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If this site were Voce di Baritono....
Simon
Keenlyside
Dmitri
Hvorostovsky
Anthony
Michaels-Moore
Erwin
Schrott
Ildebrando
D'Arcangelo
Renato
Bruson
and of course...
Titta Ruffo
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"His athlete's physique allows him to spring some brilliant gags, and he knocks off those infuriatingly catchy little tunes with a richness of tone and ease of phrasing that never becomes fussy or arty. A wonderful performance from one of the greatest singers of our day."
Rupert Christiansen on Keenlyside's Papageno in The Daily Telegraph
Simon Keenlyside
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"Mr. Hvorostovsky's voice, solid and extending easily up and down the scale, retains a sense of raw wildness beneath the sophistication of his artistry. It is, in a word, electric."
Anne Midgette in The New York Times
Dmitri Hvorostovsky
"Baritones are often synonymous with flawed anti-heroes: men of uncontrollable emotion and, sometimes, outright villains. On stage Michaels-Moore plays such ambivalent figures with a combination of vocal ease and an almost instinctive theatrical realism."
Tim Ashley in The Guardian
Anthony Michaels-Moore
"The sensation of the evening was a young Uruguayan bass-baritone Erwin Schrott, who I'd rank as the best Leporello since Bryn Terfel. A born stage animal, flamboyantly handsome and confident, Schrott sings with a vigour and relish that managed to make even the tedious Catalogue aria seem amusing. The audience adored him. Star potential here, no question."
Rupert Christiansen in The Daily Telegraph
Erwin Schrott
"He combines handsomeness, charm and an extroversion that make him the ideal interpreter of Figaro. His voice was perfectly placed and the resulting performance was one of extreme theatrical realism and musical coherence."
Andrea Merli on D'Arcangelo in Le Nozze di Figaro in Mundo Clasico
Ildebrando D'Arcangelo
''Bruson was the quintessential Verdi baritone in the second half of the last century. A Verdi baritone not as it was understood (or rather, misunderstood) in the 1950's and 60's, but a Verdi baritone as understood and desired by the composer himself.''
Christian Springer
Renato Bruson
Profile from Adnkronos (in Italian)
Titta Ruffo
Highly recommended reading:
My Parabola: The Autobiography of Titta Ruffo
Baskerville, 1995 ISBN: 1880909391
"In my lifetime there have been three miracles - Caruso, Ponselle and Ruffo."
Tullio Serafin
This page was last updated on: October 28, 2007
