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[Met Performance] CID:198140
Il Trovatore
Metropolitan Opera House, Sat, May 2, 1964 Matinee
Il Trovatore (344)
Giuseppe Verdi | Salvatore Cammarano
Review 1:
Review of John Ardoin in Musical America
There was excitement onstage and off at the May 7 “Trovatore” during the World’s Fair season. Onstage was the first Azucena at the Met by Regina Resnik, and applauding her from the center box was the President’s wife, Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, and her daughter Lynda Bird. Miss Resnik has been heard in only two roles this season and both were from Verdian operas: Dame Quickly in “Falstaff” and Azucena. It is difficult to imagine two more diverse parts, and the highest compliment that I can give Miss Resnik is to note that she is complete mistress of both.
Her .0Quickly by now is well known and loved, and her Azucena was as absorbing and commanding a study. No time-worn stances or mugging marred this Azucena. Miss Resnik moved in a trancelike, half-crazed manner, and her voice was feverish and intense without losing a drop of its lusciousness.
The blaze Miss Resnik generated and the presence of Mrs. Johnson sparked the entire cast, which included Gabriella Tucci, Franco Corelli, Robert Merrill and William Wildermann. A big surprise of the evening was Thomas Schippers’ fine job of conducting. This was the fourth “Trovatore” I heard this season and the only one in which Mr. Schippers’ tempos made musical sense as well as were becoming and fair to the singers.
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Il Trovatore
Metropolitan Opera House, Sat, May 2, 1964 Matinee
Il Trovatore (344)
Giuseppe Verdi | Salvatore Cammarano
- Manrico
- Richard Tucker
- Leonora
- Gabriella Tucci
- Count Di Luna
- Mario Sereni
- Azucena
- Rita Gorr
- Ferrando
- John Macurdy
- Ines
- Janis Martin
- Ruiz
- Robert Nagy
- Messenger
- Hal Roberts
- Gypsy
- Edward Ghazal
- Conductor
- Thomas Schippers
Review 1:
Review of John Ardoin in Musical America
There was excitement onstage and off at the May 7 “Trovatore” during the World’s Fair season. Onstage was the first Azucena at the Met by Regina Resnik, and applauding her from the center box was the President’s wife, Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, and her daughter Lynda Bird. Miss Resnik has been heard in only two roles this season and both were from Verdian operas: Dame Quickly in “Falstaff” and Azucena. It is difficult to imagine two more diverse parts, and the highest compliment that I can give Miss Resnik is to note that she is complete mistress of both.
Her .0Quickly by now is well known and loved, and her Azucena was as absorbing and commanding a study. No time-worn stances or mugging marred this Azucena. Miss Resnik moved in a trancelike, half-crazed manner, and her voice was feverish and intense without losing a drop of its lusciousness.
The blaze Miss Resnik generated and the presence of Mrs. Johnson sparked the entire cast, which included Gabriella Tucci, Franco Corelli, Robert Merrill and William Wildermann. A big surprise of the evening was Thomas Schippers’ fine job of conducting. This was the fourth “Trovatore” I heard this season and the only one in which Mr. Schippers’ tempos made musical sense as well as were becoming and fair to the singers.
Search by season: 1963-64
Search by title: Il Trovatore,
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