Ultimate Opera Quiz for Connoisseurs Part 5

The ultimate Operatic Quiz, for connoisseurs only - Part 5
The clips are very generous in length, and the singers are *all* very famous - no Achille Braschi or Tenghiz Zaashvili here. All world class superstars (merited or not). Mostly tenors, but with a few other voices thrown in for fun. If you *really* know your operatic voices, please post you answers here, not by PM. Good luck - you need it! :D

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[Ragnaroekk]

Those losers from the Rec Music Opera forum were told to go here to prove that they actually are the great experts the pretend to be... not a single one of them even dared to post one single guess! What great experts, Handelman, Leonard Tillman and his friends... a big mouth and no clue (not an unusual combination).

[CraigFrancisSoto]

Wow,this test is 'molto difficile'. The only one I can take a shot at with any certainty is #8) Jussi B.-absolutely no one else has that silvery,ringing timbre and tone.I will hazard a guess that #1 may be Bergonzi and #10 may be a shaky and unsteady DelMonaco.But as for all the remaining singers,I'm sad to say 'I haven't a clue'. Imogen,these tests of yours certainly make me realize how little I really know about opera singers.They are great fun. Grazie mille Caro Imogen.

[lastofdmelocchians]

1 Labo 2 Lisitsian 3 Bastianini 4 Gobbi 5 Filippeschi 6 Svanholm 7 Martinelli 8 Bjoerling 9 Sorry, I don't do ladies:( 10 Masini

[chrizosthemis]

1. tucker?

2. i don't know

3. n.n.

4. very nice - Gobbi

5. I dont know

6. Gobbi again?

7. Paul Potts :) in his dreams

8. ? bjorling; I'm almost sure

9. ?

10. del Monaco?

[arisathanactor]

4. gobbi

8. gedda

9. ponselle?

10.monaco

[FarfalloneAmoroso]

1. The way he pronounces the "aaa" reminds me of Carlo Bergonzi.

2. ?

3. ? Titta Ruffo? Sounds like a Lion Voice.

4. Tito Gobbi, I have that record

5. -6. ?

7. Martinucci, because of the way he pronounces the "s".

8. Jussi Björling, unmistakable

9. Don't like her

10. Sounds like Del Monaco, but not at his best.

[Sinfoniette]

No. 2 is definitly Lisitsian (I'd be suprised if it wasn't).

5. Fillipeschi

6. Svanholm (no doubt)

7. Martinelli

8. Bjorling in his rather not-so-high places

[GermanOperaSinger]

i. Comrade Breshnev ii. Spaghetti eating man (?) 1.Labo - love that voice 2. Lisitsian - I'd recognize that great sound anywhere 3. Frick? 4. ? 5. Filippeschi 6.Svanholm - finally! 7. Martinelli as an old man... 8. Bjorling - not at his best 9. Lida Baarova - just joking of course 10. Feels like I should know this but I don't....he was on quiz 6 too wasn't he? I know his name for sure. Can't figure it out though.

[MaestroAmduscias]

0. Boh... è Adriano Celentano! 1. Labò. Incisione studio con Anna Moffo 2. Ma... ? Non è molto napoletano, questo. 3. Neri in un brano mascagnano 4. Gobbi ancora, un aria antica 5. Filippeschi, ancora da un film! 6. Svanholm, che sorpresa... 7. Martinelli, proprio anziano qui... 8, Bjoerling 9. La Melba? Vecchissima? Mamma mia.. 10. Masini, indimenticabile e mitico. Questi brani sono i più difficili di tutti.

[CraigFrancisSoto]

#3 is the great Giangiacomo Guelfi,isn't it ?

[lastofdmelocchians]

1. Flaviano Labo'

2. Only Tenors! But, I know that voice: Pavel Lisitsian

3. C'mon Tenors! But, I'll play:) It's Giangiacomo Guelfi:)

4. Gobbi

5. No 1 sings high notes like Mario Filippeschi!!!

6. Sounds like Svanholm. It is my fave SET!:)

7. I told U from B4 this voice is unmistakable: Giovanni Martinelli

8. Where's this LEGENDARY recording of Lohengrin w/Bjoerling?

9. Only Tenors, Tenors& Tenors!!!

10. 1 ofmy faves: Galiano Masini. Try harder. No 1s' better wTenors than I! NO 1:) Ciao

[maxlorenz24]

Thanks Imogenn ;-)