Mirella Freni & Cesare Siepi - Live in Concert
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- Mirella Freni & Cesare Siepi - Live in Concert
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I was a crazy opera fan at the Old Metropolitan House from 1959 and still am. I saw all the great post-war singers. He was stupendous, great voice and incredible stage presence. I was so lucky to see all his role. What a time it was. It gradually fizzed at in the mid-seventies. There were marvelous singers then, but the Post-war greats were gone. Siepi was one of the giants. Freni was one of the newer crop and she was magnificent.
Eddie Lew
You happy one !!!
I am jealous !!!
Il Mozart del grande Siepi è impareggiabile. Il migliore di sempre. Troppa classe.
Eleganza, morbidezza, omogeneità, intonazione, dizione, fraseggio, espressione, intensità, ma dove stanno più questi bassi. Grandissimo artista il nostro Siepi.
This is a fantastic concert from 1985. It is a testament to Siepi's incredible technique for an almost 40 year career.
Siepi was not just a great singer, but also a very very kind man.
Shahrdad 😂😂😂😂😂 you say that?
@@rodrigoorrego7866 His son was one of my good friends in college. I spent a few days with Mr. Siepi and his family, and they couldn't have been any kinder or more generous. A year or two later, I got a phone call and it was him, asking if I wanted to come and see him sing in San Francisco, which I did. His voice was absolutely huge, and when he went for the low notes, you thought the ceiling was going to cave in.
@@Shahrdad I had got the impression of a very decent man so it's nice to have direct confirmation. I envy that you heard him live too. It's nice to hear confirmation of his power too. That much seems pretty clear from recordings but I did once hear a great tenor live and his voice barely carried the middle of the hall. Thank you.
I've heard great opera singers live, and all of them have unbelievable, almost unimaginable voices. This great tenor either had a bad night or maybe wasn't so great. Do you mind saying who it was? For instance Pavarotti didn't have a dramatic voice, but they say his voice carried very well. Same for Gigli.
And he was an anti-fascist as well
I do admire the amazing voice of Siepi, the greatest bass of the Italian Opera history.
Two superb singers.
I believe they are now being invited to sing at the birthday parties of the Blessed Virgin, in Heaven.
Complimenti anche al direttore per i tempi di esecuzione e la maestria nell'accompagnamento.
Due artisti immensi! La Freni, al suo apice. Siepi, inesauribile bellezza vocale e signorilità inarrivabile.
Bravissimi entrambi.
Siepi jumped over walls in Don Giovanni. I saw it as a freshman standee in the New Met’s first season. My heart still races at the memory.
Immenso!!!!!
La tristezza sta nella consapevolezza che così non canta più nessuno oggi. Due dei dell'Olimpo della lirica. Concerto meraviglioso
Che Don Carlos, una classe infinita!!
L'eleganza vocale e la classe di uomo di Siepi sono da manuale. Chapeau!
A THOUSAND THANKS ARE NOT ENOUGH
I have the video cassette of this & I think it’s from the mid ´80s when Siepi was I believe in his mid sixties. He kept singing until around 1988 I think & still sounds terrific here. Most claim that he was born in 1923 but once I saw 1920 as his birthdate. He had early experience as a madrigal singer in his teens & made his opera debut (either at 18 or 21) as Sparafucile I think. In any case he had been singing opera for about 45 years at the time of this recital. Few bass voices were or are in comparable shape at this time in their career with Mark Reizen being one exception: singing GREMIN at the BOLSHOI on his 90th birthday. You tube may still have a video of this!
Peter Graham
Siepi was born 1921.
I know it from a banker from Macerata where he sang Don Carlo.
He saw his passport when he sent the money into the Swiss.
Since 1974 I traveled after Siepi wherever he sang in Europe and I had time to follow him in his European career, after the end at the Met.
czcams.com/video/oHKqK6ctSdY/video.html
@@achmedmohamed4708
Thanks for that bit of info about Siepi‘s birthdate. Hardly matters anyway whether he was 66, 65, or 63. He is still in fabulous shape in the concert with Freni. In 1984 Siepi was singing in LA SONNAMBULA in Seattle & I drove downtown just to hear him sing VI RAVISSO. Before then his chief competition in this music, IMO, had been Ezio Flagello but by 1984 the latter, although some 10 years younger than Siepi, was a bit past his best years. I am only talking about the period after the mid 1950‘s in making this comparison.
