Jerry Hadley - Rehearsals - Verdi's Requiem

[@lucianasalis9216]

Jerry Hadley: i nostri cuori sanguinano! Eri magnifico, meraviglioso!

[@stevej8558]

Go Mr. Shaw and Norman! It was so rich working with both of you as a chorister for 16'ish years and miss it. I know that you're gone, now, Mr. Shaw (for 20+ years) but Norman - you're still around. Thanks for the privilege while I was living in ATL. Godspeed!

[@charlesdotson4766]

The great Florence Quivar....👍🏽❤!

[@Frostandleo]

She was phenomenal...people forget. I don't!

[@nancysikes]

This is a priceless document.

[@clefnoteproductions6695]

It's so sad he's gone. He had so much to pass on to young people

[@1968KWT]

RIP Jerry Hadley (#dotd in 2007) 🌺🌺🌺

[@eltesto]

there can only be one maestro👌

[@hectordb54]

Jerry was a genius!

[@TumanyanOfficial]

Fantastic, thank you very much !!!

[@clealinden7755]

What a gift to see this!

[@LindenwoodMusic]

I sang 8 of the Shaw-Carnegie Hall seasons. Such a great experience each time with top notch soloists and choristers, not to mention various conductors (loved Jimmy Conlon, not so much Andre Previn!)

[@HaTenor]

Thank you so much!!!!!!!!! Happy New year!!!

[@wotan10950]

It’s fascinating to see the rehearsal process. These were all great singers. I still don’t understand about Hadley - singers with a fraction of his voice switched over to character roles and made new careers for themselves.

[@gianfrancogiuntoli3648]

Bravi tutti, belle voci.

[@ClergetMusic]

I thought I recognized Alistair Miles. Hadley was genius in this.

[@ClergetMusic]

@@josephespratt upload your recording of YOU singing it better.

[@ClergetMusic]

@@josephespratt so, you’re saying you can’t do it?

[@ClergetMusic]

@@josephespratt if you actually watched video, that’s what he was protesting: the conductor was asking him to do something that constricted his voice.

[@ClergetMusic]

@@josephespratt really? Please cite your source for it. Also, judge not unless you personally can do better. If that’s the case, again upload your recording for us. Where did you train?

[@ClergetMusic]

@@josephespratt I think you’re making an assumption. Please cite your source for how you KNOW, objectively, that he learned it wrong. You won’t because you can’t. You can’t because you DONT KNOW THAT.

[@ransomcoates546]

I’ve been in situations like this in a quartet, and it’s obvious to me there was tension in the air beyond Hadley singing a wrong note. And the ‘Requiem’ was beyond his Fach, which was probably the origin of the problems.

[@wizardwombat3770]

No, the result of what Shaw was trying make Hadley do is that it constricts his voice and makes his voice sound smaller. This is bad pedagogy from what I have heard - it strains the voice.

[@manueltorres3606]

Qué bella voz. Vayan xfavor a un psicólogo si lo necesitan. A veces uno piensa q no lo necesita pero ayuda demasiado.

[@orion8835]

A LOT of talk by Hadley. It’s only an E. It’s on the passaggio of course and sadly that zone in his voice got really bad by the later 90’s. Sweet is a marvelous voice. Quiver is attractive in this as it doesn’t push her.

[@miyvsk7449]

Sweet is all nose and nothing else.

[@brblum]

​@@miyvsk7449 It's a HUGE voice. Heard her at the Met live in Stiffelio.

[@miyvsk7449]

@@brblum it sounds thin and tiny in this recording compared to hadley. if you are correct, she's not doing whatever she did live for you.

[@brblum]

@miyvsk7449 She's likely "marking," that is, singing in a fraction of her voice. For one thing, she's hardly opening her mouth. It's a monster of a voice. She can dominate an entire ensemble with it. Recordings can be sooooo misleading.

[@brblum]

​@miyvsk7449 Hadley could be blown away by Sweet...this is Donna Anna, not Zerlina.