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1911–60 Swedish tenor Björling spent much of his career at the Metropolitan Opera, New York. His evenly produced voice, with its effortless top notes, was well suited to the French repertory, but he specialized in Verdi and Puccini. One of his finest memorials is the recording of La bohème under Beecham. Introduction | Modern Era | Classical ...

Source: Classical Music Encyclopedia, founding editor Stanley Sadie

1911–60, Swedish For sheer beauty of tone, Jussi Björling may have been the greatest lyric tenor of the twentieth century. He began singing professionally at the age of nine in the Björling Male Quartet, with his father and two brothers. He made his debut at the Royal Stockholm Opera in 1930 as Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni, ...

Source: Definitive Opera Encyclopedia, founding editor Stanley Sadie

b. 1934, English Uniquely gifted amongst contemporary English composers, Birtwistle first made a splash on the opera scene with the acclaimed Punch and Judy (1968). Centring around the murderous activities of Punch, the work distinguished itself through a lack of straightforward narrative, repeating the story several times from numerous different perspectives. Musically evoking the traditions of the ...

Source: Definitive Opera Encyclopedia, founding editor Stanley Sadie

1923–2005, Spanish Possessing fine musicianship and a warm, sincere stage presence, soprano de Los Angeles gained recognition when she won first prize in the 1947 Geneva International Competition. She performed the following year in London, then at the Paris Opéra in 1949 and the Salzburg Festival in 1950. After her Met debut in 1951, she was ...

Source: Definitive Opera Encyclopedia, founding editor Stanley Sadie

Baritones Baritones, it is said, sing and act, while tenors merely sing. That may tell us more about the roles they take than about the singers themselves, but certainly the finest baritones excel in both skills, none more than Tito Gobbi, whose most noted roles were Falstaff in Verdi’s eponymous opera, and Scarpia in ...

Source: Classical Music Encyclopedia, founding editor Stanley Sadie
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