This...this is Scarpia. Look at his face when he realizes that he is in a religious procession. The battle between lust and piety. And musically his voice is beautiful, resonating with that delicious timbre. What a marvelous villain.
His eyes open at 4:43 when the Te Deum properly start, realizing that he has literally forgot the reason he’s here: for the procession, Te Deum, and blessing with the monstrance. He literally forgot God and this moment changed me on how this scene should play out. As far as I know, that is unique to this production and therefore adds so much meaning to Scarpia’s character here.
@@photo161 At the end of a Te Deum, there's a blessing called Benediction with a Eucharistic Host (the bread consecrated at Mass into Christ). That's why Scarpia's hitting himself at the end. Tosca made him forget God.
Questa è un'aria solenne religiosa, sacra divina, non ho parole adatte so soltanto che mi avvolge sempre totalmente e quando abitavo a Roma amavo spesso visitare la Chiesa dove ha avuto luogo questa preziosa Tosca,. Grazie G. PUCCINI Ci hai lasciato fra tante pagine divine e questa è una delle quali ne sono rapita. 🙏💙💓
Many baritone singers can sing Scarpia, but only Gobbi became Scarpia. That is the only thing that matters. Nobody surpasses the dramatic intensity of Tito Gobbi, the best among many big names with a beautiful voice.
Absolutely amazing!-Have never seen this clip-Always wished that the Te Deum was recorded on tape - and discovered it this evening. First saw Gobbi sing this at Covent garden in 1970. A legend. Many thanks for posting this.
fabulous . Love the mad staring eyes . Got to be one of the best , maybe THE best ever Scarpias,though many other fine versions . How lucky we are to have them all to listen to . Thanks for posting this .
Ah...the finest villain in all of opera. Thank you for posting this clip. It's wonderful to watch Gobbi sing Te Deum. For me, he defined the role of Scarpia just as Callas defined Tosca. I continue to love him...
OUTSTANDING and highly fascinating clip!!! Thank you VERY much for posting this!!! What an outstanding artist Gobbi was! I had the good fortune to see him three times at Lyric Opera of Chicago: once as Don Giovanni (1969), twice as Baron Scarpia (1971 and 1973: both times in that classic production which he staged!).
Grande Tito Gobbi, uma das melhores vozes do século - um dos mais grandiosos Scarpias dos palcos de todos os tempos - o Te Deum é audacioso para a época, pois é o profano desafiando ás portas de um altar mór! Puccini é revolucionário e contestador!
Great performance, thank you for posting this. I was furtunate to see Gobbi live in this rola at the Rome Opera in 1965. This scene in particular was ubforgettable
The revelation so powerfully conveyed by the great Tito Gobbi, when he finds that his obsession with Tosca has cost him everything, even his relationship with his God...
This is a great video. How well I remember the furor Gobbi set as Scarpia. He established a standard that has never been matched to this listener's ears. Thank you for posting this lengendary record of the greatest singing in the world. Singers interpreting this role have much to learn from Gobbi and the era of great singers.
Questa Te Deum mi avvolge in un religioso e possente Silenzio interiore. Qualsiasi artista, lo interpreti è x me un'aria di grandiosa coralita, musicale al di là, del contenuto storico la, musica e Maestosa. Grazie divino G. Puccini. 🙏❤️🎵🌷
En la historia de la ópera hay 4 personajes que Tito Gobbi llevó a la perfección: Georgio Germont (La Traviata) Rigoletto (Idem) Yago (Otello) y Scarpia (Tosca). Nadie pudo acercarse a lograr tal calidad de interpretación.
I saw a video of Sherrill Milnes as Scarpia. His interpretation of this villain was very different. Oh he was evil all right, but disguised with a velvet glove. Both legitimate, each different. I think that I prefer the true villainy of Tito Gobi.
It's always amazing to hear Basses like Ramey, and London sing Scarpia, thrilling even- but for me, the real deal is with the true baritone voice, like Gobbi, or MacNeil, or nowadays, someone like Paolo Gavanelli...that's real, Italianate singing.
The baritones sound more evil, for some reason. After all, that's the chief utility of Scarpia, his foulness. No matter how much a wife might complain about her husband, he can always respond "well, I'm not as bad as Scarpia, am I?"
Scarpia was written for Antonio Scotti, who is usually thought of as a baritone but if you listen he's actually a basso cantante (viz. his recording of "Eri tu". So it can be either way.
@@Uncouthsasquach - You're right about Sherrill Milnes, except that for me he has an overtone of, gasp, compassion. But even Tito Gobbi realizes he is wrong in his lust fpr Tosca. He still pursues her, though. I saw a video of Dmitry Hvorostovski today. He also seemed menacing and evil, but too beautiful actually to be that evil.
