The romanian tenor Garbis Zobian (1915 - 2002) was many times compared with Mario del Monaco, because they have rather the same type of voice and repertoire. Unfortunately, due to the communist regim he didn't sang on the western opera scenes when he was in his prime (50-60), like many, many other singers from the behind the Iron Border. This is a live recording from a perfomance in Russia, I'm not sure if it's in Moscow or Sankt Petersburg. He departed from Romania in the 60s and many years after his departure his recordings were banned.
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