Joshua Fleming It's Pagliaccio the Clown, just after discovering that his wife was cheating on him, singing (before the song he's actually supposed to sing) that his heart is broken but a clown must make his audience laugh, as they paid for it. (variation of the Paradox of Diderot)
Joshua Fleming It's actually worse than that. The character is Cannio, and he's playing Pagliaccio in a play. Cannio has just been told his wife is cheating just before he has to play a character whose wife is also unfaithful, but his character doesn't know and laughs like an idiot. The irony is just awful and sad--he has to go on stage and pretend he doesn't know, all the while the audience is unknowingly laughing at his pain. The part starting at 1:56 goes like this: "Laugh, clown at your broken love! Laugh at the grief that poisons your heart!"
This is a masterpiece! The fact that in 1892, someone created an opera about the daily life and psychological struggles of a clown, is just so touching and genius at the same time. Mario Lanza on the other hand, made sure we all feel this opera to the core!
@@fassstEddie A months late answer you may have already googled the answer to, but no. Vesti la giubba comes from the late 19th century opera Pagliacci, and tells the brief tragedy of the stage clown Canio. In the story, he discovers his wife is having a love affair, this song is played while he's being forced into makeup and costume and put onto a stage with her because it's too late to stop the show and they must perform.
@@fassstEddie no, even more, 3 levels: a story (pagliaccio's tragedy) within a story (the opera in the theater) within a story (the film). And later on, when Pagliaccio's play will start, it will be even one more level!
Soprano Maria Callas said of him in a 1973 interview: “My biggest regret is not to have had the opportunity of singing with the greatest tenor voice I’ve ever heard.”
I just listened to this song sung by Pavorotti, Caruso, and several others, beautiful, but MARIO LANZA IS OUT OF THIS WORLD, unreal, nobody even comes close.
I really think the best part of all, is that at the end, when the crowd is cheering and everything seems to have gone well, you can see the look of sadness and disappointment
Oh my goodness, what an amazing performance. The pathos that hit at 1:55 is completely beyond me. Listened to it at least seven times. Absolutely beautiful.
The noise he makes at 2:24; such a perfect mix of laughter and sobbing. My God how thankful I am to have found this at 21 when I could've gone my whole life without hearing it. I can relate as a performer.
Emin Guliyev I don't care if this guy is a 'high level opera singer' or not, I don't recall saying this anywhere! Why be snobbish about the supposed quality of a singer when the point is the song touching someone's soul? I don't understand your comment at all.
Emin Guliyev I'm not angry, just confused as to why some condescending grown man is taking time trying to tear down someones enjoyment of something beautiful on freaking youtube with irrelevant comments about Michael Jackson, oh sorry uh 'add logic', even though art is expression and emotion and down to personal taste. If you want logic take a math class.
Heard joke once: Man goes to doctor. Says he's depressed. Says life seems harsh and cruel. Says he feels all alone in a threatening world where what lies ahead is vague and uncertain. Doctor says, "Treatment is simple. Great clown Pagliacci is in town tonight. Go and see him. That should pick you up." Man bursts into tears. Says, "But doctor...I am Pagliacci.
Makes the hairs stand on your skin. The best version ever sung of this beautiful aria, by an extraordinary talent who passed well before his time. His expression leaves you speechless. So utterly tragic was his untimely death.
Love Mario's voice. Grew up listening to his recordings courtesy of my parents. Many have followed him but few have even entered the same arena as Mario!
From someone that knows nothing about opera ... WOW this has to be the most heart breaking aria ever , I don't know or need to know what is being song but I do know his heart is aching.
If you think this is sad and it is its absulutly heart breaking you should hear o mio babbino caro from the opera gianni schichi the verson with the little girl its absolutly fantastic
Wonderful voice i have loved this man all my life when he opens his mouth i am transported into his world tragic loss to me and i should imagine millions god rest my hero x
Unquestionably one of the greater tenors of the past century - a life cut too short, but thank goodness we have the means of hearing his voice virtually anytime we wish. Se Benedetto, Mario. Thank you.
I’m now in my 79th year and turned 16 when I first heard Mario. I still get a tingle whenever I hear is voice. What a shame he was seduced by Hollywood. He was and is the greatest tenor ever and a loss to the opera. Many of those worthy tenors today acknowledge that he inspired them.
Nice remark, but Lanza allowed Hollywood to seduce him. He made a million Dollars on one of his movies while Tucker and Del Monaco were singing for 1,000 a performance if that much, in the 1950s
@@sugarbist Well Del Monaco and Tucker probably did okay financially but for sure Lanza touched a much bigger audience and that is to be respected too. Crazy to think Caruso attained even more popularity without television or cinema and with just primitive recording techniques
I sat with Mario's aunt many years ago and ask her what was Mario like she said a lovely boy who loves to sing his voice is a gift and should have more notice in our world today thanks for sharing this
I don't have words to describe the feeling that I felt when I listened to this wonder singer. Specially from 1:45 to the end. That way to sing "ridi pagliaccio" I think nobody can't avoid to shed some tear. Thanks a lot for sharing this video!
