I used to hear Siepi singing/practicing when I went for my lesson at the Ansonia Hotel in the 1950s (my teacher was Elda Ercole). I love the way he sings this marvelous Cole Porter song, with barely a trace of an accent. He was a great artist and a real hunk.
The Best of the Best,, Siepi sets a standard for these songs, that for me ,is to this day unreachable, everything about his singing Cole Porter is remarkable; the slight Italian accent, the line, color, warmth, depth of sound, the passion, the total realization of what these songs are about. Only someone who has truly lived could communicate that to me! RIP Great One!
