The Ten Tenors - Bohemian Rhapsody
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- Duration: 6:07
- Published: 11 Jun 2007
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Bohemian Rhapsody by The Ten Tenors, taken from the NDR TV special (Deutschland)
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Alain Vanzo
Alain Vanzo (April 2, 1928 - January 27, 2002)
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Alban Berg
Alban Maria Johannes Berg (February 9, 1885 – December 24, 1935) was an Austrian composer. He was a member of the Second Viennese School with Arnold Schoenberg and Anton Webern, and produced compositions that combined Mahlerian Romanticism with a personal adaptation of Schoenberg's twelve-tone technique.
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Alexey Kudrya
Alexey Kudrya (born 1982) is a rising tenor star from Russia. According to Neue Stimmen, Alexey Kudrya grew up in a very musical family: His father, Vladimir Leonidovich Kudrya, is professor for music and his mother teaches the flute. Alexey was taught by his father at Moscow's Russian Academy of Music and graduated in 2004 as flute soloist and conductor.
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Alfred Piccaver
Alfred Piccaver (5 February 1884 –23 September 1958) in Vienna, was a British-American operatic tenor. He was particularly noted for his performances as Rodolfo in Giacomo Puccini's La bohème and other popular mainstream operatic roles.
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Ambroise Thomas
Charles Louis Ambroise Thomas (5 August 1811, Metz – 12 February 1896, Paris) was a French composer, best-known for his operas Mignon (1866) and Hamlet (1868, after Shakespeare) and as Director of the Conservatoire de Paris from 1871 till his death.
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Anthony Laciura
Anthony Laciura (born September 27, 1951) is an American operatic tenor, noted for his abilities as a comprimario. Born in New Orleans, he studied voice there with Charles Paddock, also the teacher of Ticho Parly.
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Antoine Trial
Antoine Trial (13 October 1737, Avignon - 5 February 1795, Paris) was a French singer and actor. He was the younger brother of the musician Jean-Claude Trial (1732-1771) and husband of soprano Marie-Jeanne (Félicité Mandeville) (1746-1818).
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Aureliano Pertile
Aureliano Pertile (9 November 1885, Montagnana -
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Ben Heppner
Ben Heppner, CC (born January 14, 1956) is a Canadian tenor, specializing in opera and other classical works for voice.
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Beniamino Gigli
Beniamino Gigli, (March 20, 1890 - November 30, 1957) was an Italian opera singer. The most famous tenor of his generation, he was renowned internationally for the great beauty of his voice and the soundness of his vocal technique. Music critics sometimes took him to task, however, for what was perceived to be the over-emotionalism of his interpretations. Nevertheless, such was Gigli's talent, he is considered to be one of the very finest tenors in the recorded history of music.
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Benjamin Britten
Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten, OM CH (22 November 1913 – 4 December 1976) was an English composer, conductor, and pianist. Showing prodigious talent from an early age – he composed Quatre Chansons françaises for soprano and orchestra at the age of fourteen – he first came to public attention with the a cappella choral work A Boy Was Born. With the premiere of his opera Peter Grimes in 1945 he leapt to international fame, and for the next fifteen years he devoted much of his compositional attention to writing operas, several of which now appear regularly on international stages. Britten's interests as a composer were wide-ranging; he produced important music in such varied genres as orchestral, choral, solo vocal (much of it written for the tenor Peter Pears), chamber and instrumental, as well as film music. He also took a great interest in writing music for children and amateur performers, and was a fine pianist and conductor.
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Bernd Aldenhoff
Bernd Aldenhoff (14 June 1908 in Duisburg 8 October 1959 in München) was a German Heldentenor.
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Camille Saint-Saëns
Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns () (9 October 183516 December 1921) was a French Late-Romantic composer, organist, conductor, and pianist, known especially for The Carnival of the Animals, Danse macabre, Samson and Delilah, Piano Concerto No. 2, Havanaise, Introduction and Rondo capriccioso, and his Symphony No. 3 (Organ Symphony).
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Carl Maria von Weber
Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber (18–19 November 17864–5 June 1826) was a German composer, conductor, pianist, guitarist and critic, one of the first significant composers of the Romantic school.
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Carlo Bergonzi
Carlo Bergonzi (born 13 July 1924) is an Italian operatic tenor. Although he performed and recorded some bel canto and verismo roles, he is above all associated with the operas of Giuseppe Verdi, including a large number of the composer's lesser-known works that he helped revive. Essentially a lyric tenor with spinto capabilities, Bergonzi was greatly admired during the peak of his career for his beautiful diction, smooth legato, warm timbre and elegant phrasing. Above all he was acclaimed for his attention to the style required in Verdi's operas.
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Cesare Valletti
Cesare Valletti (December 18, 1922, Rome - May 13, 2000, Genoa) was an Italian operatic tenor, one of the leading tenore di grazia of the postwar era. He was much admired for his polished vocal technique, his musical refinement and elegance, and beauty of tone.
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Charles Gounod
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Chris Merritt
Chris Merritt (born 1952, Oklahoma City) is an opera singer. He studied piano, singing, dance and drama at Oklahoma City University where he made his first stage appearance in Jacques Offenbach's ''Les contes d'Hoffmann in a university production. At age 21, he was accepted into the summer season Apprentice Program for Singers'' at the Santa Fe Opera.
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Daniele Barioni
Daniele Barioni (born Copparo, Ferrara, Italy, 6 September 1930) is an Italian opera singer who had a prolific career during the 1950s through the 1970s. Early on in his career he rose to fame as a leading tenor at the Metropolitan Opera between 1956 and 1962. Afterwords he worked primarily in opera houses and concerts throughout the United States, although he did make numerous appearances in both Europe and South America as well. Barioni was particularly associated with the operas of Giacomo Puccini and the roles of Turiddu in Pietro Mascagni's Cavalleria rusticana and Alfredo in Giuseppe Verdi's La traviata.
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Darren Keith Woods
Darren Keith Woods (born 1958, Texas) is an American opera director and operatic tenor. A graduate of the Moores School of Music at the University of Houston, he began his career as an opera singer in 1982, making his professional debut at the Santa Fe Opera (SFO) as Don Curzio in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro. He spent most of his singing career portraying comprimario roles with opera companies throughout North America. Some of his performance credits include appearances with the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, the Connecticut Grand Opera, Glimmerglass Opera, the Lyric Opera of Kansas City, and the Seattle Opera among others. He was a frequent performer at the SFO during the 1980s and 1990s.
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Enrico Caruso
Enrico Caruso (February 25, 1873 – August 2, 1921) was an Italian tenor. He sang to great acclaim at the major opera houses of Europe and North and South America. Caruso also made approximately 290 commercial recordings of his voice, beginning as early as 1902 in Italy and continuing from 1904 until 1920 in the United States. All of his known surviving recordings are available today on remastered CDs.
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Ernst Haefliger
Ernst Haefliger (July 6, 1919 – 17 March 2007) was a Swiss tenor.
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Ernst Kraus
Ernst Kraus (June 8, 1863 – September 5, 1941) was a German dramatic tenor who made his mark in the operas of Richard Wagner. He first decided to embark on an operatic career when he heard leading singers performing in Nuremberg. He studied voice initially in Milan with Cesare Galliera and then returned to Munich to finish his tuition with Anna Schimon-Regan.
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Evgeny Belyaev
Evgeny Mikhailovich Belyaev, also written as Yevgeny Belyayev (Russian: Евгений Михайлович Беляев), (Klintsy, September 11 1926 – February 21/22 1994) was a Russian tenor soloist of the Alexandrov Ensemble under Boris Alexandrov. He is remembered in the Soviet Union as the Russian Nightingale and in the West as one of the definitive singers of Kalinka.
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Ferruccio Tagliavini
Ferruccio Tagliavini (Cavazzoli, Reggio Emilia, 14 August 1913 - Reggio Emilia, 29 January 1995) was an Italian operatic tenor mainly active in the 1940s and 1950s. Tagliavini was hailed as the heir apparent to Tito Schipa and Beniamino Gigli in the lyric-opera repertory due to the exceptional beauty of his voice, but he did not sustain his great early promise across the full span of his career.
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Francesco Cilea
Francesco Cilea (also Cilèa) (July 23, 1866 – November 20, 1950) was an Italian composer. Today he is particularly known for his operas ''L'arlesiana and Adriana Lecouvreur''.
