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Mario Del Monaco (27 July 1915 – 16 October 1982) was an Italian operatic tenor who earned worldwide acclaim for his powerful voice.
Del Monaco was born in Florence to a musical upper-class family. As a young boy he studied the violin but had a passion for singing. He graduated from the Rossini Conservatory at Pesaro, where he first met and sang with Renata Tebaldi, with whom he would form something of an operatic dream team of the 1950s. His early mentors as a singer included Arturo Melocchi, his teacher at Pesaro, and Maestro Raffaelli, who recognized his talent and helped launch his career.
That career began in earnest with Del Monaco's debut on 31 December 1940 as Pinkerton at the Puccini Theater in Milan. (His initial appearance in an opera had occurred the previous year, however, in Mascagni's Cavalleria rusticana in Pesaro.) He sang in Italy during the Second World War and married, in 1941, Rina Filipini. In 1946, he appeared at London's Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, for the first time. During the ensuing years he became famous not only in London but also across the operatic world for his powerful voice. It was almost heldentenor-like in scope but Del Monaco was no Wagnerian, confining his activities overwhelmingly to the Italian repertoire.
Mario del Monaco sings "Core 'ngrato" (S. Cadillo) Hans Wallat, conductor 17.IV.1975
Mario Del Monaco is one of three or four of my favourite tenors. His "Dio, mi potevi scagliar" or "Forse la soglia attinse", or "Amor ti vieta", or e.g. "L´anima ho stanca" are unrivalled. Only Domingo (mainly as Radames or Cavaradossi) or Corelli (as Chenier or Manrico) there is possible to compare with his vocal beauty... sometimes, namely in Amor ti vieta ("vieta") or Forse la soglia ("palpito", "sotto") or Lamento (phrase "il dolce sembiante" - vocal "A") are his vocals incomparable beautifull...
Video live con audio rimasterizzato.
Mario del Monaco - Un amore così grande - 1976 Il grande successo di Mario Del Monaco, negli anni amato e reinterpretato da molti artisti come Claudio Villa, Luciano Pavarotti, Andrea Bocelli, Francesco Renga, Il Volo e i Negramaro, solo per citarne alcuni. Qui per la prima volta rimasterizzato in altissima qualità dal 16 piste originale, in occasione del centenario della nascita di Del Monaco.
Simply the best.
Two short clips of Mario Del Monaco singing. La Funciulla Del West, Firenze 1954. Soprano Eleanor Steber and Baritone Gian Giacomo Guelfi. 1. Quello Che tacete. 2. A section from the ending of the opera, which includes one of the most beautifu tenor high C's on record. What is Vibrato https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUqK3KWP2Uk Please Subscribe.
Click on the CC button for English subtitles Mario del Monaco explains and sings Wagner at home, first "Ein Schwert verhiess mir der Vater", then "Siegmund heiss ich" from "Die Walküre". Just like Melchior, he has a few very funny opinions about Wagner, but his enthusiasm is wonderful.
Mario del Monaco sings "Tu, che mi hai preso il cuor" (Franz Lehár)
Video live con audio rimasterizzato.
I migliori acuti live di Mario Del Monaco!!! Parte 1 1: l'enigmi sono tre...turandot 1949 2: nessun dorma...turandot 1953 3: addio fiorito asilo...madama butterfly 1960 4: quello che tacete...la fanciulla del west 1954 5: or son sei mesi...la fanciulla del west 1954 6: ch'ella mi creda...la fanciulla del west 1954 7: il fior che avevi a me tu dato...carmen 1959 8: celeste aida...aida 1957 9: dio mi potevi scagliar...otello 1958 10: meco all'altar di venere...norma 1955 11: vicino a te...andrea chenier 1955 12: vittoria!...tosca 1954 13: l'anima ho stanca...adriana lecouvreur 1951 14: a 23 ore...pagliacci 1959 15: vesti la giubba...pagliacci 1959 16: che gelida manina...boheme 1950 17: di quella pira...il trovatore 1957
Live perfomance. October 25, 1961. The NHK Symphone Orchestra.
