My mother sang in an opera (a bit part most likely in a crowd at the back of the stage) with Jerome Hines in the Fox Theatre in downtown Atlanta in the sixties. She so loved this man not only for his incredibly awesome voice but because of his unashamed stand as a Christian. I was but a teenager when she was in the opera and paid little attention then. But in running across this recording, how I wept remembering her and for the first time hearing him sing. His voice is so obviously God-given and inspired. I can only hope they are singing together in Heaven now worshipping their beloved Savior. (I only wish I knew now what Opera they sang in atlanta!)
This recording is the answer to a prayer I have had for years. My wife was the organist at our Anglican church for almost 30 years. I first came across the Lost Chord sung by a female. I sing bass and I have been looking fo a recording by a bass singer. It is the line that goes " the lost chord divine which came from the soul of the organ and entered into mine."
When Jerry sang about faith something wonderful happened. He could pour out his voice like chocolate lava and nothing else would matter. This is the same passion that led him to go down on the Bowery in NYC to preach to those who would listen. He was a man who held patents and was a science and math wiz, but what he really was was a decent guy. He was grateful to serve and loved Lucia to the last breath of his life and hers. Thanks Jerry...RIP.
Thank you, Peter! Mr. Hines holds a dear place in my heart and memory, as well as J.D. Sumner. I find that I am a continuing work, a composition of many parts, shaped by many individuals; much like the smooth, rounded pebbles in a flowing stream. So we are, and as such we carry the marks of those who shape us. It has been, and continues to be my particular honor to have been inspired by these "gifts in men", and to bear the memory of them to a new generation. Proverbs 27:17 Mark Hall, bass
He came to our town to perform the opera that he wrote on the life of Jesus: "I Am the Way." Masterful. Of course he performed it without any fee. He loved to share his love of and testimony about his relationship with Jesus---------it is something that cost him many relationships in the world of opera unfortunately, but he loved to share about Jesus. And- that did draw many in the field of opera to Jesus. His personality was as forceful as his magnificent voice.
How much depth, how much sheer physical and spiritual power, go into the vocalist's final climactic rendition of his word "Heaven". - (signed) Toomas Karmo, Nõo Rural Municipality, Estonia
I remember the year I conducted this lovely Song at Adams College when I was young and slender. It maybe only in Heaven, I shall hear that chord again and perhaps see the members of those wonderful College Choir singing Arthur Sullivan's wonderful song - May God Bless his soul!! What a talent given to us on this mother earth!!
Independientemente de las facultades que le fueron otorgadas al gran Jerome Hines, el manejo perfecto de la técnica y conocimiento del canto en él, da como resultado un ¡¡¡gran cantante!!! como lo fue este magnífico bajo. Un canto divino.
Thank you for preserving and sharing this. Mr. Hines was my inspiration in my younger years as a performer. Even to this day, hearing him sing this brings a smile to my lips, and tears from my eyes. May God bless... dieselheart
Part of me would like to hear this song performed by Jackie Evancho or Katherine Jenkins, although I fear that their versions would be no match for me power and Majesty of Jerome Hines' recording.
Fantastic! Thanks for the post! Our church choir was requested to sing this (with 1 week to prepare!), so I'm researching this unknown (to us!) song. Any idea what year this recording was made/released? Thanks!
A superb bass voice, but this song has been transposed too low and played far too slowly. The dynamics have been drowned out by the orchestra. A great voice spoiled entirely by the enterpretation.
I would like to a view contrary to the view of critic "bgilliham" (above, from approx 2011): to my admittedly uneducated ear, the choice of tempo, register, and dynamics correctly fit the full-weight seriousness of Sullivan's and lyricist Adelaide Anne Procter's mysticism. Proctor and Sullivan are offering a meditation on Last Things, in which they are recalling a "crimson twilight". Words, musical score, and the vocalist's masterly interpretation over appropriate orchestration, forming to my own ear an appropriate ensemble, can be usefully paired with Margaret Montague's essay "Twenty Minutes of Reality" (readily found by Googling: or else visit archive.org/details/twentyminutesre02montgoog/page/n10 ). - Toomas Karmo, Nõo Rural Municipality, Estonia
His voice is too deep. Clearly some people like voices this deep, but to me, a voice that deep belongs in a circus with the bearded lady and the bloke with 7 fingers on one hand.
Clearly, some people with such obvious ignorance as you have found the circus. The bearded lady and the bloke with seven fingers must be your parents. It must have been hard for them to have raised a developmentally and intellectually challenged simian life form like you to whatever age you are. I'd say 38, in the basement with a bad comb-over and 200 extra pounds to spare. Must be hell to be you.
There is no such thing as a voice too deep. Even the men who sing the incredibly low notes in Russian choral music do not have "voices too deep". Hines himself was a low bass (basso cantante) in terms of range and registration, though his voice did have the weight and color of the still-deeper very low bass (basso profondo).
My mother sang in an opera (a bit part most likely in a crowd at the back of the stage) with Jerome Hines in the Fox Theatre in downtown Atlanta in the sixties. She so loved this man not only for his incredibly awesome voice but because of his unashamed stand as a Christian. I was but a teenager when she was in the opera and paid little attention then. But in running across this recording, how I wept remembering her and for the first time hearing him sing. His voice is so obviously God-given and inspired. I can only hope they are singing together in Heaven now worshipping their beloved Savior. (I only wish I knew now what Opera they sang in atlanta!)
Jerry Hines was one of the few operatic basses to achieve superstar status.
This recording is the answer to a prayer I have had for years. My wife was the organist at our Anglican church for almost 30 years. I first came across the Lost Chord sung by a female. I sing bass and I have been looking fo a recording by a bass singer. It is the line that goes " the lost chord divine which came from the soul of the organ and entered into mine."