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Francesco Marconi
Francesco Marconi (14 May 1853 [or 1855] – 5 February 1916) was an operatic tenor from Rome who enjoyed an important international career. In 1924, a reputable biographical dictionary of musicians called him 'one of the most renowned and esteemed singers of the last 50 years'. Along with his great contemporary Francesco Tamagno (1850–1905), he is the earliest Italian tenor to have left a representative legacy of acoustic recordings.
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Francesco Merli
Francesco Merli (January 27, 1887, Corsico (Milan) - December 12, 1976, Milan) was an Italian opera singer, particularly associated with heavy roles such as Otello, Canio and Calaf. He ranks as one of the finest dramatic tenors of the inter-war period.
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Francesco Tamagno
Francesco Tamagno (28 December 1850 – 31 August 1905) was an operatic tenor from Italy who sang with enormous success throughout Europe and America. On 5 February 1887, he cemented his place in musical history by creating the role of Otello in Giuseppe Verdi's masterpiece of the same name. He is also the earliest Italian tenor to have left a sizeable body of recordings of his voice.
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Francis Poulenc
Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc (; January 7, 1899 – January 30, 1963) was a French composer and a member of the French group Les Six. He composed music in genres including art song, solo piano music, chamber music, oratorio, opera, ballet music, and orchestral music. Critic Claude Rostand, in a July 1950 Paris-Presse article, described Poulenc as "half monk, half delinquent" ("le moine et le voyou"), a tag that was to be attached to his name for the rest of his career.
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Franco Bonisolli
Franco Bonisolli (May 25, 1938, Rovereto, Italy - October 30, 2003, Vienna, Austria) was an Italian operatic tenor, particularly associated with the Italian repertory, notably as Manrico and Calaf.
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Franco Corelli
Franco Corelli (8 April 1921 – 29 October 2003) was an Italian tenor who had a major international opera career between 1951 and 1976. Associated in particular with the spinto and dramatic tenor roles of the Italian repertory, he was celebrated universally for his powerhouse voice, brilliant top notes, vibrant timbre, passionate singing and remarkable performances. Dubbed the "Prince of tenors", Corelli possessed handsome features and a charismatic stage presence which endeared him to audiences. He had a long and fruitful partnership with the Metropolitan Opera in New York City between 1961 and 1975. He also appeared on the stages of most of the major opera houses in Europe and with opera companies throughout North America.
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Franz Lehár
Franz Lehár (30 April 1870 24 October 1948) was a Hungarian-born composer who worked in Austria. He is mainly known for his operettas of which the most successful and best known is The Merry Widow (Die lustige Witwe).
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Franz Völker
Franz Völker (born March 31, 1899 in Neu-Isenburg, Germany; died December 4, 1965 in Darmstadt, Germany) was a dramatic tenor who enjoyed a major European career. He excelled in particular as a performer of the operas of Richard Wagner.
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Fritz Wunderlich
Friedrich "Fritz" Karl Otto Wunderlich (September 26, 1930September 17, 1966) was a German lyric tenor, born in Kusel in the Palatinate. His mother was a violinist and his father was a choir-master. For a short time, the family kept the inn "Emrichs Bräustübl". Fritz's father lost his job due to pressure imposed upon him by local Nazis, in addition to suffering from a severe battlefield injury. He committed suicide when Fritz was five years old. The story regarding Wunderlich's discovery parallels many of his contemporaries (notably Nicolai Gedda and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau). As a young man Wunderlich worked in a bakery. At the insistence of neighbors and passers-by who had witnessed his musical gifts and beautiful voice, Wunderlich decided to begin studies in music. He managed to obtain a scholarship in order to pursue his studies at the Freiburg Music Academy where he studied French horn and voice.
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Gaetano Donizetti
Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti (29 November 1797 – 8 April 1848) was an Italian composer from Bergamo, Lombardy. Donizetti's most famous work is Lucia di Lammermoor (1835), although arguably his most immediately recognizable piece of music is the aria "Una furtiva lagrima" from ''L'elisir d'amore (1832). Along with Vincenzo Bellini and Gioachino Rossini, he was a leading composer of bel canto'' opera.
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Georges Bizet
Georges Bizet (25 October 1838 – 3 June 1875) was a French composer and pianist of the Romantic era. He is best known for the opera Carmen.
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Georges Thill
Georges Thill (14 December 1897 – 17 October 1984) was a French opera singer, often considered to be his country's greatest lyric-dramatic tenor. Born in Paris, his career lasted from 1924 to 1953, peaking during the 1930s.
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Gerhard Stolze
Gerhard Stolze (October 1, 1926, Dessau – March 11, 1979, Garmisch-Partenkirchen) was a German tenor.
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Giacomo Aragall
Jaume Aragall i Garriga better known as Giacomo Aragall is a Spanish Catalan tenor, born in Barcelona, Spain on 6 June 1939.
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Giacomo Lauri-Volpi
Giacomo Lauri-Volpi (December 11, 1892–March 17, 1979) was an Italian tenor with a lyric-dramatic voice of exceptional range and technical facility. He performed throughout Europe and the Americas in a top-class career that spanned 40 years.
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Giacomo Puccini
Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini (; 22 December 185829 November 1924) was an Italian composer whose operas, including La bohème, Tosca, Madama Butterfly, and Turandot, are among the most frequently performed in the standard repertoire. Some of his arias, such as "O mio babbino caro" from Gianni Schicchi, "Che gelida manina" from La bohème, and "Nessun dorma" from Turandot, have become part of popular culture.
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Gian Carlo Menotti
Gian Carlo Menotti (July 7, 1911 – February 1, 2007) was an Italian-American composer and librettist. Although he often referred to himself as an American composer, he kept his Italian citizenship. He wrote the classic Christmas opera Amahl and the Night Visitors among about two dozen other operas intended to appeal to popular taste. He won the Pulitzer Prize for two of them: The Consul (1950) and The Saint of Bleecker Street (1955). He founded the noted Festival dei Due Mondi (Festival of the Two Worlds) in 1958 and its American counterpart, Spoleto Festival USA, in 1977. In 1986 he commenced a Melbourne Spoleto Festival in Australia, but he withdrew after three years.
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Gianni Raimondi
Gianni Raimondi (April 17, 1923 - October 19, 2008) was an Italian lyric tenor, particularly associated with the Italian repertory.
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Gioachino Rossini
Gioachino Antonio Rossini (February 29, 1792 – November 13, 1868) was an Italian composer who wrote 39 operas as well as sacred music, chamber music, songs, and some instrumental and piano pieces. His best-known operas include the Italian comedies Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville) and La cenerentola and the French-language epics Moïse et Pharaon and Guillaume Tell (William Tell). A tendency for inspired, song-like melodies is evident throughout his scores, which led to the nickname "The Italian Mozart." Until his retirement in 1829, Rossini had been the most popular opera composer in history.
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Giovanni Martinelli
Giovanni Martinelli (22 October 1885 – 2 February 1969) was a celebrated Italian operatic tenor. He was particularly associated with the Italian lyric-dramatic repertory, although he performed French operatic roles to great acclaim as well. Martinelli was one of the most famous tenors of the 20th century, enjoying a long career at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City and appearing at other major international theatres.
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Giuseppe Borgatti
Giuseppe Borgatti (born Cento, March 17, 1871—died Reno di Leggiuno, October 18, 1950) was an Italian dramatic tenor with an outstanding voice. He created the title role in Umberto Giordano's opera Andrea Chénier and became famous for his performances of the music of Richard Wagner. Borgatti sang leading roles at La Scala, Milan, from 1896 until 1914, but deteriorating eyesight caused by the disease glaucoma put a premature end to his stage career.
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Giuseppe Di Stefano
Giuseppe Di Stefano (24 July 1921 – 3 March 2008) was an Italian operatic tenor who sang professionally from the late 1940s until the early 1970s. In his prime, he was known as the "Golden voice" or "The most beautiful voice", as the true successor of Beniamino Gigli. He was also known for his long-term performance and recording association and brief romantic episode with the soprano Maria Callas.
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Giuseppe Giacomini
Giuseppe Giacomini (*September 7, 1940; Veggiano near Padua, Italy) is an Italian dramatic tenor. An impressive tenor voice thanks of its richness and power. Known as "Bepi" amongst his fans, recently celebrated his 40th anniversary of singing.
