James King

[diedri...@web.de]

Hello everyone,
austrian newspapers announce the dead of James King at the age of 80.
Can anyone confirm that news?
Greetings
Armin Diedrich

[JAG...@aol.com]

It's about time, the old horror was brain dead for years, even before
the advent of Alzheimers. He was on of the lousiest teachers ever to
be hired by Indiana University. Getting assigned to him was a kiss of
death. JAG

[vissida...@gmail.com]

I hope not...he was a great tenor..niot used enough at the Met....His
video Tote Stadt age 60) is phenomenal..a bright wonderful
voice...Virginia Zeani always speaks so well of him..as they both
taught at Bloomington.
He was not well cast in the Olivero debut Tosca..but his work ion
Frau,Lohengrin,etc..were special....Bright and clear voice...we loved
him....CH

[JC]

What a hateful and disgusting post from Jag. No surprise I guess.

[J S]

I'm sorry to hear this.
In addition to being a fine singer, I always found something about his
appearance to be appealing - a boyish quality that often betrayed his
years.
RIP, Mr King.

BTW, JAG, you are a creep.

~ Roger

[premie...@aol.com]

So very sorry to hear this. He was a wonderful singer. May he rest in
peace.

Ed

[Count of Warwick]

What a disgusting piece of human faeces you are, Jag.

James King is not even cold and you are laying into him.

You stink.

[Anna Mosler]

Armin Diedrich wrote:

> austrian newspapers announce the dead of James King at
> the age of 80. Can anyone confirm that news?

The newsletter of Bayerische Staatsoper announces it too.

Anna

[JAG...@aol.com]

JC wrote:
> What a hateful and disgusting post from Jag. No surprise I guess.

Oh get a life. Facts are facts and the fact is he was a fine Emperor
and Florestan but he was a dumb as a box of rocks. JAG

[JAG...@aol.com]

vissida...@gmail.com wrote:
> He was not well cast in the Olivero debut Tosca..

no kidding. He stank. He had about 5 roles he could sing well, none
of them Italian. I will have to call Benedict to start canonization.
JAG

[Adolf the Great]

yes you are right. Could not sing and could not teach. AK

[Adolf the Great]

[JAG...@aol.com]

JAG...@aol.com wrote:
> He was on of the lousiest teachers ever to
> be hired by Indiana University. Getting assigned to him was a kiss of
> death. JAG

By the way, the same can be said for Virginia Zeani. JAG

[dtritter]

this bag of shit, jagggggggggggggggggggggggg, has the gall to say this
patent lie. of course. he has first hand knowledge, which he probably
got from the latrine hole he inhabits. let's hear an authoritative
source for your calumny, you fart in a windstorm. of course you're
lieing, as we all know, but it should be interesting to know which form
of lie you use here. come on, jaaggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg, your
turn. we're all waiting.

[dtritter]

JAG...@aol.com wrote:

does your phone work out of a pile of shit?

[dtritter]

Adolf the Great wrote:

> yes you are right. Could not sing and could not teach. AK
>

this one smells like a wannabe who was kicked out of his studio

[Adolf the Great]

not chance, King was a poor Otello, Manrico, Calaf and the list goes on
...........Only MET people can think he was great, he had half the
voice to fill the auditorium

[Ortrud]

Shut your flaps, LiverSpots.

And leave us. You smell.

-Ortrud Jones

[Ortrud]

Interesting question. One could argue that Asterisk's vocal chords
never could work out of the big ol pile of steaming pig shit that she
is...hmm....

tee-hee!
-Ortrud Jones

[JAG...@aol.com]

dtritter wrote:
> this bag of shit, jagggggggggggggggggggggggg, has the gall to say this
> patent lie.

A lie? Hardly......So please list the names of his fabulous students
who are presently singing....where, what and with whom. Come on, lump
of pig shit, let's have it. Five will get you ten you can't name ONE.
Jimmy had five roles that he sang well. He was a nice guy but that's
because he was too stupid to have much temperment. His wife wore the
pants in the family. Same as yours, huh?
Unfortunately, he made the same musical errors over and over, a
testiment to his stupidity. Listen to a few of his Emperor's. If you
can pull your ears out of your shit-covered ass, that is. JAG

[vissida...@gmail.com]

Another of our wonderful artists has left us ;in
these last few years we have been saddened by the passing of so many
great singers, but we do realize the inevitability of it all,and, as
someone recently told me, "Live each day as it were the last!" I first
saw and heard James King in those amazing Fraus in the Met's first
season at Lincoln Center. The voice was so bright and clear.It rang out
in a beautiful lyric way,but at the same town,it possessed the cutting
power to eventually essay the more dramatic tenor roles. King's
approach was more like that of Windgassen,rather than that of the"
thicker" heldentenors.
I always remarked that the Met never really
offered King as much as they should,and I did find him rather miscast
in the Cavaradossi at Olivero's Met debut, but,this aside, he enjoyed a
superb career, mostly in the German repertory. I would heartily
recommend his magnificent singing and acting in the video of Tote
Stadt, performed at age 60.
This man surely deserves the highest praise as one of our
finest tenors, and we are saddened by his passing. However, as in the
case of so many, we do have the legacy of recordings, live and
commercial,so that we will always remember his contributions to the
vocal art.

Requiescat in
Pace.

Charlie

[vissida...@gmail.com]

What a disgusting piece of human faeces you are, Jag.

