RIP Carlo Bergonzi

The word is emerging from Italy that the tenor Carlo Bergonzi has died, not long after his 90th birthday. ://youtu.be/l52wH1RETrU Bergonzi was a singer who might not have been as successful in today's opera world. On stage, he looked awkward, his physical acting of the grand-gesture, extend-your-arms variety. There was plenty of acting, however, in his voice: all of the tenderness and warmth and ardor in the world rang out in a sound that was at once golden and caressing, with a characteristic l...