“DON CARLO : Verdi
Original Air Date: 04/04/1959
Cast: Cleva; Gari, Rysanek, Merrill, Thebom, Hines, Uhde
Media: MOD Audio SID.18050103 Tags: Archive; 2018, Verdi
What is most distinctive about this broadcast is Cleva’s conducting. This 5 performance revival are the only times he took the reins, with the opera much dominated by Stiedry in the 1950s, and Levine from the 1970s forward. This is Rysanek’s first season in the part at the Met, and Merrill is among the best of Met Rodrigos.What is most distinctive about this broadcast is Cleva’s conducting. This five performance revival is the only times he took the reins, with the opera much dominated by Stiedry in the 1950s, and Levine from the 1970s forward.
This is Rysanek’s first season in the part at the Met, and Merrill is among the best of Met Rodrigos.
4/2/12 – Rysanek is in better voice here than her Abigaille referred to above. This performance is available on MOoD and marks Cleva’s only run in Don Carlo. The baton is dominated by Stiedry with 26 performances when it opens the Bing regime, and Levine with 60 performances (!!!!!) from 1979 to 2006 (8 broadcasts and 2 telecasts)
Merrill is the only singer of extraordinary interest; his voice was just about perfect for ANY composer in the 50s, and while extremely phonogenic, the sound in the opera house even more impressive. You didn’t always want to watch his acting. His Rigoletto on Sirius this week has been outstanding.”