Excellent! Thank you for posting this rare footage of these three great opera singers. Peerce and Tucker were obviously also great cantorial artists who could sing idiomatically and effortlessly in Hebrew and Yiddish. Merrill, by his own admission in the interview shown, seems to have had less Jewish education and was not known particularly for cantorial or Yiddish song repertoire. (BTW, the Yiddish song he sang on the video is one of my favorites; I actually recorded it for my own channel.) But oh what a wonderful Tevye Merill could sing! The lush timbre of his baritone still has not been surpassed. It's also quite amazing that Peerce and Tucker, not blood related, had such similar timbres. (Though I have been told by people who heard both of them live that Tucker's voice was noticeably larger.)
I feel privileged to have seen them on Ed Sullivan and on Johnny Carson, mostly when he was still in NYC. I didn't care for opera so wasn't particularly impressed but sometimes they didn't sing opera. Thank you for this.
The Ed Sullivan channel here on TH-cam really should post more footage of Jan Peerce and Richard Tucker. I've never seen the full footage of "Vesti la Giubba" and "You'll Never Walk Alone", only what is shown here. He performed both on the same episode of the Ed Sullivan show.
Who is now the most recognized Cantor? I am asking because I do not know. Is he an opera singer as well? If he is then probably in New York City area. Caruso was taking some lectures from Cantors before he assumed Eleazar role in La Juive. Caruso as an almost self taught vocalist thought they acquired different technique to sing high tenor notes.
@@sugarbist also in an interview with George Jellinek, and to me personally after a concert. When tell them how much you enjoyed the performance they usually say" thank you" rather than " well, I am at the pinnacle of my career" Tucker had a comically huge ego which would kill most men. He never tried to hide it with false modesty. Listening to him throughout his career, he was always great. No need for a pinnacle
Paul S. There are still opera singers out there who can sing. They just don't make it into the main stream so you have to go looking for them. We won't generally find them on late night (they used to go on Johnny Carson in the 60s when he broadcast from NYC).
Umm....no disrespect to Rosenblarr, but.I dont think he would have transcended Caruso. Only because Caruso had something more rare than a great voice: a personality that spread happiness whereever he went.
thank you so much for this beatifull compilationI am touched❤
Marvelous.
Loved them all. Especially nice to hear Robert Merrill singing "Oyfn Pripetshik"! Thank you!
CHE MERAVIGLIA !!!!!!! GRAZIE TANTE !!!!!!!
Excellent! Thank you for posting this rare footage of these three great opera singers. Peerce and Tucker were obviously also great cantorial artists who could sing idiomatically and effortlessly in Hebrew and Yiddish. Merrill, by his own admission in the interview shown, seems to have had less Jewish education and was not known particularly for cantorial or Yiddish song repertoire. (BTW, the Yiddish song he sang on the video is one of my favorites; I actually recorded it for my own channel.) But oh what a wonderful Tevye Merill could sing! The lush timbre of his baritone still has not been surpassed. It's also quite amazing that Peerce and Tucker, not blood related, had such similar timbres. (Though I have been told by people who heard both of them live that Tucker's voice was noticeably larger.)
They all made beautiful noise and never disapoint me as a listener.
I feel privileged to have seen them on Ed Sullivan and on Johnny Carson, mostly when he was still in NYC. I didn't care for opera so wasn't particularly impressed but sometimes they didn't sing opera. Thank you for this.
from early tv great see this
Thank you !
Thank you for sharing this gem.
The Ed Sullivan channel here on TH-cam really should post more footage of Jan Peerce and Richard Tucker. I've never seen the full footage of "Vesti la Giubba" and "You'll Never Walk Alone", only what is shown here. He performed both on the same episode of the Ed Sullivan show.
Agree. It’s history.
@@Michaelbos They did finally post the Jan Peerce footage on the Sullivan channel, and it's fantastic!
Gershon Yitzchok Sirota would be another nice member of this list.
"If you'd gone into opera I'd be out of a job" - Enrico Caruso to Sirota.
Robert Merrill also also sang Tevye in summer stock in 1971 and 1972
Merrill is fucking amazing.
That's Isaac Stern doing much of the narration.
bluechazzan , Isaac Stern 💫 my Favorite.
Peerce sounds a lot less nasal here than I have heard him most of the time. Merrill and Tucker, as always, are great.
Richard Tucker has the stronger voice of the three, although all sound beautiful.
Leonard Warren should be included here. After all he was the greatest singer born on American soil.
He converted to Catholicism and never served as a cantor.
Who is now the most recognized Cantor? I am asking because I do not know. Is he an opera singer as well? If he is then probably in New York City area. Caruso was taking some lectures from Cantors before he assumed Eleazar role in La Juive. Caruso as an almost self taught vocalist thought they acquired different technique to sing high tenor notes.
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32:07 a phrase be used often. " Im at the pinnacle of my career".
He only used that phrase once in an interview about singing La Juive at the time. However Tucker was often in the pinnacle of his great career.
@@sugarbist also in an interview with George Jellinek, and to me personally after a concert. When tell them how much you enjoyed the performance they usually say" thank you" rather than " well, I am at the pinnacle of my career" Tucker had a comically huge ego which would kill most men. He never tried to hide it with false modesty. Listening to him throughout his career, he was always great. No need for a pinnacle
When singers knew how to sing.
Paul S. There are still opera singers out there who can sing. They just don't make it into the main stream so you have to go looking for them. We won't generally find them on late night (they used to go on Johnny Carson in the 60s when he broadcast from NYC).
@@lynnlobliner3933 Petti, Lagvilava and Hernandez!
Rosenblatt would have transended Caruso as a Tenor . And I am a Italian
Umm....no disrespect to Rosenblarr, but.I dont think he would have transcended Caruso. Only because Caruso had something more rare than a great voice: a personality that spread happiness whereever he went.
@@jefolson6989 did you ever hear his recordings ?
@@ettoredipugnar6990 sure. Great!
Tenor Pagliaccio is nasal to tell the trooth
Tucker is nasal? That’s a crazy statement.