There are still greats teaching and singing. We still have people like Salvatore Fisichella and Saoia Hernández who can pass on the great tradition. Jack Livigni is a pupil of Fisichella and is currently doing work to pass on the knowledge of the golden age of singing.
I am so sorry to hear of his passing. His voice was glorious. But more than that he was a great human being. He seems so greatful for the applause, but no one was more worthy. Rest in peace Maestro.
Io ho avuto la fortuna di essere corista all'Arena di Verona negli anni 80. Mai sentita una voce drammatica cosi potente e generosa , con acuti impressionanti per una voce cosi grande e ricca di armonici. Grazie al cielo di averlo potuto ascoltare. Altri artisti hanno scimiottato il nessun dorma ma come lui più nesuno con quella intensità. Grazie Bepi. Conservo il tuo autografo come gemma preziosa. Maffei l.
Grazie Bepi. Ho cominciato assieme ad altri amici ad accompagnarti nei teatri veneti per le prime esibizioni concorso ( vedi Lonigo,Como ecc,ecc ) . Mi reputo fortunato. Lele Sturaro.
Egr. Lele, felice di essere in buona compagnia a testimoniare il giusto tributo artistico a questo personaggio che oltre ad essere la voce drammatica immensa più importante mai sentita, era anche persona altamente nobile per la sua umiltà, entrava in scena quasi chiedendo scusa per essere li a far tremare i timpani e i cuori. Voglio raccontare il mio primo incontro con il BEPI;.. Eravamo negli anni 80/82, quando venne da noi a Piacenza, con tutto il cast di Manon lescaut in scena a Brescia per alcune recite. Iniziò il concerto con il basso, poi mezzo soprano, baritono, di seguito il soprano lesuberante e brava GIANNA GALLI che fece crescere l'entusiasmo nel pubblico, venne il turno del BEPI, esordi con "Recondita armonia", gia alle prime note non credevamo cosa stesse succedendo, una immensità di voce invadeva la sala, suoni armonici mai sentiti prima, la brunitura, il velluto, lo squillo negli alti da far tramortire, insomma alla fine della romanza scattammo tutti in piedi, senbravamo impazziti dall'entusiasmo. Sembrava di essere trasportati su di un'astronave fuori dal mondo. Non sto qui a raccontare poi cosa divenne il teatro alla fine del concerto, senza nulla togliere agli altri bravi artisti, quella fu la serata con il marchio del grande GIACOMINI. IL destino volle che le nostre strade si incontrassero in Arena di Verona dove ebbi la fortuna di essere in scena con lui per diversi anni a testimoniare i suoi trionfi serate memorabili, a GIACOMINI si alternavano altri pezzi da novanta, CECCHELE... MARTINUCCI... BONISOLLI... ecc..ecc...Bei ricordi indelebili che non avranno più riscontro. Per la sua semplicità, umiltà il BEPI non ha avuto la notorietà e i meriti artistici che si meritava, chi ha avuto la fortuna di ascoltarlo dal vivo, non può che confermare la mia testimonianza. Cordialità da un vecchio corista
Verdaderamente impresionante. No tiene su bello timbre de voz pero en esta aria, son dos Pavarotti y un Corelli. Y el que no se lo crea que escuche esta versión memorable,
Una delle migliori interpretazioni di nessun dorma, vocalità poderosa,regge la drammaticità del brano in maniera eccellente,molta empatia in chi lo ascolta
This is proper technique combined with artistic passion. Old School Italian (and Swedish/Italian) tonality, resonance and lack of laryngal stress leads a bravissimo performance! Perfection!
Could you explain me please what is the old school? I am beginner singer in church and want to know something about great technique of tenors.Thanks a lot.
Giacomini is one of the most underrated tenors, at least here in America. His voice is the Rolls-Royce of the dramatic tenors, and my favorite. Such an intelligent, kind, and gracious man.
I completely agree with you! He was a contemporary of Pavarotti and, in my opinion, had the better voice. Of course, both are amazing tenors, so maybe I should rephrase and say that I preferred Giacomini's voice for many arias instead of saying that he had the better voice period🤣Anyways, his voice was just so...luscious. So rich and so deeply textured, but also incredibly bright! When he starts to sing, it's like a light from heaven shines into the concert hall, filled with purity and happiness!
@@Tennisisreallyfun Yes, I can tell what you mean! He holds his larynx low even in the high notes and directs the air to hit a full bodied nasal resonance- I can only imagine how it filled the room in a live concert hall with such a bright and wonderful tone!
What an absolutely marvellous version. Absolutely perfect. The rubbish we have had to listen to on ClassicFM and the ghastly tenors they play. I only found this tenor by chance about a month ago. Thank you so much for posting.
Какие овации! Абсолютно заслуженные! Чистейший голос! Великолепное, мощное исполнение! И уважение к зрителю! Эталон оперного певца в самом широком понимании этого слова! Вечная память...
It takes many years to build the laryngeal muscles up to this level of tonicity, to provide this sustained towering level of output & squillo. Because the voice is held at its full dynamic potential, - a dramatic voice can be variable when it isn't feeling 100%. Which is why Giuseppe feels so grateful that it all came together. A lyric voice like Pavarotti can be more uniform & consistent in performance, as much less is asked of it, dynamically. But a huge rich power packed dramatic voice, even standing two & a half feet to the side of the mic, has the kind of tonal punch that no amount of athleticism can equal in the smaller voice types. Bravo maestro.
I had never heard of Giacomini until last week when I stumbled on him in a UA-cam video. Not anyone I would have picked out of a crowd as being an opera singer, but what a glorious voice! Other tenors work hard to reach that high note, but Giacomini sails right up without seeming to labor. I must track down more recordings of him.
