Greatest Operatic Tenor of All Time
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This video is in honor of the great dramatic tenor Mario Del Monaco. Del Monaco had a darkness in timbre that only a few others (Ramón Vinay being an example) had. Even in the world of dramatic tenors, he had an extremely heavy vocal weight and overtone richness to him. Del Monaco had the best chest voice that I, personally, have ever heard from any other tenor. And he was able to sound like what he did and continue with it for years until he passed away around 1982 (before I was born, in fact, I wish I had been alive when he was also alive sometimes).
From Wikipedia ( en.wikipedia.o... ):
"Del Monaco was born in Florence, into a musical upper-class family, to a Neapolitan father and to a mother of Sicilian descent. As a young boy he studied the violin but had a passion for singing. He graduated from the Rossini Conservatory at Pesaro, where he first met and sang with Renata Tebaldi, with whom he would form something of an operatic dream team of the 1950s. His early mentors as a singer included Arturo Melocchi, his teacher at Pesaro, and Cherubino Raffaelli, who recognized his talent and helped launch his career.
That career began in earnest with Del Monaco's debut on 31 December 1940 as Pinkerton at the Puccini Theater in Milan. (His initial appearance in an opera had occurred the previous year, however, in Mascagni's Cavalleria rusticana in Pesaro.) He sang in Italy during the Second World War and married, in 1941, Rina Filipini. In 1946, he appeared at London's Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, for the first time. During the ensuing years he became famous not only in London but also across the operatic world for his powerful voice and heroic acting style. It was almost heldentenor-like in scope but Del Monaco was no Wagnerian, confining his activities overwhelmingly to the Italian repertoire. He sang Wagner in concerts, from Lohengrin and Die Walküre."
The clip of Mario Del Monaco singing "Ein Schwert Verhiess Mir Der Vater" from Wagner's "Die Walküre" is from the RUclips channel "Dead Tenors' Society" : • Mario del Monaco - Ein...
The clip of Mario Del Monaco singing "Nessun Dorma" from Puccini's "Turandot" is from the RUclips channel "mujviktor" : • Mario Del Monaco - Nes...
I'm hard pressed not to find all of these amazing people all utterly wonderful in their own right...
I had a major crush on Del Monaco when I was 7. I saw him in Il Pagliacci at the Shrine Theater in Los Angeles.
That's nice to hear :)
anch'io ne ero innamorata! e quando stava a Roma mi abitava vicino e lo vedevo spesso avvolto in un mantello scuro e un largo cappello sul capo! era un bell'uomo veramente!
I’ve never heard such length of notes in my 70 years of listening to tenors.
Dang you must be a life-long opera fan.
It’s literally breath-taking.
OF ALL TIME is the silliest label - Do we have recordings from the 18th, 19th centuries?
I have the same question 1600s1700s 15, Enrico Caruso? just asking. Carracis, Placido
Domingo
Okay Enrique, I'll admit that you have a point lol
Thanks, yeah, I just consider creators that use this "line" to be almost click-baiting. @@bradycall1889
Del Monaco was in the top 5 easily. My opinion.
Almost all of you are entering into a useless debate. And you started, Mr. Brady Call, with the title of this video. They are just personal opinions. None is more right than another. The best tenor "of all time" is the one that each of us fans like the most. That simple.... Del Monaco was "one" of the best, of course, but it is impossible for "only one" tenor to be "the best" of all. I say all with all due respect, because it is also just my opinion.
I swear, listeners of Opera singers, especially tenors are more egotistical than the opera singers themselves it's actually repulsive. No one tenor has every single quality that would or could make them "the gReaTeSt tEnOr of aLl tImE" such an asinine declaration. Makes me think the poster of the video is a highschool kid trying to prove themselves.
Rum-pum-pum-pum,…it’s all the same to the ear of God! I, however, do not yet possess the Grace of God that extends beyond my own imperfections, and opinions. The pursuit of perfection is always life’s ultimate challenge. Music is the most sublime of Human expression, and illustrates many aspects of perfection.
Franco Corelli was another great tenor
Absolutely! There is plenty of room at the top for the best. You can chuck Gigli, Björling, di Stefano and many others up there. They were all the best at something, but none of them were the best at everything.
@@davidgould9431 And Caruso
I laughed when someone commented " i pity his neighbors " lightenup folks...life is short & we should enjoy it..😊😊nice noise..
Superb! thanks very much
He is wonderful his voice is more full than most tenors. But how in the hell does hold those notes so long in full voice? I really enjoyed this. Thank you so very much :) 😋🧔🏻♂️🌷🌱
For me it’s a too « cold « voice…
Del Monaco’s voice is almost baritone. That’s how Domingo started. however, he was instructed to use his diaphragm more & corrected his registers & singing line. But, Monaco is not afraid to give it its all on each & every note. Amazing, the guy had nerves of steel & a voice to match if not surpass !
