First time hearing his speaking voice, in English or otherwise. I'll just this this: whatever I may have imagined his voice was like certainly wasn't anything like this! I expected him to have a much deeper, booming voice. Hearing him talk, you'd have no idea he was capable of that truly heroic thundering he's forever famous for.
Christopher Roberts , Del MONACO was used to talk that way in order to avoid to make his Voice tired !! Many Singers do it , like Nicola MARTINUCCI . Other Tenors were supposed to do it but, unfortunately, they never did it , so their Voices were very often TIRED and HUSKYI !!! Del Monaco was used to care s lot about his magnificent Voice !!!
To old 78 recordings of Zanatello, who outsung Caruso in NY. Caruso had powerful backers who ensured Zanatello did not sing in NY again, so he returned to Italy and built an open air opera house and banned microphones. He stated that only REAL singers would sing there. Caruso never did. Possibly, his voice wouldn't have reaches the back so well, but others did sing well there without microphones. When I was young, we had a lovely elderly neighbour who lived around the corner. Genevieve Hunkin. I don't think she was well know as she married and had a daughter and seemingly devoted her years to being a housewife and mother then. I used to sometimes visit her even when she sadly had to go into a care home. One time, the time she told me she had been a soprano, she explained that she was taught to "sing on a Whisper" and if done correctly the voice would carry.
The contrast between the speaking voice and singing voice is striking. His speaking voice is light and bright while the singing voice was dark, dramatic and powerful.
He used a fake lightened speaking voice to save his vocal chords from tiring. His true voice wad more dark and deep. It s surprising to hear him speak that way.
Che bello sentire Del Monaco parlare della sua carriera in Inglese con una intervistatrice che,si capisce,è piena di riverente rispetto per il grande tenore! Grazie!
@@xxsaruman82xx87 You seem to be active enough to reply soon, MDM says he taught himself in this interview. Is he joking like he did with his age here? I read multiple places he studied with Melocchi twice for lots of years.
He, Corelli and a few others male and female up to around the late 80's maybe, that was it. They don't make 'em like that anymore. They broke the mold. Sadly, all the talent has gone and there are none to replace them. There won't be again unless they use the old techniques, don't party, booze, save their voices by not speaking loudly or shouting off stage, don't do drugs, don't smoke etc. I am certainly not saying they all do any of those harmful things now but I am sure some of them do.
Não é de admirar. Uma década como titular absoluto no Metropolitan de Nova York. Tive a felicidade de assistir no Othello no Municipal de São Paulo. Neste Teatro ele estreou no Il Trovador. No Cólon de Buenos Aires no Otello.
A lot of silly banal questions! I agree with the comments about his speaking voice being so different from what you'd expect after hearing him sing. It was the same with Corelli.
First time hearing his speaking voice, in English or otherwise. I'll just this this: whatever I may have imagined his voice was like certainly wasn't anything like this! I expected him to have a much deeper, booming voice. Hearing him talk, you'd have no idea he was capable of that truly heroic thundering he's forever famous for.
+Christopher Roberts Remember he's a tenor.
+eoselan7 yeah but a Dramatic one. Dramatic tenors have very dark and heavy voices, and powerful low notes.
What would they do with the low notes? Low notes where? in what roles?
@@photo161 О_о weird question a bit, wherever they are in score
Christopher Roberts , Del MONACO was used to talk that way in order to avoid to make his Voice tired !!
Many Singers do it , like Nicola MARTINUCCI .
Other Tenors were supposed to do it but, unfortunately, they never did it , so their Voices were very often TIRED and HUSKYI !!!
Del Monaco was used to care s lot about his magnificent Voice !!!
Thank you.
Del Monaco and Corelli. Two of the most magnificent male voices ever.
This tenor was AWESOME, a real tenor!
Amazing interview! The fact that he taught himself to sing is incredible!
To old 78 recordings of Zanatello, who outsung Caruso in NY. Caruso had powerful backers who ensured Zanatello did not sing in NY again, so he returned to Italy and built an open air opera house and banned microphones. He stated that only REAL singers would sing there. Caruso never did. Possibly, his voice wouldn't have reaches the back so well, but others did sing well there without microphones.
