Verdi - Aida - prelude and Celeste Aida (Toscanini/Tucker)

the first several minutes of the opera form a March 26, 1949 TV broadcast.

Richard Tucker ... Radames
Norman Scott ... Ramfis

Arturo Toscanini and the NBC Symphony Orchestra, with the Robert Shaw Chorale.

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Music

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• Giuseppe-Verdi
• Aida
• Arturo-Toscanini
• Italian
• Aria
• Celeste-Aida
• opera
• tenore
• Richard-Tucker
• teno

[halavey]

He is on TV for the first time in 1949 a young tenor and was probably nervous but the singing is great

[mayflash67]

Tucker did it with a lot of emotions!!! Corelli was a great voice, but Tucker also!!! Both are best of the best!!!

[delosreyesgavikanes]

They don't come any better

Carlos Montane

[MrKalmi]

@enricodicapri Sry for the late answer. I did not say his techniqe was not good at all, just said he was not the best - although it can be personal of course - I prefer more loosy throat and more portamento just like what he does/did in the normal/medium high lage. His higher notes still sound a bit thin for me. Of course he was fantastic and I am not talking about this recording this is my all time favourite Celeste. And of course the best Aide ever. ;)

[SHICOFF1]

@shawdaman  Yes they wrecked Schwarzkopf here early with pickets and hell she needed to work and eat and at age 23 got a card which in order to get you had to join the party. The problem she caused for herself only involved saying she was not in the party at sometime when asked but that's a loaded question and after all look who she married! He was so British! and anti Nazi. Some people really go over board on so many singers who where not active Nazi's.

[ShawDAMAN]

@SHICOFF1 good comments, it certainly is true that not all who were technical nazi party members subscribed to the demonic ideology. Many don't seem to realize that, and early on when the party seemed to be doing good things for the crushed German economy (and for the "arts," actually) you can see why many would have jumped on board- later, it wasn't so easy to back out to say the least, particularly if you were a high profile performer. Who knows what some of us would have done.

[SHICOFF1]

Whether Furtwangler was active in the party has been argued also. Anyhow it was Toscanini who said if he was capable of killing anyone it would be Mussolini ! He surely had Balls! Bravo Toscanini and Tucker in this 1949 performance. They have a block on the VHS video tape.. I don't know if it is available on DVD.

[SHICOFF1]

I believe German opera singer is well educated in this political Nazi stuff and in fact Roswange has been hit for it Hard as was Berger. It depends weather they where active or just had the work card they needed to sing. Wittrisch and others may have been active but Schwarzkopf married and Englishman and gossip flew that she was the mistress of a big Nazi officer but I doubt it seriously and no proof exists. Gigli just was not really into politically savvy,any Italian on top he Blindly liked.

[SHICOFF1]

SCHWARZKOPF was not an active Nazi really and has been hit for it when actually her own father was tossed out of his job for not being active in nazi politics. She joined the party when you had to have a party card like a union to work in Germany and she was only 23 years old and needed work to live but up to her death in fact had a close Jewish friend, a mutual friend of a woman I know and ES was not anti Semitic. Gigli was not smart politically He was just a loyal Italian politically to all

[gaytenor]

@Cesaare Hatred for Nazis is a good thing and Mr. H was the worst goddamn monster in history. As to his hatred of gays it depended on what gay your talking about since his favorite heldentenor Max Lorenz was gay as a goose and married to a JEWISH WOMAN for appearances but THEY survived. Your the one who needs a shrink not someone who admires Toscanini and Tucker. Actually I don't hate even that Nazi bastard Von Karajan I leave the hate to shit like you.

[Cesaare]

@gaytenor I see that hate for Nazis deaffen your both ears, I bet you hate Gigli, Karajan and Schwarzkopf for the same reason:) Plus Hitler hated gays too, call it prejudice. I can't help you. You need a shrink

[paulostroff99]

Stunning! TY TheGreatPerformers for posting.