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Leonard Warren sings Prologue from Pagliacci (Leoncavallo)
From: VAI DVD 4244 Producer's Showcase: Festival of Music, Vol. 1
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What a voice!
It was in better sound when you saw him and no Baritone in my time had his combo of Power and beauty to such a degree, Mac Neil had upper voice power like that also, but the beauty of Warren's voice was amazing.
I’m 72. This is the first time I have heard this wonderful artist voice. Breathtakingly beautiful.what a loss his death was to his family and Opera.
I’ll be 72 this month, but I’ve know about Warren for 50 years. You should try to find the recording of Pagliacci with him, Bjorling, De Los Angeles and Merrill. A riveting performance, and his performance of this prologue is even better than what you’re hearing hear.
At 80+, I vividly remember hearing Mr. Warren in this role on the Saturday afternoon Metropolitan Opera radio broadcasts: a performance which contributed materially both to my admiration of this magnificent artist (I developed into a bass-baritone, but never, of course, even nearly of that caliber) and a lifelong love of grand opera. And I still recall my shock and sadness on hearing of his sudden demise; but what a way to go!
You have many great thrills ahead of you! The live Met broadcasts on youtube with Warren are especially exciting!
Flawless singing. He was one of the greatest dramatic baritones of all time. His vocal line is seamless from the bottom to the top of the voice.His infused lots of emotion in all of his singing. We will never hear this today in the theater.
Correct.
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Extraordinary baritone was Mr. Warren!!!, what a vocal color ansd easy emision!!!...a master class on scene (sadly he died too soona t 48 years old in the middle of a recita of "Forza del destino" at the MET during the 1960 season). Thank you so much for sharing this divine material vaimusic (will look foward to buy the DVD)
Incredible voice..amazing Singer
.RIP
Warren, the greatest of them all.
My father knew him and he was among the most respected voices in the Met. Is there any wonder as to why? Just listen to the master perform the masterpiece.
Perfection, power, disciplined and elegantly restrained and timbre.
Forte in Verdi but this area belonged to Warren.
What emotion and humanity in his voice. He makes the case for the opera. Great singer.
It does not get any better than the great god, Leonard Warren! Perfection!
You are absolutely right. Warren is the man. This piece, and his 'Il Balen', of Trovatore, are examples of great singing and acting, talent and tecnique.
Glorious voice
The best! ❤
I think this is arguably the best Warren recording on youtube.
The most vocally PERFECT rendition of the Prologue ever!! While there have been more opulent and lush sounds, Warren's true baritonal top has NEVER been surpassed!! He was a paragon for the ages!!
Steve Texon.
Please, listen Ettore Bastianini, and after we talk again about...
agree😊
El Más Grande Barítono, Bravo.
Warren is the only one who could sound like a bass and a tenor at the same time!!
Warren will never be equalled in this aria! He remains the greatest!
Agreed!
What a talent! Words cannot describe the sheer beauty of this voice. And that A-flat! So pure and resonant. A true gift to opera was Leonard Warren. Bravissimo!!
You feel all the pain from life in this aria as well as the beauty-Leonard Warren puts all of his soul and artistry into this rendition-an absolute masterpiece by the composer, librettist, the performer and orchestra! Heartfelt!
I always remember this Opera from the movie The Untouchables... the "soft hearted" Al Cappone has tears in his eyes while listening to this piece at the Opera House.
Warren insustituible coloso vocal e interpretativo jamás habrá otro Warren grandioso
Leonard Warren was one of the greatest baritones I have ever heard. What a pity he died so young aged only 49 while performing at the Metropolitan Opera in New York in Verdi's Le forza del Destino. His voice was rich and powerful and he posessed a thrilling upper register. His singing of the Prologue from Leoncavallo's Pagliacci was just "Heavenly".
When it comes to artists like Leonard Warren, you can only hope that others, past and present came somewhat close to the majesty of this man. To compare ANYONE to Warren is almost ridiculous. I just enjoy the others for what they are, realizing that the others do the best they can. Warren stands alone.
Charles Henry I totally agree. If you ask me who the greatest tenor was, I can give you 6 or 8 names. If you ask me who the greatest baritone was, there is only one---the great Leonard Warren.
Wendell Perry That about sums it up. Many great baritones. Warren is the Empire State Building. No one can top the king.
yeah! he definitly nailed it! the high ab is just perfect!!! true beauty!
Christ, this moves me. I LOVE Leonard Warren. There are some that ALMOST do as good of a job on this, but his.............
Tita Ruffo.
