One Of The Greatest? Yes Or No

[Jordyboy9]

anyone think that he was one of the greatest of all time? and no ummm its not JC Media URL: https://youtu.be/Rt5tIQGEW5w
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[Stephen_G]

If you're viewing YouTube videos on a Mobile Phone or Tablet, you have the YouTube mobile site. Therefore you're copying `n' pasting the mobile videos so they don't show up on this site in the proper format - I've re-done a few of yours over the last few days

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t936rzOt3Zc

[Elina]

Just downloaded a version by Pavarotti Jordy, thanks.

[joggerjayne]

Interesting trivia about La Donna E Mobile ...

Verdi was so convinced that it would be the big hit from Rigoletto that, before the night of the premiere, he didn't show it to anyone.

Not even the orchestra.

He was worried that someone would play it somewhere else before his opening night. So, during all the rehearsals, the orchestra literally had a blank sheet of paper tucked inside the score.

On the day of the premiere, when it was too late for anyone to nick it, he gave the orchestra (and the cast!) the missing song ...

(as linked by Jordy ^^^)

[vetuste_ennemi]

Listened to Caruso and Gigli as a kid, JordyBoy.
But La Donna è mobile! In VE's Top 10 worst songs of all time (along with Yellow Submarine and the National Anthem). Mais chacune à son goût, JoggerJayne.
As teen listened to lots of Di Stefano who was having a thing with Callas at the time, both recording together on Deutsche Grammaphon, though at £2 an LP far outside my price bracket. Fortunately had a mate who left school at sixteen who spent a fortune on operatic recordings.
First LP I bought myself was operatic duets by Jussi Björling and Robert Merrill which featured this divine aria.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dT5LcQ_o8ow

[shoota]

Who, but who, would pay heed to Stephen Fry?

[andy-hughes]

Yes.

[joggerjayne]

Stephen Fry is a fellow Wagnerite, so he clearly has exquisite taste in classical music.

[murraymints]

[B00]

I'll admit to being a musical philistine, but I listened to all those links- well, 10 seconds or so of each, and didn't like any of them- thought they were bilge.

I'll stick to my 80's pop ta very muchly :-)

[B00]

Ahhh now see, that one I do like!

[B00]

lol, ta Jordy

[joggerjayne]

// I thought they were bilge //

(director of Classic FM transfers B00's CV into the "maybe not" pile)

[B00]

I know Jayne, sorry, but I just don't get classical music, or jazz, or swing or (shudder) blues.

[joggerjayne]

It would be quite dull if we all liked the same thing, B00

[B00]

Ya I know Jayne :-)

[seadogg]

Wonderful Caruso was often played on the old steam radio at home. There wasn't such a dichotomy of "classical" and popular music on the old Home Service. As a result he has been my yardstick of opera tenors (excluding the Wagnerian helden tenors.