Milnes - Maria from West Side Story

A performance of Maria from a met gala.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• sherrill
• milnes
• west
• side
• story
• maria
• metropolitan
• opera
• verdi
• baritone

[thetubkins]

Daaaamn. He even had hoes carry him out.

[punkpop101]

Budy if you have read carefully you would see that i dished tenors and praise the performance.I know what he could and as a baritone myself i adore him.

[Kozzi42]

I find it pretty neat that Bernstein arranged 'Maria' himself just so Milnes could sing it.

@orestis23 Which year did this gala take place?

[appeace1]

@thetubkins Sir, every male performer, on this nite, were escorted out on stage by a bevy of beautiful ladies, probably members of the company at the Met, including Pavarotti and Domingo and others! Your use of offensive language to describe these ladies is crass and unintelligent!

[hjposso]

he's singing in a lower key... even I can sing it with that power. I'm sure he can't sing it in the right key, that's the challenge

[christianistheboss]

@RegHarbour Singing high actually takes more talent and is not a feminine thing.

[Beth29252]

Not Milnes in his prime, there are intonation imperfections, especially that E, which was flat, but he does act touchingly and it was altogether respectable. Although he has his fans, I don't think Milnes gets enough credit. True, after his vocal crisis, his pitch lacked certainty and his unique ringing top note quality wasn't quite as unique, but he was amazing in his prime, especially as Scarpia, Iago, Don Carlo(Ernani), Renato and Tonio and his Largo Al Factotum is quintessential Milnes.

[damens]

@RegHarbour which is not necessarily a good thing for this song - certainly not for the role of Tony anyway.

[excjrock7]

One of the greatest verdi baritone singing a musical theater classic. Awesome!!!!

[zegermans750]

I guess that high range explains why he has a girl's name

[30787flash]

This song makes me bittersweet. Why did my Maria spurn me??????

[REBECCAtheSOPRANO]

When did he meet his wife Maria?