MACBETH Patanè, Grundheber, Dumitrescu, Ikaia-Purdy - Halász - Vienna 4IV01

[@davidhansel897]

Thank you for posting this! Prelude: 0:06 Act 1, s.1: 03:04 Act 1, s.2: 16:10 Act 2, s.1: 47:41 Act 2, s.2: 55:03 Act 2, s.3: 1:02:53 Act 3: 1:18:27 Act 4, s.1: 1:37:38 Act 4, s.2: 1:51:02 (Sleepwalking Scene) Act 4, s.3: 2:03:23

[@petergraham8681]

Grundheber a fine & flexible singer is one of the few German baritones of his time with a timbre suitable for Verdi, IMO. I have heard & seen him a wide variety of roles: Holländer, Michele (IL TABARRO), & Iago, the last in 2008 when he had already reached 70. A couple of years thereafter he appeared in a film of DER FREISCHÜTZ as Ottokar. How much longer after that was he still singing I have no way of knowing but he remains one of my favorite baritone artists of his time.

[@hcleskov-fischer6033]

He still sang Barak in Die Frau ohne Schatten in 2017 for his 80th birthday at the Hamburg State Opera.

[@sentatyn5207]

@@hcleskov-fischer6033 This is only partly right, He sang Barak for his 80th Birthday but not in Hamburg, there where 3 performances in Leipzig!! I have seen all three there. Hamburg in this time and later did not care anymore for his singer who was singing there for 50 years (beeing one of very less Honory Member of this house)

[@sentatyn5207]

his very last official appearance was Dresden in March 2020 in Gurrelieder (there exist a CD Recording) with Thieleman and Nylund. His last performance on stage was in Trier (his Hometown from Birth) as "Sprecher"- Speaker in Magic Flute in June 2018

[@hansdrp817]

I totaal agree with Peter Graham!