Purtroppo l'audio non è tutto. Mario Del Monaco & Dorothy Kirsten Duetto Viene la Sera/Vogliatemi Bene Madama Butterfly Di G. Puccini 27, 1, 1957 Sullivan show america
Mario del Monaco - Folle di gelosia (Il Tabarro) Puccini - Live Historical Recordings
Il Trovatore Teatro Colón di Buenos Aires 1950 Audio leggermente ripulito
Brano 1: Svanir le voci (Norma) Brano 2: Largo al Factotun/Figaro (Barbiere di Siviglia) Brano 3: Die Valkure (Le Valchirie) Brano 4: Ah la paterna mano (Macbeth) Brano 5: Dio mi potevi scagliar (Otello) Brano 6: Niun mi tema (Otello) Brano 7: O sole mio 08/03/1969
Otello..........Mario del Monaco Jago............Renato Capecchi Cassio..........Gino Mattera Roderigo........Athos Cesarini Lodovico........Plinio Clabassi Montano.........Nestore Catalani Un Araldo.......Bruno Cioni Desdemona.......Rosanna Carteri Emilia..........Luisella Ciaffi Orchestra e Coro di Milano della RAI Roberto Benaglio, chorusmaster Tullio Serafin, conductor
"Manon Lescaut" Opera in 4 Acts by Giacomo Puccini Clara Petrella (Manon Lescaut) Mario del Monaco (Des Grieux) Carlo Morelli (Lescaut) Roberto Silva (Geronte) José Mendieta (Edmondo) Orchestra & Coro del Teatro de las Bellas Artes Giuseppe Antonicelli, conductor Mexico City,20.06.1951
Un Ballo in Maschera, opera in 3 Acts by Giuseppe Verdi Mario del Monaco (Riccardo) Piero Biasini (Renato) Carla Castellani (Amelia) Giulietta Simionato (Ulrica) Marisa Morel (Oskar) Orchestra & Chorus of the "Grand Théatre Genève" Nino Sanzogno, conductor Genève, 08.05.1946
Canio - Mario Del Monaco Nedda - Gabriella Tucci Tonio - Aldo Protti Beppe - Antonio Pirino Silvio - Leone Paci Conductor Giuseppe Morelli - 1961(LI) Orchestra - NHK Symphony Orchestra Chorus - NHK
Mario Del Monaco in his last film interview. Very emotional at the end. What an artist!
Is this rare but sadly incomplete interview Mario talks about his career, his family, Callas, Tebaldi, Nell Rankin and his wish to sing Eléazar. Please visit www.operanostalgia.be for much more on the famous tenor (profiles, photo galleries, reviews). In 1957 Del Monaco appeared in Carmen in Hartford. PS the late Peter Richards (UK) a long-time Del Monaco devotee informed us that the interviewer is Jean Colbert for WTIC Station.
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Two short clips of Mario Del Monaco singing. La Funciulla Del West, Firenze 1954. Soprano Eleanor Steber and Baritone Gian Giacomo Guelfi. 1. Quello Che tacete. 2. A section from the ending of the opera, which includes one of the most beautifu tenor high C's on record. What is Vibrato https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUqK3KWP2Uk Please Subscribe.
As a tribute to Mario Del Monaco's centenary (1915-2015) the tenor's greatest fan Marcel Maes from Borgerhout (Antwerpen) presents an interview in "French" given in December 1972 during his very last Otello performances at the Brussels Munt/Monnaie theatre. This video was unearthed for Marcel by our collaborator Jan Neckers. Rudi van den Bulck, www.operansotalgia.be
Click on the CC button for English subtitles Mario del Monaco explains and sings Wagner at home, first "Ein Schwert verhiess mir der Vater", then "Siegmund heiss ich" from "Die Walküre". Just like Melchior, he has a few very funny opinions about Wagner, but his enthusiasm is wonderful.
