Dear friends,
Can anybody please inform me if the CD with the originally RCA La
Juive excerpts (Tucker, Arroyo) is really "finally" on sale?
I have searched at Amazon and other sites and there is no mention of
it.
Details will be greatly appreciated.
Juan
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El Tue, 10 Jan 2017 07:22:39 -0500
Bob Rideout <[log in to unmask]> escribió:
> Ed Rosen sent the following post to opera-l in Jan, 2005.
> Ed could, at times, be more enthusiastic than might be
> considered "fair and balanced", but he was a very close
> friend and knew his career backwards, forwards and
> sideways. This should answer some of the questions that
> have been raised.
>
> Bob
>
> On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 00:17:55 EST, Premiere Opera
><[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>>Richard Tucker first sang La Juive with The Friends of French Opera
>>at
>>Carnegie Hall in 1964. This, of course, was in concert form. There
>>was also a
>>performance given at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
>>
>>He next did Juive in another concert performance in London in June of
>>1973,
>>which Roger writes about. One performance only, I believe.
>>
>>His first staged Juive was in New Orleans in October of 1973. There
>>were two
>>performances, and I was lucky enough to be there. He was more than
>>sensational. One of the greatest and most moving operatic experiences
>>of my life. His
>>co-stars were Marisa Galvany, Rita Shane, and Paul Plishka.
>>
>>Next were the three staged performances of Juive given for Tucker at
>>the
>>Teatro Liceo in Barcelona just before his death. These were the
>>finest of all, to
>>judge by the tapes. I was supposed to go and wasn't able to. He sang
>>one
>>Carmen after the three Juives, at Christmas time, 1974, then came
>>back to the
>>states. He rehearsed Cav at the Met with Bumbry, a bit of which was
>>played as part
>>of a tribute to him by Francis Robinson after his death on January 8,
>>1975. He
>>was due to sing Cav on Jan. 10 at the Met. Earlier that same season
>>he had
>>done 8 sensational performances of Pagliacci.
>>
>>He left with his friend Robert Merrill for Kalamazoo, Michigan, and
>>died
>>there.
>>
>>His long time dream of singing La Juive at the Met was finally
>>approved, and
>>he received the good news just days before his death. Alas, it was
>>not to be.
>>
>>Ed
>>
>>
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