@@edwardstroud8245 Ruffo was more Italianate obviously and more of a roaring voice. Warren, on the other hand, had greater nuance, and a more impassioned and thrilling high range.
What those who never heard him in person dont realize: as great as his high notes were, and the bigness of the sound, that wasnt what was so striking. It was is SOFT SINGING, and the way he seemed to be whispering in your ear! Ask those who heard him!
Io non l ho mai sentito dal vivo perchè sono nato dopo....ma era quello che pensavo! La dolcezza del porgere i suoni...una cosa unica!! Note alte con morbidezza come un tenore leggero ma con un colore scuro e potente...è unico!!! Sembrw che non faccia nessuna fatica!👍👍👍
Yes I did once, that was it exactly, and of course the voice was huge but he could throttle it down to a whisper with diminuendo a tenor would envy and he had a tenor high C for sun also! RIP. Dead at age 48 on stage in 1960 sadly.
@@shicoff1398, Warren and Jan Peerce were great friends at the time of this recording. Peerce was a very good actor as well. See the sadness and disappointment in his eyes due his wife Nedda unfaithfulness, at 2:52.
@@shicoff1398 That’s fantastic! You are the envy of countless admirers who have only heard his voice on recordings. I’d love a brief comparison to the 3 other American baritones who sang this piece, namely MacNeill, Merrill and Milnes, if you’d be so kind. I’ve only heard 2 of these in the Met. Thank you in advance if you are able.
@@sw5114 well thank you, you know I had the advantage of age, where and when I worked and the interest, so in the 1960's I worked also in radio production for a music station for awhile, anyhow I hate to give my opinion as far as who is best, because it all depends on what they sang and when, as for age and what kind of voice you like, I do not get involved as you know with fanatic fans of any singer, they lose all credibility and are a waste of time, I have been in the opera house seeing Warren only once at age 17 or 18, so not as fresh in my mind as the other two you mentioned, but for me he was perhaps the greatest of his type, that said it was a different type then Merrill, but Merrill of course was the Baritone voice I saw and heard the most over many long years, I saw him in concert alone, with Tucker in opera and also in concert with Tucker and soprano's also, saw Milnes a few times, even early in his career and later and met him with his opera group in the Chicago restaurant yearly when he came to the city with his student group, and in fact talked with him a few times then and at the opera in Chicago, once even between acts of Otello he was doing at the time. Warren I only saw once, Mac Neil I saw a few times, even later, and last in 1973 at the Met. in Pagliacci. I'll give you more info perhaps tomorrow but it's just my opinion, we all hear differently, there is no right or wrong. I never met Warren or went back stage, back in the 1950's I was more into tenors mostly, but wish I had, he had an amazing voice and singer, more in a few days about them.
Lezione di bel canto impartita da un vero maestro. Tecnica sbalorditiva,voce eccezionale.
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Warren died tragically at 48,the world lost a towering Singer,R.I.P
GLORIOUS SINGING - - NOT HEARD ON THE OPERATIC STAGE ANYWHERE, ANYMORE
WOW! What a treasure! Thanks soooooo much for sharing this.
Beautiful baritone voice with a high range.
The greatest, what a voice!!
What an amazing voice! Thanks so much for posting this.
Technical or no Warren's is very moving..... when he gets to 'un nido di memoria' I feel like bawling.
Thank you so much for posting this; I have played the recording almost to death but this is the first time I have been able to see him. From the 2:59 moment in this aria, until the ending, he has no vocal equal. Again, my thanks.
what a perfect singer!!!!
ahhh by the way... I enjoy the opera because my dad was a singer of the Teatro Municipal de Santiago de Chile on 19548 - 1953...his Teacher was Benamino Gigli...
Total perfection....
I don't think anyone has done this better since Warren. He was outstanding ... Hard to work with, supposedly, but certainly among at least the 5 best of all time.
absolutely FANTASTIC ,... shocking ... so real
There is no other for this part. He is the best!
MARVELOUS!!!!
what a great video with Warren's sensational prologue and the backstage activity which compliments the music perfectly and, in essence sums up this verisimo classic based on a case Leoncavallo's father heard as a judge
I think you're confusing Warren with Lawrence Tibbett.
Sadly I missed hearing him by only a year. My parents were at the Met when he died on stage. The finest baritone I heard in person was Merrill, followed by MacNeil, Hrorovtosky and Milnes. but some of the old times greats sound even more impressive. I favor Stradivari, butbRuffo, Granforte, and DeLuca are right up there.
Sadly so. If you don’t mind telling why the differences between MacNeill and Merrill and Milnes. I never really cared for the Russian, although a good actor.