I sorely miss my father who adored Mario Lanza a lot. He visited me in my dream just two days ago. I played Mario Lanza's music on a daily basis during his last year to make him feel more comfortable. Happy Father's Day to all fathers in here. Thanks for posting this truly phenomenal aria rendition by Mario Lanza.
The most powerful emotion I have ever seen in singing. Matched by the facial expressions and even the hands and body movements. Magnifico Mario. I am thankful that his reputation, which was unfairly damaged by his sojourn in Hollywood, is being greatly restored. He was, and remains, the best. At least Hollywood gave us some wonderful tapes. Died at 38. Torn apart by the pressures that happened to "the kid from Philadelphia." Just listen to him and Frances Yeend in the Hollywood Bowl. The crowd knows the miracle they are seeing and hearing.
True, I'm still a fan, even wrote a fanclub when I was a teenager so taken was I with his voice! I mean what tenor had his warmth, pp falsetto (well Vanzo also did :)) verility, power, passion, I mean, only everything...and he was handsome
[English lyrics] Act! While in delirium, I no longer know what I say, or what I do! And yet it's necessary....... Make an effort! Bah! Are you not a man? HAHAHAHA You are a clown! Put on your costume, powder your face. The people pay to be here, and they want to laugh. And if Harlequin shall steal your Columbina, laugh, clown, so the crowd will cheer! Turn your distress and tears into jest, your pain and sobbing into a funny face - Ah! Laugh, Clown at your broken love! Laugh at the grief that poisons your heart!
This man right here, made me love opera. The first time I saw and heard this I cried. He has me so spoiled I really don't care to listen to most male opera singers. Love, love, love him. His [passion was real, like you can sink you teeth into it.
george george no hon. He found out his wife is cheating on him before opening night of a play he's in where he plays a clown who gets cheated on by his clown wife. It's a comedy and slapstick. literally laughing at his pain.
@@idontcare-sf1vb only, he is not laughing. And from the lyrics it is said that he has to go on stage as a clown, in delirium he does not know what he is going to do or say. He asks himself if he is a man but laughs. He is nothing but a clown. He forces himself as a clown to turn all his pain into a smile and laugh but fails. Then 1:53 the big part. He cries that in the crowd he has to fake a smile at his broken love, his ex wife. So no laughing at his pain, he cannot contain his pain even as a clown. And that is exactly what makes this song so powerful, in the last part when he says: Pidi, aggliacco! Sul tuo amore infranto! ( Laugh clown! At your broken love!)
I remember watching this film “the great Caruso” with my dad, the ending was very emotional and probably one of the only times I’ve seen my dad close to tears
Великий, мощный, жёсткий, искрящийся лирико- драматический голос МАРИО ЛАНЦА неповторим!!! В который раз слушаю и до мурашек! Непревзойдённое исполнение🙏 Наш выдающийся баритон Муслим Магомаев в России создал цикл передач на ТВ о своем кумире Марио Ланца и встретившись с семьёй и друзьями тенора в Америке написал о нем книгу "Великий Ланца". Чудесная книга, рекомендую всем почитателям великого тенора 💞💓💖👏👏👏💐💐💐🔥💥
Grazie a Internet possiamo ascoltare sempre la sua intramontabile voce che ci riempiei l'anima di gioia. Grazie per quanto ci hai dato la , ci dai e ci darai ascoltando la tua voce meravigliosa.
When it comes to opera and especially this one --it is a question of personal sensibility. If you want real Italian opera with all the emotions, with an incredible dramatic tenor voice that no one can surpass, than you might want to listen to this.
+darklord220 Examples of some dramatic tenors are Del Monaco, Zenatello, Slezak, Piccaluga, Melchior Vinay. Many spinto tenors were able to employ dramatic impact when needed like Corelli, Tucker, Merli De Muro Martinelli, Masini and Caruso.
Lanza was truly one of the greats. And if you're just listening to an opera, it's not the same as SEEING an opera live. it's like listening to an album of a live rock concert without seeing it or BEING there!
Какой, чудесный был певец, грустно ,что так рано он ушел из жизни, но его голос запомнится на всегда! Царство Небесное и Вечная Память! Наверное пол года назад в России по каналу Культура показывали док. Фильм про Марио Ланца!
Pavarotti's voice doesn't have the depth and breadth or lower register to carry this song. You want to hear him at his best? Watch him in the 1982 "Rigoletto".
The finest reading of this aria ever recorded, bar none. This recording, done eight years after Mario recorded the more well known studio version(s), has the maturity, artistic insight and pathos that all his other readings lack. An amazing document: The Rome Opera House Orchestra, the great Constantine Callinicos conducting and Mario at a period of incredible vocal maturity.
I've always felt that the arias he performed in For The First Time and his album Mario, represent the high point of his vocal and artistic career. I still have the original sound track album, and still treasure it after all these years.
360 'thumbs downs' from music snobs, who continue to talk through their backsides about him not being a real opera singer. He may not have sung in endless opera productions, yet he sang with a heart and passion that the so-called greats couldn't match - and he brought opera to the masses, which is something that the relatively small world of the operatic stage doesn't do, then or now. No doubt that's another reason these music snobs don't like him, in that he brought opera to ordinary people, taking it out of their exclusive world of opera. Truly, he was 'the people's tenor'.
