GIGANTIC SINGING!!!!! Giulio Neri 1909 - 1958 sings Confutatis Maledictis from Verdi's Requiem скачать в хорошем качестве

GIGANTIC SINGING!!!!! Giulio Neri 1909 - 1958 sings Confutatis Maledictis from Verdi's Requiem

Giulio Neri (21 May 1909, in Torrita di Siena – 21 April 1958, in Rome) was an Italian operatic bass, particularly associated with the Italian repertory. Neri studied first in Florence with Ferraresi, and completed his studies in Rome. He made his stage debut in 1935, at the Teatro delle Quattro Fontane in Rome, where he sang mostly comprimario roles. He then joined the Rome Opera in 1938, where he quickly established himself as one of the leading basses of his generation. He sang throughout Italy, making his La Scala debut in 1941. After the war, he began appearing abroad, notably at the Royal Opera House in London, the Liceo in Barcelona, the Bavarian State Opera in Munich, the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, etc. He sang most of the great bass roles in opera by Verdi and some Wagner, such as Sparafucile, Ferrando, Fiesco, Padre Guardiano, Grand Inquisitore, Ramfis, King Heinrich, King Marke, Gurnemanz, etc. Other notable roles included; Oroveso, Alvise and Mefistofele, one of his greatest roles. Neri had a dark, powerful, cavernous voice and a strong stage presence. He can be heard in several recordings he made for Cetra, notably La Favorite, Rigoletto, Don Carlo, Aida, La Gioconda, and Mefistofele. He also appeared in a film version of Rigoletto, opposite Tito Gobbi, in 1946. He died suddenly of a heart attack, one month short of his 49th birthday. Born in Torrita di Siena , he began performing at a young age, distinguishing himself for his already powerful voice. Count Enrico Galeotti Ottieri della Ciaja, hearing him sing at Mass, decided to pay for his studies. After a year of study in Rome with Maestro Ferraresi, he won a lyrical competition at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino and immediately afterwards a scholarship to the advanced training school at the Teatro Reale dell'Opera . He made his debut in 1934 in Rigoletto in Pienza , alongside Benvenuto Franci [ 1 ] . In 1938 he made his debut at the Teatro Reale dell'Opera in Rome, soon becoming its first bass. He sang in numerous Italian and foreign theatres: at the Liceu in Barcelona , ​​at Covent Garden in London , in Switzerland , Portugal , Brazil . In 1945 he performed, together with Beniamino Gigli , Maria Caniglia and Miriam Pirazzini, a historic Requiem Mass by Giuseppe Verdi , conducted by Maestro Serafin , in the Belvedere of the Vatican City . His very dark and thunderous voice, that of a true basso profondo , allowed him to interpret with great mastery, even on stage, many serious and dramatic bass roles, pushing himself with ease towards the lowest tones of the male vocal range (low C and even low B): in addition to his favourite roles of Mephistopheles and Moses , he also sang Baldassarre in La favorita , the Grand Inquisitor in Don Carlo , Sparafucile in Rigoletto , Ramfis in Aida , Oroveso in Norma . He also tackled Rossini 's The Siege of Corinth and William Tell . He also performed brilliant roles, such as Don Basilio in The Barber of Seville . Giulio Neri in front of a poster of Mephistopheles (Rome, Baths of Caracalla , 1952) He also performed works by Wagner , Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky , Lattuada ( The Tempest ), Porrino ( The Horatii ), Spontini ( The Vestal ), Strawinsky ( Le Rossignol ), Monteverdi ( L'Orfeo ), Berlioz , Alfano ( Sakùntala ), Gounod ( Faust ), Ponchielli ( La Gioconda ), Mascagni ( Iris ), Refice ( Cecilia , Margherita da Cortona ), Rocca ( Dybuk ), Massenet ( Manon ), Borodin ( Prince Igor ). He had around eighty titles in his repertoire, including operas and sacred oratorios. For the cinema he was among the interpreters of various films, including Puccini in 1953 and Figaro, the Barber of Seville in 1955 and appeared in the role of himself in Mi permette, babbo! in 1956. He participated in the soundtracks of Aida , Casta Diva and Casa Ricordi .