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Giuseppe Verdi
Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi (; 10 October 1813 – 27 January 1901) was an Italian Romantic composer, mainly of opera. He was one of the most influential composers of the 19th century. His works are frequently performed in opera houses throughout the world and, transcending the boundaries of the genre, some of his themes have long since taken root in popular culture - such as "La donna è mobile" from Rigoletto, "Va, pensiero" (The Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves) from Nabucco, "Libiamo ne' lieti calici" (The Drinking Song) from La traviata and the "Grand March" from Aida. Although his work was sometimes criticized for using a generally diatonic rather than a chromatic musical idiom and having a tendency toward melodrama, Verdi’s masterworks dominate the standard repertoire a century and a half after their composition.
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Graham Clark (tenor)
Graham Clark (born in 1941, Lancashire, England) is an English opera tenor, mainly known for his character roles like Loge (Das Rheingold), Mime (Siegfried) and the Captain (Wozzeck). He has sung at all the leading North American and European opera houses, including the Metropolitan Opera (14 seasons) and Bayreuth Festival (16 seasons) and he has recorded for all the major companies.
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Gösta Winbergh
Gösta Winbergh (December 30, 1943 – March 18, 2002) was a Swedish tenor and Mozart admirer.
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Hans Hopf
Hans Hopf (August 2, 1916, Nuremberg - June 25, 1993, Munich) was a German operatic tenor, one of the leading heldentenors of the immediate postwar period.
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Heinrich Knote
Heinrich Knote (November 26, 1870 – January 15, 1953) was an outstanding German dramatic tenor with an international reputation.
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Heinz Zednik
Heinz Zednik (born February 21, 1940) is an Austrian operatic tenor, closely associated with the character tenor roles of Wagner such as Mime and Loge (Der Ring des Nibelungen) and David (Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg). He is also distinguished in roles such as Valzacchi (Der Rosenkavalier), Monostatos (The Magic Flute), Pedrillo (Die Entführung aus dem Serail), the Scribe (Khovanshchina), the Captain in Wozzeck, and the Director (Luciano Berio's Un re in ascolto).
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Helge Rosvaenge
Helge Rosvaenge (Roswaenge, Rosvænge), Helge Anton Rosenvinge Hansen, (August 29, 1897 in Copenhagen – June 17, 1972 in Munich) was a famous Danish operatic tenor whose career was centred on Germany and Austria, before, during and after World War II.
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Ivan Kozlovsky
Ivan Semyonovitch Kozlovsky (, ; also referred to as Kozlovskiy or Kozlovskij) ( - December 21, 1993) was a Soviet lyric tenor of Ukrainian ethnicity, one of the greatest stars of Soviet opera, as well a producer and director of his own opera company, and longtime teacher at the Moscow Conservatory.
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Jacques Offenbach
Jacques Offenbach (born Jacob Offenbach; 20 June 1819 – 5 October 1880) was a German-born French composer and cellist of the Romantic era and one of the originators of the operetta form. Of German-Jewish ancestry, he was one of the most influential composers of popular music in Europe in the 19th century, and many of his works remain in the repertory.
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Jacques Pottier
Jacques Pottier (born 17 August 1930) is a French operatic tenor who made many recordings during his career and was a Principal Tenor of the Opéra National de Paris. He later became a renowned singing teacher. He has made a come back in recording an album of famous Opera arias in his 80th year. His voice can be classified as Lyric tenor and still reaches easily the High C.
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Jacques Urlus
Jacques Urlus (January 6, 1867 in Hergenrath, near Aachen - June 6, 1935 in Noordwijk, Netherlands), was a Dutch dramatic tenor. He sang to great critical acclaim at major opera houses on both sides of the Atlantic, and his records of the music of Richard Wagner are considered to be among the finest ever made.
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James King (tenor)
James King (May 22, 1925 – November 20, 2005) was widely regarded as the finest American heldentenor of the post-war period.
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James McCracken
James McCracken (December 16, 1926 – April 29, 1988) was an American operatic tenor. At the time of his death The New York Times stated that McCracken was "the most successful dramatic tenor yet produced by the United States and a pillar of the Metropolitan Opera during the 1960s and 1970s."
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Jan Peerce
Jan Peerce (June 3, 1904 – December 15, 1984) was an American operatic tenor. He is the father of film director Larry Peerce.
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Jean de Reszke
Jean de Reszke, born Jan Mieczyslaw, (14 January 1850 – 3 April 1925), was a Polish tenor. Renowned internationally for the high quality of his singing and the elegance of his bearing, he became the biggest male opera star of the late 19th century.
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Jerry Hadley
Jerry Hadley (June 16, 1952 – July 18, 2007) was an American operatic tenor. He received three Grammy awards for his vocal performances in the recordings of Jenůfa (2004 Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording), Susannah (1995 Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording), and Candide (1992 Grammy Award for Best Classical Album). Hadley was the leading American tenor for nearly two decades. He was a protegé of soprano Dame Joan Sutherland and her husband, conductor Richard Bonynge. A very versatile singer, Hadley was equally at home in opera and operetta and on Broadway.
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Jess Thomas
Jess Thomas (August 4, 1927, Hot Springs, South Dakota—October 11, 1993, San Francisco, California) was a Wagnerian tenor. As a child he took part in various musical activities and later studied psychology at the University of Nebraska and Stanford University. He was awarded the Wagner medal at Bayreuth, Germany in 1963. His many appearances in North America and Europe between the late 1950s and early 1980s included 15 seasons in 109 performances of 15 roles at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City.
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Johann Strauss II
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Johann Strauss II (October 25, 1825 – June 3, 1899; also known as fully Johann Baptist Strauss, and Johann Strauss, Jr., the Younger, or the Son () was an Austrian composer of light music, particularly dance music and operettas. He composed over 500 waltzes, polkas, quadrilles, and other types of dance music, as well as several operettas and a ballet. In his lifetime, he was known as "The Waltz King", and was largely responsible for the popularity of the waltz in Vienna during the 19th century.
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John Aler
John Aler (born October 4, 1949 , Baltimore, Maryland) is an American lyric tenor known for his performances in concerts, recitals, and operas, Aler is particularly known for his interpretations of the works of Mozart, Rossini, Donizetti, Bellini, and Handel.
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John van Kesteren
John van Kesteren (born May 4, 1921, The Hague - died July 11, 2008, Jupiter, Florida) was a Dutch operatic tenor.
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Jon Vickers
Jonathan Stewart Vickers, CC (born October 29, 1926), known professionally as Jon Vickers, is a retired Canadian heldentenor.
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Josef Tichatschek
Josef Aloys Tichatschek (11 July 1807 – 18 January 1886), originally Tichaček, was a Bohemian opera singer highly regarded by Richard Wagner. He created the title roles in Wagner's operas Rienzi and Tannhäuser. As the first of the great Wagnerian tenors, he effectively was the original Heldentenor (although it is unlikely that his voice was as powerful as that of 20th-century Heldentenors such as Lauritz Melchior or Jon Vickers).
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Joseph Calleja
Joseph Calleja, (born 22 January 1978), is a Maltese tenor. He began singing at the age of 16, and being discovered by Paul Asciak, continued his studies with him. At 19, he made his operatic debut as Macduff in Verdi's Macbeth at Astra Theatre in Gozo and went on to become a prize winner at the Belvedere Hans Gabor competition the same year. In 1998 he won the Caruso Competition in Milan and was a prize winner in Plácido Domingo's Operalia International Opera Competition in 1999. He has since been considered one of the most promising young tenors of the 21st century.
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Joseph Schmidt
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Joseph Schmidt (March 4, 1904 – November 16, 1942) was a Jewish Romanian tenor and actor. He was born in Davideny (Ukrainian: Davydivka), a small town in the Bukovina province of Austria-Hungary, later Romania and now part of Ukraine.
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José Carreras
Josep Maria Carreras i Coll (; born 5 December 1946), better known as José Carreras (), is a Catalan Spanish tenor particularly known for his performances in the operas of Verdi and Puccini. Born in Barcelona, he made his debut on the opera stage at the age of 11 as Trujamán in Manuel de Falla's El retablo de Maese Pedro and went on to a career that encompassed over 60 roles on the stages of the world's leading opera houses and in the recording studio. He gained fame with a wider audience as one of The Three Tenors along with Plácido Domingo and Luciano Pavarotti in a series of mass concerts that began in 1990 and continued until 2003. Carreras is also known for his humanitarian work as the president of the José Carreras International Leukaemia Foundation (La Fundació Internacional Josep Carreras per a la Lluita contra la Leucèmia), which he established following his own recovery from the disease in 1988.