;)
Mario del Monaco sings "Core 'ngrato" (S. Cadillo) Hans Wallat, conductor 17.IV.1975
Mario Del Monaco is one of three or four of my favourite tenors. His "Dio, mi potevi scagliar" or "Forse la soglia attinse", or "Amor ti vieta", or e.g. "L´anima ho stanca" are unrivalled. Only Domingo (mainly as Radames or Cavaradossi) or Corelli (as Chenier or Manrico) there is possible to compare with his vocal beauty... sometimes, namely in Amor ti vieta ("vieta") or Forse la soglia ("palpito", "sotto") or Lamento (phrase "il dolce sembiante" - vocal "A") are his vocals incomparable beautifull...
Video live con audio rimasterizzato.
Mario del Monaco - Un amore così grande - 1976 Il grande successo di Mario Del Monaco, negli anni amato e reinterpretato da molti artisti come Claudio Villa, Luciano Pavarotti, Andrea Bocelli, Francesco Renga, Il Volo e i Negramaro, solo per citarne alcuni. Qui per la prima volta rimasterizzato in altissima qualità dal 16 piste originale, in occasione del centenario della nascita di Del Monaco.
Simply the best.
Two short clips of Mario Del Monaco singing. La Funciulla Del West, Firenze 1954. Soprano Eleanor Steber and Baritone Gian Giacomo Guelfi. 1. Quello Che tacete. 2. A section from the ending of the opera, which includes one of the most beautifu tenor high C's on record. What is Vibrato https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUqK3KWP2Uk Please Subscribe.
Click on the CC button for English subtitles Mario del Monaco explains and sings Wagner at home, first "Ein Schwert verhiess mir der Vater", then "Siegmund heiss ich" from "Die Walküre". Just like Melchior, he has a few very funny opinions about Wagner, but his enthusiasm is wonderful.
Mario del Monaco sings "Tu, che mi hai preso il cuor" (Franz Lehár)
Brano 1: Svanir le voci (Norma) Brano 2: Largo al Factotun/Figaro (Barbiere di Siviglia) Brano 3: Die Valkure (Le Valchirie) Brano 4: Ah la paterna mano (Macbeth) Brano 5: Dio mi potevi scagliar (Otello) Brano 6: Niun mi tema (Otello) Brano 7: O sole mio 08/03/1969
Otello..........Mario del Monaco Jago............Renato Capecchi Cassio..........Gino Mattera Roderigo........Athos Cesarini Lodovico........Plinio Clabassi Montano.........Nestore Catalani Un Araldo.......Bruno Cioni Desdemona.......Rosanna Carteri Emilia..........Luisella Ciaffi Orchestra e Coro di Milano della RAI Roberto Benaglio, chorusmaster Tullio Serafin, conductor
"Manon Lescaut" Opera in 4 Acts by Giacomo Puccini Clara Petrella (Manon Lescaut) Mario del Monaco (Des Grieux) Carlo Morelli (Lescaut) Roberto Silva (Geronte) José Mendieta (Edmondo) Orchestra & Coro del Teatro de las Bellas Artes Giuseppe Antonicelli, conductor Mexico City,20.06.1951
Un Ballo in Maschera, opera in 3 Acts by Giuseppe Verdi Mario del Monaco (Riccardo) Piero Biasini (Renato) Carla Castellani (Amelia) Giulietta Simionato (Ulrica) Marisa Morel (Oskar) Orchestra & Chorus of the "Grand Théatre Genève" Nino Sanzogno, conductor Genève, 08.05.1946
Canio - Mario Del Monaco Nedda - Gabriella Tucci Tonio - Aldo Protti Beppe - Antonio Pirino Silvio - Leone Paci Conductor Giuseppe Morelli - 1961(LI) Orchestra - NHK Symphony Orchestra Chorus - NHK