@@yogajedi3337 he's a more developed singer than many of the Golden oldies who typically do nothing for me. Vocal techniques have clearly developed after ww2, and we've witnessed many well developed signers, however emotion must still be conveyed. Give us your top 5 if u please.
Ik was 5 jaar toen ik met mijn tante mee mocht gaan naar de "cinema" ...Ik ben er nu 61 en ik hou misschien nog meer van Mario Lanza dan vroeger; zo worden er geen meer gemaakt!!!! Doodjammer van de mens zelf, maar 100% een supergeweldige tenor!!!
This has to be the greatest interpretation of all time his passion his desperation hos genius is incredible and remember this was about 65 years ago ehat would have sounded like with todays technology mind bogling
+Narondie Something like this is real art. Opera is like emotions and everything a human had that turned into song or performance. Right choice to like the classics
When he was operating on all cylinders, Lanza was a great movie star, but had Hollywood not claimed him, he could have had a brilliant career on the opera stage.
Fantastic rendition Lanza had it all great vocal technique, lots of light and shade in his voice, controlled power, emotion.Mario sang this same aria in The Great Caruso a few years before this recording, interesting to note how his voice had a richer tone in his middle voice, but his top was still secure at the B above middle C and the high C5 as strong and effortless as ever.He was only late 30's when he died, the world lost a unique voice.Mario also comfortable singing popular songs not so with many great opera singers.
Alli, donde estés,, señor cocozza, mil gracias,,, yo empece,, canto y usted fue muy importante para mí,, 1961,,vi el gran Caruso,, Serenade,, El ppe estudiante,, Las 7 Colinas D Roma etc etc,, fue el primer REFERENTE DE TODOS LOS JOVENES TENORES 1 MILLLON D GRACIAS.
They can, our technology only "improves" wich is not the real thing. Recorded normally it would not really differ. But since we both were not there, its pure speculation on both sides. But i agree, his voice and emotions are what we say: magnifiek.
@@sugarbist did you? I know you attended many opera performances with the greatest but I think Björling said that lanza had the greatest voice he ever heard.
@@user-cy6xl3vd3f Dear Arashi, Not only Bjorling, Tucker said that Lanza could have been ''the greatest of us all." Licia Albanese said something like,'' it was either one thee most beautiful voices she ever heard , or thee most beautiful voice she ever heard''. Critic Claudia Cassidy praised Lanza" Superbly natural tenor" and observed that ''although a multiple of fine points elude him, he possesses the things that are impossible to learn. He knows the accent that makes a lyric line reach his audience and he knows how opera is music drama. Toscanini siad that Lanza had the voice of the century.
So many mixed feelings when I watch this - such a brilliant clear voice, so full of life, so spot on and cut short by a cruel and viscous Hollywood that turned its back on this pure talent. He joins the great lexicon of great tenors from the 20th Century, preserved forever in "snippets" from his films.
@@eliatavernese4264 M.lanza alcanzó y superó a Caruso en su corta trayectoria musical, en los mejores teatros de ópera habría llegado a ser la estrella indiscutible que fué en los escenarios de Hollywood. Temprana e irreparable pérdida de un ser con privilegiada voz
God ive never given opera a look but i came to find this from BDG's Waluigi video cause i was like 'huh that song at the end sounds neat'. Now im on a spiral after having a transformative experience after hearing this for the first time. The tragedy in the lyrics, the absolutely untouchable voice, the way he acts it out, god this is perfection. Its killing me that i cant go thank this man for the effect his performance has had on me
Смейся,паяц,над разбитой любовью..Смейся и плачь...Ведь ты не человек,ты-паяц... Бессмертная вещь,на века.всегда найдётся хоть один человек,который будет плакать вместе с тобой,паяц... Браво,паяц.Браво великому Леонкавалло.♥️♥️♥️🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹
2015 Another new year. Where is the likes of another Mario Lanza? Not a cheap imitation, but someone real and vibrant who can make us all be proud again. There have been great tenors, and we do have some still around, but Mario Lanza was in a class by himself. He not only hit the ball out of the ballpark, he split the seams and torn it apart. Greatness is greatness that few can copy.
At the time of his death at only 38 Lanza was preparing to return to his true love, opera, and was going to appear as Canio in his return. The world was truly robbed that he was not able to fulfill that operatic comeback.
CANT UNDERSTAND A SINGLE WORD STILL CRYING AT THE BEAUTY OF HIS VOICE
Joshua Fleming It's Pagliaccio the Clown, just after discovering that his wife was cheating on him, singing (before the song he's actually supposed to sing) that his heart is broken but a clown must make his audience laugh, as they paid for it.
(variation of the Paradox of Diderot)
Michael Dohmen wow BEAUTIFULLY TRAGIC
Joshua Fleming It's actually worse than that. The character is Cannio, and he's playing Pagliaccio in a play. Cannio has just been told his wife is cheating just before he has to play a character whose wife is also unfaithful, but his character doesn't know and laughs like an idiot. The irony is just awful and sad--he has to go on stage and pretend he doesn't know, all the while the audience is unknowingly laughing at his pain.