TANTISIMA BELLEZA !!!!!!! GRACIAS A DIOS POR DARNOS TANTA GRACIA
The best bass voice
Este tipo me hace llorar, creo que es la voz masculina mas hermosa que ha existido...Cesare Siepi Bravo
Excellent and Beautiful. Legends.
Wow - incredible starting out with that fiendish Boito aria - Miss Freni was all class.
0:59 Nicolai - The Merry Wives of Windsor - overture;
11:05 Gounod - Philemon et Baucis - Berceuse of Jupiter;
14:55 Boito - Mefistofele - Aria of Margherita;
22:07 Verdi - Simon Boccanegra - Aria of Fiesco;
27:17 Puccini - Tosca - Aria of Tosca;
31:23 Puccini - Gianni Schicchi - Aria of Lauretta;
34:31 Verdi - Don Carlo - Philip's soliloquy;
44:28 Verdi - Don Carlo - Aria of Elisabetta;
56:24 Mozart - Don Giovanni - Overture;
1:03:34 Mozart - Don Giovanni - Aria of Leporello;
1:09:43 Mozart - Don Giovanni - Duet of Don Giovanni and Zerlina.
Thank you !
*THANKS A LOT, MOLTO BENE!!!*
🖖👽👍🛸🛸🛸
What a delightful video, thank you ❤️ RIP Mirella 🎚🥀💐
Dueartisti passati alla storia del canto,riascoltarli e sepre un pia ere,grazie di cuore.
Superbe Cesare Siepi !!!
La classe non smentisce!
At 26:51 NICOLAI GHIAUROV is to be seen.
He is the man with the glasses left from the middle.
Another man, also with glasses left from him, talks to Ghiaurov.
Nicolai Ghiaurov "rented" his wife Mirella Freni to Cesare Siepi for this concert.
Love these two!!!!!!!
Siepi- Simply the greatest ever!
Que d'émotion à entendre ces deux immenses artistes, ces monstres sacrés dont il serait vain de chercher l'équivalent maintenant, et quelle classe !
this is the greatest bass of our times or any times.
BassoProfundo20 Wow. You surprise me. And I like Kurt Moll v. much.
mlcollins10 Basso-baritono, a spinto. The best of his & perhaps of all time.
a1b2c3d4e5 f6g7h8i9j0 I beg to heartily disagree w you. I saw him Live at the Met as well as know him from his many recordings. I would list as basses: Ezio Pinza, Fernando Corena, Samuel Ramey, Kurt Moll, & René Pape. As basso profondo: Nicolai Ghiaruov, Franz Crass, Marti Talvela, Ivan Rebroff, Boris Christoff, Chaliapi, Gottlob Frick & ofc a few others, very few.
He ' very good Artist...! C.Siepi 'voice remember me N.Gyaurov 's voice,too.... In Bolchoy Theatre ,in 60-th was great Bass Marc Reysen...spetially in "Spade Dame" by P.I.Tchaykovsky... It was very good idia to make the Concerto with Mirella...
@@mckavitt
There leads no road from Siepi to Kurt Moll.
Brava ! Bravo !! Bravi !!!
due grandi.....grazie di tutto
In 1985 Cesare Siepi is 62, Mirella Freni is 50 years old.
Fatima Dewrischewa
Siepi is 64 here.
He ist 2 years older.
I know it from a banker in Macerata, who saw his passport when he sent money to his conto for his singing of Don Carlo.
@@achmedmohamed4708 Quindi lui veramente è nato al 1921 e non 1923??
Siepi singing so well at this age! As handsome as he still is here, I hardly recognise him by his looks. But by his voice ah! There is no disguising that! As for the ever-adorable Madama Freni. Well, she is as shy & warm as ever, her voice still expressive of both the music & her inimitable personality. And she begins w perhaps the most difficult aria. And no tongue wagging, the voice & diaphragm as steady as ever. Bravi, tutti due.
