Ebbene signori!!!!! Chi non l'ha mai sentito dal vivo non può rendersi conto della immensità di questa voce. Ho avuto la fortuna di sentirlo dal vivo primi anni 80 in un concerto nel nostro circolo lirico. Dopo la prima romanza "RECONDITA ARMONIA",ci trovammo tutti in piedi come avessimo avuto una spinta dal basso, urlavamo come impazziti per la bellezza, la potenza di quel suono brunito allo stesso tempo vellutato con uno squillo impressionante sugli acuti. Il concerto prosegui con altri bravi artisti ma quella fu la serata con marchio di G. GIACOMINI. il caso volle che ci incontrammo ancora all'Arena e di Verona (io corista) furono trionfi anni 80/90. Mai voce riempiva l'anfiteatro cone la sua e senza microfoni nascosti nei costumi. Persona squisita, di una umiltà esemplare, entrava in scena quasi chiedendo scusa per farci tremare dall'emozione per quella voce brunita che ci rombava in petto. A lui si alternavano altri mostri sacri BONISOLLI... CECCHELE... MARTINUCCI... LAVIRGEN.... Infine arrivò M. GIORDANI per il repertorio lirico fu una piacevole sorpresa. Bei tempi passati quelle emozioni non le proveremo più. Rip maestro.
...he and DiStefano sound the best in this Aria.. his technique is one of the best I` ve ever seen !!! He doesn't sound too heavy in this which is great compared to some singers right now.. and he has a bigger voice than all of them together !!
First time I've ever seen him. Very good technique with a big voice. Italy has given us so many brilliant opera singers. This gentleman takes his place among the very best. Whoever put this up here, grazie! Mi é piaciuto cosi tanto.
this is about as flawless, technically as it gets. Obviously, many other tenors with lighter, higher instruments, don't need to consistently cover as low as Giacomini does, but his vibrant passaggio work is something to be awed by. MAESTRO!
Copre tutti i suoni in maniera magistrale , veramente una bella tecnica , e la voce bella e argentina con acuti sicuri sostenuti da un eccezionele diaframma...
SPENDIDA ESECUZIONE E GRANDE TECNICA. SOLO A GUARDARLO E' PIU' CHE UNA LEZIONE DI CANTO. DA LUI CAPISCI CHE BISOGNA TENERE SEMPRE LA GOLA APERTA. GRAZIE MAESTRO.
He could be erratic to the extreme - not only from day-to-day, but within the same opera, over the course of an evening. He had great Corelliesque moments, only to be followed by straining & sharp singing from phrase-to-phrase in the same aria!
Giacomini is not underrated @all! U speak of all time? Try Borso, Gismondo, Labo', Masini & probably The most underrated of all time Franco Tagliavini! Ever here of those guys? I'm glad 2C Labo' makin' a come back w/collectors. I have his vinyl released by London records. They've re-released a lot of these Vinyl due 2public demand. Hopefully, his will be next:) Besides complete Opera recordings, he's got a 3volume set from Il mitto del opera & a live duet concert w/Olivero. My 2nd favorite tenor
Certainly agree if you are talking about trying to match his timbre, but technically, (his cover choices etc,) he is incredibly efficient and, well, "right." I would say a young tenor shouldn't be working on this aria at all. If he is mature enough to start doing this rep, then there are many things to be taken. Like is proper cover on F in the first phrase that he maintains even on the ah vowel, but then opens on the E natural. That is textbook.
There's a famous story about him singing Cavaradossi when Pavarotti cancelled in SF. I was there, I heard him. I had heard Pavarotti some yeras before as Cavaradossi. Pavarotti was better although his Tosca (Caballe) wasn't nearly as good as Slatinaru. There had been a lot of press about how big Giacomini's voice was but it didn't come across that way in the theater. Certainly not like Corelli, Vickers, or Atlantov. Ludovic Spiess and Aragal had bigger voices too in Tosca.
@Agorante Domingo had a louder top than Giacomini. I heard them both in Tosca at the same year. But Aragall did not have a big voice, certainly not bigger than Giacomini.
@tdeane34 Hm yes, I bet you heard them too in the same role in the same theatre. In case you haven't, then you are probably just one of those many youtube bigmouths wannabe opera experts. Salute!
@AfroPoli Well, I have heard them both live and Domingo's top was not louder, but forced and shouted. He(Domingo) had the worst top notes of just about any tenor I can think of.