Il y en a beaucoup sur you tube, quand je pense qu'on a fait de Pavarotti par la force du marketing a outrance et quand j'écoute cet immense ténor je suis dégouté et désolé. Seul le Dieu Franco Corelli était au dessus du soleil 🌞🌞
Con él se acabaronu los grandes tenores dramáticos. Su voz es tan grande casi como su humildad como persona. Lo conocí y me impresionó como un tenor tan grande pudiera ser tan sencillo... Entraba en el teatro casi pidiendo perdón. Magnífico tenor y magnífica persona.
A truly brilliant artist. I was fortunate to meet him and hear him sing this many times over a period of weeks at the Kennedy Center in the early 90s in a production with Eva Marton. Because my late husband sang Timor, I could to sneak into the theater through the artists' entrance to hear him sing this at every performance. The supreme dramatic tenor technique and a very generous and kind colleague.
This is the downside of singing well into your later years. People forget just how incredible the prime years were. Yes, Giacomini was still a power house all the way into this century, but in the late 80s and 90s, no one was better. What a joy.
This is the best singing from Giacomini from him that I have ever heard. The sound often fell back into his throat and was more baritonal than I prefer - but in this instance, the balance of warmth and brilliance seems perfect. Wow.
Giacomini really is a magnificent colossus, but I think you need to listen to more tenors, there are many wonderful tenors today. And yes, age is a problem, especially for tenors.
Age is no problem when you have good technique, Volpi, Loforese are examples. This tenor Giacomini was taught by Marcello DelMonaco who's brother is Mario Del Monaco.
To be fair he was not like any of the other tenors of his day either. There as only ever been one Giacomini . He is completely unique. He did of course age though. This was his prime .
I'm not going to defend today's singers, probably more so for their lack of singing ability than for their lack of voices. However, it is also worth noting that Giacomini was not for everyone's taste. His voice was not sweet and beautiful like a Pavarotti, Bjorling, Corelli, or Wunderlich. He also lacked a smooth lyrical singing style and was not a great or particularly interesting interpreter. Big power and ringing high notes are not the only things that make singers great.
I have yet to hear a greater Nessun Dorma than this. Twice! Even Corelli, Del Monaco and all the other top-rank ‘dramatic’ tenors of the day could not shine his shoes. His was an effortless, huge well-produced instrument, along with excellent musical instincts. Moreover, my friend sang along with him and told me he was a humble, classy, great colleague and highly intelligent who never got credit for all his personal and stage qualities. RIP Maestro Giacomini. I suggest anyone to listen to his interviews on You Tube. Even in his native Italian, his soft spoken voice betrayed his singing one, and I would never have imagined his immense stage sound hearing him speak. Same with Corelli and Del Monaco, whom also had soft speech in conversation.
Это исполнение ведёт к горизонту и перешагивает через него в БЕССМЕРТИЕ! - Энрико Карузо, Марио Ланца, Лучано Паваротти....примут Джузеппе Джакомини в свои ряды, как одного из гениев вокала! Так должно быть! -- А живущим на этой бренной Земле остаётся наследство - не имеющей цены....
Величайшее исполнение! Нет слов, чтобы описать восторги от услышанного! Кто эти 9 безумцев, которые поставили дизлайк! Джузеппе -Вы вершина вокального оперного исполнения! Bravo! Bravissimo Maestro!❤❤❤
@@xxirapax8830 sì che ci sono stati anche altri. (Sono stato allievo di Corelli , per me il numero uno) Voglio dire però che in queste famose 10-12 arie per tenore drammatico Giacomini ha inciso o cantato dal vivo certe interpretzioni che non puoi valorizzarle come inferiori di nessuno! Puoi dire che ti tocca di piu Del Monaco nel "l anima ho stanca"' ma è difficile dire che la canta meglio! Per questo dico "non ha rivali" nel senso che non è inferiore. Ciao
@@HellasItalia4 ecco ha citato Corelli, numero uno assoluto anche per me. Intanto le dico che discutere di lirica civilmente è la cosa più bella che ci sia per me...quindi la ringrazio. Per quanto riguarda quello che ha detto, sono d'accordo Giacomini è stato un ottimo tenore drammatico. Ch'ella mi creda cantata da lui dal vivo la reputo una delle migliori per esempio. Se poi devo confrontarlo con Corelli, rimango dell'idea che Franco sia superiore in quanto mezzi vocali e interpretazione. Più completo probabilmente..ma stiamo parlando di grandissimi tenori. Avercene di Giacomini al giorno d'oggi..
Я помню это выступление Джузеппе Джакомини в Большом Театре СССР! Я был рядом с певцом и наслаждался общением с ним! Это был мой второй год работы в Большом Театре!!!
L'unico vero erede dei Del Monaco, Corelli, Merli e Caruso ma qui quo e qua hanno avuto più successo... Quanto conta il marketing... poco importa, chi ha le orecchie sa! essere ricordato dalla massa non conta nulla, la massa si sa, é come la bandiera, va dove il vento la spinge...grande Giacomini
Quest'aria meravigliosa, è stata eseguita da( CANI E Porci), vocalmente e artisticamente parlando... Facendola diventare appannaggio per ogni cantante, lirico o chicchessia,.... Finalmente un vero interprete gli rende giustizia!!! Grazie Giuseppe Giacomini... Sicuramente uno degli ultimi grandi tenori!!!
En mi opinión no existe ni ha existido un tenor dramático con una calidad vocal como la de el,ni Mario del Monaco , ni Franco Corelli ni Domingo ni Vickers , por mencionar solo algunos se le acercan .
