрын
Funny thing is that she is taller and when they're close she is sitting or he steps on something .
@johnpickford4222 Жыл бұрын
novic63: Yeah, really funny. Ha-ha.
@thnurd10 жыл бұрын
I agree, completely SHICOFF1. Those recordings are utterly divine.
@shicoff13982 жыл бұрын
Thank you.
@operarocks6 жыл бұрын
I count 5 D's on "C'è fredddddo fuori" at 10:59 :-) Love it.
@operarocks2 жыл бұрын
@@sugarbist whatcha mean?
@sugarbist2 жыл бұрын
@@operarocks Sorry I misunderstood your comment
@arrascaetadora75605 жыл бұрын
Ya seré una burra pero que me gusta este tipo de canción me gusta.
@paulgalbraith28625 жыл бұрын
Bjorling/Tebaldi 1956 Producer's Showcase NEVER duplicated in Beauty
@luceafarul5794 жыл бұрын
Primacy effect. Tebaldi got a big voice, but she was laborsome compared to many singers that came after her, she breathed in between many phrases (sometimes even on every word) to enlarge the vocal. A big no no now. Opera got much better after Tebaldi and Callas in the late 60s to early 90s because a lot of singers picked up the techniques from that generation and improved upon them. For example, Moffo’s legato here is much smoother than Tebaldi’s because she does not break up those phrases. This compromises your volume but is considered superior singing technique.
@robertforester-lake28494 жыл бұрын
@@luceafarul579 Thank you. I love the Bjorling/Tebaldi version; however, what you say is very enlightening: I shall listen again. .... But, I shall still shiver when I hear it and my eyes will moisten. This version is excellent as well.
@marcmitchel253 жыл бұрын
@@robertforester-lake2849 For me these two are better balanced. The other two, while thrilling, much a contest of volume.
@luceafarul5792 жыл бұрын
@@marcmitchel25 exactly
@8562856 жыл бұрын
tucker had to stand on the staircase when standing next to moffo.
@tonygomes63065 жыл бұрын
It is the voice, the artistry, not the height. Very respectfully though.
@8562853 жыл бұрын
@@tonygomes6306 i didn't say it was anything other than the voice. i was just making a comment.
@johnpickford4222 Жыл бұрын
les gardner: Oh grow up!! In the end he’s a man and she’s a woman and he wants to leave and she’s dawdling by standing around and singing. That’s why he’s on the staircase: HE WAITING FOR HER. Something’s never change!!
@user-jt4js7ed3e3 жыл бұрын
Люблю.
@antoniomarrone8978 Жыл бұрын
Tenor de série C. Soprano TOP
@diplomamilldoc856211 ай бұрын
I wish I was a C series tenor. Tucker was always on pitch and had a big tenor voice. Yes the hairpiece was terrible.
@alvingreenberg4377 жыл бұрын
How to say thrilled to the marrow! Al Greenberg
@photo1617 жыл бұрын
The lengths they go to, to disguise the fact that Tucker is so much shorter than Moffo...!
@jamespalmer66005 жыл бұрын
Ha! Every time - especially in the ‘56 Italian production of Butterfly!
@sugarbist2 жыл бұрын
Tucker was 5'7'' tall and Moffo was 5'9''
@shicoff13982 жыл бұрын
@@sugarbist Correct and she usually wore some heels and high hair, Tebaldi might be even taller at five nine or ten, but Tucker refused taller shoes that MDM did use, so with Tucker and Tebaldi she looked taller on the TV show with Ed Sullivan and as she walked off you saw her high heels making her about 5'11" Tucker did not care and told her wear what ever you want, MDM did care and had her wear flats as he was the same height as Tucker, five seven, Tucker knew he was secure and didn't care, his voice was six feet tall and MDM's was a big dramatic, so why he cared I don't know, I saw them both on stage, MDM I saw sing Otello in 59' Tucker I saw many times in concert and in opera in many different places.
@shicoff13982 жыл бұрын
@@jamespalmer6600 he didn't sing Butterfly with her in 1956,wa someone else.
