Am I the only who finds Del Monaco a rather crude singer? I mean impressive, it's obviously a massive voice and he is technically able to do everything he needs to, but there's not much nuance in the musicianship. Aside from the peerless technique, Callas is colouring every word here, miraculous. Del Monaco sounds rather blunt next to her!
Yes, he was always big-voiced, powerful early on. Exciting, no doubt. However, a very dry timbre, little color, no shading or tinting, none of that, just big singing. By 1960, he was less powerful, off-key every now and then, and a bit loud. By the early 60's very loud, flat quite a bit and by 1965, he just bellowed and hollered.
Possibly the greatest Aida ever recorded. IMO, Del Monaco's perfect diction constant column of breath, impetus phasing,interpretation and solid vocals, including B-flats towers over any other tenor in the third act of Aida. My dream would be to have Corelli sing the Celeste Aida and Del Monaco sing the rest of the opera. He was also better live.
A historic performance of Aida. Two absolute professionals who, in each other’s presence, raised the bar repeatedly and inspired the other to phenomenal heights.
Two huge, highly dramatic voices with personalities to match. Their high notes are absolutely imperious and they both hold them out forever...a thrilling performance that brilliantly fulfills all the demands of this great scene
Two greatest opera actors and two possibly greatest opera singers in their prime? This must have been insane in person, the electricity must have been super high at these performances. Who else can squeeze so much drama and passion out of music with such full powerful expressive voice. A masterpiece. Greatness personified.
What I love about this scene is how solid, beautiful and vocally healthy Callas’ pianissimos sound! And of course that duet became a competition of who has more volume and who is able to hold the high notes longer!
jmiller05 I worship this scene.. I first fell in love with this with the post 1960 Callas - Corelli studio recording and when I found out that there was this in Callas' Ultimate vocal prime with del Monaco!..
jmiller05 I worship this scene.. I first fell in love with this with the post 1960 Callas - Corelli studio recording and when I found out that there was this in Callas' Ultimate vocal prime with del Monaco!..
LohengrinTh The duets in Aida are everything, much more so than the individual arias (Celeste Aida and O Patria Mia are rather redundant to me). Although Ritorna Vincitor has one of the most beautiful cavatina sections ever wrote by Verdi.
Mario Del Monaco 1957 interview in English, Hartford 31January 1957. Del Monaco is asked at around 5.25. '' Is Callas a great singer"? There are 2 different things with Tebaldi & Callas. Tebaldi has a beautiful voice today, but Callas is something special, I never heard a singer like her before. I like very much Callas too." Is Callas inspirational to sing with? MDM, ''Yes, I sing very well with Callas. Tebaldi is a fine voice today, but not dramatic like Callas. Excuse me but I don't speak English very well.
@@LohengrinO Del Monaco played the violin, the piano, spoke German, sang in French and German, Spoke some English, was a Sculptor, a studio artist, and George Jellinek said MDM had a trick soprano voice. When the day comes when MDM could no longer sing as a tenor, perhaps he could sing as a soprano with a different timber of voice with an extension up to E-Flat. If this is retardation, I'm in.
Che voci stupende, che interpretazione! I più grandi artisti di tutti i tempi! Potervi sentire in teatro doveva essere una cosa straordinaria, ma io sono comunque felice e grata di potervi sentire qua in questo video...
Ах, как бы очутиться на этом спектакле в живую!!! Увидеть те гром и молнию страстей, несущихся со сцены!!! Боже, как тогда все пели!!! Браво Каллас, что зажгла всех так, что по сей день народ восхищается этой записью!
Una vez leí que en méxico, japón, y otros países no tan puristas en la ópera se les permitía a los cantantes exagerar, hacer agudos largos, improvisar más, interpolar... tambien dependia del teatro y el público aca podemos oir que en Mexico eran libres de mostrar sus dotes
Qui Del Monaco è un Radames molto eroico come spesso accadeva e la Callas è pregnante,come al solito...poi ingaggiano un duello di acuti al fulmicotone!!! Due artisti irraggiungibili!!! Grazie
@@radames5855 Ma dai!é famosa la frase di MDM sulla quantità di fiori che la claque della Callas le gettava sul palcoscenico...cerca l'intervista e ti farai due risatine...