Well, the never-ending curtain calls suggest that the paucity of good tenors in the Soviet Union was almost as severe as it is throughout the entire world today. Giacomini was a good B singer in his time, but anyone who had heard truly great performances of this aria could not have raved about this as the greatest Nessun Dorma ever. I don't mean to be nasty, esp. since he was said to be a very nice person, but his voice has no bottom (despite its heavy quality), it had a rather unappealing sound except on its ringing high notes, and his singing was no more than average. Fans sometimes idolize singers like Schipa and Gobbi despite whatever defects their voices had, because of their sensational singing, but that is not the case here.
Паваротти не имел такого сильного голоса, поэтому часто пел через микрофон. А если пел в спектаклях, то задние ряды уже не слышали почти. Джакомини здесь поет без микрофона и перепевает оркестр.
El publico ruso puede ser el más culto de todo el mundo ? ; cuando se lee literatura rusa del siglo 19, se ve cómo sus clases ilustradas e iincluso medias y bajas , tenian preocupación esoiritual permanente , suoerando lo simplemente material y pragmatico.
I am a woman with a previous masculine history and an emigrations story. Years ago I sang as a dramatic or heldentenor in Germany. I studied with James King, Jerome Hines, Franco Corelli, and a few others along my path. Jon Vickers and Del Monaco I never got to study with, but admire their musical accomplishments and art. I learned something years ago Gigli did that Giacomini had on the evening of this performance. The key is to float a tone as big as a train. He is actually singing piano but it does not sound like it to the listener...only it is for the singer. To the audience it sounds like a train but for the singer, he is barely breaking a sweat. Bravo. Exactly right. One of the challenges as a singer is, if this is your kind of voice, you have to work with people like you, because the difference in size makes you stick out way to much for you to get regular work. That is critical to being heard earlier and longer and to learning. Sadly nobody teaches you how to use a canon of a voice. I credit a 40 second example and explanation I heard from a symposium Beniamino Gigli gave in the 50s with the secret of how it is done. I also had to repeat Nessun Dorma in a concert in Mönchengladbach where I had to sing it two times just as he did. What I love is that the 2nd time through the conductor picks up the tempo and Giuseppe floats his voice and it sails. He nailed it. Makes me feel good to see this here. I have only an audio recording of my repeat of the aria that evening. I share it with friends. This is a wonderful performance and caught on film. Singing like this is rarer than angel dust.
Thank you for this fantastic, insightful comment! First off, I'm excessively jealous of that list of teachers you studied with -- Wow! But as someone who has been dubbed a Helden in waiting, spending years trying to find the fit of my voice, your comments make complete and total sense. I have often remarked at how when it feels right, it hardly feels like anything at all. For years I would try to press the sound for largeness with diminishing returns, and by the time I realized how it is properly produced, the greatest revelation is how small it should feel within, while ringing the space outside. I'm only recently starting to feel comfortable in my sound production and am hoping to make a venture back into the opera realm. Your comment helps to solidify my concept of proper sound production for large voices. Much appreciated!
@@dmcg8400 There is no difference in sound production/technique for a large or smaller size voice. Obviously the end result sound different. I really cannot make much sense of what Claire above is saying at all, I can only guess what she is hinting at but I guess these kind of descriptions are always pretty personal. Perhaps large voices can get away with sloppy singing and therefore don't bother to learn the technique well and then they are surprised it doesn't require brute force. But to say Giacomini is singing piano is weird.
@@susandrakenviller3683 : No, it's just a matter of knowing what you're talking about, but that's okay. There is a different use of the instrument for larger voices. You get a different result when forcing the sound and there's a false sense of ease when the largest sounds are being produced. As the original comment says, it feels like a piano internally, but sounds like a train out in the space. It's a spot on representation of the technique for larger voices to produce a healthy, open, ringing sound. You're outnumbered in the opinion of actual heldentenors here, 2-0.
@@ThePeaceandgoodwill You read that incorrectly. I did speak with him about an offer made to me to sing Tristan. I was asked by a prominent KS in Germany to audition after they heard me sing Der Kaiser in Die Frau ohne Schatten with success. Tristan is over 5200 words of Text, you are on a very long time and the role is quite low. My career was at the beginning and I wanted to sing for a long time (I did for 15 years). His words to me were simply...if it is for your voice it is no problem to sing, but if you are successful you can forget singing the italian repertoire. When the houses know you can sing Tristan they will pigeonhole you. James King told me to sing the italian repertoire until they did not ask for it anymore, then you are ready for the long roles. James told me he could abuse his voice for short periods of time but not the long roles. That is why he did the shorter difficult roles. His longest sing was Meistersinger. He did not do it often, but he did sing beautifully. Both of them did but had quite different voices. Both were true Helds not pushed up character tenors. Heldentenors should have a sound of nobile suffering: James King's opinion.
Questa romanza è stata rovinata da Pavarotti e Friends...fortunatamente Il signor Giacomini ,gli ha reso la sua fama immortale!!! Che vocalità splendida e piena di armonici!!! Forse dopo gli anni d'oro della lirica,è stato il tenore più rappresentativo del suo tempo,pur non avendo la fama dei tre,(mezzi) tenori, Pavarotti Domingo Carreras...
Hai ragione radames58, sono del tuo parere, gli altri tre che hai citato, messi assieme non potevano competere nel suo repertorio lirico spinto, drammatico. Io l'ho sentito dal vivo in arena e altrove. Impressionante!!!!!!!!
@@luigimaffei9132 si si...in Arena nella Forza Verdiana fu meraviglioso Don Alvaro...poi grandissimo Radames e Chenier , insieme a Maurizio di Sassonia e Manrico eccellente...insomma un tenore fuoriclasse !!!