The part starting at 1:56 goes like this: "Laugh, clown at your broken love! Laugh at the grief that poisons your heart!"
dorkandproudofit
Thank you :)
ursmue1937 Yes
This is a masterpiece! The fact that in 1892, someone created an opera about the daily life and psychological struggles of a clown, is just so touching and genius at the same time. Mario Lanza on the other hand, made sure we all feel this opera to the core!
isn't this a story within a story?
@@fassstEddie A months late answer you may have already googled the answer to, but no. Vesti la giubba comes from the late 19th century opera Pagliacci, and tells the brief tragedy of the stage clown Canio. In the story, he discovers his wife is having a love affair, this song is played while he's being forced into makeup and costume and put onto a stage with her because it's too late to stop the show and they must perform.
@@fassstEddie Yes. And all within this film.
You do know that there are TWO stories in this opera?
@@fassstEddie no, even more, 3 levels: a story (pagliaccio's tragedy) within a story (the opera in the theater) within a story (the film). And later on, when Pagliaccio's play will start, it will be even one more level!
Who’s listening to this masterpiece in 2024?
me
@@es_haghzvd8505 You’re awesome! 😎
Him ^
What do you mean who's still listening?
It's not an early 2000's pop song 😂
@@omarjimenez8895 okay? Does that mean people don’t listen to music prior to 2000s? No.
Tone, intonation, vibrato, phrasing, breath control, dynamics, musicality. All sublime.
Laugh clown, at your broken love!
Laugh at the grief that poisons your heart!
That's the best part
kOol oWsome kiDz it will always be the best part 👍👌
That climax, man. I feel like I'm about to hit a huge dip on a roller coaster.
Such emotion
HaaHaa Haaa!!!!
This is why i have stood by Mario. His interpretation is genuine and real as if this is his own fault. Beautiful.
OMG! His voice just does it for me. He sings this song better than anyone, ever. He gives me chills and goosebumps.
No other singer can do that to me. He was truly blessed.
Try placido domingo the best.
@@nahlabella4857 try Placido Domingo
@@christopherwilson7698 I've listened to them all. Mario is the only one who sang from his soul.
@@nahlabella4857 Who did you try?
Soprano Maria Callas said of him in a 1973 interview: “My biggest regret is not to have had the opportunity of singing with the greatest tenor voice I’ve ever heard.”
no
1:53 this part hits me hard every single time
me too :)!!!
+Izumi Hanjinozuka haha
+Izumi Hanjinozuka is it because you imagine a handsome Squidward flying towards a wooden pillar?
EyeOfTheLauren How dare you, sir/madam.
Izumi Hanjinozuka i regret nothing :3
My mother was the big Lanza fan in our house. I grew up listening to and watching his movies including this one. He was and still is great.
А что это за фильм? Смейся Паяц? Хочу его посмотреть. Хочу посмотреть старые фильмы Италии и Франции. Такое настроение 😏
@@marinakonopleva980 It’s not a funny comedy but rather a tragedy in the manner of Shakespeare’s “comedies”. Won’t do anything to lighten mood.
I just listened to this song sung by Pavorotti, Caruso, and several others, beautiful, but MARIO LANZA IS OUT OF THIS WORLD, unreal, nobody even comes close.
Когда так поют, с душой и от самого сердца, не возможно остаться равнодушным.. Этот голос и музыка затрагивают что то внутри. Бальзам для моих ушей ❤
The voice is so rich, so full of nuance, so dramatic when needed and so soft when needed. Mario Lanza was the voice of his age.
My late father was a great fan of mario lanza. My father passed away in may 2018. He is with my late mother now. Rest in piece dad.
Peace bro not piece :(
@@dhiamuhamadakbar9590 So glad the damn spelling police are on the job. Unnecessary comment.
This ismy father favorite song With Cavalleria Rusticana and Ore d'Amore di Fred Bongusto.
Sorry for your dear loss. May they Rest In Peace.
I'm sorry for your loss
I really think the best part of all, is that at the end, when the crowd is cheering and everything seems to have gone well, you can see the look of sadness and disappointment
Grew up listening to Mario Lanza and at 45 I have still to find ANYONE superior . This man was a gift from God!!!
At 73, I still feel the same way.
@@Ukie88 hello there hope this finds you happy and well my friend xoxo
Dad this still makes me think of you xxx miss you 😘 ❤
Oh my goodness, what an amazing performance. The pathos that hit at 1:55 is completely beyond me. Listened to it at least seven times. Absolutely beautiful.
I bet even after another 4 years
That you are Still Beautiful
Can''t agree more!!! Unsurpassable!
Agreed. No matter how many times I listen to it, that part always hits me hard. It truly touches your soul like nothing else.
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How can anyone live without hearing this beautiful song
The noise he makes at 2:24; such a perfect mix of laughter and sobbing. My God how thankful I am to have found this at 21 when I could've gone my whole life without hearing it. I can relate as a performer.