Non appartengo all'ambiente lirico ma ultimamente mi appassiona ed anche i Vs.dibattiti e mi piace pensare che quella di del Monaco fosse rivalità e basta
@ 9.26 till the end both are two gigantic galaxies of monumental sized about to blast against one another, but neither of them could crush the other. Callas and Del Monaco are giant match that never will be repeated again. If I had the chance of being in that performance I would have jumped up on my seat and the screamed the hell out of me in awe!
Well Aida has never been my favourite opera and I always had second thoughts about Del Monaco but here Callas is more than sublime with a voice we later never heard at such degree of perfection .
you wont find better Aida than the early Callas ('50-'51)... what good is a beautiful voice when it cannot handle the almost destructive Dynamics of this role
Jean, Do your second thoughts about Del Monaco include perfect diction and as Lauri Volpi stated, "perhaps the best B-flats of any tenor" with endless breath
sugarbist Del Monaco was not consistently the most subtle tenor, and not as great an artist as Callas, but he knew what he was doing. Absolutely worth imitating, really.
@@tinibari456 No,subtlety was not a strong quality for Del Monaco, but no tenor before or after had the option to sing the way he did, including his expressions of rage and anger with endless breath impeccable diction and great B-Flats. He was a vocal phenomenon with a career lasting 35 years.
SacredTemplar8 Everyone did & in Mexico City the other singers asked Callas to blast her High E to drown Del Manoco. He was not happy with the outcome because the audience totally FREAK OUT IN VERY AUDIBLE APPLAUSE. Arnold Bourdon Amaral
Arnold Amaral LoL what are you talking about he’s gone on record multiple times saying that Callas was great and unique etc with no audible or visible shred of resentment or jealousy, and there many pictures, where they are together and they both are facing and smiling genuinely towards each other... Sure they had a bit of a healthy (for the most part at the very least) rivalry on stage but that’s it, zero hate on or off stage
Del Mónaco es un Vulcano de voz , timbre y emoción, pero escuchar al lado con Callas, con sus tres registros diferentes ,no es nada agradable, sería perfecto con Tebaldi.
Am I the only who finds Del Monaco a rather crude singer? I mean impressive, it's obviously a massive voice and he is technically able to do everything he needs to, but there's not much nuance in the musicianship. Aside from the peerless technique, Callas is colouring every word here, miraculous. Del Monaco sounds rather blunt next to her!
I agree with you, MDM ...... a great voice, that one can not not admire, ..... but poor singing technique and, sometimes, even coarse
I agree..... appears to sing every role the same with little finesse, powerful instrument for all that...
Yes, he was always big-voiced, powerful early on. Exciting, no doubt. However, a very dry timbre, little color, no shading or tinting, none of that, just big singing. By 1960, he was less powerful, off-key every now and then, and a bit loud. By the early 60's very loud, flat quite a bit and by 1965, he just bellowed and hollered.
Possibly the greatest Aida ever recorded. IMO, Del Monaco's perfect diction constant column of breath, impetus phasing,interpretation and solid vocals, including B-flats towers over any other tenor in the third act of Aida. My dream would be to have Corelli sing the Celeste Aida and Del Monaco sing the rest of the opera. He was also better live.
I don't agree, perfect diction and tremendous high notes , impetus diction and heroic interpretation.
...two monster voices in full throttle and they cut off precisely together!
Heroic dramatic singing at it's best. Two of the greatest singers in history
A historic performance of Aida. Two absolute professionals who, in each other’s presence, raised the bar repeatedly and inspired the other to phenomenal heights.
Two huge, highly dramatic voices with personalities to match. Their high notes are absolutely imperious and they both hold them out forever...a thrilling performance that brilliantly fulfills all the demands of this great scene
Two greatest opera actors and two possibly greatest opera singers in their prime? This must have been insane in person, the electricity must have been super high at these performances. Who else can squeeze so much drama and passion out of music with such full powerful expressive voice. A masterpiece. Greatness personified.
What I love about this scene is how solid, beautiful and vocally healthy Callas’ pianissimos sound! And of course that duet became a competition of who has more volume and who is able to hold the high notes longer!
Best soprano and best tenor ever.
And the best Mezzo was also in that play 😉
Masterpiece of a scene. The only tenor who could match Callas in volume and intensity.
jmiller05 I worship this scene.. I first fell in love with this with the post 1960 Callas - Corelli studio recording and when I found out that there was this in Callas' Ultimate vocal prime with del Monaco!..
jmiller05 I worship this scene.. I first fell in love with this with the post 1960 Callas - Corelli studio recording and when I found out that there was this in Callas' Ultimate vocal prime with del Monaco!..