Yeah I've heard rumors that at certain points he was flat in the clip I shared. But he sings in tune in other recordings of course.
Please do not overlook Fritz Wonderlich. An incomparable voice, but one stilled at the age of 36 from a simple accident.
One of the best. To bad his life was cut short. Was he a lyric tenor?
I think of Fritz Wunderlich as having had the most beautiful tenor voice. His early death was such a tragedy.
@@kathyraygoza3299 yes
I should check him out one day!
Fritz Wunderlich was THE BEST!!!❤❤😢😢😢
His top notes and breath control were amazing!! Bravo Mario👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Thanks for watching and enjoying!
Big tone....I dont think Mario was a big guy but his voice was huge! Amazing.... he sounds like he is 7 feet tall! Impressive!
Thanks for enjoying my video! Yeah my vocal coach told me that he wasn't very tall for a voice that big.
@@bradycall1889 Dramatic tenors are usually short, thin or quite athletic in build. Mario was 5'7. Lyric tenors are round, especially as they age. Obviously there are always exceptions, but this is a general rule. It might have something to do with testosterone, the more athletic guys might have more testosterone.
@@ZENOBlAmusic Really? Didn't know that :)
I recall once seeing him standing next to Renata Tebaldi and she looked to be a full head taller than him.
Glorious!
Jussi Björling is outstanding amongst tenors.
Great in concerts and records, but you can't appreciate Bjorling in the large Opera Houses because he can't be heard. I saw him agt the Met in 1957 in Cavalleria and was disappointed and shocked. Tucker and del Monaco had very powerful voices!
someone when they heard pavarotti, I think he was a conductor whispered, jussi bjorling jussi bjorling.
… and so is Franco Corelli
No one puts emotion into singing like Jussi B.
its a landslide, pavarotti, he even cried when he was doing a rehearsal. he puts his whole body into it, and he is so concentrated and fastidious, that he looks at ease, but you can see all his muscles moving about, and he always has his mouth in a nice round shape.
@@Athena621
oh thank you for that! i'd never heard if him, and he truly dreamy!
While comparisons are odious
and subjectivity is always at play
the truth is that Opera demands
various musical approach! SO
SOME ARE GOOD,SOME ARE
BAD, FOR EACH ONE LETS BE
GLAD ! 😂😂😂
Yep!
A very sound observation
@@downfromkentuckeh love the pun "sound" observation
My favorite Wagnerian tenor was Lauritz Melchior.
Mine too
Lauritz Melchior was an amazing tenor. My favorite!😊
I'm going to admit being partial to Wolfgang Windgassen, just because his recorded performances in the Ring Cycle were made using the RIAA curve. I love the high fidelity of recording.
I cannot argue against the musicality, beauty and supreme line of Melchior. I simply do not appreciate the recording standards from his earlier era as much.
I must admit Windgassens name completely left my memory. You are right. He was a wonderful tenor. Another name popped into my head. Sandor Konya. I had a great recording he did of Lohengrin that was recorded in Bostons Symphony Hall.@@ubermo1182
@@maryannmcguire3398 I also have him on my channel :)
I would not argue about the greatest tenor of all time but certainly when you consider the recording of Nicolai Gedda in Lonjumeau that brought tears to my eyes the mastering of opera roles in seven languages and not just singing, I mean mastering,
Apparently the EMI producer Walter Legge after hearing him sing sent telegrams to Herbert von Karajan and Antonio Ghiringheli, "Just heard the greatest Mozart singer in my life, his name is Nicolai Gedda."
He sang the role of Don Ottavio in his debut at La Scala, under the baton of the Maestro von Karajan.
His father was Swedish/Russian and his mother was a teenage Swedish waitress, so poor they could not raise him, his aunt wanted to adopt him but was not allowed to because of their being impoverished, so they kept him illegally.
Russian and Swedish were spoken at home and he eventually became proficient in nine languages, singing in seven.
His role in Eugene Onegin "Lensky" is said to be his best role.
Also Nicolai Ghaurov?
@@nonenoneonenonenone Lol not all people named Nicolai have a last name Ghiaurov 😂😂😂.
@@nonenoneonenonenone although I have the highest regards for Bulgarians, he would be disqualified because he was a baritone and shouldn't it be spelled Ghiaurov, not that I was all that great at spelling in school
Gedda is somewhat underrated, he was very proficient in languages and dictation, in those aspects he was one of the best. But he wasn't really a versatile tenor, he did not perform heavy roles well or convincingly at all. He wasn't really a stand out in many specific roles. I personally don't feel he always connected or conveyed the emotion of what he was singing. Gedda was a very good tenor, the problem is there is a lot of competition in the lyric - leggero types of categories. I would actually pick Gedda above Bjorling, but many people would hate that idea.
