Otello Cage Match: Iago's Credo pt 3 Gobbi vs. Merrill

[liedersanger1]

Who conducts the Gobbi version--it's fascinating. Serafin?

[Beth29252]

Gobbi for interpretation, Merrill for beauty of tone.

[ezev8logos]

Merrill suena increible y Gobbi tambien, es casi imposible elegir uno

[dennis5250]

Merrill wins the singing contest without question... would be interesting to watch them perform the song

[HeldenB]

Two great versions...although Gobbi is only one step away from shouting on anything above D natural.

Merrill had probably the most beautiful baritone voice in history!

[bodiloto]

signori e signore , e baritoni come :Amato,Danise,Ruffo,,Stracciar­i,,Granforte,Bastianini,Tibbet­t ,Popov,Casini e tantissimi altri , che cosa pensate per  LORO ?

[DinDonDan94]

Absolutely MERRIL. I don't like Tito gobbi in this recording. He is vulgar and not perfectly tuned. Merril is a good Iago.

[liric01994]

tito gobbi senza dubbio.

[odontotazio]

non per campanilismo..ma Gobbi lo sovrasta!

[BassoAntico]

Tito Gobbi è Jago! Il migliore della storia!

[pearlmuth3]

One a great singing actor and the other a great very beautiful voice, heard both on stage often years ago in their primes.

[34fgsfgsdtu48w7qtaqt]

Gobbi tutta la vita!!!!

[osvaldito55]

I am fortunate to have seen these two great artists on stage. The venom in Gobbi's voice is electrifying in this performance; Merrill, whose voice was gorgeous, is perhaps a tiny bit less convincing as the villain. Both sing the hell out of this aria. I say, bravi!

[meltzerboy]

The stereotypes fit: Gobbi's interpretation is better and Merrill's singing is more beautiful. But only to a degree, for there is beauty in Gobbi's singing as well, and Merrill's singing is not devoid of sentiment and interpretive skill.

[drdre333]

Well put.