Все-таки ничто так не поддерживает, восстанавливает и вдохновляет, как прекрасное исполнение прекрасного произведения. Браво, маэстро, Вы украшали наш мир. 👏
It is such a pity that so many tenors of this remarkable quality lost out in the recording stakes to the market driven faux contest between Domingo and Pavarotti.
I have to ask this: Why wasn't Mr Giacomini part of the Three Tenors in 1990? He would have made an excellent addition to that lineup - now that would have been something! ❤
Mr. Giacomini died today. Such a loss. All the great ones have passed now. He was a huge talent and a great man.
18 мая 2022 года Смотрю в Москве .Аплодирую стоя как все зрители в этом зале Блистательное! Невероятное выступление!
@@ИринаЛ-н4н Смотрю и тоже аплодисменты стоя, потрясающе!
There are still greats teaching and singing. We still have people like Salvatore Fisichella and Saoia Hernández who can pass on the great tradition. Jack Livigni is a pupil of Fisichella and is currently doing work to pass on the knowledge of the golden age of singing.
OH NO!!! I hadn’t heard!!! He was an AMAZING talent. I love the timbre and power of his voice. RIP Maestro Giacomini
I am so sorry to hear of his passing. His voice was glorious. But more than that he was a great human being. He seems so greatful for the applause, but no one was more worthy. Rest in peace Maestro.
Io ho avuto la fortuna di essere corista all'Arena di Verona negli anni 80. Mai sentita una voce drammatica cosi potente e generosa , con acuti impressionanti per una voce cosi grande e ricca di armonici. Grazie al cielo di averlo potuto ascoltare. Altri artisti hanno scimiottato il nessun dorma ma come lui più nesuno con quella intensità. Grazie Bepi. Conservo il tuo autografo come gemma preziosa. Maffei l.
Grazie Bepi. Ho cominciato assieme ad altri amici ad accompagnarti nei teatri veneti per le prime esibizioni concorso ( vedi Lonigo,Como ecc,ecc ) . Mi reputo fortunato. Lele Sturaro.
Egr. Lele, felice di essere in buona compagnia a testimoniare il giusto tributo artistico a questo personaggio che oltre ad essere la voce drammatica immensa più importante mai sentita, era anche persona altamente nobile per la sua umiltà, entrava in scena quasi chiedendo scusa per essere li a far tremare i timpani e i cuori. Voglio raccontare il mio primo incontro con il BEPI;.. Eravamo negli anni 80/82, quando venne da noi a Piacenza, con tutto il cast di Manon lescaut in scena a Brescia per alcune recite. Iniziò il concerto con il basso, poi mezzo soprano, baritono, di seguito il soprano lesuberante e brava GIANNA GALLI che fece crescere l'entusiasmo nel pubblico, venne il turno del BEPI, esordi con "Recondita armonia", gia alle prime note non credevamo cosa stesse succedendo, una immensità di voce invadeva la sala, suoni armonici mai sentiti prima, la brunitura, il velluto, lo squillo negli alti da far tramortire, insomma alla fine della romanza scattammo tutti in piedi, senbravamo impazziti dall'entusiasmo. Sembrava di essere trasportati su di un'astronave fuori dal mondo. Non sto qui a raccontare poi cosa divenne il teatro alla fine del concerto, senza nulla togliere agli altri bravi artisti, quella fu la serata con il marchio del grande GIACOMINI. IL destino volle che le nostre strade si incontrassero in Arena di Verona dove ebbi la fortuna di essere in scena con lui per diversi anni a testimoniare i suoi trionfi serate memorabili, a GIACOMINI si alternavano altri pezzi da novanta, CECCHELE... MARTINUCCI... BONISOLLI... ecc..ecc...Bei ricordi indelebili che non avranno più riscontro. Per la sua semplicità, umiltà il BEPI non ha avuto la notorietà e i meriti artistici che si meritava, chi ha avuto la fortuna di ascoltarlo dal vivo, non può che confermare la mia testimonianza. Cordialità da un vecchio corista
Verdaderamente impresionante. No tiene su bello timbre de voz pero en esta aria, son dos Pavarotti y un Corelli. Y el que no se lo crea que escuche esta versión memorable,
March 2024: A most outstanding voice.
Una delle migliori interpretazioni di nessun dorma, vocalità poderosa,regge la drammaticità del brano in maniera eccellente,molta empatia in chi lo ascolta
This is proper technique combined with artistic passion. Old School Italian (and Swedish/Italian) tonality, resonance and lack of laryngal stress leads a bravissimo performance! Perfection!
Could you explain me please what is the old school? I am beginner singer in church and want to know something about great technique of tenors.Thanks a lot.
Giacomini is one of the most underrated tenors, at least here in America. His voice is the Rolls-Royce of the dramatic tenors, and my favorite. Such an intelligent, kind, and gracious man.
I completely agree with you! He was a contemporary of Pavarotti and, in my opinion, had the better voice. Of course, both are amazing tenors, so maybe I should rephrase and say that I preferred Giacomini's voice for many arias instead of saying that he had the better voice period🤣Anyways, his voice was just so...luscious. So rich and so deeply textured, but also incredibly bright! When he starts to sing, it's like a light from heaven shines into the concert hall, filled with purity and happiness!
@@Tennisisreallyfun Yes, I can tell what you mean! He holds his larynx low even in the high notes and directs the air to hit a full bodied nasal resonance- I can only imagine how it filled the room in a live concert hall with such a bright and wonderful tone!