@@jonswanson7766 Lol Nicolai Ghiaurov is a bass :)
Thanks for posting! Even on this old clip, his voice shines in the Turandot aria. Definitely one of the great voices. He sings the Wagner aria properly, but it clearly doesn't come naturally. Not his cuppa...
Yes he struggled with German vowels.
I like his Wagner attempts if he did it more often and more seriously it could have been quite something! But I don't think he really added something interesting or exiting to Nessun Dorma. He did not sing the role of Calaf a lot, only a handful of times, it was really too high for his voice. Personally I think this might be one of the best Nessun Dorma's ever recorded, but unfortunately as is always the case in these situations it is not a good quality recording, but I think you can get a very good idea:
ruclips.net/video/IEKWrwsxGpE/видео.htmlsi=7A7I7tTZNG7qBbL8
@@ZENOBlAmusic Disagreed pal on his performance on Nessun Dorma. His version is my favorite, and my second favorite is Corelli. I admit as a biased Del Monaco fan, Corelli projected the high notes much easier than Del Monaco.
Monaco was a diamond in the rough.
Indeed
Pavarotti himself said the greatest tenor of all time was Caruso.
I'll admit you and Pavarotti have a point :)
And in reality Caruso was a bright baritone
@@doddsalfa No Caruso was no baritone lol.
@@bradycall1889 yes he was high baritone but did have the tenor range
@@doddsalfa Can you give reasons why? :)
Jussi Björling was and is still the greatest operatic tenor to date. You want to filter to only Wagnerian tenors? Go ahead, but Jussi is still the GREATEST OPERATIC TENOR. We hope for someone beyond his stature, but are still waiting.
You forget Fielding Mellish who was even better than Jussi.
Jussi Booooring lol
@@spider3web221. Nobody has ever matched Jussi Bjorling. He was and still is the greatest tenor ever to have lived. By the way I’m not Swedish.
I have to agree that Jussi Björling was a great operartic tenor, but I would not call him the greatest. That's an honor I reserve for Franco Corelli.
@@spider3web221 I find that difficult to believe since I never heard of him.
If one understands the true meaning of "One man's meat is another man's poison." or " Every eye forms it's own beauty." then what is there to debate WHO is the GREATEST?
There is an unknown tenor about to emerge in Australia. Like Monaco, he can hold a note for an incredibly long time. His name is Vito Montforte. Born in Sicily. Came to Australia as a youngster. Been a builder since he was twelve years old. He is now 65. I get goose bumps when I hear him sing O Sole Mio. When he performs Ciao Ciao Bambina, I have tears falling from my eyes. He performs Nessun Dorma with such passion and emotion. Not even Opera Australia knows of him yet. His voice is similar to Mario Lanza.
I'll perhaps check him out!
Where do I find recordings of him?
Vito is currently receiving training with an opera singing teacher who is 90 years old and retired from Italy to Australia. In italy, she was one of Pavarotti's teachers. When she heard him sing in Church last year, she came out of retirement to coach him. He has no presence on the internet yet, but keep an eye out for a website by googling his name. He is yet to perform in a concert which hopefully will be in a few months time, I can't wait! He currently lives in the Western district of Victoria. I feel privileged to be Vito's friend. Thanks for your reply.
@@keithad6485 Yep! I am looking forward to hearing his voice!
Vito montefior
That Nessun dorma must've been recorded late in his life. I'ver never seen/heard him choke like that on the B natural.
Sounded good to me. He didn't sustain it for long though.
@@bradycall1889you can hear it's slightly under the pitch.
@@downfromkentuckeh Really? You sure?
Every time I heard Monaco singing, I have a feeling that my skull is cracked open.
Same here man
If he really was the greatest tenor of all time, how come so many of us music lovers have never heard of him? It’s just your opinion I’m afraid.
Um everyone knows Mario Del Monaco. I'll admit, yes, it is my opinion because it's subjective.
If u have not heard him how can u arrive at an informed opinion
Music lovers? Anyone who listens to a bit of opera knows exactly who Mario Del Monaco is. Just because people know about you does not make you great. Greatness is not a popularity contest. Many people know Cardi B, does that make her great?
When I heard this as an audio recording years ago I half wondered if that astounding second "Wälse!!" he holds for 18 seconds had been doctored - I didn't know there was video proof of it. Unique voice of granite mixed with iron filings.
he has held for that long, and believe me, when your singing at that level, thats a long long time.
