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IF I SOUND LIKE THIS AT THE AGE OF 60...ILL BE HAPPY AS HELL!!!!
TheAWGemini 5 days ago
McCracken sounds nearly the same as he did forty years prior.
coryisawake 2 months ago
Hard to tell whose voice is darker/heavier!
leadoffeohippus 2 months ago
The greatest American Otello ever--right up there with Del Monaco, Vinay, Domingo and Vickers. There's no one today who can do the role justice (I saw Johann Botha a couple of years ago in San Francisco--nice voice but not like this--and not an actor.)
foothillsbear 3 months ago
Still virile and vibrant. Proof that it is possible to sing well into your 60s - and with the benefit of many years of experience, profer a truly superior performance. More mature singers should be singing today. We have far too many young singers taking on these roles before they should be singing them and ruining their instruments in the process. A great artist in his element. Stunning.
windsofmarch 6 months ago
Riveting performance by JM and really interesting to see him in a signature role employing that very visceral breathing technique. Thanks for sharing this!
coryisawake 7 months ago
May this great artist rest in peace:) ---
stevevandien 8 months ago
I like it!
jadedwardstenor 10 months ago
A truly underrated guy. I did a Sampson with him right after he had lost 85 pounds, and he was still as powerful as ever, AND adding a new piano coordination to his top. He really wanted to sing Wagner, and I can't understand why he didn't get cast in it more. Listen to his Guerrelieder with Boston. A great colleague as well, when I showed up to the Sampson with the wrong score, he let me use his.
angusmcrandy 10 months ago
@angusmcrandy McCracken was almost certainly the best purely dramatic tenor that America has developed. He was a superb Otello, Canio, Samson, etc. (I saw and heard his Samson live, and it was overwhelming.)
I sure wish he'd sung Tannhauser beyond that single Met season (1977-78). I heard him in the role on radio and thought he was excellent. He would also have made a terrific Tristan:) ---
stevevandien 5 months ago 2
@angusmcrandy Did it ever seem to you that JM had lost too much weight? I mean, he was a big guy, and he seems almost skinny here. Although his voice sounds full and free --
stevevandien 4 months ago
Amazind, even at 60 J M retains his awesome power!!
Mremerald3 11 months ago