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 recognizable 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!"

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

2:58

Winterstürme wichen dem Wonnemond

Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Jonas Kaufmann, Claudio Abbado

3:49

Amor ti vieta

Munich Radio Orchestra, Michel Plasson, Rolando Villazón

1:50

"Un dì felice, eterea"

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

3:05

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, Carlo Maria Giulini, Plácido Domingo

3:55

"Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön" (Tamino)

Philharmonia Orchestra, Nicolai Gedda, Otto Klemperer

4:11

M'apparì tutt'amor

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

3:02

Una furtiva lagrima

Gli Originali, Javier Camarena, Riccardo Frizza

4:56

"Vesti la giubba"

London Symphony Orchestra, Jesús López-Cobos, José Carreras

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

"In fernem Land, unnahbar euren Schritten"

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

5:32

Che gelida manina (Remastered 2024)

Herbert von Karajan, Luciano Pavarotti, Berlin Philharmonic

4:37

Di Provenza il mar, il suol

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

5:04

Vogliatemi bene (Bimba dagli occhi)

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

7:16

"Come un bel dì di maggio" (Andrea)

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

3:24

"E lucevan le stelle"

National Philharmonic Orchestra, Luciano Pavarotti, Nicola Rescigno

2:55

Questa O' Quella

Sir Edward Downes, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Luciano Pavarotti, Richard Bonynge, London Symphony Orchestra

1:48

"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

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

5:07

Aranjuez

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

3:53

Bésame mucho

Juan Diego Flórez, Jonathan Bolívar

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

Fritz Wunderlich, Hubert Giesen

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, London Symphony Orchestra, Ben Heppner

2:35

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

Plácido Domingo, Carlo Maria Giulini, 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)

Renata Scotto, Riccardo Muti, Alfredo Kraus, Philharmonia Orchestra

3:12

O soave fanciulla (Love Duet) [Remastered 2024]

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

4:12

"Cielo e Mar"

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

5:14

Recondita armonia

Johnny Bertl, Vienna Symphony, 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, Philharmonia Orchestra, Plácido Domingo, Nello Santi, Wendy Eathorne, John Alldis, Franklyn Whiteley, Brian Etheridge

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

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

5:15

"Ah sì ben mio"

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

3:02

La vita è inferno

Giuseppe Sinopoli, José Carreras, Philharmonia Orchestra

6:48

Niun mi tema

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

5:46

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

Fausto Cleva, Carlo Bergonzi, 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)

Giuseppe di Stefano, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Tullio Serafin

3:15

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

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

5:18

Mein lieber Schwan (Act III)

Heinrich Bender, Bavarian State Orchestra, Nicolai Gedda

5:04

II. Pastoral

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

3:35

"It Seemed That Out Of Battle I Escaped"

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

9:35

J'ai perdu mon Euridice

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

4:34

VII. Aria: "Hilf, Jesu, hilf"

English Baroque Soloists, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, John Eliot Gardiner

3:16

Der Tag ist hin, BWV 447

Ton Koopman, Peter Schreier, Jaap ter Linden

2:35

III. Von der Jugend

Munich Philharmonic, Peter Seiffert, Zubin Mehta

3:09

Torna a Surriento

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

2:32

Granada

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

4:15

Maria (From "West Side Story")

3:13

Funiculì Funiculà (Remastered)

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

2:27

'O Sole Mio

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

2:53