Word: tenoritis
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Both are also the inspiration of the same person, Giancarlo del Monaco, one of the busiest directors around. Del Monaco, 51, is opera royalty: his father Mario was a thrilling heroic tenor of the 1950s. Giancarlo speaks--or more often shouts--five languages. He knows all the operas, even works such as Fedora and Francesca da Rimini, by heart because he spent his childhood in the wings. He also knows the stress points; when his father sang, his mother used to stand behind the boy with her hand on his shoulder; when the hard parts came, her grip tightened...
Young Artists Showcase. PresentsBenjamin Brecher, tenor, with Beth Beeson onFrench horn and Kayo Iwama on pino. IsabellaStewart Gardner Museum, 280 The Fenway, Boston. $2for students. Call 734-1359 for more information...
Sunday Concert Series. PresentsMusicians from Marlboro performing Haydn Trio 101for Viola, Tenor Viola and Cello; Hindemith Octetfor Winds and Strings and Beethoven's Septet inE-flat Major, Op. 20 Isabella Stewart GardnerMuseum, 1:30 p.m. $2 for students. Call 734-1359for more information...
Longy School of Music. Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall, 27 Garden St., Cambridge. 876-0956, ext. 120. Master class with Nico Castel, tenor on Sunday, Feb. 19 at 1 p.m. Master class with Anton Kuerti, piano on Sunday...
...more chimerical aspect of Elkies' musical life is his singing. In exactly which register is he most at home? "I have to sing bass in the Glee Club," he responds, adding that "I have sung tenor under duress, and alto under the influence!" His voice, however, is not Elkies' real forte: "It might still be conceivable [for me] to get a career as a professional musician, but not as a singer...