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Slippedisc daily comfort zone (73): The Otello duo

Daily Comfort Zone

norman lebrecht

July 09, 2021

Open those heavens!

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Stuart says:

July 9, 2021 at 6:01 pm

The Vickers excerpt is glorious – a great way to head into the weekend. The clip also relates to another of your recent posts about premature audience elation. Verdi ends the duet powerfully in the orchestra which is drowned out by the applause (at the Met).

fred says:

July 9, 2021 at 10:17 pm

not one of them comes near the glory of Mario Del Monaco and Gobbi in the roles

Jack says:

July 10, 2021 at 7:22 pm

Don’t forget the best best of all (Domingo and Milnes):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnxP1LHl7KU

Steve says:

July 10, 2021 at 11:16 pm

Is there really a best? For just audio, listen to Martinelli/Tibbett and Caruso/Ruffo. While Caruso never performed the role of Otello onstage, the 2 recordings he did from it (Ora è per sempre addio and this duet), the effects are spine-tingling.

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David K. Nelson says:

July 11, 2021 at 11:40 pm

And there is Giovanni Martinelli and Lawrence Tibbett, hobbled by Victor’s dead as a doornail sound but there are also some Metropolitan Opera air-checks on YouTube.