@jamespalmer66002 жыл бұрын
@@shicoff1398 yes - I was referring to how much she had to bend over to accommodate the much shorter tenor in that film!
@user-mi2zd7zn9w9 жыл бұрын
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.
@tommyt97612 жыл бұрын
To those that gave this a thumb down, you cab do that. "What were you expecting?"
@shicoff13982 жыл бұрын
there stupid and deaf.
@user-vz4fy8uw9y2 жыл бұрын
Ему тут ровно 50 лет.
@cwstars3 жыл бұрын
Anna's Musetta was fabuco as well and opposite Callas Panerai and DeStefano it is for my ear my favorite Boheme recording
@johnpickford4222 Жыл бұрын
costars: Yes, for your ear. Bust most people have two ears so there’s plenty of other great recordings to “ear”. Tebaldi/Bergonzi, Freni with Gedda/Pavarotti, Moffo/Tucker and Caballe/Domingo.
@editbaksics1827 жыл бұрын
Ez maga a csoda!
@arrascaetadora75605 жыл бұрын
Es la Boemme! Y yo ni idea.
@paylmoffat34092 жыл бұрын
Can he get that high “C”
@sugarbist2 жыл бұрын
It was A B-natural
@Dion19574 жыл бұрын
Richard Tucker! Better than any Tenor today and he is not even in the top 10 of Tenors of his era.
@marcmomus4 жыл бұрын
Dion1957 Name 10 tenors of his time better than him, please.
@Dion19574 жыл бұрын
@@marcmomus De Stefano, Del Monaco, Corelli, Tagliavini, Bjorling, Bergonzi, Gigli, Konya, Gedda, Volpi & of course Jim Neighbors
Maybe a joke at the end, but Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., was definitely a baritone!
@nybuffymeister83283 жыл бұрын
@@marcmomus Haaa!! You are so correct. He was in the top group of his era.
@wookinooki90232 жыл бұрын
is the narrator Robert Preston?
@johnpickford4222 Жыл бұрын
wookinooki: Well, no one is trying to convince anyone that a pool table is the root of all evil but these two could most certainly convince you to take singing lessons for the choir they’re starting.
@wookinooki9023 Жыл бұрын
@@johnpickford4222 what does that have to do with Robert Preston being the narrator???
@wookinooki9023 Жыл бұрын
@@johnpickford4222 was your comment written by AI artificial ignorance)? a comment generator robot?
@8562855 жыл бұрын
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
@caninbar4 жыл бұрын
Che gelida manina is a semitone lower than written.
@sugarbist2 жыл бұрын
A 1/2 tone down widely accepted
@johnpickford4222 Жыл бұрын
Zelmira: Well your comments are off a semitone but no one’s complaining!
@orfeopecci4 жыл бұрын
Veccio Rodolfo...
@debradorfman79404 жыл бұрын
Can you sing as well as he did, little boy?
@eugeniogentili10483 жыл бұрын
Richard Tucker the great verdian tenor in history.
@sugarbist2 жыл бұрын
Do you mean Vecchio?
@johnpickford4222 Жыл бұрын
And a childish Orfeo Pecci!
@mino75202 жыл бұрын
Bien , grande mimi grand ténor mais je préfère la voix de son beau frère jan peerce plus élégante et plus nuancée.
@FelipeViannaNutriUFRJ2 жыл бұрын
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.
@music0326 Жыл бұрын
I thought it was related to her marriage breaking down, emotional problems can wreak havoc on the voice, but that's just some hearsay :)
@saveriobambi5735 Жыл бұрын
Bene Tucker ma la romanza di Rodolfo è mezzo tono sotto.
@orion8835 Жыл бұрын
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.
@johnpickford4222 Жыл бұрын
Orion88: To hell what it “feels like” what did it SOUND like??
@user-vb4hr8pt6n2 жыл бұрын
Тенор вида ужасного Голосом пел прекрасным...
@Winnepausakee6 ай бұрын
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.
@wookinooki90232 жыл бұрын
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.
@user-cj8jf7sr7o Жыл бұрын
Рудольф слишком наглый, берет Мими за подбородок, рисуется. Я бы хотела более беззащитного и дурашливого персонажа.