Ho avuto il piacere di lavorare per diversi anni come pianista accompagnatore al fianco del M° Robleto Merolla. Un MITO!!! Peccato sia poco, anzi pochissimo, conosciuto! Avrebbe meritato una carriera più grande di quella che ha avuto!
Robleto Merolla, un grande ritiratosi troppo presto dalle scene per ragioni personali, e troppo presto anche dalla vita...E' scomparso improvvisamente pochi giorni fa. Grazie Maestro. R.I.P.
Un vero tenore robusto - It has been a very long time since we have had such a dramatic Italian voice. After DelM & Corelli, there was only Martinucci. I regret that there are no recordings with this excellent singer. Same sad situation of neglect as the great baritone, Franco Pagliazzi!
@Zerbinetta2000 I have a lot of complete opera recordings of Del Monaco and a lot of recital recordings of Corelli. I don't have any Merolla records. Why? Because he didn't record very much. He had no major record contracts. He was a minor tenor. He was good enough to get cast in major roles at major opera houses but this probably reflects the general paucity of top flight tenors. Bruno Beccaria gets cast for much the same reason. Adler made his remark in public.
@giacintogranditenori Actually I was probably never better than a third rate basso. But I'll accept your assessment as a compliment. Indeed I need a hearing aid. I have two but lost one a month ago. I generally don't write negative comments about singers. But there are a few. Merolla and Florez both sound good records but both have quite small voices live.
I heard Merola do this role in San Francisco in 1975. He could hardly be heard. His sound was so inadequate that the conductor Cillario asked the Flavio, Gary Burgess not to sing full out because he was showing up the inadequacies of Merola. Burgess complained to Kurt Herbert Adler the General Manager who said, "You are paid to sing - you sing". Merolla was never asked back.
I normally tend to agree with your comments over youtube. But i wonder, maybe in this event you describe Merola wasn't in a good shape? If you listen to all his recordings here, including the ones with Caballet in Norma, he not only shows a complete mastery of his voice as he sounded more than audible, though he didn't possess the biggest voice.
Ho avuto il piacere di lavorare per diversi anni come pianista accompagnatore al fianco del M° Robleto Merolla. Un MITO!!! Peccato sia poco, anzi pochissimo, conosciuto! Avrebbe meritato una carriera più grande di quella che ha avuto!
Robleto Merolla, un grande ritiratosi troppo presto dalle scene per ragioni personali, e troppo presto anche dalla vita...E' scomparso improvvisamente pochi giorni fa. Grazie Maestro.
R.I.P.
What a voice!! Bravo!!
Un vero tenore robusto - It has been a very long time since we have had such a dramatic Italian voice. After DelM & Corelli, there was only Martinucci. I regret that there are no recordings with this excellent singer. Same sad situation of neglect as the great baritone, Franco Pagliazzi!
Maybe you can listen cecchele or giacomini
Fantastico!!! 💝
💯👍
@Zerbinetta2000
I have a lot of complete opera recordings of Del Monaco and a lot of recital recordings of Corelli. I don't have any Merolla records. Why? Because he didn't record very much. He had no major record contracts. He was a minor tenor. He was good enough to get cast in major roles at major opera houses but this probably reflects the general paucity of top flight tenors. Bruno Beccaria gets cast for much the same reason.
Adler made his remark in public.
Non conoscevo questo artista dalla vove possente chiara e gradevole. Ottimo Pollione
Grandissimo Merolla
Anch'io mi fregio di averlo conosciuto personalmente e accompagnato al pianoforte tanti suoi studenti a Salerno.
Is this from Madrid ?
@MusicalTenor23
I believe you meant - You're - not - Your.
@giacintogranditenori
Actually I was probably never better than a third rate basso. But I'll accept your assessment as a compliment.
Indeed I need a hearing aid. I have two but lost one a month ago.
I generally don't write negative comments about singers. But there are a few. Merolla and Florez both sound good records but both have quite small voices live.
I heard Merola do this role in San Francisco in 1975. He could hardly be heard. His sound was so inadequate that the conductor Cillario asked the Flavio, Gary Burgess not to sing full out because he was showing up the inadequacies of Merola. Burgess complained to Kurt Herbert Adler the General Manager who said, "You are paid to sing - you sing".
Merolla was never asked back.
I normally tend to agree with your comments over youtube. But i wonder, maybe in this event you describe Merola wasn't in a good shape? If you listen to all his recordings here, including the ones with Caballet in Norma, he not only shows a complete mastery of his voice as he sounded more than audible, though he didn't possess the biggest voice.
I'll be very cautious in calling a Melocchi students "small"
Perhaps he was having a bad day?