My first time hearing this beautiful voice. So pure, clear and resonant. A truly classic voice. Nessun Dorma is reinvented with this incredible artist.
I saw Consiglio in I Pagliacci around 1960 at the Brooklyn Academy of Music around 1960. His voice was very broad, but slightly dry that night, however impressive. I don't know why he never sang at the Met, but he did sing in San Francisco and in Chicago.
Un grande assoluto! Che tenore del sud. Era nato nello stesso paese di mia madre San Marco La Catola e tutti parlano di questo grande tenore ciò dopo la guerra tornò nel Paese per un concerto di omaggio. Favoloso
His voice as was Tucker was a powerful Spinto but Consiglio didn't get along with NYSO management and was said to not always be at his best but when he was he was very underrated with a wonderful voice, he did not ever sing at the Met. sadly but I liked him anyhow.
I wish all the young upcoming tenors would learn from, the old style singing, like Consiglio, no wobble ( unessesary) vibrato, and attention to the texture ( tessetura ), to many young brilliant voices, taking on to much to soon, destroying the voice, slipping into short cuts, using the vocal cords, without a solid technic , careers cut short.
Just fantastic!!! I studied voice with Giovanni Consiglio at AVA and I can also say that He like all the Great Opera Singers of his Generation was a very kind, humble and generous man.
