Jerome Hines

Michel · April 28, 2007, 01:00:09 AM

Mike and I were having a conversation about this singer this morning, after watching some performances on youtube below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOTm_ec42z4&mode=related&search= Don Carlo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14oM-FWmXBo&mode=related&search= Faust

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GbrmMmtY68 - Boris

I think he sounds quite similar to Christoff, who I love, although less so I think in the final video here.

He seems to have few appearance on record - I can't find decent CD's anywhere. And since many of you are American, I thought you may have some interesting insights/information (what to buy!)about him, having been at the Met for so long.

Any thoughts?

Xenophanes · April 28, 2007, 08:06:12 AM

I don't really think he sounded much like Boris Christoff, but Hines was a wonderful singer. There are some recordings listed on Amazon, although only some seem to be available new.

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw/104-7564307-3333512?url=search-alias%3Dpopular&field-keywords=jerome+hines&Go.x=12&Go.y=11&Go=Go

There are some references in the Wikipedia article, and the interview with Joseph Shore is very interesting.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerome_Hines

Apparently you can download recordings from here:

http://www.josephshore.com/Hines/mp3s.htm

PerfectWagnerite · April 28, 2007, 09:33:51 AM

Hines sang Wotan in the 1960 Ring Cycle from Bayreuth conducted by Kempe. It is, unfortunately, not available in the US.

Michel · April 28, 2007, 10:59:18 AM

THanks for this. That mp3 link page contains a most hilarious biography. He will an odd born again Christian.

knight66 · April 28, 2007, 11:04:27 AM

Do we know he was odd....possibly that is more the epithet for the person writing that cringeworthy biog.

Mike

Michel · April 28, 2007, 11:07:09 AM

Quote from: knight on April 28, 2007, 11:04:27 AM
Do we know he was odd....possibly that is more the epithet for the person writing that cringeworthy biog.

From my understanding he was a born again Christian..

knight66 · April 28, 2007, 11:52:11 AM

Yes, but that is not necessarily odd, whereas the biog was indeed odd.

Mike

Michel · April 28, 2007, 01:10:40 PM

It depends how we are to define "Born again". If we are to mean someone who has simply become religious, then no I don't believe it is odd. But if we are referring to the Evangelical American kind, then I would immediately extend the slur odd.

knight66 · April 28, 2007, 01:17:47 PM

Yes, you would.

Mike

Michel · April 28, 2007, 04:03:06 PM

Why don't we have an inappropriate and highly offensive public debate about how crap American Christianity is? Culminating in me being horrendusly insulting?

knight66 · April 29, 2007, 01:03:40 AM

And being banned.

Mike

Michel · April 29, 2007, 09:15:34 AM

Quote from: knight on April 29, 2007, 01:03:40 AM
And being banned.

Where is your sense of humour?

knight66 · April 29, 2007, 11:11:27 AM

Same place as yours....as you very well know.

Mike

Yasser · May 03, 2007, 10:18:42 AM

Quote from: PerfectWagnerite on April 28, 2007, 09:33:51 AM
Hines sang Wotan in the 1960 Ring Cycle from Bayreuth conducted by Kempe. It is, unfortunately, not available in the US.

Correction PW: Hines sang Wotan in the Walkure only. Hermann Uhde was the Wotan in Rheingold and Siegfried. I have this Ring cycle. It was available at one point at broinc.

Yasser

knight66 · May 03, 2007, 10:20:46 AM

Can you report on Hines at all?

Mike

Yasser · May 03, 2007, 10:26:33 AM

Quote from: knight on May 03, 2007, 10:20:46 AM
Can you report on Hines at all?

Mike

Is this a nice way of saying "Keep your comments to yourself " or are you really interested in my opinion?

knight66 · May 03, 2007, 10:29:07 AM

No.....both Michel and I would really like to know, as we have just discovered his voice and there is not much out there by him. I realise it might be a bit of a slog if you now would have to listen to bits of the recording to enable you to give any detail, which is why I put it as I did.

Mike

Yasser · May 03, 2007, 10:32:39 AM

Quote from: knight on May 03, 2007, 10:29:07 AM
No.....both Michel and I would really like to know, as we have just discovered his voice and there is not much out there by him. I realise it might be a bit of a slog if you now would have to listen to bits of the recording to enable you to give any detail, which is why I put it as I did.

Mike

I have not listened to the Kempe Ring in 5 years and it is the only recording of Hines that I have. I will try to listen to the last 2 acts of the Walkure during the weekend and report back.

Yasser

PerfectWagnerite · May 03, 2007, 10:36:30 AM

Quote from: Yasser on May 03, 2007, 10:18:42 AM
Correction PW: Hines sang Wotan in the Walkure only. Hermann Uhde was the Wotan in Rheingold and Siegfried. I have this Ring cycle. It was available at one point at broinc.

Yasser

You are absolutely correct. I haven't listened to anything in this cycle other than Walkure.

knight66 · May 03, 2007, 11:38:32 AM

Quote from: Yasser on May 03, 2007, 10:32:39 AM
I have not listened to the Kempe Ring in 5 years and it is the only recording of Hines that I have. I will try to listen to the last 2 acts of the Walkure during the weekend and report back.

Yasser

Thanks for that. I only have an EMI recording of Kempe's Ring in the form of excerpts of Reingold, it is by far my favourite, lyrical and dramatic. Absolutely beautiful.

Mike