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180 x 127 mm. Half-length, black and white glossy, with identification and date of March 13, 1948 in pencil to verso. From the collection of the distinguished American mezzo-soprano Marilyn Horne (b. 1934); previously in the collection of Walter Honig. Slightly worn. Merrill spent the majority of his career at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, appearing in over 500 productions from his début in 1945 until his retirement in 1976. He was also known for his numerous performances of the national anthem at Yankee Stadium. He was awarded the National Medal of Arts in 1993. The Honig family emigrated from Vienna to England in September of 1938 and then to the United States in 1939. The family papers are held at the Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C. "Horne had a voice of extraordinary range, rich and tangy in timbre, with a stentorian chest register and an exciting top... In concert she once achieved the feat of singing in a single programme Rossini arias and Brünnhilde's Immolation Scene, proof…
Read More Half-length role portrait photograph as Germont in Verdi's La Traviata, signed in full by MERRILL, Robert 1917-2004
by MERRILL, Robert 1917-2004
Half-length role portrait photograph as Germont in Verdi's La Traviata, signed in full
by MERRILL, Robert 1917-2004
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From the studios of Louis Mélançon, Metropolitan Opera House, New York. Ca. 253 x 203 mm.
Very slightly creased at corners. "Although he occasionally appeared in Europe and South America, [Merrill] preferred to base his career at the Metropolitan Opera where he sang all the major baritone roles of the Italian and French repertories. In terms of vocal endowment, technical security and longevity he was unequalled among baritones of his generation at the Metropolitan, where he made his début as Germont in La traviata in 1945 and where he celebrated his 500th operatic performance in 1973, still singing with undiminished vigour... Merrill made numerous complete opera recordings - Toscanini chose him as his Germont and Renato (Un ballo in maschera) - and one film, and often sang on radio and television and in Fiddler on the Roof." Peter G. Davis in Grove Music Online.
Very slightly creased at corners. "Although he occasionally appeared in Europe and South America, [Merrill] preferred to base his career at the Metropolitan Opera where he sang all the major baritone roles of the Italian and French repertories. In terms of vocal endowment, technical security and longevity he was unequalled among baritones of his generation at the Metropolitan, where he made his début as Germont in La traviata in 1945 and where he celebrated his 500th operatic performance in 1973, still singing with undiminished vigour... Merrill made numerous complete opera recordings - Toscanini chose him as his Germont and Renato (Un ballo in maschera) - and one film, and often sang on radio and television and in Fiddler on the Roof." Peter G. Davis in Grove Music Online.
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