On TV: Leonard Warren - Eri tu (Un ballo in maschera) - 1950
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- Опубліковано 11 вер 2024
- Leonard Warren performs "Eri tu che macchiavi" in a telecast from 1950.
We have very little footage of Warren, and this is the only bit extant of him performing Verdi, for which he was best known and at which he excelled. To be able to watch him in action is priceless.
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Yes, the singing is... extra.
Trrill™ is about florid passages, improvisatory underpinnings, staccato'd intuitions, and virtuosities even at their most ridiculous.
But it's also about the biggest, boldest form of vocal emission, with aural examples of basically correct singing, correct impostazione-chiaroscuro, vowel clarity, firm and centered pitch, correct vibrato action, absence of throatiness or thickness, sounds free from constriction and from the acoustic noise that accompanies it-with occasional video examples that demonstrate what the body, face, mouth, jaw, and tongue look like when used with correct impostazione-the vocal emission of the one and only Italian school.
Caveat: I'm biased in favor of #baritones and baritone literature, but if you want to learn about and listen to all the greatest singers in the old-school tradition, explore this spreadsheet (voice parts are separated by tabs):
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Grandissimo e sfortunatissimo come il mio preferito Ettore Bastianini. Tutti e due morti giovanissimi, 49 e 44 anni. Due vere voci baritonali 👏👏👏
My beloved Leonard! The best baritone of all times. What a splendid, 'insuperable' voice!
Incredible singing whose origin is not of this Earth. This aria is a BEAST. Unforgiving. For any vocalist to sing it so smooth shows an entire life committed to the spirit of Opera.
The GREATEST Baritone to have EVER lived!! What a gift to the Opera World.
Have you listened to the great baritone, Ettore Bastianini? Now THERE’S a stunningly beautiful, mellifluous voice for you! Before succumbing to cancer, in the late 60’s, his short career brought forth the best ‘Rigoletto’, plus this role in ‘Ballo’. An exceptional sound!💖👏👏💐
@@janwar68 bonelli, tibbet, early Merrill, tagliabue, protti, schlussness, etc...many great baritones . Many little known Italian baritones especially who were as good as any..just not known outside of Europe.
Una voce e una tecnica incredibile sicuro negli acuti e faceva dei pianissimi stupendi! Fa indiscutibilmente parte dei grandissimi....
What a uniquely great voice...powerful, cavernously deep and yet with an almost silkenly smooth surface...and so beautiful!
che stile,che bellezza interpretativa unica !
meraviglioso .
As close to perfection as is humanly possible.
Can’t agree. Warren possessed an outstanding, powerful voice, however when I listen to MacNeil singing this aria (Solti conducting) I hear more feeling in the performance and what a voice he was also gifted with. .
@@paullewis2413 agree to disagree - I’m a big fan of MacNeil, but Warren has a creamier, more sumptuous legato in this aria. Mac’s rendition is fantastic, though, I certainly don’t disagree there
One of the best baritones ever 🎭
One of opera's greatest baritones.
Utterly glorious. Leonard Warren in peak form ...there isnothing better!
Wonderful singer and a versatile pianist.
Every note he sings is a Master Class!
So so true.
Stunning, total control, what a ride by him! This is not easy aria, so masterfully done, beautiful, bravo.
For me, this simply is the most complete, and most beautiful baritone voice I have ever heard! Thank you!
Aside from a gorgeous voice and great musicality ...his legato was superb - and in my mind unequaled ...
My high school principal was in the audience at the Met the night he died on stage during Verdi's La Forza del Destino. It took her years before she could ever attend a performance of that opera.
LEONARD WARREN un MITO!!!
Artista meraviglioso con una voce bellissima e sostenuta da una tecnica sopraffina.
Remembering Baritone Leonard Warren who died on this day in 1960
E una versione straordinaria che mette in risalto la validità della voce del Warren grande protagonista!
Даже молодой Хворостовский поет более образно,эмоционально!
One of the greatest. Such a huge sound. As if his voice had a built-in amplifier.
What an amazing voice--so rich and smooth! So glad it can still be heard on You Tube!
Kirsten I. Russell :: You are absolutely right about Warren's voice ! Milnes will always be my favorite ... but Warren ... !
