The KING of Operatic Basses (Ezio Pinza)

The operatic bass is among the rarest, most unyielding voice types, and few basses could go toe-to-toe with the enormous Ezio Pinza—his colossal, bronze sound; his massive range; and his artistic, expressive intelligence. We look at the Italian American's career at the Metropolitan Opera and around the world, his success particularly in Italian and French repertoire, and even his late-life triumph on Broadway. Chapters: 0:00 Pinza & the Difficulty of the Bass Voice 3:43 Mozart's Don Giovanni 8:10 Meyerbeer & Pinza's High F# 10:25 Thomas & Pinza's Coloratura 12:08 Flégier & Pinza's Low D 14:46 King Philip II in Verdi's Don Carlo 24:43 Escamillo in Bizet's Carmen (with Ponselle) 33:38 Monteverdi's "Lasciatemi morire" 38:03 Broadway: Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific