GIUSEPPE DI STEFANO SINGS "SALUT DEMEURE" FROM "FAUST"

Belcore14 Says:

Aug 28, 2008 - What an incredible performance...I love Faust

folarino Says:

Aug 28, 2008 - Sheer perfection. I wouldn't have stopped clapping if I was in audience lol.

Tenoreforte05 Says:

Aug 28, 2008 - i am without words. this rendition is damn near perfect. bravo pippo!

tony1thatdoesowt Says:

Aug 28, 2008 - wonderful wonderful

PEAinSwe Says:

Aug 28, 2008 - It's that diminuendo on the high C that Jussi Björling admired so much. Björling considered di Stefano as one of the greatest tenors ever, and I'm bound to agree. This recording is absolutely magic!

MatheusStradivari Says:

Aug 28, 2008 - ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!! OMG!!!

iduefoscari Says:

Aug 28, 2008 - I am sorry Max about the "cruel" comments I have written about you. Just let me know what mental hospitol you are in ,and I will send you some flowers.

iTubeVlc Says:

Aug 28, 2008 - Si que hay, Giuseppe Sabbatini por ejemplo.

emilioperezcasas Says:

Aug 28, 2008 - Para ¡Tube Vic: Aún no he escuchado a Giuseppe Sabattini. Procuraré escucharlo y seguramente coincidiré: mientras tanto. insisto que no hay artista como Di Stefano. Gracias. emilioperezcasas

fratenore Says:

Aug 28, 2008 - Nasal? You are so used to listen to heavy voices that you can't distinguish between a head voice sound and a nasal one

fratenore Says:

Aug 28, 2008 - Mi vengono i brividi ogni volta che lo ascolto: divino!!!!

docmunoz Says:

Aug 28, 2008 - Pippo ha sido el tenor que puede distinguirse por un lirismo como ningun otro. sin duda es de los grandes!!

mjmacmtenor Says:

Aug 28, 2008 - I believe that Rudolph Bing (not known for his kindness) called di Stefano's high C in this aria the most beautiful sound he had ever hear from a tenor.

claudiodamilano1 Says:

Aug 28, 2008 - Semplicemente nessuno come lui e non solo in questa area. Notare come apre e poi chiude il Do..Era il paradigma della bellezza vocale. E' il vero Bel Canto Italiano: descrive tutte le coloriture delle note; le sfumature delicate, il vibrato e il tono vellutato. Di stefano non trascurava nulla delle note vocali, faceva percepire tutti i passaggi, anche quelli piu delicati. Per questo emozionava, come nessun'altro, il pubblico.

claudiodamilano1 Says:

Aug 28, 2008 - Lui non aveva paura di sbagliare (importantissimo nella lirica) era temerario, a volte spaccone, ma perche era sicuro delle sue capcità. Lui sapeva che è l'anima che deve cantare..non la voce. Non erano le sue capacita vocali, infatti, a stravolgere le emozioni (anche se la voce era unica) ma il fatto che lui cantando creava una tensione emotiva (morale) Era l'anima. (Claudio Ciccanti)

Matt54e Says:

Aug 28, 2008 - Amazing natural tone and fabulous diction. Best lyric tenor ever (including Gigli and Pav!!)

iltenoredramatico Says:

Aug 28, 2008 - i just pissed my pants from that high C. BRAVOOOOOOOOOOOO

liflochris Says:

Aug 28, 2008 - Magnifique ! Et le contre-ut qui se termine piano sublime !!!A comparer avec Alagna ...

Kentoo48 Says:

Aug 28, 2008 - This is possibly the finest voice to have sung opera. Astounding technique. Did he ever cover?

klastiaan Says:

Aug 28, 2008 - Jesus Christ I couldn't stop crying the first time I heard this...Second time too...

benginni Says:

Aug 28, 2008 - Amazing. Absolutely amazing.

FrikkieJacobs Says:

Aug 28, 2008 - wow

shinzip Says:

Aug 28, 2008 - I love his singing.You can hear such a heart when he's singing, his voice is just so warm and beautiful.However, I couldn't help commenting thathis pitch is sometimes very tiny tiny tiny tiny little bit flat, which is probably why, although he is considered one of the best tenor ever, he is not the best. (you can hear it more clearly on places where the orch. interrupts, although it could just be because it's a very old recording, in which case I would be completely wrong then..)

GermanOperaSinger Says:

Aug 28, 2008 - Agree with your first statement...but your second statement is false. His technique was awful. He never covered, and sang everything open and unsupported. What a terrible pity, the most beautiful Italian tenor of all time and he ruined it like that. I suppose with a voice as amazing as that, he didn't realize he was singing wrong because it would have sounded gorgeous even if he screamed at the top of his lungs.

Kentoo48 Says:

Aug 28, 2008 - By astounding I did not mean that his technique was good. As you have stated he didnt need any technique to sound beautiful. He reminds me of a race car driver that never takes his foot off the throttle.He surely got the performance out of what he had. Another that sings in the same manner is Chris Merritt. I did not realize that DiStefano was unaware of what he was doing to his voice singing as he did. Surely someone close to him would have advised him.. What did his teacher recommend?