Ramon Vinay (August 31, 1911 – January 4, 1996) was a famous Chilean operatic tenor.
Biography
Vinay started his career as a baritone, switched to tenor and eventually gravitated back to baritone roles. Born in Chillan, Chile, he is best known for his Otello in Verdi's opera of the same name, which, for a time, he made his own. He performed the role in a complete performance of the opera conducted by Arturo Toscanini on radio in 1947, with Herva Nelli, Giuseppe Valdengo and Nan Merriman, and the NBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus. This performance was subsequently issued by RCA Victor on both LP and CD. In recent years, it has appeared on other compact disc labels, notably the Guild label. Many critics consider it the best Otello ever recorded. Vinay was also the first tenor to sing the role on television. That was in 1948, in the very first complete performance of an opera telecast from the Met. He also sang it at La Scala, in Salzburg, and at Covent Garden. In all, he performed it hundreds of times. He is the only opera singer to sing both the roles of Otello and Iago in Verdi's opera. However, his repertoire was ample and also included Wagnerian roles, as well as Don Jose in Carmen and Samson in Saint-Saëns's Samson et Dalila.
Selected Recordings
- Bizet - Carmen (Stokowski/Heidt, Pease, M. Koshetz) - Eklipse
- Saint-Saëns - Samson et Dalila (Cellini/Stevens) - VAI
- Verdi - Otello (Toscanini/Nelli, Valdengo) - RCA
- Verdi - Otello (Busch/Albanese, Warren) - Preiser Arkadia
- Verdi - Otello (Furtwangler/Martinis, Schoffler) - EMI
- Verdi - Otello (Cleva 1950/1951/excerpts/Steber, Guarrera) - Preiser
- Wagner - Lohengrin (Sawallisch/Thomas, Silja, Varnay, Crass) - Philips
- Wagner - Parsifal (Krauss/Modl, London, Weber, Uhde, Greindl) - Arlecchino
- Wagner - Parsifal (Knappertsbusch/Modl, Fischer-Dieskau, Greindl) - Myto
- Wagner - Der Ring des Nibelungen (Keilberth/Modl, Resnik, Hotter, Windgassen, Uhde, Weber) - Melodram
- Wagner - Der Ring des Nibelungen (Krauss/Varnay, Hotter, Resnik, Greindl, Malaniuk) - Gala
- Wagner - Tannhauser (Keilberth/Brouwenstijn, Fischer-Dieskau, Greindl)- Melodram
- Wagner - Tristan und Isolde (Jochum/Varnay, Neidlinger, Weber, Malaniuk) - Melodram
- Wagner - Tristan und Isolde (Karajan/Modl, Weber, Hotter, Malaniuk) - Myto
- Recital live (Arias by Verdi, Leoncavallo, Saint-Saëns, Wagner, duets with Ljuba Welitsch) - Melodram
- Four Famous Met-Tenors of the Past (Peerce, Bjorling, Tucker) - Preiser - LV
- Met - 100 Singers - RCA
Audio Examples
- Richard Wagner, Walkure 2. Aufzug: "Weh! Weh! Suessestes Weib!"
Dirigent: Clemens Krauss; Festspielhaus Bayreuth, 1953
- Richard Wagner, Lohengrin 2. Aufzug: "Erhebe dich, Genossin meiner Schmach!" (as Telramund)
Dirigent: Wolfgang Sawallisch; Festspielhaus Bayreuth, 1962
- Richard Wagner, Lohengrin 2. Aufzug: "Du wilde Seherin" (as Telramund)
Dirigent: Wolfgang Sawallisch; Festspielhaus Bayreuth, 1962
External link
Other pages about Chilean classical singers
-Ramon Vinay -Tito Beltran
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