James King is not even cold and you are laying into him.

Stop insulting FECES.....jag loves to say these things..he knows
nothing about music..he is only here to vent his miserable life......

[vissida...@gmail.com]

does your phone work out of a pile of shit?

Reply

Stop insulting SHIT..It has its function..jag doesn't..

If we said the sky was green..he would say it is red....no one takes
him seriously..even himself..ch

[vissida...@gmail.com]

Dan...Adolf is obviously one of the shitheads incognito..or in
dung....but the name is appropriate..i wonder he can paint....or hang
paper..or hang himself.....

I know three fine pupils of King.....he was a superb teacher..and a
great artist....we know that..ch

[Graham Sanders]

As a former pupil of James, I am revolted to read the sick writings of
people, who have no idea what they are talking about. James was a great
man and I will tell a story, which I have never told before.

Back in 1991, I was having lunch with James in NYC. It so happened that
Giancarlo del Monaco was having lunch to, and recognised James. The
long and the short of it was that I had an audition for del Monaco the
next day. James played piano for the audition. When I was about to
leave for Germany, knowing that I did not have much money, James sent me
a check for $2000 to get me started in Germany. I paid him back the
next summer, btw. This was the measure of the man James King, my
friend, mentor and teacher.

Graham Sanders

[REG]

Yes,.Ed. He was a really fine artist and will be missed.

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[REG]

Ignore the ignorant. He was a remarkable artist.

"Graham Sanders" <gsand...@bigfoot.com> wrote in message
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[vissida...@gmail.com]

Hi...You never have to say a word about James to us who know of him..He
was superb as a man and teacher..I spoke tonight to one of his
colleagues,Virginia Zeani....and we know she has great knowledge at
Bloomington of his fame.
Also,you must realize,if you are new, that we have a few extremely
ill people here..jag leads the pack...no one takes him seriously...i am
practically the only one who answers him..but I do that for my own
"fun"...sick fun.
He is about to announce his marriage to ortrud..and their
honeymoon will be in a trailer park in Oshkosh....

James was great....ch

[Adolf the Great]

King sucked, half a tenor

[vissida...@gmail.com]

Hi again...There are some beautiful tributes on the Met Standing room
Forum....under the "Singers" heading.

By the way..if anyone here killed Jag or Ortrud..and saw their posts.NO
JURY would convict him...CH

[Adolf the Great]

Better hang yourself the world would be better off, which 3 students:
Suck off, suckass and such dick

[Adolf the Great]

idiot

[vissida...@gmail.com]

such dick

My..SUCH a DICK........about one inch..............CH

[Adolf the Great]

you should you eat it all day

[Jeffrey]

You've mentioned this "no jury" pathetic attempt at humour a few times
now. http://www.alzheimers.org/pubs/ginkgo.htm
--
Jeffrey

[vissida...@gmail.com]

You've mentioned this "no jury" pathetic attempt at humour a few times

Yes..I ned to KNOW absolutely that you are reading my posts..since you
always enjoy them so much.....CH

[vissida...@gmail.com]

http://www.hawaii.edu/ur/University_Report/URApril97/bore.html

[dtritter]

Adolf the Great wrote:

> not chance, King was a poor Otello, Manrico, Calaf and the list goes on
> ...........Only MET people can think he was great

and berlin, munich, vienna, salzburg, paris, london, la scala etc etc
etc etc ... are you deaf as well as stupud and mannerless?

, he had half the > voice to fill the auditorium
>

quite right, if the auditorium was an unamplified yankee stadium

[LJO]

<vissida...@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1132635792.8...@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...

> Hi...You never have to say a word about James to us who know of him..He
> was superb as a man and teacher..I spoke tonight to one of his
> colleagues,Virginia Zeani....and we know she has great knowledge at
> Bloomington of his fame.

> Also,you must realize,if you are new . . . >

Well well well. Thanks for yet another self-glorification post. If you were
not so self-absorbed you would know that Mr Graham Sanders has been posting
here for years. You would also know that he enjoys a major professional
career, not the church basement type of which you are so proud.

[Adolf the Great]

we know you are a pervert

[Adolf the Great]

I booed him many times in Europe, talking about deaf, stupid or
mannerless you should look at your self in a mirror

[Adolf the Great]

idiot talking to moron what a pair

[Adolf the Great]

[Dan Tritter]

Adolf the Great wrote:

> idiot talking to moron what a pair
>

this boor boasts of booing king many times. what does that say about a
schmuck who continues to pay money to hear a singer he detests ?
idiot? moron? all wrapped in one loathesome package.

[Ortrud]

Actually, Flaccido, it can be a lot of fun to go to a performance to
boo a singer! I recall the odd times that Asterisk was contracted to
sing...I'd go just to boo her off the stage!

Oh the memories!

tee-hee!
-Ortrud Jones

[Adolf the Great]

Boo the bastard off the stage, had no voice, probably got anally
inserted to get those parts
by the way the cast does not consist only of a tenor, loved to organize
booing party for King

[Adolf the Great]

excellent

[Adolf the Great]

do you have aids

[vissida...@gmail.com]

Where do we get these people?????(term used looseley).I think this
Adolf Hitler II is Gerbek in drag...ch

[Adolf the Great]

so you have aids does your friend know

[Count of Warwick]

Getting praise off Jagster is another kiss of death....particularly
where it kisses !