Mirella bella e buona, senza divismi né chiacchere, immensa artista che ha vissuto l' arte come impegno indomito
Siepi un maestro assoluto
Che schifo la pubblicità
In meiner Studien Zeiten ,...als ich sie als Susana erlebt hatte,..war ich begeistert,..Heute als Tosca ,..na was,..? ,..Wenn eine Subrette eine dramatische Partie singen will,..so hört ist es an,..Der Siepi hat eine ganz andere Gesangskultur Technik als sie,..Bei seinem Gesang fühle ich mich wohl und entspannt,..
PORQUÉ SE INTERRUMPE EL VIDEO DE LA ACTUACIÓN CON PUBLICIDAD😩, no es posible poner la publicidad en otra parte? Uno está atendiendo lo que ve y escucha, y es adaptado por la publicidad 😬😡
That Elisabetta aria is pure dynamite. 👏👏👏
Bravo super
Splendide
Maravillosas voces ... ♥ ♥
Recién escucho un homenaje a MirellaFreni Freni quien murió hace pocos días a la edad de 70 años espero otros homenajes mas
Mario a la edad e 84 anos, canto hasta los 70
Es verdad murió después de 80 años…
Cesare Siepi a seulement 62 ans, ici. Il a l'air plus âgé mais le timbre de sa voix, après plus de quarante années de carrière, reste somptueux, en dépit d'un vibrato qui commence à s'élargir.
Bruno Picaude
Siepi is 64 years here.
I know it from a banker of Macerata who saw his passport.
@@achmedmohamed4708 So this concert is from 1987 ?
Bom.dia abençoado neste dia chamado hoje ?
Impecable Siepi a pesar de los años. Encantadora Freni, como siempre, pero eligió un repertorio para el que no le daba la voz ni entonces ni después.
AMORE INFINITO!!!!
ist halt weltklasse-alte schule
I will never buy a product that interrupts an aria with its advertising.
Lugano, 1985
Мягко, нежно, очень вокально, сдержанно. Мастер. К сожалению, не указан год записи.
deux tres grandes voix toujours tres belles
Там выше написали, 1985-й
1985
Mr. Siepi would have been pushing 70 here, and Freni isn't a young singer either. And yet, you never see a shaking tongue, a wobbling throat, or the jaw moving as if they were chewing, something you see today in young singers even at the start of their careers.
This concert was in 1985, Siepi was 62 and Freni 50 :-)
@@raphaelpisano5462 Wikipedia says that his year of birth is debated. If he was born in 1919 (as some claim) he would have been 66.
The sad case is that opera is a dead art, sure there’s a handful of very good singers around but the “golden age” is very much behind us now. Many so-called “stars” today would not have moved beyond the chorus in the 40’s, to the 70’s.
@@TheVaughan5 Right you are. We would dream to hear young artists singing like the old ones ! There are no equivalent to these opera golden age singers.
Is there anyone who knows what was Cesare Siepi doing to create those amazing and beautiful sounds ?
Or are there some advices that Cesare Siepi left for us ? I am asking since I tried to find anything regarding his vocal technique but I didn t find a thing.
Technique matters, but his great voice is a gift from above.
He is using perfect bel canto technique. Always the perfect coordination of chest and falsetto on every note, the perfect pharyngeal resonance space for every vowel, sul fiato, from an extremely open throat. He's using his voice in the acoustically most efficient way.
Yes, Cesare didn`t leave us much to read about him but left us his example of a Great, Great Singer and Human Being!
He sings correctly
Giovanni Idono
It is his "open" head his upper resonances in nose and head-holes.
Hear his half-vocals m, n, l and w.
I would have loved to hear Mr. Cesare Siepi sing "Some Enchanted Evening" like Ezio Pinza did.
It would be nice if you could put the information about the performance in the description of the video.
1985
thankyou so much
26:52 Il Sommo Ghiaurov applaude il Grandissimo Cesare Siepi !!!
(Accanto Ghiaurov potrebbe essere Franco Corelli, viso occhiali ok, ma capelli hmmm non sono sicuro!!!)
