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The sheer power of these accumulated forces can shake a listener to the core. (Two conductors are needed for the premiere, Meredith Davies conducted the main orchestra and choir, while Britten conducted the chamber orchestra and the tenor and baritone soloists.) Britten selected for his text nine poems by Lt.
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When at long last some of them were revived in the 1920s, they were severely cut down and many of the lead parts, written for the star castrati of Handel's day, were transposed an octave down for a tenor or a baritone, leaving them barely recognisable.
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Also starring in the classical production were American tenor Andrew Owens, Australian baritone Ben Connor, soprano Anna Maria Sarra and mezzosoprano Gaia Petrone, both from Italy.
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Placido Domingo, the 72-year-old tenor taking on yet another baritone role, was warmly applauded when he walked onstage Thursday night in his first appearance as Giorgio Germont, father of the young hero, Alfredo.
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Mr. Day-Lewis, who normally speaks in a rich baritone, chose a tenor range and reedy timbre that's closer to what's known of Lincoln's voice from historical sources.
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Her vocal partners on this recording the then-rising tenor Mr. di Stefano and the established baritone Mr. Gobbi proved to be equally well chosen.
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In the male camp, tenor Brandon Jovanovich had a broad, solid sound as Carlos and baritone Scott Hendricks was an unusually aggressive Rodrigue, overacting and occasionally oversinging, but passionate.
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Baritone David Pittsinger etched a sympathetic cameo as Blanche's aristocratic father, and as her brother, tenor Paul Appleby sang with honeyed tone in the scene where he bids Blanche farewell the closest thing this opera has to a love duet.
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