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@WACOAGENTS Nice try.

@ThePavafan This comment establishes that you're a complete idiot and know nothing about opera or probably any kind of fine art. Enjoy your booger sandwiches, Rerun.

@dziady1 Comments like these are funny, because the only people who ever so harshly criticise the technique of greats in their prime are people who will never even approach real artistry or technical mastery in their own singing.

@hiyadroogs Even if he were, I would rather sound like Del Monaco for a single recording than any opera singer today for 1,000 live performances.

@MARISOLDELMONACO No, he was a heldentenors. Heldens and dramatics can often pull off both tenor and baritone rep convincingly.

@gonzalordm This was an extremely ignorant comment - even Domingo would agree that he doesn't even approach MDM.

I really can't see this being anyone other than MDM. The voice is far darker, with much more squillante than Limarilli's. A spectograph analysis would look similar because they study the same technique, but just listen. It's MDM for sure.

@TheTenorjeff You're wrong.

@chastenor Hvorostovski doesn't really belong in the conversation. Tibbett doesn't really compare to Ruffo either, but he's much, much, much closer than Woofstovski.

@Operaddict Actually, that isn't right. Callas ruined her voice because she sang far too 'precious' and took too many high notes pianissimo. She lost falsetto coordination and instead mixed by approximating with too much tension in the arytenoids. This loss of falsetto coordination is what caused...

What you are forgetting is the hyoid bone. If you bring your tongue forward, it relieves tension in the genio-hyo-glossus muscle which suspends the hyoid bone above the thyroid cartilage. This suspension allows for freedom of the registration, since the muscles of registration are connected to th...

Viva Del Monaco!

@jeanenila They were actually lyric tenors, although they were pretty darn good in their prime. They weren't close to the most powerful voices, and I'm sure they'd agree. If you want to hear powerful voices:

Birgit Nilsson

Mario Del Monaco

Franco Corelli

Enrico Caruso

Titta Ruffo

@dpfilmsco Juan Diego Florez is a little goat tenorino who doesn't belong in a discussion about great singers.

@spgtenor Youthful, but it sounds off the voice. You can barely hear him in the beginning. Caruso was the archetypical Nemorino in his day, and he was a dramatic tenor!

@unethicaldenier He's a dramatic tenor singing a Wagner aria. I have a feeling your idea of 'lyrical' is the antithesis of thrilling.

@CarlGorn By the way, I don't think those 'images of small pubs with a blazing hearth' include auto-tune.

@MetagothSlayer

It's "Ovunque il guardo io giro", which translates to "everywhere my glance turns"

Not "O Del Mio guardo io giro", which translates to "Oh of my glance it turns"

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And here you can follow along for yourself:

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To think a little googling cou...