***** - Well I still listen MJJ and cry as well. But it doesn't mean Michael Jackson was an high level opera singer.
Emin Guliyev I don't care if this guy is a 'high level opera singer' or not, I don't recall saying this anywhere! Why be snobbish about the supposed quality of a singer when the point is the song touching someone's soul? I don't understand your comment at all.
Ok, honey.. Just don't be angry with me!!!
I just wanted to add a little bit of logic to this mess, sweetheart!!!
Emin Guliyev I'm not angry, just confused as to why some condescending grown man is taking time trying to tear down someones enjoyment of something beautiful on freaking youtube with irrelevant comments about Michael Jackson, oh sorry uh 'add logic', even though art is expression and emotion and down to personal taste. If you want logic take a math class.
:) I can only read and wait comments from such a beautiful and young lady, no matter it was all said in acrimonious fashion.
My dad loved Mario Lanza. I was listening and my dad had tears in his eyes.
I was only about 7 and the song made me emotional as well.😢
It's Mario's SUPERPOWER. MOVES us to 😢
Heard joke once: Man goes to doctor. Says he's depressed. Says life seems harsh and cruel. Says he feels all alone in a threatening world where what lies ahead is vague and uncertain. Doctor says, "Treatment is simple. Great clown Pagliacci is in town tonight. Go and see him. That should pick you up." Man bursts into tears. Says, "But doctor...I am Pagliacci.
Mr. X damn deep
Oh, that is sad....
Underrated comment? Did u get that from the movie tho?
Rorshach's journal
Good Joke.
Everyone laughs.
Makes the hairs stand on your skin. The best version ever sung of this beautiful aria, by an extraordinary talent who passed well before his time. His expression leaves you speechless. So utterly tragic was his untimely death.
Love Mario's voice. Grew up listening to his recordings courtesy of my parents. Many have followed him but few have even entered the same arena as Mario!
The beautiful voice, the passion! Mario Lanza will always stand tall among the great tenors!
His last film, what a trajedy.
Robert Howes
That last word in your comment is spelt with a "G".
David Rule like if saw in 2018
David Rule that would make it Grajedy
@@geespar1 no it would make it trajegy
From someone that knows nothing about opera ... WOW this has to be the most heart breaking aria ever , I don't know or need to know what is being song but I do know his heart is aching.
I completely agree with you. Despite of misunderstand what he is singing i can feel all his emotion, and devotion to perform this masterpiece.
What do you know more of opera than him? I know a 1000 times more than you.
What reply is that? Did you not understand what David Melrose said?
If you think this is sad and it is its absulutly heart breaking you should hear o mio babbino caro from the opera gianni schichi the verson with the little girl its absolutly fantastic
The translated lyrics have been posted in the comments since you have posted this. All the best...
Chi è il migliore Canio della storia del melodramma? Mario Lanza. È semplicemente da brivido. Una grandissima voce e il colore bellissimo. Applausi.
This is Mario's song...the feeling he puts and bringing this character to life is amazing!
Wonderful voice i have loved this man all my life when he opens his mouth i am transported into his world tragic loss to me and i should imagine millions god rest my hero x
Unquestionably one of the greater tenors of the past century - a life cut too short, but thank goodness we have the means of hearing his voice virtually anytime we wish. Se Benedetto, Mario. Thank you.
Великий тенор и прошлого и настоящего и будущего времён❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
I’m now in my 79th year and turned 16 when I first heard Mario. I still get a tingle whenever I hear is voice. What a shame he was seduced by Hollywood. He was and is the greatest tenor ever and a loss to the opera. Many of those worthy tenors today acknowledge that he inspired them.
Nice remark, but Lanza allowed Hollywood to seduce him. He made a million Dollars on one of his movies while Tucker and Del Monaco were singing for 1,000 a performance if that much, in the 1950s
@@sugarbist Well Del Monaco and Tucker probably did okay financially but for sure Lanza touched a much bigger audience and that is to be respected too. Crazy to think Caruso attained even more popularity without television or cinema and with just primitive recording techniques
@@abcdefgh-db1to Bocelli today has also made a fortune
@@sugarbist I prefer by far modern pop music to fake opera like what Bocelli does. Unbelievable that some people think he is a great tenor
@@abcdefgh-db1to He’s good elevator music
It s 2020,I am older than in 1960 but the voice of Mario Lanza will live until the end of music, it means NEVER.
I sat with Mario's aunt many years ago and ask her what was Mario like she said a lovely boy who loves to sing his voice is a gift and should have more notice in our world today thanks for sharing this
I don't have words to describe the feeling that I felt when I listened to this wonder singer. Specially from 1:45 to the end. That way to sing "ridi pagliaccio" I think nobody can't avoid to shed some tear. Thanks a lot for sharing this video!
Fuck dude it's literally perfect
that line brought me here.. you can find amazing music from old movies and series
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Laugh, Paglaccio! Laugh at your shattered love! Laugh at the grief that poisons your heart!!!
I sorely miss my father who adored Mario Lanza a lot. He visited me in my dream just two days ago. I played Mario Lanza's music on a daily basis during his last year to make him feel more comfortable. Happy Father's Day to all fathers in here. Thanks for posting this truly phenomenal aria rendition by Mario Lanza.
