On Oct 27, 6:36 pm, "richer... at (no spam) hotnail.com" <richer... at (no spam) gmail.com
wrote:

Caballe

Te Kanawa

Surely a couple of the big basses?

James Morris, the Fiesco in the upcoming Met performances, has been
singing at the Met since 1971.
Best,
Ken

On Oct 27, 7:09 pm, "premiereop... at (no spam) aol.com" <edop... at (no spam) gmail.com> wrote:

I really don't think that Caballe and Te Kanawa are actively pursuing
opera careers in 2009, do you? And James Morris was singing tiny roles
in the early 70's.

But he was singing lead roles by the mid-70s.

As for Tony Bennett, I think he sounds awful
today, and never cared for him even 30 or 40 years ago.
And- to bring this full circle, Richard Tucker was approached in early
1974 about a movie based on his life. When he was told that Tony
Bennett was being considered to play the title role, he nixed the
project. It never got any futher, as Tucker died less than a year
later. I always wondered if Tony Bennett was going to do the singing,
too!
Ed

I think the whole thing was swept under the rug!
Best,
Ken

I keep feeling everyone is waiting to get a really painful flu shot,
and the anticipation becomes a large part of the pleasure.

He's the kind of artist he is, and has been, with little change, for
better or worse, for half a century. If there is no wobble or beat in
the voice, which there didn't seem to be in the Berlin review, that
will at least get him past what for me is the sine qua non of
listening, but I find it hard to get quite so keyed up about this.
Opera has always been about selling tickets to see stars, and it's
hardly like this is going to remake the landscape of Verdi.

I don't really feel that Domingo will end up leaving much of a mark on
opera, because I couldn't name three roles where I think there wasn
anything unique (and I am not sure there are even three), but he
surely seems like far and away the biggest draw of controversy among
men singers, and it can surely be said of him, as it can be said of
few, that his detractors and his supporters will miss him equally.

On Oct 27, 4:23 pm, Count of Warwick <raff_martin... at (no spam) yahoo.co.uk
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On Oct 27, 7:57 pm, "premiereop... at (no spam) aol.com" <edop... at (no spam) gmail.com> wrote:> On Oct 27, 2:54 pm, wkasimer <wkasi... at (no spam) comcast.net> wrote:

On Oct 27, 2:51 pm, Count of Warwick <raff_martin... at (no spam) yahoo.co.uk
wrote:

They would be (more than likely) younger, with a
repertory of similar roles to build up to...and, in these financially
aware times, considerably less in terms of a wage bill than Placido.

But would probably not sell tickets nearly as well.

Bill

Bill is correct, and this, sadly, seems to be the bottom line.

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Looking at the review of the performance in Berlin, it'll be almost
like a case of seeing him as the Doge rather than hearing him, when it
comes to the Met. Surely  common sense will prevail?

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Well, for one thing, I can't think of another current well known
singer who was singing 35 years ago.

Ed

Tony Bennett?

Surely a couple of the big basses?

James Morris, the Fiesco in the upcoming Met performances, has been
singing at the Met since 1971.

On Oct 27, 6:56 pm, Ken Meltzer <commsp... at (no spam) aol.com> wrote:

Surely a couple of the big basses?

James Morris, the Fiesco in the upcoming Met performances, has been
singing at the Met since 1971.

How about Ramey and/or Plishka?

Bill

On Oct 27, 6:36 pm, "richer... at (no spam) hotnail.com" <richer... at (no spam) gmail.com
wrote:

Caballe

Te Kanawa

Surely a couple of the big basses?

James Morris, the Fiesco in the upcoming Met performances, has been
singing at the Met since 1971.
Best,
Ken