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Basso profondo (Italian: [ˈbasso proˈfondo], "deep bass"), sometimes basso profundo or contrabass, is the lowest bass voice type.. While The New Grove Dictionary of Opera defines a typical bass as having a range that extends downward to the second E below middle C (E 2), [1] operatic bassi profondi can be called on to sing low C (C 2), as in the role of Baron Ochs in Der Rosenkavalier.
Yuri Wichniakov (Russian: Юрий Вишняков) is a Russian oktavist singer known for his powerful lower register, and resonant low notes. He is the featured bass on the CD Basso Profondo From Old Russia. [1] Wichniakov performs notes as low as E1.
The bass singing voice has a vocal range that lies around the second E below middle C to the E above middle C (i.e., E 2 –E 4). [1] As with the contralto singing voice being the rarest female voice type, the bass voice is the rarest for males, and has the lowest vocal range of all voice types. [2]
Kurt Moll (11 April 1938 – 5 March 2017) [1] was a German operatic bass singer who enjoyed a widely renowned international career. [2]His voice was notable for its range, a true basso profondo, including full, resonant low and very-low notes with relaxed vibrato; also for its unusual combination of extreme volume-capacity and a purring, contrabassoon-like timbre.
The low extreme for basses is generally C 2 (two Cs below middle C). Some extreme bass singers, referred to as basso profondos and oktavists, are able to reach much lower than this. Within opera, the lowest note in the standard bass repertoire is D 2, sung by the character Osmin in Mozart's Die Entführung aus dem Serail, but few roles fall ...
Kevin Maynor is an American opera singer. In 1985, Maynor made his debut with the New York City Opera. [1]Maynor has sung with the Lyric Opera of Chicago, [2] the Scottish Opera, the Opera National du Rhin, Opera Company of Boston, Florida Grand Opera, Pittsburgh opera, and the Dallas Opera.
1965: Bass, Bass, Bass (re-issued in 1975 as the Stamps Quartet Present Their Dynamic Bass) 1968: The Many Moods of the Illustrious J. D. Sumner; 1969: The Heart of a Man (re-issued in 1982 as The Masters V Present Their Majestic Bass, J. D. Sumner) 1972: The Way It Sounds Down Low; 1984: Thank God for Kids; 1985: An American Trilogy
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