Greatest Tenor(s) ever?

[blancopantera]

I will throw one name out there that you all may recognize and that is David Phelps.

You stole my thunder, Future Brother-In-Law!

[ivorykeys]

My new favorite tenor is Andrea Boccelli.

[joel_n]

My new favorite tenor is Andrea Boccelli.

I second that!

[jnisly]

Josh Groban is a baritone. And a fairly average one at that. And Bocelli isn't really anything special.


The greatest tenors are basically the ones Josh Good listed, Pavarotti of course is amazing, but also Domingo and Carreras, and old greats like Enrico Caruso. Robert Tear is an amazing Lieder tenor.

[ChristFollower]

Brian Free is the best one i know of. he was voted tenor of the year by singing news magazine thirteen times, more than anyone else.

btw, i am pretty sure most people would consider josh groban to be a tenor, and defenately not a baritone. he sings pretty high you know.

[ivorykeys]

Andrea Boccelli has a good microphone voice. They tried to bring him to the US to sing with an opera company, but it didn't work...his voice doesn't project well enough for real opera.

I prefer a less operatic style, myself. That's why I prefer Josh Groban over some of the more classical tenors. [By the way, why do you say he's a baritone? Baritone range typically goes up to around the E above middle C. Groban sings A's in most of his songs, sometimes even B's.]

EDIT: OK, I stand corrected...I went searching on the 'net, and found out that he's considered a low tenor/high baritone. Hmm. Interesting.

[amish_e_squared]

My vote is for Ernie (with a last name that I can't remember) that sang with the Kingsmen in the late 70's and early 80's. (At least I think that's when it was.) I must admit though, that John Schlitt is pretty impressive also.

[tumbleweed]

Ronnie Dunn is a great tenor as well.

[dasme]

Dylan Hostetter has an amazing voice IMO.

[jnisly]

Andrea Boccelli has a good microphone voice. They tried to bring him to the US to sing with an opera company, but it didn't work...his voice doesn't project well enough for real opera.

I prefer a less operatic style, myself. That's why I prefer Josh Groban over some of the more classical tenors. [By the way, why do you say he's a baritone? Baritone range typically goes up to around the E above middle C. Groban sings A's in most of his songs, sometimes even B's.]

EDIT: OK, I stand corrected...I went searching on the 'net, and found out that he's considered a low tenor/high baritone. Hmm. Interesting.

You're exactly right about Bocelli, which is probably why I don't like him. He's not a properly trained tenor.

And bass range actually goes to the E above middle C. A typical baritone range would extend to F or maybe G. A Verdi baritone might have to sing A's.

[peaches1224]

Brian Free is the best one i know of. he was voted tenor of the year by singing news magazine thirteen times, more than anyone else.

I've always really liked Brian Free, too.

[Flgurl]

Josh Groban is the best!!!

Oh, and Dallas Rogers is pretty awesome...though I doubt any of you have ever heard of him

[ChristFollower]

Ronnie Dunn is a great tenor as well.

haha
i can sing as high as he can . he is a really good singer though.

[kzook]

not sure of the name, but 4him's highest voice is really good

I agree with that

[ofLI]

Andrea Boccelli has a good microphone voice. They tried to bring him to the US to sing with an opera company, but it didn't work...his voice doesn't project well enough for real opera.

I prefer a less operatic style, myself. That's why I prefer Josh Groban over some of the more classical tenors. [By the way, why do you say he's a baritone? Baritone range typically goes up to around the E above middle C. Groban sings A's in most of his songs, sometimes even B's.]

EDIT: OK, I stand corrected...I went searching on the 'net, and found out that he's considered a low tenor/high baritone. Hmm. Interesting.

You're exactly right about Bocelli, which is probably why I don't like him. He's not a properly trained tenor.

And bass range actually goes to the E above middle C. A typical baritone range would extend to F or maybe G. A Verdi baritone might have to sing A's.

i agree...i don't really like Groban except as a pop singer...he strains his voice quite a bit and almost always sings in the top third of his register...Groban i think for this reason sings more in the tenor range...Bocelli i think is better but also sounds thin at times even on his opera arias...

in my experience as a bass-baritone very few baritone arias or art songs ever transcend higher than an F though i did sing one song with an A flat (about 4 times over the course of the song)...an F is comfortable but and E is more comfortable...I cannot sing a true A full voice in performance though i have hit it in practice...