Cornell MacNeil - Nemico della patria [Andrea Chenier] - Live 1983

We're fortunate to have so much close-up, live-action footage of great American baritones like Merrill and MacNeil. With the Italians and its many great baritones, we're not so lucky because while they made many films of operatic literature, almost all of them were studio treatments and so lip synched to pre-recorded tracks, robbing modern-day lovers of singing/technique/pedagogy of the ability to study these singers' real physical actions and coordinations.
I don't want some sort of algo to set off automated content alerts, so I won't name the locale of this gala... but I'm sure you can guess it.
Please don't make me block you for commenting with the ole "well he uncovered too high" canard. You're the grillionth person to say it; it doesn't make you a connoisseur. 🖤
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Two Rs and two Ls... because the singing is extra. Trrill is about florid passages, improvisatory underpinnings, staccato'd intuitions, and virtuosities even at their most ridiculous.
Trrill's aim is to rediscover, rescue, remaster, repitch, reclaim, and recontextualize footage and recordings of the greatest singers in the so-called old-school operatic tradition-works that are primarily in the public domain or excerpted and edited in fair use in order to fix incorrect speeds or tones or audio-visual synching.
Caveat: I'm biased in favor of #baritones and baritone literature, but if you want to learn even more about these singers, checkout this spreadsheet. Voice parts are separated by tabs: bit.ly/2W4qmE3
#belcanto #baritones #opera