My absolute favorite rendition of this aria! Bravi Maestro Warren!
The greatest!
One of the great baritones of all time. So rich and smooth. A warm and gentle tone. Pure pleasure.
Fantastic
Eccellente in tutto. Linea di canto molto bella. Una voce completa, in tutto il 'registro' vocale, un timbro seducente. Ottima interpretazione. - Blas Cortés
Leonard warren war ein grandioser Bariton.sein tragischer Tod auf der Bühne war eine Tragödie.eine wunderschöne stimme.
Warren was one of the finest ever! He was unsurpassed in legato line, and evenness of scale through the voice, and had a great upper range. In any appraisal of other artists vs. Warren, it should be noted that we never got to hear him in his 50s or 60s, tragically. We certainly had that opportunity with Merrill and Gobbi. And let's don't leave MacNeil and Milnes out of this discussion, among others. That era gave us a fabulous group of baritones!
He died on stage didn't he at the Met!!
William Wolken yes, sadly.
God he was fabulous ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Ettore Bastianini ......
@@Sebastian740 during La Forza del Destino sadly
Well rounded voice of magnificent resonance. What a great singer was the late Leonard Warren.
Incredibile ! Wow
The pianist deserved a round of applause. He was able to make that orchestral sound using just a piano 😂😂😂
I found his rendition of the harp part especially fine...
@@ericwierzbinski4993 Wrong. !!!!! The Spoons and the Jew's harp version as recorded by RCA Victrola.
Sin dudas. El más grande !!!
Astounding! Perfection! And he does it all by singing, note, not by throwing himself around and tearing a passion to tatters, as is the modern and taught fashion -- and the fashion that wins prizes, too, I am sorry to say.
could not find one close to Warren, maybe next year, not now...
EXTRAORDINARY!!
If anyone has ever sung the MIDDLE section of this aria more beautifully I have yet to hear it. Warren had many recordings of this aria that duplicate this moment
I also agree
he poured out ton of passion and his artistry in details win, to me, he really study hard into the role, and song, from start to very end...
Perhaps the greatest Verdi baritone of all time...
Best to me, for sure
It’s a toss up between this and Bastianini for me. Warren has incredible high notes that are so secure that every song he sings almost is a lullaby even when he gets loud. There is just not a single speck of tension in his voice no matter how loud or high he is. Bastianini has (to my ears) the most pleasing baritone voice along with the ability to sing secure high notes, though a little bit more uncontrolled than Warren.
Granforte: are you still looking for competition?
One of the greatest of the 20th century! Not quite the "only" but, however; he sang "Cortigiani, vil razza dannata" from "Rigoletto" on The Ed Sullivan Show, and that clip is also on UA-cam.
Meravigliosa voce supportata da una tecnica perfetta nonché splendida interpretazione
I have always been a big fan of this singer. I can't think of anyone better in his repertoire. Ever.
This Eri tu from Leonard Warren is great singing, Harriet, but for me he lacks the important darkness in his voice that Ettore Bastianini has. That's why I prefer Bastianini in this role. Dramatic darkness is essential in these Verdi baritone roles (Renato, Luna, Rigoletto...)
@@guthorbj2472, are you honestly claiming that Warren doesn't have a dark enough timbre? His voice is insanely dark for a high lying Verdi baritone! More in the middle than even Bastianini, who has much more brightness and steel in his middle register than Warren. I'm a big fan of both, but think Warren strongly edges Bastianini out in the more lyric arias like 'Eri Tu'. I give EB the edge in the more brash, villainous arias - 'Urna Fatale,' 'Son Pereda,' etc.
@@TrueConnoisseur Thank you so much for your reply, Elliot! I agree with you that Leonard Warren may be more fluent and flexible than Bastianini in the more lyrical parts of the mentioned aria Eri tu. But, for me, Bastianini's general colour, his timbre and darkness, are so attractive in my ears that it makes me prefer him to Warren as Renato/Anckarstrøm. But of course, they are both singers at the HIGHEST level! Beste wishes Gunnar Thorbjørnsen
@@gunnarthorbjrnsen2471 That's fair. I do prefer Bastianini's "Alla Vita" to Warren's. I tend to think that EB is better at swaggering, athletic singing, where Warren is better at ultra legato line.
