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Great male singers of the past

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I am getting long in the tooth now, but I have never forgotten the incredible beauty and power of James King's voice, which I first heard as Siegmund on the Solti Ring recording around 1968 (?). It seems that so many heldentenors had power but not beauty or subtlety. King had it all.

Best Regards,

George
 
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That was the first complete opera recording I purchased when it initially came out on LP. Still have it, still love it. The ohly other Faust by Gounod I have is a CD of a performance by the Metropolitan Opera with Richard Crooks, Helen Jepson, Ezio Pinza and Leonard Warren. The conductor is Wilfred Pelletier and it is from the Boston Opera House in 1940.

So, with that here is the great American Tenor Richard Crooks

Richard Crooks (1900-1972)




 
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George London was fabulous, it is too bad his career was shortened by illness. A story about London; when Columbia Records decided to record him as Boris it is said that they took a recording by Mark Riesen and dubbed London's voice over Riesen's. Talk about cost cutting.
 
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[Owen Brannigan (1908 - 1973)

A native of the Newcastle area English Bass Owen Brannigan was noted for his appearances in comic roles at Sadler's Wells Opera, Glyndebourne and Covent Garden particularly in Mozart and Britten operas, as well as enjoying an extensive recital and oratorio career. He recorded many of his roles in Benjamin Brittens operas with the composer and appeared in several Gilbert and Sullivan operetta recordings His voice was praised for its forthright nobility



 
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