Welcome Home - Sherrill Milnes
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 ต.ค. 2024
- Mr. Milnes provides just a glimpse of the music from "Fanny!" Only one part of the amazing score for the Broadway production, this was not a part of the Hollywood production years later. I'm crazy about the latter, but wonder what might have been...
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My Mom used to sing this when I was a child. Mr. Milnes and the orchestra knock it out of the park. Thank you!
I think he sounds fabulous, I was a big fan of his and got to hear him when I was a kid at the Met.
This simple song resonates so strongly because of its words, notes and this performance - yes - and because its about "home" - a nest that each of us feels in our own ways in our respective hearts. Mr. Rome has provided a hymn that works for us all. Thanks for posting.
I have loved this song ever since my father used to sing it at home with my mother accompanying on the piano, when I was a small child. My sister and I still have an old reel to reel recording of them performing it , in 1966.
You're welcome! Grateful to hear from you, and I agree that Mr. Rome, coupled here with the amazing voice of Mr. Milnes, really knew how to make us all feel "at home!" I wish I'd seen this beautiful show.
Inspirational melody, lyrics and voice.
HiMrManorAvenue,
We've been in touch in the past, but I can't quite remember from where. Anyway, I'm wishing you a Happy New Year, and I'm delighted to hear from you! Best wishes always,
varadero/john
I love this version! Thank you for posting! Is there more of this concert by Mr. Milnes?
a wonderful song from an often underappreciated musical.
Milnes is only 52 here. That's not particularly old. When Pinza first sang this on Broadway he was 61 (if I got the dates right).
Milnes' voice did dry up a little young. I read his biography last year. He sang from an early age but he didn't hit the big time until he was a bit older than most. Still he had a long run at Met. He was their first Verdi baritone for decades.
He sounds real good here but he seems to be singing it in original key. Pinza was a bass. I expected him to cap off the final phrase with one of his monster High G's. Dramatically he is about the right age (or a little young) for the part of Cesar.
His main rival for much of his career was Cornel MacNeil. MacNeil started to lose his voice quite early but he had good days and bad days. While Milnes was at his peak he was always reliable.
Hi Mr. Boyle,
I just wanted to thank you for your critique of this upload! My knowledge of singers, especially those of the caliber of Mr. Milnes is really limited. I'd heard him over the years in a number of performances, but this was the 1st that I could capture! After seeing the movie, "Fanny," I hunted down whatever else I could find. Discovered this clip on a very rarely seen show that was recorded in a then very new venue! I considered myself very lucky.
I'm fascinated by your depth of knowledge regarding this singer, his song and how he compares to others! My only regret is that I've only about 1/25 of your knowledge! Guess I'm trying to say I just love his voice, and how he performed this piece!
I'm really honored to hear from you!
Best wishes,
varadero
I agree that Milnes sounds wonderful in this song. It would seem to me that 52 is, for the more dramatic voices (like Milnes'), "getting up there." I read recently in a book about singing that *some* decline is to be expected in a professional classical singer's voice from about the age of 50; and of course, Milnes had that bleeding vocal-chord issue in his later 40's, so one has to take that into account, too. Interestingly, I have a two-CD set of Milnes in live recital excerpts from throughout the 1980's. In the performances from 1984 and 1985 he sounds to be still at his peak, whereas in the ones from 1987 or so the voice is not as "alive" as it was before; it sounds more dry. But as you say, Milnes had a very good run all things considered. He's always been my personal favorite baritone, at least for Verdi, and I only wish I was old enough to have heard him live during the 1960's/1970's.
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I'd like to add that Milnes could be said to have "hit the big time" in 1968 with the Met's LUISA MILLER production, in which he sang Miller. He was then 33 years old; when he made his Met debut he was 30, and when he made his professional opera debut he was 25. I think that's a pretty typical career trajectory for American singers, though Italian singers do seem to hit it big at somewhat younger ages.
@ezev8logos So very grateful! Thanks so much for your comment.