ROMÉO ET JULIETTE:Gounod
Original Air Date: 03/31/1973
Rich; Corelli, Boky, Macurdy, Forst, Cossa
SID.19290533
Corelli made quite a splash when he did it with Freni, but by 1973 he is near the end of his Met career. He actually has another Romeo broadcast a year later with Judith Blegen which is on Met Player. She is much better than Boky, but I’m afraid Corelli is past it on both. Listen to the Price Tosca this week and hear what glory he could offer. For Romeo, listen to Sayao and Bjorling. Also on Met Player and Sony CD. Corelli is not especially good on any of his broadcast Romeos the last two done close to the end of his Met career. The last one with Blegen is in MOoD, but nothing like the Bjorling Sayao from 1947 or Gedda Freni from 1968 and other fine ones from Gheorgiu Alagna and Netrebko Alagna.
ROMÉO ET JULIETTE
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2019-07-19 @ 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM
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