Six Famous Male Opera Singers

By Ronald Richardson


Perhaps lesser people are still listening to any classical and opera genre of music. You cannot blame them though because that is not the trend nowadays. However, one performance coming from Dimash Kudaibergen, Kazakhstan singer who is into pop and classical crossover, had stunned the Chinese audience with his heavenly voice as he sang some operatic songs. It just means that this genre is still not dead and others are still having some passion for it. Furthermore, people should be aware of these talented male classical opera singers.

Placido Domingo. Placido is really notable and a Spanish singer with spinto voice that moved into dramatic tenor. He won several awards included Grammy as well as Latin Grammy. Aside from that, he is also an arts administrator and a conductor. Placido is noted for his best performance in Hoffman, Canio, Cavaradossi and Don Jose. In addition, he is also part of The Three Tenors with Luciano Pavarotti and also Jose Carreras. Their collaboration had become successful and famous.

Dmitri Hvorostovsky. Not only his striking looks will astound you but also baritone voice which made him worldwide famous. Dmitri is a Russian artist and his international debut started in 1989 for he won a competition and beat another famous opera singer. The Peoples magazine has also included him in the rankings of most beautiful people. He also made a collaboration with Renee Fleming in Eugene which became one of his best acts.

Jose Carreras. Like Dmitri, he also is a Spanish and part of Three Tenors and gain more fame because of it. Jose is pretty notable from his acts of Puccini and Verdi. He was eleven when he started his operatic stage career and then later on, he performed several and more than 60 roles.

Luciano Pavorotti. His fame had dubbed him as King of High Cs in the twentieth century. Aside from that, no one can deny that Luciano had expanded and shared the wonders of opera music to the world. No wonder people will always remember him. In fact, he is one of Three Tenors and he did many collaborations with notable artists that is not in line with his genre.

Andrea Bocelli. In classical music history, Andrea became the biggest-selling singer and been dubbed as king of classical crossover. He completely became blind when he was twelve years old due to accident. He collaborated with Celine Dion in a song, The Prayer, and it won a Golden Globe Award.

Lawrence Brownlee. Many had also recognized him and called him with other musicians as the Three Tenors in golden age. Lawrence has a tenor voice and did lots of acts in Metropolitan Opera. He also gained several acclaims from musicians and did collaborations with Elina Garanca and Renee Fleming.

Philippe Jaroussky. So have you heard a male with mezzo soprano voice? Probably not, but Philippe is an example of that. You might cringe at hearing boys doing some high notes but this guy has perfect technique, making him sound beautiful. He has been doing many operas which proves the versatility of his voice.

These men are certainly talented. They also helped in making this genre spread. Hopefully, another talented opera musician will emerge.




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