BORING@@ellenlyons7413
More dramatic tenor are better at holding notes for longer. They seemingly have the stamina to endure it easier. Of course there is also the 23 second pianissimo note from E Lucevan Le Stelle with Franco Corelli in Parma 1967.
Proud to be a spinto.
Del Monaco was a dramatic lol.
@@bradycall1889People say either.
@@KajiVocals Some people but most say dramatic. Almost all experts I've heard about agree.
Just amazing to hear him sing Wagner.
From a Italianate tenor his Wagner is not bad.....his breathing in a alien environment is nothing short of astounding.Not many today could make this sound outside the studio......Del Monaco had a voice.
Ikr???
He admits it himself that his pronunciation of the German language isn't good. I still, however, love his Wagner performances because of his raw, untamed power.
@@bradycall1889 I mentioned that Nicolai Gedda was my choice for the tenor solo in the Ninth.
I pay especial attention to the solo when ever I listen to the Ninth and he is by far the clearest and strongest at that immensely important role.
Luciano Pavarotti thought very highly of him.
He was at one time the most recorded opera singer.
It is said that he was the most versatile singer, proficient in nine languages.
@@jonswanson7766 The most versatile tenor of all was Giacomo Lauri Volpi.
Mario Del Monaco certainly did have astounding breaths, one of the best, but it is Franco Corelli who holds the record for longest breaths.
I believe the fact that he has a moustache here would say that he'd already had the car accident that nearly killed him and had come back from that. Although he trained constantly and hid the scars, he was never the same. I can't say that his Sigmund is especially impressive, having done the Ring with some top-drawer Wagner tenors. Wouldn't think of Wagner as his fach. Calaf and Otello are better examples. My husband [Royal Opera Covent Garden for 30 years] was an acquaintance, though a generation or so younger. Del Monaco was his hero, far and away, and being invited to his home in Italy, one of the pinnacles of his career. Del Monaco was a perfectionist in every regard. Completely disciplined and an utter technician.
Yeah I heard about that car incident with MDM, unfortunately.
He is NOT the Greatest Tenor of all Time..
It’s subjective so both you and I are right at the same time :)
Certainly impressive if all you ask of a singer is amplitude!
Ty for presenting this - I never knew of him.
The production of the "Don" on film with Ruggero Raimondi and Jose Van Dam was excellent, Loren Maazel one of my favorite conductors.
Never ever forget Mozart!
The immortal!
Wow he is fantastic wish I knew his name xxx
Read the description…?
It's Mario Del Monaco lol
He is. great for me only Corelli
Certainly great but I'd expect someone who is called 'the greatest of all time' to be versatile in more than one style, and MDM unfortunately could only sing in one style well.
Okay fair enough
INTERESSANT
What is his name great breath control xxx
This is truly a "HELDEN TENOR" voice... I love it... akin to John Charles Thomas.
Always in the realm of opinion. "One of the greatest" works better than "the greatest"!
A better heading....Great Operatic Tenors
As I also say to lots of other people who watch my videos, fair enough 👍
No person ever answers me when I ask the question,'' What Criteria are you using to come to the conclusion that any one tenor was the best of all time'' Because they don't have one or don't know.
If you want to know my reasoning, Del Monaco had a lot of resonance and power in his voice.
@@bradycall1889 Very nice, Thank You
No mention here of Mario Lanza wno is considered among the greats. However he was an arrogant pup and didnt turn up to performances so written out.....
Lanza never sang in the opera houses. No stamina!
@@marietteestabrook4098 Lanza's good imo, just not my cup of tea :)
Love his power. His voice lacks roundness and warmth that I get from Melchior or Vickers. A mono dimensional productive for the Wagner. The Nessus Dorma gave me absolutely everything I wanted. Flawless. The Italian is of course from the soul. The Wagner was not. Great performances both!
Indeed he doesn't have as much "bass" in his voice as Melchior did.
One must ask if the Italian is from the soul then where does the German come from? Does it transcend from the depths of Valhalla?
Truly a miracle of nature. IMO, not the greatest artist, but probably the most stupefying instrument to have ever graced the stage
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I love his recording of Fanciulla del West................
I love his attempts at Wagner, I wish he did more. Mario Del Monaco's Nessun Dorma is not particularly great or interesting, I would pick it over Pavarotti for obvious reasons, but he doesn't add any of his usual flair, it is underwhelming in truth, I think Giacomini sings Nessun Dorma in a much more exciting manner then Del Monaco. Mario Del Monaco was a truly great dramatic tenor. One of the best dramatic tenors! One my personal favourites. But I cannot call him or think of him as the best tenor of all time in good faith, he did have some shortcomings. All tenors and singers do have shortcomings no one is perfect, it is a matter of thinking about the least shortcomings, and weighing positive and important attributes. You can never really say who was the best, although we al have our ideas and favourites.
