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[Met Performance] CID:205460
Aida
Metropolitan Opera House, Fri, February 18, 1966
Aida (727)
Giuseppe Verdi | Antonio Ghislanzoni
Review 1:
Review of Richard D. Freed in The New York Times
AIDA IS SUNG AT MET WITH FAMILIAR CAST
Verdi?s ?Aida? at the Metropolitan Opera on Friday, was alive with the kind of excitement one hardly hopes for in so familiar a work, and rarely encounters in any.
Cornell MacNeil made his first appearance of the season as Amonasro and gloriously confirmed what everyone knows by now; that he is the great Verdi baritone of this decade. His characterization seems to grow in subtlety and power from season to season.
Mr. MacNeil joined a splendid team. Martina Arroyo in the title role, Richard Tucker as Radames and Raymond Michalski as the King all sang superbly, and Robert Nagy distinguished himself in his brief appearance as the messenger.
Most of the excitement, though, was generated in the pit. Zubin Mehta had the Met?s orchestra playing as at least this listener had never heard it before, and he and the singers seemed to urge each other on to greater and greater peaks. No rough edges, no singing or playing that was less than brilliant, and a fine head of steam all the way through.
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Aida
Metropolitan Opera House, Fri, February 18, 1966
Aida (727)
Giuseppe Verdi | Antonio Ghislanzoni
- Aida
- Martina Arroyo
- Radam?s
- Richard Tucker
- Amneris
- Nell Rankin
- Amonasro
- Cornell MacNeil
- Ramfis
- Nicola Ghiuselev
- King
- Raymond Michalski
- Messenger
- Robert Nagy
- Priestess
- Mary Ellen Pracht
- Dance
- Edith Jerell
- Dance
- Naomi Marritt
- Dance
- Patricia Heyes
- Dance
- Howard Sayette
- Dance
- Harry Jones
- Dance
- Donald Mahler
- Conductor
- Zubin Mehta
Review 1:
Review of Richard D. Freed in The New York Times
AIDA IS SUNG AT MET WITH FAMILIAR CAST
Verdi?s ?Aida? at the Metropolitan Opera on Friday, was alive with the kind of excitement one hardly hopes for in so familiar a work, and rarely encounters in any.
Cornell MacNeil made his first appearance of the season as Amonasro and gloriously confirmed what everyone knows by now; that he is the great Verdi baritone of this decade. His characterization seems to grow in subtlety and power from season to season.
Mr. MacNeil joined a splendid team. Martina Arroyo in the title role, Richard Tucker as Radames and Raymond Michalski as the King all sang superbly, and Robert Nagy distinguished himself in his brief appearance as the messenger.
Most of the excitement, though, was generated in the pit. Zubin Mehta had the Met?s orchestra playing as at least this listener had never heard it before, and he and the singers seemed to urge each other on to greater and greater peaks. No rough edges, no singing or playing that was less than brilliant, and a fine head of steam all the way through.
Search by season: 1965-66
Search by title: Aida,
Met careers
- Zubin Mehta [Conductor]
- Martina Arroyo [Aida]
- Richard Tucker [Radam?s]
- Nell Rankin [Amneris]
- Cornell MacNeil [Amonasro]
- Nicola Ghiuselev [Ramfis]
- Raymond Michalski [King]
- Robert Nagy [Messenger]
- Mary Ellen Pracht [Priestess]
- Edith Jerell [Dance]
- Naomi Marritt [Dance]
- Patricia Heyes [Dance]
- Howard Sayette [Dance]
- Harry Jones [Dance]
- Donald Mahler [Dance]