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  Decca Music Group - Carlo Bergonzi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
But Bergonzi always knew his voice best and throughout a career that has spanned six decades he has produced a beautiful sound with a musicianship that is the envy of all.
When Bergonzi is not teaching or (still!) singing he can be found acting as the genial 'padrone' of the hotel and its excellent restaurant, keeping a watchful eye on his sons who actually run the establishment.
Bergonzi has recorded many roles for the Universal labels both on Decca and in Philips pioneering series of early Verdi operas.
www.deccaclassics.com /artists/bergonzi/biog.html   (302 words)

  
 Carlo Bergonzi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Italian singer Carlo Bergonzi (born 13 July 1924) is one of the most admired tenors of the post-war period.
In 1996, Bergonzi participated in conductor James Levine's twenty-fifth anniversary gala at the Metropolitan Opera.
Bergonzi is credited with mentoring such tenors as Roberto Aronica, Vincenzo La Scola, Filippo Lo Giudice, Philip Webb, Giorgio Casciari, Paul Caragiulo, Lance Clinker and most notably Salvatore Licitra.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Carlo_Bergonzi   (576 words)

  
 KATHY's REALITY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
She hardly ever sang, like Carlo did, but on the couple of ocassions where she demonstrated it was luxury.
She had a birthday while we were there and the lobby of the hotel was full of roses and reporters.
Bergonzi did a farewell concert in 1999(?) in NYC which was great.
www.users.cloud9.net /~kgeary/studiesBergonzi.html   (966 words)

  
 Carlo Bergonzi, c. 1740, "Kreisler", ex. Perlman
Carlo Bergonzi's father and mother lived next door to Stradivari in the Piazza San Dominico, and he became apprenticed to Stradivari.
This Bergonzi is called the "Kreisler" because Fritz Kreisler used it as his concert instrument toward the end of his career, some 10 or 13 years.
Itzak Perlman recorded the Khachaturian Concerto on the Kreisler Bergonzi (and he is pictured on the cover of that recording holding the instrument).
www.sheilascorner.com /bergonzi.shtml   (316 words)

  
 Grandi Tenori.com: Carlo Bergonzi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Born in Vidalenzo near Busseto in Italy on 13 July 1924, Carlo Bergonzi studied with Edmondo Grandini after an audition at the age of 14 when Grandini was performing in Busseto.
Bergonzi continued to sing throughout the 60's at 70's at all the major opera houses, and left the opera scene during the 80's to concentrate more on doing recitals.
Dubbed "The Tenors Tenor," Carlo Bergonzi ranks as one of the finest lyrical tenors of this century with an impeccable style and refinement, "an artist com-bining strength, beauty, intensity and radiance" (John B. Steane).
www.grandi-tenori.com /tenors/bergonzi.php   (393 words)

  
 Carlo Bergonzi
Carlo Bergonzi, tenor (with Renata Tebaldi, Gianna díAngelo, Renata Scotto, Sylvia Stahlman, and Joan Sutherland, sopranos; Fiorenza Cossotto, Giulietta Simionato, and Dora Carral, mezzo-sopranos; Piero de Palma, tenor, Ettore Bastianini, Enzo Sordello, and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritones; Tugomir Franc, Fernando Corena, and Libero Arbace, basses).
Bergonzi opens in a light, conversational tone, captures the intimate moment that is being shared by Rodolfo and Mimi.
Likewise, Bergonzi is one of the finest in delineating the warrior and lover dichotomies of RadamËs (Aida) and Manrico (Il trovatore).
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 Amazon.com: Carlo Bergonzi - Italian Songs ~ Bellini · Verdi · Danza · Tosti · Donizetti · Rossini · Mascagni · ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Bergonzi shows in this collection that even late in his career he could still produce that wonderful lyric beauty he was so famous for.
Bergonzi's voice on this cd is perhaps past its prime (though some will contend that Bergonzi was always in his prime).
Bergonzi is always sensitive to the graceful vocal line of the older songs on the cd, such as Vaga Luna and La Promessa, and his delivery of these songs is never crass or over-the-top.
www.amazon.com /Carlo-Bergonzi-Donizetti-Mascagni-Puccini/dp/B00000FCKS   (1350 words)

