20 Questions

9. Italian?

10. Andrea Bocelli? (Beat my heart!!)

11. Jovanotti?

12. Younger than 30?

Edit to change question to younger than 40?

13. Tenor?

waiting for the answer to #13.

13. (sheepishly, shoulda turned the page myself) No, not a tenor.

14. No, not Furlanetto, but you're moving in the right direction.

(and no, he's not performing at the Lyric in Der Rosenkavalier, though he's performed there in the past)

15. Ruggero Raimondi?

15. Could it be Enzo Dara?? Interesting guy

Ceanna, Oh, yeah I did a search and I am working on the list of those still alive.

Who said what? Thanks LOL.

LOL, It seems like it could be your guy also....The Barber of Seville. Isn't that a little rascals episode?

Yep!! It looks like we are left hanging. Queen said earlier she had to leave by 6pm central which is now past.

16..Frontal

I'll count those all as one question, 'cause I did leave you hanging (love the picture, lover!)

Well, also 'cause it's all the same answer:

15. No, not Raimondi (though I do quite wish to see him!), Bruson, Dara or Frontal

I think I got all the guesses....need another hint?

A hint of elimination: he doesn't have a Wikipedia page.

A confirmation: yes, he is a bass. searching for a more specific descriptor.

That was a long show!! I have never seen an opera and always curious what make operas interesting. Hope you enjoyed your evening.

17. Andrea Silvestrelli ?? Looked him up.He has a very DEEP voice....wow!

And also yes: an extremely deep voice.The roles I've seen him in are the "basso profundo" type, or at least no higher than mid-bass-baritone: Il Commendatore, Colline, Osmin, that sort of thing. The youtube video of Silvestrelli as "the stoned guest" and Gilfry as the title role of Don Giovanni is interesting--Gilfry's a low-ish baritone.

Also a rather big man, with a fairly physical style of performance, so I remember him better as Colline or Ferrando than, say, Timur or Pimen; he does well in Verdi or Marriage of Figaro. (that crops up in the video I'm thinking of)

What's to like about opera? Not everyone does, and that's fine. There's (not surprisingly!) several components--music, singing, acting, not minding that you can't understand the singers--and if any one of them leaves you cold, then opera's not for you. For me, it's the live performance aspect; something gets lost in the recording process. DH and I are just lucky to live within spitting distance of one of the larger opera companies.