Estupendo!
i had seen part of this on public t.v. delighted to see it in full. if you everget a chance to see tibbett sing this in the final scene of the film metropolitan, you simply will not believe it. it will never be surpassed
Incomparable.
Thanks so much
Magnificent
gorgeous.
great!!!!!! ♥
Awesome Leonard Warren inmortal forever Bravisssimmmo Maese 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👍👍👍👍
Realmente me encanta ver que queda gente que guste de la opera como yo =)
Warren's voice in timbre and quality has no equal. A very unique sound. Warren's voice didn't have the Italianate quality that comes with a Bastianini, Merrill, or Taddei, but in the Italian repertoire, it shined. A very covered sound with impeccable musicianship and velvet, honeyed tones. Unmistakable. Truly unique voices were Wixell, Gobbi, Milnes and before he got sick, Bastianini. 5 seconds and you know who is singing. Listen to the Moscow 1958 selections and one can readily hear how great this baritone really was. No equals come to mind before, during or after Warren. I hope to hear one someday, but until, Warren has no equal.
I like Warren as much as the next man-but these hyperbolic statements always get on my nerves. You point out many other great baritones, each with remarkable qualities and timbres. You strangely leave out MacNeil who had a top every bit as great as Warrens, and IMO was a better Rigoletto. Also, Mac and others top always sounded more baritonal to me-Warrens' great as it is always sounds more like a tenor. People always forget how great Tibbett was, speaking of American baritones. Many of the names you mentioned had a more equalized sound through the range, with better lower voice without that woofy sound Warren could get. (frankly if we are talking voice-qua voice-what is Wixell doing in the mix-even Gobbi?)And of course we're leaving out the great historic voices. If I take your phrase "timbre and quality without equal" it is without doubt the true king of Verdi baritones-also a great interpreter-Titta Ruffo
Labienus Concerning Wixell, Gobbi and Milnes, I was speaking to their individuality, their uniqueness and not their greatness. I don't consider those three "great" baritones. Good, yes. IMO MacNeil was the one of the top baritones in the early 60's to early 70's. He started shouting in his upper register, a la di Stefano, in his later years which lessened my opinion of him. Gobbi had a very dry sound which I did not find appealing. You talk of woofy sound, that describes Milnes to a T.
Ruffo was king in his day. One can tell even with his recordings that he was incredible. My grandfather heard the golden age singers and all the greats up to the late 60's and told me that Ruffo was the greatest baritone he ever heard, followed by Warren, who he said was more versatile in interpretation, then Merrill. He also said that Caruso's voice was the greatest followed by Bjorling. I could go on and on but space and time limit my post.
Lab, there is no accounting for taste and one does not need to defend their taste in singers. Superlatives are subjective and also warrant no defense. Suffice it to say that it is great to debate and discuss. There are many wonderful singers.
Campuscoll It's refreshing to be able to say something and not have the person get all angry and worked up. I don't know if voice lovers are worse than others, but too often it deteriorates rapidly if a favorite is challenged. With your final words,first-yes there is no accounting for taste, but it should be based on some reasons-otherwise it's like preferring one flavor of ice cream over another-and I at least think it there should be more to it. Yes, people don't have to defend their favorites-they can say whatever they want-but that and superlatives should be a cause for justification and discussion-though I don't know if a debate is necessary. But finally there are many great singers, and in different ways, sometimes in different roles, they have varying qualities that excel.So again why I prefer to skip the super, superlatives when you're on this plateau of quality.
Well that's a first for me-I never heard anyone who knew someone who heard Ruffo. (Not having heard even Bjorling live, but most of the important tenors after him-from recordings (who doesn't like Bjorling) he's far from my favorite tenor-and I had my uncle who heard everyone from the 30's on-would always remind me that Borlings voice in person was rather small) For the big voiced, heroic sounding baritones, I've never heard better than Ruffo-but it was also his color and effortless quality-the gradations of tone that were amazing, A great favorite of mine is Stracciari-who had a voice probably as naturally beautiful as Merrill's-who had the perfect voice-but so often didn't use it in an interesting way. On a different scale was de Luca-who was a great, elegant singer.
With Mac-yes the later years were more inconsistent-I don't remember the shouting as much a the wobble-but even beyond the years you mention-if you caught him on the right night he could still be amazing. There seems to be a get Milnes campaign out there-which is unfortunate. It's true that after 14 years or so he started having problems, but I wouldn't describe his voice as woofy-whereas the lower part of Warrens' voice was "muddy" I heard Milnes live many times in the 70's, and there hasn't but a big voiced, canon firing high note baritone since then. I do think Milnes had a real case of Warrenitis, which may have led to problems, The early Gobbi had more of a voice, but in later years-essentially as Scarpia which I saw-he almost didn't need much voice, he was so compelling.
