Gli Ugonotti in Verona with Lauri-Volpi (rare footage)

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15 жыл бұрын

Taken out from the German film DAS LIED DER SONNE, of 1933. It's another different footage from that in the Italian documentary by Rodolfo Celletti. The sound quality is a little poor, but it worths to see it.

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@sugarbist 7 жыл бұрын

This is amazing. Volpi caresses the music and then explodes in the passaggio and higher. In My Opinion, he was the greatest high note tenor in history. Great resonance to the voice

@aigazigadjiev6972 2 жыл бұрын

True!

@stuartwilkie2834 4 жыл бұрын

Far better than anyone today and a brilliance of tone rarely heard. His upper register is unsurpassed by anyone who follows. A true Bel Canto singer, beautiful, strong on the high C's and exquisitely controlled artistry, with a natural golden voice.

@sugarbist 6 жыл бұрын

The 10 down arrows can't possibly understand how great this voice was.

@homerocollazos1981 5 жыл бұрын

I completely agree ...! !

@sugarbist 4 жыл бұрын

@Barone Vitellio Scarpia Florez is good as a light leggero , but I think Volpi is in a category of Phenomenal voices, with MDM, Caruso,Tamagno, Corelli, Zenatello, and possibly Tucker to name a few.

@sugarbist 4 жыл бұрын

@Barone Vitellio Scarpia Yes, I agree, but some idiots have criticized Del Monaco, Martinelli and Tucker for being nasal

@user-py1jg6bb2r 3 жыл бұрын

It is history here, beyond stunning voice and acting, so natural, what a handsome man on stage!!!

@user-py1jg6bb2r 3 жыл бұрын

@@sugarbist They typed it wrong,all they meant be Anna N. To say Tucker is nasal is the same to say the sun is all blue, navy blue, how stupid.

@sugarbist 4 жыл бұрын

IMO, This is one of the most fantastic vocal performances I ever heard. Volpi was really amazing.

@photo161 Жыл бұрын

Oh, to have heard Lauri Volpi in person. The incredible resonance, the squello and the size of the voice still amaze and delight...

@moorfan1 5 ай бұрын

He nearly burned the microphone out with the squillo in that acuto. You can recognize how incredible this voice was just by that fact.

@andreacosta74 5 жыл бұрын

Questo sovrastava un’orchestra wagneriana e pure con l’organo...Mia nonna, melomane classe 1916, mi raccontava testimonianze favolose dal Teatro dell’Opera di Roma. Riascoltando i dischi che le facevo risentire, mi confermava le clamorose escursioni dinamiche e una timbrica che anche quelle prime incisioni elettriche, non riuscivano a catturare per intero.

@21donbar1 11 жыл бұрын

The great ones will always be great! They stand the test of time. Lauri Volpi is one of those, indeed.

@hiyadroogs 15 жыл бұрын

Huge, fantastic resonance on all notes, but especially the high D natural! Marvelous, marvelous singing. Not only is the voice possessed of stentorian power, but more importantly, beauty of tone & dynamic control. Those pianissimi are completely unexampled in tenors today, - as indeed is the upper voice squillo. How thrilling it is to hear it!

@romearomeo 5 жыл бұрын

Sublime, Divino. Questi si che erano ancora tenori.

@SuperYockster 6 жыл бұрын

No doubt the best compliment you can get is to be the best living singer on earth. Volpi, no doubt, was.

@franzitaduz 4 жыл бұрын

No straight tone baroque sound can EVER equal this. Viva a healthy resonating tone with color and brilliance!

@Tkimba2 3 жыл бұрын

Straight tone baroque is pure and simple BULLSHIT . invented by incompetent

@OscarGraumusico 10 жыл бұрын

Único e irrepetible, un gran tenor.