  
 Bergonzi Italian songs
In fact, May 3, 2000 Bergonzi is scheduled to sing his first Otello at Carnegie Hall with the Opera Orchestra of New York.
Bergonzi’s recitals are treasures, each offering a lesson in the art of Italian singing.
For the most part, Bergonzi’s voice displays its characteristic and beguiling combination of beauty, warmth, and Italianate “spin.” It must be acknowledged that by the time this recording was made, his high notes did not have the freedom and resonance of his performances in the '50s and '60s.
classicalcdreview.com /bergonzi.htm   (458 words)

  
 Cavalleria Rusticana&I Pagliacci
Carlo Bergonzi was a Verdi tenor of the elegant kind, sorely missed at this turn of the century.
Bergonzi was criticized by some as being "too gentlemanly" on the Karajan disc.
Bergonzi comes into his own with the farewell to his mother; in this live recording, we even hear the sound of an actual kiss to Mamma Lucia.
www.vaimusic.com /CD/1197-2.htm   (680 words)

  
 Classics Today.com - Your Online Guide to Classical Music
Bergonzi recorded these 31 arias in 1974 (with the exception of the 1972 Attila and I Masnadieri) expressly for this project (contrasted with Domingo's DG set, which includes a smattering of new recordings among the many more culled from the singer's complete operas on a variety of labels).
Bergonzi recorded a number of Verdi roles earlier in his career, and on some occasions, most notably Riccardo (Un ballo), Radames (Aida), and Alfredo (La Traviata), he must yield to the freewheeling agility of his younger self.
(And Bergonzi, like most tenors after Björling, never had true squillo tones at the top of his range.) However, his late take on Otello (a role he never recorded or performed onstage, except for an abortive post-retirement attempt) reveals a depth of tone and simmering darkness not usually associated with this tenor.
www.classicstoday.com /review.asp?ReviewNum=8045   (347 words)

  
 La Scena Musicale - Online Reviews - Bergonzi's Otello a Bittersweet Affair
When the great Carlo Bergonzi announced his American Farewell Recital at Carnegie Hall on April 17th 1994, I couldn't resist the occasion of hearing him for one last time.
He cracked on the small ornamentation in the vocal line right off the bat, though the voice was recognizably Bergonzi, with the familiar timbre largely unchanged.
Following a lengthy intermission, an official came on to announce that Bergonzi was indisposed and Acts 3 and 4 would be sung by Antonio Barasorda.
www.scena.org /columns/reviews/000517-JS-Bergonzi.html   (652 words)

  
 Carlo Bergonzi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Bergonzi began to study at the Arrigo Boito Conservatory in Parma, but was forced to give up when the war started (he was arrested by the Nazis).
He made his debut as a baritone in Lecce in 1948 in Il Barbiere di Siviglia and then moved to the tenor register in 1951 in Giordano's Andrea Chénier.
In the Fifties and Sixties he was considered one of the finest voices in the history of opera and his great international career saw him star in many legendary performances alongside the great artists of his time, from Maria Callas to Tito Gobbi and Renata Tebaldi.
www.operaitaliana.com /autori/interprete.asp?ID=197   (102 words)

  
 Bergonzi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Bergonzi family was an illustrious group of luthiers in Cremona, Italy, a city that has a rich tradition of stringed instrument makers.
The first and most famous luthier of the family was Carlo Bergonzi (1683-1747).
One of the most famous of Carlo's violins is known as the Kreisler Bergonzi, named after violinst Fritz Kreisler.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bergonzi   (247 words)

  
 Classical Net Review - Classic Recitals - Merrill, Tebaldi and Corelli, Bergonzi, Gueden, Horne, Crespin
Bergonzi's 1957 recital, recorded in Rome, is every bit as thrilling, and for many of the same reasons.
Bergonzi seldom failed to earn anything but the deepest respect from his colleagues and critics – here was a tenor who had a well-developed brain to go along with his trumpeting voice.
Marilyn Horne went in the opposite direction from Carlo Bergonzi: she started her career as a soprano, but later found that it was as a mezzo that she had something unique to offer.
www.classical.net /music/recs/reviews/l/lon75392a.html   (1701 words)

