The Tenor Voice

The Tenor Voice

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The jilted lover, the tragic artist, the wily prince, the leading man: Tenors take on some of the most prominent and enduring roles in operas of all eras, and are perpetually in high demand for concert performance. Music written for the tenor voice is among the most recognisable to audiences far beyond the opera house and concert hall. Generations of composers, particularly in Italy, understood exactly how to deploy this powerful voice type for maximum emotional impact. Wagner actually created another demanding repertoire for it, often requiring the vocal heft of the so-called Heldentenor.

Nessun dorma!

Wandsworth School Boys' Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra, John Alldis Choir, Luciano Pavarotti, Zubin Mehta

3:01

Winterstürme wichen dem Wonnemond

Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Jonas Kaufmann, Claudio Abbado

3:51

Amor ti vieta

Michel Plasson, Munich Radio Orchestra, Rolando Villazón

1:50

"Un dì felice, eterea"

Bavarian State Orchestra, Carlos Kleiber, Ileana Cotrubaș, Plácido Domingo

3:05

La donna è mobile

Georg Solti, RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra, Alfredo Kraus

2:05

Se quel guerrier io fossi! - Celeste Aida

Jon Vickers, Orchestra of the Rome Opera House, Georg Solti

4:38

"La Fleur Que Tu M'avais Jetée"

Los Angeles Philharmonic, Plácido Domingo, Carlo Maria Giulini

3:55

"Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön" (Tamino)

Otto Klemperer, Nicolai Gedda, Philharmonia Orchestra

4:11

M'apparì tutt'amor

Jonathan Tetelman, Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria, Karel Mark Chichon

3:02

Una furtiva lagrima

Javier Camarena, Gli Originali, Riccardo Frizza

4:56

"Vesti la giubba"

Jesús López-Cobos, London Symphony Orchestra, José Carreras

3:47

Introduction – Gott! welch Dunkel hier! – in des Lebens Frühlingstagen

Vienna Philharmonic, René Kollo, Leonard Bernstein

11:28

No. 5, Der Lindenbaum

Peter Schreier, András Schiff

4:59

Lohengrin, Act III - "In fernem Land, unnahbar euren Schritten"

Peter Burian, Chorus of the Vienna State Opera, Kurt Moll, Siegfried Jerusalem, Vienna Philharmonic, Claudio Abbado

5:35

"Che gelida manina" (Remastered 2013)

Luciano Pavarotti, Herbert von Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic

4:39

Di Provenza il mar, il suol

Frédéric Chaslin, Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Ludovic Tézier

5:04

Vogliatemi bene (Bimba dagli occhi)

Plácido Domingo, The Ambrosian Singers, Lorin Maazel, Renata Scotto, Philharmonia Orchestra

7:16

Come un bel dì di maggio (Chénier)

Mario Sereni, Antonietta Stella, Orchestra of the Rome Opera House, Gabriele Santini, Oliviero de Fabritiis, Paolo Pedani, Luciana Moneta, Coro del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Franco Corelli, Anna Di Stasio, Stefania Malagù, Gianni Lazzari

3:25

"E lucevan le stelle" (Remastered 2013)

Luciano Pavarotti, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Nicola Rescigno

2:58

"Questa o quella" (Remastered 2013)

Luciano Pavarotti, Richard Bonynge, London Symphony Orchestra

1:45

"Donna non vidi mai"

Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano, Jonas Kaufmann

2:31

Il était une fois à la cour d'Eisenach

Munich Radio Orchestra, Michel Plasson, Florian Laconi, Rolando Villazón

5:07

Aranjuez

Patrick Messina, Chico Pinheiro, Rhani Krija, Vincent Segal, Yacine Boularès, Plácido Domingo, Ira Coleman, Bridget Kibbey

3:53

Bésame mucho

Juan Diego Flórez, Jonathan Bolívar

3:59

Un Amore Così Grande (feat. Veronica Berti) [Remastered]

Steven Mercurio, Veronica Berti, Andrea Bocelli, Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi

4:19

Die Forelle, Op. 32, D. 550

Fritz Wunderlich, Hubert Giesen

2:18

No. 1. Im wunderschönen Monat Mai

Hubert Giesen, Fritz Wunderlich

1:33

Fanget an!