LohengrinTh The duets in Aida are everything, much more so than the individual arias (Celeste Aida and O Patria Mia are rather redundant to me). Although Ritorna Vincitor has one of the most beautiful cavatina sections ever wrote by Verdi.
7:20 what a fantastic diminuendo.. you hear Aida's soul melting...
So heart-breaking. Callas brought so many different vocal colours to Aida that it transforms the entire role. I find most Aida's completely dead :)
That's from the Mexico City 1951 performance, is it not?
Jesus Christ, what titanic voices combining the utmost of artistry!
Thanks, dear friend.
Aetion Yes they were both in Gigantic form that night.. Indeed God-like singing
LohengrinTh Callas H- E In the truimpant scene that was heard around the world. Thank you Theo. Arnold Bourdon Amaral
С ума сойти, какие голоса,какой уровень!!! Браво!!!
It is beyond human! No one can sing like this nowadays and I doubt that anyone will ever.
Mario Del Monaco 1957 interview in English, Hartford 31January 1957. Del Monaco is asked at around 5.25. '' Is Callas a great singer"? There are 2 different things with Tebaldi & Callas. Tebaldi has a beautiful voice today, but Callas is something special, I never heard a singer like her before. I like very much Callas too." Is Callas inspirational to sing with? MDM, ''Yes, I sing very well with Callas. Tebaldi is a fine voice today, but not dramatic like Callas. Excuse me but I don't speak English very well.
@@LohengrinO Del Monaco played the violin, the piano, spoke German, sang in French and German, Spoke some English, was a Sculptor, a studio artist, and George Jellinek said MDM had a trick soprano voice. When the day comes when MDM could no longer sing as a tenor, perhaps he could sing as a soprano with a different timber of voice with an extension up to E-Flat. If this is retardation, I'm in.
Silenzio assoluto , Titani in atto!!! Magnifici !!!
Чудо-дуэт!👍👍💐💐💒👏👏💐🌷☘🇦🇲
oh my God. It's so exciting. Unbelievable that they sang opera like this.
truly unbelievable
Che meraviglia sentire queste interpretazioni. Poi cosa dire di Verdi. Spettacoloso
Che voci stupende, che interpretazione! I più grandi artisti di tutti i tempi! Potervi sentire in teatro doveva essere una cosa straordinaria, ma io sono comunque felice e grata di potervi sentire qua in questo video...
Thanks for sharing! I could die buried alive after hearing that!!!
ECCEZIONALE!!!!!! - GRANDI EROI DELLA LIRICA - MARIO SEMPRE FAVOLOSO IN TUTTI I RUOLI, IN PARTICOLARE QUELLI DRAMMATICI
DA BRIVIDO!!! SONO MAGNIFICI,GRAZIE!!!!!
Amazing. Thank you for this!
Most great Artistry!
Ах, как бы очутиться на этом спектакле в живую!!! Увидеть те гром и молнию страстей, несущихся со сцены!!! Боже, как тогда все пели!!! Браво Каллас, что зажгла всех так, что по сей день народ восхищается этой записью!
Due grandi artisti che danno tutto!
Una vez leí que en méxico, japón, y otros países no tan puristas en la ópera se les permitía a los cantantes exagerar, hacer agudos largos, improvisar más, interpolar... tambien dependia del teatro y el público aca podemos oir que en Mexico eran libres de mostrar sus dotes
Sí porque no tenían miedo de que los fueran a abuchear como en LaScala, es por eso que tenemos estas genialidades, lo bueno que fueron grabadas!
This is epic! Thank you very much for sharing.🤝👏
the prompter also deserves to be mentioned
SUBLIME DUETO.
Qui Del Monaco è un Radames molto eroico come spesso accadeva e la Callas è pregnante,come al solito...poi ingaggiano un duello di acuti al fulmicotone!!! Due artisti irraggiungibili!!! Grazie
Ma Radames è eroico
@@biolaloucosmeceuticibioeve4846 Radames ha anche molti passi lirici, non solo eroici. Del Monaco, come spesso , é sopra le righe. 30.10.2022--
Performance incredibile:una lotta tra due titani che si odiavano, si sa, e volevano primeggiare l'uno sull'altro...che risultato!!!
