In this post, I thought that I would highlight an American operatic tenor who is still singing and teaching. I am going to post several pieces that Mr. White has...
Read MoreI'm going to try to post this rather quickly as I haven't posted for a little while. Rather than do a lot of interpretation, I will give some biographical information...
Read More"Nessun Dorma" I thought that it might be nice to hear how some famous tenors have sung the aria "Nessun Dorma". I'm going to give a brief background to Turandot,...
Read MoreThis post has a real treat - a French Canadian tenor with a voice that I would call spinto. A few sentences about him, and then on to the youtube...
Read MoreThis posting is an indulgence to me, and since I'm the one posting, I'm going to indulge myself. You've heard of a murder of crows; well, this is a plethora...
Read MoreTito Schipa Tito Schipa was an extremely famous and talented light lyric tenor, or "tenore di grazia" in Italian. His voice was not large, but it was produced so well...
Read MoreGigli was a marvelous lyric tenor. He was sometimes accused of being overly sentimental, and you may hear some of that when he is singing, but I don't mind it. ...
Read MoreAuch Kleine Dinge Before moving on from Wolf, there is one more Lied that I wanted to play for you. It is called "Auch kleine Dinge". It is the first...
Read MoreLemishev was a very famous lyric tenor from a very poor area of Russia. He spent a good deal of time in Harbin, which was a Russian colony (really a...
Read MoreI’m not going to say too much about this. It speaks for itself. Tucker was called the American Caruso, and you can see why. When Anna Moffo was a young...
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