When I was young, we had a lovely elderly neighbour who lived around the corner. Genevieve Hunkin. I don't think she was well know as she married and had a daughter and seemingly devoted her years to being a housewife and mother then. I used to sometimes visit her even when she sadly had to go into a care home. One time, the time she told me she had been a soprano, she explained that she was taught to "sing on a Whisper" and if done correctly the voice would carry.
Thank you very much for this clip, it is a real rare treasure.
The contrast between the speaking voice and singing voice is striking. His speaking voice is light and bright while the singing voice was dark, dramatic and powerful.
He used a fake lightened speaking voice to save his vocal chords from tiring. His true voice wad more dark and deep.
It s surprising to hear him speak that way.
@@zs1968 It's also just talking vs singing. The larynx is going to be a bit higher when talking
@@somerandomguy84 sure but Mdm lightened his speaking voice to avoid to be vocaly, tired.
@@zs1968 Oh I'm in agreement, more just saying that people tend to talk a little lighter in general
Franco Corelli was also like that.
I'm Japanese.So,i don't speak English ,well.
But I want to understand this interview.So,I want to study English.
I like Del Monaco very much!
Genius. I could not imagine his speaking voice after hearing him singing!
Che bello sentire Del Monaco parlare della sua carriera in Inglese con una intervistatrice che,si capisce,è
piena di riverente rispetto per il grande tenore!
Grazie!
Davvero bello! Che bella voce gentile! Vero?
wonderful English - incomparable tenor-actor - nothing today really like him - maybe in another 100 years (?)
One can only hope
@@xxsaruman82xx87 You seem to be active enough to reply soon, MDM says he taught himself in this interview. Is he joking like he did with his age here? I read multiple places he studied with Melocchi twice for lots of years.
@@buhnedej He’s joking. He was indeed Melocchi’s student.
Hold my beer xD
He, Corelli and a few others male and female up to around the late 80's maybe, that was it. They don't make 'em like that anymore. They broke the mold. Sadly, all the talent has gone and there are none to replace them. There won't be again unless they use the old techniques, don't party, booze, save their voices by not speaking loudly or shouting off stage, don't do drugs, don't smoke etc. I am certainly not saying they all do any of those harmful things now but I am sure some of them do.
What a fantastic rarity! Mario is an absolute charmer in English.
I am in love with the voice of the Lady ...
So great know about that!! Amazing 🤩 ♥️♥️♥️❤️❤️❤️♥️♥️💕💕💕👏👏👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️👏👏👏
He almost sounds like Andy Kauffman when he says “Thank you very much.”
Boris Van Druff He does, actually.
😂
Del Monaco’s English is so funny but his German is fluent , it’s absolutely fine : so I forgive his English !!
He sounds adorable in English!
It's funny to hear the difference between the artist (very powerful) and the man (genuine, almost a teenager in moods....)
His english was not so bad.
il suo inglese è tra i migliori,altro che" non era così male"...
@@radames5855 E vero, magari gli Americani parlassero l Italiano in tale modo.... anche I Francesi.
Actually, Corelli also stated at his interview that his favorite role is Don Jose.
Mario del Monaco was the greatest Otello while Franco Corelli the best don Jose in Carmen.
Não é de admirar. Uma década como titular absoluto no Metropolitan de Nova York. Tive a felicidade de assistir no Othello no Municipal de São Paulo. Neste Teatro ele estreou no Il Trovador.
No Cólon de Buenos Aires no Otello.
A lot of silly banal questions! I agree with the comments about his speaking voice being so different from what you'd expect after hearing him sing. It was the same with Corelli.
5:18 Callas
Del Monaco's English isn't bad. Not bad at all.
Just goes to show you can't tell much from a speaking voice vis à vis the singing voice. Bjorling's is somewhat lower.
Yes, your right, so was Tucker's compared to MDM and Corelli, , so you cannot tell.
Jon Vickers had a very light speaking voice
Even interviews in that time was without any pathos and flattery unnecessery words. Now its more like worshiping, praising for nothing