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Juan Diego Flórez
Juan Diego Flórez (born January 13, 1973 in Lima, Peru) is a Peruvian operatic tenor, particularly known for his roles in bel canto operas. On June 4, 2007, he received his country's highest decoration, the Gran Cruz de la Orden del Sol del Perú.
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Jules Massenet
Jules (Émile Frédéric) Massenet (May 12, 1842August 13, 1912) was a French composer best known for his operas. His compositions were very popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and he ranks as one of the greatest melodists of his era. Soon after his death, Massenet's style went out of fashion, and many of his operas fell into almost total oblivion. Apart from Manon and Werther, his works were rarely performed. However, since the mid-1970s, many operas of his such as Thaïs and Esclarmonde have undergone periodic revivals.
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Jussi Björling
Johan Jonatan "Jussi" Björling (5 February 1911 – 9 September 1960) was a Swedish tenor. One of the leading operatic singers of the 20th Century, Björling appeared frequently at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City as well as at many major European opera houses.
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Karel Burian
Karel Burian (also Carl Burrian) (12 January 1870 - 25 September 1924) was a renowned Czech operatic tenor who had an active international career spanning the 1890s to the 1920s. A Heldentenor, Burian earned acclaim in Europe and America for his powerful performances of the heaviest Wagnerian roles. His voice is preserved on numerous recordings made for Pathé Records, the Gramophone Company, the Gramophone & Typewriter Company (and its successor HMV) and the Victor Recording Company.
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Lauritz Melchior
Lauritz Melchior (March 20, 1890 – March 18, 1973) was a Danish and later American opera singer. He was the pre-eminent Wagnerian tenor of the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s, and has since come to be considered the quintessence of his voice type.
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Leonid Sobinov
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Leonid Vitalyevich Sobinov (, June 7 [OS May 26] 1872, Yaroslavl – October 14, 1934, Riga) was an acclaimed Imperial Russian and Soviet-era opera singer, and a People's Artist of the RSFSR (bestowed on him in 1923). His voice can best be described as that of a lyric tenor and he was extremely popular with both Tsarist and post-1917, Russian Revolutionary audiences.
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Luciano Pavarotti
Luciano Pavarotti, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI (12 October 1935 – 6 September 2007) was an Italian operatic tenor, who also crossed over into popular music, eventually becoming one of the most commercially successful tenors of all time. He was one of "The Three Tenors" and became well-known for his televised concerts and media appearances. Pavarotti was also noted for his charity work on behalf of refugees and the Red Cross, amongst others.
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Ludwig Suthaus
Ludwig Suthaus (December 12, 1906 – September 7, 1971) was a German opera singer ("Heldentenor"), who was born in Cologne and died in West Berlin.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven ( (US) or (UK); ; baptised 17 December 1770 – 26 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. He is considered to have been the most crucial figure in the transitional period between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western classical music, and remains one of the most famous and influential composers of all time.
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Luigi Alva
Luis Ernesto Alva Talledo, better known as Luigi Alva (10 April 1927) is a Peruvian operatic tenor, active in the third quarter of the 20th century. He was admired for his purity of tone, the elegance of his phrasing and the clarity of his diction. A Mozart and Rossini specialist, Alva excelled in roles such as Don Ottavio (in Don Giovanni), Count Almaviva (in Il barbiere di Siviglia) and Fenton (in Verdi's Falstaff).
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Léon Escalais
Léon Escalaïs (August 8, 1859, Cuxac-d'Aude - November 8, 1941, Paris) was a prominent Gallic tenor, particularly associated with French and Italian heroic roles. His lean, nimble yet power-packed voice became legendary for the ease and brilliance of its upper register.
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Léopold Simoneau
Léopold Simoneau, CC, CQ (May 3, 1916 - August 24, 2006) was a French-Canadian lyric tenor, one of the outstanding Mozarteans of his time. In 1959 he became the first recipient of the Calixa-Lavallée Award.
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Marcelo Álvarez
Marcelo Raúl Álvarez, (born February 27, 1962 in Córdoba, Argentina), is an Argentine lyric tenor who achieved international success starting in the mid-1990s.
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Mario del Monaco
Mario Del Monaco (July 27, 1915 - October 16, 1982) was an Italian tenor and is regarded by his admirers as being one of the greatest dramatic tenors of the 20th Century.
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Maurice Ravel
Joseph-Maurice Ravel (March 7, 1875December 28, 1937) was a French composer of Impressionist music known especially for his melodies, orchestral and instrumental textures and effects. Much of his piano music, chamber music, vocal music and orchestral music has entered the standard concert repertoire.
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Max Lorenz (tenor)
Max Lorenz (born Max Sülzenfuß; 10 May 1901 – 11 January 1975) was a German heroic tenor famous for Wagner roles.
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Michel Sénéchal
Michel Sénéchal ( born 11 February 1927) is a French tenor, particularly associated with French and Italian character roles in a repertory ranging from Baroque to contemporary works.
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Miguel Fleta
Miguel Burró Fleta (1 December or 28 December 1897, Albalate de Cinca, Huesca Province, Spain - 28 May or 30 May 1938, A Coruña) was a Spanish operatic tenor.
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Nico Castel
Nico Castel (born August 1, 1931) is a comprimario tenor and well-known language and diction coach, as well as a prolific translator of libretti and writer of books on singing diction.
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Nicolai Gedda
The Swedish tenor Nicolai Gedda (born July 11, 1925) is a famous opera singer and recitalist. Having made some two hundred recordings, Gedda is said to be the most widely recorded tenor in history. Gedda's singing is best known for his beauty of tone, vocal control, and musical perception.
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Peter Hofmann
Peter Hofmann (b. 22 August 1944, Marienbad)
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Peter Schreier
Peter Schreier (born July 29, 1935) is a German tenor and conductor.
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Piero de Palma
Piero de Palma (b. 1916) is an Italian operatic tenor, particularly associated with comprimario roles.
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Pietro Mascagni
Pietro Antonio Stefano Mascagni (December 7, 1863 – August 2, 1945) was an Italian composer most noted for his operas. His 1890 masterpiece Cavalleria rusticana caused one of the greatest sensations in opera history and single-handedly ushered in the Verismo movement in Italian dramatic music. However, though it has been stated that Mascagni, like Leoncavallo, was a "one-opera man" who could never repeat his first success, this is inaccurate. ''L'amico Fritz and Iris have been popular in Europe since their respective premieres. In fact, Mascagni himself claimed that at one point Iris was performed in Italy more often than Cavalleria'' (cf. Stivender).
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Piotr Beczała
Piotr Beczała (born December 28, 1966 in Czechowice-Dziedzice) is a Polish operatic tenor.
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Plácido Domingo
José Plácido Domingo Embil KBE (born 21 January 1941), better known as Plácido Domingo, is a Spanish tenor and conductor known for his versatile and strong voice, possessing a ringing and dramatic tone throughout its range. In March 2008, he debuted in his 128th opera role, giving Domingo more roles than any other tenor. One of The Three Tenors, he has also taken on conducting opera and concert performances, as well as serving as the General Director of the Washington National Opera in Washington, D.C. and the Los Angeles Opera in California. His contracts in both Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. have been extended through the 2010–2011 season.
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Ramón Vargas
Ramón Vargas (born 11 September 1960) is an award-winning Mexican operatic tenor. Since his debut in the early '90s, he has developed to become one of the most acclaimed tenors of the 21st century. Known for his most expressive and agile lyric tenor voice, he is especially successful in the bel canto repertoire.
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Ramón Vinay
Ramón Vinay (August 31, 1911 [some sources say 1912] – January 4, 1996) was a famous Chilean operatic tenor with a powerful, dramatic voice. He is probably best remembered for his appearances in the title role of Giuseppe Verdi's tragic opera Otello.
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Raúl Giménez
Raúl Giménez (Buenos Aires, 1951) is an Argentinian operatic tenor, particularly associated with the Italian bel canto repertory, in which he is considered one of the best exponent in recent years.
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René Kollo
René Kollo (born November 20, 1937) is a German tenor.
