Tag Archives: Juan Diego Flórez
Spanish tenor Albelo replaces JDF in Bellini’s ‘I Puritani’
Tenor Celso Albelo will travel to Japan this week to take the lead role in the opera I Puritani vacated by Juan Diego Flórez. According to his website, Flórez broke a small blood vessel on a vocal cord after swallowing … Continue reading
Filed under Bel canto opera, opera news, Performers
today’s top tenors
I put the task off until today. But since it’s the last day of Talented Tenors month, it was now or never. (It being the list of top tenors singing today.) Strangely, there’s lots of information on the best tenors … Continue reading
Filed under 21st Century Opera, Bel canto opera, Opera Awards, Performers, Sunday Best, tenors
what makes a great tenor?
No matter how much you know about opera or about tenors for that matter, you’ll love this seven-part series “What Makes a Great Tenor?” produced by the BBC and hosted by tenor legend Rolando Villazón. Villazón is an intelligent, gracious host. … Continue reading
Filed under opera history, Performers, tenors, Video
lend me a tenor?
I’d love to, but you’ll have to be more specific. That’s like a surgeon saying, “Lend me an instrument” when he needs a scalpel. Since it’s Talented Tenors month, I thought I’d talk about the categories of tenors determined by … Continue reading
Filed under Performers, tenors, Terminology
best opera singers in the world today – male persuasion
I’m a capable researcher using electronic technology (not to mention, that I work for a College and have great resources at my disposal). I was searching for someone’s–anyone’s–contemporary classification of the world’s best opera singers. I found a link to a … Continue reading
Filed under 21st Century Opera, Audience participation, Performers, Poll
