Di rigori armato il seno - Pavarotti, Kaufmann, Beczala against some youngsters

Which Italian tenor aria is the most difficult AND most beautiful? It is an aria written by a guy who is quintessential German.

It was written by a guy who wrote several very important operas which are performed every day all over the world.

But all his operas have sopranos, mezzosopranos and baritones as their main protagonists for whom he wrote the most amazing music. But no much for tenor.

Well - nothing but this one short aria. And this aria alone was enough to put him on the tenor-olympus.

Of course you already know what I am talking about… Yes, the aria of the Italian singer in Richard Strauss’ Rosenkavalier: Di rigori armato il seno.

00:00 Intro
04:13 Piotr Beczala
07:29 YongXi Chen
09:53 Jonas Kaufmann
12:38 Myong-Hyun Lee
15:37 Luciano Pavarotti
18:38 Andrei Danilov
20:56 Outro

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YongXi Chen    • Yongxi Chen, tenor - Di rigori armato...  
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Andrei Danilov    • Di rigori armato il seno – 2022 Budap...