Robert Goulet "If I Loved You" in Carousel
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- This was Robert Goulet favorite role. His gutsy, gritty, yet vulnerable portrayal makes Billy likable, which a testament to Goulet's acting.
"Robert Goulet reached his maturity as a dramatic performer and musical comedy figure in a strong sensitive portrayal of Bigelow, the luckless carousel barker... Goulet's "Soliloquy" anticipating what his unborn child will be like, was outstanding. Los Angeles Times, May 8, 1967 - Don Page
I had the honor of seeing him in Camelot. After the show several of us gathered at the stage door to meet him. He was without a doubt the nicest person I have ever met. He spent more than 45 minutes talking with us and then took about 6 of us out to breakfast with him. I will never forget his kindness and his talent was unmatched. He is greatly missed.
Why didn't he get more recognition as one of the best baritones, ever!!
+Zondra Hoffmann yes, i agree!
Now THAT'S a voice! Just thrilling. If he competed on one of today's ubiquitous talent shows, the judges wouldn't know what the hell to do, since they wouldn't ever have heard anything close to that gorgeous singing. That was a golden age. Now it's more like lead.
Mrs Goulet I pray your healthy. Thanks for sharing
2018, and this man's voice can still take your breath away. We miss you, Robert Goulet.
In his time he was the complete stage musical star. There is no doubt about it. His diction alone puts him head and shoulders above anyone else. And thats before you consider all of his other great gifts. He's never gone from us while wev'e got memories.
one of the best voices i have ever heard. I thought so when i was 13-- i had all his albums back in 1962.... when i was in my 30's i met him in Vegas at his concert..... when he sang "That Beautiful Face"-- and came down to me and kissed me on the cheek. It was a moment i will never forget
Vera..Robert had the most amazing deep voice but also had stage presence which todays singers do not have.
He loved singing to the camera and performing live and was a pleasure to listen to.
My two favourites are
On A Clear Day and Come Back To Me which show off his amazng
voice to perfection.
Sadly performers like Robert are few and far between.
Great man great voice and on here is a permanent reminder of a true talent we will never see rivalled
No one did Carousel better than Robert Goulet. No one. My favorite - his stunning Soliloquy. What a void in music that he left.
Perfection. An incredible talent, a fine actor, magnificent singer and handsome to boot...all in perfect harmony.
He did such a great job of going from acting like he didn't care early in the video to singing with such rich, beautiful feeling in the main song. Love this video. Listened to it over and over. Beautiful, great song. Thanks for sharing... Brad
Shoot me. We've lost not only Robert, but the entire musical theatre culture. Damn, isn't he just wonderful?
+A. Hirt yes, i agree
Goulet is magnificent here.
+Jay Young always magnifico....
Jay Youn
Brilliant talent, beautiful man, intelligence, and love.
So great. I have forgotten Robert Goulet. I remember seeing him on TV when I was a kid. I have forgotten how great he was. I remember passing by him in Manhattan many years ago. It was around noon and he had on a baby blue v neck sweater and when I looked at him, his eyes made me look longer. They were the bluest eyes I had ever seen. Striking eyes! I wish he was still alive singing.
I love Robert and this take on "If I Loved You".............they are all good. The question of the day, hmmm. Carousel leaves such feelings and smiles......xxx
A stellar and theatrical performance by the handsome and charming and now legendary Robert Goulet -- what more can I say! Thank you for the post.
My pleasure Tony.
Robert Goulet nailed it. When I remember Mr. Goulet, I think first of his protrayal of Billy Bigelow. I don't understand why so hard to find this rendition online because it was the best rendition of this popular musical. Also I don't find it on ebay or amazon... so strange. Vera... this man was my idol growing up as young boy. He represented to me everything a man should be.
David, thank you for your wonderful comment. You put a smile on my face.
Beautiful!!
PERFECTION❤
Another great one, Vera. Thanks so much for letting us see this.
Tank you very much Mrs.Goulet..A chance chat on Face book brought me here and WOW!.Billy Bigelow.Fantastic.
Such a great actor and of course, a great baritone voice!! ❤️
I watched this performance of Carousel on TV in 1967 when it was first broadcast. Too bad I had no idea then, as a teenager, no basis for comparison, of Goulet's supreme instrument for such musicals. Now I can compare and do, and Robert Goulet stands out by far against all comparisons.
Wonderful!
SUCH LOVELY INSPIRATION
My favorite musical contained his favorite role.
Definitive performance! Great singer and actor. Miss him. Thanks for posting this.
My pleasure Douglas. I miss him with every breath I take.
