The original three tenors | Ian Bostridge

Beard, Borosini and Fabri are three 18th-century singers who match the character and flourish of our own more familiar Pavarotti, Domingo and Carreras, says tenor Ian BostridgeOne of the greatest excitements of the period-performance movement in baroque music has been the rediscovery of arias written for the castrati. These 18th-century singers, who were imported into the London theatre scene at enormous expense, fascinate historians and musicians, and although authenticity, even at its high-wat...

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