James King as Bacchus in Ariadne Auf Naxos 1/2

[wTrevorh]

Gripping! Jessye enters another world at 4:25--"Gibt es kein Hinuber?"

[bruckner4444]

4:40, sublime, celestial...

[manthasagittarius]

I saw this. He was terrific -- they played off each other wonderfully. Playfully. Catch the grapes designed into his coat. :)

[MrMenyc]

Strauss is served well here!

[gaytenor]

I believe this is a 'Live from the Met' telecast and King was in very, very good voice for a 63 year old tenor. The role of Bacchus is damn near unsingable. And Mr. King still had all the notes for the role, and a few strained top notes aside him and Norman are really wonderful.

[GermanOperaSinger]

I have this performance on DVD, he is far past his prime here and I don't really think it does justice to how great he was in the 60s and 70s.

[cptnunderwhere]

This is great. Thanks so much for posting it.