❤
I also loved his portrayal of Enrico Caruso in the 1951 biopic "The Great Caruso".
The most powerful emotion I have ever seen in singing. Matched by the facial expressions and even the hands and body movements. Magnifico Mario. I am thankful that his reputation, which was unfairly damaged by his sojourn in Hollywood, is being greatly restored. He was, and remains, the best. At least Hollywood gave us some wonderful tapes. Died at 38. Torn apart by the pressures that happened to "the kid from Philadelphia." Just listen to him and Frances Yeend in the Hollywood Bowl. The crowd knows the miracle they are seeing and hearing.
True, I'm still a fan, even wrote a fanclub when I was a teenager so taken was I with his voice! I mean what tenor had his warmth, pp falsetto (well Vanzo also did :)) verility, power, passion, I mean, only everything...and he was handsome
1:57 only those who have been betrayed at one point or another can truly understand that agony he sings about.
.....Belle analyse...!
From Alsace France !!
Finding out the extent of your break up through friends (she cheated on me)
[English lyrics]
Act! While in delirium,
I no longer know what I
say,
or what I do!
And yet it's necessary.......
Make an effort!
Bah! Are you not a
man?
HAHAHAHA
You are a clown!
Put on your costume,
powder your face.
The people pay to be
here, and they want to laugh.
And if Harlequin shall
steal your Columbina,
laugh, clown, so the
crowd will cheer!
Turn your distress and
tears into jest,
your pain and sobbing
into a funny face - Ah!
Laugh, Clown
at your broken love!
Laugh at the grief that
poisons your heart!
Thank you so much
WhoKnownsAndWhoCares?
Thankyou
That’s some D E E P stuff man
WhoKnownsAndWhoCares? Thanks
Thank you
Mario Lanza put such passion into his work, an amazing voice!! He is one of the great tenors of all time!!!
My late husband loved this piece. He wasn't a fan of Lanza until he heard this.
My favourite of his is Che gelida manina,
This man right here, made me love opera. The first time I saw and heard this I cried. He has me so spoiled I really don't care to listen to most male opera singers. Love, love, love him. His [passion was real, like you can sink you teeth into it.
Mario had me crying it was just magical his Voice was heaven
dam, I don't even speak Italian but this is the saddest song I've ever heard, so much emotion here!
YOLO Bro No shit Sherlock
george george no hon. He found out his wife is cheating on him before opening night of a play he's in where he plays a clown who gets cheated on by his clown wife. It's a comedy and slapstick. literally laughing at his pain.
@@idontcare-sf1vb only, he is not laughing.
And from the lyrics it is said that he has to go on stage as a clown, in delirium he does not know what he is going to do or say.
He asks himself if he is a man but laughs. He is nothing but a clown. He forces himself as a clown to turn all his pain into a smile and laugh but fails.
Then 1:53 the big part. He cries that in the crowd he has to fake a smile at his broken love, his ex wife. So no laughing at his pain, he cannot contain his pain even as a clown.
And that is exactly what makes this song so powerful, in the last part when he says: Pidi, aggliacco! Sul tuo amore infranto! ( Laugh clown! At your broken love!)
You dont have to understand some songs it's clear what the feeling is.
What a voice, truly amazing ❤
I remember watching this film “the great Caruso” with my dad, the ending was very emotional and probably one of the only times I’ve seen my dad close to tears
It was a great musical film, but as a depiction of Caruso's life it was complete rubbish.
@@edwardkerrigan5356 Biog rubbish (like Amadeus) but - the music!
THE PAIN IN HIS VOICE IS ASTOUNDING....GORGEOUS.
j'ai grandi avec Mario Lanza ma mère ne jurai que par lui avec le recul je pense qu'elle avait raison c'est le meilleur. Michèle.
Великий, мощный, жёсткий, искрящийся лирико- драматический голос МАРИО ЛАНЦА неповторим!!! В который раз слушаю и до мурашек! Непревзойдённое исполнение🙏
Наш выдающийся баритон Муслим Магомаев в России создал цикл передач на ТВ о своем кумире Марио Ланца и встретившись с семьёй и друзьями тенора в Америке написал о нем книгу "Великий Ланца". Чудесная книга, рекомендую всем почитателям великого тенора 💞💓💖👏👏👏💐💐💐🔥💥
This is by far the greatest aria of Vesti La Giubba I have ever heard. Priceless!
This is what touching a soul sounds like. Bravo.
Movie star good looks combined with that majestic voice, he really was in a league of his own and never been equalled
My heart just breaks listening to this. Mario was the best ever. No one has the voice and passion that he did.
Masterful! Vocal genius. The standard by which all else must be judged!
Grazie a Internet possiamo ascoltare
sempre la sua intramontabile voce che ci riempiei l'anima di gioia.
Grazie per quanto ci hai dato la ,
ci dai e ci darai ascoltando
la tua voce meravigliosa.
When it comes to opera and especially this one --it is a question of personal sensibility. If you want real Italian opera with all the emotions, with an incredible dramatic tenor voice that no one can surpass, than you might want to listen to this.
