On TV: Leonard Warren - On the Road to Mandalay - 1949
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 ส.ค. 2024
- Many of us have already seen the other semi-staged (stagey?) version of Warren singing this song-the one with a small chorus, where he's filmed mostly from a wide shot. It's nice to see just how expressive his face is on these energetic pieces.
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probably the hottest take in opera but I honestly believe he was a big tenor, the tongue tension is constantly present as well. He had an unusually high speaking voice too.
I’ve thought exactly the same thing, for those same reasons, for years.
Yes he initially trained as a dramatic tenor. He could sing Di Quella Pira, complete with interpolated high C.
The more I hear him the better he sounds to me, and we've been in this for over sixty years.
I started adoring in 1955! Rigoletto, et. al!
@@frankodesandy4688 I came late to the "Warren party" in 1980)😎
@@frankodesandy4688 Hear him live ever?
Fantastic. Listen to how steady his sound is and the vibrato is close and doesn't interfere with the pitch in any way. Perfect.
What a performance, both facially & vocally.
One of the great ˋold chestnuts ´that one seldom hears anymore. I must drag it out again sometime. I still have all the notes.
Warren really sells the piece & the posting here is much appreciated.
The best version i have heard of this song. His voice suits to a T.
Best Baritone ever to phonate. Silky up and down.
El mejor del mundo nunca habrá otro Warren voces d otro planeta
What an absolutely brilliant rendition . Clear as a bell and right as rain ! : )
Did you really expect less??
@@hashatz fair comment 😉
@@patrickrose1221 touche!
@@hashatz My brothers and I were brought up on Peter Dawson and a fine voice he. My aGrandfathers favorite, I've just learned from my 92 year old mother was, Leonard Warren! 😆👍
@@patrickrose1221I have long been an avid fan of Peter Dawson and damn proud of it too.
MARVELOUS LEONARDO WARREN!!! 🤗🙏🕊️🎶
A perfect singer ☝
GRANDE CON MAYÚSCULAS
My father used to sing this, thank you.
My father's favorite singer.
As a Kipling/Dawson fan, this is much better than many versions !
pure class! Great Song - great Singer!
A veritable god!! I chuckle at his robust middle and upper voice but if you listen closely his low notes are thin. And you know what? He's Leonard Warren!!
Great rendition! And such a GORGEOUS looking man!
Great song. Great rendition !
Marvelous! Just perfectly marvelous!
Superb!!!!
Of course Warren sings this old chestnut with a wealth of voice that no other baritone, not even Tibbett or JC Thomas, can muster. However, with regard to correctness of style, it is Fraser Gange (on YT), the Scottish baritone of the early 20th century, who offers the most brilliant and artistic performance of this piece.
I enjoyed Tibbett’s version, but this is amazing! 👏👏👏
Sweet
They skipped the second verse. I wish they would have included it. He's good.
Outstanding voice, for sure. Who was the conductor in this film clip?
Howard Barlow.
@@trrill Thanks very much. Now I remember him. The Firestone conductor. In the shot of him in the video he had a vague resemblance to Leopoldo Stokowski (at least to me).
@@Totalfog Vague?
One of the all-time greats. He died of a heart attack on the stage of the Met in 1960 at just 49 years of age.
Technically perfect. But I do prefer Peter Dawson's version. Much more passion and earthiness.
You might like the version by Peter Bellamy; that's the one I first listened to and I like it much more
Kenneth Mckellar's version is good aswell th-cam.com/video/DM57-PDemcc/w-d-xo.html
The great baritone sounds a little dry here. Perhaps due to imperfect early-TV transmission?
I’d agree. Warren’s voice was not always picked up well with technology of the era. Takes nothing from him, however. Superb voice and artist.