I know Robert Goulet knows how good he is when he performed so did everyone else rest in peace
Brilliant. I wish we'd seen more of him in roles like this.
Great song from a great film beautifuly sang .
I love how "human" his performance is, and how he goes from speaking to singing, naturally. I would rank this up there with Gordon Macrae's version. Beautiful stuff.
Solo here, duet in other versions; this is SO good; what a voice.
He melts me.
You are welcome Jeff. By the way, Billy Bigelow was his favorite role.
Beautifully sung.
Absolutely brilliant, thank you.
So happy you enjoyed him.
Vera Goulet Hi Vera, Thank you for responding. I have quite a few of Robert's recordings, but not the one above, so it was nice to hear it. It seems so strange but a privilege to be able to talk to you, the great man's wife, thank you for sharing with us Robert's unique gift.
+Bill Williams My pleasure Bill. I am very happy that you enjoy my husband's work.
A truly amazing talent. He is so greatly missed...
Thanks for posting this.
damn! such a VOICE!!
I adore this song and have listened to every version of it I could find, and could not find a favorite until I found this video and was completely blown away. There is something about your husband's version and the emotion that is just unexplainable and could never be matched. Thank you so much for sharing Mrs. Goulet.
Hello Vera Goulet, Are you the family of singer Robert Goulet?, I am pleased to inform you of knowledge. I am very happy to sing and listen to the beautiful voice of Robert Goulet. This film is emotional and beautiful music.Many thanks Vera Goulet. In any case, Robert is always existed in our memory and I pay tribute to him. Musically.
Robert and Vera Goulet are husband and wife :)
Robert was my husband and I am very happy that you enjoy and pay tribute to his music.
That flat out gave me chills!
Thank you Alejandra, I love watching this scene.
Wow! Impressive. Never thought of him as an actor ---
This was a pleasant surprise. Robert Goulet performs this beautifully, and I never think it's an easy scene as the dialogue always seems to take a leap too far, from Billy and Julie just meeting, to him asking if she's trying to get him to marry her. I always thought Gordon MacRae struggled with those lines but that's the way Hammerstein wrote them. Robert's is certainly the best rendition I've heard since MacRae who is my all time favourite singer. Lovely performance here from Robert Goulet.
Oh Jeanie, so glad you discovered him. Thank you for your comment and I hope you enjoy the other videos on his channel.
Goulet had a marvellous instrument , a great talent, a great musician. Very well classically trained: that's the difference from today. Sorry- but there are few singers who will exploit their voices without classical training. (An exception was Elvis.) How I miss real music, beautiful singing like this. Today's boring monotony is hard on the ears. Mediocrity abounds. Today in America, people who have no training dare to call themselves "musicians."
Hi Vera,
Thank you so much for sharing his talents with us through y our postings on UA-cam. It would be great to see a recorded version from his stage days of the entire score.
My wife is a wonderful singer; if you have a moment, you would enjoy her singing to Faith songs at the end of my movie trailer "Sisters Go Ye trailer 2" on youtube.
God Bless you Vera; you are an Angel,
Kyle
He made some terrific versions of songs," If Ever I Would Leave You," is of course famous,a lesser known song he did sublimely is," Look For Small Pleasures"
He was called "The Man With the Chrome-plated Voice".
BETTER THAN THAT.....GOLD........JE
One of the best non operatic baritones ever.
+baritonebynight he sort of touches the operatic sphere in a way though
***** Your question is subjective as to what "better" means. He wasn't an opera singer meaning he never sang an operatic role. I think he could have done that with his talent, but singing opera is incredibly difficult and there is such a small market for it that he probably chose wisely to go the route that he did. It made him very successful.
+baritonebynight Actually, John he did study and sing operatic roles. Check this out: ua-cam.com/video/EPhZZVvuMxY/v-deo.html.
He was seventeen years old when he recorded this. But yes he did choose wisely for many, many reasons. Vera Goulet
***** Dietrich Fischer Dieskau is my personal favorite.
ROBERT GOULET THE MAN AND HIS LEGACY Thanks for the info. Did he actually sing an operatic role on the stage? If so, which one?
my girlfriends and I just loved this man to bits he was just gorgeous
just gorgeous
3:13 Okay, she's deaf in one ear now. Standing that close next to someone belting that loud can't be easy on the ears. She's not even wincing a little bit. He's an amazing baritone, though.
Elvis Presley supposedly hated Robert Goulet; he shot out a tv screen that was showing Goulet. I think Elvis was jealous of him; Goulet was tall, dark and handsome and had THAT voice! I think Elvis envied it. As well he should have.
