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!

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

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"

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

3:05

La donna è mobile

RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra, Georg Solti, Alfredo Kraus

2:05

Se quel guerrier io fossi! - Celeste Aida

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

4:38

"La Fleur Que Tu M'avais Jetée"

Carlo Maria Giulini, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Plácido Domingo

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, Riccardo Frizza, Gli Originali

4:56

"Vesti la giubba"

London Symphony Orchestra, José Carreras, Jesús López-Cobos

3:47

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

René Kollo, Leonard Bernstein, Vienna Philharmonic

11:28

No. 5, Der Lindenbaum

Peter Schreier, András Schiff

4:59

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

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

5:35

"Che gelida manina" (Remastered 2013)

Berlin Philharmonic, Luciano Pavarotti, Herbert von Karajan

4:39

Di Provenza il mar, il suol

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

5:04

Vogliatemi bene (Bimba dagli occhi)

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

7:16

Come un bel dì di maggio (Chénier)

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

3:25

"E lucevan le stelle" (Remastered 2013)

Nicola Rescigno, Luciano Pavarotti, National Philharmonic Orchestra

2:58

"Questa o quella" (Remastered 2013)

Richard Bonynge, London Symphony Orchestra, Luciano Pavarotti

1:45

"Donna non vidi mai"

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

2:31

Il était une fois à la cour d'Eisenach

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

5:07

Aranjuez

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

3:53

Bésame mucho

Jonathan Bolívar, Juan Diego Flórez

3:59

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

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

4:19

Die Forelle, Op. 32, D. 550

Fritz Wunderlich, Hubert Giesen

2:18

No. 1. Im wunderschönen Monat Mai

Fritz Wunderlich, Hubert Giesen

1:33

Fanget an!

Peter Hofmann, Iván Fischer, SWR Symphonieorchester

3:31

"Ah! Je vais l'aimer"

Ben Heppner, Myung-Whun Chung, London Symphony Orchestra

2:35

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

Plácido Domingo, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Carlo Maria Giulini

3:46

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

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

6:55

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

Alfredo Kraus, Renata Scotto, Riccardo Muti, Philharmonia Orchestra

3:12

O soave fanciulla (Love Duet) [Remastered 2024]

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

4:12

"Cielo e mar"

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

5:14

Recondita Armonia

Vienna Symphony, Johnny Bertl, Noah Stewart

2:33

Ecco ridente in cielo (Conte)

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Luigi Alva, Vittorio Gui

4:26

Di' tu se fedele il flutto m'aspetta

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

3:06

A te, o cara

Franco Ferraris, Philharmonia Orchestra, Franco Corelli

3:37

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

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

8:24

Caruso

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

5:15

"Ah sì ben mio"

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

3:02

La vita è inferno

Philharmonia Orchestra, Giuseppe Sinopoli, José Carreras

6:48

Niun mi tema

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

5:46

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

Carlo Bergonzi, Fausto Cleva, RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra

5:38

Quel trouble inconnu.Salut! Demeure chaste et pure

Jonas Kaufmann, Marco Armiliato, Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

6:15

Son già lontani (Arturo)

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

3:21

Tombe degli avi miei...Fra poco a me ricovero

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

5:21

Mein lieber Schwan (Act III)

Bavarian State Orchestra, Nicolai Gedda, Heinrich Bender

5:08

Pastoral

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

3:36

"It Seemed That Out Of Battle I Escaped"

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

9:35

J'ai perdu mon Euridice

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

4:34

VII. Aria: "Hilf, Jesu, hilf"

Anthony Rolfe Johnson, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

3:16

Der Tag ist hin, BWV 447

Jaap ter Linden, Peter Schreier, Ton Koopman

2:35

III. Von der Jugend

Zubin Mehta, Peter Seiffert, Munich Philharmonic

3:09

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

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

4:45

Torna a Surriento

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

2:35

Granada

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

4:15

Maria (From "West Side Story")

3:13

Funiculì Funiculà (Remastered)

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

2:27

'O Sole Mio

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

2:53