Gravitational anomaly

Yes there seems to have been some sort of gravitational anomaly in Italy in the early ottocento. All the tenors sank to Naples and the basses floated up to the northern Italian cities.

Consider the casts of the northern Italian Rossini operas - Barber and Cenerentola. One tenor and three high basses (Figaro, Bartolo, Basilio and Magnifico, Dandini, and Alidoro). Then consider Armida - seven tenor roles and one minor bass part.

Armida is the most popular topic in all opera. There have been nearly 100 opera or ballet versions including works by Lully, Gluck, Salieri, Haydn, and Dvorak.

Most of the tenor parts are doubled like Masetto-Commendatore so that only four tenors can manage. Oddly the lead tenor Rinaldo has no aria but the second and third tenors have very big challenging arias.

This concert performance gives us Bruce Ford as Rinaldo, Raul Gimenez, and Juan Carmona.

Видео Gravitational anomaly канала Patrick Boyle