The gentle timbre in the tenor voice, an approach to the voices of Giacomo Lauri-Volpi and Beniamino Gigli
The gentle timbre in the tenor voice, an approach to the voices of Giacomo Lauri-Volpi and Beniamino Gigli

Summary/Abstract: This study will debate the gentle timbre in the tenor voice at the beginning of the XX century. The gentle timbre is a characteristic of the tenor voice that is intended to be produced. This article will address the technical components of the gentle timbre in the tenor voice and study, for example, Lauri-Volpi and Gigli’s voices. Caruso, who was also a tenor star of this epoch, brought a completely different approach to the tenor voice, that evolved in a new tendency of singing, different from the gentle timbre approach.

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