@@gunnarthorbjrnsen2471 I think Ettore Bastianini's timber of voice is much more youthful and brighter, more shining, but both are gold interior and exterior...
This is the only version by a baritone back then that I actually like. I love hvorostovsky singing this and everyone else I have heard has not shown the tenderness of love or the wretchedness of loss until I came across this guy tonight. How tragic that his life was cut short like that. Hvorostovsky also died young, losing his fight against brain cancer at the age of 55. I hope these two guys are singing their hearts out - it will make it a much better place to be when we get to the other side.
absolutely astonished to see these wonderful videos !!!! Many thanks !
Bravissimo il pianista
Tomba2
non dici niente del baritono e la sua interpretazione ?! ...
anch'io avevo apprezzato molto il pianista e sopratutto il pianoforte ...
@@bodiloto ero ironico ahahha
Warren è perfetto
@@Tkimba2
lo so.
Stunning and stirring
That guy got quite alot from that piano, huh?
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! He really did....I have never heard such an accomplished pianist.... lol
too funny
ahahhahahhahahaahahahaha
😁😁😁😂😂😂😂
That piano's the equivalent of a 12-string guitar - sounds like an orchestra!!!
Good lord..... YES!! Yes yes yes yes yesssss!!! Yes, Leonard! STUNNING!! No better Eri tu....
GRANDIOSO. QUE MARAVILLA PODER ADMIRARLO EN ESTE VIDEO.GRACIAS.
BRAVISSIMO!!!!
Leonard, el más grande Barítono.
superb!!!!))
He had incredible technique, with a lot of head voice in his sound right down into the middle - hence his easy high notes. In fact he was sometimes called 'a tenor living safely.' To my ears it's the most beautiful baritone voice that ever was recorded. What a loss when he died in the middle of his big aria in Verdi's 'La Forza del Destino' at the Met at the age of only 49!
Wow really?!i didn't know thanks for information
@SHICOFF1 I was supposed to go to that performance but I had misbehaved, so as a punishment my grandmother gave the tickets to a friend and I had to stay home.
@SHICOFF1 I still wish I had been there - ranks as one of the most severe punishments of my life, and I was thrown out of college for 2 semesters!
John Mitchell he uses full chest voice all the way to the top, you got that headvoice part wrong
best to mine, he has the richest detailed control from start to finish, the perfection cannot be overstated, like your description,
Vraiment magnifique 🙏
I'm Mostly a tenor fanatic but Warren was extraordinary
He started as a tenor and his speaking voice was high with tenorish ring and many a tenor (including me) would KILL to have his high notes. He vocalized up to at least a C went warming up!
Thank you SO much for posting! Brought tears to my eyes!
Qué voz admirable.
No pudo haber, no hay ni habrá una voz de barítono tan plena, tan majestuosa y tan dulce como la de Warren.
El mejor del siglo. Tanto cómo no habrá.
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QUE VOCE........Per Dio..
ENORME, ESPLÉNDIDO!!!
The glory of Warren's voice wasn't the spectacular high notes, or super human size, but his soft singing , the somber tones seemed to sneek up behind you and wisper in your ear. You get a little sense of the effect on the old broadcasts, but more of a reminder if you had heard him in person. .... But why WAS the pianist there in this video?
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What a voice Dark Warm Frightening in its power
I played his recordings to a would be Opera lover
His comments
He scares me , why I ask ?
So unbelievably good ,who can beat that voice live
I agree , nobody today I know could
Hvorostovsky I love but this he can’t beat
Bastianini and if you never heard before be shocked
Romanian Baritone
Nicolae Herlea
Be amazed
When I first heard Warren he scared me I was amazed at the huge but soft delivery if any baritone had the courage to sing beside him singing the same Aria I would be surprised lol
Thanks for posting. Apart from the unbelievable technique and the simply glorious sound, what is astonshing is the diction. He sounds like he is speaking the words, they are so clear. Of course it's all tied up with having a perfect, forward placing and the ease of production is simply astonishing. Whether it all adds up to the man, tortured by jealousy, of Verdi's imagination is a moot point.
