Damn, he's just smiling and looking around like he's not doing anything special. And that technique. Like many have already said, I'll have to repeat. Seamless, consistent, powerful. Those phrases where he goes from high notes to lows in a single breath. I could listen to 'em all day. Damn. One of my favourite operatic baritones and another untimely death.
Such a phenomenal talent whose life was so tragically cut short. Aside from the peerless rendition, I just love his smile and presence throughout this performance.
A joy from beginning to end. What a great, great singer, musician and personality. This level of artistry simply doesn’t exist anymore, and we are all the poorer for it. Thank you for reminding us of when vocal Giants walked the earth (Warren, Merrill, Bjorling, Callas, Milanov, Tebaldi, Corelli etc etc etc)
If you like this kind of sound, this is the best "largo" ever recorded. Warren has been my idol in baritones, but with age I think now that, all of the great ones have something the the others don't. Vocal nuances, style, language, etc.
Perhaps the best baritone EVER! He had high notes to burn. He popped off high A's better than a lot of tenors! Amazing voice, amazing career, incredible death -- onstage!
@@johanronnung1665 Thanks, Johan! It was Warren who inspired me to become an opera singer! As a youth always wanted to be a baritone like him. But, as it turned out, I was actually a tenor! Sang over 40 leading tenor roles for some 30 years -- including PAGLIACCI!
Robert Mitchell That is something, 30 years as a tenor! I wanted to become a baritone, but it didn't materialize. I came to know Warren when I listen to some early records with him and Jussi Bjoerling. Bjoerling sung sometimes with Warren, sometimes with an other baritone, Robert Merrill. I perticularly noticed Warren's high notes with very fine quality. Few baritones has a high A like his.
Bravo! What a voice. He really tackled a difficult piece superbly. He was Figaro the barber just about as well as John Rawnsley, who performed this piece flawlessly.
I have recently discovered Leonard Warren, I am catching up with his works...He has made all my favourite songs & arias fresh again...What a voice...WOW...
Saluti a tutti!!! Questo artista è il "CARUSO" dei baritoni...canta con una sicurezza e con una gioia da fare invidia ai codardi... quindi qualsiasi commento contrario è solo invidia...grazie
uno de los baritonos mejor de todas las epocas entre todos los registros cantando operas ,canciones marineras ,napolitanas etccc es a mi parecer un divo
The very voice of this man smiles and despite this he manages to maintain a totally vertical position. Truly one of the best singers i have ever heard and seen.
"The greatest example of perfect mixture of air & cords!!!" Just the right amount of each other results into a Warren:) No pressing, tightening or squeezing anywhere here! Hvorostovsky should watch this clip! He puts the sounds where they're supposed to go...in the resonating chambers! And the way he sings his high notes, no over doing of the COVER sound. Listen to his incredible A natural!!! I always felt that he could've sung some heavier tenor. He used to show off his high C warming up! BRAVO
Mr. Warren was, by far and wide the greatest operatic baritone of the 20th century and although his life was cut tragically short, he died doing what he loved the most!
I could not disagree more. Considering this aria as a standard, it compares poorly with Thomas Hampson's interpretation which is superior in every imaginable way.
I would like to say that Thomas Hampson's version has an arrogance that is very off putting no matter how good his voice is. Mr. Warren has none of that quality with all the great voice and beautifully executed high notes. This aria, particularly in concert versions separates the men from the boys. In time, perhaps, Mr. Hampson will lose some of this narcissism (often associated with the young singer) and become more involved with the music and less involved with himself.
@@stephenkutos9072 Hampson is famous and highly busy all over the world, yet, I agree totally with you, He sang more like an engineer method, rarely seen the detailed reading through story and music, it is not even close to compare with Warren. His work in big or small, shows much deeper artistry, I love Ettore's voice, yet I will put him second to Warren on the software part.
This is what a true verdi baritone should sound like. Rich, dark and even all the way up and down. Makes most of today's baritones sound like light tenors by comparison!
Leonard Warren para mi gusto nunca tuvo competencia, sólo un baritono muy antiguo (mi padre, muchos años primer baritono del tteatro municipal), pero bueno...me fascina Leonard Warren!, la risa que hace interpretando a Iago es genial!!! Thanks for uploading this maravilla!!!
Simply the best baritone ever lived! There are bunch of decent guys, like Merrill, Bastianini, Nucci, Zancanaro, Cappuccilli, Millnes and so on... but Mr. Warren had it all: low/middle/high- voices, depth, squillo, volume.. I'm so sorry I was born in 1966, and I had no change to hear him live. Thnk you ofr these posts, and thant you Silverstone!
@Barone Vitellio Scarpia You might be rihgt... but I haven't heard Nucci live in his prime. The sound he created in video with Giacomini in Forza was amazing, Giacomini had a huge voice live and Nucci did not lose in that competition...
Que maravilla, one of the best ever for me!!!...simply watch the easy emision of this great artist (even if he has a full bodied voice, he attacks with such "soave" pronounce that he even looks like efortless!!!!). Bravo!!!!!!
Are you all listening to the same man, Warren, singing this? It's a fabulous recording. The technique is perfect, his top is astounding and the only thing I wonder is whether he had been a tenor that pushed the voice down. I wish I could have heard him live....really...listen again! The modern singers don't shine his shoes!
My favorite baritone. Few can match Warren's beauty of tone, coupled with dramatic impact. His voice remained fresh and vibrant up to the end. He left us much too soon.
I love Warren's voice. He has a richness that is wonderful. My only crit of this performance is his articulation. The aria is a challenge for sure, as you need to have range, power and the ability to spit out a machine gun of lyrics. His voice is just wonderful. For fans, listen to the recording of his Russian tour.
I totally agree with you. I wonder too about these 12 people. I do not want even think about what they might like. Warren`s 1945 commercial record is also superb. Only Titta Rufo`s very old rendition comes close but Ruffo did not have the glorious highs. And how about the stamina.......
I can't believe an artist of his stature made such freshman italian mistakes rolling his "r" in piacere, barbiere, figaro, etc. Funny. That wouldn't happen today. But then again, no one sings like this. still my favorite. I'll take the italian mistakes with a voice like this, please.
I recognize Howard Barlow conducting. This looks like it's from "The Voice of Firestone" which I watched as I grew up. Can HB's name be added for searching? I'm grateful to be able to see Leonard Warren as I haven't known too much about him. Did hear him a little on the Met broadcasts, but then he was gone too soon.
warren e splendido naturalmente in un aria di forte e velocissima esecuzione come deve essere quest'aria è chiaro che un cantante straniero non é favorito anche se la pronuncia non è malvagia
People who heard him in the opera house, as well as several people who actually knew him, told me that he sounded different live in the opera house. A music teacher who knew him told me that he deliberately crooned on some commercial recordings because he realized that the engineers took down the big voices.
