Ecco, ridente in cielo : Eight great recordings : new restorations : coloured photos.: translation 

Jadlowker "1912" recording of the aria has been posted by many people.

Thanks for listening Ricardo I'm glad that you like the selection. That's a nice memory to have of Luigi Alva. He was a wonderful singer and still alive aged, I think, 96.

Thanks for listening Chang, I'm glad that you like the video. Yes, I'll be doing the comment with times shortly, I decided to have a sit in the sun before the forecast thunderstorms arrive. I'll contact you later about your own recent video.

@@michaelmcgrailengland Jadlowker sang 96 times at the Met. opera and in 1910 was singing the Cav. as Caruso was Canio in the Pagliacci. They knew each other and Caruso was a admirer also of Jadlowker and of course vica versa!

Hello Chang, I've caught up with your videos at last and enjoyed them very much, the Hydrangea parks are beautiful. I like all the music that you've chosen but the star of the show is, of course, Rachmaninoff.

@@michaelmcgrailengland Thank you Michael! Good sweet night!!

Hello Chang, I've just been enjoying your latest videos. The flower gardens and music are great but I bet you can't wait for the weather to change so that you can get back into the mountains.

It's my pleasure Rosa. I'm really pleased that you like it and thanks for introducing me to the singing of José Mojica.

@@michaelmcgrailengland My pleasure 😊🌹

Thanks for listening and for your comment Massimo.

Thanks for listening and for your comment Olof. Have you heard De Lucia's recording of Pieta Signora? He sang it at Caruso's funeral in 1921 and does it in his own very individual way. If you wanted to listen to it this is a link to a video I uploaded that includes the recording. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-EN-f6KKWL60.html

@@michaelmcgrailengland Yes, i know it and admire his version.

Thanks for listening Isaiah I'm glad you like the video, it's always nice to get your comments.

Thanks for listening Marian, I'm glad that you like the video and I think that your "flittering butterflies" describes it perfectly!

I mean above, they included Lyric roles also not just verismo roles.

Of courses Slezak didn't sing the aria or opera that I know of but he could sing Lyrically as did Jadlokwer, it seems back then many singers sang both big verismo and Lyric roles, today that isn't done much anymore .

Thanks for your message. Yes, I've heard of Jadlowker but I've never actually listened to him, I've always tended to stick to my old favourites like Caruso, McCormack, Schmidt, Tauber Gigli and Bjorling but I have extended to some extent since I started my RU-vid channel and people like yourself have recommended other singers. I have listened to Jadlowker now and, as you say, he was a great singer. I might do another video of this aria and include him and another that I missed that a very nice Russian lady has mentioned, Sergey Lemeshev which is also a very fine recording. That's an intereseting story about Caruso.

Really interesting, and enjoying some clips of his singing on RU-vid, it’s great to be able to enjoy these different voices and styles! Thankyou.

It's my pleasure, thank you for listening, I'm glad that you enjoyed the video.

It's my pleasure Eugenio, thank you for listening, I'm very pleased that you enjoyed the video.

Thanks for listening and for your comment.

Thanks for listening and for your comment Antonio.

@@michaelmcgrailengland thank you for your wonderful work, Michael. Hugs.

@@antonioantonio-no2uc It's my pleasure Antonio, thanks for your kind words, I really appreciate them. Best regards from Yorkshire, England.

Sehr schön anzuhören. Die Gesamtaufnahme vom "Barbier" gibt es auch von 1959 am 1.Weihnachtstag, wo Erika Köth, Fritz Wunderlich, Hermann Prey, Hans Hotter und Andere sangen. Diese Arie, 7 Jahre später hörte ich noch nicht. Die beiden ersten Sänger kannte ich noch nicht. Die älteste Aufnahme ist schon 105 Jahre, Wunderschön.💖✍🦋🦋🎶🎵🎵🎼

It's my pleasure as always Harriet, I'm glad that you enjoyed the video. Another RU-vid friend Rosa Angela introduced me to Jose Mojica, I hadn't heard of him before. I must say that the Fritz Wunderlich recording is excellent!! ☘☘☘

@@erikaskolovin-erven8136 Thanks for listening Erika, I'm glad that you enjoyed the video.

