which OPERA singer do you like most??

Answer 1

Luciano Pavarotti

Additional Information about him:

He was born on October 12,1935. He is an Italian lyric tenor who is one of the best known vocal performers in contemporary times, in the world of opera and across multiple musical genres. He was born in northern Italy.

Hope this helps!

Answer 2

Leontyne Price, Anna Molfo, Marian Anderson, Marilyn Horne, Maria Callas, Kiri Te Kanawa, Jessye Norman, Grace Bumbry, Rene Fleming, Shirley Verrett. Male- Placido Domingo, Robert McFerrin (and no not his son Bobby to those who don't know the difference), Pavarotti, George Shirley, Mario Lanza (people forgot that great one) , Paul Roberson...
but I have worked with unknowns who are just as awesome and have made me tear up just as the ones listed.
Unfortunately the present world is more into light lyrical voices than those big ones that represented back in the day. Too bad I couldn't list more current singers (although I do love Angela Brown's Aida. I forgot about her). Bring back the old school classical style of singing! Those are who I look to.

Answer 3

It use to be Pavarotti, but lately I'm really turned on by Andrea Bocelli's " The Opera Album, every song on there is so romantic except for the first song, I hate that one, there are sixteen great love songs sung in Italian, you don't know the language with but get the gist of the words they are so sad and beautiful, you can almost feel the heartbreak. I had it on one day and someone came in who hates opera and said, oh my God, that's the most beautiful thing I ever heard, and I said, oh I've converted another one, and she said, yep she thought it was so beautiful that it brought tears to her eyes. Another great one that I discovered about six years ago, is Roberto Alangna he's wonderful!

Answer 4

Males:
Placido Domingo
Roberto Alagna
Rolando Villazon
Francisco Araiza

Females:
Cecilia Bartolli
Maria Callas
Frederica Von Stade

Answer 5

I have always loved listening to Dame Joan Sutherland. I say listen because she was a terrible actress, but her voice was gorgeous. It is definately so rare to find a brilliant lyric coloratura like her. The mad scene from Lucia is quite possibly one of the most thrilling things to hear.

Recently, I have become a fan on Peruvian tenor Juan Diego Florez. While his voice doesn't have the lyric quality of Pavarotti, Florez is a true leggiero tenor. He has a very good understanding of bel canto, and his interpretations of Donizetti and Rossini are great. His Tonio from La Fille du Regiment is the best I've heard since a young Pavarotti launched his own career off those 9 high C's.

Answer 6

Female, Leontyne Price
Male, Lucaino Pavarotti

Answer 7

Luciano Pavarotti,(Fat Lucy) Just listen to the heart in that man's voice! He's so much more than "Nessun Dorma".Best gig? The Three Tenors, with Domingo and Carreras.Magic!!
Female;Maria Callas. All the passion and hearbreak in the World throbs in her voice, and she had plenty of both in her life too.

Answer 8

Rudolf Schock, Heinz Hoppe, Fritz Wunderlich, Mario del Monaco, Mario Lanza.
Wellknown in Europe.

Answer 9

for the men: and most of the are either gone over, or past their prime anyways
Mario del Monaco
Jussi Bjorling
Giuseppe del Stefano
Fritz Wunderlich
Hans Hotter
Jon Vickers
and Mr. P
for the women:
Leontyne Price
Jessye Norman
Mirella Freni
Helen Donath
Christa Ludwig
Leonie Rysanek
Fiorenza Cossotto

Answer 10

lyndram gave a very good listing, but i would like to add Gigli, Martinelli, Tito Gobbi, Callas, Pinza.
Sorry, I did not spell out her full name. My apologies to our dramatic soprano and make the suggestion to listen to Martinelli's Otello done in 1940. It is magnificent and recorded on stage at the Met.