I remember when people used to say that there was a dearth of tenors. For me the rarest vocal species are the genuine Verdi baritone. You simply cannot hear singing of this calibre in a theatre these days.
Que BARITONAZO QUE FUE JUNTO CON BASTIANINI hacen un dúo INSUPERABLE. QUE VOCES UNICAS . Lástima Grande que los dos fallecieran tan jóvenes. 😂😂😂😂
The density of his resonance - multiple levels and layers of resonance - combined with absolute command of about 2-1/2 octaves - and sounding more like a basso (watch Jerome Hines sing and watch this again) and you have one of the greatest operatic voices. The darkness of the resonance never came from anything artificial or intentional: it was built into his anatomy and amplified by his perfect singing technique.
One of the greatest Bass Baritones.. amazing voice and artistry RIP
inigualável!
Il miglior baritono del nuovo continente
meraviglioso
Awesome Leonard Warren inmortal forever Bravisssimmmo 👍👍👍👍👍👍
So much squillo!
Brilliant!! Thank you for posting!
Incredible footage, thank you so much for this. :-)
Magnificenza.
Sings so easily
Never mind the singing, that’s some piano skills right there! Really brings out the colours of an entire orchestra unlike any other pianist I’ve ever seen 😂
Wonderful voice!!
Warren was so great he could even make a piano sound like a full orchestra.
One of my favorite aspscts from these live videos is we can visually see how Warren reduces the space as he enters the lower register to maintain vowel clarity while allowing pharyngeal space for the higher tones. A masterclass on registration! Bravo
I don't think anyone should use Warren as an example tbh. His method of vocal production is unique to him and anyone who tries to imitate him is going to risk hurting themselves!
@@giglistignanipinza How is his technique unique? Good posture, deep breaths, and clear tonal production. Sounds ideal to me
@@PayneSquared he doesn't sing with his natural voice. He covers throughout his range and has the overly dark, throaty sound as a result. I believe his physiology (hugest chest known to man lol) allowed him to sing this way. Have a listen to his speaking voice and I think you'll understand what I mean. I think his natural voice would have made him a tenor, hence the easy top and weak bottom ua-cam.com/video/ISw5T4YoMKQ/v-deo.html
@@giglistignanipinza ua-cam.com/video/fLty5qL1PKI/v-deo.html
Compare that to an MDM interview. Warren's voice is lower. The speaking voice isn't a determining factor of voice type. Singers often raise their pitch to sound 'professional' or to code switch with the voices around them. Imo, Warren effeciently avoids the muddy middle/low register--a trap for which most low voices have fallen--by minimising vertical space in the low register. Many baritones have weakened/bright low registers. We're not basses lol.
@@PayneSquared I'm aware of that, but this discrepancy is unusual and you're going to be very hard pressed to explain how that speaking voice can become that singing voice if one of the two isn't manufactured. It's not just a baritone voice, it's the darkest baritone on record (if I'm not mistaken) coming from a tenorial speaking voice...I think the way he managed the lower register is problematic. This was touched on in his biography. I can find the section and relay that to you if you're interested. Covering down there is dangerous...
Love his timbre
SUPERIOR
que voce!
One of the few (maybe only!) baritone that could handle this aria with ease. All of the great ones really struggled with it. What a voice! Thanks for posting.
Agreed...well, almost. You MUST find Tibbett's recording. There were 2 who could handle this very difficult aria. Verdi did not write for sissies!
Search for Dmitri Hvorostovsky's cardiff performance (1989) . He also performs this aria with ease
Absolutely beautiful , resonant voice. He has more ease on the top than at the bottom, almost like a tenor, but the colour definitely baritone. Miss a bit of the Italian " accent"
Warren irrepetible voz unica gran actor fallecio x apacionarse en urna fatale del.mio destino nunca habra otro warren. Un coloso vocal.e interprete.su apellido era warronsqui ruso pero vivio en e unidos y a los 48 años se desplomo en met.ropolitan
I heard Warren many times in all of his roles at the Met. Sorry, this video doesn't begin to capture him. He's 'stiff' and aware of the camera. Live, on stage he was fanfukintastic!!.
