Robert Merrill |

Robert Merrill

Debut 1944 (Trenton, pāʻina Amonasro). Mai ka makahiki 1945 ua hīmeni ʻo ia ma ka Metropolitan Opera (debut as Germont), ua komo ʻo ia i nā hana 772 ma ʻaneʻi a hiki i ka makahiki 1975. Ua hīmeni pū ʻo ia me ka lanakila ma nā pae o ʻEulopa i nā makahiki 60 (La Scala, Covent Garden). Ua hana ʻo ia i nā ʻāpana o Germont, Renato ma Un ballo ma maschera i nā hōʻike lekiō kaulana i alakaʻi ʻia e A. Toscanini (i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma 1946 a me 1954 ma RCA Victor). I ka makahiki 1970-74 ua hoʻokani ʻo ia ma Broadway i ke mele kaulana ʻo Fiddler on the Roof ma mua o 500 mau manawa. Ua hana ʻo ia i nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni. Ma waena o nā hoʻopaʻa ʻana o ka ʻāpana o Barenaba ma La Gioconda e Ponchielli (conductor Gardelli, Decca), Figaro (conductor Leinsdorf, RCA Victor).

E. Tsoodokov