Thank you for sending this clip of Shicoff. I think he gives every ounce of himself to an interpretation and remember especially his performances as Romeo and Alfredo. It is wonderful to hear him in such good voice.
I also saw Shicoff during this run...I didn't see Millo, instead, Tosca was Doina Dimitriu. It was my first time hearing him live and I was stunned at the squillo and brightness of his voice! I had expected it to be so much darker of a sound, probably because of recordings in the past.
That's why in house is best way to judge a voice for size and Especially squillo, I saw this and one other Tosca with Dimitriu and Neil, his singing especially with Millo was terrific in the run.
Actually, the way he approaches the top note reminds me slightly of Carreras' approach. It doesn't sound very supported but apparently it is...wheras Carreras' didn't sound supported because it wasn't...interesting.
@parabat7 It's not a B flat. It's an A sharp, which makes a huge difference harmonically. It's a D-sharp major broken chord, and a B-flat wouldn't belong there.
@HMW nobody can transpose a note arbitrarily in the middle of an opera... the whole scene would have to be transposed. It is a Bb and that is what he sings... It is strange you should say something as ignorant, when you obviously do not know the score or possibly you do not read music at all (otherwise you would know or compare the intonation with other recordings on TH-cam) God bless the freedom of speach but I am sure freedom of speech does not ban a little bit of thinking...
@moorfan1 Samuel Ramey??? I actually like him and didn't recognise him in this recording, but still... I don't think he is very suitable for the role of Baron Scarpia. At least not to me. ^^
Thank you for sending this clip of Shicoff. I think he gives every ounce of himself to an interpretation and remember especially his performances as Romeo and Alfredo. It is wonderful to hear him in such good voice.
I also saw Shicoff during this run...I didn't see Millo, instead, Tosca was Doina Dimitriu. It was my first time hearing him live and I was stunned at the squillo and brightness of his voice! I had expected it to be so much darker of a sound, probably because of recordings in the past.
That's why in house is best way to judge a voice for size and Especially squillo, I saw this and one other Tosca with Dimitriu and Neil, his singing especially with Millo was terrific in the run.
Actually, the way he approaches the top note reminds me slightly of Carreras' approach. It doesn't sound very supported but apparently it is...wheras Carreras' didn't sound supported because it wasn't...interesting.
@HMW He sang the music as written and the notes are, from memory, actually a sharps.
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@GermanOperaSinger Actually an A sharp, but yeah, basically a Bb.
@GermanOperaSinger yep...it's actually an f#major chord (A#)....same thing...:)
@HMW It is Bb.
@parabat7 It's not a B flat. It's an A sharp, which makes a huge difference harmonically.
It's a D-sharp major broken chord, and a B-flat wouldn't belong there.
@ElisabettaVS Scarpia was Sam Ramey.
No I believe the original score has Bb.
@HMW nobody can transpose a note arbitrarily in the middle of an opera... the whole scene would have to be transposed. It is a Bb and that is what he sings...
It is strange you should say something as ignorant, when you obviously do not know the score or possibly you do not read music at all (otherwise you would know or compare the intonation with other recordings on TH-cam)
God bless the freedom of speach but I am sure freedom of speech does not ban a little bit of thinking...
@moorfan1 Samuel Ramey??? I actually like him and didn't recognise him in this recording, but still... I don't think he is very suitable for the role of Baron Scarpia. At least not to me. ^^
You'd do well to look at the score.
haha vitto,ri,a
those attacks are silly
Who is singing Scarpia? He sounds weird to me .... not a Scarpia I want to see on stage....
Listen to australian -albanian Agim Hushi, the real Victoria is there!!!
Man what crap conducting