Is this production of Carousel available as a DVD? It is a magnificent rendering of this song --powerful yet so tenderly sung. Thanks for posting it here, Mrs. Goulet.
You are welcome. It is not available at the moment, but I am working on making it available.
ROBERT GOULET THE MAN AND HIS LEGACY Put me on your mailing list, please!
Thank you for the information..concerning the extra verse ....Did He write the verse himselfe or..?
Do you know ? That verse makes this song (For once in my..) greater than
any other I heard. Stefan Bader
Why don't they release the CD of these shows.
robert roberson I am working on it Robert. VG
Vera Goulet
Dear Mrs. Goulet, Your husband was and still is a treasure to the world of musical theatre. I will never forget being a child and waiting for the TV premieres of Kiss Me Kate, Carousel, and Brigadoon. Watching with my parents at my Godmother's house because she was the only one who had colour TV at the time and the at Christmas time receiving the albums as presents. His voice will be engrained in my memory forever.
Hi, Vera! I very much admired your husband's talent. This is by far my favorite rendition of this song. Is a MP3 available? :)
I8Trpn I love this one too. Sadly it is not available in MP3, but am working on it, VG
Do you have that program that he was in, "The Enchanted Nutcracker"?
1:53 ~ 2:04 Now, why do I get reminded of John Williams' Superman theme by hearing that part???
Interesting how they modulated to a more acceptable key for him. He had a great voice, Can't believe he couldn't sing it a little higher.
handsome bastard.
Yes he was! Vera Goulet
Gordon MacRae did this best :)
Robert Goulet, un talent de descendance Canadienne. Un autre Français perdu au Anglais.
One of best MALE singers of the century ,A true original voice,once you heard him you cant forget him.. Rest In Peace Bob ...
Great song from a great film beautifuly sang .
I have regretfully come to believe that we will not see the likes of songs like this again. As a child in the 60s, I heard Goulet and the other great male singers of the era come flying out of our stereo in the living room. Although neither of my parents ever saw a Broadway show, I feel like I have thanks to the 33 1/3 sound tracks that they frequently played.
He was brilliant, gorgeous and truly talented - a legend.
Just perfect. The more I hear him, the more I admire his honest technique. They don't teach this anymore...
My parents saw Camelot on Broadway and bought the original Broadway cast album. I grew up listening to Robert Goulet's Lancelot. That planted in my ear the mistaken notion that every male voice should sound like his. He set the standard. How was I to know that no one else sounded like him? I watched Carousel when it was shown in '67, and was not able to stay up and watch all of Brigadoon when it was shown (I was too young), but we bought the album, and I listened to his performance of that gorgeous score over and over again. I watched Kiss Me Kate when it aired. (What a wealth of theatrical and musical talent we were served up in those days!) We also had the original cast album of The Happy Time. I loved his performance in that show. His voice was unmistakable and immediately recognizable. A few years ago I found on UA-cam a Christmas special that Bing Crosby put together that included Robert Goulet and Mary Costa. They performed O Holy Night, and the hair on the back of my neck stood up. I'll never forget the smile on Mary's face as Robert took the phrase "For yonder breaks a new and glorious morn." I don't think she had heard a voice quite like his, even after years of performing opera. There was simply no one else like him on the pop or operatic stage. There was a visceral quality to the sound of his voice that produced a sense of excitement that can't be matched. It was a force of nature. The sound was dark but completely clear, and it had a sheen that grew as the volume increased. I'm so glad you and Robert got together. It is clear that he found his soulmate. Thanks for all you are doing to bring the body of his work to a new generation. I'm waiting for the digital release of Brigadoon, Carousel, and Kiss Me Kate. Keep on keeping on! Your efforts are greatly appreciated! God bless you!
Herbert, a lot of people say many wonderful things about my husband, but your comment was most eloquent and profound. Thank you so much. I know that Robert is looking down from his window up above and smiling. Vera Goulet
Dang, that dude was HANDSOME! Great baritone voice and quiet a good actor, too. Old school. Very classy and elegant, not like the trash that's out there today.
Thank you for your comment. Yes he was handsome, a great baritone, a very good actor with class and elegance.
