Greatest Stars of the Opera : The Lives and

This highly successful title provides the most recent in-depth commentaries and evaluations of each singer's career,repertoire, stylistic and technical qualities. A general overview of operatic trends including a historical introduction, explanatory charts and a full discussion of voice categories is also included.

Preface

7

(2)

Introduction

9

(8)

THE TENORS

17

(46)

The Tenor Voice: Range and Emission

17

(1)

Tenors in the Verismo Repertory

17

(1)

Leaders of a New Line: Caruso, De Lucia and Bonci

17

(3)

Tenors of the Twentieth Century

20

(1)

Light Lyric and Lyric Tenors of the Twentieth Century

21

(10)

Among the Great Some Stars Shine Even Brighter

24

(7)

The Light Tenors: An Endangered Species

31

(3)

The Great Mozart Tenors in the Twentieth Century

31

(1)

The Rossini Renaissance and the Search for the Tenore Contraltino

32

(2)

The Dramatic and Lirico-Spinto Tenor in the Italian Repertory of This Century

34

(19)

Fleta, Cortis, Lazaro: Three Spanish Aces

34

(1)

Pertile, an Isolated Voice

35

(1)

Caruso's Heir

35

(1)

The Dramatic Tenors of the First Three Decades of This Century

36

(1)

Thill, Roswange: Ambassadors of Italian Opera in France and Germany

37

(1)

The Message Brought by Lauri Volpi

38

(3)

The Del Monaco School

41

(2)

1950-1960: Picchi, Poggi, Fernandi: Three Little Men Amongst the Giants

43

(2)

Corelli: Power and Charm

45

(1)

The Great Vocal Traditions of Emilia: Gianni Raimondi

45

(1)

The Authentic Verdi Tenor: Carlo Bergonzi

46

(1)

Placido Domingo: The Tenor Who Came from the South

46

(1)

The Great Wagnerian Tenors of the Twentieth Century

47

(1)

Leo Slezak: Humorous and Amiable

48

(1)

Melchior: The Giant with the Golden Voice

49

(2)

The Wagnerian Meteors

51

(1)

The Twilight of the Gods

52

(1)

The New Generation

52

(1)

Some Other Famous Tenors

53

(10)

THE SOPRANOS

63

(76)

The Soprano Voice: Extension and Emission

63

(1)

The Soprano Categories

63

(1)

The Coloratura Soprano in the Nineteen Hundreds: The Emperor's Nightingales

63

(22)

The Contemporary Coloratura Sopranos: Serra, Gruberova, Devia

66

(1)

The Lyric Sopranos of the Twentieth Century

67

(4)

Art is Ageless: Magda Olivero

71

(1)

An Angel's Voice

72

(2)

Northern Charm

74

(1)

Price and Freni: Two of von Karajan's Pupils

74

(3)

Beautiful Katia

77

(2)

Mozart Lyric Sopranos

79

(3)

Four Queens of Song: Seefried, Schwarzkopf, Stich-Randall, Jurinac

82

(2)

The Ambassadors of the Russian Repertory

84

(1)

The Lirico-Spinto Sopranos of the Twentieth Century

85

(9)

The Lirico-Spinto Sopranos of the German Repertory

87

(2)

The Dramatic Sopranos of the Twentieth Century

89

(5)

Callas and the Belcanto Divas

94

(41)

Joan Sutherland: The Australian Nightingale

95

(34)

Queen Leyla

129

(2)

Montserrat Caballe's Silver Song

131

(3)

The Callas Imitators

134

(1)

Some Other Famous Sopranos

135

(4)

THE BARITONES

139

(26)

The Baritone Voice: Extension and Phonation

139

(1)

Baritone Categories in the Twentieth Century

139

(1)

The Verdi Baritones in the Nineteen Hundreds

139

(8)

``All'idea di quel metallo,'' Figaro (Barbiere): Riccardo Stracciari

142

(1)

Stabile: A Legendary Falstaff

142

(2)

The Misunderstood Baritone: Ettore Bastianini

144

(1)

Cappuccilli: Technique and Nature

144

(3)

The Vilain Baritones in This Century

147

(4)

``Three cops and a carriage...''(Scarpia)

148

(1)

Cyclone Guelfi

149

(2)

The Grand Seigneur Baritones

151

(7)

Three Aces: De Luca, Galeffi, Tagliabue

151

(1)

Good Old Sir John

152

(2)

A Classy Bruson

154

(1)

Heldenbariton: The Wagnerian Baritones of the Twentieth Century

155

(1)

King Dietrich I

156

(2)

The Comic Baritone in the Italian Comic Opera and in Mozart

158

(4)

Unbeatable Rolando

160

(2)

Some Other Famous Baritones

162

(3)

THE MEZZO-SOPRANOS

165

(18)

The Mezzo-Soprano Voice: Extension and Phonation

165

(1)

The Italian and French Romantic Repertoire

165

(9)

Ebe Stignani: Her Voice Had the Sound of a Stradivarius

169

(1)

Happily Ever After

170

(1)

The Voice-Instrument of Fiorenza Cossotto

171

(1)

The Shining Rivals

172

(2)

The Verist Mezzo-Soprano

174

(1)

The Belcanto Mezzo-Soprano and the Contralto d' Agilita

175

(4)

A Lady-like Carmen

175

(1)

Belcanto Marilyn

176

(1)

``Di tanti palpiti...''

177

(2)

The Mezzo-Soprano in the German Repertory

179

(1)

The Mezzo-Soprano in the Russian Repertory

180

(3)

THE BASS SINGER

183

(24)

The Bass Voice: Extension and Phonation

183

(1)

The Basso Nobile in the Twentieth Century

183

(13)

Shaliapin's Thousand Voices

184

(1)

The Devil's Trill

185

(1)

Ezio Pinza: A Winning Don Giovanni

186

(2)

From Valhalla, an Unforgettable Wotan: Hans Hotter

188

(1)

The Amiable Baron of Lerchenau: Otto Edelmann

189

(2)

King Boris

191

(1)

In Shaliapin's Footsteps

192

(1)

A Lord of the Stage

193

(3)

The Basso Profondo

196

(2)

The Neri Phenomenon

197

(1)

The Comic Bass: Funny But Not Farcical

198

(2)

The Never-Ending Tajo

199

(1)

``A un dottor della mia sorte...''

199

(1)

Famous Bass-Baritones

200

(3)

The Belcanto Bass: Samuel Ramey

203

(4)

Appendix

Glossary

207

(8)

A Lesson in Singing: A. Kraus

215

(6)

Index of Names

221

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Greatest Stars of the Opera : The Lives and Voices of Two Hundred Golden Years

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