@angelomanzotti4989 6 жыл бұрын

Io pagherei per sentire Gli Ugonotti cantati da uno come Lauri Volpi!!! Documento straordinario e cantante strepitoso: mi emoziona ogni volta: Grazie

@Nello7 13 жыл бұрын

That's all incredible technique. That is real vocal fold adduction at work folks. It's a pure thrill to listen and watch this! Thank you for posting!

@TheManonDeGrieux 12 жыл бұрын

Io amo la sua voce, amo i suoi acuti, la sua interpretazione!!!...io lo amooooooo

@maurogrondona3118 8 жыл бұрын

sublime

@viverito 15 жыл бұрын

Some things are just so amazing they are beyond words. This is definitely one of those.

@PonselleLover 15 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for posting this priceless testimony in its full version. I can't get tired of hearing again LV's ringing trumpet and his throwing his incandescent javelines ! IoI

@angelamariarigoli6997 9 жыл бұрын

ma che documento fantastico...!grazie!

@francescogiolla2410 5 жыл бұрын

Incredibile!!!!

@wongmartinez 15 жыл бұрын

This is a jewel that defies description. I agree with Viverito; this footage is so amazing it leaves you breathless! What if they have filmed the whole opera?

@danielintheantipodes6741 2 жыл бұрын

I wonder if we will ever live to hear anything as good as this again. Ever! Indeed, I would love to have a Meyerbeer staged here again. They deserve to be revived more frequently than the current almost never!

@gioacchinodinolfo372 6 жыл бұрын

GRANDE GRANDE LAURIVOLPI SE QUESTE SONO LE VOCI SDOLCINATE COME LO DEFINIVANO IN TANTI MAGARI CE NE FOSSERO OGGI

@francescogiolla2410 5 жыл бұрын

Mamma mia che voce.negli ugonotti è il numero uno

@aetion 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this gem. The top notes and beautiful panissimi show Corelli's teacher.

@Nangis123 4 жыл бұрын

Doing a bit of name dropping?

@edraith 4 жыл бұрын

@@Nangis123 ? Why name-dropping? Giacomo Lauri-Volpi was Franco Corelli's main teacher...

@Nangis123 4 жыл бұрын

@@edraith You should ask him why he's doing the name dropping... No ,Lauri-Volpi wasn't Corelli's main teacher .If you don't believe me there is a fragment of an interview or documentary on utube called "Corelli talks about Lauri-Volpi" in which Corelli says he had visited Lauri Volpi in Burjasot three times ,first time he had stayed with him 10 days ,second time 20 days ,third time 30 days . 60 days in all do not make a "main" teacher nor do they make a singer , if it were so everybody would be an opera singer. Moreover Corelli and Lauri Volpi were different ,different style, different musicality ,different phrasing, different diction, also different voices as in timbre ,texture , tessiture and range .A good part of their respective repertory was also different ,more than it is usually assumed ,and the common part was not all of it common throughout their careers .

@edraith 4 жыл бұрын

Believe me when I say Corelli looked at Lauri Volpi as his main and foremost inspiration, which is completely clear once you listen certain roles that both singers covered and in which Corelli clearly tried to replicate his master, friend and inspiration :)

@Nangis123 4 жыл бұрын

@@edraith Well I can't hear the similarity and I've listened to lots of Corelli's recordings ,practically all his roles ,verismo ,Verdi ,the French roles ,everything .As I said ,different style ,different everything . I can hear a sort of similarity between Lauri Volpi's style and that of another singer's but certainly not Corelli's . I do not deny Corelli did hold lauri Volpi in great esteem . I see this phenomenon a lot ,Corelli fans dropping his name on Lauri Volpi's videos and claiming a similarity ,but I rarely see the opposite ,Lauri Volpi fans dropping his name on Corelli videos . I find it interesting...

@donatolicia3107 7 жыл бұрын

dinanzi a questi suoni dobbiamo inchinarci...

@ladyrotha5420 5 жыл бұрын

Magnificent!

@alexanderpuritano 12 жыл бұрын

immenso !! straordinario!!! meraviglioso !!

