ANTONIO PAOLI -- the greatest OTELLO -- "Esultate" tenor - gmmix

[gattutita]

Antonio Paoli was called the King of Tenors and also the Tenor of Kings in his time. He was chosen above Caruso in Europe. This caused envy, and as we can see, envy is still shown today by those who ignore history. The kind of recordings in his day was not up to what it is now. His voice was so powerful that when recording, he could not face the microphone.

[JackRance1910]

One cannot criticise Paoli. Perhaps it is Nationalism or some macho sexual thing - or both. Many, many modern day critics think his singing crude, almost laughable, whilst understanding his success. Paoli has poor intonation, a crude provincial style; his supporters worship him - it is pointless to put such thoughts to paper. The Wikipedia entry is locked, controlled by the Paoli worshippers - it is all very odd. There is no doubt that Paoli was admired and had a successful career; but why?

[dbiddyfresh]

antonio paoli is my great grandfather : )

[datrosamelapibus1]

@dbiddyfresh tu abuelo era un genio!!

[itersy]

the power in his lungs and the vibrato in his voice is incredible...

[svjatazarov]

ярковыраженная школа на у.....с последующей шлифовкой через гласную И......бесподобное звучание!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!

[GERMANYFrankie]

perfect! A pleasure!

[LouisLeeKH]

Tamagno is the best of the best!!!

[CoolWhiteChick]

Thank you soooo much for posting this! I was looking up Historic Sites for Ponce, Puerto Rico, read about Paoli's Historic Childhood Home which is now a small museum and was so glad to actually get to hear his voice on YouTube. YouTube is so great! I am a travel writer and will be sure to visit his historic home on my next visit to beautiful Ponce. The Puerto Ricans have MUCH to be proud of...Paoli's story would make a GREAT movie! Again, muchas gracias...Puerto Rico es MEJOR!

[WMP777]

Titta ruffo was asked his opinion about Paoli : "The best dramatic temor".Tito Schipa., Giovanni Martinelli had the same critical evaluation. Leoncavallo selected Paoli to fully record Canio. Mascagni chose Paoli in 1902 to the tournee in the USA in wich Paoli was contracted to sing Guillermo Ratcliff opera with a brutal tessitura for the tenor. Sang in the revival of Ponchielli;s Marion del Orme.

His interpretations of Otello ans Manrico were legendary. The Kaiser named him Kammera singer.

[TheAgencyNY]

Bellisimo

Una Voz Extraordinaria...

G-d is alive in the voice of many of those gifted with such an endowment...

MT

[WMP777]

After the triumph of Paoli as Arnold 6 performances at The Paris Opera 1899, a legendary artist was born, Otello , Il Trovatoreans Les Hugounotes , William Ratclif, Mariom del Horme, Le Phrofette,, Robert le Diable, La Afrecaine, Sansos e Dalilah

became master piezes to the Portorican Tenor A true dramatic repertory.

[WMP777]

We can hear Paoli with the huge voice impostare una bellisima messa di voce when singing Le Sid Preghiera , Bianca al par di neve Alpina,. Otello duet with Desdemona, Apri la tua finestra di by Mascagni, Ah si ben mio from Il trovatore. Tito schipa embraced Paoli after a a dreamy MIgnon aria after a benefit concert for the war victims, The Kaiser Wilhen II of Germany after he requested Paoli to sing a tour the force-Lohengrin resulting in Paoli's receivind Kammera singer Title

[bodiloto]

ANTONIO PAOLI - sublime come Artista,una stupenda voce ! Immortale !

[svjatazarov]

Шикарная совершенная техника пения, которая мя не устаёт радовать!

Facinating technique of singing!!! I can hear the outstanding voc school de l`E!!!!

[CotaDangelo]

Paoli, here, is doing a good imitation of Francesco Tamagno, the first Otello. After Del Monaco and Ramon Vinay, this way to sing Otello, with clarion voices but clear, changes for ever. After them, it is fashionable singing Otello with dark voices,more barytonal-like. To me, The best Otello is Mario del Monaco.

[gaemp]

..... it's difficult to call him "the Best Otello"....

