Thank you, Samuel Ramey, for advising young singers that they should know how to say "No". In other words, don't take every role that is offered, no matter how much the singer might want it, if the voice isn't ready for it.
He wasn't a pure basso; A pure basso was Boris Christoff, Jerome Hines, Cesare Siepi, Ezio Pinza, Nicholai Ghiraruv. He is a bass-baritone, in the same vein of Justino Diaz, Cornell MacNeil, John Shirley-Quirk, etc. He had a beautiful instrument when he did the Rossinian, Handelian, and Mozartian arie and roles. He never didn't have the strong instrumentation for the pure heavy roles found in Verdi, Puccini or even Wagner.
One of the best complete interviews to one of the best basses of our era
Thank you, Samuel Ramey, for advising young singers that they should know how to say "No". In other words, don't take every role that is offered, no matter how much the singer might want it, if the voice isn't ready for it.
He is a basso cantante, but he speaks just like Glenn Miller.
Sam rules!
''No Tenors Allowed'' HAHAHAHA OMG!!! this is fucking crazy!! I love you Sam! ❤️😎😂
He wasn't a pure basso; A pure basso was Boris Christoff, Jerome Hines, Cesare Siepi, Ezio Pinza, Nicholai Ghiraruv. He is a bass-baritone, in the same vein of Justino Diaz, Cornell MacNeil, John Shirley-Quirk, etc. He had a beautiful instrument when he did the Rossinian, Handelian, and Mozartian arie and roles. He never didn't have the strong instrumentation for the pure heavy roles found in Verdi, Puccini or even Wagner.
If no tenors were allowed, what was Hampson doing in it? 🤣