  
 Grandi Tenori.com: Carlo del Monte   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
He was born Helenio Barjau Vallmitjana at La Sagrera, San Andrés, near Barcelona on 25th January 1923,¹ a son of the militant socialist Felipe Barjau.
But the sound is always unmistakably his own, and his zarzuela recordings - pre-eminently the intensely moving El caserío - are a legacy fully worthy to stand beside the better-known opera recordings, fine mementos of a musical and highly distinctive singer.
Carlo del Monte: Un di felice, eterea (1959, EMI Classics); short extract.
www.grandi-tenori.com /tenors/delmonte.php   (644 words)

  
 Bergonzi String Quartet   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The Bergonzi String Quartet, so named for the illustrious violin maker Carlo Bergonzi, has generated enormous excitement around the globe for its superb blend of seasoned and sensitive string virtuosi.
Since 1992, the Bergonzi String Quartet has been Quartet-in-Residence at the University of Miami and for the internationally acclaimed Festival Miami.
Prior to joining the ranks of the Bergonzi, the players were members of the New World, Rowe, and Chester quartets.
www.music.miami.edu /bergonzi   (183 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Bergonzi was internationally acclaimed and invited to perform around the world.
Bergonzi’s voice is at its peak of magnificence in this collection.
Bergonzi gives a strong and moving presentation as Alvaro in his favourite aria from La forza del destino, the opera with which he reached the zenith of his career.
www.amusicdirect.com /products/print.asp?sku=LDEC2048   (183 words)

  
 Bergonzi- Save Belcanto-- Programs for Schiller Institute Concerts at C=256
Bergonzi Will then work with the arias further at the Verdi tuning.
Carlo Bergonzi, presents a host of these "Milan demonstrations," from the highest soprano to the bass, sung by New York vocal students.
Bergonzi, now director of the Bel Canto Academy in Parma, uses student demonstrations to underline his concern, that rising modern pitch destroys the development of the young bel canto voice itself.
www.schillerinstitute.org /programs/program_bergonzi_4-8-93.html   (605 words)

  
 Encyclopedia Smithsonian: Bergonzi violins
The most illustrious of several violin makers in the Bergonzi family was Carlo, born in Cremona, Italy, in 1683 (d.
At one time it was erroneously believed that Carlo was a student and assistant of Stradivari.
Like the works of other great makers, the Bergonzi instruments are often imitated, so the presence of a label bearing his name is no guarantee that the instrument was actually made by Carlo Bergonzi.
www.si.edu /resource/faq/nmah/violberg.htm   (221 words)

  
 Classical Net Review - Bergonzi - The Sublime Voice
I kiss Decca's feet for having the good taste to honor Carlo Bergonzi, a singer with more class in his little finger than most tenors have in their whole body.
Bergonzi was born in Italy in 1924, debuted as a baritone in 1948, and then debuted as a tenor in 1951.
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www.classical.net /~music/recs/reviews/l/lon67023a.html   (586 words)

  
 Decca Music Group - New Release
A clear tray is used with a detail from the original LP sleeve as a background, and the back of the digipack gives the tracklist and artist details in a uniform, current style.
Bergonzi appeared at La Scala for the first time in 1953 and continued to sing there regularly; that same year he first appeared in London at the Stoll Theatre.
Bergonzi’s repertory included over forty tenor roles and many of these were in Verdi operas, a composer he was closely associated with from the outset of his career.
www.deccaclassics.com /music/classicrecitals/4753922.html   (513 words)

  
 New Page 1   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Prior to joining the ranks of the Bergonzi, the players were members of the New World, Rowe, Chester and Ellis quartets.
Since 1992, the Bergonzi String Quartet has been Quartet-in-Residence at the University of Miami, and has performed yearly in the internationally acclaimed Festival Miami.
In addition to performing all of the Beethoven quartets, the Bergonzi's have become known for their unusual repertoire, which includes Latin American music, American jazz and an unprecedented quartet version of the Carnival of the Animals arranged by Pamela McConnell.
www.music.miami.edu /festivalMiami2004/Media/Bergonzi.htm   (163 words)