[31122051]

@gaemp : carissimo amico, questo signore ( assieme a un certo E. CARUSO, assieme a un certo A. PERTILE, assieme a un certo G. LAURI VOLPI, assieme a un certo G. MASINI ... ) è stato INDISCUTIBILMENTE un modello di assoluto riferimento per tutti i grandi tenori del '900. Senza Paoli, Del Monaco non sarebbe stato lo stesso. Paoli, Caruso, Pertile, Zanelli, Lauri Volpi, Masini ... Tutti questi sono stati artisti STRAORDINARI e meritano RISPETTO, o sbaglio ??? CIAO e a presto !

[tenorismo]

What gets me is that most tenores try to out Otello each other. They sing horribly trying to do so. DelMonaco had a sence of :"teatro " . Its just a small part of the opera. Important yes but not the complete story. a part of the music.

[tenorismo]

@tenorismo I heard that Ruffo stood 25 feet away from the horn ?

[bacassa]

Incredible power!!!!! All his recordings were 20 feet away from the Gramophone all other tenors of that day including Caruso were within 2 feet!

[Isidore98]

There is no evidence about this twenty/thirty feet from the horn - even if true so what? Big voice does not mean great artist.

[Isidore98]

How can anyone can listen to Paoli's Esultate without laughing is a mystery to me. It is very bad. Scott, Steane and ALL other critics say Paoli is wobbly and crude (See "The Grand Tradition" Steane 1971). And it's not the recording technique of the day as others voices coped. Let's face it, he had a naturally powerful voice but is "all over the place" musically and in matters of taste.

[RATCRAB]

@Isidore98 CLEARLY YOU DONT KNOW WHAT YOUR ARE TALKINGABOUT . YOU ARE REFFERING TO YOUR OWN SELECTIVE PREFERENCE .

[Isidore98]

Yes of course my view is selective (if widely held). That said I gave views of others and said why I thought as I did. This is very important as true criticism is fine (even for my favourit singers!) backed up by musical truths and the views of others. I might admire Paoli (for his bravado!) but even the singers I "love" have faults - these you seem to ignore by sheer prejudice yourself, a dogmatic nationalist, religious devotion to a flawed singer.

[RATCRAB]

@Isidore98 DO YOU REALIZE THIS MAN WAS CALLED THE KING OF TENORS?

I GUESS NOT AND AS FAR AS PUERTO RICO HAVING ONE TENOR JUST GOES TO SHOW MORE OF YOUR IGNORANCE HAVENT YOU HEARD OF ANTONIOBARASORDA OR JUSTINO DIAZ AND OTHERS? IGNORANT FOOL

[Isidore98]

Called the "king of tenors" by whom? Even if this were true it should not prevent my pointing out that he is regarded by modern critcis today as coarse, wobbly, unthinking etc.etv. And yet Tamagno (when he recorded in 1903-1904) in bad health is regarded as a paragon of style, passion and intelligence in his approach. Why is Paoli not so regarded? The reason: because Paoli is a provincial "bull" - great to hear if you were drunk, great sound, great noise....

[WMP777]

@Isidore98 Please view comment by Will Canaris-1yr.ago- Mr. Canaris great grandfather was a minister for the Kaiser Whilhem II. On 1912. The Kaiser commented that Paoli was the best tenor and that his cousin the Zar Nicholas of Russia aggreed. Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria, Carlos de Braganza of Portugal and other Crowned Heads from Europe condecorated Paoli. Italy named him Commendatore. Leoncavallo chose Paoli for I Paggliacci, 1st. fully recorded opera. They were men of high culture.

[Isidore98]

In life and art I admire people who have passion, power etc. however much I like those qualities, I still admit their overall faults. paoli had certainly a naturally big voice but he had little brain. His O Paradiso is a perfect example - muh to be admired (if I had been there I would have thought it unforgettabul) but much is wobbly, coarse and provincial. A great voice but crude artistic approach.

[WMP777]

@Isidore98 Primo tenore del Mondo by La Scalla di Milano and the press KIng of the Tenors by the Crowned Heads of Europe that condecorated him. By Ruggiero Leoncavallo, composer in choosing Paoli to record the first complete Opera, I Paggliacci, and them told the press that Paoli was the best Canio, , By Pietro Mascagni, who contracted Paoli to be part of Mascagni's Opera Company 1902 and sing Guillermo Ratclif, and the Manhattan Opera House NY, around 1923. "The Greatest Tenor Alive"

[WMP777]

The reason for the mistery is because you are the only person with such a cruel joke of a baseless comment. Your cited critics lacks the reputation to judge Paoli. R. Leoncavallo,composer, G. Lauri Volpi, a tenor of the century, teacher and author of the book "Voci Paralelle", P. Mascagni, composer and Orchestra Director, were at awe with Paoli's vocal faculties, and many more collegues the likes of tenor H. Lazaro and Cardinalli,dramatic tenor. All of them critically listened to Paoli.