Please tell more about Warren . How did MacNeill compare to him. Mac’s high notes tore paint from the walls.
Great Baritone
Leonard Warren performs "Eri tu che macchiavi" in a telecast from 1950.
LW had that same beautiful quality on that low A but it was barely audible in house
somewhere is him singing live screws up but was on non profit channel he was loud and great at the time died young of heart on stage he passed out
Canto aida en el colon cuando.empezo el ensayo.los tecnico.hubo un silencio sepulcral.para escucharlo.
the 12 dislikes represent the 12 who ain't going to get into Heaven...
Died after singing this immediately
No. At the Met in Forza del Destiny. 1960. This is from Un Ballo in Mascera..
The pianist should have entered the international Tchaikovsky piano competition cheap, because he could play concertos without needing the orchestra.
I always felt Warren sounded as if he was singing with cotton gauze in his mouth.
soo good and no upgliding to reach the high notes
De principio a fin, Warren canta con voz DE FARINGE..... La mayoria de los baritonos contemporaneos a él siguieron la misma técnica, y también muchos tenores dramaticos...Desgraciadamente muchisimos singings posteriores, y algunos ACTUALES continuan imitandolo como si ésta fuera la Impostacion correcta y natural; ...Con la extraordinaria voz que tenia Worren no le habia hecho falta cantar ampliando su faringe. Estoy refiriendome, a lo que los italianos llaman LA ESCUELA ANTIGUA, o sea LA ESCUELA DE LOS OCHOCIENTOS ! ! ! ! . . . Para convencerse ESCUCHAR varias grabaciones de TITTA RUFFO ! ! ! ;;;; Y de paso escuchen muy bien a RICCARDO STRACCIARI,,,,, GIUSEPPE DE LUCCA;;;;; Apolo GRANFORTE;;;; Tito GOBBI , etc. etc..etc..etc.........
Sì, su impostacion no es correcto. Subí este video solo porque las imágenes filmadas de Warren cantando arias eran algo raras.
Super. His Italian is a bit off sometimes(the rolled 'r' on Eri for example)but the sheer beauty of the sound, the richness and the easy control, is simply fabulous.
"eri" should have a monovibrant r, not a long and trilled "erri" sound.
eri: you were
erri: you are in error/you are wandering
I think it's very difficult for an american speaker to pronounce italian, though.
He actually pronounces it halfway between "eri" and "erri": he is just trying to get that italian "r" sound right :P
It's usually better to avoid trilling it too much and trying to stick with the same "r" sound that british people use, when they actually use it.
A lot of italian people find it difficult to pronounce a correct r, it's not that uncommon that we actually skip on it and you can hear a sound more similiar to a british "r".
I believe scottish and spanish people actually use to trill their rs more than we italian people.
a fantastic singer what a pity he died too young!
He was a Verdi Baritone or a Heldenbariton?
Alexandru Voicu he was baritone.
A good one
Alexandru Voicu: He is probably the greatest of all Verdi baritones...rich and powerful low and medium voice, with a ringing top...he could sing a tenor high c "goofing" around that would have been the envy of virtually any tenor in the world today...
Definitely a Verdi baritone. Warren was always better at the higher lying roles - Germont, Di Luna, Rigoletto, Renato, Ford (his Falstaff is also quite good), Rossini's Figaro, Valentin, etc. That's where his warm, lyric middle voice, and ringing top notes shone the brightest. I never thought his Scarpia was nearly as good as those aforementioned roles, and I doubt the other major Dramatic / Helden roles would've suited him that well. To be honest, his middle & lower registers were too morbido for those roles; with Warren, the case always seems to be the higher, the better.
Elliot Matheny I agree! MacNeil always seemed to have a much comfier bottom and middle than Warren.
One of the best baritones in opera history, Warren did not have the power middle and law voice of Robert Merrill. We may compare them singing the duet Invano Alvaro..., both with Richard Tucker. When they reach ¡Finalmente!, Merrill was a volcano voice and at final of the duet with the word ¡Andiam!, Warren exploits his high b more powerful that Tucker. Both of them are great baritones. Sincerely,