LONDON (AP) — Canada-born opera singer John Vickers, nicknamed “God’s tenor” for his inimitable voice and strong Christian beliefs, has died. He was 88. The Royal Opera House opera, citing a statement ...
The rich sound of an orchestra has been enhanced by the dramatic tenor of a cello being played by a robot. Musicians of the human variety from Sweden's Malmo Symphony Orchestra were joined by a ...
For some time, the most elusive and prized species of opera singer has been Pavarotti redux. Plácido Domingo remains the For some time, the most elusive and prized species of opera singer has been ...
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NEW YORK — James McCracken, the most successful dramatic tenor yet produced by the United States and a pillar of the Metropolitan Opera in the 1960s and ’70s, died on Saturday. The singer, who ...
To enjoy opera requires some suspension of disbelief; to enjoy a farcical play about an opera requires even more. Fortunately, the Cohasset Dramatic Club’s production of “Lend Me a Tenor” makes it ...
“Don’t you know that a tenor is a being apart, who holds the power of life and death over the works he sings, over the composers and consequently over poor devils of players . . . He is not a denizen ...
To fill the gigantic mold of a Wagnerian hero, a tenor should 1) have a voice big enough and resonant enough to soar over the timpani-tempered Wagnerian orchestra, 2) be robust enough to support ...
FILE - In this Feb. 22, 1961, file photo, Jon Vickers, in the role of Florestan, and Sena Jurinac, as Leonora, pose together at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London, during the photo-call ...