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Richard Cassilly
Richard Cassilly (14 December 1927 – 30 January 1998) was an American operatic tenor who had a major international opera career between 1954 and 1990. Cassilly "was a mainstay in the heldentenor repertory in opera houses around the world for 30 years", and particularly excelled in Wagnerian roles like Tristan, Siegmund and Tannhäuser, and in dramatic parts that required both stamina and vocal weight, such as Giuseppe Verdi's "Otello" and Camille Saint-Saëns's "Samson". He was also an admired Don José in Carmen and sang almost all of the leading Puccini tenor roles. Standing at 6 foot 3 and possessing a 250-pound frame The New York Times described him as "a burly tenor with a bright ping on the top notes who had a supple lyric quality [to his voice]", and "was known to bring a musical intelligence and uncommonly clear diction to his work."
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Richard Crooks
Richard Alexander Crooks (June 26, 1900, Trenton, New JerseySeptember 29, 1972, Portola Valley, California) was an American tenor and a leading singer at the New York Metropolitan Opera. He had a sweet-toned voice and many critics consider him to be the best lyric tenor ever produced by the United States.
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Richard Tauber
Richard Tauber (16 May 1891 – 8 January 1948) was an Austrian tenor acclaimed as one of the greatest singers of the 20th century. Some critics commented that "his heart felt every word he sang".
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Richard Tucker
Richard Tucker (August 28, 1913–January 8, 1975) was an American operatic tenor.
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Richard Wagner
Wilhelm Richard Wagner (, ; 22 May 1813 13 February 1883) was a German composer, conductor, theatre director and essayist, primarily known for his operas (or "music dramas", as they were later called). Wagner's compositions, particularly those of his later period, are notable for their complex texture, rich harmonies and orchestration, and the elaborate use of leitmotifs: musical themes associated with individual characters, places, ideas or plot elements. Unlike most other opera composers, Wagner wrote both the music and libretto for every one of his stage works. Famous extracts from his operas include the "Ride of the Valkyries" and the Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin, popularly known as the wedding march "Here Comes the Bride".
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Roberto Alagna
Roberto Alagna (born 7 June 1963) is a French operatic tenor of Sicilian (Italian) descent. He was born in Clichy-sous-Bois, Seine-Saint-Denis, France.
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Rockwell Blake
Rockwell Blake (born January 10, 1951 in Plattsburgh, New York) is an American operatic tenor, particularly known for his roles in Rossini operas. He was the first winner of the Richard Tucker Award.
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Rolando Villazón
Emilio Rolando Villazón Mauleón (born February 22, 1972), is a Mexican-born tenor who settled in France and in 2007 became a French citizen. He is of Austrian descent by his grandparents.
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Ruggero Leoncavallo
Ruggero Leoncavallo (; 23 April 18579 August 1919) was an Italian opera composer. His opera Pagliacci remains one of the most popular works in the operatic repertory, appearing as number 14 on Opera America's 2007 list of the 20 most-performed operas in North America.
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Salvatore Fisichella
Salvatore Fisichella (born May 15, 1943 in Catania, Sicily) is an Italian operatic tenor, particularly known for his roles in bel canto operas, especially those of Rossini, Donizetti, and Bellini. He has been recognized for the ease and vocal brilliance of his singing, and for having sung more of the leading roles in Bellini's operas than any other 20th century tenor.Niny Ganguzza, Premio > Nicolosi, Fisichella e una festa per il Cigno, La Sicilia, p 29, 18 October 1994
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Sergei Lemeshev
Sergei Yakovlevich Lemeshev (, born , Staroye Knyazevo, Tver District – died June 26, 1977, Moscow) was a Soviet operatic lyric tenor.
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Set Svanholm
Set Svanholm (2 September 1904 – 4 October 1964) was a Swedish operatic tenor, considered the leading Tristan and Siegfried of the first decade following World War II.
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Ticho Parly
Ticho Parly (né Frederick Christiansen) (July 16, 1928 – June 21, 1993) was a Danish Heldentenor who sang leading roles in most of the major opera houses of Europe as well as the United States, including the Metropolitan Opera, where he debuted in 1966 as Tristan opposite Birgit Nilsson in Tristan und Isolde.
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Tito Schipa
Tito Schipa (27 December 1888 – 16 December 1965) was an Italian tenor. He is considered one of the finest tenore di grazia in operatic history. He was endowed with a natural, sensuous voice which he deployed with great intelligence and taste.
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Topi Lehtipuu
Topi Lehtipuu (born 24 March 1971 in Brisbane, Australia) is a Finnish operatic tenor. He has sung a variety of roles from different periods, including the title role in Benjamin Britten's Albert Herring at the Finnish National Opera, several roles in Mozart operas, including Belmonte in Die Entführung aus dem Serail and Tamino in Die Zauberflöte, both at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris, and Ferrando in Così fan tutte at the Glyndebourne Festival (2006). He has also appeared in Handel's Ariodante (Paris Opera) and as Hylas in Berlioz' Les Troyens (conducted by John Eliot Gardiner). He has worked with other well-known conductors, such as William Christie, Michel Corboz, René Jacobs, Simon Rattle, and Christophe Rousset.
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Umberto Giordano
Umberto Menotti Maria Giordano (28 August 1867 – 12 November 1948) was an Italian composer, mainly of operas.
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Vincenzo Bellini
Vincenzo Salvatore Carmelo Francesco Bellini (3 November 1801 – 23 September 1835) was an Italian opera composer. His most famous works are La sonnambula (1831), Norma (1831) and I puritani (1835). Known for his long flowing melodic lines for which he was named "the Swan of Catania", Bellini was the quintessential composer of Bel canto opera.
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Wilhelm Elsner
Wilhelm Elsner (10 November 1869- 26 August 1903) was a German operatic tenor who had an active international career from 1889 to 1903. Although his initial success was primarily in the lyric repertoire, he eventually became highly regaurded for his portrayals of Wagnerian heroes.
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William Matteuzzi
William Matteuzzi (born 12 December 1957 in Bologna, Italy) is an Italian operatic tenor renowned for his impressive vocal range and prominent upper register, reaching a high F (above the tenor high C) in full voice., which enabled him to participate in the recent revival of the tenore contraltino repertoire. He is also admired as a fine musician and elegant vocalist.
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Wolfgang Windgassen
Wolfgang Windgassen (June 26, 1914 – September 8, 1974) was a tenor internationally known for his performances in Wagner operas.
