Firestone
Robert Merrill in Opera and Song
Telecast of September 9, 1957:
I. Firestone: Introduction and If I Could Tell You
Weill: September Song
Bizet: Toreador Song from Carmen
Lehar: Yours Is My Heart Alone from The Land of Smiles
Telecast of June 1, 1959:
Rossini: Largo al factotum from Il Barbiere di Siviglia
Telecast of October 3, 1955:
Leoncavallo: Mattinata
de Curtis: Torna a Surriento
Jurmann : Cosi Cosa
Telecast of June 13, 1955 :
Speaks : Sylvia
Leoncavallo : Prologue to I Pagliacci
Telecast of June 11, 1956:
Arr. Scott: A Rovin’
Thomas: Drinking Song from Hamlet
Warren: I Only Have Eyes For you
Telecast of May 20, 1957:
Lerner-Loewe: On The Street Where You Live (from My Fair Lady)
Verdi: Il balen from Il Trovatore
Herbert: Every Day is Ladies Day from The Red Mill
I. Firestone: Closing and In My Garden
Howard Barlow, Conductor
This second volume devoted to Robert Merrill’s Voice of Firestone appearances further displays the American baritone’s effortless beauty of tone, remarkable consistency and charismatic personality.
Selections:
Firestone: Opening and If I Could Tell You (7/18/55)
Gounod: Avant de quitter from Faust (7/18/55)
Kilmer-Rasbach : Trees (7/18/55)
Romberg-Hammerstein : Stouthearted Men from New Moon (7/18/55)
d’Hardelot: Because (5/20/57)
Zucca-Cassel: I Love Life (6/11/56)
di Capua: ‘O Sole Mio (6/11/56)
Youmans-Heyman : Through the Years from Through the Years (9/17/56)
Gheel-O’Reilly: For You Alone (9/17/56)
Massenet: Vision Fugitive from Herodiade (9/17/56)
Spolianski-Eyton: Tell Me Tonight (6/13/55)
Howard Barlow, Conductor
Kern-Harbach: Smoke Gets in Your Eyes from Roberta (3/2/59)
Rodgers & Hammerstein: You’ll Never Walk Alone from Carousel (1/13/63)
Glenn Osser, Conductor
Youmans: Without a Song from Great Day! (11/10/58)
Kern-Hammerstein: You Are Love from Showboat (11/10/58)
Schwartz-Dietz: Dancing in the Dark from The Band Wagon (11/10/58)*
Verdi: Di Provenza from La Traviata (1/30/56)
Verdi : Imponete (Duet of Violetta and Germont) from La Traviata (1/30/56)*
Howard Barlow, Conductor
*With Elaine Malbin, Soprano
Friere: Ay, ay, ay (1/10/55)
Herbert-Young: I’m Falling in Love with Someone from Naughty Marietta (1/10/55)
Herbert-Blossom: Thine Alone from Eileen (1/10/55)
I. Firestone: Closing and In My Garden (1/10/55)
Wilfrid Pelletier, Conductor
Region: All
Running Time: 105 minutes
Picture Format: NTSC
Color: B&W
For more than thirty years, The Voice of Firestone brought the world’s greatest artists into the homes of music lovers. Now, through a special arrangement with the New England Conservatory in Boston, Kultur is proud to make these rate telecasts available.
American baritone Robert Merrill is one of a handful of opera singers whose performances and recordings provide the very definition of what one regards a “great singing.” Over a long and illustrious career, Merrill’s pure, mellow tone, produced without effort, yet possessing great power and richness, has thrilled audiences throughout the world. His numerous appearances on The Voice of Firestone telecasts attest to the consistency of his singing, and the charismatic personality which made Robert Merrill one of this country’s most celebrated artists.
