Italian light lyric tenor, Cesare Valletti (1922-2000) sings a lovely version of Tre giorni son che Nina, composed by Pergolesi (perhaps). Live, 1960
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Austrian tenor Fritz Uhl (1928-2001) sings Ein Schwert from Wagner's Die Walkure. Great singing from a vastly underrated heldentenor. Live Teatro Colon, 1962.
Tags: Fritz Uhl Die Walkure Wagner Tenor Opera Siegmund Ein schwert
Spanish tenor Placido Domingo (1941-) sings Celeste Aida from Verdi's opera, Aida. I've always liked the young Domingo as Radames. Sure, he might not have had the heft of a Corelli or Tucker, but his dramatic intensity, matched with his beautiful lirico-spinto voice, has always been a perfect mix for me. Live Vienna, 1973.
Tags: Placido Domingo Verdi Tenor Opera Aida Radames Celeste Aida
Russian tenor Sergei Lemeshev (1902-1977) sings Ah, viens dans la forêt profonde, from Lakme by Delibes. I've always considered Lemeshev to be one of the great lyric tenors, and he demonstrates his great legato, wonderful phrasing and attractive tone in this unjustly neglected aria. Enjoy! Recorded in 1946.
Italian tenor Pier Miranda Ferraro (1924-2008) sings La vita e inferno...O tu che in seno from Verdi's La Forza del Destino. Live Rome, 1957.
Tags: Pier Miranda Ferraro Verdi Opera Tenor Alvaro Forza Destino La vita e inferno o tu che in seno
Italian tenor Giovanni Martinelli (1885-1969) sings Fra poco a me ricovero, from Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor. Recorded in 1916.
Tags: Giovanni Martinelli Opera Tenor Edgardo Fra poco Donizetti Lucia di lammermoor
Italian tenor Carlo Bergonzi (1924-) sings O Inferno!...Sento avvampar nell'anima, from Verdi's Simon Boccanegra. I think Bergonzi sings a very fine version of this piece, suitably fiery in the O Inferno!, yet with the great Verdian line we've all come to expect from him in the second part of the aria. Live MET, 1960.
Tags: Carlo Bergonzi Simon Boccanegra Verdi Tenor Opera Gabriele Adorno Sento avvampar
Italian tenor Flaviano Labo (1927-1991) sings Tombe degli avi miei from Lucia di Lammermoor, composed by Donizetti. I've always thought that Labo was a vastly underrated tenor who would almost certainly be a superstar if he sang on today's opera stages. Unfortunately for him, he had to compete against the likes of Bergonzi, Corelli, Tucker, Del Monaco and later, the young Domingo and Pavarotti. Even so, Labo's attractive, robust lirico-spinto voice ensured that he still enjoyed a very fine ...
Tags: Flaviano Labo Donizetti Opera Tenor Lucia di Lammermoor Tombe degli avi miei
Czech soprano Maria Jeritza (1887-1982) sings Suicidio! from Ponchielli's opera, La Gioconda. Recorded in 1923.
Tags: Maria Jeritza Soprano Ponchielli La Gioconda Suicidio Opera