Okay fair enough.
I admit as a huge MDM fan he definitely had his flaws.
@@bradycall1889 He is my second favourite tenor, I love his energy and passion. He also had a very beautiful bronze coloured voice, with an extremely noble quality and projection in his sound. If you go back 2000 years you can bet, his voice would have been the perfect battle commander voice. People don't acknowledge the pure beauty of his voice enough, but many people think only lyric tenors have beautiful voices. Some lyric tenors have pretty voices, but there are some beautiful big voices, in my opinion. I personally think that Del Monaco did not particularly like the role of Calaf, or he did not have a strong affinity to the role. He did not perform the role very often, I think it was slightly too high for hm. But looking past that, it just never sounded like he added as much energy to his Calaf as many of his other roles. At some point all singers ends up singing a role in their repertoire that might not be their favourite.
You continuously hear more music as you go along, but I think at this moment the best Nessun Dorma is this version, it is one of those rare recordings where you can actually hear the size of the voice:
ruclips.net/video/IEKWrwsxGpE/видео.htmlsi=knxrFbafIx1iOTNO
I don't it is a secret that Corelli is my favourite tenor, but I also wouldn't vote or bestow the title of best or greatest ever tenor to him as well. It is nothing against Mario Del Monaco personally, it is just objectively that there is someone more technically skilled in many different areas then both of them. But I would certainly rather listen to Corelli and Del Monaco then the greatest ever technical singer.
@@ZENOBlAmusic Yeah one of the tenors with the greatest techniques is Franco Corelli imo.
Good! .... But nothing out of the ordinary!
Okay I disagree with you thinking it's generic, but what's more important is that we agree that it sounds good overall!
Antonio Paoli...Tenor Puertorriqueño que se le llamó el Rey de los Tenores y el Tenor de los Reyes.
Paoli es de la misma época que Caruso y, en las grabaciones suena mejor. Nadie de la actualidad ha escuchado a Caruso en teatro, que es lo que vale. En las grabaciones de Caruso hay que suponer que era muy bueno pero...hasta dónde llegó su calidad y hasta dónde el marketing ?. Yo no lo sé.
Parao, con la evidencia disponible, el mejor tenor de la Historia es D. Alfredo Kraus.
Perdón : parao es para mi
Audio + sound systems missing in pre hi tech era.. Remastering cleaned up scratched Mono & Stereo recordings.. Every voice has special enticing qualities..
God's gift.. no one can be best Voice of all times
Never heard of him, but he is good. In the UK all we hear about is Fisher-Diskau ( sp? ), but this guy sounds a lot better to me. I'm glad photographic practise has improved since then.
His name is Mario Del Monaco.
The great Fisher Diskau was a baritone. Whole different category.
Pavorati is the best
Intonation not nearly as good as Luciano. Hurts my my ears.
Lol that’s funny
Corelli & Lanza were far better tenors. Pavarotti if you like a lighter lyrical tenor voice, Jussi Bjoerling or di Stefano.
You bring Lanza in the discussion with Monaco, Corelli, Di Stefano and Bjoerling, are you serious?
@@MOV1983 Absolutely. Perhaps you should should do a little more studying, listen & reading. He could have performed on any opera stage had he wanted to. Hollywood far more lucrative. In fact, he did perform in two operas. Professional opera singers all concur he was one of the best tenors ever, including Pavarotti, Carreras & Domingo to name but three. I think they know far better.
@@robertsmale3714@robertsmale3714 Mario Lanza did opera a great service. He brought it to places in the world where opera was never heard. I was first introduced to opera when I saw the movie The Great Caruso. Don't get me wrong. I've been a great admirer of Mario Lanza all my life. I saw everyone of his movies and collected all his LP's of opera recordings. I've been a student of Mario Lanza. As an instrument, he had one of the most beautiful voices I've ever heard, but his career was spent in the movies. How would he have done with a career on the opera stage we will never know. As far as I know, there is one documented opera performance on stage, Pinkerton in Madame Butterfly. I have also been a student of all the great tenors, Corelli, DiStefano, Monaco, Bjoerling, Massini, Filipeschi, Carreras, Domingo, Pavarotti, Atlantov, Piavko, to mention a few. Some of the above I've heard live. Having said that, I have a problem when anyone compares Mario Lanza to the great ones who made their careers on the opera stage of the greatest houses in the world. Similar comparisons have been made with Andrea Bocelli and even Paul Potts. Singing a few arias in a movie or in concerts does not make you an opera singer, and it does not bring you alongside the great tenors whose voices are still ring through the rafters of the great opera houses around the world, and whose toil and sweat still soak the stage floors. Best wishes to you.
