G.Verdi "AIDA" Metropolitan Opera, March 10th, 1976, Caballe, Nagy, Horne, MacNeil, Hines, Levine

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This run of Aida was not a good one for Caballe, but this single extant recording of Robert Nagy's excellent (and last minute) Radames makes it a fascinating must. First 30 seconds opening of Act 3 missing. Some over recorded distortion.
Metropolitan Opera
March 10th, 1976
AIDA
Aida: Montserrat Caballe
Radames: Robert Nagy
Amneris: Marilyn Horne
Amonasro: Cornell Macneil
Ramfis: Jerome Hines
King: James Morris
Messenger: Charles Anthony
Priestess: Marcia Baldwin
Conductor: James Levine
Orchestra and Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera

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@user-rt4mu5xr4e 26 күн бұрын

Неперевершено!!!!😮❤❤❤❤❤

@josephcollins6033 Ай бұрын

Listen to that audience appreciate Nagy!!!! Thank you!!! Gave me chills!

@Artiej0hn0 Ай бұрын

Bravo Robert Nagy! So far I've only heard his very respectable rendition of "Celeste Aida", but I'm looking forward to hearing this complete recording. I only ever heard Nagy "live" in comprimario roles in the late 1980s--early 90s and the squillo his voice was consistently impressive. Thank you for posting.

@Twentythousandlps 27 күн бұрын

Nagy was mainly at the Met to cover the big roles. In later years he still pulled down a nice salary as the "second cover", which is something a great company like the Met needs, especially with tenors.

@josephcollins6033 Ай бұрын

ROBERT NAGY in a major role?!! Oh, thank you!!! That name is from my childhood, hearing Peter Allen saying it almost every week!!!

@promptersbox Ай бұрын

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@josephcollins6033 Ай бұрын

@@promptersbox I will!!! 😘

@josephcollins6033 Ай бұрын

'76!!!!!!!!!!! Have I told you today that I LOVE YOU?!!!

@promptersbox Ай бұрын

Marry me!

@josephcollins6033 Ай бұрын

@@promptersbox Oh, you erased what I wrote? I'm sorry if I offended. I came back here to say that I mentioned hearing Amara, but I didn't say anything about what YOU said. Curtis-Verna was your first Turandot? I did listen a bit to the performance. She certainly COULD sing the role!

@promptersbox Ай бұрын

@@josephcollins6033 Erased? Me? Never! Did I hit the wrong button or something?? Sorry!

@josephcollins6033 Ай бұрын

@@promptersbox No, buddy. I had given you my email address! Ha! Don't even think about it.😘

@josephcollins6033 Ай бұрын

@@promptersbox 😘😘

@OperaMatinee Ай бұрын

Someday, I hope a recording of Nagy's Otello, either from the MET or another stage, surfaces.

@matthewtravisano1097 9 күн бұрын

Caballé on a less-than-great day is frankly better and more interesting than many singers’ good days. She’s an actual Verdi soprano (even if her tenuous relationship to text is an issue).

@promptersbox 9 күн бұрын

I get what you’re saying, but it wasn’t good. Sure, some good phrases here and there, but it was bad. In bad voice, uncommitted acting. Not a great run of Aidas.

@purpletc1 Ай бұрын

It should be noted that Spring 1976 was very busy at the Met.. she also sang Ariadne

@Faust1979 Ай бұрын

Si Caballé a jamais été Aïda, c’est en studio avec Muti, où elle touche au sublime. Lors de cette soirée au Met, elle fait du Caballé : elle cherche la facilité. Mais elle a de très beaux moments. C’est le paradoxe Caballé. Horne, par contre, n’aurait jamais dû aborder Amneris. La malheureuse est aux fraises, dans un rôle qui la dépasse complètement.

@promptersbox Ай бұрын

In strawberries! Love that!

@Faust1979 22 күн бұрын

In French, it’s a somewhat old-fashioned way, wich i like very much, to say that someone is off the mark 😅

@johnschweger6610 Ай бұрын

Why is Caballe singing a different libretto?

@promptersbox Ай бұрын

Right?

@Lucas-qk4jk 28 күн бұрын

There is a high note here, in 1:21:23?

@kendrickjacocks3351 Ай бұрын

I found, I suppose authentic, bust of AMENIRDIS and if Marilyn Horne’s face were Nubian, they would be quite similar. She liked her own Amneris. The name Amneris sounds more Nubian than AMENIRDIS herself.

@omarsomehow69 Ай бұрын

Caballe wasn't disastrous as Aida during this event. There are some fine moments still. But she no longer had a voice for Aida at this point. Nagy rather anonymous as Radames. Horne wasn't annoying as per usual and, in fact, quite bearable without her congested sound. MacNeil was out of prime, but despite all odds, Amonasro wasn't much of the struggle for him. A little bit of a wobble, but that wasn't much of the problem. Overall, some uneven main cast, but worthy to listen, nevertheless.

@OperaMatinee Ай бұрын

I'd say Caballe tends to rely too much on her pianissimi on this occasion.

@omarsomehow69 Ай бұрын

@OperaMatinee after a certain point, it's rather become a trick. It's rather become opaque in sound as well.

@promptersbox Ай бұрын

Have to disagree here. Caballe was never right for Aida. Here she’s squally, at full volume and uncomfortable throughout. Sure, there are some piani, but its really a mess. She forgets the text, as she did as Ariadne. She was a train wreck in 76. The thing about Nagy is that he sang one line roles forever, but would step into a dramatic role and he’d be wonderful. You cant really tell from here but his voice was HUGE. I saw three of these Aidas. In act 3 Caballe would throw herself to the ground only to be helped up by MacNeil. She coukdnt get up herself.

@delosmike2030 Ай бұрын

Caballe is making up words all over the place, and virtually nothing above the staff is intelligible, whether Ghislanzoni or not. People constantly rag on Sutherland for her diction, but next to this, she's Racine. . . . .

@omarsomehow69 Ай бұрын

Who is Racine, anyway?

@arrassip Ай бұрын

Nagy is horrible. The Met audience does not know what is opera

@ManuelGonzalez-fi1ki 23 күн бұрын

Esta mujer tiene una dicción incluso peor que Sutherland....pasa de pronunciar. Y los agudos están gritados...una Aída ... Para nada referencial.

@Jjjjjjjm Ай бұрын

Aida was never a good fit for Caballe but she is at least a true Verdi voice unlike the overparted Horne who should have never sung any Verdi.

@Yves_Ka Ай бұрын

Why do you consider Horne as overparted? She sounds pretty impressive here. She is maybe a little short on the very top (Radames duett) but no shorter than Cossotto was in the Leontyne Price TV broadcast

@michaelpapadopoulos5450 Ай бұрын

Horne could have been a good Preziocilla. Caballé's Aidas till 1974 were pretty amazing.