Cornell MacNeil & Ileana Cotrubas Drive Verdi's Dramatic Rigoletto/Gilda Duet

[@rdberg1957]

My father brought me to Pagliacci in Minneapolis when Cornell MacNeil came with the touring company (Si puo). I was twelve, but I was captured by the richness of his voice. It was want stayed with me over the last 54 years.

[@rdberg1957]

what

[@serije22]

Cornell McNeil one of greatest baritones ever. I like colour of his voice. Respect for him!

[@andreasgattiker9831]

Totally agree, rock solid

[@terrycloth6380]

He is a great Rigoletto

[@PBXVIILY]

My Favorite visit his Tosca 1978

[@xxsaruman82xx87]

@@PBXVIILY You should listen to his Scarpia in 1962 with Price and Corelli!!!

[@xxsaruman82xx87]

And she a great Gilda

[@liviugavril]

Din nou reascultati. ...OMAGIU

[@riccardomojica7759]

He IS Rigoletto, the best Rigoletto ever

[@fabiovaldevit9146]

Stupendo duetto da due grandi della lirica ...vorrei attirare l attenzione sulla regia sui costumi....ne prendano atto i sig registi che hanno la presunzione di distruggere un tale capolavoro con regie fantascientifiche

[@김기동-p8m]

0:25 Tutte le feste al tempio 2:41 parti, parti 3:28 Ah, solo per me 4:18 Ah! piangi, piangi 7:27 compiuto, pur quanto

[@eberlinpascal2837]

J'adore Ileana Cotrubas ❤️❤️

[@jasonhurd4379]

What a pleasure it is to see two great singing actors at the top of their game. Thank God this was captured on video, as a tonic against the disrespectful Regie productions and inadequate vocalism that seem to be the rule, rather than the exception, in our benighted age. Most enjoyable. Thank you, Manoli!

[@arnoldamaral7406]

WORD my friend 🤗. Arnold 🇫🇷

[@Tenortalker]

Two of the finest 20th century operatic performers. Stunning.

[@OscarFerro]

The best Rigoletto of the second half of the 20th century, by far.

[@andrejungels6255]

Wonderful duet with two perfect singers ❤️🎼

[@BellaFirenze]

MacNeil was a great baritone in an era of great baritones - Warren, Gobbi, Merrill, Milnes - and in the contemporary press, comparisons to his colleagues were frequent. But MacNeil's performances had singular musical richness, and moral and intellectual complexity that were his alone. MacNeil may have had rivals, but he had no equals. Cornell MacNeil (September 24, 1922 - July 15, 2011). Ileana Cotrubaș had a career spanning from the 1960s to the 1980s. She was much admired for her acting skills and facility for singing opera in many different languages. Cotrubaș retired from public singing in 1990, but continued to teach, giving master classes and coaching promising young singers.

[@MaríaAdrianaFragaEstévez]

I love your nick In Bocca Chiusa.But please don't forget about Mario Zanasi...

[@BellaFirenze]

@@MaríaAdrianaFragaEstévez Non dimenticherò mai Mario Zanasi!

[@MaríaAdrianaFragaEstévez]

​@@BellaFirenzeDear Friend Mario ZANASI will be the best ever baritone...AMORE QUELLO VERO ❤

[@jaroslavsojka8266]

What a beauty!

[@maestromuffin1]

and THAT'S how it's done!

[@arnoldamaral7406]

Cotrubas & Big Mac they rock my friend. 🌍🌎🌏 🇫🇷 Arnuad Bourbon Amaral

[@jonathanlinton6522]

Yes indeed. Well put!

[@roybell9318]

Hell yes!!!!

[@pablobanados6552]

Dúo magnífico. La Sra. Cotrubas voz bellísima, dulce, melodiosa. El Sr. Mc Neil voz potente, clásica, llena de sentimiento.

[@paullewis2413]

We simply don’t get singing of this standard in Verdi operas today. So grateful I was just old enough in the 70’s to see/hear many of the greats in what now appears to be the last decade of outstanding opera productions. Cotrubas is outstanding as Gilda and of course. MacNeil was legendary even when past his best years. Great conducting from Levine.

[@venetianformula]

Absolutely my favorite soprano ever! Nobody today comes close.