@@drygordspellweaver8761❤
Placido certainly did all he could to keep Giacomini out of the spotlight.. that's a fact.
Completely agree
I love him. He deserves every second of the applause. I wish he had been better known through the years.
What an absolutely marvellous version. Absolutely perfect. The rubbish we have had to listen to on ClassicFM and the ghastly tenors they play. I only found this tenor by chance about a month ago. Thank you so much for posting.
Какие овации! Абсолютно заслуженные! Чистейший голос! Великолепное, мощное исполнение! И уважение к зрителю! Эталон оперного певца в самом широком понимании этого слова! Вечная память...
Ich
Ich liebe seit meiner Kindheit die 2:29 2:29
Фантастика. Это лучшее, что я слышал. Особенно финал
Tecnica, potenza, espressività e soprattutto AUTENTICO TENORE DRAMMATICO! Chissà se vedremo mai il suo erede... Grande Bepi!!! ❤
D'accordo! MERAVIGLIOSO TENORE!
Forse Franco Corelli..
It takes many years to build the laryngeal muscles up to this level of tonicity, to provide this sustained towering level of output & squillo.
Because the voice is held at its full dynamic potential, - a dramatic voice can be variable when it isn't feeling 100%. Which is why Giuseppe feels so grateful that it all came together.
A lyric voice like Pavarotti can be more uniform & consistent in performance, as much less is asked of it, dynamically.
But a huge rich power packed dramatic voice, even standing two & a half feet to the side of the mic, has the kind of tonal punch that no amount of athleticism can equal in the smaller voice types.
Bravo maestro.
Бред. Искомое в другой стороне. Расслабить то, что интуитивно напрягается "для тонуса". И умеренно напрячь то, на что все забивают штырь.
I had never heard of Giacomini until last week when I stumbled on him in a UA-cam video. Not anyone I would have picked out of a crowd as being an opera singer, but what a glorious voice! Other tenors work hard to reach that high note, but Giacomini sails right up without seeming to labor. I must track down more recordings of him.
I heard him yesterday for the first time and I feel so sad!!On the other hand so lucky that I heard that voice!!
His career was hindered by his looking like a pharmacist. He is more famous noe than when he was active. Didnt know what we had!
@@jefolson6989 The Coke Bottle glasses were not present.
@@jefolson6989 I've read where he also had horrible stage fright!
Il y en a beaucoup sur you tube, quand je pense qu'on a fait de Pavarotti par la force du marketing a outrance et quand j'écoute cet immense ténor je suis dégouté et désolé.
Seul le Dieu Franco Corelli était au dessus du soleil 🌞🌞
Il meraviglioso pubblico Russo: esigente, raffinato e generoso.
18 мая 2022 года Смотрю в Москве .Аплодирую стоя как все зрители в этом зале Блистательное! Невероятное выступление!
Ich sagte immer und immer wieder danke danke❤❤❤❤
L'ultimo tenore drammatico..grandioso!
Mario Del Monaco or Tom Lo Monaco are the real deal when it comes to dramatic tenors
@@abcdefgh-db1to Lo Monaco spinto
Vladimir Galouzine ; )
Galouzine fa pena.
Io aggiungerei anche un altro tenore validissimo e drammatico, con un fraseggio elegante e passionale.. Nunzio Todisco
In my long life as an operafan, I have NEVER seen a singer thank the audience with a KNEEFALL as Giuseppe Giacomini did here! RESPECT!
One of the greatest tenors ever
Sensational, brillliant, words cannot do justice to this man's extraordinary talent and performance. He has no competition.
The audience wouldn't let go of him... Amazing voice, I would do the same. Great audience.
Con él se acabaronu los grandes tenores dramáticos. Su voz es tan grande casi como su humildad como persona. Lo conocí y me impresionó como un tenor tan grande pudiera ser tan sencillo... Entraba en el teatro casi pidiendo perdón. Magnífico tenor y magnífica persona.
Te recomiendo que escuches a Rolando villazon y a Jonás Kaufman.
@@lonnpeque1555 hay que ser un ignorante para comparar a Villazón con Giacomini... por Dios! Las idioteces que hay que leer!
@@lonnpeque1555 villazon pasa, pero kauffmann? No, gracias. Ni comparación.
@@lonnpeque1555 I like the actor Kauffman... but the singer... no!
@@lonnpeque1555 Giacomini vocalmente está en un nivel simplemente superior . No hay comparación. Menos marketing si.
Che Dio protegga quest' uomo.
Tutto il più grande rispetto per l ultimo vero tenore drammatico della storia.
Grande Beppi.
La più bella voce di tenore mai esistita! Meravigliosa interpretazione!
Bellissima! Ma Corelli per me resta insuperato
28.07.2021 ушел из жизни великий Джакомини. Вечная память
RIP maestro! Your music, voice and huge talent are always in our memory...
RIP. Unbelievable....
Unforgettable !!!!!!!!!
Live was even better, belive me.
RIP
Heute und immer wieder möchte ich seine wundervolle Stimme hören und wieder sag e ich danke danke
Ma poi che persona mite, per bene , modesta, semplice , alla mano, prodiga di consigli Un gran Signore Lunga vita ......
Perhaps, one of the most beautiful and perfect performance in this aria. Such an audience!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...such a tenor!!!!
Immense Giacomini - so underrated.
No italian tenor today comes close to his level of artistry.
A truly brilliant artist. I was fortunate to meet him and hear him sing this many times over a period of weeks at the Kennedy Center in the early 90s in a production with Eva Marton. Because my late husband sang Timor, I could to sneak into the theater through the artists' entrance to hear him sing this at every performance. The supreme dramatic tenor technique and a very generous and kind colleague.
