Wow! Speaking of buried TREASURE! Greatest kudos to Mr.Jozef Sterkens and to TH-cam for unlocking this historic and beautiful recording.. I have never heard Eva Turner before and her Turandot is sensational, even with the 80 year old technology of 1937.
At that time probably the greatest verismo type Italian tenor alive, and he sang musically with great accuracy, also mastering the Dramatic role of Otello, he had the voice for it and lasted a long time in many kinds of roles both Lyric and Verismo, he was tremendous also in Aida .
@@shicoff1398 Yes, he was. The 123 Aida's at the Met is truly astounding and a record that will probably never be equaled. Caruso had 91 performances and Baum sang 87 Aida's to his credit. I don't believe there is anyone alive today that can equal any of these amounts. Martinelli received many fine to great reviews from his Met performances. His Otello were great as well, while sung in his early 50s, his artistry was commended as well as his appropriate voice for the role.
r@@sugarbist there are great Spinto and dramatic voices, Corelli comes to mind as a comparison, but Martinelli also had a very polished artistic approach to his many roles that few had in abundance the way he did.
His singing in Aida, Otello and also Juive is superb, some others might have sung it as well, but though I never saw Martinelli in the opera house, I'm thinking nobody did it better, as far as his acting ability, the fine Romanian Soprano Stella Roman told me that he was her favorite tenor partner for Otello and they sang it together several times. His acting for the time was better then most any other tenor at the time. His Recording in the studio of Otello with American's Helen Jepson and Baritone Larry Tibbett also is very well sung, when Martinell sang Otello, he made the death of Otello a very real sound. @@sugarbist
+oldoperafan Some say Puccini was incapable of finishing Turandot.The greatest obstacle he faced was his declining health.I beg to differ in so much that I am convinced Puccini would have composed a great finale to Turandot had he enjoyed good health. He was only 66 when he died at a Brussels' clinic.Thank you for the music and words.
+William Hughes Yes, I agree about Puccini. Such genius would not have left an unfinished piece. A very premature and untimely death, as for poor Bellini some time prior. Here I was talking about Martinelli in the aria, though. Although you could say he sings exactly what was composed.
+oldoperafan The whole performance is so exciting that my mind turned to what Puccini may have given us had he been given the good fortune to finish Turandot. A great recording from Martinelli and Turner.
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It leaves me speechless! Astounding! Dame Eva I mean!
But Martinelli is magnificent as always.
Wow! Speaking of buried TREASURE! Greatest kudos to Mr.Jozef Sterkens and to TH-cam for unlocking this historic and beautiful recording.. I have never heard Eva Turner before and her Turandot is sensational, even with the 80 year old technology of 1937.
+Roy Thomas Thank you.
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The remarkable Martinelli in his early 50s doesn't yield to anything.
At that time probably the greatest verismo type Italian tenor alive, and he sang musically with great accuracy, also mastering the Dramatic role of Otello, he had the voice for it and lasted a long time in many kinds of roles both Lyric and Verismo, he was tremendous also in Aida .
@@shicoff1398 Yes, he was. The 123 Aida's at the Met is truly astounding and a record that will probably never be equaled. Caruso had 91 performances and Baum sang 87 Aida's to his credit. I don't believe there is anyone alive today that can equal any of these amounts. Martinelli received many fine to great reviews from his Met performances. His Otello were great as well, while sung in his early 50s, his artistry was commended as well as his appropriate voice for the role.
r@@sugarbist there are great Spinto and dramatic voices, Corelli comes to mind as a comparison, but Martinelli also had a very polished artistic approach to his many roles that few had in abundance the way he did.
@@shicoff1398 Yes, I totally agree. He was fantastic
His singing in Aida, Otello and also Juive is superb, some others might have sung it as well, but though I never saw Martinelli in the opera house, I'm thinking nobody did it better, as far as his acting ability, the fine Romanian Soprano Stella Roman told me that he was her favorite tenor partner for Otello and they sang it together several times. His acting for the time was better then most any other tenor at the time. His Recording in the studio of Otello with American's Helen Jepson and Baritone Larry Tibbett also is very well sung, when Martinell sang Otello, he made the death of Otello a very real sound. @@sugarbist
His Liu aria has so much tenderness.
+oldoperafan Some say Puccini was incapable of finishing Turandot.The greatest obstacle he faced was his declining health.I beg to differ in so much that I am convinced Puccini would have composed a great finale to Turandot had he enjoyed good health. He was only 66 when he died at a Brussels' clinic.Thank you for the music and words.
+William Hughes Yes, I agree about Puccini. Such genius would not have left an unfinished piece. A very premature and untimely death, as for poor Bellini some time prior. Here I was talking about Martinelli in the aria, though. Although you could say he sings exactly what was composed.
+oldoperafan The whole performance is so exciting that my mind turned to what Puccini may have given us had he been given the good fortune to finish Turandot. A great recording from Martinelli and Turner.