[@eblackadder3]

I saw this production at the Met in the fall of 1977, the first opera I ever saw there. Unforgettable.

[@glenndabreo3581]

This is definitely one of my favorites

[@liviugavril]

Nu mă satur de interpretarea lor.ce voci.❤❤

[@marcelpopa8018]

Ileana Cotrubas ,o Gilda plina de sensibilitate si expresivitate .Mac Neil cel mai bun Rigoletto pe care am avut ocazia sa-l ascult. Impreuna fac un duet superb,de mare clasa .

[@arnoldamaral7406]

My Cotrubas the RAIN MAKER of Opera 😎😍😘🤗. Thank you my dear friend. You are a BALLER to be sure 🖖👀👁👁💙. 🇫🇷 Arnold

[@manolis.799]

Thank you sir for saying so!!!

[@arnoldamaral3814]

@@manolis.799 Have a great day 😊 💙🇫🇷 Arnold

[@manolis.799]

@@arnoldamaral3814 same to you friend

[@cimbassovr]

Splendida interpretazione!Meraviglioso duetto❤

[@jonathanlinton6522]

Musically superb and dramatically thrilling interpretations from Ileana Cotrubas and Cornell McNeil in this stirring and luxuriously cast (including the great Justino Diaz) Metropolitan Opera production of Verdi’s Rigoletto, conducted by maestro Levine. Stunning stuff, wonderful to look back to the glorious 60’s and 70’s and thank you so much for posting!

[@paullewis2413]

Absolutely. I don’t bother with opera anymore having experienced the golden age of both singing and production. Heard Cotrubas sing Gilda at the ROH/London (c.1974) in the magnificent Zeffirelli production with designs by the incomparable Lila di Nobili - unforgettable!

[@liviugavril]

Memorabili

[@davidmolina7543]

Beautiful singing, Bravi.

[@iubanne]

45 YEARS AGO. Thanks

[@janpi27800]

Ahhhhhhhh!!!! Rigoletto !!!! Superbe !!!!!!

[@БеатаГаринова-х1з]

Это любимые 11 минут в опере - Вендетта !!!!

[@melvinbernard4541]

Stunning performance

[@PBXVIILY]

This is so great I saw this performance live! all great MacNeil Magnificent huge voice such a great interpretation! Cotrubas fantastic Domingo also!

[@victoriagrapsidou3474]

Amazingly beautiful singing! Grateful for this post of yours Manoli!!

[@lydiasimon8415]

QUE MARAVILLA!!!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@rosy3385]

Sublime !!!

[@alexandrefreire2926]

Essa montagem é espetacular. Domingo, Cotrubas, Mc Neew, Justino Dias, Izola Jones. Uma obra prim.

[@maraartearte8539]

Splendidi ambedue

[@ivanscotton6163]

Um dos mais belos duetos do canto lírico entre soprano e barítono.

[@liviugavril]

Cei mai buni cântăreți in cea mai frumoasă scenă a operei. Voci armonizate până la sublim.

[@Ettoredipugnar]

Saw him as Rigoletto when I was 13 at the old Met . Matinée Bergonzi sang the Duke , and Gianna D’Angelo sang Gilda !!

[@DiomedesDioscuro]

Dos grandes. ¡Esto es ópera!

[@juanmorales569]

Manoli this is magnificent thank you!

[@сергейгринин-з9д]

Превосходно! Огромное спасибо,😀

[@lilikaamore2123]

Amazing!

[@gvbrandolini]

Bravi

[@donfatale]

Great production and great singing... oh, and tunes of course! Thanks for posting.

[@liviugavril]

Din nou reascultati.❤❤.

[@aetion]

Brilliant! Thank you, dear Manoli.

[@ThrivingJean]

What a wonderful excerpt to share with us, and how inspiring... thank you, Manoli.

[@sergiosanchezsanchez8712]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻¡Geniales!👌🏻❤️👍🏻

[@petergraham8681]

By this time in some later career performances MacNeil‘s often recalcitrant instrument early in on is fully warmed up & steady by this point in the opera as is heard here. Hard to control such a huge instrument & this was even, to a lesser extent, something that Warren had to deal with especially in his complete roles later on.

