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

2:59

Winterstürme wichen dem Wonnemond

Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Jonas Kaufmann, Claudio Abbado

3:51

Amor ti vieta

Munich Radio Orchestra, Rolando Villazón, Michel Plasson

1:50

"Un dì felice, eterea"

Bavarian State Orchestra, Plácido Domingo, Ileana Cotrubaș, 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

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

4:38

"La Fleur Que Tu M'avais Jetée"

Los Angeles Philharmonic, Carlo Maria Giulini, Plácido Domingo

3:55

"Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön" (Tamino)

Otto Klemperer, Philharmonia Orchestra, Nicolai Gedda

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"

José Carreras, Jesús López-Cobos, London Symphony Orchestra

3:47

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

Vienna Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein, René Kollo

11:28

No. 5, Der Lindenbaum

András Schiff, Peter Schreier

4:59

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

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

5:35

"Che gelida manina" (Remastered 2013)

Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan, Luciano Pavarotti

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)

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

7:16

Come un bel dì di maggio (Chénier)

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

3:25

"E lucevan le stelle" (Remastered 2013)

National Philharmonic Orchestra, Luciano Pavarotti, Nicola Rescigno

2:58

"Questa o quella" (Remastered 2013)

Richard Bonynge, Luciano Pavarotti, 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, Rolando Villazón, Florian Laconi, Michel Plasson

5:07

Aranjuez

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

3:53

Bésame mucho

Jonathan Bolívar, Juan Diego Flórez

3:59

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

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

4:19

Die Forelle, Op. 32, D. 550

Hubert Giesen, Fritz Wunderlich

2:18

No. 1. Im wunderschönen Monat Mai

Fritz Wunderlich, Hubert Giesen

1:33

Fanget an!

Iván Fischer, Peter Hofmann, SWR Symphonieorchester

3:31

"Ah! Je vais l'aimer"

Myung-Whun Chung, Ben Heppner, London Symphony Orchestra

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

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]

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

4:12

"Cielo e mar"

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

5:14

Recondita Armonia

Noah Stewart, Johnny Bertl, Vienna Symphony

2:33

Ecco ridente in cielo (Conte)

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vittorio Gui, Luigi Alva

4:26

Di' tu se fedele il flutto m'aspetta

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

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

8:24

Caruso

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

5:15

Ah si, ben mio coll´essere

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

3:03

La vita è inferno

Philharmonia Orchestra, José Carreras, Giuseppe Sinopoli

6:48

Niun mi tema

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

5:46

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

RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra, Fausto Cleva, Carlo Bergonzi

5:38

Quel trouble inconnu.Salut! Demeure chaste et pure

Marco Armiliato, Jonas Kaufmann, Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

6:15

Son già lontani (Arturo)

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

3:21

Mein lieber Schwan (Act III)

Heinrich Bender, Bavarian State Orchestra, Nicolai Gedda

5:08

Pastoral

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

3:36

"It Seemed That Out Of Battle I Escaped"

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

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"

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Anthony Rolfe Johnson

3:16

Der Tag ist hin, BWV 447

Jaap ter Linden, Ton Koopman, Peter Schreier

2:35

III. Von der Jugend

Munich Philharmonic, Zubin Mehta, Peter Seiffert

3:09

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

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

4:45

Torna a Surriento

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

2:35

Granada

Juan Diego Flórez

4:15

Maria (From "West Side Story")

3:13

Funiculì Funiculà (Remastered)

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

2:27

'O Sole Mio

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

2:53