Iván Fischer, Peter Hofmann, SWR Symphonieorchester

3:31

"Ah! Je vais l'aimer"

London Symphony Orchestra, Myung-Whun Chung, Ben Heppner

2:35

No. 4 b) Romance "Je crois entendre encore"

Carlo Maria Giulini, Plácido Domingo, Los Angeles Philharmonic

3:46

È lui! desso! L'infante! - Dio, che nell'alma infondere

Vittorio Vitelli, Ramón Tebar, Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana, Joseph Calleja

6:55

"Un di, felice, eterea" (Alfredo, Violetta)

Riccardo Muti, Philharmonia Orchestra, Renata Scotto, Alfredo Kraus

3:12

O soave fanciulla (Love Duet) [Remastered 2024]

Luciano Pavarotti, Herbert von Karajan, Mirella Freni, Berlin Philharmonic

4:12

"Cielo e mar"

Daniele Callegari, Rolando Villazón, Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi

5:14

Recondita armonia

Noah Stewart, Johnny Bertl, Vienna Symphony

2:33

Ecco ridente in cielo (Conte)

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Luigi Alva, Vittorio Gui

4:26

Di' tu se fedele il flutto m'aspetta

Wendy Eathorne, John Alldis, Plácido Domingo, Franklyn Whiteley, John Alldis Choir, Brian Etheridge, Philharmonia Orchestra, Nello Santi

3:06

A te, o cara

Franco Ferraris, Franco Corelli, Philharmonia Orchestra

3:37

No. 37, Duo, "Nuit d’ivresse et d’extase infinie" (Didon, Énée)

Angela Gheorghiu, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Roberto Alagna, Richard Armstrong

8:24

Caruso

Nicolas Montazaud, Yvan Cassar, Orchestre National d'Île-de-France, Roberto Alagna, Julien Martineau

5:15

"Ah sì ben mio"

Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Carlo Bergonzi

3:02

La vita è inferno

Giuseppe Sinopoli, José Carreras, Philharmonia Orchestra

6:48

Niun mi tema

Plácido Domingo, Frank Little, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Paul Plishka, Malcolm King, James Levine

5:46

Oh! Fede negar potessi...Quando le sere al placido

Carlo Bergonzi, RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra, Fausto Cleva

5:38

Quel trouble inconnu.Salut! Demeure chaste et pure

Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Marco Armiliato, Jonas Kaufmann

6:15

Son già lontani (Arturo)

Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Maria Callas, Vittore Veneziani, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Rolando Panerai, Angelo Mercuriali, Aurora Cattelani, Giuseppe di Stefano, Tullio Serafin

3:21

"Tombe degl'avi miei" - "Fra Poco a Me Ricovero" from Lucia di Lammermoor

Mario del Monaco, Alberto Erede, The New Symphony Orchestra Of London

5:18

Mein lieber Schwan (Act III)

Bavarian State Orchestra, Heinrich Bender, Nicolai Gedda

5:08

Pastoral

Sir Peter Pears, Sir Eugene Goossens, Dennis Brain, The New Symphony Orchestra Of London

3:36

"It Seemed That Out Of Battle I Escaped"

Melos Ensemble, Benjamin Britten, Sir Peter Pears, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

9:35

J'ai perdu mon Euridice

Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Juan Diego Flórez, Carlo Rizzi

4:34

VII. Aria: "Hilf, Jesu, hilf"

Anthony Rolfe Johnson, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

3:16

Der Tag ist hin, BWV 447

Ton Koopman, Peter Schreier, Jaap ter Linden

2:35

III. Von der Jugend

Peter Seiffert, Zubin Mehta, Munich Philharmonic

3:09

Ich warte auf das große Wunder - Machen wir's den Schwalben nach (Stasi - Edwin, 2.Akt)

Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper München, Anneliese Rothenberger, Willy Mattes, Olivera Miljaković, Wolfgang Anheisser, Nicolai Gedda, Symphonie-Orchester Graunke, Willi Brokmeier

4:45

Torna a Surriento

Iller Pattacini, The New Symphony Orchestra Of London, Giuseppe di Stefano

2:35

Granada

Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Juan Diego Flórez

4:15

Maria (From "West Side Story")

3:13

Funiculì Funiculà (Remastered)

Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Steven Mercurio, Andrea Bocelli

2:27

'O Sole Mio

Orchestra of the Rome Opera House, José Carreras, Zubin Mehta, Plácido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti, Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

2:53