James King and Anna Moffo in Madame Butterfly

[@TedinNY]

How lucky you are to have this great tenor and, more importantly, great man for a father. I met him personally in Munich in the 70s and he was extraordinarily kind to me. I'll never forget him. He was such a wonderful man. He had a great influence on me. Oh, and by the way, this clip is thrilling and, as others have said, a big tease. What happened to the rest, I wonder....

[@Nagennif1011]

Moffo sounds remarkably good at this late date. King is super. Thanks for posting.

[@mrantiquedealer]

Lovely! AND King in Pinkerton. A REAL tenor!!!!

[@quequitoAR]

JAMES KING RULES!!!!!!!!!!! MY ALL TIME FAVORITE TENOR!!!!! His Lohengrin moves me to tears, even 30 years after I heard it for the first time

[@sobatinyela]

Thank you JKA, for making this great AMERICAN tenor's art available to both aficianados to enjoy and for students to learn from!

[@tenorschofield]

Deluxe wonderful cast!!! Braviii!!!!

[@spikester12]

Thrilling singing from both-makes one long for the complete duet.

[@tenorjamestaylor]

Your Dad was a stud. Flat out stud. Beautiful job!!

[@fabriziomariagarzi5534]

Meravigioso...James King, se ce l'hai, pubblicala tutta questa Butterfly.

[@giuseppeandreadepaoli5195]

Purtroppo esiste solo l'intero duetto del primo atto. L'opera completa per la Eurodisc, che doveva avere la Moffo come protagonista, alla fine ebbe Maria Chiara.

[@fabriziogarzi9892]

@@giuseppeandreadepaoli5195 , Maria Chiara?..una cantante banale, poco espressiva con gli estremi acuti urlati. Non ci abbiamo guadagnato di sicuro. Grazie della informazione e cordiali saluti.

[@AnaLuiza-rl9ee]

Ela é maravilhosa; ele é genial.

[@αικατερινημελισσαροπουλου]

A marvelous tenor! ..Althouh Puccini tenor roles are very difficult..Anna Moffo excellent as always..

[@VinylToVideo]

Great to hear him sing so well in a role he was less known for and with the best Cio-Cio-San of that era. Do you perhaps have the full duet starting at "Bimba dagli occhi pieni di malia?"

[@krunoslav1271]

the best Cio-Cio-San of that era? Renata Scotto!

[@VinylToVideo]

@@krunoslav1271 You deaf?

[@jordipanadesribera6890]

❤️❤️

[@krunoslav1271]

Heard James King several times 1977-1994 at the Met and San Francisco Opera: a total pro, and have not heard his superior as the Kaiser in FRAU OHNE SCHATTEN or Siegmund.

[@NYCOPERAFAN]

There will never be a Kaiser to match him. He truly owned that role.

[@mazzone1]

wow, where did this clip come from? Any more?

[@johncarpenter1695]

Does anyone know where the recording of King singing Psalm 91 went? My favorite King clip.

[@operaguy561]

John Carpenter was there ever a response to this question?

[@johncarpenter1695]

Paul Bustin nope

[@andyc5032]

Just stumbled on this today. First thoughts? King is just doing King things. Such a wonderful tone with a gorgeous metallic timbre full of light reflections. Moffo though.. Accepted wisdom is that by the 70s her voice was in decline and there are certainly some recordings where there is evidence of this. However, in this short excerpt, I hear very little evidence of it. The voice sounds very secure in the high notes and there is an ease of production. Perhaps the voice was more temperamental at the time of her career but I'd take this performance over any Butterfly of the last 30 years.

[@lukasmiller486]

Darn! Why did you cut the video? They sound terrific! Let them finish!!!!

[@ransomcoates546]

Lukas Miller Maybe the C was not so good.