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...Metropolitan Opera to South Pacific last spring, many a Met-goer was left wondering who would fill his shoes as the Met's most popular and winning villain, Don Giovanni. The answer came from Vienna-and it was not the only question that stocky Bass-Baritone Paul Schoeffler, 42, answered...
...first Don last February, some missed Pinza's dash and derring-do; instead, Schoeffler gave them suavity and elegance. They also missed the ringing excitement of Pinza's voice. Schoeffler's lower voice seemed slightly gruff; but he covered the range with sureness and in finished style. He was impressive as Jokanaan in Salome, and critics crowed over his performance as, Hans Sachs in Die Meistersinger...
Sensual & Sinister. Last week, Baritone Schoeffler capped his first season at the Met with a crack performance of the sensual and sinister Scarpia in Puccini's Tosca. When he was onstage with his longtime Vienna State Opera friend, red-haired Soprano Ljuba Welitch (as Tosca), the audience saw and heard the kind of sure, smooth action and singing that make Vienna's ensemble just about tops in the operatic world...
This Is Europe (Sun. 10 p.m., Mutual). Music of Austria, featuring Baritone Paul Schoeffler and Zitherist Anton Karas...
...negotiating the Franklin Park jungle, Schoeffler consumed only 22.40 minutes, better than par for the course...