Dove?
@@manolis.799 26:52
In centro sinistra, due signori di una certa etá
No non è corelli, non so chi sia purtroppo
Freni was married to another great bass, Ghuiarov.
Ghiaurov at 26:52 in pubblic!!
Why did Siepi stop singing at the Met?
The imbecile Schuyler Chapin - who took over the General Manager position in 1973 and was the most incompetent person who ever held that job - refused to rehire him.
@@NYCOPERAFAN Thanks. He also managed to drive Tebaldi out. And people who were at that last ‘Otello’ tell me it was by no means disastrous.
@@ransomcoates546 I HAVE TEBALDIS LAST DESDEMONA ON REEL TO REEL TAPE....1973 AT THE MET WITH MCCRACKEN ........THE VOICE SOUNDS SWEET ...SMOOTH...SUMPTUOUS EVERY BIT RECOGNISABLE AS HER..SEEMINGLY INTACT.
ONLY TWO BREIF POINTS SHE SINGS SLIGHTLY FLAT ON THE LONG HELD PIANISSIMO IN THE DUET...AND THE FINAL NOTE OF THE AVE MARIA...IS SLIGHTLY UNDER........BUT THE REST....STUNNING......MCCRACKEN HERE IS TOTALLY OUTSUNG BY HER....HER HIGHNOTES ARE OVERWHELMING ......HER LEGATO NEVER SAGS...THE LINE SEEMS TO GO ON FOREVER......SHE USES GREAT DINAMICS THROUGHOUT...HER PIANO SINGING IS STILL HEAVENLY TO HEAR...AND HER VOICE DOMINATES AT ALL TIMES.....ESPECCIALLY ABOVE CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA..IN THE BIG CONCERTATO BEFORE THE LAST ACT.!
What year is this? Siepi is unrecognizable, and yet Freni looks every bit herself.
eoselan7 I had exactly the same experience. Except for the voice, Siepi is unrecognisable, yet still handsome. Freni is still Freni. Both great artists, imo.
1985.
www.prestoclassical.co.uk/classical/products/7983800--mirella-freni-cesare-siepi-in-concert-1985
Ciepi is roughly 62 as he was born 1923, Freni is roughly 51, she was born in 1934.
@@clefnoteproductions6695 Freni (and Pavarotti) born 1935 both in Modena.
@@clefnoteproductions6695
Siepi was born 1921.
I know it from a banker in Macerata who saw his passport.
Ah.....................da svenimento
Who is the conductor???
Orchestra della Radiotelevisione della Svizzera Italiana, Brune Amaducci
Nora canceller
all this reverb was added and it just muddies the voices. Post the original broadcast!!!!!!!!
I was just listening to some clips of Ghiaurov, and in my opinion Siepi was a better singer. His legato and his vowels are superior to Ghiaurov. Of course, Ghiaurov had a stupendous voice, no question
All the Siepi fans commented about how fantastic he sounds here. Although I would place a number of singers above Siepi on the list of all-time basso greats, I too am a big fan of his. However, to my ears his voice here at age 62 is greatly diminished in the ring of its top notes and in its size and power throughout its range. One need only listen to this live recording from a 27-yr-old Siepi (czcams.com/video/4DNkWcS_QM4/video.html) or this one at age 47 (czcams.com/video/ecn6VzaI-UQ/video.html) to hear the difference.
Leo Smart
Siepi was born 1921 not 1923.
I know this from a banker of Macerata.
@@achmedmohamed4708 On Wikipedia it says: "Born in Milan (his year of birth is debated between 1919 and 1923, though 1923 is given as official)." Even if we are to assume that this banker more reliably knew his true birth year, 2 years should not make much of a difference in terms of voice.
Un seul duo...Quel dommage! La classe de Siepi...Freni s'aventure dans un répertoire qui convient assez mal à sa voix de lirico mais la musicienne est impeccable. Les publicités au milieu du si b de Tosca, notamment, sont irritantes.
Oggi abbiamo perso Mirella Freni... Rimarrà con noi tramite la sua arte! R.I.P