Gobbi was the greatest singing actor in recorded history. His subtlety and vocal colouring to suit each role is unrivalled in the history of the grammaphone. The only other singer that can be mentioned in the same breath as Gobbi is Giuseppe Taddei.
@@YortOK I'll agree. My parents saw DiStefano early and then through his almost full career and raved about him, but Gobbi was their gold standard. Thank you for raising the underappreciated Taddei as well, his was the version I grew up with and his diction is superior to Gobbi if I can be forgiven for saying that about Gobbi. :)
@@shirleyrombough8173 I like some operas. Verdi is my favorite. I even was part of one of the production of Tosca in Montreal, in 1991. Maybe Gobbi had some breathing problem at the time. Or hearing. Or both. Not that bad, mind you. But certainly not he best I've heard! And I like the knocking of the prop by a "sbirri".
You would never have to explain to a red-blooded woman why Tito Gobbi's Scarpia is so mesmerising. What is disturbing is the number of male critics who clearly do not have the capacity to empathise with the implied sexual power in this interpretation.
This...this is Scarpia. Look at his face when he realizes that he is in a religious procession. The battle between lust and piety. And musically his voice is beautiful, resonating with that delicious timbre. What a marvelous villain.
No other Scarpia
So elegant. So vile. "Tosca! You make me forget God."
The best Scarpia!
Finally a singer who gives sense to every single word and second of the scene...
Bravo!!!
Inarrivabile. Irraggiungibile. Da sempre il numero uno!!! Che Dio lo Benedica in Eterno!!!
His eyes open at 4:43 when the Te Deum properly start, realizing that he has literally forgot the reason he’s here: for the procession, Te Deum, and blessing with the monstrance.
He literally forgot God and this moment changed me on how this scene should play out. As far as I know, that is unique to this production and therefore adds so much meaning to Scarpia’s character here.
That's how it should be, the score demands that he "wakes up from a dream". A pity so many directors don't read the scores :/
It’s not unique, it’s literally part of the script lol
@@headphonic8 Which says a lot about the productions I've seen.
..."...the monstrance?"
@@photo161 At the end of a Te Deum, there's a blessing called Benediction with a Eucharistic Host (the bread consecrated at Mass into Christ). That's why Scarpia's hitting himself at the end. Tosca made him forget God.
Questa è un'aria solenne religiosa, sacra divina, non ho parole adatte so soltanto che mi avvolge sempre totalmente e quando abitavo a Roma amavo spesso visitare la Chiesa dove ha avuto luogo questa preziosa Tosca,. Grazie G. PUCCINI Ci hai lasciato fra tante pagine divine e questa è una delle quali ne sono rapita. 🙏💙💓
Many baritone singers can sing Scarpia, but only Gobbi became Scarpia. That is the only thing that matters. Nobody surpasses the dramatic intensity of Tito Gobbi, the best among many big names with a beautiful voice.
I agree 100%
Unfortunately you seem to forget Leonard Warren here, who actually adds some high class SINGING to the role as well.
@@stenwaldo604 This is correct. But Warren and his voice, unfortunately, is not well advertized. Nevertheless, he is surely a giant of singing as well
@@stenwaldo604 are you implying that Gobbi himself does not sing well enough?
I agree - the Greatest Scarpia of all time. Great actor with a magnificent voice. They don't have these voices today. Thank you for sharing!!
I saw Gobbi in Tosca in New York. The best Scarpia ever.
Me too. Gobbi, Corelli and Kirsten. WOW.
Absolutely amazing!-Have never seen this clip-Always wished that the Te Deum was recorded on tape - and discovered it this evening. First saw Gobbi sing this at Covent garden in 1970. A legend. Many thanks for posting this.
You actually saw him sing this? How fortunate you were.
grande artista con una voce carica di espressività e con immensa capacità di rapire e coinvolgere l'animo.
Absolutely amazing Tito Gobbi as Scarpia
No matter how many times I hear this, I always end up blissed out.
Fantastic performance, clearly Gobbi is simply the best. Nice work finding this amazing clip, I really like that the beginning is included.
Extraordinaria interpretación del ' Réquiem ' , por parte del Maestro Gobbi. Muchas Gracias por compartir.
Not just a great singer but also a great actor.
fabulous . Love the mad staring eyes . Got to be one of the best , maybe THE best ever Scarpias,though many other fine versions . How lucky we are to have them all to listen to . Thanks for posting this .
Reminds me of Trump.
@@iancaldeian Oh, DON'T!
Superb!
The best Scarpia of all time. Wonderful! Thank you.
Fantastico! 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏
The voice+The characters +Tito Gobbi= "THE" SCARPIA!!! Gobbi FOREVER!!!!!!! Tito Gobbi is ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC in this role!!!!!