+Benjamin David Lanza did not have a dramatic voice
+sugarbist yes he did, lol
+sugarbist he was, at least, in between the spectrum of spinto and dramatic.
+darklord220 Examples of some dramatic tenors are Del Monaco, Zenatello, Slezak, Piccaluga, Melchior Vinay. Many spinto tenors were able to employ dramatic impact when needed like Corelli, Tucker, Merli De Muro Martinelli, Masini and Caruso.
sugarbist Giuseppe Giacomini are a pure dramatic tenor 😀
He sang every song with his heart on his lips!
Lanza was truly one of the greats. And if you're just listening to an opera, it's not the same as SEEING an opera live. it's like listening to an album of a live rock concert without seeing it or BEING there!
Fantastic performance.. beautiful voice...
Какой, чудесный был певец, грустно ,что так рано он ушел из жизни, но его голос запомнится на всегда! Царство Небесное и Вечная Память! Наверное пол года назад в России по каналу Культура показывали док. Фильм про Марио Ланца!
Szukałem tego momentu od ,, Family Adams " filmu, w którym pierwszy raz to usłyszałem. Prawie 30 lat temu i w końcu znalazłem. Opera Pagliaci. Brawo.
Его пение и моя любимая ария пронимают до слёз!!! Во истину великое исполнение!!! Итальянцы непревзойденные певцы и исполнители!!!!
Along with his splendid voice, Mario is putting his soul here.
Thank you, Vincent, for the post.
Greeting from bahrain Arabia in love with this emotional mystical piece of art .. Vesti la giubba grazie
Not to knock Pavarotti, but I do prefer Lanza's version better. The emotion is just so raw and exposed here with Lanza
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Pavarotti had the most beautiful voice on earth but it did lack emotional expressiveness at times. I also prefer Lanza’s version.
Try Mario Del Monaco! Lanza's rendition is mostly sad and tragic. Del Monaco brings into it anger and madness as well...
Pavarotti's voice doesn't have the depth and breadth or lower register to carry this song. You want to hear him at his best? Watch him in the 1982 "Rigoletto".
@@justanotherbohemian3827 You really believe MDM is ready to kill.
The best of the best. There will never be another
The finest reading of this aria ever recorded, bar none. This recording, done eight years after Mario recorded the more well known studio version(s), has the maturity, artistic insight and pathos that all his other readings lack. An amazing document: The Rome Opera House Orchestra, the great Constantine Callinicos conducting and Mario at a period of incredible vocal maturity.
Great comment. Much appreciated.
Yes, very good comment. Thank you.
Love to hear peoples comments on this song who is the best ect but my vote is this one Mario sings with up most passion
I've always felt that the arias he performed in For The First Time and his album Mario, represent the high point of his vocal and artistic career. I still have the original sound track album, and still treasure it after all these years.
My heart just bursts when I hear Mario Lanza sing. This is one of his most powerful. I love it.. I love him!
Lanza was perfection. Even his laugh at 0:41 is beautiful. 1:56 onwards is almost too much to bear; how can anyone express such grief?
stupenda musica 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
360 'thumbs downs' from music snobs, who continue to talk through their backsides about him not being a real opera singer. He may not have sung in endless opera productions, yet he sang with a heart and passion that the so-called greats couldn't match - and he brought opera to the masses, which is something that the relatively small world of the operatic stage doesn't do, then or now. No doubt that's another reason these music snobs don't like him, in that he brought opera to ordinary people, taking it out of their exclusive world of opera. Truly, he was 'the people's tenor'.
you are so correct. pav said he was one of his biggest influences.
Music elitists forget music is for everyone and knows no class when it comes to society. Music is universal and they are unnatural.
I'd put Pavarotti, Lanza and Domingo in my top 5.
@@TheKwod Domingo of all, you can't be serious.
@@yogajedi3337 he's a more developed singer than many of the Golden oldies who typically do nothing for me.
Vocal techniques have clearly developed after ww2, and we've witnessed many well developed signers, however emotion must still be conveyed.
Give us your top 5 if u please.
Oh my God what a performance such passion and with such a voice , his presence on earth was such a treasure delightful
Ik was 5 jaar toen ik met mijn tante mee mocht gaan naar de "cinema" ...Ik ben er nu 61 en ik hou misschien nog meer van Mario Lanza dan vroeger; zo worden er geen meer gemaakt!!!! Doodjammer van de mens zelf, maar 100% een supergeweldige tenor!!!
Ja wel!! Dat is waar
Можно слушать вечность этот божественный голос и восхищаться таким талантищем, его артистизмом,
нет равных ему!!!
This has to be the greatest interpretation of all time his passion his desperation hos genius is incredible and remember this was about 65 years ago ehat would have sounded like with todays technology mind bogling
Lands masterpiece the greatest operatic recording ever
I keep listening and crying to this.
+Narondie Something like this is real art. Opera is like emotions and everything a human had that turned into song or performance. Right choice to like the classics
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gay lol
When he was operating on all cylinders, Lanza was a great movie star, but had Hollywood not claimed him, he could have had a brilliant career on the opera stage.
