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The Greatest Operatic Bass of All Time - Cesare Siepi
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- Опубліковано 22 вер 2023
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DISCLAIMER: I do not own the music in any of these clips.
Please listen to this amazing, thunderous bass voice of his. Siepi is my favorite Don Giovanni and Figaro (not The Barber of Seville, but the Marriage of Figaro). He could sing both lyrical and dramatic phrases perfectly.
From Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.o...
"Siepi debuted abroad in 1947, at the Liceu in Barcelona in Donizetti's Anna Bolena, but his international reputation was established in 1950, when Sir Rudolf Bing brought him to the Metropolitan Opera in New York to open the 1950 season as King Philip II in Don Carlos. He was to remain principal bass at the Met until 1974, adding roles such as Boris Godunov (in English) and Gurnemanz in Parsifal (in German), and singing all the major roles of the bass repertoire.
His debut at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, was in 1950, and he appeared there regularly until the mid-1970s.
In 1953, Siepi debuted at the Salzburg Festival with a legendary production of Don Giovanni conducted by Wilhelm Furtwängler, staged by Herbert Graf, and designed by Clemens Holzmeister. He made an immediate impact in the title role of the opera, which became perhaps his best known role, as it had been for the most famous Italian bass of the generation before, Ezio Pinza. This performance has been released on CD, and a 1954 mounting of this production was filmed in color and released in 1955.
Siepi was a frequent guest at the Vienna State Opera. In 43 performances he sang Don Giovanni, more often than any other singer in modern times except for Eberhard Wächter. In 1967 Siepi was Don Giovanni in a controversially received production staged by Otto Schenk and designed by Luciano Damiani that showed Mozart's masterpiece in the light of the commedia dell'arte, emphasizing the comic and ironic elements of this opera (conductor Josef Krips strongly opposed this production's concept). In Vienna he also sang Basilio (Il barbiere di Siviglia), Colline (La bohème), Fiesco (Simon Boccanegra), Figaro (Le nozze di Figaro), Padre Guardiano (La forza del destino 1974 in a new production conducted by Riccardo Muti), Gurnemanz (Parsifal), Méphistophélès (Faust), Filippo II (Don Carlos), and Ramphis (Aida). His final performance at Vienna was in Norma (Oroveso) at the Austria Center Vienna in 1994.
He was a particularly fine recital artist, especially in Community Concerts under Columbia Artist Management, and a sensitive interpreter of German Lieder. He married Met ballerina Louellen Sibley and they had two children.
Siepi enjoyed a long career, and performed regularly until the 1980s, including lead roles in the ill-fated Broadway musicals Bravo Giovanni and Carmelina. In addition to his studio recordings, there are also many live recordings of performances of his major roles.
Siepi's formal farewell to the operatic stage occurred at the Teatro Carani in Sassuolo on 21 April 1989. Indeed, Capon's List shows live recordings made as late as 1988.
Siepi's last studio recording was as the old King Archibaldo in RCA's 1976 taping of Italo Montemezzi's L'amore dei tre re, with Anna Moffo and Plácido Domingo in the cast.
Siepi died at Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia on 5 July 2010 after suffering a stroke more than a week earlier."
This is the link to the video with his speaking voice from the UA-cam channel "Daepi" : • Rarity audio interview...
This is the link to Siepi singing "Love is a Many Splendored Thing" which comes from the Ed Sullivan Show: • Cesare Siepi "Love Is ...
This is the link to Siepi singing "Fin Ch'han Dal Vino" which comes from the opera company Deutsche Grammophon - DG: • Cesare Siepi - Mozart:...
This is the link to Siepi singing "You'll Never Walk Alone" which is also from the Ed Sullivan Show: • Cesare Siepi "You'll N...
This is the link to Siepi singing "Non più andrai" and the recording is owned by Decca Music Group Limited ℗ 1955: • Mozart: Le nozze di Fi...
This is the link to Siepi singing his low C from the UA-cam channel "4everSiepi" : • Cesare Siepi - INSANE ...
Eine Potpourri aus dem reichhaltigen Repertoire des Sängers, der zu den Größten seines Faches gezählt werden muss und in einigen Partien unübertroffen ist, wie insbesondere als Don Giovanni. Stimmliche Opulenz und Schönheit der Resonanz gehören zu den besonderen Merkmalen dieses ganz außergewöhnlichen Künstlers, der nicht zuletzt auch in seinem Talent zum Darstellerischen in allen Belangen überzeugt. Wahre Gesangskunst zum Schwärmen.
Never a singer so well in text pronunciation, you can hear every word, beautiful sound as well!
familypondman
Due to open holes in the head.
Upper resonances.
What a huge voice.
pammonaghan6038
2 1/2 octaves from C up to g1.
