Jerry Hadley and Frederica Von Stade-Make Believe showboat

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Uploaded by on Oct 12, 2009

duet by two vocally and musically gifted American singers This was a night which also included Sam Ramey. Selections from Showboat and a few selected arias Jerome Kern would have been proud this night. Top notch from conductor on down. All three probably in their vocal prime There were no second rate backseat singers this night,,Young aspiring singers should take note of the phrasing and how well they handle their ivoice.

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  • I adore Jerry Hadley...haven't seen him in ages. This whole video is super special. What a cast!!Thank you so much for sending. It goes into my favorites. xxx and hugs, Claudia

  • @ceb2633 thank you for your kind words I'm grateful you enjoyed

  • I miss him so much. It's too bad he committed suicide. There was no one like him. Incredible talent.

  • yes I was shocked to hear of his death [some 6 months after the fact] . To be honest you just don't hear of classical singers committing suicide [ and with such talent!]

  • What year was this?

  • sorry it took so long to get back to you 4-18-1990

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  • I saw Jerry Hadley and Frederica von Stade sing together in Lawrence, Kansas at KU back in the early 1990's and they did this duet together. They were so good together. Thanks for placing this video online!

  • I love Frika!

  • I remember watching this on PBS and it was wonderful and thank you for posting this.

  • @ceb2633 Sadly this great talent in opera with an affinity for musical theatre took his own life three years ago. There hasn't been anyone like him since that can segway so seemlessly between the two genres.

    

  • Brava Federica, Hadley canto abierto.

  • Really, Miss von Stade is at present on her farewell tour around the world. She have announced his retirement this year, when she'll be 65 yo. However, I hope she'll go on singing, although occasionally .

  • Only recently discovered these great singers on a CD recording of Showboat conducted by John McGlinn (after seeing a documentary on the musical Showboat). Love their voices. Unfortunately it appears both McGlinn & Hadley are no longer with us and Von Stade has retired. Thank heavens we are still able to enjoy their recordings.

  • Im so sad about Jerry-what a great voice! RIP!

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