Simon Keenlyside sings the Prologue from Leoncavallo's Pagliacci at the 2007 Richard Tucker Music Foundation Gala. Asher Fisch, Conductor and member of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra.
no one who commented below could TOUCH this performance. Get off off RU-vid and go back to the 1950s and listen to your 45RPMs of Warren and snivel about how great the good old days. This is a unique and thrilling rendition of a living art form
@@bharp4390 I you haven’t listened to many baritones who don’t sing woofy, then no, you probably wouldn’t hear it. For some modern ones, try Ernesto Petti and Nikoloz Lagvilava.
@@xxsaruman82xx87 he has a ton of squillo, especially compared to other baritones today. I don’t think you actually know what squillo is, otherwise known as the overtones that make operatic voices carry over an orchestra.