[Isidore98]

@WMP777 Crude singer, great voice, big voice, no finesse, no art

[bodiloto]

@Isidore 98 oggi per la finezza abbiamo cura,villazon,kaufmann,alvarez ecc...le auguro bellissimi momenti con questi grandissimi artisti ,profitate da loro arte . Con rispetto .

[tenorismo]

@Isidore98 Crude , who in your opinon is not a crude Otello ?

[moveonupcb]

tomagnos is the best!

[Isidore98]

what a wobbly out of tune tenor this is. Hilariously bad

[MrXxiii]

isidore, you're an ignorant slut.

[Isidore98]

"Ignorant" means "not to know" - I have heard all of Paoli's recordings,have read good and bad reviews, have read the views of today's critics also: you m,ay disagree with my opinions, but I am not ignorant. Paoli is crude (most critics say so), his pitch is often faulty but there is no doubt that he had an impressive voice. That is the general opinion - not mine.

[RATCRAB]

@Isidore98 IF YOU HAD READ ABOUT HIS CAREER YOU WOULD KNOW HOW POPULAR HE WAS . YOU ARE JUST PICKING BECAUSE YOU DISLIKE HIS STYLE

[Isidore98]

not just me who dislikes his style - what style? Approximate pitch, lack of legato, often forced and inaccurate top notes. This is not a subjective opinion but the truth... As I say a great natural voice (which got him engagements) but a sledgehammer in terms of any sensitivity. Unlike Tamgano or even Del Mocaco both of whom at least managed arias all the way through with some finesse,,,

[bacassa]

WOW outstanding all his recording were 20 feet from the gramophone wonder if he would sounded different? The most powerful truly awesome!

[pancakelovingirl]

this is my husbands ancestor! We are very proud of our name and our past! Viva la Paoli!

[kamens101]

whose your husband antonio paoli is my great-grandfather

[bacassa]

i would be very proud too, i read he died childless?

[Garc1993]

HAHAHA! Good answer. :)

[WMP777]

Mr. Jesus Lopez, Biographer of Paoli gives as a fact that Paoli married Josefina Vetiska, a beautiful lady from Austria. They met in Paris when Paoli debuted with the Grand Theatre of the Opera in arnold, G. Rossini's William Tell (1899). They procreated a son that received his father"s name Antonio, and was nicknamed Tonino. After a long and very sad illness Madame Vetiska died. Paoli married a charming italian lady, Adelaida Bonini. They lived in P. Rico where she died at 96 yrs. old.

[pieritlyon]

"ANTONIO PAOLI! está muy bién, pese a que es una grabación muy antigua. Se comprende la pasión de quienes lo encuentran"el mejor",ta lvez son sus compatriotas, sí entre los mejores, seguramente. Respecto a Ramón Vinay, de que tenor, medio baritono, que desafina, es un a apreciación muy personal;Vinay fué el mejor"Otello" de la historia operática mundial,ademas, cantó gran diversidad de operas,aún las más difíciles.Respecto a Zanelli,sí fué uno de los grandes,,ambos chilenos.

[svjatazarov]

Шикарно! The voice of Eternity! The amazing Vocal school de l`E!

[WMP777]

Your evaluation is very accurate. In fact Paoli was contracted to sing Otelo for the Zar of Russia, Nicholas, cousin of the Kaiser Wilhem II of Germany. Both Monarchs condecorated Paoli. The Zar with the Cross of St. Maurizio, and The Kaiser with Kammera singer of the Court. Both alsoattested : "Paoli is the greatest tenor they ever herd". Paoli used a technique that gave pre-eminence to the impostation of the vowel i, then i-u follow by the rest of vowels, resulting in voices of great squillo.

[svjatazarov]

I can hear the great school de l`E. he is great!!!!!!!!

[stevevandien]

Los estudiantes de Paoli inclyuen el baritono excellente Pablo Elvira, verdad? Lo siento! Espanol es mi lengua segunda. No la tengua muy buen dominio ahora, puesto que es muy oxidado -

[troppofiato]

Creo que si Paoli murió en el 1946, Pablo Elvira quizás no hubiese ni nacido.

