I hope people understand and appreciate what a wonderful host Beverly Sills is here. She's not reading a teleprompter....she has the program in front of her, and that's all she needs, because she knows what she's talking about, and she knows these performers. She is also a generous and gracious hostess, openly admiring her colleagues. She was a national treasure!
And, oh, my goodness, did I start to cry when they played the Merry Widow waltz, and out came Luciano Pavarotti to dance with her! He always had that instant connection to people...there's no faking that!
These galas are really gems. We took them a little bit for granted back when classical dancing and singing were a given, although they’re barely given a hearing now. Sadly, the gala begins with Alexander Godunov, who had a short and tragic life.
I also had no idea that they included ballet dancers, broadway performers, and instrumentalists, not just opera singers. It's pretty cool to have Isaac Stern pop up here or to have Barbara Cook pop up in another, not to mention Leonard Bernstein randomly play a Chopin mazurka.
Paired with the upload of the full 1982 In Concert at the MET with Domingo, Troyanos and Levine, showing this to my birthday girl is just gonna make her beam. As you likely know, many uploaders will say they have the entire recording of X performance but rarely mean it when they say they'll upload it. Truly amazing. Mil, mil gracias. Paz.
Sadly, Godunov drank alcohol to excess and this became a problem as he got older. On May 18, 1995, Godunov's friends became concerned when he had been uncharacteristically quiet with his phone calls. A nurse, who had not heard from him since May 8, went to his home in the Shoreham Towers, West Hollywood, California, where his body was discovered. He had been dead for several days. Godunov's death was determined to be due to complications from hepatitis secondary to chronic alcoholism. He was 45 years old. A great artist.
JL was a lateish replacement for the late LB, and seriously overbooked that week with the first MET Orchestra concerts in Ann Arbor and CH as well as recording sessions with Domingo for the Sony Trovatore and Luisa Miller recordings. A logistical nightmare all 'round. It worked somehow.
Whatever faults he had or supposedly had as a person, James Levine ranks alongside Toscanini, Ormandy, Bernstein, Karajan, Stokowski and Bonynge as one of the greatest conductors of all time.
He certainly responded to Price immediately. He starts at the tempo they probably rehearsed, notices immediately that she wants/needs to go faster, and he brings the tempo up. He also adjusts throughout when she shortens the phrases....no delay, no trying to force her into HIS tempo....he supports her and gives her what she needs to be successful. That is a great conductor!
Wondering if the composer was conducting the last number or was just invited from out of the audience to take a bow…? It would have been an excellent idea if somebody had thought of it.
I remember watching this when it was originally broadcast. I was in college in Plattsburgh NY and was BLOWN AWAY by My Man's Gone Now! I still have a cassette recording I made of it from the TV 😎😎😎
I hope people understand and appreciate what a wonderful host Beverly Sills is here. She's not reading a teleprompter....she has the program in front of her, and that's all she needs, because she knows what she's talking about, and she knows these performers. She is also a generous and gracious hostess, openly admiring her colleagues. She was a national treasure!
And, oh, my goodness, did I start to cry when they played the Merry Widow waltz, and out came Luciano Pavarotti to dance with her! He always had that instant connection to people...there's no faking that!
A wonderful Concert! Great music! and an outstanding host! Berverly Sills!
These galas are really gems. We took them a little bit for granted back when classical dancing and singing were a given, although they’re barely given a hearing now. Sadly, the gala begins with Alexander Godunov, who had a short and tragic life.
I also had no idea that they included ballet dancers, broadway performers, and instrumentalists, not just opera singers. It's pretty cool to have Isaac Stern pop up here or to have Barbara Cook pop up in another, not to mention Leonard Bernstein randomly play a Chopin mazurka.
Paired with the upload of the full 1982 In Concert at the MET with Domingo, Troyanos and Levine, showing this to my birthday girl is just gonna make her beam. As you likely know, many uploaders will say they have the entire recording of X performance but rarely mean it when they say they'll upload it. Truly amazing. Mil, mil gracias. Paz.
Sadly, Godunov drank alcohol to excess and this became a problem as he got older. On May 18, 1995, Godunov's friends became concerned when he had been uncharacteristically quiet with his phone calls. A nurse, who had not heard from him since May 8, went to his home in the Shoreham Towers, West Hollywood, California, where his body was discovered. He had been dead for several days. Godunov's death was determined to be due to complications from hepatitis secondary to chronic alcoholism. He was 45 years old. A great artist.
Thank you So Much for posting this!!!
Werkelijk prachtig, heb genoten, dank u ❤️❤️❤️
Tatiana always brilliant
Scotto....❤❤❤❤🥰
Thank you for uploading this treasure niroBatum! An area never to be repeated again.💕
Pav and Sills!!!!!!!!!!! Omg
Scotto amd Domingo best for ever!
More from your old VHS collections, please! xoxo
Not my VHS collection, I got this from around the WWW, I just improved the sound
1991 we see quite the same cast für 100 years Carnegie...... Mrs Sills Mrs Horne Mr Domingo etc and Mr Levine , of course
JL was a lateish replacement for the late LB, and seriously overbooked that week with the first MET Orchestra concerts in Ann Arbor and CH as well as recording sessions with Domingo for the Sony Trovatore and Luisa Miller recordings. A logistical nightmare all 'round. It worked somehow.
@@kenhunt278thanks for feedback , always welcome....I like to know such details
the star is always pavarotti the voice touched by god, and it truly is.
Soviero ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Whatever faults he had or supposedly had as a person, James Levine ranks alongside Toscanini, Ormandy, Bernstein, Karajan, Stokowski and Bonynge as one of the greatest conductors of all time.
Agrees. He was magical
He certainly responded to Price immediately. He starts at the tempo they probably rehearsed, notices immediately that she wants/needs to go faster, and he brings the tempo up. He also adjusts throughout when she shortens the phrases....no delay, no trying to force her into HIS tempo....he supports her and gives her what she needs to be successful. That is a great conductor!
Che ovazione meritata per Pavarotti.
Wondering if the composer was conducting the last number or was just invited from out of the audience to take a bow…? It would have been an excellent idea if somebody had thought of it.
Price really clobbers Serena's great air.
I remember watching this when it was originally broadcast. I was in college in Plattsburgh NY and was BLOWN AWAY by My Man's Gone Now!
I still have a cassette recording I made of it from the TV
😎😎😎
Madame Priceless, mostbeautiful primal voice we ever heard in concer❤❤❤🎉t@@rugby8-Philadelphia
And it was on full display in this performance!
Ramey and Soviero in their youth just perfect
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