You were so fortunate. These are the supreme moments that make life worth living.
Che voce incredibile..... Che tecnica.... Ma soprattutto.... Che persona..... Solo i grandi sanno essere così...
This is the downside of singing well into your later years. People forget just how incredible the prime years were. Yes, Giacomini was still a power house all the way into this century, but in the late 80s and 90s, no one was better. What a joy.
Te amo Giussepe ¡ gratzie! Desde argentina
Bonisolli was far more consistent, when giacomini had an off night, it was sad
@@fr9khg57hand Bonisolli had the ugliest voice ever. 🤢
This is the best singing from Giacomini from him that I have ever heard. The sound often fell back into his throat and was more baritonal than I prefer - but in this instance, the balance of warmth and brilliance seems perfect. Wow.
There is a real tenor, a very strong voice, not like today, with those tiny voices. Age is no a problem.
Silly comment!
Giacomini really is a magnificent colossus, but I think you need to listen to more tenors, there are many wonderful tenors today. And yes, age is a problem, especially for tenors.
Age is no problem when you have good technique, Volpi, Loforese are examples. This tenor Giacomini was taught by Marcello DelMonaco who's brother is Mario Del Monaco.
To be fair he was not like any of the other tenors of his day either. There as only ever been one Giacomini . He is completely unique.
He did of course age though. This was his prime .
I'm not going to defend today's singers, probably more so for their lack of singing ability than for their lack of voices. However, it is also worth noting that Giacomini was not for everyone's taste. His voice was not sweet and beautiful like a Pavarotti, Bjorling, Corelli, or Wunderlich. He also lacked a smooth lyrical singing style and was not a great or particularly interesting interpreter. Big power and ringing high notes are not the only things that make singers great.
What a gracious gesture to the audience, taking a knee! A superb voice and un vero tesoro
I have yet to hear a greater Nessun Dorma than this. Twice! Even Corelli, Del Monaco and all the other top-rank ‘dramatic’ tenors of the day could not shine his shoes. His was an effortless, huge well-produced instrument, along with excellent musical instincts. Moreover, my friend sang along with him and told me he was a humble, classy, great colleague and highly intelligent who never got credit for all his personal and stage qualities. RIP Maestro Giacomini. I suggest anyone to listen to his interviews on You Tube. Even in his native Italian, his soft spoken voice betrayed his singing one, and I would never have imagined his immense stage sound hearing him speak. Same with Corelli and Del Monaco, whom also had soft speech in conversation.
I wouldn't say he was better than Corelli, but he is better than MdM, with a similarly enormous voice
Это исполнение ведёт к горизонту и перешагивает через него в БЕССМЕРТИЕ! - Энрико Карузо, Марио Ланца, Лучано Паваротти....примут Джузеппе Джакомини в свои ряды, как одного из гениев вокала! Так должно быть! -- А живущим на этой бренной Земле остаётся наследство - не имеющей цены....
Блестящее исполнение. Лучшего не слышал. Марио Ланца -это все-таи студийное исполнение
Please include Franco Corelli there.
Величайшее исполнение! Нет слов, чтобы описать восторги от услышанного! Кто эти 9 безумцев, которые поставили дизлайк! Джузеппе -Вы вершина вокального оперного исполнения! Bravo! Bravissimo Maestro!❤❤❤
Giacomini in forma non ha rivali! Grande voce, grande cuore
Non esageriamo dai...ottimo tenore, ma non superiore a tanti
@@xxirapax8830 sì che ci sono stati anche altri. (Sono stato allievo di Corelli , per me il numero uno) Voglio dire però che in queste famose 10-12 arie per tenore drammatico Giacomini ha inciso o cantato dal vivo certe interpretzioni che non puoi valorizzarle come inferiori di nessuno! Puoi dire che ti tocca di piu Del Monaco nel "l anima ho stanca"' ma è difficile dire che la canta meglio! Per questo dico "non ha rivali" nel senso che non è inferiore. Ciao
@@HellasItalia4 ecco ha citato Corelli, numero uno assoluto anche per me. Intanto le dico che discutere di lirica civilmente è la cosa più bella che ci sia per me...quindi la ringrazio. Per quanto riguarda quello che ha detto, sono d'accordo Giacomini è stato un ottimo tenore drammatico. Ch'ella mi creda cantata da lui dal vivo la reputo una delle migliori per esempio. Se poi devo confrontarlo con Corelli, rimango dell'idea che Franco sia superiore in quanto mezzi vocali e interpretazione. Più completo probabilmente..ma stiamo parlando di grandissimi tenori. Avercene di Giacomini al giorno d'oggi..
@@eugeniogentili1048 sono d'accordo
@@eugeniogentili1048 veramente grande!!!
Я помню это выступление Джузеппе Джакомини в Большом Театре СССР! Я был рядом с певцом и наслаждался общением с ним! Это был мой второй год работы в Большом Театре!!!
Могу представить!)
Вахх! Завидую!
Вы Счастливчик!! Будем надеяться на ЛУЧШЕЕ!!...
My most wonderful & beloved tenor, Maestro Giacomini, your voice is God's gift, you are blessed in heaven.
I have heard a LOT of great tenors sing this aria. Giacomini leaves them all in the dust. Bravissimo.
Thank you for giving what i perceive as the finest rendition of Nessun Dorma I've ever been blessed to enjoy Moscow was right!
Would love to here , the maestro singing pearl fishers ..
@@davidjohn64 it would be absolutely brilliant
Wonderful! What a voice!
First time I ever heard him and I cannot stop weeping for the beauty of his voice and interpretation...R.I.P
And... that's how THAT goes! Bravo maestro!!
