Альбомы исполнителя
Donizetti: La fille du régiment (Live)
2022 · альбом
Kraus Inmortal
2022 · сборник
Verdi: Falstaff
2022 · альбом
La Bohème: Best Of
2022 · сборник
La Traviata - Best Of
2022 · сборник
Verdi: Rigoletto
2021 · альбом
Esencial (Remastered)
2019 · альбом
Romanzas y dúos de Zarzuela (Remasterizado 2017)
2017 · альбом
Bellini - La Sonnambula
2017 · альбом
Bellini: I puritani (Selections)
2016 · альбом
Alfredo Kraus y Manuel Ausensi
2015 · альбом
El Huesped del Sevillano
2015 · альбом
Alfredo Kraus - Canciones del Recuerdo
2015 · альбом
Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia (Live)
2015 · альбом
Verdi: Rigoletto
2015 · альбом
Verdi: Rigoletto (Recorded Live 1961)
2015 · альбом
Grandes Éxitos de Alfredo Kraus
2014 · сборник
Verdi: Rigoletto
2014 · альбом
Arias Famosas
2014 · альбом
Canciones y Romanzas
2014 · альбом
Mozart: Don Giovanni Highlights
2014 · альбом
Alfredo Kraus - Ensueño de Amor
2013 · альбом
Alfredo Kraus - Canción de Libertad
2013 · альбом
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Биография
A leading lyric tenor of his generation, Alfredo Kraus parlayed his vocal and artistic gifts into one of the longest and best managed careers in recent memory. Always careful -- both in choice of roles and in the regulation of his performing schedule -- not to overextend himself, he achieved a degree of consistency and longevity that kept him active professionally well into his sixties, always applauded for his youthful tone and delivery. Among his vocal assets were an admirable top extension -- which included an enviable D above high C -- a warm tone, and an instinctive feel for the shape of phrases, especially in French repertory. He, Carlo Bergonzi, and Nicolai Gedda were noted for their style, refinement, and musicianship in an era when, especially in Italian opera, tenors often neglected such qualities. He starred in the title role of Viladamot's 1959 film Gayarre, a biography of the famous Spanish tenor. While he studied music as a youngster, Kraus had no intention of becoming a professional singer, until friends and family began encouraging him to do so. In taking up vocal studies, Kraus avoided heavier repertory and focused on the bel canto tenore di grazia parts that he knew were right for his voice. At the age of 28, he won first prize at the Geneva Competition, and a representative of the Cairo Opera, who was present at the auditions, offered him the role of the Duke in Rigoletto; he made his professional opera debut at the Cairo Opera in that role in 1956. His great success there was followed by equally gratifying appearances in Venice, Turin, and Barcelona, and in 1958, he appeared in La Traviata with Maria Callas in Lisbon -- the Lisbon Traviata. In 1959, he sang Arturo in I Puritani for the first time, made his La Scala and Covent Garden debuts, followed by his Metropolitan Opera debut in 1965 and Salzburg debut in 1968. In Rome, he sang his first Werther, a role that, like Arturo, was to become one of his signatures. Aside from his fine sense of the musical nuance and phrasing, his portrayal of the mentally unstable, morbid, masochistic, and manipulative character of Werther has been acclaimed as one of the most effective and insightful readings ever. During the 1980s, he began to limit the number of his performances even further (at the peak of his career, he never sang more than 50 in a year), and started to turn his attention to teaching, although even in the 1990s he still had an active performing schedule. Kraus died on September 10, 1999, after an extended illness.