Thank you for this beautiful documentary. I was named after his opera Aida (and I’m not Italian), so Verdi has always been close to my heart. And in high school I performed Va Pensiero with my school chorus. Many years ago. Beautiful memories.
What a beautiful production! Everything about this documentary is excellent! Thank you so much for this very educational and entertaining biography of maestro Verdi's life. His legacy cannot be overestimated, he left us a vast treasure of magnificent music! I hope many more people will get to hear and love it, too! "Va, pensiero", this majestic chorus with such painful yearning for the fatherland, speaks to every heart that has ever earned for its faraway home. Bravo, Signore Verdi! Thank you for your splendid operas. Thank you, Mr. Hampson for this excellent film. I really admire your performances of the most poignant arias, with the majestic architecture of Italy being the best setting for Verdi's immortal music.
Bravo, Maestro Hampson ! Very well produced and thank you for your excellent rendition of Verdi arias. Also, your masterclasses are outstanding as well. Thank you.
What a beautiful podcast, one can enter the world of my hero Giuseppe Verdi, the best Maestro in opera, thank you so much for this wonderful documentary Thomas Hampson
absolutely, these legacies of true art talent is always going to remain.... tucce plebian minds have no awareness or even know what creating true everlasting legacies means...
Here is the best topic for a Hollywood movie worthy an Oscar award but more than an Oscar winning prize, getting seven billion dollars profits like Avatar fantasy should be much better, try to guess how much l would love to donate such an important figure an artistic TV network like yours, time to move on guys. During the Covid pandemic only phones were a successful business, let us know as fans, your phone dealers how much do they spend for such investments, for such movie productions, let's create jobs giving young artists the chance to work on important projects, not that much a Verdi's kind of biographic movie but ...someone who did not like him much, the dark side of a story is always more intrigui exciting creepy and nobody could ever skip it. A stalker, a loser, a guy filled of envy, a death threat behind a big genius composer is always a great fun to see things from the other side, think about it guys. Music unites us so well, we become partners in business if we like it or not, let's make some money then, let's make these golden mine worthy, think about it Ok?
Was Verdi lucky? Compare lives (and, more unfairly, deaths) of Mozart, Schubert, and even Beethoven, to Verdi's (or Wagner's, for that matter.) Life is unfair.
Pointless bizarre comment : life is unfair that's a truth widely known, unfair also to Verdi who lost in few months his two little kids and his wife...I wouldn't pick wagner as example : he had even more luck for being ranked a major composer though his music is dulling & awful, not mentioning his work totally lacking of artistic spirit.
Sorry to be discordant but I strongly disagree about Thomas Hampson's voice: it's absence of baritone Timbre, lack of true Italian legato, all exacerbated by a weak upper register can be clearly heard in his rendition of " O Vecchio Cor."
@@pcoffey1 I've recently watched a very interesting interview of Hampson by baritone Lucas Meachem. When the subject comes up, Mr. Hampson asks "Well. what do you call a low, lazy tenor? A baritone!" Love that!
@@kennethwayne6857 Hi Kenneth ; may I suggest a pseudonym for low, lazy [ cute] baritone is THampson: God Bless Tibbett, and Warren; JC Thomas was a high baritone but a real baritone sonorous, rich velvet . the famous A H Malotte's "Our Father" was dedicated to him. Nelson Eddy deserves a listen too- imho. deep river, the hills of home, ghost rider in the sky E.G.. Heck Henry Caruso had more baritonal timbre than this pretender - Maestro [meaning teacher] is a real misnomer on this ticket - and I watched his 'Master class - what a joke......Hovorostovsky -
Thank you so much for this spectacular biography
inégalable Thomas Hampson - Merci !
Thank you for this beautiful documentary. I was named after his opera Aida (and I’m not Italian), so Verdi has always been close to my heart. And in high school I performed Va Pensiero with my school chorus. Many years ago. Beautiful memories.
What a beautiful production! Everything about this documentary is excellent! Thank you so much for this very educational and entertaining biography of maestro Verdi's life. His legacy cannot be overestimated, he left us a vast treasure of magnificent music! I hope many more people will get to hear and love it, too! "Va, pensiero", this majestic chorus with such painful yearning for the fatherland, speaks to every heart that has ever earned for its faraway home. Bravo, Signore Verdi! Thank you for your splendid operas.
