Mattia Battistini sings "Di Provenza Il Mar" from La Traviata = great baritone скачать в хорошем качестве

Mattia Battistini sings "Di Provenza Il Mar" from La Traviata = great baritone

Mattia Battistini sings "Di Provenza Il Mar" from La Traviata Mattia Battistini lived from February 27, 1856. He was born in Rome and was raised in Contigliano, a village near Rome. Going against the wishes of his father (a professor of anatomy at Rome University), Mattia studied voice.. The father wanted the son to go into the medical profession. Mattia studied with Venceslao Persechini, the voice teacher who worked also with Francesco Marconi, Titta Ruffo. and Giuseppe di Luca. It was an era rich in baritones. Battistini’s first recordings were made in 1902 (the same year Caruso made his first records). Why did this baritone not make records earlier? In the 1890s, famous opera singers did not stoop to make recordings--the technology did not yet do justice to the human voice. But the technology evolved, and 1902 may be viewed as a break-through year. By 1902, many opera singers were no longer scorning the infant recording industry. Months earlier, in Milan, Enrico Caruso made his first records, and they are superb. Fred Gaisburg had a talent for persuading celebrities to record their voices for posterity. I regret that Battistini and Caruso never recorded duets! The voice of Mattia Battistini reveals an underdeveloped lower register--and some high notes are made with an effort. Despite some flaws, he was perhaps the finest baritone on record during the 78 rpm era.The singer never appeared at the Met or any other American opera house--one reason may be that he wished to avoid crossing an ocean. He sang regularly in Warszaw, St. Petersburg, and Moscow, and the Tsar's family rewarded him handsomely. He died on November 7, 1928.