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In occasion of 9 May, celebrated in Russia as Victory Day over Nazi Germany, I'd like to dedicate this thread to Sergei Lemeshev, one of the finest lyric tenors who ever lived, who lost one lung during WWII's cold winters but was still able to sing like this in 1948:

1530-1594 Renaissance composer Orlande de Lassus was born in Mons and got his start as a choirboy. An often disputed story has the child Lassus kidnapped three times on account of his beautiful singing voice; the only certainty is that by 1544 he had joined the service of Ferrante Gonzaga...