http://wn.com/Wolfgang_Windgassen
- Aida
- Alain Vanzo
- Alban Berg
- Alessandro Bonci
- Alexey Kudrya
- Alfred Piccaver
- alto
- Ambroise Thomas
- Andrea Chénier
- Anthony Laciura
- Antoine Trial
- Aureliano Pertile
- Barbershop music
- baritone
- Baroque music
- Bass (voice type)
- Ben Heppner
- Beniamino Gigli
- Benjamin Britten
- Bernd Aldenhoff
- bluegrass music
- Camille Saint-Saëns
- Candide (operetta)
- Cantus firmus
- Carl Maria von Weber
- Carlo Bergonzi
- Carmen
- Cavalleria rusticana
- Cesare Valletti
- Charles Gounod
- Choir
- Chris Merritt
- Coloratura soprano
- Così fan tutte
- countertenor
- Daniele Barioni
- Darren Keith Woods
- Das Rheingold
- Der Freischütz
- Die Fledermaus
- Die Walküre
- Don Carlos
- Don Giovanni
- Don Pasquale
- drum cadence
- Enrico Caruso
- Ernani
- Ernst Haefliger
- Ernst Kraus
- Evgeny Belyaev
- fach
- falsetto
- Falstaff (opera)
- Faust (opera)
- Fernando del Valle
- Ferruccio Tagliavini
- Fidelio
- fioritura
- Francesco Cilea
- Francesco Marconi
- Francesco Meli
- Francesco Merli
- Francesco Tamagno
- Francis Poulenc
- Franco Bonisolli
- Franco Corelli
- Franz Lehár
- Franz Völker
- Fritz Wunderlich
- Gaetano Donizetti
- Georges Bizet
- Georges Thill
- Gerhard Stolze
- Giacomo Aragall
- Giacomo Lauri-Volpi
- Giacomo Puccini
- Gian Carlo Menotti
- Gianni Raimondi
- Gianni Schicchi
- Gilbert and Sullivan
- Gioachino Rossini
- Giovanni Martinelli
- Giovanni Zenatello
- Giuseppe Borgatti
- Giuseppe Di Stefano
- Giuseppe Giacomini
- Giuseppe Verdi
- Graham Clark (tenor)
- Gösta Winbergh
- Götterdämmerung
- Hans Hopf
- harmonic
- Heinrich Knote
- Heinz Zednik
- Helge Rosvaenge
- I puritani
- Ian Bostridge
- Idomeneo
- Il trovatore
- Ivan Kozlovsky
- Jacques Offenbach
- Jacques Pottier
- Jacques Urlus
- James King (tenor)
- James McCracken
- Jan Peerce
- Jean de Reszke
- Jerry Hadley
- Jess Thomas
- Johann Strauss II
- John Aler
- John van Kesteren
- Jon Vickers
- Josef Tichatschek
- Joseph Calleja
- Joseph Schmidt
- José Carreras
- Juan Diego Flórez
- Jules Massenet
- Jussi Björling
- Karel Burian
- L'italiana in Algeri
- La belle Hélène
- La bohème
- La Cenerentola
- La fille du régiment
- La finta giardiniera
- La forza del destino
- La sonnambula
- La traviata
- Latin
- Lauritz Melchior
- Lawrence Brownlee
- Leonid Sobinov
- Lohengrin (opera)
- Lucia di Lammermoor
- Luciano Pavarotti
- Ludwig Suthaus
- Ludwig van Beethoven
- Luigi Alva
- Léon Escalais
- Léopold Simoneau
- Macbeth (opera)
- Madama Butterfly
- Manon Lescaut
- Marcelo Álvarez
- Mario del Monaco
- Mario Lanza
- Maurice Ravel
- Max Lorenz (tenor)
- Michel Sénéchal
- Middle Ages
- middle C
- Mignon
- Miguel Fleta
- modal register
- musical theatre
- Nico Castel
- Nicolai Gedda
- Norma (opera)
- opera
- opéra comique
- Otello
- Otto Nicolai
- Pagliacci
- Parsifal
- passaggio
- Peter Grimes
- Peter Hofmann
- Peter Schreier
- Piero de Palma
- Pietro Mascagni
- Piotr Beczała
- Plácido Domingo
- polyphony
- pop music
- Queen of Spades
- Ramón Vargas
- Ramón Vinay
- Range (music)
- Raúl Giménez
- Renaissance
- René Kollo
- Richard Cassilly
- Richard Crooks
- Richard Tauber
- Richard Tucker
- Richard Wagner
- Rigoletto
- Roberto Alagna
- Rockwell Blake
- Rolando Villazón
- Romantische Oper
- Roméo et Juliette
- Ruggero Leoncavallo
- Salome (opera)
- Salvatore Fisichella
- Sergei Lemeshev
- Set Svanholm
- Siegfried (opera)
- soprano
- Stiffelio
- Tannhäuser (opera)
- tenor saxophone
- Tenore di grazia
- tessitura
- The Consul
- The Desert Song
- The Gypsy Baron
- The Magic Flute
- The Merry Widow
- The Student Prince
- Ticho Parly
- timbre
- Tito Schipa
- Topi Lehtipuu
- Tosca
- Tristan und Isolde
- Turandot
- Umberto Giordano
- Un ballo in maschera
- Vincenzo Bellini
- vocal range
- vocal resonance
- vocal weight
- voice type
- Werther
- Wilhelm Elsner
- William Matteuzzi
- William Tell (opera)
- Wolfgang Windgassen
- Wozzeck
super tenor vitas opera #2
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- Duration: 3:32
- Published: 21 Apr 2006
- Uploaded: 01 Jul 2011
- Author: wendellrsu
man this guy is just nuts! (and so are the translations)
Greatest Notes from the Greatest Tenors
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- Duration: 3:22
- Published: 30 Apr 2008
- Uploaded: 26 Jun 2011
- Author: OettingerCroat
My assembly of what and whom I find to be the greatest higher-register notes of the tenors of the 20th and early 21st centuries. This compilation is just MY opinion; mean comments will be deleted and their authors will be blocked. --------------------------------------- 1.) An exhilarating A4 by Plácido Domingo in the zarzuela aria "No puede ser" from "La tabernera del puerto" by Pablo Sorozábal. In my opinion, Domingo is the undisputed king of the A's. 2.) A wonderfully colored Bb4 by Roberto Alagna in "Pourquoi me réveiller?" from "Werther" by Jules Massenet. 3.) Plácido Domingo sings a glorious Bb4 in "Recondita armonia" from "Tosca" by Giacomo Puccini. 4.) Franco Corelli sings an extremely dramatic B4 in "Nessun dorma" from "Turandot" by Giacomo Puccini. The most explosive B I've ever heard. 5.) Luciano Pavarotti belts a resonant B4 in "La donna è mobile" from "Rigoletto" by Giuseppe Verdi. 6.) José Carreras sings an amazingly beautiful B4, also in "Nessun dorma." His voice isn't particularly suited for this role, but this B is perhaps my favorite B ever. The warmth of the note is just amazing. 7.) Jussi Björling gives one of his perfect C5's in "Che gelida manina" from "La bohème" by Giacomo Puccini. 8.) Plácido Domingo sings a short but perfectly placed and very taut C5 in "Salut, demeure" from "Faust" by Charles Gounod. 9.) Andrea Bocelli sings one of the most longly sustained, perfectly placed, and downright thrilling C5's I've ever heard in "Di quella pira" from <b>...</b>
Luciano Pavarotti "O Sole Mio" Three Tenors Rome 1990
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- Duration: 2:05
- Published: 09 Aug 2008
- Uploaded: 30 Jun 2011
- Author: 235binelli
Big Luciano Pavarotti and "O Sole Mio" The Three Tenors: The Spanish Tenor Plácido Domingo, the Spanish / Mexican Tenor José Carreras and the Italian Tenor Luciano Pavarotti. The trio began their collaboration with a concert at the ancient Baths of Caracalla in Rome held on the eve of the 1990 FIFA World Cup final in Italy, on July 7, 1990, with Zubin Mehta conducting the Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino and the Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma for more info visit www.italianbusinessguide.com O SOLE MIO - 1898 Capurro - Eduardo De Capua "'O sole mio" is a globally known Neapolitan song written in 1898. It has been performed and covered by many artists, including such stalwarts of opera as Enrico Caruso, Mario Lanza, The Three Tenors, as well as rock/pop artists such Bryan Adams and Elvis Presley. The lyrics were written by Giovanni Capurro, and the melody was composed by Eduardo di Capua. Though there are versions in other languages, 'O sole mio is usually sung in the original Neapolitan language. 'O sole mio is the Neapolitan equivalent of Standard Italian Il sole mio and translates literally as "My Sun" (not "Oh My Sun) O sole Mio - Neapolitan lyrics Che bella cosa e' na jurnata 'e sole, n'aria serena doppo na tempesta! Pe' ll'aria fresca pare già na festa Che bella cosa e' na jurnata 'e sole Ma n'atu sole, cchiù bello, oje ne' 'O sole mio sta 'nfronte a te! 'O sole, 'o sole mio sta 'nfronte a te! sta 'nfronte a te! Quanno fa notte e 'o sole se ne scenne <b>...</b>
Ivan Renta, tenor sax solo
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- Duration: 9:54
- Published: 01 Nov 2006
- Uploaded: 03 Jul 2011
- Author: martincongahead
Puerto Rican born star sax player performs a solo on tenor sax for Profiles in Greatness©. He has worked with Eddie Palmieri, Tito Puente and the Lincoln Center Afro Carribean Jazz Orchestra.
Tenor Ukulele Comparison -with 4 ukes!
