Paul Plishka & Sherrill Milnes - Don Carlo

[Wolfcrag85]

Plishka was never heard to better advantage than here.

[Beth29252]

Blimey, isn't Plishka scary here? I love it, and he sounds wonderful too. Having Milnes also in fine voice and looking very handsome, you have a very effective scene of a terrific opera.

[DonPaolissimo]

THis was a great performance - does a complete DVD exist? If so, please inform where I can get a copy! Thanks.

[ShawDAMAN]

@DonPaolissimo i wanna know the same thing.

[DonPaolissimo]

@ShawDAMAN I am searching all over - so far, niente. But, this performance is a part of the Levine comemmorative set of several operas, so I am certain that eventually, a copy will "break out" of the complete package!

[ShawDAMAN]

@DonPaolissimo thanks haha if I see anything i'll let you know

[coryisawake]

Plishka does so much with this role that others don't; he really inhabits this personage. Bravo!

[Sieglinde84]

A shame the "popular" Met dvd has Louis Quilico instead of Milnes. That man just ruins it...

[Agorante]

@Sieglinde84

Quilico was certainly a better Verdi baritone in the theater - bigger voice. Milnes early on when the voice was fresh was excellent but it wasn't quite big and rich enough for the big roles in big houses.

[ShawDAMAN]

Does anyone know where this complete video can be obtained?

[donatello1]

Milnes...always a favorite!

[ShawDAMAN]

He was quite good in this role.

[rovingdesertfox]

Doesn't get any better than these two! Just fantastic.

[wotansschwert]

thing I hate about Met audiences is that they insist on clapping before the music's over. fucking scumbags.

[carpalton]

@wotansschwert I think Verdi pretty much expected this. Why do you think he often ended a scene (even as late as FALSTAFF) with the standard-issue orchestral cadences he uses here? Nobody was going to hear the final chords anyway. They were too busy clapping. Or hopefully even encoring.

[jazzhuman]

Phenomenal.

[stevevandien]

What a terrific opera this is. And when you have first-rate singers/actors (as here, for the most part), a superb orchestra and first-rate Verdi conductor (ditto) PLUS a splendid director (John Dexter, wasn't it?) -- well, opera as an art form doesn't get much better --

[ShawDAMAN]

Fine acting and singing from both, Plishka makes a scary king.

[ShawDAMAN]

Plishka sounds kind of like a Baritone.

Nice production. :-)

[xmetbass]

Paul is a "high" bass. I had the good fortune to work with Milnes & Plishka, I've worked with Kurt Moll, Jerry Hines too. I happen to be a lyric basso profundo.

[ShawDAMAN]

Wow, nice.

[Agorante]

@xmetbass

What the hell is a lyric basso profondo? You mean like Wilhelm Streinz? Or Endre Koreh? Or Shadi Torbey?

I presume you sing Osmin and Seneca and interpolate low Cs into everything else.

[operalov411]

I'm a HUGE Milnes fan. I thought I had almost all of his recordings. Where can I purchase this production?