When Jerry sang about faith something wonderful happened. He could pour out his voice like chocolate lava and nothing else would matter. This is the same passion that led him to go down on the Bowery in NYC to preach to those who would listen. He was a man who held patents and was a science and math wiz, but what he really was was a decent guy. He was grateful to serve and loved Lucia to the last breath of his life and hers. Thanks Jerry...RIP.
Thank you, Peter!
Mr. Hines holds a dear place in my heart and memory, as well as J.D. Sumner. I find that I am a continuing work, a composition of many parts, shaped by many individuals; much like the smooth, rounded pebbles in a flowing stream. So we are, and as such we carry the marks of those who shape us. It has been, and continues to be my particular honor to have been inspired by these "gifts in men", and to bear the memory of them to a new generation.
Proverbs 27:17
Mark Hall, bass
He came to our town to perform the opera that he wrote on the life of Jesus: "I Am the Way." Masterful. Of course he performed it without any fee. He loved to share his love of and testimony about his relationship with Jesus---------it is something that cost him many relationships in the world of opera unfortunately, but he loved to share about Jesus. And- that did draw many in the field of opera to Jesus. His personality was as forceful as his magnificent voice.
All,Glory laud and honor to the red emergency king
I am touched indeed;
what a magnificent Bass!
God Bless Jerome Hines.
Indeed - I sang with Jerry in Faust, Macbeth, and Boris - what a great guy - and a great mathemetician also
The gold standard for this piece.
How much depth, how much sheer physical and spiritual power, go into the vocalist's final climactic rendition of his word "Heaven". - (signed) Toomas Karmo, Nõo Rural Municipality, Estonia
Glorious singing depending on great knowledge of the gentle art of singing
and also a noble taste. Bravo Jerome!
I remember the year I conducted this lovely Song at Adams College when I was young and slender. It maybe only in Heaven, I shall hear that chord again and perhaps see the members of those wonderful College Choir singing Arthur Sullivan's wonderful song - May God Bless his soul!! What a talent given to us on this mother earth!!
What a splendid voice and a marvelous interpretation of this great song, bravo and congratulations, great singing.
"Like the sound of a great Amen..."
What a voice, what a man, what a life lived toward his Master. May God bless, rest serenely Jerry!
Independientemente de las facultades que le fueron otorgadas al gran Jerome Hines, el manejo perfecto de la técnica y conocimiento del canto en él, da como resultado un ¡¡¡gran cantante!!! como lo fue este magnífico bajo. Un canto divino.
Magnific Hines!!!
Excellent!
Wow - what a voice ! Brilliant
Excellent, wonderful. Praise the Lord!!!
Thank you for preserving and sharing this. Mr. Hines was my inspiration in my younger years
as a performer. Even to this day, hearing him sing
this brings a smile to my lips, and tears from my eyes. May God bless...
dieselheart
Part of me would like to hear this song performed by Jackie Evancho or Katherine Jenkins, although I fear that their versions would be no match for me power and Majesty of Jerome Hines' recording.
Peter dawson also recorded this beautiful piece of music. Cheers.
BASSO PROFUNDO!
There is a recording of Caruso singing this, the only Sullivan composition he ever recorder!
Jesus! So to speak.
I was expecting another tenor.
live performance :
1 Jerome Hines = 20 Samuel Ramey .
The voice of God.
Fantastic! Thanks for the post! Our church choir was requested to sing this (with 1 week to prepare!), so I'm researching this unknown (to us!) song.
Any idea what year this recording was made/released? Thanks!
Algunas veces, Dios escoge a sus herramientas humanas para poder expresarse y este es el caso del gran Jerome Hines. GD.
Περί Ψυχής.
The cool thing is this is an Arthur Sullivan song - of GILBERT & SULLIVAN!!!
@bgilliham I do agree with you, but you have to admit his voice is still mightily impressive even with the terrible orchestration!
A superb bass voice, but this song has been transposed too low and played far too slowly. The dynamics have been drowned out by the orchestra. A great voice spoiled entirely by the enterpretation.
I would like to a view contrary to the view of critic "bgilliham" (above, from approx 2011): to my admittedly uneducated ear, the choice of tempo, register, and dynamics correctly fit the full-weight seriousness of Sullivan's and lyricist Adelaide Anne Procter's mysticism. Proctor and Sullivan are offering a meditation on Last Things, in which they are recalling a "crimson twilight". Words, musical score, and the vocalist's masterly interpretation over appropriate orchestration, forming to my own ear an appropriate ensemble, can be usefully paired with Margaret Montague's essay "Twenty Minutes of Reality" (readily found by Googling: or else visit archive.org/details/twentyminutesre02montgoog/page/n10 ). - Toomas Karmo, Nõo Rural Municipality, Estonia
His voice is too deep. Clearly some people like voices this deep, but to me, a voice that deep belongs in a circus with the bearded lady and the bloke with 7 fingers on one hand.
nationaldemocrat obviously you know nothing about music, opera, vocal ranges and timbres.
I agree. This person knows nothing about perfect opera singing that by the way has almost totally disappeared from the opera world.
What an idiot you are!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Clearly, some people with such obvious ignorance as you have found the circus. The bearded lady and the bloke with seven fingers must be your parents. It must have been hard for them to have raised a developmentally and intellectually challenged simian life form like you to whatever age you are. I'd say 38, in the basement with a bad comb-over and 200 extra pounds to spare. Must be hell to be you.
There is no such thing as a voice too deep. Even the men who sing the incredibly low notes in Russian choral music do not have "voices too deep". Hines himself was a low bass (basso cantante) in terms of range and registration, though his voice did have the weight and color of the still-deeper very low bass (basso profondo).