@@MOV1983 Completely agree with your perspective on Potts & Bocelli. But when seasoned opera performers assert Lanza would have had no difficulty transitioning to the stage I take note of the expert opinion. The issue with Lanza would have been discipline. And in the end he reached a far greater audience with this music, millions in fact, than those who performed on the stage. It’s I suppose how one here also interprets the title, “operatic tenor.” Is that strictly limited to the stage? Perhaps. But I tend to look at it more broadly. Lanza had an amazing operatic tenor voice. Both him & Corelli a more richer spinto type voice I prefer to the lighter lyrical voice of Pavarotti or Bjoerling. Like anything, particularly music it’s a matter of style, choice & taste, as well as what you grew up listening to or hearing. Opera theatre was simply not something available to me growing up, either financially or through other means, but listening to Lanza especially, along with Corelli, Bjoerling et al recordings exposed me to such music. It was always a matter of discussion as to who was “the best.” In the end, an issue that will be debated forever with no definitive answer. But for me, Mario’s at or near the top of the list of all time great tenors of the operatic genre despite his limited appearances on stage. Fortunately now I’m able to travel to the opera regularly. I’ve yet to hear a tenor on stage who sings these arias better than Lanza or Corelli. If I can find the article about Lanza & the stage I’ll post it here.
@@robertsmale3714 All the best you. Take care.
Pavorotti makes this guy sound like a recording on wax paper.
That's only because the microphones from back then don't do Mario Del Monaco justice 😈😈😈
I heard ov mdm as a great heldentenor but it seems ther 10:22 e is no discography available.....
Anybody knows something?
Original video is butchered by letterboxing. Makes it blurry and cuts of heads and feet. The full-frame video is visible at ruclips.net/video/geKfB7UdGTU/видео.html
Alright perhaps I'll check it out in the future!
Undoubtedly the best Otello and Canio in history. Watch 1959 (Otello) and 1961(Canio) performances with Gabriella Tucci, Tito Gobbi, and Aldo Protti in Japan.
This would be blasphemy to some Mario fans, but I prefer Franco Corelli as Canio. I would say he actually sings it even more dramatically then MDM. But of course Mario sings it great, it is my second favourite version, and Richard Tucker also did a great Canio, and the role did actually suit him physically as well.
@@ZENOBlAmusic Interesting. And isn't Richard Tucker a lyric tenor?
The greatest recorded tenor is in my opinion Helge Rosvaenge. But the greatest of all time I don't have enough knowledge. There's Manuel Garcia father, the Rossini tenor. Anton Raaff in XVIII century. But there were divine tenors all over the centuries
Yeah I wonder how tenors sounded back then in the old days before recorded technology. I think they used to sing their high notes with falsetto before they started using chest voice.
@@bradycall1889 every tenor before Duprez (Rossini time) sang c5 and above with falsettone. Mix between falsetto and head voice
I love Mario in Italian operas, but he has absolutely no feeling for Wagner.
You've got a good point
Yes, he is excellent, but I pity his neighbors...
In around 1997/8 I was in a hotel in Barbados and in the room below was Luciano Pavarotti, I was awestruck, sadly his knees had gone and he had to be helped into the water a few times a day, his young girlfriend was with him "nicky "?? Anyway I didn't complain about the "noise" 😂😂😂
@@adrianbuckley8922 I am sorry to hear that about him, particularly that far back. I had a brother in law whose knees were shot, but he did it skiing and wasn't obese. But to be honest, I would have given most anything to have been able to hear him rehearse. Not that I don't have a very good idea as he lost his high notes and couldn't get them back. Still, I would have found it fascinating. The better one's voice gets, and the more success one has with it as it is, the scarier it is to try something different, but that is what he needed.
@@adrianbuckley8922 That's sad to hear Pavarotti suffer like that. Must feel embarrassing. But it's also fun to be on top of the room of a world-renowned operatic tenor.
How good was hein Puccini, Verdi, Bellini, Britten, Schoenberg et al? Wonderful singing here but a great singer needs to be versatile in both Opera, and oratorio, chanson etc. Del Monaco was wonderful but limited.
Fair enough.
The great Guiseppe Di Stefano.
I still pick Pavarotti for voice Domingo as an overall performance
His voice is terrific
I admire del Monaco for his desire to expand his artistic span towards German opera, and Wagner in particular, in his maturity years. So rare for an Italian opera singer! I can only think of Aureliano Pertile as a possible match. However, his lifelong Belcanto education and practice left indelible marks on the way he uses his otherwise magnificent voice. This doesn't really fit in Wagner. Nor does his very rough German pronunciation.
Yeah I admit as someone who likes his Wagner singing that he doesn't pronounce German correctly. He has even admitted it himself in one video.
Look! Women in the orchestra!
