@safersephiroth2001 french horns have a beautiful sound, but are not perfect instruments...brass instrumentalists do the best they can, just like ford. i take it you're not a musician?
Ford has said himself, that the more full lyric repertoire was too big for him. His voice is well suited to Rossini, Donizetti and Mozart. I wouldn't say he is a bari-tenor though. He is simply a singer who uses his fully developed voice, not a portion of it like most singers today.
Vocal timbre is a product of good technique, not something you choose. Ford isn't doing anything differently than Florez for instance. He's just got a very different sound.
@chrisscruzzz what r u talking about? FORD IS A FREAKING LEGGIERO! He just uses his instrument in a different manor. Utilizing the high voice and also bring more space and warmth to the sound, something most Rossini tenors avoid where they bring a brassier sound. Ford freakin rocks! Gotta love this technique there is a reason he was and is so successful.
@safersephiroth2001 french horns have a beautiful sound, but are not perfect instruments...brass instrumentalists do the best they can, just like ford. i take it you're not a musician?
bordaz1 3 weeks ago
Ford has said himself, that the more full lyric repertoire was too big for him. His voice is well suited to Rossini, Donizetti and Mozart. I wouldn't say he is a bari-tenor though. He is simply a singer who uses his fully developed voice, not a portion of it like most singers today.
DragTas 5 months ago
@Sjambro I agree with you.
MissLadyboy007 6 months ago
I always thought that Bruce Ford was that rare creature the Bari-tenor?
MissLadyboy007 6 months ago
sorry to disagree folks, although Ford sings leggiero roles he is a lyric tenor. His voice has the weight and squillo of a lyric tenor.
leotbrown 9 months ago
Vocal timbre is a product of good technique, not something you choose. Ford isn't doing anything differently than Florez for instance. He's just got a very different sound.
slancio15 11 months ago
@chrisscruzzz what r u talking about? FORD IS A FREAKING LEGGIERO! He just uses his instrument in a different manor. Utilizing the high voice and also bring more space and warmth to the sound, something most Rossini tenors avoid where they bring a brassier sound. Ford freakin rocks! Gotta love this technique there is a reason he was and is so successful.
js59695 1 year ago
@chrisscruzzz ford is a leggiero aswell.
bigus 1 year ago
@erstelage....... Rockwell Blake is a leggiero tenor and Bruce is a lyric tenor so it's not really fair to compare......so go to bed!!!!!!!!!!
chrisscruzzz 1 year ago
I love Bruce Ford he's amazing...the same cannot be said of the horn player and his busted entrance at the start of the aria!
yesblanche 1 year ago