Thank you, Mr. Hampson for this excellent film. I really admire your performances of the most poignant arias, with the majestic architecture of Italy being the best setting for Verdi's immortal music.
Bravo, Maestro Hampson ! Very well produced and thank you for your excellent rendition of Verdi arias. Also, your masterclasses are outstanding as well. Thank you.
What a presentation of European civilization.
Thx for wonderful documentary 🤗
Our pleasure! Glad you enjoyed it! :D
Welcome!! Fascinating documentary. Thomas Hampson magnificent always. Thank you and congratulations for sharing this adorable performance. 😊🌹
Our pleasure! Thank you for watching! :)
What a beautiful podcast, one can enter the world of my hero Giuseppe Verdi, the best Maestro in opera, thank you so much for this wonderful documentary Thomas Hampson
thanks a lot Maestro to present this outstanding documentary.
exceptional artist Mr. Hampson.
A really superb documentary.
Thank you so very much Monsieur.
Thank you so much.
Amazing
Amazing. Thank you
Terrific!
Verdi is my favorite composer I wish I could write half as much beautiful music even if it were symphonies the music man writes God writes
Excellent!
Hampson has a great voice. I saw him singing Wolfram, in Tannhauser, some years ago, and he was excellent.
A very fine documentary, and your singing was a special musical joy, as always, Mr. Hampson. Thenks for both!
absolutely, these legacies of true art talent is always going to remain.... tucce plebian minds have no awareness or even know what creating true everlasting legacies means...
Giuseppe Verdi was born #otd in 1813 🌹🌹🌹
a very good baritone
Music of Rossini !!!!
Thomas Hampson can sing a bit.
Here is the best topic for a Hollywood movie worthy an Oscar award but more than an Oscar winning prize, getting seven billion dollars profits like Avatar fantasy should be much better, try to guess how much l would love to donate such an important figure an artistic TV network like yours, time to move on guys. During the Covid pandemic only phones were a successful business, let us know as fans, your phone dealers how much do they spend for such investments, for such movie productions, let's create jobs giving young artists the chance to work on important projects, not that much a Verdi's kind of biographic movie but ...someone who did not like him much, the dark side of a story is always more intrigui exciting creepy and nobody could ever skip it. A stalker, a loser, a guy filled of envy, a death threat behind a big genius composer is always a great fun to see things from the other side, think about it guys. Music unites us so well, we become partners in business if we like it or not, let's make some money then, let's make these golden mine worthy, think about it Ok?
Thomas Hampson shouldn't be singing Verdi. There, I said it
Hampton is superb in Mahler but not really suitable for Italian operas
Was Verdi lucky? Compare lives (and, more unfairly, deaths) of Mozart, Schubert, and even Beethoven, to Verdi's (or Wagner's, for that matter.) Life is unfair.
Pointless bizarre comment : life is unfair that's a truth widely known, unfair also to Verdi who lost in few months his two little kids and his wife...I wouldn't pick wagner as example : he had even more luck for being ranked a major composer though his music is dulling & awful, not mentioning his work totally lacking of artistic spirit.
Sorry to be discordant but I strongly disagree about Thomas Hampson's voice: it's absence of baritone Timbre, lack of true Italian legato, all exacerbated by a weak upper register can be clearly heard in his rendition of
" O Vecchio Cor."
Try to sing it yourself and you will understand his gift. No-one should be criticizing God's creation
@@anitoroyan272 he is a lazy tenor
@@pcoffey1 I've recently watched a very interesting interview of Hampson by baritone Lucas Meachem. When the subject comes up, Mr. Hampson asks "Well. what do you call a low, lazy tenor? A baritone!" Love that!
@@kennethwayne6857 Hi Kenneth ; may I suggest a pseudonym for low, lazy [ cute] baritone is THampson: God Bless Tibbett, and Warren; JC Thomas was a high baritone but a real baritone sonorous, rich velvet . the famous A H Malotte's "Our Father" was dedicated to him. Nelson Eddy deserves a listen too- imho. deep river, the hills of home, ghost rider in the sky E.G.. Heck Henry Caruso had more baritonal timbre than this pretender - Maestro [meaning teacher] is a real misnomer on this ticket - and I watched his 'Master class - what a joke......Hovorostovsky -
@@anitoroyan272 I do sing it and better than him - i'm just not as pretty, effeminate nor do i have pictures on some individuals to use as bribes
Thomas Hampson is a wannabe Verdi baritone