Throughout history we have seen a number of fantastic tenor voices, ranging from the time of the Castrati to Counter tenor, Lyric Tenor, Dramatic Tenor and one more: the drawing room tenor. I usually hold the latter as separate to the others as it is a lighter, more limited range tenor.

Our voice is one of the most amazing things we possess. It can take us away from the world and into another realm. It can bring out a whole range of emotions: the human voice is truly unique in this ability that it has to change the way we feel.

In an opera where the story is being unfolded before your eyes and ears, you can be in the clouds one moment and on the floor the next. The colour of the music underlying the voice takes whatever emotional crutch you thought you had in place, and pulls it firmly out from underneath you.

There is a huge fanatical fan base when it comes to the tenor voice. It’s said that this voice is the most popular, and has the greatest ability to lead the audience towards the right emotions. The females, especially, adore the tenor voice, especially when combined with dashing good looks, a charming personality, and an impressive acting ability. The men in the audience just sit and wish that they knew how to do the same!

So from Giovanni Battista Rubini to Rolando Villazon and beyond there is a wealth of musical talent to dig into and have your rich of fill. But I will warn you it is addictive, once you start really listening to a range of lovely voices and start comparing, your curiosity will drive you on to find yet more of the gems that are out there. And there are hundreds to choose from I’m sure .

I share this same fascination and curiosity of the tenor voice, and I don’t think it’s a bad thing! There are plenty of fantastic sounds and videos around if you can’t manage to see them live. I recommend you take a look – you’ll never forget that wonderful experience.

I’ve loved listening to the plethora of tenors available over the years, and would love to do justice to as many as I can in time. The project will take a long time and will be constantly growing, but a very rewarding and pleasureable one. Take a look at my project at http://www.tenorvoice.net . I’m also setting up a tenor Facebook page, please go to http://www.facebook.com: the page id to join is Tenor Voice.

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