Greatest Operatic Tenor of All Time

#opera #tenor #dramatictenor #dramatic #classicalsinging #classicalmusic #singingtechnique #masculinity #richtone #nessundorma #wagner #einschwertverhiessmirdervater #helden #diewalkure #turandot This video is in honor of the great dramatic tenor Mario Del Monaco. Del Monaco had a darkness in timbre that only a few others (Ramón Vinay being an example) had. Even in the world of dramatic tenors, he had an extremely heavy vocal weight and overtone richness to him. Del Monaco had the best chest voice that I, personally, have ever heard from any other tenor. And he was able to sound like what he did and continue with it for years until he passed away around 1982 (before I was born, in fact, I wish I had been alive when he was also alive sometimes). From Wikipedia (): “Del Monaco was born in Florence, into a musical upper-class family, to a Neapolitan father and to a mother of Sicilian descent. As a young boy he studied the violin but had a passion for singing. He graduated from the Rossini Conservatory at Pesaro, where he first met and sang with Renata Tebaldi, with whom he would form something of an operatic dream team of the 1950s. His early mentors as a singer included Arturo Melocchi, his teacher at Pesaro, and Cherubino Raffaelli, who recognized his talent and helped launch his career. That career began in earnest with Del Monaco’s debut on 31 December 1940 as Pinkerton at the Puccini Theater in Milan. (His initial appearance in an opera had occurred the previous year, however, in Mascagni’s Cavalleria rusticana in Pesaro.) He sang in Italy during the Second World War and married, in 1941, Rina Filipini. In 1946, he appeared at London’s Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, for the first time. During the ensuing years he became famous not only in London but also across the operatic world for his powerful voice and heroic acting style. It was almost heldentenor-like in scope but Del Monaco was no Wagnerian, confining his activities overwhelmingly to the Italian repertoire. He sang Wagner in concerts, from Lohengrin and Die Walküre.“ The clip of Mario Del Monaco singing “Ein Schwert Verhiess Mir Der Vater“ from Wagner’s “Die Walküre“ is from the YouTube channel “Dead Tenors’ Society“ : The clip of Mario Del Monaco singing “Nessun Dorma“ from Puccini’s “Turandot“ is from the YouTube channel “mujviktor“ :