| | |  | Video | Home » » » John McCormack: The People's Tenor | | | | | | | Description: | | John McCormack was one of the finest lyric tenors of the 20th century. A colossus of his time, he was matched only in celebrity by his great friend the Italian tenor, Enrico Caruso. This entertaining and informative documentary explores McCormack's remarkable life and his phenomenal career. John McCormack, The People's Tenor succeeds in placing the tenor in his proper context as one of the greatest musicians Ireland has ever produced and the world has ever seen. For the first time ever on DVD, this documentary explores the tenor's life with rare films and photographs taken during The Golden Age of Opera. Kultur Video. 2008. | | | Product Details: | | | Actors:
| John McCormack | | Director:
| Gordon Ledbetter | | Format:
| Black & White, Classical, Color, DVD, NTSC | | Language:
| English | | Number of Discs:
| 1 | | Studio:
| KULTUR VIDEO | | Run Time:
| 82 minutes | | DVD Release Date:
| February 26, 2008 | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 3 reviews |
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 Great tenor; Great documentaryJun 01, 2008
By Michael J. Colbruno
Anything where I can hear the voice of the great Irish tenor John McCormack gets five stars from me. Even with that bias, this was a highly informative biography that I've watched a couple of times. So for the price of a CD, you get an entire video documentary with lots and lots of beautiful singing.
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 John McCormack, Irish TenorSep 18, 2009
By Eileen T. McMahon
When I was growing up and the Beatles just coming to prominence, my late father repeatedly tried to get me interested in my cultural heritage and specifically, the Irish tenor, John McCormack. This hour-long tribute to McCormack's life and accomplishments provides information about his quick rise to fame and about the body of his work. I was also impressed to hear of his many charitable works. Very enjoyable.
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Meister SingerNov 04, 2011
By Margaret R.
I was so fascinated with this CD that I watched it twice in a row after receiving it. Very well put together, flowed well, with lots of interesting interviews from family interspersed with equally interesting photos and narrative and, of course, that magnificent singing. I came upon this rather by serendipity, having grabbed a Three Tenors recording by accident one day (instead of the intended Gregorian chant); this re-awakened an interest in fine tenor voices. I knew only vaguely of John McC. and thought he only did Irish songs, but went on-line to discover, to my delight, his fabulous operatic voice! Though musically and aesthetically perfect, with total note control even through vibrato (something that many famed tenors cannot achieve today), his voice has an indescribable, intangible quality, something which I can only term "character." This comes through so strongly even though recorded with technology far inferior to today's standards. When you can intuit an artist's life experiences, struggles and uniqueness through their work, well, that is truly art, and McCormack is a master of this medium. I'm sure he's been teaching the angels to sing all these years!
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