@@michaelmcgrailengland That was very well done by Rosa Angela! I find her comments often on various channels; she must be a lovely lady and I‘m therefore happy that she‘s one of your faithful subscribers! Just lately I had a conversation with a listener (not present on your channel) who wrote how much he resented translations in opera, because they are always inferior to the original. They often are, though, in my opinion, not always, not when they are well done. I didn‘t think much about it; subject was an Italian aria sung by Heinrich Schlusnus, and the listener mentioned that he was glad Schlusnus didn‘t perform in German. So far, so good. His next comment was about an aria from „Mignon“ performed by Lotte Lehmann - in German. We all know that the original libretto is in French, but the aria is the first verse of a famous German poem by Goethe, which means that actually the German lyrics were the original ones and the libretto used a translation. I then stumbled over more of this gentleman‘s comments where he‘s full of praise for Italian versions of French operas… So, obviously, his ranting wasn‘t about translations at all, he just hates the German language but doesn‘t want to admit it. The hypocrite! I almost laughed out loud when I realized how I fell for his bogus arguments. To cut a long story short, I completely agree that Fritz Wunderlich‘s singing was excellent! But I must admit that in my opinion the German translation got in the way somehow… It wasn‘t exactly a lucky strike, often using mutated vowels (like Ü - it was mainly Üs) in prominent parts of phrases, even in coloratura, where these vowels simply don‘t sound beneficial… So, yes, in this case I would have much preferred had he performed in Italian. But since this obviously wasn‘t an option, he took on the challenge and made the best of what he got - and really, his voice is absolutely marvelous. Now that you are probably suitably bored, I‘m finally done with my babbling. 😃 Thank you for your always kind answers! And for all of your great posts! And for not mentioning that I can be a terrible nuisance… As always, warm regards!!! 🍀🌹🌞🌺🌼🍀

@@erikaskolovin-erven8136 Das ist ein sehr schöner Hinweis von Ihnen mit dieser Gesamtaufnahme! Allein schon die Namen Wunderlich, Köth, Prey und Hotter (mal nicht mit Wagner!) lassen auf höchste Qualität schließen! Vielleicht ist diese Aufnahme ja auch auf RU-vid zu finden; ich werde mal nachschauen. Zeit für eine Gesamtaufnahme habe ich momentan nicht, schaffe es kaum, bei den für mich wichtigsten Kanälen auf dem Laufenden zu bleiben. Aber es kommen ja - hoffentlich - auch wieder andere Zeiten mit mehr Mußestunden… Alles Gute und viele liebe Grüße! 🍀🍀🍀 Ich freue mich, dass auch Sie zwei Sänger entdeckt haben, die Sie noch nicht kannten!

Thanks for listening, I'm glad that you enjoyed the video.

It's my pleasure Sheila, I'm glad that you enjoyed the video, Unfortunately neither Caruso, McCormack nor Bjorling tackled this aria, I'm sure John McCormack could have made a good job of it. I'm having a bit of a rest at the moment because on 1st Sept RU-vid made some changes that have badly effected my channel and, presumably, a lot of others. They've stopped recommending my videos and, as a result, views are less than half and subscribers have stopped increasing. I expect that they would like to be rid of minority interest channels and just have those that attract the masses and give them a large income from advertisers. Money always seems to be the main driving force with the big companies. Thanks again for listening.

@@michaelmcgrailengland that’s too bad Michael , but thank goodness we have so much of your output, presumably it won’t disappear altogether?

@@sheilamillar Hopefully it will stay there but it's impossible to contact anybody who really knows what's happening.

Thanks for listening. I like Dmitri Smirnov but I don't have a recording of him singing this aria. A RU-vid friend in America, Shicoff1, mentioned Hermann Jadlowker and I uploaded his recording separately. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-awugIWHUZaQ.html

Thanks for listening and for your comment Lydia, I'm sorry that you didn't enjoy the video.

@@michaelmcgrailengland I do enjoy the video. Sigo en español. No estoy de acuerdo con los comentarios especialmente con los fanaticos de algunos tenores que ponen todas las notas pero no te sacan una sonrisa.

Hello Seamus, thanks for listening, I'm glad that you like the video. To be honest, I know very little about the technical side of singing and providing there are no obvious technical imperfections and I like the sound of it that's good enough for me. I like the way Fernando De Lucia interprets the music and I think Rossini could well have approved. De Lucia had the great honour of singing at Caruso's funeral in 1921. Unfortunately many of his recordings were made as far back as 1902 and are difficult to enhance. Thanks again for listening.

Thanks for listening and for your comment Francis.

Thanks for listening. Ugo Benelli's recording is excellent.

Thanks for listening and for your comment Carmen.

Thanks for listening and for your comment Michael.

Thanks for listening Elena, I'm glad that you like the video. I would certainly have included Sergey Lemeshev if I had known about it, it's a wonderful recording . I think I'll do that separately and put a link to it in this video description.