12/04/2018

Six Well-Known Male Opera Singers

By Ronald Richardson


Nowadays, the music had been evolving and many people are now listening more on to pop music. However, humans should still not sleep on other genres too. Just like opera music, more likely it has less population of listeners. Perhaps you have no idea of some musicians catering to that. But this article will provide you famous male singers with golden voices. Perhaps you have known others. Nevertheless, knowing them might surely enthuse you about classical opera singers.

Placido Domingo. He is a Spanish opera singer who is also a conductor and an administrator in arts. Predominantly, his singing voice was in spinto and then he shifted into dramatic tenor. He is best known for his Don Jose, Canio, Cavaradossi and Hoffman. Aside from that, he had won fourteen Latin Grammy and Grammy awards and had collaborated with Jose Carreras and Luciano Pavarotti as The Three Tenors.

Dmitri Hvorostovsky. This man received many acclaims with his baritone voice and his striking aura with his silver blue hair had included him in Peoples ranking of fifty beautiful people. Dmitri is born in Russia and his international fame began when he competed and won in a competition in 1989, beating another opera singer who is famous as well. However, he died in November 2017 as he lose his battle with his brain tumor.

Jose Carreras. Like Dmitri, he also is a Spanish and part of Three Tenors and gain more fame because of it. Jose is pretty notable from his acts of Puccini and Verdi. He was eleven when he started his operatic stage career and then later on, he performed several and more than 60 roles.

Luciano Pavorotti. Another singer from Three Tenors and one of the timelessly most successful tenors in this genre. He was also called as King of High Cs and performed many collaborations with different famous artists outside from this genre. Furthermore, he contributed also in making operas expanded worldwide. But unfortunately, he did not live long because of his pancreatic disease though his fame and contributions still carry on.

Andrea Bocelli. According to Celine Dion, if the Heavenly Father can speak to humans, his voice will be like Andrea Bocelli. No one can blame her from saying that because he indeed has a beautiful voice. Despite his blindness, he made a history in classical crossover music for becoming the biggest-selling singer.

Lawrence Brownlee. Lawrence is an American tenor who got several positive reviews from both audiences and musicians from his voice. He also got praise from his performance in Armida together with Renee Fleming and his several engagement with Metropolitan Opera. His best works includes his performance in La Centerola in which Elina Garanca is part of that.

Philippe Jaroussky. Philippe has a French soprano countertenor voice which is quite uncommon for male artist. His versatility had been proven with his works in art songs and operas plus his technique in singing is certainly flawless. Philippe also received several awards and his Baroque works are something people, especially those who love this genre, should listen to.

These men had really shaped this genre. Hopefully, this new generation will also produce operatic singers. That way, this genre will continue to live.




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