Q & A: Baritone Simon Mechlinski on Growing Up With Opera-Singing Parents, the Wexford Festival Opera & Working With Giorgio Zancanaro

At last year’s Wexford Festival Opera I caught a recital by the largely unknown Polish baritone, Simon Mechlinski, and he made quite an impression. At the end of festival he received the Gerard Arnhold Bursary, an award made to a singer who is considered to have outstanding potential. This year he returned to Wexford and gave another recital, in addition {…}

Artist Profile: Giorgio Zancanaro, Elite Verdi Baritone

During the later 1900s, there were a few baritones associated with the repertoire of Verdi – the so-called “Verdi baritones.” While many might immediately turn toward Leo Nucci, Renato Bruson, or Piero Cappuccilli as the big Verdi baritones of the time, Giorgio Zancanaro was undeniably among the elites. The baritone, born on May 9, 1939, studied in his native Verona, {…}

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Q & A: Baritone Simon Mechlinski on Growing Up With Opera-Singing Parents, the Wexford Festival Opera & Working With Giorgio Zancanaro

Artist Profile: Giorgio Zancanaro, Elite Verdi Baritone