Beniamino Gigli shows how a tenor sings an OO vowel on a high note - O paradiso - Berlin, 1932
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ก.ย. 2024
- In other uploads of this, the audio of the aria portion was pitched a half step too high. With this corrected version, Gigli's voice is far less shrill and irritatingly juvenile. We hear that the voice is powerful, penetrating, and mellow (pastosa).
Beniamino Gigli sings "O paradiso," from Meyerbeer's L'africana
Berlin, Sportpalast, 1932
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Yes, the singing is... extra.
Trrill™ is about florid passages, improvisatory underpinnings, staccato'd intuitions, and virtuosities even at their most ridiculous.
But it's also about the biggest, boldest form of vocal emission, with aural examples of basically correct singing, correct impostazione-chiaroscuro, vowel clarity, firm and centered pitch, correct vibrato action, absence of throatiness or thickness, sounds free from constriction and from the acoustic noise that accompanies it-with occasional video examples that demonstrate what the body, face, mouth, jaw, and tongue look like when used with correct impostazione-the vocal emission of the one and only Italian school.
Caveat: I'm biased in favor of #baritones and baritone literature, but if you want to learn about and listen to all the greatest singers in the old-school tradition, explore this spreadsheet (voice parts are separated by tabs):
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Nobody today comes anywhere near this bravo 👏 maestro
Present-day tenors, gather, listen, and learn! ✨✨✨
Thank you for the great post! 🙏🍀
Mamma mia, non esiste più una voce così morbida e brillante...
"Second only to Caruso,..." I'll bet he loved that!
better than caruso and Pav
Gigli always said there was only one Caruso he looked up to him and visited him on his death bed
I think it is unfair to "rate" artists. Art is not high jumping or a 100-yard dash!
Semplicemente fantastico
I think he actually opens a bit towards an O vowel a few split seconds after he reaches the Bb, which makes sense. But I find this very instructive. It corresponds with what I was taught, which is that the oo vowel is the best vowel with which to find space, even at the top, so long as one can keep the tongue out of the way and prevent the lips from being too tight.
Trill….I’m almost as impressed with your observations as I am with Gigli’s technique in this excerpt!!!! I honestly didn’t think people could hear these nuances any more. You’re 100% correct that this is a perfect example of the old school….alas, a lost art today. I could talk about every single vowel here as they are the perfect blend of “light” and “dark”. Not too open to lose the point on the note, but not too dark and covered to lose the liquid gold tone and flawless emission. I’m my lifetime I’ve heard far too much of the later, with artists sacrificing tone and elasticity for safety. But the highlight most certainly is the perfect OO vowel which he amazingly repeats on the B flat even as he spins it out into FF. I am constantly amazed by Gigli’s recordings from about 1921/23 thru 1940. I also love his early and later recordings for slightly different reasons. His technique was so superior, it not only enabled him to sing Radames at 49, but also enabled him to deliver a perfectly lyric live recording of Traviata (Covent Garden)at the same age. How often do we see tenors, who gain the ability to sing dramatic roles while maintaining perfection in the lyric repertoire! Recordings in his prime, such as this Paradiso, give us insight as to why and how he could do it.
Again, truly excellent observations.
U mentioned baritones, I would love to talk Ruffo. What an incredible vocal gift and natural enough to have survived much of his career without a teacher.
Very well said, and insightful. Thanks!
Magic, Magic, Magic ...
Incredible!
Yes this is inspiring singing. Also I don't think the 'Od School' is lost, if you read EH Caesari's books. He writes about the Old Italian School from a historical as well as a practice perspective. And BG introduces EHCs 'The Voice of the Mind' with a lesson. This inspired me in my twenties, a humble amateur baritone singing in choirs.
Some people are just born with such gifts and trained to brilliance.
All the great singers sang with their heads UP at an almost 45 degree angle. Caruso, Gigli, Nordica, McCormack, Sutherland, Nilsson, to name only a few. I’m not saying that singing with your head up is going to make you sing like those greats, but it certainly seems to be a result of great vocal technique.
Massively underrated comment.
@@giglistignanipinza it was actually Cornelius Reid that brought it to my attention 45+ years ago. I watch for it all the time now. Not too many “heads-up” singers today. Bjoerling, Tucker, and Merrill all sang that way. Opposite of “chin on the chest” position.
@@jeffreymiller4814 Chin on chest is a dead giveaway of a poor technique and is sadly seen everywhere on stages these days. I hope in the future more people will recognize this as we have!
@@giglistignanipinza wow. You’re all kind of right. I was taught specifically *not* to do this by a young teacher over a decade ago, that it encourages constriction. Why do you think I was taught this?
@@gillianomotoso328 sounds like you had a good teacher. What they said about constriction is correct imo. Being able to sing with the head up is a sign that the voice is open and freely produced. You'll notice that "chin on chest" singers tend to have an artificial darkness to their sound.
BELLEZA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wow bravo
Джильи великолепен Creme de la Creme ! Вчера слушал Кауфмана ...это жалкое подобие тенора ! Так и не понял каким он местом поёт...! Какой - то промежуточный голос тусклый и холодный ..!
Beniamino Gigli and Lauri-Volpi best tenors in history.
Que agudo maravilloso!!!!Un rayo de sol que sale de su cuerpo fuerte e inflado como.se fuera un ballon,o sea,un missil sonoro jajaja
Es literalmente un láser.
wow
I find this discussion on position of head hopeful from the BG performance. The late Robert Burgess, a Chicago singing teacher tells the anecdote that when, as a child, you called to your mates from the other side of the playground, your head naturally tilts slightly backwards. There is a singing teacher who has plenty of demonstration videos on TH-cam who advocates the chin down. His demonstrations and explanations leave a lot to be desired, to say the very least. The model for the Old Italian School, the 'Completely Natural Voice', 😢as written about by Herbert-Caesari, is to my mind, after extensive reading, the most compelling argument for a 'school' of vocal technique.
Unbelievable
GIGLI CARUSO CORELLI DIE BESTEN DER BESTEN
Much closer to the victrola recording.
Silver Singing Method if you TH-cam search ricordo Di Gigli, and listen at 9:03, is it even closer?
@@stone8193sim lá está mais proximo do real.👋👋👋
❤️❤️❤️
Maybe 45 degree to throw the sound to the public... no amplification those times so all was pure voice only
Is there a technical explanation to why he leaned his head backwards?
I’ve wondered that myself I imagine it was to allow the tone the optimum pathway….as it’s created by the chords, and then rifled up his throat so it hits his head with such force as to gain full resonance, and as much squillo as he could muster. I do know why in his concerts late in life he’s seen leaning over with his mouth pointed at the floor….My father saw all of Gigli’s farewell concerts at Carnegie Hall…he told me that he would lean over to bounce his voice off the floor so it reached the far corners. Can u imagine the art that used to be put in by these old guys. Simply amazing!
Wonderful voice, but too many aspirates spoil the vocal line.
jeder ton sitzt, wie immer
As modern times, th-cam.com/video/l_f-LK148Kg/w-d-xo.html this guy can be the closest to compare.
Frank Tenaglia was a superb singer, a refined musician, a total professional, and a sweet man. I accompanied some of his (and his excellent baritone brother’s!) auditions in the 1990’s and can say, for the record, he was consistently “on” for every one. Sadly, he was a victim of physical discrimination for sure. He passed away suddenly in February 2019.
@@jeffreymiller4814 that's sad to hear. May he rest in peace
oo? o?
Italian 'u' sound. Why single that is unclear, as the whole recording is amazing.
u 转a
At that time Gigli was only second to Fleta.
in your dreams he was second to fleta
hOOO-Eh transition.