Trrill

Two Rs and two Ls... because the singing is extra. Trrill is about florid passages, improvisatory underpinnings, staccato'd intuitions, and virtuosities even at their most ridiculous.

Trrill's aim is to rediscover, rescue, remaster, repitch, and recontextualize footage and recordings of the greatest singers in the old-school operatic tradition—works that are primarily in the public domain or excerpted and edited to fix incorrect speeds or tones or audio-visual synching.

Caveat: I'm biased in favor of #baritones and baritone literature, but if you want to learn even more about these singers, checkout this spreadsheet. Voice parts are separated by tabs: https://bit.ly/2W4qmE3

Enrico Nani - La rà, la rà, la rà [Rigoletto] - From ultra RARE cylinders 1905–1908

Enrico Nani - Figlia di regi [L'africana] - From ultra RARE cylinders 1905–1908

Enrico Nani - Votre toast / Con voi ber [Toreador di Carmen] - From ultra RARE cylinders 1905–1908

Domenico Mancini, student of last castrato Alessandro Moreschi sings Bach/Gounod Ave Maria - 1930

Gabriella Gatti - Morrò, ma prima in grazia [Un ballo in maschera] - 1941

Birgit Nilsson - Dich, teure Halle [Tannhäuser] - LIVE in Stockholm, 1967

Gabriella Gatti footage - Norma & Semiramide w/ Stignani, Pasero, Serafin, concert w/ Schipa - 1940s

Young Tito Gobbi stars in Rossini's William Tell - 1948 film

Kirsten Flagstad rehearsal footage - Dido & Aeneas + concert w Melchior, Branzell, Tibbett - 1939/51

Gabriella Gatti - Willow Song & Ave Maria [Otello] - 1947–48

Gabriella Gatti - De la crudel morte di Cristo / Gloria 'n cielo [Laudario di Cortona] - 1949

Gabriella Gatti - Selva opaca & Act II Duet [William Tell] - 1948

Gabriella Gatti - Dich, teure Halle [Tannhäuser] - 1941 - sung in Italian

Enrico Nani - Si può [Prologo di Pagliacci] - From ultra RARE cylinders 1903–1906

Enrico Nani - O sommo Carlo [Ernani] - From ultra RARE cylinders 1903–1906

Enrico Nani - Suo padre! [Aida] - From ultra RARE cylinders 1903–1906

Cornell MacNeil - Nemico della patria [Andrea Chenier] - Live 1983

Enzo De Muro Lomanto - En fermant les yeux [Manon] - Live 1933

Viorica Tango - Tacea la notte placida [Il trovatore] - Live 1933

Ugo Donarelli – Eri tu [Un ballo in maschera] - 1922 (correct pitch)

Ugo Donarelli – Largo al factotum [Barbiere di Siviglia] - 1923 (correct pitch)

Ugo Donarelli – Già mi dicon venal [Tosca] - 1922 (correct pitch)

"Pharyngeal voice" sung by a tenor on Edgar Herbert-Caesari's audio demonstrations

RATED HIGH G: Richard Tucker & Cornell MacNeil - Enzo Grimaldo [La Gioconda] - 1966, correct pitch

BARITONE BEAST MODE: Cornell MacNeil - O monumento [La Gioconda] - LIVE 1966, correct pitch

RARE Cornell MacNeil & Martina Arroyo et al - Aida Act 2 "Triumphal" Finale - PBS Gala of Stars 1984

Pasquale Amato - Il balen del suo sorriso [Il trovatore] - 1909 CORRECT PITCH

Pasquale Amato - O monumento [La Gioconda] - 1909 CORRECT PITCH

Silent film clips of Luisa Tetrazzini singing - 1925 & ca. 1940

Vaganova's 1946 Russian/Soviet ballet film: Method of Classical Dance – Методика классического танца