Bastianini had a tragic life. At one point, he was the most renowned baritone in the opera world. And just a few years later, he suffered and died from cancer...
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I am letting you hear the Libeslieder Walzer (both opus numbers) at your leisure. For me to have posted a translation of every song would have been madness (on my...
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Hüsch had one of the most sheerly beautiful baritone voices in the history of recorded music; rounded, warm, easy in tone, perfectly focused without a trace of strain or wobble...
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One of the really nice things about doing this blog is that I get to discover wonderful artists by accident. This posting is about Nicolae Herlea, a Romanian baritone whom...
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Giangiacomo Guelfi, initially studied law at the University of Florence. He subsequently enrolled at the Centro Lirico in Florence, where he was a pupil of the celebrated baritones Titta Ruffo...
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Mario Ancona was a very special singer during the latter part of the 19th century and the beginning part of the 20th century. The thing that I would point out...
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Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen I have done a posting very similar to this one before, and I am repeating myself, but with different performers. This particular Lied merits...
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There is unfortunately not much biographical available about Dinh Gilly. I will provide as much detail as I have been able to find below. Gilly was a wonderful Baritone, who...
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This was a great voice; a large lyric soprano. Born in Garons, France, Guiot studied voice with the tenor Marcello Santalouna and later studied at the Conservatoire de Paris for...
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The real point that I'd like to make was that Musy had a great voice. Eventually became a director. His voice is very well placed and resonant. It was difficult...
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