Yeah perhaps the reason men were more common in this orchestra by a lot was because of the way things were at the time this clip was recorded.
Any details about the recording:Which orquestra is it? What year?
Yeah not sure sorry :(
You can check out the link to the original video to find out perhaps!
I know he recorded some Wagner late in his career. I'm surprised to hear this piece done this early (?) and auf deutsch.
Funny you almost pick him at his worst-Siegmund give me Vickers or Melchior every time. Nessun Dorma-it's Corelli's aria-not Pavs, and certainly not MDM
Okay which roles should MDM sing in your opinion?
@@bradycall1889 What he did sing for most of his career after he lost the capacity to sing softy and almost exclusively sang forte-of course Otello-a great Otello if a little melodramatic for my taste-Canio, Samson-other than his early recordings, that's all I really like him in
What about Josef Schmidt?
@@marionashley6577 What about him?
Why do you post a singer with such low resolution? It takes the same effort to post it with high resolution. The sound would be better at higher resolution - this takes a poor recording and degrades it even more.
Giuseppe Di Stefano is my favorite !!!!!
I reacted to him singing with coloratura soprano Lily Pons on my channel!
At 6:40 he sounds like he could have sung a good Wotan!
Lol I respectfully disagree that he would've made a good Wotan. I highly doubt it. He's a heavier tenor, but not a bass-baritone nor bass.
@@bradycall1889 You caught me! I’m guilty of exaggerating to emphasize how impressively dark and rich the voice sounded in this section.
@@landscapetransformationwit6018 Yeah that makes sense.
Wotan goes all the way down to F2 btw. His C3 here is already very weak.
@@falkfink I was using a poetic way of saying his voice sounds impressively deep. I don’t really think he’d make a good Wotan. Though honestly I would have paid to hear him try. 🤣
Wasn't Jussi Bjorling once dubbed the Enrico Caruso of Sweden. Why is there no reference to Enrico Caruso? The first singer ever to sell one million recordings as he could see the future of the music industry.
It's subjective so both you and I are right at the same time :)
@@bradycall1889 You are correct some tenors by virtue of the tone and quality of their voice can make a song sound better than when it is sung by anyone else.
Don´t forget Jonas Kaufman as the premier dramatic tenor of these days.
I respectfully disagree that Jonas Kaufmann is a dramatic tenor. Sorry to break it to you, but sometimes he over darkens his voice in an unnatural way. I would say probably a spinto tenor who leans more towards the dramatic side than the lyric side (some people call that type of voice a dramatic-spinto). Overall, he's a decent singer imo, but in some of his recordings he does sound like he need to work on his technique.
Kaufman is not a dramatic tenor. A dramatic tenor has a huge voice, Kaufman has a small voice and his voice doesn't have any weight, he is a lyric tenor. Having a dark tone of voice does not make you a dramatic tenor. Unfortunately there are no dramatic tenors today on the biggest opera stages.
@@ZENOBlAmusic I respectfully disagree that his voice is really THAT small, and he definitely has weight to his voice, even without a microphone he can definitely project. I think he's a spinto tenor, honestly, and not a lyric tenor. And yes, unfortunately I agree there aren't many dramatic tenors in opera today, if any at all. There are a few people who come close, such as Giancarlo Monsalve, but not very many.
who is this man?
Mario Del Monaco
Enrico Caruso!!!!!
@@Levonm1953 Nah lol it's Mario Del Monaco.
Thank you so much!!!! ooops 😂little confuse@@bradycall1889
Not a man but a superman
ESE CUERPO PEQUENO ESTALLA DE PERSONALIDAD , CARACTER Y PURA INTERPRETACION
CRAP
So, who is it already?
Mario Del Monaco
Davvero non si saprebbe dire nella Turandot se fosse Del Monaco che imitava Totò o viceversa. Le stesse identiche mosse, le stesse facce, gli stessi gesti, impressionante... Facevano ridere tutti e due, comunque.
What exactly do you mean? Can you be a tad more specific?
Gli rispondo io al posto di gaddovarzi...egli scrive commenti senza né capo né coda ...è un fuoriclasse delle scemenze ,commentate su youtube soprattutto verso Del Monaco!!! Ha la paranoia delminachiana!!!
Ha la mente turbata!!! naturalmente onesto !!! Saluti
@@bradycall1889 You are not Italian, you don't know our greatest comedian, the immense Totò, a national legend. So trust me...
@@radames5855 evvabbè, ma lei però ha la paranoia gaddovarziana! Non posso scrivere un commento che arriva lei. In ogni caso non può negare che la somiglianza sia davvero impressionante, non solo nei tratti ma proprio nei gesti. Provi a levare l'audio e mi dica.
