Comments on: 10 Great Opera Performances

By: William Pencak

William Pencak — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 00:06:04 +0000

I guess you don’t know the oldies:

how about —
Pol Plancon — bass
Mattia Battistini — baritone
Beniamino Gigli — tenor
Ernestine Schumann-Heink — alto
Rosa Ponselle-sopran0

By: peter8172

peter8172 — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 09:42:43 +0000

No.8. Jussi Bjorling ? He had absolutely no peer whatsoever that no other tenor could achieve. His voice was beyond spectacular and set the standard for all other tenors to strive for.

By: Washington National Opera – Tosca « CAYPO

Washington National Opera – Tosca « CAYPO — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 04:59:01 +0000

[...] Tosca) stood out with vocal talent that filled the vast Opera House with a voice that only the greatest of opera singers could [...]

By: peter8172

peter8172 — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 18:48:58 +0000

Its too bad that we don’t have any recordings of “The Swedish Nightingale” Jenny Lind as she died in 1886 just before the invention of sound recording. It has been historically documented that she had the greatest voice in history of all singers be it sopranos, tenors, mezzos, baritones, etc.

By: peter8172

peter8172 — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 07:38:07 +0000

Pavorotti may be Resting in Peace, but its his family who are not resting in peace as when he died, he left his family $26,000,000 in the hole. He was also a notorious womanizer as well

By: peter8172

peter8172 — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 07:34:41 +0000

One thing that is too bad is that we do not have any recordings of “The Swedish Nightingale” Jenny Lind who lived just slightly before the advent of recorded sound (she died in 1886). It was said that her voice was beyond the realm of belief !!

By: peter8172

peter8172 — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 07:29:31 +0000

Its Too bad that Mario Lanza turned to Hollywood and making movies as opposed to singing onstage doing opera instead. He certainly would have been heralded as the next Caruso. I do enjoy the rumor about him and his untimely death at the age of 39 as the rumor was to believe that the Mafia did a hit on him and “whacked” him because he failed to appear for a recital. The matter of the fact was is that he would gain weight quickly or drop weight quickly to fit into roles that were designed for him. It finally took its toll and he finally succumbed to poor health at the age of 39

By: peter8172

peter8172 — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 07:23:00 +0000

I would think that Bjoerling had a big part in recording this duet

By: peter8172

peter8172 — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 07:21:28 +0000

Regarding No.8, Luciano Pavarotti (an operatic singer who definitely knew who he was) once said about himself “My voice comes maybe once in a generation where as Jussi Bjorling’s voice comes only once in a milenium . The operatic duet with Bjorling and Robert Merrill performing the tenor / baritone duet from Bizet’s “The Pearl Fishers” I have absolutely no argument about as being the greatest ever recorded. When I was 11 years old, I saw a performance with the touring company of the New York Metropolitan in Boston performing Verdi’s “Aida” and I saw Merrill perform the lead Ramadeus. It was quite an event.

By: Peter Boucher

Peter Boucher — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 09:57:16 +0000

Where is Marian Andersen ? Raoul Jobin ? Alfredo Krauss ? Hildegard Behrens ? Thomas Hampson ? James Morris ? Dame Joan Sutherland, Beverly Sills ? Leonard Warren ? Feodor Chaliapin ?