L'unico vero erede dei Del Monaco, Corelli, Merli e Caruso ma qui quo e qua hanno avuto più successo... Quanto conta il marketing... poco importa, chi ha le orecchie sa! essere ricordato dalla massa non conta nulla, la massa si sa, é come la bandiera, va dove il vento la spinge...grande Giacomini
Да, в России могут оценить настоящий талант! BRAVO!
Могут и погнобить. Это так, к слову.
Yes, you close your eyes and listen, and you know there is an extraordinary performance! Very powerful, and yet beautiful rendition!
This truly brings me to tears. He is wonderful yet he is grateful to the audience, to the orchestre and to the. conductor. What a voice.
Quest'aria meravigliosa, è stata eseguita da( CANI E Porci), vocalmente e artisticamente parlando... Facendola diventare appannaggio per ogni cantante, lirico o chicchessia,.... Finalmente un vero interprete gli rende giustizia!!! Grazie Giuseppe Giacomini... Sicuramente uno degli ultimi grandi tenori!!!
Bocelli Grigolo...e company..che vergogna
@@guidogreco341 .. anche donne...pop... Non ce' polizia culturale....
L'ultimo grande. R i.p.
Rest in peace, maestro
Гениально!!!! Других слов нет!!!!
Какой ВЕЛИКОЛЕПНЫЙ ТЕНОР!❤❤❤ Вечная память, величайшему тенору, нашего времени!
Just learned of his great voice today 7/6/2024. WOW
An ovation to his voice and memory!!!!!!
이분 88올림픽 세종회관 개관기념으로 라 스칼라 내한공연때 칼라프역으로 ...그때 엄청난 성량의 투란도트공주 게나 디미트로바 와 공연했던게 기억납니다...
가슴벅차게 박수쳤던 기억이......
perfecto like Gods of Opera Corelli and Monaco !!!!
Piu' grande di Pavarotti!!!!!
Orgoglio italiano Calaf di riferimento dopo Lauri Volpi e Corelli
POR FAVORRR. QUIÉN..???? QUIÉN SE ATREVE A INDICAR CON UN DEDONPARA ABAJO..!!!!! MARAVILLOSO TENOR. !!!
Fantastico, bellissimo.
An excellent tenor, with great vocal range, beautiful timbre and technically perfect.
I loved him….A great singer…RIP…
Нифига себе , вот это голос 😳!!! БРАВИССИМО ! Какой объем !!! Фантастика !!!
Unglaublich, dieser Strom von schönsten, schönsten Tönen !!!
En mi opinión no existe ni ha existido un tenor dramático con una calidad vocal como la de el,ni Mario del Monaco , ni Franco Corelli ni Domingo ni Vickers , por mencionar solo algunos se le acercan .
Hugely underated Tenor
He and Aragall... but they were both greatly admired during their careers by those who understood excellent singing.
Who ever the 4 thumbs down are...... Really?
😂😂😂
YES, THE PASSING AWAY OF MR. GIUSEPPE GIANCOMINI IS A WORLD’S LOSS BUT, WITH OUT A SHADOW OF A DOUBT, IT IS A HEAVEN’S GAIN INDEED.
Sencillamente SUBLIME!!!!!
Светъл път на душата ти малки, голям човеко!
Sublime il vero tenore drammatico!!!
Phenomenal !
My God!!! The best Nessun Dorma I have ever heard!! What a voice!!
Écoutez Franco Corelli et serez hypnotisé par ce que vous allez découvrir
@@titwixtitou2421 J'adore Corelli!!!
@@stamatina4810 je pense très sincèrement que c'est le meilleur ténor de l'histoire moderne
@@titwixtitou2421 sans doute!!
Look for Correli and Bjorling. These are the two best Nessun Dormas ever.
That sustained rock solid tone throughout his Vincero is truly stellar.
he closes the high-notes very well! Bravo!
Addio, GG, posa in Pace. 💙🎭🎶 28th July 2021
IMPRESIONANTE !!!!!!! MARAVILLOSO D R A M A T I C O * * * * *
Well, the never-ending curtain calls suggest that the paucity of good tenors in the Soviet Union was almost as severe as it is throughout the entire world today. Giacomini was a good B singer in his time, but anyone who had heard truly great performances of this aria could not have raved about this as the greatest Nessun Dorma ever. I don't mean to be nasty, esp. since he was said to be a very nice person, but his voice has no bottom (despite its heavy quality), it had a rather unappealing sound except on its ringing high notes, and his singing was no more than average. Fans sometimes idolize singers like Schipa and Gobbi despite whatever defects their voices had, because of their sensational singing, but that is not the case here.
Слушал бы и слушал. Про100 безупречное, совершенное исполнение! Даже Поваротти мне так не понравился. Про100 завораживает!
Паваротти не имел такого сильного голоса, поэтому часто пел через микрофон. А если пел в спектаклях, то задние ряды уже не слышали почти. Джакомини здесь поет без микрофона и перепевает оркестр.
What a MAGNIFICENT voice he has! Great.
El publico ruso puede ser el más culto de todo el mundo ? ; cuando se lee literatura rusa del siglo 19, se ve cómo sus clases ilustradas e iincluso medias y bajas , tenian preocupación esoiritual permanente , suoerando lo simplemente material y pragmatico.
I am a woman with a previous masculine history and an emigrations story. Years ago I sang as a dramatic or heldentenor in Germany. I studied with James King, Jerome Hines, Franco Corelli, and a few others along my path. Jon Vickers and Del Monaco I never got to study with, but admire their musical accomplishments and art.