[stevevandien]

Gracias por su informacion. Ahora, creo que (por el libro de Jerome Hines, "Great Singers on Great Singing") el senor Elvira fue estudiante de unos de los estudiantes del maestro Poli:). Otra vez, lo siento, puesto que no tengo muy bien dominio del espanol. El maestro Poli, sin duda, fue un tenore dramatico grande --

[troppofiato]

¡Su español es excelente! Si, es muy posible que Pablo Elvira estudió con algún(a) discipulo(a) de Paoli.

[stevevandien]

Por sus palabras muy bondadosas, muchisimos gracias, amigo:) --

[ivanjuarezmex]

Gracias por esta hermosa grabación del gran tenor Boricua.. Impresionante!!!

[ericometal]

el mas grande ........tenor damatico......despues de el?...mario del monaco...antes de el?...nadie!

[2ndAveLine]

Pace Signore!

[Camileta1]

Antonio Paoli nació en Ponce, Puerto Rico! :)

[Garc1993]

¡Sí! Lamentablemente, esta figura paradigmática del cantar operático, a pesar de establecer un culmen musical nacional, no ha recibido el reconocimiento histórico tan merecido.

[kimancuo]

When Paoli made recordings in the early 20th century, the technicians had to place the michrophone over 30 feet away from him or he would literally obliterate them and also the wax cilinders that were the recepients of the sound!! Isn't that astonishing?

[Garc1993]

30 feet? That is astonishing. However, I've heard some say it was a distance of 3 feet.

[ericdemilo]

Antonio Paoli nacio en Puerto Rico.

[Granforte1]

@ericdemilo  En PONCE ,PR

[antfreire]

Cuanta tonteria se escribe aqui! Este no suena como Vinay porque este es un tenor y Vinay era un baritono forzado hacia arriba, que por cierto desafinaba bastante. Paoli tenia mucho mas volumen y squillo que Vinay. Hay otro que dice que no es dramatico porque no suena como un tenor wagneriano. Mira hijo, hay tenores dramaticos y hay heldentenors. Por que no escuchan mas y opinan menos?

[kanoni21]

R.I.P.!

[WMP777]

Arnold, Manrico, The Hugonottes, Otello.Le Cid, Sanson. Le Prophet, Guillermo Ratcliff, Canio, Roberto le Diable, Andrea Chenier, Vasco da Gama, Lohengrin, tour the force requested by the Kaiser Wilhem. These are few examples of why Paoli was heralded as the Greatest Dramatic Tenor of the 20th. century. IFthis is an exaggeration dispute with Lauri Volpi, Titta Ruffo. Giovanni Martinelli, B. Gigli, H. Lazaro, Crimi and many more

[macabral69]

"El Rey de los Tenores" y "El Tenor de los Reyes", fue igualmente el primer talento nacional que conquistó con su arte las cortes europeas. esentaciones en suelo parisino.

[chazam44]

Paoli the greatests of all time!

[tenorismo]

He died blind and penniless

[billyguns2]

Surely he could have found a refuge at Verdi's CASA DI RIPOSO, established for retired and ailing musicians! I'd love to know the story behind his dying penniless. This is some of the greatest singing of this music I have ever heard; one can only imagine how magnificent this must have sounded in the opera house.

[bacassa]

I dont think he has the range as Caruso but i like him a lot more. Seams to have more power & a lot more lungs!!!

[neronnenn]

Impressionante il secondo pezzo

[CzarDodon]

There's no question it sounds like a very fine ringing voice and according to the accounts of his contempories it was a very big voice too. But how can you say he was 'the greatest' Otello, (presuming that the greatest can somehow be identified) when all we have are a few extracts. How, for example did he sing "...piu non mi sara concesso etc..." a key phrase which sums up and fortells the entire tragedy.. is there a recording of the love duet? the death? scenes with Iago?

[billyguns2]

Amazing!

[ernestocorelli]

i believe Verdi chose Tamagno to create the role of Otello. listen to his recording here on youtube of Esultate.

it is obviously not a dark voice. yet, he was Verdi's choice for the role.

Both Vinay and Zanelli were baritones, who moved to tenor. btw, i love both of these singers.

the point here is you do not have to have a dark voice to sing Otello. if we are to listen to Verdi's choice, Tamagno, we can "see" that.

