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An Operatic Odyssey, with Luigi Boccia

Strong Songs

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The Character of the Duke of Mantua

I think it's beautiful music to sing because it allows for that expression of those of those sentiments and even at the beginning I'm just going back to the beginning. The frasejo the phrasing the way he stretches these lines he's just it's almost like pulling honey out of a jar He just stretches these lines in a way that make these lines so cantabili so singable. That is how you identify your favorite renditions of a particular aria or a particular role by a tenor are when they really understand the character at a deeper level.

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