Enrico Caruso as Bass in La Bohéme: Vecchia zimarra
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 13 พ.ย. 2010
- This is Caruso singing the BASS of the "Coat Song" in La Bohéme, Act IV. It was never intended for public release and only distributed to a few of Caruso's friends. Recorded on the 23rd of February 1916.
Here's the story: the MET was performing the opera in Philadelphia with the soprano Frances Alda, the baritone Antonio Scotti, the bass Andrés De Segurola and Caruso as tenor, of course.
When Andrés de Segurola was about to sing the aria, he whispered: "I lost my voice, I can't sing."
Caruso said: "Don't worry. Just stand still and move your lips and I'll sing it for you."
And so he did with his back to the audience and according to Alda absolutely marvellously. The audience applauded De Segurola and never noticed it was Caruso singing. Also the critics of the press didn't notice the swap.
In my - rather biased - opinion Caruso was an empathic genious, so he may even have duplicated the "feel" of De Segurola's voice and therefore sounded like him ....
But at least it is a spectacular demonstration of the versality of his voice.
You can hear Frances Alda talk about this "incident" here: • Caruso Sings Coat Song...
Some additional information here: • Video - เพลง
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Enrico Caruso has given more to humanity and the art of singing than you can tell. He is remaining one of the most important individuals of my life. I just love his outstanding legacy and respect it immensely. ♥️
Merci pour ce superbe enregistrement. Caruso est toujours stupéfiant ! Je ne l'avais jamais entendu en voix de basse.
Enrico Caruso proved that, with a healthy vocal technique, one does not need to be restricted themselves only/solely to "what suits the sound of their voice". His colleagues and superiors and contemporaries later equally proved this - such as Lauritz Melchior, Kirsten Flagstad, Adelina Patti, Mario del Monaco, etc.
Emily, hello! Its stupid to criticize one and praise other dilettantes like you doing. I think that it maybe a real timbre of caruso. He wasnt a dramatic tenor, he forcing and screams, he can be bass or bari, but dramatic timbres are not exists in nature, its a myth. I understsnd why you criticized monaco, he was a widy barker, but praising in your messages guys like volpi and tucker isnt so clever. Dramatics are myth, tamango wasnt a tenor, he was too big, big cant have a top of high voices, he screams like caruso, they are nothing and nobody, cheap fake, a victims of composers, they produced a dramatism, voices cant able to produce that like they imaged
@Mozenrath cartoon lover, get lost to your cartoons
Tom, you provide me with another great historical lesson on my favorite artist. Thank you again for sharing this beautiful shard of time with all of us. You deserve much thank.
You are very welcome, Squid For Hire.
Thank you for posting this rare recording "Vecchia Zimarra" has since been sung and recorded by some other big-name tenors, including Pavarotti (in a videotaped masterclass). That's because the aria has no real low notes. For a bass (and I am a bass who actually recently recorded this aria for my own channel), the aria lies near the top of his vocal range. But the aria can sound a bit dull when a tenor sings it, because it lies a the bottom of a tenor's range. Caruso certainly sang it well and in a manner that was not dull at all--even if he understandably could not sing the lowest note at the end as resonantly as a true bass might have.
very interesting story, never heard about it befor - and the interpretation of Caruso is fantastic. thanks a lot.
M.
En una representación de Boheme el bajo André segurola perdió la voz y Caruso desde la cortina cantó el aria, dirigía el maestro Polacco.
In a performance of the opera La Boheme, the bass Andres Segurola lost his voice and Caruso sang Aryan from the curtain.
Master Polacco was directing that night.
El nombre del famoso bajo era Andrés de Segurola. Maestro Polacco was indeed the conductor (mucho cuidado con traducciones vía Google). Andrés Perelló de Segurola (Valencia, 27 de marzo de 1874 - Barcelona, 23 de enero de 1953). Requiescat in pace. Saluti da Firenze.
@@anthonyleathem Ma che cazzo dici?
@@BellaFirenze My apologies I think my finger hit some buttons on my phone.
@@anthonyleathem Non c'è niente. ❤️
Still more convincing than Domingo singing baritone rep. 💅
LOL
LOL x2 😂🤣
At least, Caruso proved that, with a healthy vocal technique, one does not need to be restricted solely to "what suits their voice".
@@EmilyGloeggler7984 Yet this wasn't an official record for people to have heard and Caruso wouldn't have made a good Colline. His is a Rodolfo, he's a tenor and better showcased himself as that -- good technique or not, he knew his natural limitations.
