James King "Morgenlicht leuchtend im rosigen Schein"

James King als Walther von Stolzing in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg

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• James King
• tenor
• Heldentenor
• kammersänger
• dramatic tenor
• opera
• Wagner

[ramqen951]

This is lovely. I know he does a sensational Rienzi's Prayer which i hope you might have.

[JamesKingArchive]

@ramqen951 I have Rienzi's Prayer somewhere. I'll post it as soon as I can.

[3tristan]

I love his voice and saw him in Bayreuth 1965 and 1966 as Siegmund (with Leonie Rysanek as Sieglinde) and in 1970 as Parsifal.(with Gwyneth Jones as Kundry). I shall never forget his voice and always recognize the sound of it directly. Majestic like Vickers and Windgassen. I never heard King as Tristan. Did he ever sing Tristan??

[JamesKingArchive]

I remember my father saying that he sang Tristan in concert somewhere but as far as I know, he never sang the Opera live as he was worried about his voice.

[operacrasher]

Definitely one of the great heldentenors of the 20th century. He definitely deserves to be mentioned "in the same breath" as Melchior,Vickers,Vinay,Wingass­en,etc.

[jschultz4]

This is so great - I am so happy you're posting hist singing. I wish I had gotten to meet him.

[1155north]

I had the great honor/pleasure to sing with Jimmy at my late teacher's (Walter Cassel) memorial concert at IU in 2000. He sang a beautiful farewell and I led the standing ovation - he deserved it for the singing and for his magnificent career. He paid me a wonderful compliment - "Boy, I hope you're at the Met! If not, you SHOULD be!" Made my millenium. This is the bravest, most beautiful singing of this piece I've ever heard. Thank you for posting it.

[dg6da]

Wow, great, one of the best versions of this aria. james King is a powerhouse, a heroic singer with a glamorous voic, a lot of squillo. Great german diction. Today, there is no singer who can sing it like this!

[TedinNY]

Love this recording. Thank you so much for posting.

Also: I first heard of this great tenor through his recording of Otello. Yet there is no trace of it on YouTube. This is a terrible shame. Could you please post some excerpts? Thanks so much. And congratulations once again. What a man!!! What an artist!!!!

[coryisawake]

Classy interpretation without sounding sentimental. Thanks!

[aviryd]

goose bumps oh ! every heroic piece of music king touches with his warm deep stable voic-colour , heavenly sound.so so beautiful.

[canzonettasullaria]

@aidavdbrake

it does mean: morgendlich

[DaveMuc]

I claim Jimmy also as a friend...A wonderful heldentenor, and the most lovely man....Miss him very much, but these recordings are here to enojoy and shed a tear or two. R I P

[56mikeo]

I was at a concert at Tanglewood in which he performed excerpts of "Tristan und Isolde" under Bernstein with Rita Hunter singing Isolde (this was sometime in the late 70s). Unfortunately, Bernstein announced halfway through that King couldn't continue as he had been struggling with laryngitis that week. It's too bad as he has always been my favorite Wagnerian tenor.

[Canuckoperafan]

A great singer! Bravo!!! What a bright, true tenor sound, and very different from the baritenors that sometimes sing this role. What year was this recorded?

[baritoneortenor]

From the very first phrase, I am swept away in wonder at maestro King's phenomenal singing and voice. This literally took my breath away. And to think I only missed him at Indiana University by just a couple years!