@bodiloto 4 жыл бұрын

sublime .

@monomonomono5333 3 жыл бұрын

Que triste es el panorama lírico de nuestros días. Y te lo dice un profano que apenas distingue un "fa" de un "sol". Un arte muerto, en el que todos sus grandes referentes se encuentran en el pasado. Aunque pueda concebir que los jóvenes lleguen a disfrutar de los Cura, Villazón, Flórez o Kauffman, e incluso aclamar a un anciano Plácido Domingo dando lástima tratando de ser Mattia Battistini, los cuatro primeros sobre todo, me parecen tan distantes de un Lauri Volpi como pudieran estarlo Luis Miguel o Emanuel.

@charleswebb8230 8 жыл бұрын

I have never heard LV sing better. No wonder Corelli sought him out for singing lessons. Henry Webb

@johnfalstaff2270 7 жыл бұрын

You got to listen his early recordings from 1920-ties and 1930-ties. He still recorded in 1950-ties, but do not listen to them. It is like with Pavarotti's performances. After 1985 Luciano voice lost its shine and he should withdraw from farther singing, but he did not. He was unable to do it. Unfortunately...

@sergiopedini3168 7 жыл бұрын

completamente d'accordo !

@Nangis123 3 жыл бұрын

@@johnfalstaff2270 There's still plenty of shine in the live La Boheme and Trovatore 1951 ,the 1953-54 concerts , and even in the Poliuto 1955-57 and Huguenots 1955 . The breath isn't as long as it used to be ,the pianissimi aren't so ringing as they used to be ,but otherwise from piano/mezzavoce upward there's still plenty of shine in the voice

@sarahaprincesa 10 жыл бұрын

Immenso grazie

@sarahaprincesa 10 жыл бұрын

anchi'io condivido horowitz 109

@MrPipposiculo 14 жыл бұрын

Grazie per questà raritatà.

@secretofsinging 4 жыл бұрын

Wonderful posting...thank you...and SO RARE !!

@mayitojl 6 жыл бұрын

When people instead of going to see football went to see opera !!!

@MrSkylark1 7 жыл бұрын

Wonderful, Thank you

@maxcornise-qh2jk 10 ай бұрын

I have the Trovatore he did with Callas later in his career, but this is astonishing! What power and the immaculate crescendi are extraordinary. I can’t think of anyone else now.

@Huaimek861 7 жыл бұрын

Incredible , Amazing !!!

@hansjancker5057 2 жыл бұрын

This is bel canto!

@assindiastignani 13 жыл бұрын

che bestia!!

@bodiloto 7 жыл бұрын

fenomeno .

@essevikt 10 жыл бұрын

Fabelhaft! Das ist ein fantastischer Singer!

@19olivier72 12 жыл бұрын

FANTASTICHE IMAGINE!!!!!!! Quando penso che ci sono stato quest'estate.....Grazie!!!!!

@ronaldgoff7499 4 жыл бұрын

great tenor in film

@KaleidoscopeAct 12 жыл бұрын

What a master of technique!! He was in perfect control of his inertive reactants.

@sospello 15 жыл бұрын

Muchas gracias. Thank you so much for posting this clip in a full version with much better sound and picture than I have seen before--historic and legendary Raul.

@TenorCoyle 14 жыл бұрын

I'm so blessed to be able to see this, his voice is just so beautiful.

@OscarGraumusico 13 жыл бұрын

Único sabio del canto....

@massimocavallina1882 3 жыл бұрын

Lezione di bel anzi bellissimo canto- oggi forse impensabile per lo stile di una emissione facile, almeno all,apparenza, tutta uguale in ogni nota! Una gioia-

@monomonomono5333 3 жыл бұрын

El panorama lírico de nuestros tiempos es deprimente y desolador, pero por suerte existen los registros fonográficos. Una voz única por _extensión_ , pero también por escuela. El último defensor de la escuela decimonónica del canto. Un estilo de canto que se a perdido para siempre. Irrepetible. Un gigante.

