This is an odd one from early 1970s Met. Stereo sound, looks like it was meant to be telecast but wasn't. I saw a bit from the Pagliacci with Richard Tucker that followed, but couldn't find the full performance.
November 5, 1974
Conductor - John Nelson
Santuzza - Grace Bumbry
Turiddu - Franco Tagliavini
Alfio - Anselmo Colzani
Mama Lucia - Batyah Godfrey Ben-David
Lola - Joann Grillo
This upgraded sound and video quality are wonderful! Thank you so much for posting this.
1:08.45 is a “ Callasian” acting moment for Bumbry. What a talent!
I did not realize they did telecasts in 1974
They didn't, it was never aired, but as someone else commented here, it's likely an experiment
Thankyou i love these old met productions
This is just the previous production. I saw Ildiko Komlosi sing Santuzza in this production only ten years ago.
I doubt they would have telecast a performance with a non-star Turriddu, but the Met wisely knew they had better try out live taping that would be on a higher level than previous attempts. Of course they finally did an actual telecast with the 1977 La Boheme. Thanks for this interesting video. A big problem back then was lighting at a level that worked both for the audience and for TV.
Some pretty good singing from Bumbry.
The voice is seamless from bottom to top. It's a lot of big singing but she seems tireless. Brava!
G;day to you, a big thank you for this!
Se ve re oscuro
Thanks could you put the segments from Pagliaxci on if possible? Wasn't it bernstein conducting,?
I can only find this bit: kzhead.info/sun/h7uQhbh_bHqho3k/bejne.html
That's all there is. Bernstein never conducted Pág.
Bumbry is an insincere actress but she knows how to sing this music and sounds very good.
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@@BellaFirenze she's not convincing as an actress to my eyeballs
To me she is a very sincere and effective actress. Both opinions are deeply subjective.
Grace Bumbry was not an insincere actor. Her voice and her acting were outstanding.
Once upon a time when the Met was the greatest opera house in the world. Not anymore thanks to the woke fool Gelb....
I could not say it better. Pity the Met!
Peter gelb ruin the met with a mature productions that would be seen on Broadway I remover the good old days T old opera house with the great richard tucker and tebaldi
@@Malcolm-bh6kyagree. Case in point: why bringing a Broadway superstar such as Kelli O’Hara to the Met while leaving out from the Met so many operatic superstars ? The Broadway crowd will never move to the Met and the Met crowd will never buy into it. Horrible.
@@jjlungdoc7472 Did you see Kelli? She was excellent. And, yes, her being in it did sell tickets that wouldn't otherwise have been sold
What a silly statement. How has "woke" ruined the Met? 😁😁😁