merrihew Channel profile - Video Tutorials TV

Join: Oct 17, 2006

Name: merrihew

Gender: Male

Location: US

Videos Watched: 4203

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Books: Biographies, non-fiction, politics.

Movies: Early talkies, film noir and circa 1950 British black humor.

Music: My postings speak for themselves. Try to be open minded, but have trouble with performing styles after WWII (with many exceptions, of course).

Hobbies: Also collect and work on old cars.

Find it really rewarding to introduce newcomers to some great music as well as making new discoveries for myself. Have received many, many moving comments and emails.

Videos (504)

Hipolito Lazaro - Puritani aria (Bellini)

Length: 4:7
Rating Average: 5.00 from 3 people
View Count: 32
Author: merrihew

Tags: Bellini Columbia Lazaro Puritani

Hipolito Lazaro singing O te, o cara, amor talora from Bellini's Puritani for Columbia in 1917. Compare with the Fleta version I just posted. Extraordinarily different but each with merits. See notes for my previous Lazaro posting.

Hipolito Lazaro - arias from La Boheme & L'Africana

Length: 9:17
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Author: merrihew

Tags: Boheme Columbia L'Africana Lazaro Meyerbeer Puccini

One more Spanish tenor. Hipolito Lazaro (1887-1974) singing Che Gelide Manina from Pucinni's La Boheme and O Paradiso from Meyerbeer's L'Africana. Both recorded for Columbia in 1917. Lazaro came to Chcago in the teens and was at the Met in the 1930's. An extraordinarily powerful voice (it...

Antonio Cortis - arias from Turandot (Puccini)

Length: 6:10
Rating Average: 5.00 from 2 people
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Author: merrihew

Tags: Antonio Cortis Puccini Turandot

Another Spanish tenor. Antonio Cortis (1891-1952) singing two arias from Puccini's Turandot: Nessun Dorma and Non Piangere, Liu. Recorded for HMV in 1927? Great technique. A powerful beautiful voice, even throughout the range and passionate, but no sobs. Spent the 1920's in Chicago but returned...