Lucrezia Borgia: Vieni la mia vendetta by Donizetti

[Clondyke42]

I worked together with him at Glyndebourne Festival Opera 1979/80 in the Fidelio production by Sir Peter Hall, Benard Haitink cond. where he sang Pizzaro and I sang Rocco.I have many pleasant memories of our work together. Wbw/Curt Appelgren

[splendidd42]

That's my grandad :)

[reizen73]

I had the privilege to have him as a teacher for a short while. An absolutely lovely man with a huge voice and a love of singers and singing.

[DiogoMon84]

Bravo!!! Bravíssimo!!!

[Apollogranforte]

I saw him in many roles, ranging from Luigi to Rigoletto, from Scarpia to Tonio, from Carlo in Forza to Renato in Masked Ball!.

He was a very Italianate baritone with an excellent diction and very good acting abilities.

Obviusly with time a lot of that has long gone, but I could recognise his vocal tone anywhere.

Together with Don Smith and Liz Fretwell they made an incredible trio: They could fill a theatre without 2nd rate imported singers.

Thank you for the memories.

[Commentmonster2008]

He was actually a bass baritone with a very fortunate top on his voice. The man is actually a genius and anything said to contrary is a mockery of Australia's most respect bass-baritone.

[DragTas]

Franco Vassallo is singing Alfonso this year and he is a true Baritone. I believe this is one of those roles that can be sung by either voice part, it sits right in the middle for the most part.

[operabuff1]

bravo, amazing!

[paminaase]

This is amazing!

[fiesco75]

Well quite incredibile!! 81 y.o.!!!

This said, we should not forget that this is an aria for BASS and not for baritone, but Mr Allmann choice is understandable, at his age it's usually easier to sing better in the low register.

What I don't like is his diction, very approssimative.

[tklogan11809]

he was singing bass back in his prime too, he sang Don Alfonso opposite Joan Sutherland's Lucrezia on the 1977 video from Sydney.

[Apollogranforte]

His diction in virtually perfect!