In a Different Voice: Then and Now Winter 2025 Opera Course

LINKS FOR BASS-BARITONES

SIMON ESTES

Interview and transcript: OPERA America Oral History Project
www.operaamerica.org/industry-resources/2022/oral-history-project/an-oral-history-with-simon-estes/

Sharing his experiences with racism
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIb7f-jdpvs (3:12)

Singing "The Lord's Prayer"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vik6HIMsUUU (2:34)

Singing with Grace Bumbry in Verdi's Aida
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Z3UIzoH0e4 (8:50)

GERALD FINLEY

Leporello singing the "Catalogue Aria" from Mozart's Don Giovanni
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cojYjrKeAU4 (2:16)

Singing Iago's "Credo" from Verdi's Otello
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKF-jtWDAtk (1:50)

Singing Papageno's aria from Mozart's Die Zauberflote
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaLQDbIobPU (4:06)

Hans Sachs singing "Wahn! Wahn!" from Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWXtkGrPy2Y (6:51)

RYAN SPEEDO GREEN

Singing "Solche herge laufner Laffen"from Mozart's Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Cv6C8rYbKE (4:55)

Singing "Madamina, "il catalogo e questo" from Mozart's Don Giovanni
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTV66DjfBmk (5:16)

Singing "Le veau d'or" from Gounod's Faust
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEhRMhp64fE (2:06)

Singing "O tu Palermo" from Verdi's I Vespri Siciliani
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYHCtkd_lg0 (4:04)

Talking with Nick Rinehart of the Metropolitan Opera Education Department about singing the role of Emile Griffith in Terence Blanchard's Champion
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqjwbocELxk (38:34)

HANS HOTTER

Singing Wotan in Wagner's The Ring Cycle
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mdidz6xBoXE (34:00)

Singing Wotan in Wagner's Siegfried
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9n5pszs9adQ (34:39)

Singing Schubert's "Winterreise"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghWPqNpjWqU (1:14:52)

GEORGE LONDON

Singing "Te Deum" from Puccini's Tosca
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nBxoDGzfI8 (4:14)

Singing "O Du, Mein Holder Abendstern" from Wagner's Tannhauser
www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8KXBus4LiU (3:00)

Singing Farewell and Death from Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYG_30p30Bw (12:32)

RYAN McKINNY

Singing in Schubert's "Winterreise"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=twbfh6Xy-WM (6:11)

Singing an excerpt from Heggie's Dead Man Walking
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezRnSGugwNc (2:07)

With Luca Pisaroni, talking about the roles of Don Giovanni and Leporello in Mozart's Don Giovanni
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LVPoMPTdas (4:12)

With Isabel Leonard, singing Rogers and Hammerstein's "If I Loved You"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNWskCzuOSA (4:50)

JAMES MORRIS

Interview on singing Wagner
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xp9q5l4ckSA (15:52)

Singing Wotan's Farewell from Wagner's Die Walkure
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pTaH8USQH4 (9:50)

With Samuel Ramey, singing "The Grand Inquisitor" from Verdi's Don Carlos
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeC3aeOzngk (9:52)

Singing "Te Deum" from Puccini's Tosca
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nttU6kYjkt0 (4:22)

DANIEL OKULITCH

Singing in the Finale of Mozart's Don Giovanni
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JW2j06ju6kA (12:30)

Singing Figaro in Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jcu1y1K49B8 (2:58)

Talking on the Difference between Preparing for a Premiere vs. an Existing Role
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-HMQ7r9C7c (1:12)

ERIC OWENS

Eric Owens on the Inspiration of Marian Anderson
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Oyif5hLdtc (1:20)

Eric Owens on Being Introduced to Opera
www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5qcpTdGwzY (1:14)

Eric Owens' Top Five Opera Entrances
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VZBaDHJBZs (7:25)

Singing"Come deal ciel precipita"from Verdi's Macbeth
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BGu2aoCzPk (4:12)

Singing "Non piu andre" from Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgJmOa6yoVY (3:57)

LUCA PISARONI

Singing "Madamina" ("Catalogue Aria") from Mozart's Don Giovanni
www.youtube.com/watch?v=w46rvlJ7ZDc (6:12)

Singing "Non piu andrai" from Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sJL115dgbk (3:00)

Talking about his career and watching his transformation in "The Enchanted Island"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEOA5TeonZA (2:57)

Singing "Cheti, cheti, immantinente" from Donizetti's Don Pasquale with his father-in-law Thomas Hampson
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XG_qOGT_ICE (7:31)

Rapid Fire Luca Pisaroni
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZo00SrxmcM  (1:01)

SAMUEL RAMEY

Singing "Oh! Chi Piange?" from Verdi's Nabucco
www.youtube.com/watch?v=octHK2ozNxU (4:54)

Singing"Gia d'insolito" from Rossini's The Italian Girl in Algiers
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fE9mpCAz5nk (4:10)

Don Basilio singing "La Calunnia" from Rossini's The Barber of Seville
www.youtube.com/watch?v=efVWXvxkKB0 (7:04)

Talking on Discovering Opera
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEaM2MgrdtQ (1:13)

2022 Interview with Fred Plotkin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fwzg9AKP5Ts  (1:54:26)

TEDDY TAHU RHODES

Singing "Non piu andrai" from Mozart's "Le Nozze di Figaro"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0x4nHr-t4U (2:21)

Singing in Mozart's Don Giovanni
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLcG9YYarKQ  (1:25)

Singing 2 Maori songs ("Hoea ra" and "Hine e hine")
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFyCROWAV_s (2:43)

Singing "Some Enchanted Evening" from Rogers and Hammerstein's South Pacific
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aijgQqeu-44 (2:21)

FRIEDRICH SCHORR

Singing scenes from Wagner's Die Meistersinger
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjEUDNxq0ys (56:17)

Singing "Die Frist ist um" from Wagner's Der fliegende Hollander
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAuVJZ_JiTE (8:31)

BRYN TERFEL

Singing "O Du, Mein Holder Abendstern" from Wagner's Tannhauser
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLNeRBr8lT8 (1:28)

Leporello singing "Madamina" from Mozart's Don Giovanni
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWPiNt8J3I4 (5:57)

Singing traditional Welsh songs
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUs4SENHCDI (2:31)

Singing "Se vuol ballare" from Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MdXqtQ1vJQ (2:36)

Scarpia singing "Te Deum" from Puccini's Tosca
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0euYKIMfV4I (4:16)

JOSE VAN DAM

Singing Mahler's "Kindertotenlieder"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOAIRGSw160 (27:29)

Singing in Strauss's Salome
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sm0OeG8gDTE (2:11)

Singing "Ella giammai m'amo" from Verdi's Don Carlos
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjyhNQt1078 (10:02)

Singing "Jerum, Jerum" from Wagner's Die Meistersinger
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFi5r93uMf0 (5:06)

ALFRED WALKER

Singing "I Got Plenty o' Nuttin" from Gershwin's Porgy and Bess
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eK60NEgTInM (1:18)

Amonasro and Aida (Alexandra LoBianco) singing: Love vs. Duty duet from Verdi's Aida
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLkA2wd-3LY (1:24)