[CzarDodon]

we must remember that Tamagno was old in those recordings. I think it is also worth considering, however, that Verdi had his doubts about Tamagno. In a letter to Giulio Ricordi he said he was worried about Tamagno's habit of singing always fortissimo, Otello has many softer passages where a broad legato is required, when singing soft, he said, Tamagno tended to go off pitch. It's important to look at the score and see just how often Otello should sing p and pp: Otello is not verismo.

[ernestocorelli]

be that as it may, the point i made is the "color" of the voice not needing to be dark.

the fact remains the same. even as Verdi had concerns, and Tamango old or not, he still possessed the voice "color" Verdi chose.

[CzarDodon]

I wasn't disagreeing with you - though voices can lose or gain weight with age- we'll never know.

I was just expanding on Tamagno - pointing out that Verdi had reservations, specifically regarding the mezzavoce passages of Otello where most Otellos fail. This often goes unnoticed since we are used to heavyweight Otellos, and a widely held belief that del Monaco's verismo caricature is a 'definitive' reading. A lighter coloured voice, and a more attentive reading, would be refreshing

[ernestocorelli]

historically, voices "gain weight" with age.

yes, i can understand the mezzavoce issue with Tamagno.

the interesting thing about Del Monaco, imo, is that he did have the nice color for the role, and surprisingly enough, he had the ability to sing softly, as shown in some recordings.

yes, a lighter colored voice would be nice.

the thing about the reading becomes subjective. for he is a passionate character. oh, well! :D

thanks for taking the time to elaborate. :o)

[rayado612]

Music and artistry is beyond anything...so in my opinion, saying someone is better than other is a lost of time. All the tenors mentioned here in the comments are great in their respective era. Besides that, I am proud of being from Puerto Rico, a little island with so many excellent and big contributions to music, sports and many other things.

[lg364]

Este no es un tenor dramático. Escuchen a Ramón Vinay y notarán diferencia en coloratura, centro, obscuridad y anchura. En resumen condiciones vocales dramáticas. Zanelli está en segundo lugar aúnque tenía más volumen que Vinay. Ambos Chilenos y cantaron en Bayreuth. Viva Chile!

[WMP777]

Giacomo Lauri Volpi,Titta Ruffo,Hipolito Lazaro y muchos famosos cantantes que le escuharon declararon :Paoli, el mas grande tenor dramatico. "Voz fenomenal" de agudos portentosos, escribieron principales criticos de Milan, Roma, Madrid y tambien en Santiago de Chile donde el culto publico lo aclamo con delirio vehemente.Enterese de lo que Paoli hizo por Chile despuesl de tragico terremto a pricipio del siglo xx, despues si su opinion no cambia, la historia del arte canoro ya cosagro a Paoli.

[WMP777]

It is obvious you are a blind fanatic of Vinay and Zanelli, and that is ok, but being deaf to the irrefutable fact that Paoli was indeed a Dramatic Tenor, considered a phenomenal voice of power, squillo and briliant high notes is simply ignorance. Either Leoncavallo was wrong in choosing Paoli to fully record Canio in the first ever completed opera recording, and The Paris Opera management were crazy when Paoli debuted as Arnold in 1899. He conquered La Scala with Sanson and Vasco da Gama.

[Garc1993]

¿Por qué discrepa de los hechos? La verdad es inexorable.

[lg364]

tenorino sin drama. falta de respeto a Vinay y Melchior.

[ArcanaMundi81]

Mario del Monaco and Vinay are better.

[tomzoricic]

Impressive, but uncomparable with MDM

[fabiantenor]

This recording is from the first part of the 20th century and you can notice his total command of phrasing and power of his voice! You cannot compare these two great artists with such different technologies AND by recordings alone... Besides, he was one of the few who could tackle Otello AND Arnoldo in Guglielmo Tell with succes.

[lg364]

His voice doesn´t sound dramatic. Like the one´s heard on wagner´s operas. I mean it doesn´t sound dark and lacks volume.For singing puccini it´s all right.

[stevevandien]

Why do you believe a dramatic voice has to be dark? And why do you believe Paoli's voice lacks volume?  Please elaborate ---

[WillCanaris]

That has to be one of the greatest Othello's ever.

