LIVE: Beniamino Gigli & Mario Basiola - Enzo Grimaldo, principe di Santafior (La Gioconda) - 1934

Here's what it sounds like when you put together two singers who both had the great Antonio Cotogni as their teacher and model. TOTAL ABANDON... VOICES FILLING AND SPILLING OUT OF THE PIAZZA... RAPTURE... SLANCIO. This is my absolute favorite performance of this scene on record.
Beniamino Gigli & Mario Basiola
La Gioconda
Piazza del Comune, Cremona
1934
Tullio Serafin, conductor

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This channel is primarily about vocal emission—aural examples of basically correct singing, correct impostazione—chiaroscuro, vowel clarity, firm and centered pitch, correct vibrato action, absence of throatiness or thickness, sounds free from constriction and from the acoustic noise that accompanies it—with occasional video examples that demonstrate what the body, face, mouth, jaw, and tongue look like when used with correct impostazione—the vocal emission of the one and only Italian school.

Caveat: I'm biased in favor of baritones and baritone literature, but if you want to learn about and listen to all the greatest singers in the old-school tradition, explore this spreadsheet (voice parts are separated by tabs): https://bit.ly/2W4qmE3

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