@@Labienus There's this massive clique of online weirdoes nowadays who obsessively point out Bjoerling's voice size whenever he's brought up as an all-time great. He sang absolutely anywhere he wanted whenever he wanted during his career. He was the biggest singer in the world. Almost nobody was bitching about his voice size. It's this weird thing that everyone today has to bring up, as if that matters at all on record. It's supposed to be some sort of disqualifying trump card, like there's this secret terrible quality that doesn't show up on record but we still have to accept that it makes him inferior in some way.
It's a bunch of baloney. There are dozens of live recordings of his voice. It's never drowned out, ever, by anything.
@@Labienus And fundamentally, the way Warren, Milnes, Cappuccilli, Bastianini. etc. sang was just wrong. It was a radical departure from the previous generation, all of whom were better in every way. They started singing with this awful, woofy quality that dampened the vowels and gave them wobbly voices. Baritones earlier had pure tones and ringing tops, without wobbles are woofiness. A much better example from their generation would be Weede. Merrill had some overdarkening problems, but still at least produced a normal, consistent, bright tone. He was the last one to do so...maybe Rawnsley for a bit.
Battistini, Ruffo, Stracciari, Tibbett, Schlusnus, Pacini, Ancona, Giraldoni, Bellantoni, Galeffi, Urbano, Milani, Albinolo, Formichi, De Luca, Amato, Basiola, Magini-Coletti, Inghilleri, Danise, Crabbé, Noté, Tilkin-Servais, Cambon, Renaud, Endrèze, Stamler, Karakash, Albers, Maksakov, Duhan, Schwarz, Zakharov, Sarobe, Della Torre, Segura-Tallien, etc. were all way, way, way better.
Simplemente INSUPERABLE !!!
Yes, Tibbet surely is up there with great virility and massive sound. My point was that Warren had the perfectly technical instrument, with highest polish and lazer projection.
Good answer, I never saw Tibbett of course, that is the best way to know a voice, but for me Merrill for great tonal beauty, a voice of tremendous beauty, golden in tone in house like no other and Warren for dramatic passion, rich power, emotion and his warmth, two of the greatest and up there with the great Italian artists of the past , just an opinion, both these Americans are different, both superb in their best roles .
Warren was throaty and wobbly. You people don't know the first thing about technique.
Wow! Warren sings the definitive Pagliacci prologue
Unico !!!
I never like to say any singer was "the best" because we never heard so many of them properly. But from what's available, I haven't heard anyone better than Warren in terms of richness of voice.
❤
UNO DE LOS GRANDES ENTRE TODOS LOS GRANDES MAGNIFICO
Parfait!!!!!!!
magnifico !
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@redgrapeskins My father spoke of Leonard Warren with great admiration and awe. He said he was the greatest.
On a side note,my father was a professional singer. One of the best baritones I have ever heard.
GRA VOZ Y MUY BUENA DICCION ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''INOLVIDABLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE COMO SIEMPRE FUE UNO DE LOS GRANDES BARITONOS DEL SIGLO 20 DE NUEVO '''''INOLVIDABLE EXCELENTE QUE MAS SE PUEDE DECIR DE EL NADAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Exactly!
For me, Leonard Warren is the best bariton of all yhe times (I don't know if I wrote this good, I'm learning english by now), and I have I Pagliacci with Bjoerling (my favorite tenor), Warren, De Los Angeles and Merril...it's amazing!!!!!!
stupendo
He had a high C he would flaunt in the dressing room as well. My father met him several times. I heard much about him.
Remembering Baritone Leonard Warren who died on this day in 1960
Onstage at the old Met, no less, after singing "Urna fatale"
MrGer2295 j
This is a REAL bariton. Not as nowdays... Great bariton who knew how to cover and to pass the voice...mixture... as Maestro SHore know this too. GREAT, GREAT... Bastianini too!
Αλέξ.Δανάλης.Πολύ ωραία εκτέλεση.Τέλος σχολίου.
@gallantentry Absolutely. I said he was in the top 5 in deference to some others, but for me, he is the best ever.
Siete il baritono numero1 de tutte i tempo
@rogerpenna good analogy
With this wonderful philosophy, how can you possibly leave out MERRILL in this mix? Yes, I believe Warren was the greatest Baritone of the 20th Century, with Merrill first in line behind for sheer tonal beauty. Follow him with Cappuccilli all the way to Ruffo, down the line.
