Robert Merrill
Robert Merrill was an American baritone, one of the major Metropolitan Opera singers of the mid-twentieth century. He was especially admired in Verdi and Italian repertory.
In the Pristine catalogue he appears in Puccini, Verdi, Mascagni, Leoncavallo and Johann Strauss, often alongside Jussi Björling, Victoria de los Ángeles and Fritz Reiner.
Merrill’s singing combined bronze tone, ease of line and sturdy dramatic presence, maki...
MASCAGNI Cavalleria Rusticana
LEONCAVALLO Pagliacci
Studio recordings, 1953
Total duration: 2hr 20:44
Turiddu - Jussi Björling
Santuzza - Zinka Milanov
Alfio - Robert Merrill
Mamma Lucia - Margaret Roggero
Lola - Carol Smith
Canio - Jussi Björling
Nedda - Victoria de los Angeles
Tonio - Leonard Warren
Silvio - Robert Merrill
Beppe - Paul Franke
The Columbus Boychoir
The Robert Shaw Chorale
RCA Victor Orchestra
conducted by Renato Cellini
PUCCINI La Bohème
Studio recording, 1956
Total duration: 1hr 47:14
Rodolfo - Jussi Björling
Mimi - Victoria de los Angeles
Marcello - Robert Merrill
Columbus Boys Choir
RCA Victor Chorus and Orchestra
conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham
Recorded 20 September, 1950
Total duration: 59:19
Jan Peerce • James Melton • Robert Merrill
RCA Victor Orchestra
Robert Shaw Chorale
Fritz Reiner, conductor
VERDI La Traviata
Broadcast live from New York, 1946
Total duration: 1hr 43:18
Jan Peerce
Robert Merrill
NBC Symphony Orchestra and Choruses
conducted by Arturo Toscanini
Recorded live at Carnegie Hall, 17th January 1954 (Act 1)
and 24th January 1954 (Acts II and III)
Total duration: 121:55
Robert Shaw Chorale & Soloists
conducted by Arturo Toscanini
