Enrico Caruso as Bass in La Bohéme: Vecchia zimarra скачать в хорошем качестве

Enrico Caruso as Bass in La Bohéme: Vecchia zimarra

This is Caruso singing the BASS of the "Coat Song" in La Bohéme, Act IV. It was never intended for public release and only distributed to a few of Caruso's friends. Recorded on the 23rd of February 1916. Here's the story: the MET was performing the opera in Philadelphia with the soprano Frances Alda, the baritone Antonio Scotti, the bass Andrés De Segurola and Caruso as tenor, of course. When Andrés de Segurola was about to sing the aria, he whispered: "I lost my voice, I can't sing." Caruso said: "Don't worry. Just stand still and move your lips and I'll sing it for you." And so he did with his back to the audience and according to Alda absolutely marvellously. The audience applauded De Segurola and never noticed it was Caruso singing. Also the critics of the press didn't notice the swap. In my - rather biased - opinion Caruso was an empathic genious, so he may even have duplicated the "feel" of De Segurola's voice and therefore sounded like him .... But at least it is a spectacular demonstration of the versality of his voice. You can hear Frances Alda talk about this "incident" here:    • Caruso Sings Coat Song introduced by Alda.wmv   Some additional information here:    • Видео