[WMP777]

Yours is a historical evidence of why Paoli was The King of Tenors and The Tenor of the Kings. The testimony of your Great Grandfather comes from a man of high culture. The Kaiser condecorated Paoli as "Cammera Singer" after Paoli's redition of Lohengrin at the Kaiser private theater. Portugal's Carlos I de Braganza also did the same.Also impresive is that the Zar Nicholas condecorated Paoli with The Saint Maurizio Cross. The Queen of Spain,a sponsor of Paoli when he was a miltary student agreed

[WillCanaris]

Thank you! Very interesting indeed!

[stevevandien]

Talk about a clarion sound -- whoa!

[rupepill]

The quality of this big voice sounds rather like that of Tamagno, although it's hard to form a fair opinion from such old recordings. When practising he certainly would not have made an ideal neighbour - that stentorian delivery would have kept the local babies awake.

[gmmix]

The voice quality is very similar to Tamagno. Fortunately, Paoli made more recordings than Tamagno, so that we have a good sample of his art. My big regret is that Tamagno earned much praise for his appearances in Gomes's Il Guarany, one of my favorite operas, but no recordings exist of his involvement in that opera.

[lg364]

This voice lacks darkness. It´s not a dramatic voice required for singing Otello. It has no volume. Listen to Vinay and Melchior. These singers also sang in Bayreuth which makes the difference. You know what I mean.

[WMP777]

Vinay was a great singer actor, who's career started as a baritone, sang Otello and finished singing Iago, quite a feast. Paoli was declared by the public and critics in Milano as a portentous voci phenomini unequaled in power with the facility of sublime mesa di voce with heroic trumpet sound in the same aria, "Ah SI ben mio collesere" where Poali at the end exploded with "la morte" the aria "lief motive"expressing such pathos that it makes death the inevitable conclusion above sweet passion.

[WillCanaris]

Paoli was undoubtedly one of the greatest tenors in history, despite remaining fairly unknown. My greatgrandfather, a minister for the Kaiser in 1912 once attended an opera with the Kaiser where Paoli sang. The Kaiser said to my greatgrandfather that Paoli was the best he ever heard. He also mentioned that his cousin, Nicholas of Russia told him the same thing. Paoli was the King of Tenors.

[sbchelldiver]

@WillCanaris Dear Sir, my name is Carlos Aneiro, I am from Paoli's birtplace, Ponce, & yes, am fiercely proud of him!!! It fills me with great emotion to read your lines, indeed Wilhelm II was very fond of him; when hostilities broke out, he sent Paoli to Swtz, & gave him for his protection a Walther automatic with SILVER bullets...the gun & bullets remained with him till his death, then dissapeared...

[WillCanaris]

@sbchelldiver Dear Mr. Aneiro, Opera has been a passion of my family for generations---except me, I guess. But I remember Paoli well from the stories told during family gatherings. I knew Paoli was from Puerto RIco and that he was knowns as "The Lion of Ponce" or something like that --but was in the days when Puerto Rico was still Spanish. My Opa remembered him well from the stories his father told him. Warm regards

[sbchelldiver]

@WillCanaris I met Paoli's biographer, & he told me there were documents about Paoli & the honours he received in the Berlin Schloss, some of which were lost when the Schloss was bombed in 1945, & those that survived were destroyed when Ulbricht had the Schloss demolished in 1950...

[GUALLACOL]

@WillCanaris Do you know that he was Puertorrican?

[WillCanaris]

@GUALLACOL . My family met a few times a year --Christmas for example. When my Opa was alive we used to sit with him at these gatherings--and he told my vettern and myself stories. One of those stories was about the greatest tenors the world has ever seen. Both were Spanisch. One was Gayarre from Navarra, and the other was Paoli from Ponce in the then province of Puerto Rico.

My greatgrandfather actually saw Paoli perform and personally met him. He admired Paoli greatly.

[Granforte1]

@GUALLACOL Yes puertorican. Born in Ponce ,Puerto Rico. His Home in Ponce is now a museun of memoramilia of peronal effects

[jozefsterkens]

All his fellow singers said his was the most voluminous voice they ever heard and that as a partner on the stage you were half deaf after a performance.

[jfadavo]

Wow! Stupendous voice and breath control. Thanks for posting. Please more Poaoli!

[fuzzbear6240]

Gmmix, Such passion, Im not surprised he was difficult to record-as you say. Thank you. YF, J.