THE LYRIC BASSO PROFUNDO

Lyric basso profondo

Basso profondo (lyric low bass), is the lowest bass voice type. According to J. B. Steane in Voices, Singers & Critics, the basso profondo voice "derives from a method of tone-production that eliminates the more Italian quick vibrato. In its place is a kind of tonal solidity, a wall-like front, which may nevertheless prove susceptible to the other kind of vibrato, the slow beat or dreaded wobble."

Roles

• Rocco, Fidelio by Ludwig van Beethoven
• Osmin, Die Entführung aus dem Serail by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Sarastro, Die Zauberflöte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Pimen, Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky
• Baron Ochs, Der Rosenkavalier by Richard Strauss

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