Francesco Merli is again from the Aureliano Pertile lineage, there are indeed a lot of tenors that fit into this category and will try to find a lot of them to list here. It is always good to have a wide a range as possible. Lets get into the music.
He was particularly associated with heavy roles such as Otello, Canio and Calaf. He ranks as one of the finest dramatic tenors of the inter-war period. He sang widely in italy and south america, also toured Australia in 1928 with an opera company composed of leading La Scala singers.
In 1932 he made his debut as Radames in Aida, but due to poor health he was not at his best and so the debut here was deemed not to be a success, his career faded during the second world war. Lets hear one more from him before we move on.
In this version of "Celeste Aida" you can truly hear his voice ringing out a lovely sound.
I have to say i absolutely love his voice !
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