[@whaleback1]

I like Cotrubas's round, lustrous and strong voice. By contrast, most other sopranos voices seem a bit thin and try in this duet. Perhaps they want to emphasize Gilda's vulnerability and helplessness?

[@jonathanlinton6522]

I love her voice also. Ileana has a lovely, full and creamy soprano that seems to sit ‘just on the note’.

[@edenkali2157]

Yes!! Gilda is supposed to be a full voiced high soprano. The light leggero and soubrettes are unfortunately pushed to sing this part.

[@ElyWill]

They all likely lack Cotruba’s strong and developed chest voice which is NEEDED in all of opera and very apparent in this piece. I’m finding nearly no strong stable chest voice top to bottom from all modern opera singers. It’s a travesty opera has fallen this badly. It pales in comparison to this age and the early 20th century.

[@DiomedesDioscuro]

Perhaps they're just worse singers than Cotrubas.

[@БеатаГаринова-х1з]

8:33 браво 👏 👏 Vendetta 👏👏👏

[@johnpickford4222]

This was the production planned for Beverly Sills which she backed out of to begin running the New York City Opera. She did however record it with Milnes and Kraus. So if you don’t like Milnes w/Sutherland (and I do) or Kraus w/Moffo (and I do) then you have another choice.

[@manolis.799]

I never knew this was meant for Sills. I’m a huge admirer of her but I’m glad Cotrubas sang this here.

[@JacekCzarnomski-cw8ul]

Milnes w/Sutherland best

[@andreasgattiker9831]

No, Cotrubas/Capucilli or Moffo/Merrill

[@MaríaAdrianaFragaEstévez]

Beautiful performance.Their voices blend perfectly together.I think the soprano is good but discrete in comparison to the greatest.But on the other hand he is very important as a baritone .Ideal for Rigoletto.And that's said by someone who can't go to bed without listening to Mario ZANASI.The costume he wears is a little bit ridiculous,a little bit like Kermit the frog.But he eludes that due to his great dark voice and dignity.

[@marcelpopa8018]

asa si trebuie sa fie vocea Gildei ,discreta ,dar expresiva ,asa cum este vocea lui Cotrubas .

[@MaríaAdrianaFragaEstévez]

​@@marcelpopa8018You're right.I wrote that a year ago and today I think that she's perfect for the role.❤

[@jorghiemann9093]

Eine gute Darstellung,aber mir gefällt die Aufnahme mit Warren,Erna Berger von 1950 besser,

[@Tkimba2]

La Cotrubas... asmatica? Comunque qui non è male

[@andreasgattiker9831]

Capisco che vuol dire. Come Gilda è molto commovente. Enorme, adorabile

[@liguten]

Leo NUCCI, nettement supérieur. Quant à Cotrubas sa note finale est très écourtée

[@marcelpopa8018]

Corta e tuo Cazzo !

[@kiimmaritz2827]

Just missing that something...

[@johnpickford4222]

Kiim Maritsa: Yeah, are you’re missing that something: taste. If you’re going to criticize the performance then explain why unless it’s terrible obvious what it is. Like yourself.

[@kiimmaritz2827]

@@johnpickford4222 it's called the X factor...and a very good ear

[@rosemaryallen2128]

I agree with you. I thought it was going to be very moving, but MacNeil soon lost the splendid acting focus he displayed at the beginning. It all became too predictable and was not rescued by 'Si vendetta', which lacked the extraordinary thrill it can generate. I just go back to Tito Gobbi every time for a perfect fusion of emotion and excitement...

[@DCBfanboy]

LMAO that free aggression 😭😭 You need to chillax and not take yourself so seriously my guy​@@johnpickford4222

[@christophesingio9801]

Rigoletto ne chante pas, il crie.

[@wookinooki9023]

they have the same nose.

[@wookinooki9023]

3:24 "nell'ansiA" ... now that's a powerful well placed chest voice.

[@johnpickford4222]

wookinooki: We’ll they are father and daughter so it runs in the family. Or the make-up department.

[@wookinooki9023]

@@johnpickford4222 his fake nose looks like her real nose.

[@kiimmaritz2827]

Not a good Rigoletto

[@adolfopriori7973]

Como se hace para no llorar viendo esto??????????????????????????