Three Baritones throw down the gauntlet

New Straits Times | December 6, 2003| | Copyright

Faridul Anwar Farinordin
New Straits Times
12-06-2003
Three Baritones throw down the gauntlet
Byline: Faridul Anwar Farinordin
Edition: The City Advertiser; 2*
Section: Entertainment

IN the world of operas and classical music, rivalry between baritones and tenors - male performers with low and high vocal ranges respectively - is a well-known fact.

On stage, the tenors always get to play the heroes, end up with the leading ladies (sopranos) and get to sing great arias. Baritones, on the other hand, are given supporting roles and, very often, die halfway through the opera (except in a few works ...

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