M any people believe that Italy is the only country that can give birth to great tenors, such as Enrico Caruso, Beniamino Gigli, and Luciano Pavarotti. However, Richard Tucker, who was born in ...

He is indeed: he is Giovanni Martinelli, one of the great tenors of his day (1913-45). Last week, during the intermission of Alcestis (see below), Tenor Martinelli, 66, was holding court as usual ...

Austrian daily newspaper, Der Standard, has dubbed him a “vocal phenomenon”. Born in 1993, Freddie was apparently first introduced to great tenors Luciano Pavarotti and Enrico Caruso in his family’s ...