Jerome Hines
Jerome Hines (1921-2003) was an American bass, one of the major Metropolitan Opera singers of the twentieth century. He was admired in Verdi, Wagner, Mozart, Russian and French repertory.
In the Pristine catalogue he appears in Debussy, Verdi, Donizetti and Wagner, including Metropolitan Opera broadcasts and Italian opera recordings.
Hines’s singing brought depth, steadiness and uncommon range, with the authority needed for bass...
DEBUSSY Pelléas et Mélisande
Live broadcast performance, 1962
Total duration: 2hr 37:06
Additional 15 minute Ansermet interview included with downloads
George London - Golaud
Anna Moffo - Mélisande
Nicolai Gedda - Pelléas
Blanche Thebom - Geneviève
Jerome Hines - Arkel
Teresa Stratas - Yniold
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus
conducted by Ernest Ansermet
DONIZETTI La Favorita
Stereo studio recording, 1955
Total duration: 2hr 09:10
Gianni Poggi - Fernando
Giulietta Simionato - Leonora
Ettore Bastianini - Alfonso
Jerome Hines - Baldassare
Piero de Palma - Don Gasparo
Bice Magnani - Ines
Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Chorus & Orchestra
conducted by Alberto Erede
WAGNER Der Ring Des Nibelungen: 1. Das Rheingold
Live broadcast performance, 1961
Total duration: 2hr 27:46 (includes radion announcements)
Wotan - George London
Fricka - Irene Dalis
Alberich - Ralph Herbert
Mime - Paul Kuen
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus
conducted by Erich Leinsdorf
VERDI Aïda
Live broadcast recording, 1953
Total duration: 2hr 24:33
Aida - Zinka Milanov
Radamès - Mario Del Monaco
Amneris - Blanche Thebom
Amonasro - George London
Ramfis - Jerome Hines
King - Luben Vichey
Orchestra and Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera
conducted by Fausto Cleva
Live broadcast recording, Carnegie Hall, 28th March, 1953
Total duration: 79:27
Lois Marshall, soprano
Nan Merriman, mezzo-soprano
Eugene Conley, tenor
Jerome Hines, bass
NBC Symphony Orchestra
Robert Shaw Chorale
conducted by Arturo Toscanini
Recorded by RCA in Carnegie Hall, New York on 30-31 March and 2 April, 1953
Total duration: 74:12
Nan Merriman, mezzo-soprano
Eugene Conley, tenor
Jerome Hines, bass
NBC Symphony Orchestra
Robert Shaw Chorale
conducted by Arturo Toscanini
