Tito Gobbi as Sergeant Belcore in a somewhat dated film version of Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore. For a free English translation, please see the following: operainenglish....
In questa registrazione Tito Gobbi possiede uno splendore vocale tale, da ricordare i grandi campioni del passato. Tenendo conto poi delle ben note qualità interpretative, c'è una sola espressione: immenso!
BARITONO vero, adesso i " baritoni ", propinateci dalle case discografiche, sono per lo più tenori corti. La registrazione non rende merito, a questo grande interprete, la sua voce, per chi lo ha ascoltato, era ben più scura e meno metallica di questa registrazione. Grazie Tito
I don't know if this has already been said but this recording is too fast. The RPM is sped up which is why it's actually a semitone higher and why everything sounds brighter than it would normally. You can see this particularly in the quick movement. So that top G# at the end is actually a top G AND Gobbi's voice is a fair bit darker than this (although maintaining his lovely brightness still). Any way it could be re-uploaded at the correct speed?
This clip alone shows why people who have remarked on other Tito Gobbi clips that he had a poor technique were & are talking out of their backsides! All singers pick up poor vocal habits eventually to a greater or lesser degree over time, especially when they employ their voice like a chameleon to depict character like Gobbi. But in his early carreer it employed a technique without flaw, which is WHY the voice was so beautiful & adaptable.
A Tito Gobbi classic: A great portrayal! By the way: Who is the young Carlo Bergonzi type of Nemorino? He really looks like and made a phrase like Bergonzi...
Try practicing 'oo' and 'ee' in pure falsetto. I have been doing this for a couple of years and can now sing up to G with ease (sometimes Aflat), when before I couldn't get above E. It stretches the vocal cords. You should never have to push or strain.
