Cornell MacNeil is an American operatic baritone known for his voice and his phenomenal career with the Metropolitan Opera, which spanned 642 performances in twenty-six roles. Among his teachers were Friedrich Schorr and Dick Marzollo. He debuted with various companies in the United States from 1953 and at Teatro alla Scala and the Metropolitan in 1959. In 1969 he became president of the American Guild of Musical Artists. MacNeil was known for his enormous sound and volcanic top notes.

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  • Cornell MacNeil is an American operatic baritone known for his voice and his phenomenal career with the Metropolitan Opera, which spanned 642 performances in twenty-six roles. Among his teachers were Friedrich Schorr and Dick Marzollo. He debuted with various companies in the United States from 1953 and at Teatro alla Scala and the Metropolitan in 1959. In 1969 he became president of the American Guild of Musical Artists. MacNeil was known for his enormous sound and volcanic top notes. Although he experienced somewhat of a vocal decline through the late 1970s, he maintained a high level of dramatic ability through his long career. Two of his most notable roles were the title role in Rigoletto, and Iago in Otello. MacNeil was a regular at the Metropolitan Opera. His debut was on March 21, 1959, as Rigoletto. Rigoletto was also the role he sang the most at the Met, 104 times, including the Met's first telecast of that opera in 1977, in the production by John Dexter. MacNeil was able to perform this role on tour with the Met when that company's tour stopped in Minneapolis in 1961, 1969 and 1978. Another role MacNeil was famous for was Baron Scarpia in Tosca a role he sang ninety-two times at the Met between November 2, 1959, and was his last performance with the Met, on December 5, 1987.
  • Cornell MacNeil es un barítono estadounidense, uno de los máximos exponentes de su cuerda en las décadas de 1950 al 1980 y uno de los baluartes del Metropolitan Opera de Nueva York donde debutó en 1959 cantando mas de 600 representaciones hasta 1987. Ha sido un destacado intérprete del complejo Iago, de la ópera "Otello", de Giuseppe Verdi, basada en la homónima obra del escritor inglés William Shakespeare, con libreto de Arrigo Boito. Entre los personajes que ha interpretado pueden contarse: Scarpia, Iago (Otello, Verdi), Rigoletto (Idem, Verdi), Nabucco, Renato, el Conde de Luna, Germont, padre de Alfredo, cuya aria del segundo acto (Di provenza) es una de las más populares dentro del registro del barítono. Macneil integra la lista de notables baritonos verdianos americanos junto a Robert Merrill, Lawrence Tibbett y Sherril Milnes.
  • Cornell MacNeil est un baryton américain, particulièrement admiré dans le répertoire italien, notamment Giuseppe Verdi.
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  • Cornell MacNeil is an American operatic baritone known for his voice and his phenomenal career with the Metropolitan Opera, which spanned 642 performances in twenty-six roles. Among his teachers were Friedrich Schorr and Dick Marzollo. He debuted with various companies in the United States from 1953 and at Teatro alla Scala and the Metropolitan in 1959. In 1969 he became president of the American Guild of Musical Artists. MacNeil was known for his enormous sound and volcanic top notes.
  • Cornell MacNeil es un barítono estadounidense, uno de los máximos exponentes de su cuerda en las décadas de 1950 al 1980 y uno de los baluartes del Metropolitan Opera de Nueva York donde debutó en 1959 cantando mas de 600 representaciones hasta 1987. Ha sido un destacado intérprete del complejo Iago, de la ópera "Otello", de Giuseppe Verdi, basada en la homónima obra del escritor inglés William Shakespeare, con libreto de Arrigo Boito.
  • Cornell MacNeil est un baryton américain, particulièrement admiré dans le répertoire italien, notamment Giuseppe Verdi.
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