Comments on: Recording of the Week: Joseph Schmidt – Live Recordings http://medicine-opera.com/2009/06/joseph-schmidt-live-recordings/ Comments and reviews of opera, music, and medicine Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:55:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sylvia Burrage http://medicine-opera.com/2009/06/joseph-schmidt-live-recordings/#comment-181 Sylvia Burrage Mon, 08 Jun 2009 13:54:25 +0000 http://medicine-opera.com/?p=3648#comment-181 I much prefer his Di Quella Pira from 1934 in Italian. Much better tempo. His voice has opened up a lot.......and Italian sounds sooooooo much better. Lots of Italian type passion. And he makes it sound easy!!! Operafilly I much prefer his Di Quella Pira from 1934 in Italian. Much better tempo. His voice has opened up a lot…….and Italian sounds sooooooo much better.
Lots of Italian type passion. And he makes it sound easy!!!

Operafilly

]]> By: Sylvia Burrage http://medicine-opera.com/2009/06/joseph-schmidt-live-recordings/#comment-180 Sylvia Burrage Mon, 08 Jun 2009 13:25:39 +0000 http://medicine-opera.com/?p=3648#comment-180 Youtube has many clips including some from this album. So far I like the Te Quiero Morena best. The Mattinata is quite exciting and in places he kept reminding me of another tenor...not in vocal quality, but phrasing...Jan Peerce. Am I nuts!! Operafilly Youtube has many clips including some from this album. So far I like the Te Quiero Morena best. The Mattinata is quite exciting and in places he kept reminding me of another tenor…not in vocal quality, but phrasing…Jan Peerce. Am I nuts!!

Operafilly

]]> By: Neil Kurtzman http://medicine-opera.com/2009/06/joseph-schmidt-live-recordings/#comment-179 Neil Kurtzman Sun, 07 Jun 2009 19:27:55 +0000 http://medicine-opera.com/?p=3648#comment-179 His height would be no problem today. His height would be no problem today.

]]> By: Sylvia Burrage http://medicine-opera.com/2009/06/joseph-schmidt-live-recordings/#comment-178 Sylvia Burrage Sun, 07 Jun 2009 19:21:18 +0000 http://medicine-opera.com/?p=3648#comment-178 "His small stature – 5 feet +/ an inch – kept him off the opera stage." He could have sung with Lily Pons. Probably a dozen operas would have suited them very well. That's about the most impressive trill I've heard from a tenor. I much prefer him to Gigli, who was extremely polished, smooth and elegant........just not as exciting. Operafilly “His small stature – 5 feet +/ an inch – kept him off the opera stage.”

He could have sung with Lily Pons. Probably a dozen operas would have suited them very well.

That’s about the most impressive trill I’ve heard from a tenor.

I much prefer him to Gigli, who was extremely polished, smooth and elegant……..just not as exciting.

Operafilly

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