@caninbar 11 ай бұрын

The only? time this opera was performed at the Arena di Verona.

@0peraGeo 12 жыл бұрын

As to the recording, he did not record well and hated his recordings. this is better than most of his recordings, you had to hear this voice live. Mic voices record well, dramatic voices transcend the believable in the theater - so big yet beautiful.

@AngelMedinaM 6 жыл бұрын

la voz de Compi era imposible de delimitar.En los años 40 su extensión era inabarcable para los demàs honores( y los habían magníficos).En los años 50 sigue con una gran voz para óperas como rigoletto,turandot,Lucía,etc.Por supuesto,y es aún admirable que con edad avanza da pudiera cantar,si bien no como antes,por ley natural.Un tenor extraordinario a nivel mundial e histórico...a pesar que gustaba ser reconocido y tmbien escucharse.Es lo menos para un divo especia.Mi recuerdo y felicidad recordNdo al gran Giacomo Mauro Compi.sgloria del Bel canto.

@luca200177 3 жыл бұрын

Straordinario ♥️♥️♥️

@VenusLover17 6 жыл бұрын

Wow

@voro5527 Жыл бұрын

He posessed the "voce in maschera" technique which no other singer has therafter ever had

@antoniomarrone8978 Жыл бұрын

Caruso teria se cagado nas calças com essas notas altas. Lauri Volpi , um tenor fora de série.

@Agorante 15 жыл бұрын

Wonderful stuff! I thought I had or had heard everything Lauri-Volpi ever recorded. I was surprised by the high mezza voce. This must have been about the peak for LV. In the acustic era recordings his vibrato is too much for modern years. Only a few years later the top got shorter and the tone got harder. Here in 1933 though, he's stupendous.

@absdyna 4 жыл бұрын

Patrick Boyle I don't think the top ever got shorter. There are recordings of him singing C#s even after retirement....

@heron520 7 жыл бұрын

spettacolare

@user-vi1ik8bb1nIxty Жыл бұрын

Gratia, Rafael спасибо большое

@alessandrodelmagno9125 3 жыл бұрын

Una delle pochissime voci , facciamo cinque, in grado di restituire perfettamente l'acme di qualsiasi avvenimento.Specialmente ,quello storico, come nel caso degli Ugonotti.

@giancarlopiligp 7 жыл бұрын

ma, avevano per caso già inventato i microfoni??!! Laurivolpi era un talento sovrannaturale!

@donaldfuck 4 жыл бұрын

Sì, li avevano già inventati. Si, era un talento sovrannaturale.

@Nangis123 4 жыл бұрын

No, the mics weren't yet invented, this live recording was made by magic. And such good quality! Must have been expensive magic...

@Pik.72 Жыл бұрын

Inarrivabile ❤❤❤❤

@MDM679 10 жыл бұрын

3:15

@natalinatollari9266 Жыл бұрын

Davvero fantastico!!!!!!!!

@santarenna9906 2 жыл бұрын

Il più grande di tutti.

@darklord220 9 жыл бұрын

One's top never literally gets shorter; we just get older and less capable of contracting the breathing musculature to emit the piercing acuti. This kind of singing is very physically demanding.

@germanquintero10121946 Жыл бұрын

ESPLENDIDO SIEMPRE UN LUJO PODERLO DISFRUTAR

@juanjosearias007 8 жыл бұрын

Excelente video Rafael. ¿Tienes completo este documental? La copia que tengo no tiene la misma calidad que el tuyo. Saludos.

@Tenorore 10 жыл бұрын

Debo decir que las grabaciones en disco no le hacen justicia a esta tremenda voz.

@johnfalstaff2270 6 жыл бұрын

I deeply regret Lauri Volpi was not born at least 40 years later.

@rickysword3945 4 жыл бұрын

Rockstarissima

@doGreatartistsgrowontrees 5 жыл бұрын

Today's tenors lack Lauri Volpi's natural resonance and can only be heard in Verona through improved amplification systems.