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- Duration: 2:27
- Published: 20 May 2008
- Uploaded: 19 Jun 2011
- Author: UKISOCIETY
Three from Bluegrass Ukuleles and 1 Fluke Tenor
Hallelujah - tenors only
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- Duration: 4:03
- Published: 19 Nov 2009
- Uploaded: 23 Jun 2011
- Author: Radio3Video
Sing Hallelujah is a nationwide project which encourages people to find their voice and discover the joy of singing through Handel's famous "Hallelujah Chorus". Sing Hallelujah is a project from the BBC, led by BBC Radio 3, and English National Opera (ENO) www.bbc.co.uk
Sonny Rollins - Tenor Madness
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- Duration: 2:07
- Published: 30 Dec 2006
- Uploaded: 29 Jun 2011
- Author: JazzVideoGuy
Solo transcription for Tenor Madness and other great Rollins solos: www.sonnyrollins.com This performance from the Antibes Jazz Festival, 2005. Video Director Patrick Savey for Zycopolis Productions. Check out more cool Zycopolis videos: www.youtube.com
Tenor Saw - Ring The Alarm
Tenor Saw - Ring The Alarm [Stalag Riddim]
![Tenor singing voices. [VIDEO]](http://web.archive.org./web/20110726153822im_/http://i.ytimg.com/vi/FciUbPqYS04/0.jpg "Tenor singing voices. [VIDEO]")
Tenor singing voices. [VIDEO]
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- Duration: 4:00
- Published: 20 May 2010
- Uploaded: 02 Jul 2011
- Author: jrodriguezcumba
Three Italian Young Tenors
Emily Remler - Tenor Madness
Emily Remler plays her interpretation of the Sonny Rollins classic 'Tenor Madness' on Australian TV in May 1989. Visit the wonderful Emily Remler site: www.allthingsemily.com
Beyoncé - Halo - Alto and Tenor Saxophone Duet
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- Duration: 4:42
- Published: 09 Apr 2009
- Uploaded: 03 Jul 2011
- Author: charlez360
Become a charlez360 fan on Facebook! www.facebook.com This is me, charlez360, playing my Yamaha (YAS-275, 4C mouthpiece) Alto saxophone and myJean-Baptiste (480T, Dukoff D7 mouthpiece) to Beyoncé Knowles' hit, "Halo." I actually heard this yesterday for the first time. I feel like a douche because I had never heard it before, and it's been so popular. Ok, I pick up the alto in this vid, it's definitely been a while. I just wanted to remind you guys that I can "Giit R Done" with my alto too, even though I prefer tenor. Enjoy, I appreciate all ratings, comments, favorites, and of course, subscriptions. IF YOU WANT TO DOWNLOAD ANY OF MY SONGS FREE, GO TO: charlez-360.skyrock.com IF YOU WANT FREE SHEET MUSIC: SUBSCRIBE AND SEND ME A MESSAGE! FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions): 1.) How old are you? 18 (Birthday: April 3, 1991) 2.) How long have you been playing sax? Alto: 8 years Tenor: 1.5 years. 3.) When you record, do you have sheet music in front of you? No. I write the sheet music 2 weeks after I upload the video. 4.) Where do you get your sheet music? I write it. 5.) What kind of saxes/mouthpieces/reeds do you use? Alto: Yamaha YAS-275, 4C mouthpiece, Rico Royal 2.5. Tenor: Jean-Baptiste 480T, Dukoff D7 mouthpiece, Rico Royal 2.5. 6.) Can I add you on MSN, Facebook, Myspace, etc.? Yes, you can add me on MSN using my email, my Myspace is at the bottom, and for Facebook, just search "Charlie Lamprecht." charlez360@hotmail.com www.youtube.com
Tenor Saw - pumpkin belly
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Tenor Madness - Bb Blues
Tenor Madness - Bb Blues
Misty on Tenor Sax
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- Duration: 4:01
- Published: 17 Jan 2009
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STEREO uk.youtube.com On my new Selmer Reference 36 Tenor,(a lovely gift from my family) not sure I deserve it yet, and I am still struggling with the extra air required in the bottom end, but it has a smoother, deeper sound....
Tenor Saw
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Live in Japan! Fever and No Work on Sunday
Tim Jackson Tenor Solo - DCI 2006
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Tim Jackson's winning tenor solo for DCI 2006 note: this video is property of Vic Firth, I didn't actually record it.
Tenor Saw - Roll Call
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Pavarotti- The Tenor Voice- If I were Only a Tenor!
A discussion of what makes a tenor special.
The Three Tenors - 1994 - O' sole mio
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Impressive.
Tenor Saw - Golden Hen - Sound System
A Tenor Guitar Sampler
A sample of my style on the Tenor Guitar. I do not play six-string guitars and am self-taught. A tenor guitar has four strings, a 23" scale and a position marker on the tenth rather than the ninth fret. The proper tuning for Tenor Guitar is in fifths. Melodies: Cerezo Rosa: by Leonardi y De Llano Known to the Anglo world as "Cherry Pink & Apple Blossom White", though the original Spanish lyrics don't mention apple blossoms at all. Maria Elena: by L. y M. de L. Barcelata Wheels: by Chet @kins Quien Sera: by Pablo Beltran Ruiz AKA "Sway" to the Anglo world. The English words aren't even close to the Spanish words. The Harry Lime Theme: by Anton Karas AKA "the Third Man Theme. Used in the movie as a musical cue for the corrupt American, Harry Lime. La Vie en Rose: Words & Music by Mack David & Louiguy Original French lyric by Edith Piaf A Rosinha dos Limóes: by Artur Joaquim de Alemeida Ribeiro "Little Rose of the Lemons" (Portugese) La Hamaca: "The Hamock" Traditional early Californio melody. A new sampler will be coming soon! Lotsa cool new stuff! -EZ
Pono Ukuleles - Soprano, Tenor, Concert & Baritone
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www.hawaiimusicsupply.com - Pono Ukuleles, Types of Ukuleles - Soprano, Tenor Concert & Baritone. Aaron from www.hawaiimusicsupply.com explains the different types of of ukuleles there are.
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Plácido Domingo
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Tenor saxophone portrait by wakalani
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Tenor guitar.
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Canto-Tenor
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Two mouthpieces for tenor saxophone; the one on the left is rubber; the one on the right is Metal.
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The Canadian Tenors performs during the David Foster And Friends concert at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Hollywood, Florida: 01.11.09
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The Canadian Tenors performs during the David Foster And Friends concert at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Hollywood, Florida: 01.11.09
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The Canadian Tenors performs during the David Foster And Friends concert at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Hollywood, Florida: 01.11.09
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The Canadian Tenors performs during the David Foster And Friends concert at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Hollywood, Florida: 01.11.09
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The Canadian Tenors performs during the David Foster And Friends concert at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Hollywood, Florida: 01.11.09
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The Canadian Tenors performs during the David Foster And Friends concert at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Hollywood, Florida: 01.11.09
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The Canadian Tenors performs during the David Foster And Friends concert at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Hollywood, Florida: 01.11.09
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The Canadian Tenors performs during the David Foster And Friends concert at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Hollywood, Florida: 01.11.09
photo: WN / Aruna Gilbert
The Canadian Tenors performs during the David Foster And Friends concert at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Hollywood, Florida: 01.11.09
photo: WN / Aruna Gilbert
The Canadian Tenors performs during the David Foster And Friends concert at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Hollywood, Florida: 01.11.09
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*** FILE *** Tenor Luciano Pavarotti smiles at a press-conference Friday May 20, 2005 in Belgrade, Serbia-Montenegro. Pavarotti, whose vibrant high C´s and ebullient showmanship made him one the most beloved tenors, has died, his manager said Thurs
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In this Jan. 31, 2008 file photo, star tenor Jose Carreras sings during the opening of Vienna's traditional Opera Ball at Vienna's State Opera.
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**FILE** Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti smiles during a press conference in Stuttgart, Germany, in this Oct. 13, 2005 file photo. Pavarotti, whose vibrant high C´s and ebullient showmanship made him one the most beloved tenors, has died, his manag
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Star tenor Placido Domingo gestures as he performs during his concert in Germany during his 2005 world tour in Berlin late Saturday night, Aug. 6, 2005. (AP Photo/ Jan Bauer)
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In commemoration of National Hispanic Heritage Month, the State Department´s Office of Civil Rights invited employees to an event with Secretary Powell and the Spanish tenor and conductor, Placido Domingo, on October 15, 2003
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Elgar's "The Kingdom" at Kings
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CORRECTS PHOTOGRAPHER NAME FROM ALESSNDRA TO ALESSANDRA ** The coffin of late Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti leaves the Modena´s Duomo, Italy, after the funeral service, Saturday, Sept. 8, 2007. Pavarotti, whose vibrant high "Cs" and ebu
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A view of the open tomb in the Pavarotti family private chapel in the Montalto´s cemetery, near Modena, Italy, where the body of Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti will be buried after the funeral service Saturday. Pavarotti, whose vibrant high C&acut;
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People wait in a line to pay their homage to late Ialian tenor Luciano Pavarotti in Modena´s Duomo where he is layed in state, northern Italy, Friday, Sept. 7, 2007. Pavarotti, whose vibrant high C´s and ebullient showmanship made him the mos
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A salmon-themed stained glass window in the Juneau Public Library illustrates some of the city's heritage.
