"Nemico della patria" Cornell Macneil

Macneil, une des voix plus puissantes de l'histoire, en une enregistrement live, MET Opera. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornell_...

[@Hasselfelde]

It's not a wobble!!! It's a completely free and relaxed tone with a wonderful slow and loose vibrato!!

[@larrywoods6318]

So correct Hasselfeide........Big Mac was one of the greatest Baritone's ever. I love all the vocal critics on KZbin who know so much about singing, but can't sing a note.

[@OGrauMusic]

INMENSO fraseggio e musicalità, bravo

[@pyaghmourian]

The absolute best baritone of the 20th century. I saw him several times at the Met - the best Scarpia ever!

[@ROSAMARIAHOCES11]

así se canta esta aria!!! braviiiiisimo

[@PBXVIILY]

My favorite Baritone I heard him at the end of his career, I never heard a bigger voice live in the Met. He was a tremendous talent. Incredible interpreter.

[@giuseppinascapparone3303]

Lo ricordo bene in TOSCA. Stupendo!!!!!

[@larrywoods6318]

Just my opinion but I think he was the greatest American baritone ever, and maybe beyond.

[@PBXVIILY]

YES! I saw him in the late 1970s 1980s Tosca Rigoletto Othello Pagliacci Ernani Don Carlo. Wonderful singer BEST Scarpia! 1978

[@sgnmath1234]

It's not just your opinion, but one shared by quite a few people !

[@jefolson6989]

Whatever you call it, wobble, vibrato . its there and he is still great. It seemed that in the late 70s he almost had no vibrato. A straight huge marvelous sound and always great on stage.

[@xxsaruman82xx87]

Definitely not wobble, just slower vibrato.

[@tenorschofield]

BRAVOO!!!!

[@robertwbecker]

Whoa! Where did you get this? Any leads on Mac singing a , broadcast of the Der Hollander at the met in the late 60's? Man, listen to that F# at the end!

[@gianfrancocastelli2324]

degno erede di Tibbett e di Warren!!!

[@radames5855]

Giusto!!!

[@airmackeeee6792]

When was this captured / recorded?

[@SilverSingingMethod]

@roselandalvin You are right that there is an acceptable range for the vibrato. I don't think MacNeil quite has a full wobble here and definitely not on all pitches. What I think you are hearing more is that sometimes the vibrato, rather than being too slow, is too wide. Slightly too wide. And in other parts of the aria it is not so wide. It is also at times slightly inverted where you hear too much accent on the trough of the pitch instead of on the top.

[@susankeuter968]

Wobble shmabble.just shutup an listen to the amazing. Susan MacNeil Keuter.

[@larrywoods6318]

as many times as I have heard him sing this I still find the hairs on my arms rise.

[@PBXVIILY]

Your Dad was the greatest Baritone ever, I heard him at the end of his career, My Dad heard him in the beginning and felt the same way, when Gobbi first heard MacNeil he jumped out of his seat. Cornell MacNeil was simply the greatest!! R.I.P BIG MAC!

[@stevevandien310]

Mac is not in his best voice here, but still an imposing performance.

[@robertwbecker]

Wobble, vibrato,tremolo, can anyone criticizing this great singer even turn pages for him,,,, if you can do better, at any age, then please post,,, and if you never heard him live, you can be forgiven,,

[@Agorante]

MacNeil started relatively late. But when his career took off he was the best baritone in the world. He started to have vocal trouble quite early. I heard him sing this role live in 1975. He was wonderful, but the next year he sang very badly in Nabucco. He went into decline therafter. There is a slight wobble here but nothing serious. When he was off, the whole voice lost focus and was strained and unpleasant.