@@achmedmohamed4708 What is g1 anyways and what is C?
@@bradycall1889C2 to G4 the western style ;)
I really love his Don Giovanni.
Siepi speaks the Lombardian dialect which is close to the French language with R spoken in the back of the mouth.
I'm no expert on accents or languages so I guess I'll take your word for it lol
Some fine examples here but as much as I love Siepi‘s instrument naming him #1 amidst the variety of great bass voices does him a disservice. No one in any vocal category, except perhaps Lauritz Melchior, can have this heavy load put on their reputation. What Siepi had as a singer was an ideal instrument for Verdi bass roles (although his interpretations were not always riveting) & 2 Mozart roles that during his prime represented perhaps his most interesting characterizations: FIGARO & DON GIOVANNI. He remained the most notable singer in these roles for more than 20 years, IMO. Siepi also scored highly as a crossover artist, as heard above, although my favorite example from this repertoire for him remains ONE ALONE from the DESERT SONG. The last thing I will mention here is the amazingly skillful technique that allowed Siepi to sing beautifully into his mid to late 60s. I heard & saw him in Seattle in 1984 in LA SONNAMBULA when he was already within this decade. How old he really was then exactly is hard to say since his birth dates run from 1919 to 1923. YOU TUBE also has a video of him singing OROVESO in NORMA from 1994 which is probably the latest example of his singing. The audio quality though is below par but one gets some idea of his instrument then & it still sounds in pretty good shape from what one can hear anyway. What I will say is that the 2 greatest basso cantante voices, IMO, from about 1930 on belong to Pinza (who has the slight edge) & Siepi. Both also had great low extensions to their instruments: Pinza to low D & Siepi one tone even deeper. So much for the modern basso cantante category & these two were the masters during their time, I feel.
I wonder, if he's not the greatest operatic bass of all time, then who is? I mean, you're entitled to your own opinions, but I still ask anyways so I can understand your viewpoint a tad better.
@@bradycall1889 I think it's a question about putting any single figure as "the best"
@@AnP865 Oh okay. Yeah that's fair. I guess sometimes I wonder if I should give anyone a "greatest operatic bass" title to anyone in particular. Because there are also other operatic basses that are at his level pretty much. I think that maybe I should change the title.
5:28 Huge F4! but he also had a G4
Technically speaking, this video is not meant to showcase his vocal range, but more of his vocal timbre. And yes, I knew he had a very good F#4 and wouldn't surprise me if he had a decent G4.
The problem with proclaiming anyone as the greatest of all time, - excluding those individuals whose statistical & objectively measured achievements are the sole measure - is that subjective feeling or taste cannot be used to influence or persuade others.
We see beauty through our subjective experiences & perceptions.
We hear beauty through different emotional & visceral maps too.
Proclaiming one stands above all others, feels like an insulting dismissal of our own personal favourite.
This nearly always provokes a triggered response, where the subject singer's virtues at hand go unheard for what they are, & summarily dismissed because the listener feels antagonised.
Extoll a singers virtues. Fine. Proclaim them wonderful, & a personal favourite. No problem.
But allow us to identify for ourselves who our own ears tell us is most persuasive.
Then we can join you, without passion, or partisanship, in enjoying your personal favourite for their own particular gifts.
I kind of get where you're coming from. Sometimes I wonder if I should've even given him the title of "Greatest Operatic Bass" because there are also other very good ones.
We have had tenors and basses. Let not do Sopranos. It could lead to war!
I have already done Kiri Te Kanawa and Nadine Sierra lol.
You are probably too young to remember Boris Christoff and his natural successor Nicolai Ghiaurov.
Nicolai Giaurov is a beast
If you haven't heard Oscar Natzke's voice, you have missed a great Bass!
@@andyeaston8391 I'll go check him out!
@@andyeaston8391 So far it seems he's so underrated! I wonder why he ain't celebrated much!
Not a lot of opera here :-) Boris Christoff and Alexander Pirogov would be contesting the title :-) Quite a few others as well
I disagree but at the end of the day, you're entitled to your own opinions.
Absolutely!! There have many great basses including Hines, Ghiaurov, Tozzi, Giaiotti, Pinza, Treigle, Ramey, etc. But nobody really had the combination of size, range, tonal beauty, and a voice like black velvet as did Siepi. Not to mention he looked like a movie star and was a very good actor. He will never be exceeded in roles like Don Giovanni, Figaro, Mephistopheles, King Phillip, etc. etc. I had the good fortune of hearing him once in person sing Don Giovanni in San Francisco with Carol Vaness. Most beautiful bass voice I have ever heard! And I am a former operatic bass myself, so I have heard them all!!! Thank you for this post!!!
To each their own my friend but it's clear Siepi is as iconic as it gets as an all-rounder