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WOW! I had long been wondering why he had recorded this aria, since it is to be sung by a bass! What a situation! Thanks for sharing this story with us :-)
Meraviglioso... 💕
Csuse he was a bass.
Like tenor he screamed everything
@@Monnarchmonnarchy what?
@tomfroekjaer Of course, my friend! I couldn't miss to witness such an interesting document! I think I am going to blog this.
I read about this and thought, right, a likely story. Then what to my skeptical ears did appear -- here it is! He certainly pulls it off. Less skeptical now, I could believe that nobody noticed anything.
@LordMgls: very welcome ! Did you hear the story of Frances Alda in the link? Great stuff !
That was nice of him to do that.
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He still sounds like a tenor, and you can hear the low C# is not quite resonant in his voice. A great listen, and performance nonetheless
he is a tenor
Caruso is ressonant in the low and top, is old school rule work ALL the registers
Correct! Not sure if this is a real bass aria with the lowest note being C#.It is within the tenor range and could easily be sung by many, many tenors. Don't understand the fuss people here are making. Could only come from uneducated non-singers....
@@antoniopedrolisboa Wrong as this aria shows. Weak resonance in the lower (it is not really low) register.
caruso is a bass or bari, but he isnt A TENOR. He forced all top
@aaronsande: @aaronsande: don't know if this was general (that Caruso knew the whole opera by heart), but I rather think not. It seems that Caruso jokingly (but maybe not) had said earlier in the day that he would help De Segurola out if he couldn't sing (being aware of his thoat infection). So maybe/possibly - or not, don't know - privately rehearsed the "Coat song."
You sing in an opera night after night, with that many performances over the years, you get to know the whole thing. Especially a perfectionist like Caruso.
What I can say is that I worked one week on Gianni Schicchi, not akways music rehearsal, and I learnt the whole opera by heart without even studying other roles but only mine (I played Gherardo). I think that in some situations everything is automatic.
동료베이스가목상태가나빠서도저히아리아를부를수없을정도였는데카루소가 대신커튼뒤에서불러주었는데아무도눈치채지못했다는일화 카루소는역시 인간미넘차는 사람이었다
How is possible??? He is a tenor and hit a low c sharp
C#3 is a very easy note to hit for a tenor lol. The different thing is singing it over an orchestra.
Some tenor roles include low B (Alvaro, Siegmund f.e.). Alvaro also has low B-flat (sic!) in his dramatic Act IV duet with Don Carlo.
th-cam.com/video/51glbrr4PiU/w-d-xo.html
You can hear Caruso's Bb2 on 6:22
La vita è inferno e infelice from La forza del destino
Это так возможно, что он был природный бас и только благодаря теноровой шизофрении сделался тенором.
it's not that low, even for a tenor.
He sounds like a bass more than modern basses
Unfortunately lots of bass-baritones are considered basses out of simplicity...
A Voice type such as bass-baritone doesn't exist. They're undeveloped baritones.
He was bass by nature. Just He can sing high notes in tenor range. The same with Mariah Carey: She is contralto with high notes in soprano range.
No, he does not. He doesn’t sound like a bass at all, in fact. Which modern basses are you listening to? “Vecchia zimarra” doesn’t even get close to the lower end of bass repertoire, and Caruso has lost a ton of power by the time he reaches the low C#s here. He’s a wonderful singer, but the claim that he could sing basso is a farce. Bring me a recording of him singing Sarastro, or even Leporello, and I’ll be convinced otherwise.
@@PeterBarber He sounds more convincing than Sam Ramey but definitely not Jerome Hines. The commenter's point was not about the superhuman versatility of Caruso.
better than those of Pavarotti, but still strange. Not written for a tenor.
Zapatero a su zapato.
Este aria es para un bajo, no para un tener y además cantando en falsete
Dónde está el falsete perdón????
que locura en serio
Insisto en que es para un bajo. Escucha la Boheme, hacia el final del último acto
Afina el oído, a finales del XIX, principios del XX era muy frecuente utilizar esta técnica
@@mariateresagraupera6227 una locura con eso del falsete y bueno, por lo que se ve desconoces el origen de esta interpretacion de Caruso, cuando el bajo Segurola se quedo sin voz y la canto por el, mientras este hacia la mímica frente la audiencia Caruso de espaldas...
Si, gracias, la desconocia. Interesante
Awful
Shame on you
How can you call Caruso "awful"???
@@esterbruno8604 i am sorry, i changed my opinion. caruso is a bass or bari. All arias he forced and screams like an idiot. Here we can hear maybe a real caruso
Mozenrath, you are naivy troll, better watch your cartoons
Go troll somewhere else!