The Big MAC was a great Scarpia, I saw him in person, at this time he was in his 60s the best Scarpia!! No mics huge voice great sound!! MacNeil studied with Gobbi. When Gobbi first heard MACNEIL at the city opera, his voice was so huge Gobbi jumped out of his seat!
What a great interview. How great to hear the interpretation of the artist's viewpoints on the new Met's new production. I saw this Zeferelli production of Tosca at the Met and the audience loved it. It was awesome in every aspect of grand opera. Bravi!
There is nothing in the libretto or in the notes from Puccini, that can support this conception of Scarpia. The beginning or the monstrosities we are seeing today. Zefirelli was a lover of beauty and a frustrated writer. He should have written a novel or a libretto himself. But completely modify the intention of the composer is just insulting. His sets, however, were glorious.
The Big MAC was a great Scarpia, I saw him in person, at this time he was in his 60s the best Scarpia!! No mics huge voice great sound!! MacNeil studied with Gobbi. When Gobbi first heard MACNEIL at the city opera, his voice was so huge Gobbi jumped out of his seat!
What a great interview. How great to hear the interpretation of the artist's viewpoints
on the new Met's new production. I saw this Zeferelli production of Tosca at the Met
and the audience loved it. It was awesome in every aspect of grand opera. Bravi!
Awesome! I love this video! Great artists have a very special and imaginative way of speaking.
"Now, she's a very temperamental woman..."
For a second, I thought he was talking about Maria Callas!
What a great baritone!
MacNeil does his best Hack Benny take , when told that his character has hardly a redeeming feature😂🤣😂😅😅
In my opinion, Domingo was awesome in the 70s and 80s, especially the 70s. From 1990 onwards, he doesn't really sound good.
Rip hildegard behrens.
You're not listening!!! Domingo is a master of his craft.
As usual the poor singers get stuck with a boor of an interviewer who comes from a strange direction and gets stuck on silly points.
There is nothing in the libretto or in the notes from Puccini, that can support this conception of Scarpia. The beginning or the monstrosities we are seeing today. Zefirelli was a lover of beauty and a frustrated writer. He should have written a novel or a libretto himself. But completely modify the intention of the composer is just insulting. His sets, however, were glorious.