The great Italian tenor Carlo Bergonzi gives us a benchmark performance of the famous aria from Puccini's La Boheme, "Che gelida manina." Bergonzi sings this aria in key, with a magnificent high C to cap it off, and the most gorgeous of legatos and phrasing and dynamics. Truly one of the greatest tenors ever.

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Ed

Here are five selections from a recently discovered operatic concert that the great tenor, Richard Tucker, sang with the Winnipeg Symphony in March of 1972. Tucker greatness was ageless, and the voice is still in it's warm golden form. He was about 60 years old here, and sounds like a tenor about half that age. He sings arias here from Ballo, Tosca, Manon Lescaut, Pagliacci, and Leoncavallo's Mattinata. Also sung, but not on the recording, were arias from L'Africana, Cavalleria Rusticana, and L'Elisir. The singing is truly awesome!!

Enjoy!!

Best wishes,

Ed