Montserrat Caballe & Robert Merrill - "Il trovatore" The Met - Robert Merrill Tribute - Live, 1973

Montserrat Caballe and Robert Merrill - "Il trovatore" (Act 4 duet) "Robert Merrill Tribute" - The Met -Live March 17, 1973.
This "Tribute" was to honor the late, great baritone, Robert Merrill (1917-2004) on his 200th(?) performance at the Met.
Cast:
Montserrat Caballe (Leonora)
Placido Domingo (Manrico)
Robert Merrill (Count di Luna)
Fiorenza Cossotto (Azucena)

Category:

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• Montserrat
• Caballe
• Robert
• Merrill
• Met
• Tribute
• 1973
• Il
• Trovatore
• 3.17.73

[premiereopera1]

This was at least his 700th plus performance!!!

[Jeanne90275]

@premiereopera1 Thanks so much for the info.

It seems like only the sopranos and tenors are

remembered. The mezzos, the baritones, and

basses rarely get the recognition they deserve.

Thank you for your contribution. I think you are

one of the few people who actually had the

extraordinary luck of seeing his performance.

[TheWisemonkey8]

Oh...yes. I think this was Merrill's 200th MET appearance? A very good live performance. Domingo is wonderful and Cossotto is amazing... Nice post!

[Jeanne90275]

@TheWisemonkey8 Thanks. I'm not sure about the

#... Met archive has him listed at 789 performances

between 1945 and 1983. Wikipedia says he retired

from the Met in 1976. Quien sabe??? Probably

some New Yorker who saw this performance can

clue me in :-)

[danilosongs]

Great!

[Placidani1]

Merveilleux !!!!

[TheWisemonkey8]

@Jeanne90275 300th count di luna? Strange... the numbe 200 sticks in my head! Cool upload... one of my fav IL Trovatore's.

[patjan92]

Now this is quite a treat! Caballe and Merrill together.

[racheleleeba]

Splendid singing and photos; thank you.