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The Other Great Welsh Bass-Baritone

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Uploaded by on May 12, 2008

Sir Geraint Evans singing "Oh Diamond Shine" from "The Tales of Hoffmann". This is better known as "Scintille Diamant" from "Les Contes d'Hoffmann". But here it is sung in English.

This aria is by Offenbach but it is not originally from Hoffmann. It is from "Le Voyage Dans La Lune". In some modern productions it is now cut.

This performance is from a TV broadcast with Michele Molese as Hoffmann.

Evans had a range and a repertoire very much like that of Bryn Terfel. Evans was shorter so he played a lot of short guy parts like Papageno and Beckmesser. Terfel being taller, gets to do Sachs and Giovanni.

Overall however Evans voice is darker and a little more dramatic than Terfel's. Both have been famous Leporellos and Falstaffs.

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  • Let's get this in perspective - he is the ONLY GREAT Welsh Bass Baritone!

  • @bretul

    The Welsh of course are a singing people. See the great film about the stand at Roarke's Drift - ZULU! The Welsh engineering company caught with no where to run, defies the Zulu army with song. Rousing stuff that!

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  • What a beautifully rich and dusky timbre.Evans was just a superb bass baritone. Bravo Evans!

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  • Anybody have the lyrics for this version by Evans?

  • Much prefer him to Warren or Merrill. Excellent and exciting.

  • Needless to say this has been added to my favorites. . .

  • TERFEL "SHOULD LISTEN" to EVANS. This is SPLENDID SINGING, NEVER TO BE

    HEARD ON THE OPERATIC STAGE TODAY

  • Lovely!

  • Thank you for posting and Kievest for sharing this miraculous recording of the great and unforgettable maestro Evans's video!!

  • Glorious dark, burnished sound, exquisite diction and phrasing, supreme artistry....

    a baritone for the Ages! Would be great if you could post his Mikado and/or other

    triumphs since Maestro Evans is woefully underrepresented on YouTube! Thank

    you for this gem!

  • This man is magnificent. No wonder I love bass baritones.

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