Non credo si odiassero
Forse si temevano,
Ma avevano rispetto l'un l'altro
@@radames5855 Ma dai!é famosa la frase di MDM sulla quantità di fiori che la claque della Callas le gettava sul palcoscenico...cerca l'intervista e ti farai due risatine...
E be ? Anche se ha raccontato la storia dei fiori significa odiare?
@@cristinamonaco3474 Capito tutto!
Non appartengo all'ambiente lirico ma ultimamente mi appassiona ed anche i Vs.dibattiti e mi piace pensare che quella di del Monaco fosse rivalità e basta
@ 9.26 till the end both are two gigantic galaxies of monumental sized about to blast against one another, but neither of them could crush the other. Callas and Del Monaco are giant match that never will be repeated again.
If I had the chance of being in that performance I would have jumped up on my seat and the screamed the hell out of me in awe!
Me he convencido que esto no se volverá a escuchar en este mundo…en otros no lo sé. Muchas, muchas gracias.
Oh my!!!!!...
Grande Mario!!
Due grandi !
Well Aida has never been my favourite opera and I always had second thoughts about Del Monaco but here Callas is more than sublime with a voice we later never heard at such degree of perfection .
you wont find better Aida than the early Callas ('50-'51)... what good is a beautiful voice when it cannot handle the almost destructive Dynamics of this role
How true and thanks .
Jean, Do your second thoughts about Del Monaco include perfect diction and as Lauri Volpi stated, "perhaps the best B-flats of any tenor" with endless breath
sugarbist Del Monaco was not consistently the most subtle tenor, and not as great an artist as Callas, but he knew what he was doing. Absolutely worth imitating, really.
@@tinibari456 No,subtlety was not a strong quality for Del Monaco, but no tenor before or after had the option to sing the way he did, including his expressions of rage and anger with endless breath impeccable diction and great B-Flats. He was a vocal phenomenon with a career lasting 35 years.
Mario Del Monaco est sublime !!!
Thank you ❤️
" ..you can h e a r the w h i t e in their eyes "
Два титана! Это восхитительно.
💖💖💐💐
ÙNICA !!!!!!!!!
Genios
Aida renasce con Maria Callas!
Callas is the ONE and Only Aida of the 20th century
"Vieni meco"irripetibile
I also love the Price/Vickers/Solti recording.
Price bardzo dobra ale Vicers bardzo przęciętny
GRAZIE
Szivesen…
8:46-nál borult ki szegény Callas, de tény hogy Del Monaco ritka erőszakos volt végig
I just wish the prompter would be less obvious.
Non fu qui che MDM si stizzì non poco per un sovracuto della Callas... duello fra "primedonne". :-)
Bravissimi, ma perché mettere foto di Norma se il duetto è di Aida.
Maria looks like she's thinking: Finally a man I can't shove around!
I just love how she puts him in his place with her singing.
you know he hated her guts dont you? :D
Lohengrin O Yeah, Wonder why. 😅
Lohengrin O Who says Del Monaco hated Callas
SacredTemplar8 Everyone did & in Mexico City the other singers asked Callas to blast her High E to drown Del Manoco. He was not happy with the outcome because the audience totally FREAK OUT IN VERY AUDIBLE APPLAUSE. Arnold Bourdon Amaral
Arnold Amaral LoL what are you talking about he’s gone on record multiple times saying that Callas was great and unique etc with no audible or visible shred of resentment or jealousy, and there many pictures, where they are together and they both are facing and smiling genuinely towards each other...
Sure they had a bit of a healthy (for the most part at the very least) rivalry on stage but that’s it, zero hate on or off stage
who the HELL is talking in the background?? How freakin' distracting!
+kerryincolumbus ask your Mind Computer to remove them from the scene.. it can be done.. never heard them! :D
he is the prompter
Lol!.....you always hear them in some early live recordings, after a while I ceased to hear them....got so used to them 😉
kerryincolumbus Rumor had it that the Opera House was haunted by the Ghost of Peralta👻💀😭 whenever Aida was performed. Arnold Bourdon Amaral
Agree
Del Mónaco es un Vulcano de voz , timbre y emoción, pero escuchar al lado con Callas, con sus tres registros diferentes ,no es nada agradable, sería perfecto con Tebaldi.