1983 MET100 GALA: Otello. Dio! mi potevi scagliar / Verdi

Otello. Dio! mi potevi scagliar / Verdi (James McCRACKEN)

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Music

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• classical
• opera
• soprano
• baritone
• tenor

[WANK83]

Good interpretation. Great voice. Thank you for posting.

Regards from France

[ojamiguel]

You are welcome, it is good to see how many enjoy my MET83 videos

[Otellomir]

Recordings have a horrifying effect on the standards of the artform. Always have. They offer something wonderful, but NOT the truth. To assign greatness to who made the most records, or who sounded the best on them is dangerous revisionist history. I will take with me instead the memory and in many cases, the live perf. tapes of many of these great singers instead as a standard of achievement. In that regard & with rare exception, JMcC stands at the forefront of my live opera going experience.

[bonnisolli]

Who gives a flying f**k what the hell he's wearing......this is a powerful, exciting performance, and your worrying about a god damn neck tie...................jeeezz

[thiagomadrugamonteir]

The very best Otelo of all times is this guy! Great , simply great!

[TsarBovov]

My god, this is bad conducting.

[Maripudelmonaco]

Pues,,,,, si MARIO DEL MONACO fué el sucesor del GRAN VINAY, lo superó con creces y ha sido el MEJOR OTELLO DE LA HISTORIA.

[Dymension]

Now this is Otello!

[GregJebailybaritone]

This is just amazing! Amazing performer and still a great voice for his age!

[olympicrange]

As a young student I had the pleasure of turning pages for a piano-conductor rehearsal of Otello at the Ravinia Festival-- then seeing the performance as well. McCracken was quite amazing. You know-- we need to reclaim this art form from the microphone voices. McCracken was a visceral, exciting Otello-- undoubtedly with personal "quicks" but he was a great singer.

[angusmcrandy]

Discussion of his choice of accesories have no place here. He WAS a great dramatic tenor, moreover, a HELDENtenor. I spoke to his wife after the Met rift, and she said that that was his main interest. She also told me of his (then) upcoming project of Schoengerg's Guerrelide, and how excited he was to do it. . I really don't understand why he didn' get hfired to do more German repertoire.

[RodTenor]

I don't know why, I like this video very much. McCracken returns to the MET triumphant. Bravo!

[Chiliarches]

Bravo. This is quite good.

Regarding the neckwear...I would guess he wore the bolo because he was proud of being an American. Good for him. Bow ties are a pain to knot anyway.

[Fegen]

I saw this on tv the day James performed this and thought it was one of

the highlights of the gala.