Robert Merrill: Telecasts from the Bell Telephone Hour, 1962-65

From: Opera News | Date: February 1, 2001| Author: | Copyright information

Robert Merrill: Telecasts from the Bell Telephone Hour, 1962-65

Bell Telephone Hour Orch. and Chorus, Vorhees. VAI VHS 69713, 39 mins.

Robert Merrill was a stalwart at the Metropolitan Opera from 1945 to 1976, during which time he sang 787 performances of twenty-one roles - returning at the age of sixty-six to sing in the centennial gala on October 22, 1983. He was one of the American breed of Verdi baritones that flourished in the past century, although his sound was a shade more lyrical than that of his compatriots Lawrence Tibbett, Robert Weede, Leonard Warren, Cornell MacNeil and ...

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