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A companion piece to te Wagner one, though I doubt it'll get as many contributions. Still Verdi and his librettists did create some very interesting characters, particularly in his middle to late period operas. I'd nominate Rigoletto, Violetta, Simon Boccanegra, Fiesco, virtually everyone in...

Sometimes it happens to me that when I see the list of the roles of a certain opera, I feel like: "N. is a tenor?! No way!" or something like that. Recently it happened to me when I opened synopsis of "The Dawns Here Are Quiet" by Molchanov. I know the book it is based on pretty well (novel by...

From the Guardian for our Aida lovers... "Listen in its entirety to Warner Classics' new studio recording of Aida with Antonio Pappano conducting the Orchestra of Santa Cecilia, and Jonas Kaufmann and Anja Harteros in the principal roles." "This stream is available until 10am on 2 October."...

We all have a favorite singer. But even they have faults. Di Stefano has many. I just hate how he ruined his voice by singing too heavy roles. But then again I really love him in those roles too. Then there is the attitude. Once he was supposed to sing at the Met, but informed that he was sick...

Who are your favorite Wagner singers for the various Wagner roles? Name as many roles and singer as you like? :tiphat:

Today we have lyrical and dramatic tenors. We have coloratura sopranos. Long time ago you were just a tenor or a soprano, but of course even then you sing the material that suited you or transposed it to suit. But I'm not interested in this thread to discuss should we do that or not. But should...

Who do you love the most out of these three tenor giants of more or less the same era? What are your favourite roles and individual performances of each one? For me it's: 1. Mario del Monaco: As you can probably guess from my other posts, I have an obsession with him. Del Monaco's incredible...

I am asking because I am a young baritone (23) and have been out of practice for a few years, but I'd like to get back into classical singing, specifically learning opera roles (once I've taken 6-12 months to re-establish technique of course). naturally, my point is not that I want to rush into...

There doesn't seem to be a shortage of tenor or baritone roles. Basses don't seem to get such interesting parts in my (extremely) limited experience of opera. Please, show me how wrong I am.

Confession: I love baritones. Those beautiful losers! I always root for them to get the girl, and they never do... I'm always looking to broaden my bucket list of operas to see, so, I would love to hear people's opinions on what the greatest baritone roles are. (in different repertoires, or...

The biographical notes on Meta Seinemeyer comes from www.cantabile-subito.de: "Meta Seinemeyer was born in Berlin in 1895 and was the daughter of a police officer and received vocal tuition by Nikolaus Rothmühl and Ernst Grenzebach. After an audition in 1918 she was immediately engaged at the...

If you could go back in time and hear the great Birgit Nilsson in a live opera, which one would be your number one choice. She would certainly be one of the greatest interpreters of any of these roles. I used bad English for the poll question but don't know how to change it.