E in ogni caso, tengo a precisare che essere paragonati a Totò è soltanto un onore e un privilegio. Per l'assoluta genialità artistica e ancora di più per la straordinaria umanità. Poche persone sono state altrettanto degne di rispetto e di ammirazione come Antonio de Curtis. Ascolti qualcuna delle sue interviste e imparerà cos'è la saggezza e la generosità. Aveva pena per i cani abbandonati e costruì un intero canile per centinaia di randagi. "Le basti questo"...
Será Mario del Monaco
Great voice and great breath support. However, my teacher would not have tolerated his sloppy attacks and his floating intonation.
Can you further explain please?
It is sloppy to enter a note under the pitch and then "scoop" up to the pitch intended. He does this very, very often. When he holds a long. note he often goes sharp. His tuning is really terrible. How sad that a person with his amazing voice never learned to sing properly. His technique was not even good enough to excel as an American high school student.@@bradycall1889
Ok I have to honestly ask, what the HELL was that instrument sound at 4:30 😂😂😂
Yeah I'm not so sure which instrument that was.
Clickbait title (of course!)
Great singer, but this “greatest” nonsense is for schoolboys.
This is a serious title. Some of my other radical and insane titles are trolling videos, but this video is serious lol.
Mario del Monaco was a great dramatic tenor, but I don't get too much from him as a heldentenor.
Fair enough
He has admitted himself that he struggles with German.
@@bradycall1889 Except for the Germans themselves, who doesn't?
@@CasaErwin I've tried singing German repertoire before (more specifically the Bird Catcher song sung by Papageno from The Magic Flute) and yeah it's a tad hard. I guess it's not extremely hard but still hard to pronounce things correctly. I've taken 4 years of Spanish classes throughout high school and I have a wack accent still lol.
Wow, this guy makes even Wagner sound good!
You mean to say that he causes Wagner to sound merely good instead of great, sublime, magnificent, really?
OTELLO NUMBER 1 AND PROBABLY CANIO AS WELL
Very poorly chosen sample to demonstrate greatnest of Del Monaco's grandious voice.
Well who is the tenor, please?
Mario Del Monaco :)
I like MdM in some things but this clip is not what I would use to demonstrate he was a great tenor. His German doesn't sound right, nor is the style appropriate. He was amazing in Carmen in Moscow in 1959. I would pick that opera over this performance
Okay fair enough 🤷♂🤷♂🤷♂
It makes sense what you're saying because a native German speaker singing the same role would sound way more "natural" in this language, assuming that they're also a dramatic tenor. MdM admitted it himself that his German isn't very good.
However, this video is not to demonstrate his pronunciation of words, but his raw vocal power.
I like Mario but Franco Corelli is better.
bETTER HOW?
Voice
@@davidsongarrett8087 That's truly subjective. But thanks
I’ve always liked Del Monaco, especially in some of his performances with Callas. But this Idea of calling him, or anyone else “the best tenor of all time” is ludicrous. For a start, we have no idea what tenors are out there whom we have not and will never hear, maybe because they are not professional, and have not recorded their voice. And of course none of us can know what singers from eras before the invention of recording technology sounded like. So all anyone can say is “ this is the voice I rate better than any other I’ve so far heard.” And if you’re like me, you have to admit that all singers sing incredibly well at times, and not quite so well at others, for all sorts of reasons. So let’s not use hyperbolic language to make unsupportable claims. That being said, I do rate Del Monaco highly in the pantheon of opera singers.
Look man, as I say to lots of the other people who comment on here, it is subjective. This is just my opinion. I'm not mad or anything, but with all due respect you're wasting your time trying to change my mind and it's a pointless debate to feel super strongly about who is or isn't the greatest tenor of all times. Don't worry, I'm not offended, I am just trying to help you to try super hard on something that will waste your time.
@@bradycall1889 I’m not sure you understand what I said. I’m not saying anything about your choice of a best singer title. I’m saying it’s not humanly possible for anyone to nominate a “best tenor of all time” title because no one has heard all the singers that have ever sung. No one has lived for all of time. All anyone can say is who they prefer of all the singers they’ve heard. That’s it. You can only say he’s the best you ever heard. But maybe a singer during Mozart’s time was better, or during Verdi’s time, or Puccini’s. We will never know. That’s all I’m saying.
@@gaynomadic Alrighty then 😁
Who is the tenor?
Mario Del Monaco
What a powerful voice!
Well he is very good, but the very
best of all time was Fritz Weisshimmel, the legendary shower singer of Nürnberg. Sadly, he sang 200 years before recordings were made.
p.s. I just heard him sing Nessun Dorma. He is D*MN good.
Fair enough
Conducting is dreadful
Lol
Basstrompete….schön….
WHATD HE SAY, WHATD HE SAY ?????
Wdym? lol