@Tkimba2 3 жыл бұрын

Have you ever been to Arena ? I bey you havent

@alexingresss2420 2 жыл бұрын

@ TKimba 2 Spiderman Sleeping on a Baobab Easy to bet when it can't be either proved or disproved. I have been in Arena di Verona. What are you going to do now? Bet I haven't been? Some people behave like five years olds. If you disagree with him tell him why you disagree.

@Tkimba2 Жыл бұрын

@@alexingresss2420 no I won't, guess why? I couldn't care less. P.s. You can't agree or disagree about facts

@alexingresss2420 Жыл бұрын

@@Tkimba2 "I couldn't care less." Typical kindergarden reaction. You still haven't told HIM what's your beef with his comment, and you replied to me to tell me you don't care. Grow up.

@0peraGeo 12 жыл бұрын

WOW open, huge, correctly sung, lacking nothing in technique or beauty.... thanks for posting

@zen-pk Жыл бұрын

Living Volcano!!!

@TrovadorManrique 15 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your instantaneous comment. :)

@gheorghefalcaru Жыл бұрын

OMG.....!

@edwardamosbrandwein3583 4 жыл бұрын

Who sings Valentine? Rosa Raisa?

@Saavedra99 4 жыл бұрын

Strictly speaking, she doesn't sing anything here, but yes, she was cast as Valentine.

@oliveranthonyrowland 12 жыл бұрын

Where was this staged - the venue looks huge. Also, do you know anything about how it was recorded? The amount of volume that seems to come across, especially at the end, is amazing.

@LiahimVolvap Жыл бұрын

This is Arena di Verona, no?

@alleviso2 14 жыл бұрын

@horowitz109 E non poteva essere altrimenti: d'Annunzio e Lauri Volpi erano due ARTISTI IMMENSI. "Similia similibus curentur".

@brunonorma44 10 жыл бұрын

Condivido in toto il pensiero di Horowitz 109 ....

@franzitaduz 7 ай бұрын

Ohhhh, when they could sing…and were permitted to do so. We owe much of these film preservations to pre WW2 German films.

@33rdStreet 2 жыл бұрын

Plz don’t ever take down this video

@ladivinafanatic 4 ай бұрын

RIP microphones

@Papagenoify 11 жыл бұрын

Inertive reactants...? What is this KaleidoscopeAct? Best regards,

@eliascastillorivera7130 2 ай бұрын

Actually it's true, it has to do with vocal science

@grazianobattisti1410 4 жыл бұрын

Un fenomeno

@monomonomono5333 3 жыл бұрын

Irrepetible. Un gigante.

@abracadabranque 14 жыл бұрын

Je n'aime pas beaucoup,mais pour ce qui est de tenir tête à l'orchestre...Aujourd'hui,au moindre tutti il n'y a plus personne.Ils avaient la santé,les anciens!

@antonherberthonegger4399 2 жыл бұрын

Raoul, „Les Huguenots“, Giacomo Meyerbeer, 1836

@wvw1281 Жыл бұрын

technisch und musikalisch unübertroffen ....

@flaviocepillo 12 жыл бұрын

lastima que los comentarios esten en Aleman

@Darksaga28 2 жыл бұрын

IF YOU DONT THINK LAURI VOLPI IS THE BEST TENOR IN HISTORY, YOU DONT KNOW SHIT ABOUT OPERATIC SINGING.

@santarenna9906 2 жыл бұрын

@karlsonkab51 5 жыл бұрын

other than the excessive harmonic distortion at higher levels - more at ease than the great Corelli ! - - just wonderful !!!!! (Marcel Wittrisch is another to hear)

@andreasgattiker9831 2 жыл бұрын

I agree. Wittrisch is another exceptional tenor

@oliveranthonyrowland 12 жыл бұрын

Oh, sorry, Verona arena of course.