Cesare Siepi sings Some Enchanted Evening
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- Опубликовано: 13 сен 2024
- Cesare Siepi (born Milan, February 10, 1923) is an Italian opera singer, generally considered to be one of the finest basses of the post-war period. His voice was characterised by a deep, warm timbre, and a ringing, vibrant upper register. On stage, his tall, striking presence and his great elegance of phrasing made him a natural Don Giovanni, among his many other roles.
His international reputation was established in 1950, when Sir Rudolf Bing brought him to the Metropolitan Opera in New York to open the 1950 season as King Philip II in Don Carlos. He was to remain principal bass at the Met until 1974, adding roles such as Boris Godunov (in English) and Gurnemanz in Parsifal (in German), and singing all the major roles of the bass repertoire.
His also gave his debut at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, in 1950, and appeared there regularly until the mid 1970s.
In 1953 Siepi debuted at the Salzburg Festival with a legendary Don Giovanni conducted by Wilhelm Furtwängler, staged by Herbert Graf, and designed by Austrian architect Clemens Holzmeister. He made an immediate impact at the Salzburg Festival in the title role of Don Giovanni which became perhaps his best known role, as it had been for the most famous Italian bass of the generation before, Ezio Pinza. This performance has been released on CD, and a 1954 mounting of this production was filmed in color and released in 1955.
Siepi was a frequent guest at the Vienna State Opera. In 43 performances he sang Don Giovanni, more often than any other singer in modern times except for Eberhard Waechter. In 1967 Siepi was Don Giovanni in a controversial production staged by Otto Schenk and designed by Luciano Damiani that showed Mozart's masterpiece in the light of the commedia dell'arte and emphasized the comic and ironic elements of this opera (conductor Josef Krips strongly opposed this production). In Vienna he also sang Basilio (Il barbiere di Siviglia), Colline (La bohème), Fiesco (Simon Boccanegra), Figaro (Le nozze di Figaro), Padre Guardian (La forza del destino 1974 in a new production conducted by Riccardo Muti), Gurnemanz (Parsifal), Mephisto (Faust), Filippo II (Don Carlos), and Ramphis (Aïda). He continued to sing at the State Opera until the early 1980s.
He was a particularly fine recital artist, especially in Community Concerts under Columbia Artist Management, and a sensitive interpreter of German Lieder. He married Met ballerina Luellen Sibley and they have two children.
Siepi enjoyed a long career, and performed regularly until the 1980s, including lead roles in the ill-fated Broadway musicals Bravo Giovanni and Carmelina. In addition to his many studio recordings, there are also many live recordings of performances of his major roles.
According to the Italian Wikipædia, Siepi's formal farewell to the operatic stage occurred at the Teatro Carani in Sassuolo on 21 April, 1989. Indeed, Capon's List shows live recordings made as late as 1988.
Siepi's last studio recording was a formidable performance as the old King Archibaldo in RCA's 1976 taping of Montemezzi's L'amore dei tre re, with Anna Moffo and Plácido Domingo in the cast.
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My favorite Bass...he had it all, and a huge range as well.
Siepi was the ultimate basso cantante
Magnificent. I had never heard him sing this. He was one of my favorites during the sixties at the Met. Phillip, Figaro, Don Giovanni, Mephistopheles... I saw him every chance I had. Elegance, style, vocal splendor. He had few peers. I just learned of his recent passing. Another of my favorites gone.
most beautiful rendition, bravo!
Amazing feeling and enunciation as well as the natural gift of his voice.
Poche canzoni hanno il potenziale per tale emozione e poche rese sono come belle.
The best DON GIOVANNI
He sings this as if it were in the original show. He sings the first final high note softly the first time through and then in full voice the second time. In the show the first time it's presented it is a solo with only Nelly on stage. Then it is used as short dramatic snippet to ring down the curtain at the end of the act.
By far the second full voiced version is the easiest. The soft high E natural is just murder for most basses. Tozzi who sang the role in the movie actually takes the whole song down so as to avoid the final E. It's much easier when it's only a D. But it is still tough. Tozzi's voice was a little higher and lighter than Siepi's too.
Tozzi's English was a little better too. Siepi sang in English on Broadway but Tozzi was an actual American. The character is supposed to be French but Pinza had taught everyone that this particular Frenchman had an Italian accent.
Pinza had what they call a 'filatura' technique. It's not exactly falsetto but its a very thin sweet sound. Giuseppe Di Stefano also could do this. It means literally 'a thread of voice'. Pinza set a very high standard for this seemingly simple Broadway song.
dude..i hope you are still with us and are still educating....
I like 'em both. They are part of what makes a day better than nice.
There goes a classic song for a romantic movie ifmImever heard one! 😊
A great loss to the world.
Siepi died on 5th July 2010.
@anzolettilino Yes in Italian. AFAIK all Italian and German operas at the Met were performed in original language at that time. He was a great Don on stage. Very dashing. My favorite Don Giovanni.
@anzolettilino
I saw him in the old Met about 1964. It was a September performance and quite warm. the old Met had no A/C. Corena was Leporello, Simoneau was Don Ottavio. I don't remember the sopranos possibly Stitch-Randall as Donna Anna. I have the cast sheet from the performance but I'm not at home for a week. I also saw him in Hartford as Don G.
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What an interpretation--watch out Pinza!
Found it. But if you have anything else......that no one has posted, of course.
A presto. I like Ponselle with Pinza in the Forza segments for bass and soprano, if you have that.
Isn't this a lovely rendition?
If I wanted to have really great day, I'd pair Pinza with Ponselle.
You know me, always looking to go beyond the point of going too far.
would have been perfect for this role. shame he didnt playbon Broadway
Well, that is you. LOL
LOL I wouldn't go that far.
Good grief, my syntax and spelling are going. Must mean it's time to get some sleep.
He sounds as though he has mucus in his throat, as opposed to the beautiful clarity of other basses like Ezio Pinza.
Seriously? That’s his natural instrument and has its own unique quality to it. Pinza and Siepi were both greats, let’s not pit them against one another.
@@theodoremcalindon I wouldn't change anything about Siepi's voice...it was the gorgeous, and he really was a basso cantante with an enormous range.
wtf is wrong with you?
You are ridiculous as usual.
Oh here is that crazy Emily Gargler again insulting great singers! Don’t know what her deal is but she is clearly ignorant and nuts!