Richard Tucker, Martina Arroyo, Shirley Verrett & Mario Sereni. Il Trovatore, final (Met, 1971).

Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore.
Manrico: Richard Tucker.
Leonora: Martina Arroyo.
Azucena: Shirley Verrett.
Conde de Luna: Mario Sereni.
Dirección musical: Zubin Mehta.
Locución: Milton Cross.
Nueva York, 13 de marzo de 1971.

[@shicoff1398]

Tucker at age 57, . still a powerful spinto, A beautiful Arroyo soprano with all needed for the role and of course Verrett and Sereni, a super cast.

[@biancacastafiore8760]

Shirley’s last lines gave me goosebumps. Quel frisson!

[@jefolson6989]

Milton Cross WAS the broadcasts. Everything changed when he left.

[@g_vezz]

I agree. I find the current intermissions, when I actually listen to them, idiotic....

[@danielshea2676]

Sei vendicato, o madre! A great cast!

[@biancacastafiore8760]

vendicata…

[@shicoff1398]

Cross announces the cast, curtain calls the and upcoming DG, the opera for the next week with Gedda .

[@g_vezz]

When singers understood the composer better than the stage director or conductor...