Joseph Schmidt & Grace Moore- Madam Butterfly Love Duet

[SHICOFF1]

.@vinyltovideo Would love to hear the original Schmidt ending, he surely would sing the high C which was easy for him.

[SHICOFF1]

Wonderful Lyric tenor of course and a very tragic end for him at age 38 and for her in a plane crash about 5 years after Schmidt died in the internment camp in 1942. He sang with warmth and great high notes always.

[MsRuthes]

Bless YouTube & all those who care enough to share these beautiful moments with us. Thank you from the bottonm of my heart.

[MsRuthes]

Bless YouTube & all those who care enough to share these beautiful moments with us. Thank you from the bottonm of my heart.

[Del2n1]

How these two voices complement one another. So moving.

[vrbas100]

fantastic

[Laistry]

Simply wonderful! Thank you for sharing!

[joeocho88]

As a distant relative of Joseph Schmidt,

I thank you from the bottom of my heart to finally hear his voice, the voice the Nazis weren't able to still!

NEVER AGAIN!

[madisonelectronic]

@joeocho88 This might not sound "correct" but these recordings show that greatness does not come from physical size. For folks to say Joe Schmidt could not perform on stage because of height issues is just BS.

[gavriellaz]

@joeocho88

interesting - I'm related to Joseph Schmidt, may be we're related

[dessay1]

"These MAGNIFICENT icons ... fortunately with us eternally!"

[dmontana78]

Vijftig jaar geleden draaide ik de lp van Joseph Schmidt helemaal grijs.

Thans ben ik blij dat er zoveel mooie nummers van deze onvergetelijke

tenor op You Tube staan waarvoor mijn grote dank.

Willy (Holland)

[taylornmn]

Grace Moore, my great great aunt, never got to meet her but attempting to follow in her footsteps <3

[saltburner2]

This is presumably from a General Motors US broadcast, circa 1937?

It is in better sound than most of the others I have heard.

[Lovelytenor1]

When one thinks of the tragic ends these two lovely voices would meet, it makes this all the more moving. I have it heard it sung by the greater voices & they have their due place in operatic history. However, none are more lyrically beautiful.

[josemuso1]

Great romantic feeling from the great Schdmit, adn from the beautiful Grace...JRT,

[sebreathnach]

Still as splendiferous as ever...!

[pearlmuth3]

Tried to comment before but you tube was down, you are correct, it is schmidt but on my 35 year old LP they used another tenor at the end, not as good but here they found the original, so glad you posted it, I listened carefully and you are correct I have waited 35 years for this!

[VinylToVideo]

Well you were right originally. I played this one's ending with the one from her 1937 "I'll Take Romance" movie and they were identical. So the tenor at the very end here is Frank Forest, not Joseph Schmidt. They also changed it again here for the ending and used the very ending and applause from a third recording.

[pearlmuth3]

May be but on the original LP I had that was what it said and the change was more pronounced even in volume then this. I will look but IT SEEMS IT WAS HER BUT NOT HIM ACCORDING TO THE RECORD JACKET. (sorry for caps.)

[pearlmuth3]

It came out many years ago on an LP of Schmidt but they lost the ending and dubbed in around 5:02 one from another performance, still it is so rare, two tragic deaths his in the internment camp and hers in a plane crash in 1947 just five years after he died.

[VinylToVideo]

I'd love to hear the whole other duet with Miss Moore in excellent sound, defiantly not at all available on CD or I'd already have it. Too bad though, I thought it was actually her singing with Schmidt at the end and it does sound like him, especially if you didn't know they edited that in.

[sebreathnach]

Indeed, if one listens to the audience, one will hear them breaking ranks to applaud the artists prematurely. They cannot resist the clatter of those angelic harmonies that break in the clouds above their ears. It is a truly glorious performance and so well preserved. A tribute to all concerned. Thank you!

[sebreathnach]

It is hardly credible to me that this tour de force of secular morality, when two of the greatest Puccini talents the world has ever known, has been visited so little and has not one linking website broadcasting its superior morality, nor one honour bestowed upon it. In the face of two such heroic voices, what has become of a world riven with religious bigotry that cannot acknowledge its secular wonders!

[bollard00]

Never underestimate the ignorance and lack of good taste of the Public

[sebreathnach]

Listening to the glory of these immaculate voices, adorned to superbly by the gender octave and exploited to the full by Puccini, one cannot turn one's back on the superiority of secular morality --or, indeed, that once informed, man is by nature good, and is not as per the Christians, a fallen spirit!

[sebreathnach]

And, again, thank you!

[sebreathnach]

I don't believe it! You found it! Where did you get it? Are you aware that this stupendous recording went missing for some months. I have asked several people what had happened to it. It is so rare and so wonderful....Well done Peteranders48! Well Done! It's fantastic! Thank you!