Best basses and baritones

At the opera, we often find ourselves swooning before the highest voices, agile and virtuosic, for whom the repertoire is vast and well-known. But the other side of the spectrum, with booming basses and warmly resonant baritones, boasts just as many treasures for the discerning music lover! Discover the power of the lower registers in this special playlist, interpreted by today's top names like Bryn Terfel, Thomas Hampson, Matthias Goerne—plus archival treasures with the late, great Tito Gobbi and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, and many more…