  
 Viola by Nicola Bergonzi, Cremona, 1781
The Italian violin collector, Count Ignazio Alessandro Cozio di Salabue (1755-1840), was already collecting instruments when this viola was made by the grandson of the great Cremonese luthier, Carlo Bergonzi, a contemporary of Antonio Stradivari.
It is ironic to note, in light of its present-day importance as one of but a few well-documented, 18th-century instruments to survive in virtually original condition, that Cozio once wrote that "it has no value" (from a translation by Dario D’Attili, adapted by Philip Kass).
There is no doubt that the addition to the Witten-Rawlins Collection of the magnificent Nicola Bergonzi viola—coincidentally, preventing the "modernization" that might otherwise have been the instrument's fate—enhanced Larry's dream in a most significant way.
www.usd.edu /smm/Violas/Bergonzi6046/Bergonziviola.html   (593 words)

  
 Bel Canto Society: Bergonzi Talks with Zucker and the Public, Part 1
Also present in the studio were Dr. Umberto Boeri, pediatrician, a close friend of Bergonzi; Robert Connolly, writer, a frequent collaborator on the show; Kenneth Rapp, accompanist; Annamarie Verde, Bergonzi’s New York concert producer; and other friends of Bergonzi.
Throughout the evening, we interspersed records of Bergonzi in songs and arias.
In the time of Caruso, Schipa and Gigli, some liked the way one phrased but not the others, and today nothing is changed.
www.belcantosociety.org /pages/bergonzicart.html   (1916 words)

  
 The Mountain Times Online
It was “Carlo Bergonzi, who at the age of 81 is still popping high C.
Born in Vidalenzo near Busseto in Italy on 13 July 1924, Carlo Bergonzi studied with Edmondo Grandini following an audition at the age of 14 when Grandini was performing in Busseto.
Sisk described Bergonzi’s early baritone career as a period where the singer was ‘misdiagnosed,’ and adds, “It’s a very strange thing to be a tenor.
www.mountaintimes.com /mtweekly/2006/0126/opera.php3   (735 words)

  
 GoHastings.com Item Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Carlo Bergonzi possessed one of the most refined Italian tenor voices of his generation.
They make considerable demands on the singer to characterize the words and to reinterpret the unchanging music to the individual situation of each verse.
In this, Bergonzi and his estimable accompanist, John Wustman, need fear no comparisons with the legends of the past or present.
www.gohastings.com /catalog/item/item.asp?prodid=36381041   (271 words)

  
 PlaybillArts: News: Bergonzi Violin Once Owned by Paganini and John Corigliano Sr. Will Be Auctioned at Sotheby's
A violin made by 18th-century master Carlo Bergonzi and once owned by violinist Nicolo Paganini will be sold at auction at Sotheby’s in London on November 1.
The instrument was sold by Paganini’s son, Achille, and eventually came into the possession of John Corigiano Sr., concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic from 1943-1966 and father of the composer.
According to Reuters, there are only 50 surviving violins by Bergonzi, who ranks behind the legendary Cremona violinmakers Josef Guarneri and Antonio Stradivari.
www.playbillarts.com /news/article/3162.html   (369 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Giuseppe Verdi: Ernani: Music: Giuseppe Verdi,RCA Italiana Opera Chorus and Orchestra,Leontyne Price,Carlo ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Ideally, a more heroic voice than Carlo Bergonzi's is best for the title role in this complex melodrama about a noble rebel and outlaw in Renaissance Spain--so noble that he accepts death rather than break his word of honor and live happily ever after.
However, Bergonzi makes up in technique and stylistic awareness for what he may lack in muscle.
Leontyne Price's voice was at its peak in the late 1960s when this was recorded, but in style she is not comparable to Bergonzi.
www.amazon.ca /Giuseppe-Verdi-Ernani-Thomas-Schippers/dp/B000003EPK   (630 words)

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