Mme. Hermine Posted November 25, 2005 Share Posted November 25, 2005 Yesterday's Times had an obituary for tenor James King, who died age 80: http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/24/arts/music/24KING.html Link to comment
Ed Waffle Posted November 28, 2005 Share Posted November 28, 2005 King had a very good career at the Met and was a star in Germany. I knew his voice only through recordings--he was terrific in all the big dramatic tenor roles. He once sang the Emporer in "Die Frau ohne Schatten" on one night and then Calaf in "Turandot" the following night when Franco Corelli. Those who were there say that his Emporer was outstanding--in a cast that included Leonie Rysanek, Christa Ludwig and Irene Dalis--and his Calaf was quite good. Listening to King as Siegmund in "Die Valkure" with Rysanek and Gerd Nienstedt from Beyreuth, Karl Bohm, 1973 as I type this. Quite a voice. Link to comment
Mme. Hermine Posted November 28, 2005 Author Share Posted November 28, 2005 Thanks for that memory, Ed. I enjoyed his singing a great deal. Of my few stage experiences, he was in one of them, at the Lyric Opera of Chicago in the early 70s as Don Jose alongside Viorica Cortez as Carmen. It was my real introduction to opera and quite an experience. Didn't he also appear on television in some sort of gala anniversary celebration at the Met? Link to comment
Mme. Hermine Posted November 28, 2005 Author Share Posted November 28, 2005 ed i haven't heard him in recordings. can you recommend a particular one to start? Link to comment
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