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Caruso singing La Donna e Mobile from Verdi’s Rigoletto for Victor in 1907. The correct playing speed is 75 rpm which I did not know when I uploaded this
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May 19th, 2009 at 12:48 am
Whoah! Really? Pavarotti was a prima donna. Gee, never knew that. He was my introduction to opera so I sort of have a special affection for him. hehehe. But yeah, now I’m discovering other great Opera voices…both from the present and the past. They’re all wonderful to listen to. Different voice types that bring different qualities to an aria.
Currently obsessed with Corelli tho. hehehe. And I also got a Caruso collection CD a few days ago. Sublime voice!
May 21st, 2009 at 2:23 am
Maybe now you can give up your unhealthy addiction to Pavarotti. Not only is he a pig vocally but from my personal dealings with him as a musician and opera orchestra personnel manager he was a real jerk.
May 21st, 2009 at 10:39 pm
GRACIAS!!!!
BRAVO!!!
Estos son los videos que deben estar en youtube.
May 25th, 2009 at 11:50 pm
This video is the second one of my playlist “Super tenor arias” where you can also find performances of other tenors from different times, including a world avant-première from an opera that has not been performed yet
Thanks Roger !
May 26th, 2009 at 8:07 am
I know…I have been filtering out the scratches and noise since 1959.
May 26th, 2009 at 1:13 pm
wow. I’ve always listened to the Pavarotti version so I was accustomed to hearing La Donna e Mobile with alot of vocal force. I had no idea it could also be sung like this…rich, strong but goes down smooth like honey. Lovely. Automatic favorite. No wonder tenors looked up to Caruso.
May 27th, 2009 at 5:12 am
Thank you so much for giving us this! My father was from southern Italy and I grew up listening to the few records available of his marvelous singing. Also, he is the spitting image of my uncle Archie!!! No one else has such PERFECT PERFECT pitch.
May 30th, 2009 at 2:47 am
Thank you so much for uploading this video!
June 1st, 2009 at 6:11 pm
June 5th, 2009 at 1:11 am
i love the song!!!… and Caruso`s voice too
June 8th, 2009 at 2:06 am
La chanson fétiche de madame Anne Rice dans l la trilogie “Le lien maléfique”. Cette oeuvre me transporte tout simplement. Absolument.
June 8th, 2009 at 4:32 am
Grazie per aver condiviso! Fantastico!
June 9th, 2009 at 8:07 pm
Italian Text
La donna è mobile
Qual piuma al vento,
Muta d’accento — e di pensiero.
Sempre un amabile,
Leggiadro viso,
In pianto o in riso, — è menzognero.
È sempre misero
Chi a lei s’affida,
Chi le confida — mal cauto il cuore!
Pur mai non sentesi
Felice appieno
Chi su quel seno — non liba amore!
June 11th, 2009 at 9:16 am
Remastering something as old as this just makes the quality suffer. That’s fine for rock music, but not acceptable for a operatic tenor voice recording. You just have to filter the noise out with your mind after listening so many times. Comes out better.
June 13th, 2009 at 10:44 pm
many thanks!..
June 15th, 2009 at 9:56 am
Well I don’t know what he is singing about, but i like it very much - it is just beautiful !
Wow.
June 18th, 2009 at 11:54 am
Many thanks for posting this!! Completely awesome stuff. I didn’t know about the 75 RPM thing - that’s probably one of the reasons early recordings often sound “tinny” when played today - they are usually played at 78 RPM, which is just a bit too fast, and is noticible.
June 21st, 2009 at 6:37 am
That’s a very nice observation, Peter … and I couldn’t agree more.
June 23rd, 2009 at 9:55 am
beautifully made! I want to have this on shellac as well
June 23rd, 2009 at 3:40 pm
I agree with all the good coments about Caruso. In spite of i dont know excltly what he’s saying sometimes he touchs me hearth, he was very expresive, it isnt just singing it’s also the interpretation, and Caruso had both.
June 26th, 2009 at 2:27 pm
bello quel giradischi antico di che anno e’
grazie
June 28th, 2009 at 11:01 am
Wie verführerisch sind Frauenherzen?