Learn how to communicate. Gobbi did
Tito Gobbi non è il miglior Scarpia di sempre. Lui *è* Scarpia. Nessuno come lui. 💞
Ah...the finest villain in all of opera. Thank you for posting this clip. It's wonderful to watch Gobbi sing Te Deum. For me, he defined the role of Scarpia just as Callas defined Tosca. I continue to love him...
Ah! Finalamente
Божественный голос!❤
Il migliore nel ruolo... non ne ho mai ascoltato un altro degno di lui
Truly the greatest Scarpia that ever lived.
Bravo!
OUTSTANDING and highly fascinating clip!!! Thank you VERY much for posting this!!! What an outstanding artist Gobbi was! I had the good fortune to see him three times at Lyric Opera of Chicago: once as Don Giovanni (1969), twice as Baron Scarpia (1971 and 1973: both times in that classic production which he staged!).
Gobi must have made a tremendous Don Giovanni. Wish I'd have seen it.
Nobody else comes close
He is Scarpia the best I ever heard in 50 years I’m 60 now.
What a find! You can literally see the evil oozing out of him! Masterful!
Ultimamente ho visto e ascoltato diversi Scarpia su TH-cam: penso che Tito Gobbi sia il migliore in senso assoluto.
Amazing!
Love it! He practically slithers.
Le meilleur ... pour des siècles encore !
Grande Tito Gobbi, uma das melhores vozes do século - um dos mais grandiosos Scarpias dos palcos de todos os tempos - o Te Deum é audacioso para a época, pois é o profano desafiando ás portas de um altar mór! Puccini é revolucionário e contestador!
Great performance, thank you for posting this.
I was furtunate to see Gobbi live in this rola at the Rome Opera in 1965. This scene in particular was ubforgettable
How fortunate you were to see that performance.
Tito Gobbi - The compleat baritone
He transformed completely. Awesome
The revelation so powerfully conveyed by the great Tito Gobbi, when he finds that his obsession with Tosca has cost him everything, even his relationship with his God...
I love how you can see him becoming Scarpia as he gets dressed and puts his wig on in the beginning
The one and only Scarpia
Very good actor, very good voice!!! Indeed.
But look also for B.Gigli, I realy love him, inspite the unpleasant character he has to play. Wonderful!!!
This is a great video. How well I remember the furor Gobbi set as Scarpia. He established a standard that has never been matched to this listener's ears.
Thank you for posting this lengendary record of the greatest singing in the world.
Singers interpreting this role have much to learn from Gobbi and the era of great singers.
Still the best by far for me!
Questa Te Deum mi avvolge in un religioso e possente Silenzio interiore. Qualsiasi artista, lo interpreti è x me un'aria di grandiosa coralita, musicale al di là, del contenuto storico la, musica e Maestosa. Grazie divino G. Puccini. 🙏❤️🎵🌷
dramatic singing and acting !
Puccini must be very happy with Gobbi.
Up in heaven, Puccini is probably writing new stuff for Gobbi, Callas and Corelli to be in.
@@ksol1460tv cant agree with this comment more, all three the best singers of their voice type
Grande...
En la historia de la ópera hay 4 personajes que Tito Gobbi llevó a la perfección: Georgio Germont (La Traviata) Rigoletto (Idem) Yago (Otello) y Scarpia (Tosca). Nadie pudo acercarse a lograr tal calidad de interpretación.
The best ever
Milnes might have a finer voice, but nobody beats Gobbi when it comes to a dramatic delivery. This is bone-chilling to listen to.
....Спасибо, фильм , конечно, УНИКАЛЬНЫЙ!!!
The ultimate Scarpia.
Every interpretation pales in comparision
absolutely!!!!
I saw a video of Sherrill Milnes as Scarpia. His interpretation of this villain was very different. Oh he was evil all right, but disguised with a velvet glove. Both legitimate, each different. I think that I prefer the true villainy of Tito Gobi.
Il grande Tito Gobbi! Indimenticabile!
It's always amazing to hear Basses like Ramey, and London sing Scarpia, thrilling even- but for me, the real deal is with the true baritone voice, like Gobbi, or MacNeil, or nowadays, someone like Paolo Gavanelli...that's real, Italianate singing.
The baritones sound more evil, for some reason. After all, that's the chief utility of Scarpia, his foulness. No matter how much a wife might complain about her husband, he can always respond "well, I'm not as bad as Scarpia, am I?"
Scarpia was written for Antonio Scotti, who is usually thought of as a baritone but if you listen he's actually a basso cantante (viz. his recording of "Eri tu". So it can be either way.
I've always been partial to Sherril Milnes in this role, the air of malevolent arrogance he gives off as Scarpia is fantastic.
