Part II - Your Favorites: RAMON VINAY

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THIS PART IS FOR YOUR FAVORITES! Chilean singer Ramon Vinay among other favorites? Please comment! Ramon Vinay, Baritone and Tenor (1911, other sources 1912 1996) Giuseppe Verdi Otello Niun mi tema sanco armato mi vede (Recorded 1951) My personal opinion: What have Elena Nicolai, Renata Tebaldi and italian mezzo Gianna Pederzini in common? They all said, Ramon Vinay was a great personality, a great character, but his voice anyway was shadowed. Ramon Vinay´s fame based on Otello. He began in 1931, after he was encouraged by his mother to learn to sing, as a baritone, singing in La Favorita in Mexico City. When he appeared in 1943 at the New York City Opera as Don José, teacher René Maison had changed his voice into that of a tenor, but his timbré retained its baritonal color. One year later he initiated his major role, Otello again in Mexico City and some say, he was the best of all. Anyhow his Othello was choosen for his Metropolitan Opera debut in february 1946. About Vinays most famous recording, Otello with Toscanini, John Steane had reluctant words: Genuine and powerful!, and that was all... Yes, for me Vinay (who also sang Tristan, Parsifal, Siegmund, Tannhäuser, Alfredo and Turiddu and remarkable enough after returning to baritone roles in 1962, Telramund, Jago (!) and Scarpia) was impressive, with the right vocal physiognomy for Otello (Del Monaco impersonated the caricature of an imitation). With Toscanini, Vinay gave more dramatic, more vehemence. I like the 1951 Furtwängler version with some refined inflections. And I forgive him for his short sobbing at the end of Niun mi tema well, a dagger hurts! With 10 votings you gave him place position 34 in this collection, and I agree with this moderate choice. THE COMPLETE OVERVIEW: GO TO ALL SINGERS IN THIS LIST http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBsScnQWVlU

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