***** Your French is pardoned Steve! Yes Robert was hot all through the 60's and most of the seventies. I am astonished when I browse through our press clipping archives, for he was on the cover of Time, Newsweek, Life and every other show biz magazine, week after week and constantly in the press. Although Tom Jones (he is a friend) gets credit for being the first to have the ladies throw hotel keys on stage in the late 60's, it actually all started with Robert during his first four week night club engagement in New York's Plaza Hotel in the Persian Room. It was a record breaking engagement in all the history of the Persian Room from the 1930's to the early 70's when it closed. He was handsome, talented and indeed very hot, but he was also an excellent dramatic as well as a very good comedic actor with a god given voice unlike any other. He loved words and when he sang he didn't just sing, but always told a story with that unmistakable Goulet voice. I am glad you enjoy the video. I never get tired of watching it and am always moved the sensitivity and vulnerability he brings to Billy. And yes, you are correct, Carol did have him on the show. I wish you a very joyous Holiday Season with the Robert's help. Vera
ua-cam.com/video/VqtWpyh6naE/v-deo.html
I listened to his music as I was growing up. Such pure talent!
Is he related to Dr Robert Goulet?
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PERFECTION❤
Robert Goulet openly said that Billy Bigelow was his favorite part. He does this number with an outstanding flair of power and tenderness.
One of the most touching and moving ballads of all time and Goulet had the voice to pull it off!
Vera - Robert's sound is perfect for this role! Cutting & bold.. but also with great tenderness...I've seen many, many opera singers flounder with this seemingly "easy" song... Robert NAILS it with ease. One of the best voices of the 20th century in all styles of singing. Please post more!!
What I like so much about Robert Goulet's rendition of this song, is that as he walks toward Julie, in the closing minute, singing at a quieter dynamic lever, "soon you would leave me, off you would go, in the mist of day, when you’d never would know,” he perfectly captures Billy’s vulnerability. Wow! Very powerful. Vera, thanks for sharing this video. Perfect!!!
Oh to return to the Golden Age. Beautiful songs, talented composers & lyricists and fantastic handsome baritones
Oh man, I wasn't expecting to be so moved by this- such deep, powerful acting on display in this rendition- every note was so heartfelt. Beautiful.
What a handsome singer with a magnificent voice.
He was the best. There are no voices like him out there anymore. The screamers have taken over.
I saw this when was a child, It was wonderful to have Robert Goulet bring Broadway into your home. Carousel, Kiss Me Kate, Brigadoon. All shows that he did for TV, No one will ever be like him.
YEP..& I SAW BOB IN CAMELOT, & SOUTH PACIFIC....PERFECT!..RIP..JACK ENGLISH..WEHO..7/2019
I'm so impressed. I've always loved his voice but I was really moved by his performance. I had goosebumps. I don't remember the last time THAT happened while listening to someone sing. Best rendition of this song (and performance) I've ever seen. Vera, I want you to know that I'm thinking of you this season. I lost my darling Steve 2 years ago. Thank you for putting these songs on youtube. I'm so grateful!
I'll keep a close eye out for that. Honestly, I never thought of Mr. Goulet in terms of Billy Bigelow. But this video brought tears of pure joy to my eyes while opening them at the same time. Can't thank you enough.
After listening to several versions of If I Loved You, including Mario Lanza, RG hit this spot ON, the best. Every note is on, amazing to hear his perfection and talent.
Thanx for this video. Wish I could find this on mp3 but it is not available.
Drives me to tears, every, single time.
He was gorgeous! ❤️
This is truly the definitive version of this tune. An amazing man with an incredible talent!
What an incredible performance
The greatest. Didn't get the recognition he deserved. Seemed to have fallen between so many stools: Musical theater; Hollywood, Las Vegas, TV. Fortunately, we have the recordings.When you hear his renditions you can't imagine anybody else singing them.
YEP..I TRIED, BUT COULDNT CUT IT......JE
unforgetable voice! i m missing u.....
Three letters to describe how I feel everytime I hear this sung by Robert Goulet...WOW!!! Merci de partager!
This was a glorious and incomparable age in music, and I'm so glad that I LIVED it.
La seine
Very nice. I still prefer Gordon Macrae.
Yes, he cared about people and always found time to make them happy.
Wow! That voice...
Robert Goulet was just pure class. Unfortunately, there's no one out there that can bring talent they way he did.
Thank you Kathy for your lovey comments. To answer your question, I was his wife and now his widow.
Thanks for sharing these videos. He was one of my favorite singers - "If Ever I Would Leave You" still takes my breath away.
So much talent.... and he makes it look so easy, and romantic. Thank you.
+Aus Outback Yes all of the above. VG
+Aus Outback you are so right
Too bad Robert Goulet didn't have a son and carry on where Robert left off we surely miss him and I'm sure all Broadway and the movies due to a guy was the greatest
He had two sons, both of whom have his voice, and neither was interested in performing. Both are nurses!
ASTONISHING!!!!!! Anyone who thinks on taking on that role should see him first, and then rethink...
Thank you Mrs Goulet for sharing those beautiful songs. Robert Had the most beautiful voice, physic but also a beautiful wife.