I learned something years ago Gigli did that Giacomini had on the evening of this performance. The key is to float a tone as big as a train. He is actually singing piano but it does not sound like it to the listener...only it is for the singer. To the audience it sounds like a train but for the singer, he is barely breaking a sweat. Bravo. Exactly right.
One of the challenges as a singer is, if this is your kind of voice, you have to work with people like you, because the difference in size makes you stick out way to much for you to get regular work. That is critical to being heard earlier and longer and to learning. Sadly nobody teaches you how to use a canon of a voice. I credit a 40 second example and explanation I heard from a symposium Beniamino Gigli gave in the 50s with the secret of how it is done.
I also had to repeat Nessun Dorma in a concert in Mönchengladbach where I had to sing it two times just as he did. What I love is that the 2nd time through the conductor picks up the tempo and Giuseppe floats his voice and it sails.
He nailed it. Makes me feel good to see this here. I have only an audio recording of my repeat of the aria that evening. I share it with friends. This is a wonderful performance and caught on film. Singing like this is rarer than angel dust.
Thank you for this fantastic, insightful comment! First off, I'm excessively jealous of that list of teachers you studied with -- Wow! But as someone who has been dubbed a Helden in waiting, spending years trying to find the fit of my voice, your comments make complete and total sense. I have often remarked at how when it feels right, it hardly feels like anything at all. For years I would try to press the sound for largeness with diminishing returns, and by the time I realized how it is properly produced, the greatest revelation is how small it should feel within, while ringing the space outside. I'm only recently starting to feel comfortable in my sound production and am hoping to make a venture back into the opera realm. Your comment helps to solidify my concept of proper sound production for large voices. Much appreciated!
You studied with Vickers. I would have been petrified and I'm not a singer. He kind of scared me when I was in the audience. All the best.
@@dmcg8400 There is no difference in sound production/technique for a large or smaller size voice. Obviously the end result sound different. I really cannot make much sense of what Claire above is saying at all, I can only guess what she is hinting at but I guess these kind of descriptions are always pretty personal. Perhaps large voices can get away with sloppy singing and therefore don't bother to learn the technique well and then they are surprised it doesn't require brute force. But to say Giacomini is singing piano is weird.
@@susandrakenviller3683 : No, it's just a matter of knowing what you're talking about, but that's okay. There is a different use of the instrument for larger voices. You get a different result when forcing the sound and there's a false sense of ease when the largest sounds are being produced. As the original comment says, it feels like a piano internally, but sounds like a train out in the space. It's a spot on representation of the technique for larger voices to produce a healthy, open, ringing sound. You're outnumbered in the opinion of actual heldentenors here, 2-0.
@@ThePeaceandgoodwill You read that incorrectly. I did speak with him about an offer made to me to sing Tristan. I was asked by a prominent KS in Germany to audition after they heard me sing Der Kaiser in Die Frau ohne Schatten with success. Tristan is over 5200 words of Text, you are on a very long time and the role is quite low. My career was at the beginning and I wanted to sing for a long time (I did for 15 years). His words to me were simply...if it is for your voice it is no problem to sing, but if you are successful you can forget singing the italian repertoire. When the houses know you can sing Tristan they will pigeonhole you. James King told me to sing the italian repertoire until they did not ask for it anymore, then you are ready for the long roles. James told me he could abuse his voice for short periods of time but not the long roles. That is why he did the shorter difficult roles. His longest sing was Meistersinger. He did not do it often, but he did sing beautifully. Both of them did but had quite different voices. Both were true Helds not pushed up character tenors. Heldentenors should have a sound of nobile suffering: James King's opinion.
Amazing beautiful deep tenor
Dramatic and beautiful
Bepi ha spiegato le ali verso il sole eterno....
Riposa in pace maestro.
Dispiace non averlo apprezzato in vita! Timbro di voce meraviglioso
What's the name of the Conductor? He was lived the moment very much.
La orquesta también excelente.
Riposa in pace Maestro
Forever Beautiful ❤️
Questa romanza è stata rovinata da Pavarotti e Friends...fortunatamente
Il signor Giacomini ,gli ha reso la sua fama immortale!!! Che vocalità splendida e piena di armonici!!! Forse dopo gli anni d'oro della lirica,è stato il tenore più rappresentativo del suo tempo,pur non avendo la fama dei tre,(mezzi) tenori, Pavarotti Domingo Carreras...
Hai ragione radames58, sono del tuo parere, gli altri tre che hai citato, messi assieme non potevano competere nel suo repertorio lirico spinto, drammatico. Io l'ho sentito dal vivo in arena e altrove. Impressionante!!!!!!!!
@@luigimaffei9132 si si...in Arena nella Forza Verdiana fu meraviglioso Don Alvaro...poi grandissimo Radames e Chenier , insieme a Maurizio di Sassonia e Manrico eccellente...insomma un tenore fuoriclasse !!!
This is how you sing people. JFC this is amazing, except for the conductor.
L'ultimo Tenore Vero .
Meraviglioso .
Bravooooooo!!!!
Immenso Giacomini ❤️❤️
Maestro!
Beautiful! Thank you for posting. Who is conducting?
Все-таки ничто так не поддерживает, восстанавливает и вдохновляет, как прекрасное исполнение прекрасного произведения. Браво, маэстро, Вы украшали наш мир. 👏
Я думаю, что это лучшее исполнение этой арии
Fantastico !
Lui e' grande e grande e grande.
It is such a pity that so many tenors of this remarkable quality lost out in the recording stakes to the market driven faux contest between Domingo and Pavarotti.
I have to ask this: Why wasn't Mr Giacomini part of the Three Tenors in 1990? He would have made an excellent addition to that lineup - now that would have been something! ❤