Italian tenor Giuseppe di Stefano singing Che gelida manina, from Puccini's La boheme. This is a better quality than the version elsewhere in you tube.
cantava come parlava.. tutto sembrava facilissimo !! e poi quel sentimento magnifico che riusciva sempre ad esprimere attraverso la "parola cantata". Insomma, qui siamo davanti a qualcosa di inarrivabile, non c'è tecnica che tenga, questa è voce e cuore allo stato puro !!
Il Rodolfo più fascinoso e penetrante della storia del belcanto... Pippo Di Stefano si presenta con eleganza, stile, classe e soprattutto con la sua semplicità e comunicativa unica!
If you love opera, you must love DiStefano, and this aria in particular. Pavarotti's 1964 recital of Che Gelida Manina is breathtaking: DiStefano's version here, and Pavarotti's, are the two most marvelous recordings since Caruso. Breathtakingly powerful and beautiful. What I would have given to see diStefano, just once.
Pippo è incredibile ragazzi... ed è stupendo parlarne al presente, proprio perchè lui è ancora vivo nei nostri cuori e nelle nostre orecchie... sei IMMENSO Pippo...
The soundtrack to the video is Mr DiStefano's rendition of this aria during the recording of LaBoheme with Maria Callas. I have heard this aria close to 1000 times and it never gets old. Bravo Pippo.
bellissima versione! "chi sono chi soooooono!" ogni volta adoro quel pezzo + delle note alte. wonderful rendition! everytime i listen to that sentence i get shivers. more than the highest notes
I highly doubt Pavarotti's smile was fake, he loved singing and he always appreciated the applause like no other. Either way, Pavarotti and Di Stefano were some of the greatest singers ever.
Absolutely amazing. Has there ever, before or since, been a more purely beautiful tenor voice in opera? (Leaving aside, of course, the grandissimo Caruso, because we can't make a fair comparison.) I have never heard anything like di Stefano. I know his voice deteriorated later, but this seems to be as lovely as it ever gets. He actually makes it sound easy. Hot DAMN, he's good. Thank you, Eduardo. It's great to see the video, too.
The most beautiful version I've ever heard and I've heard them all. Even his studio recording wasn't as good as this. Obviously just the perfect day when voice , intellect, language , heart and soul all merged to make a performance with such divine purity it makes you weep. Truly grateful that this was captured and thank you so much for posting it.
GRANDISSIMO PIPPO sei stato,sei e sarai x SEMPRE il TENORE più moderno della lirica MONDIALE. Il timbro e la bellezza pura, della TUA magica VOCE oggi più che mai ti rende attuale, pertanto sarai SEMPRE il numero UNO...
Superb. RIP Giuseppe di Stefano (1921-2008), his last few years ruined after he was attacked by robbers in Kenya. He had to spend the rest of his life in hospital in Milan after that. Such a great tenor did not deserve a tragic end to his life. One of my favourites along with Gigli, Bjorling, Pavarotti, Corelli and Wunderlich.
que gozo escuchar a PIPPO y haber tenido la dicha de conocerlo y haberlo paseado en mi auto vw por guadalajara en compañia de mi apreciable amigo FLAVIO BECERRA Y tener recuerdos inolvidables de tan grande tenor,
Oh mio Dio... Ma è umano un acuto come quello che ha fatto su LA SPERANZA????? Credevo che nessuno in terra potesse avere tanto fiato e contemporaneamente emettere un suono tanto limpido...
@@maximus1295 On the contrary, Pavarotti had a beautiful quality of voice, impeccable diction and successfully sang roles outside of his repertoire during his 40 year career.
Melhor intérprete de Lá Boehme , Rigoletto, Lá Gioconda, Manon Lescaut e muitas outras. É insuperável em Cielo e Maré da Gioconda. É bom lembrar que ele viveu na Época das grandes Vozes.
He is one of the Sacred Monsters of Opera and one of my top three tenors...he's rendition of this aria is wonderful!! But don't forget that in those days there were amazing conductors which were at the entire service of great voice production instead of accompanying singers as if it were symphonic music!! That's why now one doesn't get to listen to singers sing pianissimo any longer (with todays selfish conductors, nobody could be able to hear them!). Just my point of view...
@Matt54e Agree. Especially when I listen to Sault demeure chaste et pure, I always listen to Di Stefano's version. Yesterday for the first time I listen to Pav's version.. it didn't sound as melodic and sweet as Di Stefano's.
@Carlos Montaine. I am very familiar with your friend the late Giorgi Tozzi and have three recordings he was involved in. One of those is La Forza Del Destiny with Zinka Milanov and Giuseppe Di Stefano. One of the most moving selections I have ever heard in recorded opera is Giorgio Tozzi singing Il Santo Nike from act two. His voice was commanding and very few opera selections have moved me like that one did.
This was recorded in 1956. It was part of the La Boheme recording with Di Stefano, Maria Callas, Rolando Panerai, and Anna Moffo. Interesting note it was the only time Maria Callas sang La Boheme. She never sang it on stage.
ESTE GRAN TENOR DEBE SER EL MODELO DE PAVAROTTI. ES INDESMENTIBLE EL PARECIDO EN LA VOZ Y EN LA MANERA DE EMITIRLA. SE OYE MÁS FRESCA , ESO SÍ, LA DE LUCIANO. EXCELENTE LA DEL FUTBOLISTA.
Artisticz, everyone, I mean everyone, has a slightly flawed technique compared to the functionally perfect one. It was the flawed production that gave Pippo's voice its warmth. It is these human frailties that gives sympathy, empathy & warmth to a voice that no other instrument can match. The voice is the only instrument that has to give meaning to words with nothing more than colour. When a warm heart flows through a warm voice, it transcends mere vibrations of the larynx. A soul is revealed..
@Matt54e So why was Pavarotti so famous......I have never worked it out. G.D.S. is 10/10, Tenors should watch him, and if they can almost match him be happy.... that's all you can do, he defines the standard.
Pavarotti was so famous because he was affable, had a beautiful quality of voice with impeccable diction, and like Lanza brought opera to millions of people through his many concerts and operatic performances.
Diego Rizzieri Pienso que todos los cantantes en este caso, los tenores son diferentes en tonos, legatto, fraseo, etc. Son piezas únicas como diamantes. Nunca hay dos iguales!!!
+Diego Rizzieri Personally I prefer his lyricism over the more famous Gigli. There is a fantastic version that a very young Pavarotti did in Moscow with piano with C6. This is simply breathtaking by di Stefano. I assume he did not transpose it as most tenors do?