Milnes great baritono in history th-cam.com/video/FHOJCdfBFQg/w-d-xo.html
@@Uncouthsasquach - You're right about Sherrill Milnes, except that for me he has an overtone of, gasp, compassion. But even Tito Gobbi realizes he is wrong in his lust fpr Tosca. He still pursues her, though. I saw a video of Dmitry Hvorostovski today. He also seemed menacing and evil, but too beautiful actually to be that evil.
Bravo Tito.baritono excepcional y gran actor.inigualable 👏👏👏👏
callas - gobbi, assurément le plus grand second acte de tosca du 20ème siècle
Or ever.
Yessss.....
Unico❤❤❤❤
Don’t forget Puccini- he wrote this great GREAT masterpiece!!!!!!!!!!!!
Cada vez que pienso en Scarpia, el único cantante que me viene a la mente es Tito Gobbi! Indimenticabile!
Gobbi è stato e sarà sempre un grandissimo Scarpia.
Lui è Scarpia.
Gobbi - the greatest Scarpia of all time!!!
You may be right. He certainly is a great Scarpia.
Gobbi was the greatest singing actor in recorded history. His subtlety and vocal colouring to suit each role is unrivalled in the history of the grammaphone. The only other singer that can be mentioned in the same breath as Gobbi is Giuseppe Taddei.
Definitely!
@@YortOK I'll agree. My parents saw DiStefano early and then through his almost full career and raved about him, but Gobbi was their gold standard. Thank you for raising the underappreciated Taddei as well, his was the version I grew up with and his diction is superior to Gobbi if I can be forgiven for saying that about Gobbi. :)
He WAS Scarpia. elegant, malevolent, powerful, vain.
thank you. have watched this many times.
Superb nobody better than Gobbi in this role NOBODY
Acting and singing are brilliant. Scarpia personified
True Scarpia - evil Scarpia!
Bravo great Gobbi!
voce, arte scenica.
Favoloso...!
grandioso e unico Scarpia
Bravi.
Grazie per questo interessantissimo video! Complimenti!
Sicuramente Gobbi è stato,anche a prescindere dalla voce,il più grande interprete di Scarpia.
Never a better Scarpia... nor a more diabolic one
he hits the incense with his hat. tito gobbi is my favourite scarpia ever.. amazing resinating sound and so evil... :)
Scarpia = Gobbi = Scarpia = Gobbi = Scarpia = Gobbi etc etc
GOBBI es ABSOLUTAMENTE MARAVILLOSO.
ÉL es SCARPIA. Pareja inigualable con CALLAS.
lol.. that soldier hit his head on the way out at around 2:15. Priceless. Gobbi is so sinister! love it
Lui è Scarpia.
This is one of the funniest rendition I've seen and heard so far. Thanks for posting this!!
What’s funny about it
Funny? In what way? Maybe this person is not an opera lover
Funniest? You're not an opera lover, are you?
@@shirleyrombough8173 I like some operas. Verdi is my favorite. I even was part of one of the production of Tosca in Montreal, in 1991. Maybe Gobbi had some breathing problem at the time. Or hearing. Or both. Not that bad, mind you. But certainly not he best I've heard! And I like the knocking of the prop by a "sbirri".
It's a shame that the conventions of civilised behaviour prevent me from expressing what I think of your offensive opinion.
GREAT ! Thanks.
Люблю всегда.
un solo commento: magnifico!
Powerful
Assolutamente crudele! Meraviglia!
Nobody beats Gobbi as Scarpia NOBODY
So many good Scarpia's, and then there are the greats.
A Scarpia for the eternity! He nailed the role.
io l'ho veduto in teatro SCARPIA E' GOBBI|||||
Il più grande Scarpia che si ricordi
Gobbi WAS Scarpia - period
Never better ... never better played ... never better sung
Scarpia=Tito Gobbi!
Grazie di cuore!
Callas es Floria, Gobbi es Scarpia; entre los dos inmortalizaron a Tosca la gran ópera de Puccini
Acting with a capital A. and an early example of the “baritone claw”! 😜
To create a good story you need a good villain, that's why Tosca is great, Scarpia is pure evil, I cannot help loving it!
Gobbi = Scarpia as Corelli = Cavaradossi
You are so right!
Puccini a écrit ce role pour lui!
He must have.
❤❤
You would never have to explain to a red-blooded woman why Tito Gobbi's Scarpia is so mesmerising. What is disturbing is the number of male critics who clearly do not have the capacity to empathise with the implied sexual power in this interpretation.
ECCO IL VERO SCARPIA !!!!
UN GRANDISSIMO ARTISTA.
💖🎼
WOW
tito gobbi reveals the monster that is scarpia