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Tenor
The tenor is a type of male singing voice and is the highest male voice within the modal register. The typical tenor voice lies between C3, the C one octave below middle C, to the A above middle C (A4) in choral music, and up to high C (C5) in solo work. The low extreme for tenors is roughly B2 (two Bs below middle C). At the highest extreme, some tenors can sing up to two Fs above middle C (F5).
David Fallows, Owen Jander. Tenor, Grove Music Online, ed. L. Macy, grovemusic.com (subscription required)
The term tenor is also applied to instruments, such as the tenor saxophone, to indicate their range in relation to other instruments of the same group.
Within opera, the lowest note in the standard tenor repertoire is A2 (Mime, Herod), but few roles fall below C3. The high extreme: a few tenor roles in the standard repertoire call for a "tenor C" (C5, one octave above middle C). Most (if not all) of the few top Cs in the standard operatic repertoire are either optional (such as in "Che gelida manina" in Puccini's La bohème) or interpolated (added) by tradition (such as in "Di quella pira" from Verdi's Il trovatore). Some operatic roles for tenor require a darker timbre and fewer high notes. In the leggiero repertoire the highest note is an F5 (Arturo in I puritani), therefore, very few tenors can have this role in their repertoire. A shift in pitch since the mid 19th century means that the few written top Cs (such as in "Salut demeure" from Gounod's Faust) would have in fact demanded a note at least a semitone lower than today's standard pitch.
Within musical theatre, most tenor roles are written between B2 and A4, especially the romantic leads, although some fall as low as A2 and others as high as G5.
Origin of the term
The name "tenor" derives from the Latin word tenere, which means "to hold". In medieval and Renaissance polyphony between about 1250 and 1500, the tenor was the structurally fundamental (or ‘holding’) voice, vocal or instrumental. All other voices were normally calculated in relation to the tenor, which often proceeded in longer note values and carried a borrowed Cantus firmus melody. Until the late 15th century introduction of the contratenor bassus, the tenor was usually the lowest voice, assuming the role of providing a harmonic foundation. It was also in the 15th century that "tenor" came to signify the male voice that sang such parts. Thus, for earlier repertoire, a line marked 'tenor' indicated the part's role, and not the required voice type. Indeed, even as late as the eighteenth century, partbooks labelled 'tenor' might contain parts for a range of voice types.
Tenor in choral music
In four-part choral music, the tenor is the second lowest voice, above the bass and below the soprano and alto. While certain choral music does require the first tenors to ascend the full tenor range, the majority of choral music places the tenors in the range from approximately B2 up to A4. The requirements of the tenor voice in choral music are also tied to the style of music most often performed by a given choir. Orchestra choruses require tenors with fully resonant voices, but chamber or a cappella choral music (sung with no instrumental accompaniment) can rely on light baritones singing in falsetto.Even so, one nearly ubiquitous facet of choral singing is the shortage of tenor voices. Most men tend to have baritone voices and for this reason the majority of men tend to prefer singing in the bass section of a choir (however, true basses are even rarer than tenors). Some men are asked to sing tenor even if they lack the full range, and sometimes low altos are asked to sing the tenor part.
In bluegrass music, the melody line is called the lead. Tenor is sung an interval of a third above the lead. Baritone is the fifth of the scale that has the lead as a tonic, and may be sung below the lead, or even above the lead (and the tenor), in which case it is called "high baritone."
A tenor is also classified as a drum used in a drum corps or drum-line. The tenor drum consists of 5 or 6 drums of different tones, 4, 3, 2, 1, and one or two spocks. 4 is the lowest sounding drum and the right spock is the highest sounding drum. Tenors are also referred to as quads because of the four main drums, or quints including the spocks. The tenors, in a drum cadence, are usually a combination of bass drum and snare drum beats to give the cadence more of a groove.
Though strictly not musical, the Muslim call to prayer (azan) is always chanted by tenors, possibly due to the highly placed resonance of the tenor voice which allows it to be heard from a longer distance than baritones or basses during pre-amplification times. Some such chanters (termed bilals) may modulate up to E3 in certain passages, while incorporating a distinctive Middle-Eastern coloratura run.
Tenor voice classification
Within choral and pop music, singers are classified into voice parts based almost solely on vocal range with little consideration for other qualities in the voice. Within classical solo singing, however, a person is classified as a tenor through the identification of several vocal traits, including range, vocal timbre, vocal weight, vocal tessitura, vocal resonance, and vocal transition points (lifts or "passaggio") within the singer's voice. These different traits are used to identify different sub-types within the tenor voice sometimes referred to as fächer (sg. fach, from German Fach or Stimmfach, "vocal category"). Within opera, particular roles are written with specific kinds of tenor voices in mind, causing certain roles to be associated with certain kinds of voices.Here follows the operatic tenor fächer, with examples of the roles from the standard repertory that they commonly sing. It should be noted that there is considerable overlap between the various categories of role and of voice-type; and that some singers have begun with lyric voices but have transformed with time into spinto or even dramatic tenors. (Enrico Caruso is a prime example of this kind of vocal development.) It must be said that in the operatic canon the highest top note generally written by composers is B. Top Cs are rare (they are either given as oppure that is, up to the singer to interpolate or are traditional additions). An ability to sing C and above, therefore, is musically superfluous. Indeed, many famous tenors never even attempted C at least on record—for example, in Caruso's 1906 recording of Che Gelida Manina, the whole aria is transposed to avoid the oppure top C. This is a normal transposition.
Leggiero tenor
The male equivalent of a lyric coloratura, this voice is a light lyric instrument, is very agile and is able to perform difficult passages of fioritura. The Lirico-Leggiero tenor has a range of approximately the C one octave below middle C (C3) to the D above tenor C (D5), with a few leggiero tenors being able to sing F5 and even higher while maintaining quality to the sound. Similarly, the lirico-leggero may be able to sing a little lower than the C3. The voice is the highest operatic tenor voice and is sometimes referred to as "tenore di grazia". This voice is utilized frequently in the operas of Mozart, Rossini, Donizetti and the highest Baroque repertoire for tenors.Lirico-Leggiero Tenor Roles In Opera & Operettas:
Tenor Buffo or Spieltenor Roles in Opera & Operettas: :* Count Danilo Danilovitsch, The Merry Widow (Lehár) :* Don Basilio, The Marriage of Figaro (Mozart) :* Mime, Siegfried (Wagner) :* Don Anchise/ Il Podestà, La finta giardiniera (Mozart) :* Monostatos, The Magic Flute (Mozart) :* Pedrillo, Die Entführung aus dem Serail (Mozart) :* Dr. Blind, Die Fledermaus (Strauss II) :* Slender, The Merry Wives of Windsor (opera) (Nicolai) :* John Styx, Orpheus in the Underworld (Offenbach) :* Prince Paul, La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein (Offenbach) :* Kálmán Zsupán, The Gypsy Baron (Strauss II) :* The Captain, Wozzeck (Berg) :* The Magician, The Consul (Menotti) :* Beppe, Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) :* Frantz, The Tales of Hoffmann (Offenbach) :* Spoletta, Tosca (Puccini) :* Goro, Madama Butterfly (Puccini) :* Pong, Turandot (Puccini) :* Gastone, La traviata (Verdi) :* Gherardo, Gianni Schicchi (Puccini) :* King Kaspar, Amahl and the Night Visitors (Menotti)
Tenor Buffo or Spieltenor singers: :*Charles Anthony :*Nico Castel :*Graham Clark :*Piero de Palma :*Anthony Laciura :*Michel Sénéchal :*Darren Keith Woods :*Heinz Zednik :*Gerhard Stolze
Operetta
Tenor Roles in Operetta: All of the Gilbert and Sullivan operettas have at least one lead lyric tenor character; other notable roles are::* Candide, (Candide) :* Eisenstein, (Die Fledermaus) :* Camille, Count de Rosillon, (The Merry Widow) :* Prince Karl, (The Student Prince) :* Sheikh Red Shadow, (The Desert Song) :* Captain Dick, (Naughty Marietta)
References
Specific references: General references:Category:Pitch (music) Category:Voice types Category:Opera terminology
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