Hugues Cuénod obituary

Versatile Swiss tenor with a mastery of diction and technique who sang into his 90sAlthough endowed with only a modest voice, the Swiss tenor Hugues Cuénod, who has died aged 108, achieved eminence by virtue of his high intelligence and extraordinary versatility. Throughout a career that lasted, incredibly, into his 90s, he sang a wide variety of repertory stretching from musical comedy to Monteverdi and Stravinsky. Even after retirement, he continued to dispense wisdom to younger singers, eith...

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