Ferrucio Tagliavinni was an Italian tenor who sang in the 1940s and 1950s. He was considered the next great Italian tenor (after Tito Schipa and Beniamino Gigli), but he failed...
Read MoreSo I am really going back in time with this posting. Leo Slezak was a distinguished Czech operatic tenor, celebrated for his powerful and expressive voice. Slezak was born on...
Read MoreClara Petrella is another singer whom I didn't know. I found her by perusing the Internet. She had an enormous voice, with something like an explosion of sound occurring when...
Read MoreThis was a beautiful voice. I discovered Carosio as I have discovered many singers - just by browsing the internet. She was the most famous bel canto soprano of her...
Read MoreThis singer was a real treat for me to post about. I did not know him before listening to him on youtube. Traxel was a heldentenor who could also sing...
Read MoreI haven't posted anything by Tebaldi in a long time, and so I decided to bring her back for an encore. Here is a copy of the orignial posting made...
Read MoreI am only giving one aria for this tenor. I think that that is sufficient to have a gist of what he sounded like. This is a heldentenor (a heroic...
Read MoreJean Cox was an American heldentenor who spent most of his career in Europe. He spent 10 years at Bayreuth, which is the holy of holies for Wagnerian singing. He...
Read MoreThis is a recording of Rachmaninoff's Vespers, sometimes called the All-Night-Vigil. It is an a capella piece for choir, and it is sublime. This is the Sveshnikov recording, discussed below. ...
Read MoreFedora Barbieriwas one of the most celebrated Italian mezzo-sopranos of the postwar era. In addition to possessing a voice of formidable proportions, given her small stature, she was a consummate...
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