The OONY has done it twice before, both times with exceptional tenors: Jose Carreras in 1972 and Carlo Bergonzi in 1986.

WSJ: Rising tenor Fabiano tackles early Verdi

The experts noted that Cremonese violin-making survived Stradivari and Carlo Bergonzi, the last of the great Cremonese masters who died in 1747.

ECONOMIST: Celebrating a mighty era of violin-making