The word is emerging from Italy that the tenor Carlo Bergonzi has died, not long after his 90th birthday.
http://youtu.be/l52wH1RETrU
Bergonzi was a singer who might not have been as successful in today’s opera world. On stage, he looked awkward, his physical acting of the grand-gesture, extend-your-arms variety. There was plenty of acting, however, in his voice: all of the tenderness and warmth and ardor in the world rang out in a sound that was at once golden and caressing, with a characteristic liquid slurring over the consonants, a slight lisp that emphasized the smoothness of the legato line. Reported by Washington Post 6 hours ago.
http://youtu.be/l52wH1RETrU
Bergonzi was a singer who might not have been as successful in today’s opera world. On stage, he looked awkward, his physical acting of the grand-gesture, extend-your-arms variety. There was plenty of acting, however, in his voice: all of the tenderness and warmth and ardor in the world rang out in a sound that was at once golden and caressing, with a characteristic liquid slurring over the consonants, a slight lisp that emphasized the smoothness of the legato line. Reported by Washington Post 6 hours ago.