Salvatore Fisichella
Marty Claus
would be interested in hearing about him. Is he good?
- Marty Claus
Sergio Henrique M. da Silva
high C though (small but it is there).
But the voice seems worn specially in heavier roles. He was a good Rossinian
singer in the past but has since then moved into heavier roles.
"Marty Claus" <ma...@musician.org> wrote in message
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ricci frederif
Recordings on Lp and Cd were/are available. He's still singing but
doesn't want to travel anymore, he prefers to stay near his family in
Catania and opera directors are far too stupid to hire him anyway they
prefer Wolgang Schmidt after all
"Sergio Henrique M. da Silva" <serg...@pobox.com> wrote in message news:<rzzd7.910$Bc2.24...@twister1.starband.net>...
daniel f. tritter
if he declines to perform on the international stages? it's one thing to bypass a particular house for certain reasons. it's
another to avoid them all. catania, worthy a house though it may be, is hardly met, chicago, san francisco, vienna, la scala,
munich, covent garden, glyndebourne, salzburg, paris, berlin, etc. and where are the great recordings of sr. fisichella that
some of the uninitiate may experience the greatest italian tenor since pavarotti? at least we lucky new yorkers get to hear
marcello giordani each season.
just asking.
dft
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Marty Claus
frederif) wrote:
>"He is the greatest tenor to have come out of Italy since Pavarotti.
>Recordings on Lp and Cd were/are available. He's still singing but
>doesn't want to travel anymore...."
At least he'll be singing Tosca in the Finnish National Opera this
Season... Actually that's why I asked!
ricci frederif
in agreement with. Not always singing in major houses and not having
big record companies behind you does NOT mean you can't be an
excellent singer(how many examples confirm my statement..). Fisichella
whom I've heard on many an occasion in a minor house was (is?) a first
class voice. The most underrated tenor since the seventies. I agree
the voice isn't big (is Giordani's? Is Sabbatini's?) but when heard
live in a good house it makes you shiver with emotion and he had
(has,) a most wonderful spinning silvery top. He can be heard on
Italian labels which in this case UNlucky New Yorkers can't get.
As soon as Mr Tritter has the opportunity to hear Mr Fisichella's
voice (try CD Felmain 001, track 2+3)he will retreat in 'shame' and
admit he made an error in reacting that negatively and too
spontaneously towards my defense of the great talent Fisichella
was/is...but then he might not. his negativity towards Mado Robin was
the first shot at my doubting his sound unprejudiced judgement of the
human voice.
Ricci
"daniel f. tritter" <dtri...@bway.net> wrote in message news:<3B7BD381...@bway.net>...
Geoffrey Riggs
"ricci frederif" <riccif...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> A very disappointing response from Mr Tritter with whom I'm normally
> in agreement with. Not always singing in major houses and not having
> big record companies behind you does NOT mean you can't be an
> excellent singer(how many examples confirm my statement..). Fisichella
> whom I've heard on many an occasion in a minor house was (is?) a first
> class voice. The most underrated tenor since the seventies. I agree
> the voice isn't big (is Giordani's? Is Sabbatini's?) but when heard
> live in a good house it makes you shiver with emotion and he had
> (has,) a most wonderful spinning silvery top. He can be heard on
> Italian labels which in this case UNlucky New Yorkers can't get.
> As soon as Mr Tritter has the opportunity to hear Mr Fisichella's
> voice (try CD Felmain 001, track 2+3)he will retreat in 'shame' and
> admit he made an error in reacting that negatively and too
> spontaneously towards my defense of the great talent Fisichella
> was/is...but then he might not. his negativity towards Mado Robin was
> the first shot at my doubting his sound unprejudiced judgement of the
> human voice.
My only experiences of Fisichella have been few and far between, but still
choice, IMO: I find his Rodrigo on the Carreras/Von Stade Rossini Otello
(PHILIPS) a real stem-winder, with beautiful line and diction, rare
musicality, and a glorious top and true flexibility.
I finally saw him in person once and at the Met: Arturo in I Puritani
opposite Joan Sutherland's Elvira. I'm glad I caught him that season since
he was in none of the b'casts(:-(
Maybe his Arturo did not show the kind of vocal size of a Giordani or a
Sabbatini, but it was not *that* much smaller. Certainly, it was a roomier
sound than Kraus's, for example. In any case, an Arturo doesn't necessarily
have to "come on" like some "bloomin'" Chenier, now does he?<G> Rather, a
fine Arturo should show unusually broad phrasing, impeccably tuned and
focused tone, suppleness throughout the entire range, spectacular ease on
top, and a caressing vocal persona in the inherent sound that will fully
complement the many passages Bellini gives Arturo where loss or ardor or
remorse is being expressed in the music. In all these, Fisichella filled
the bill, and handsomely, IMO.
I am only sorry we in New York got to hear so very, very little of him. An
elegant, suave musician and artist with a genuinely attractive voice handled
with great warmth and feeling. He made an indelible impression on me. His
frustrating absence for all those years was a continual source of amazement
and irritation.
Respectfully,
Geoffrey Riggs
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"Steven Chung" <s...@Radix.Net> wrote in message
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> In article <9lkvh3$3...@dispatch.concentric.net>,
> Geoffrey Riggs <ehu...@concentric.net> wrote:
> # Maybe his Arturo did not show the kind of vocal size of a Giordani or a
> # Sabbatini
>
> Sabbatini? Vocal size? Do my ears need cleaning?
Com*par*ative vocal size<GGGG>. (Of course, Sabbatini's instrument has
nowhere near the size of Giordani's! I was merely citing the two of them
together because others had already brought them up in this context.)
Cheers,
Geoffrey Riggs
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