Fantastic rendition Lanza had it all great vocal technique, lots of light and shade in his voice, controlled power, emotion.Mario sang this same aria in The Great Caruso a few years before this recording, interesting to note how his voice had a richer tone in his middle voice, but his top was still secure at the B above middle C and the high C5 as strong and effortless as ever.He was only late 30's when he died, the world lost a unique voice.Mario also comfortable singing popular songs not so with many great opera singers.
Unbelievable notes my god so emotional and powerful brought tears to my eyes 👀
The greatest singer that ever lived. He moves me to tears every time.
Как по мне лучшее исполнение этой арии всех времён и народов ❤
Des frissons pour son interprétation aucun autre tenor n'avait son timbre unique ❤️❤️❤️
Какой голос, прелесть, слушать можно до бесконечности!
Incredible performance with such deep emotion from the soul. His makeup accentuates the pain and agony. Just Stunning.
Alli, donde estés,, señor cocozza, mil gracias,,, yo empece,, canto y usted fue muy importante para mí,, 1961,,vi el gran Caruso,, Serenade,, El ppe estudiante,, Las 7 Colinas D Roma etc etc,, fue el primer REFERENTE DE TODOS LOS JOVENES TENORES 1 MILLLON D GRACIAS.
Mario Lanza was one of the greatest of all time!
increíble simplemente maravilloso, esta era una voz única
Paco Gerte El Rey de Iztapalapa It certainly was.
Paco Gerte El Rey de Iztapalapa thethemesoflaura.blogspot.com.co/2018/04/vesti-la-giubba.html?m=1
Paco Gerte El Rey de Iztapalapa muy bonita
the greatest of all time.. no question of his power he left us to soon.. they could not record the power of his voice back then like today
They can, our technology only "improves" wich is not the real thing.
Recorded normally it would not really differ. But since we both were not there, its pure speculation on both sides.
But i agree, his voice and emotions are what we say: magnifiek.
Did you hear Lanza live without a microphone?
@@sugarbist did you? I know you attended many opera performances with the greatest but I think Björling said that lanza had the greatest voice he ever heard.
@@user-cy6xl3vd3f Dear Arashi, Not only Bjorling, Tucker said that Lanza could have been ''the greatest of us all." Licia Albanese said something like,'' it was either one thee most beautiful voices she ever heard , or thee most beautiful voice she ever heard''. Critic Claudia Cassidy praised Lanza" Superbly natural tenor" and observed that ''although a multiple of fine points elude him, he possesses the things that are impossible to learn. He knows the accent that makes a lyric line reach his audience and he knows how opera is music drama. Toscanini siad that Lanza had the voice of the century.
One of the greatest voices of our time. His life, and that of his family was tragic.
philip martin all of his kids are deceased too right? The Wikipedia made it sound like one right after the other 😞
I pagliacci. El dolor de la traicion. Uno de mis tenores preferidos.
So many mixed feelings when I watch this - such a brilliant clear voice, so full of life, so spot on and cut short by a cruel and viscous Hollywood that turned its back on this pure talent. He joins the great lexicon of great tenors from the 20th Century, preserved forever in "snippets" from his films.
I am so much an admirer of Lanza, but Caruso had something which no one will never reach.
@@eliatavernese4264 never say never
@@heuvelke1065 I don't catch the meaning of what you wrote. Could you please explain?
@@eliatavernese4264 M.lanza alcanzó y superó a Caruso en su corta trayectoria musical, en los mejores teatros de ópera habría llegado a ser la estrella indiscutible que fué en los escenarios de Hollywood. Temprana e irreparable pérdida de un ser con privilegiada voz
mario sings this absolutely perfect
One of the most beautiful of voices sadly missed.
God ive never given opera a look but i came to find this from BDG's Waluigi video cause i was like 'huh that song at the end sounds neat'.
Now im on a spiral after having a transformative experience after hearing this for the first time. The tragedy in the lyrics, the absolutely untouchable voice, the way he acts it out, god this is perfection. Its killing me that i cant go thank this man for the effect his performance has had on me
Смейся,паяц,над разбитой любовью..Смейся и плачь...Ведь ты не человек,ты-паяц...
Бессмертная вещь,на века.всегда найдётся хоть один человек,который будет плакать вместе с тобой,паяц...
Браво,паяц.Браво великому Леонкавалло.♥️♥️♥️🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹
Is it wrong to say that this song is so beautiful, that it made my cry to pieces?
2015 Another new year. Where is the likes of another Mario Lanza? Not a cheap imitation, but someone real and vibrant who can make us all be proud again.
There have been great tenors, and we do have some still around, but Mario Lanza was in a class by himself. He not only hit the ball out of the ballpark, he split the seams and torn it apart. Greatness is greatness that few can copy.
Isolvedit Nobody today on the operatic stages is as good of an actor as he was either.
Boris Van Druff Yes. He was a terrific actor
oltre a voce incredibile interprete straordinario,, arriva all'anima
At the time of his death at only 38 Lanza was preparing to return to his true love, opera, and was going to appear as Canio in his return. The world was truly robbed that he was not able to fulfill that operatic comeback.
Mario Lanza brought me, as many other people, to the opera mainly with his films.
Thank you for the post.