Steve Texon.
May be you have heard a guy called Ettore Bastianini?
@@bastiatintheandes4958 Good question !! I had to laugh about your expression "a guy called E.B."haha.
@@bastiatintheandes4958, I love Bastianini, but his Prologue is not the best. At 2:56 Leonard Warren is a vocal King.
Are you aware of the Italian Zancanaro? If so, how does he compare?
Warren and Cappuccilli aren't in the top 50.
@samueljamescollins lol thanks for pointing that out. I meant of course 'baritone'. :P
The one and only Leo.
No wonder the recording of I Paglicci by Victoria de los Ángeles, Jussi Björling, Leonard Warren and Robert Merrill is well beyond any other performance on record.
tenho certeza que muitos vao traduzir
Eu traduzi, mas muitos no Brasil não infelizmente
@billsav57 I understand, but for you is ok too because his voice was a gift for many. :)
You have to lisent a mexican Barítono: Gustavo Escudero, singin this rol of Tonio. He his quite good. ¡Don't forget it!
(Teatro Degollado Guadalajara Jalisco MÉXICO).
@gallantentry
nah,,, it only shows the duality of human nature, specially strong in people like Al Capone... capable of getting all emotional for the misfortunes of a clown, but also able to complete block his emotions and empathies and kill in cold blood an enemy just a few minutes later.
The voice never touched the throat.
De la douceur dans ces chants avec un aigüe exceptionnel.
Listen to the recording of MacNeal signing this
Glorious! What's Jan Peerce doing in there?
Warren, Protti, Gobbi
where can i listen to the full video? )))
@hiyadroogs I cannot imagine Gobbi (whom I adore, by the way), or Afro Poli, both of whom could not approach Warren in power ot upper register, getting through this piece, let alone singing it better!
Why so much argument over who was best? My favorite in this aria is MacNeil, but I damned sure am going to love Warren's version, as well as Titta Ruffo. Haven't heard Pavel in this, but he was also a great baritone. My favorite baritone is Ruffo, but Warren, Tibbet, MacNeil on up to Benjamin Luxon and Terfel also are favorites, each for different reasons. Why must so many people like only one kind of voice or singing? Enough of the ranting...if you haven't heard Stracciari, give him a try.
YES! A thousand times YES!!!
Its not arguing. Its opera talk. Its what we do!
@@jefolson6989 Oh, please. Don't act like a large portion of opera fans in these comment sections don't ARGUE over who is the best. Everyone finds a way to put down the other person's favorite singer. This is probably the most toxic music community I've ever been a part of.
@@bharp4390 new to the world of serious opera fans? Its what we do. Its always been thus.i hope you arent turned off by what is just an expression of deep interest.I know many opera buffs who travel the world attending opera. To hear them talk, they hate all of it. The comment section is tame compared to Opera-l for example which isn't for the squimish. Opera is a sport, as well as an art. Its always been the culture and its a good thing. I think it all reads more combative than it is. Even when we trash each others favorites Strong opinions are evidence that there is a passion which is the very soul of opera. Once its all sweet and nice, and everyone agrees, everyone will sound the same and this artform will die. Besides,
I 'm one of nice one!
If you like Ruffo but also find Terfel acceptable, then something is seriously wrong with your ear. "If I like great singing, why not also terrible singing?" It just doesn't make sense. It makes you entirely indiscriminate.
Warren was the Baritones' baritone! He ruined a lot of baritones trying to achieve that gorgeous sound!
Amen.
Titta Ruffo is the best
@@user-zw6od7wc2q is it a competition tho
Lisent, plis to Gustavo Escudero in this rol, he is quite good... (Barítono Gustavo Escudero: Teatro Calderón Guadalajara Jalisco, México).
@@user-zw6od7wc2q maybe louder. More Italianate. Better? Warren is the one I’d rather hear over and over.
Today we have Guelfi, Gallo and Lucic.
@lpvcrcd Just like those before it, this generation has those who would give as much dedication and love to the art, but they need the support of their contemporaries like Warren, Merrill, and Tibbet all had.
Do we know anything about his vocal technique please?
@gallantentry as a tenor?
Is that Jan Peerce making a cameo?
Does Jan Peerce sing Canio arias later in this broadcast?
I would like to hear his "Si puo, Si puo." Why cut it? Also I love everyone arguing over who is the best, makes me laugh.
ia meu deus nao entendi nada
@gallantentry I should say "to" me, not "for" me.
And I'm referring strictly to baritones of course.