Alfredo Kraus
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Biography
[Edit]Opera tenor, known for putting quality before quantity in his performances. In the opera world, Alfredo Kraus is famous for refusing roles he knows he cannot sing or that are not in his repertoire. One of his best roles which he has portrayed numerous times is Werther.
Alfredo Kraus was born in Las Palmas in Great Canary. He began his musical career at the age of four taking up piano lessons. By the age of eight, he was an important part of the school choir, developing his tenor voice even then. Performing recitals and musical meetings, Alfredo Kraus was taught composition from Dona Maria Suarez Fiol of Leon. He continued performing concerts and recitals. At 17 years old, he was the lead tenor in the Choir of the Filarmonica de Canary Gran and the Polifonica Chorale of the Palms. It was with this early experience that Alfredo Kraus developed a style and a repertoire. He decided at an early age what his musical bounds would be. His style is intellectually stimulating and leaves everything to the imagination. His experience finally brought him to a professional debut in 1956.
Alfredo Kraus made his professional debut in Cairo, Egypt in 1956. He portrayed the Duke of Mantua in Rigoletto. Many of his opera performances have led him to international fame especially his portrayal of Werther. After his debut he performed at La Scala in Milan and the Covent Garden in 1959. From Milan Alfredo Kraus broadened his repertoire to include the United States. He made his operatic debut in the United States in Chicago in 1962. Never before has someone made such an impact on American opera. The tenacity and style of his performance led to a New York Metropolitan Opera debut in 1966. During his stay in the United States, Alfredo Kraus has performed such roles as Faust, Nemorino, Werther, Arturo and Don Ottavio. His preciseness in the roles he portrays proves his belief in putting quality before quantity in his work.
Traveling the world doing concerts and recitals, Alfredo Kraus never tires of the roles he performs. In April of 1980 he was present and performed at the silver wedding celebration of the Lyric Opera. From 1991-92, Alfredo Kraus returned to Covent Garden to perform as Hoffmann and Nemorino.
After more than four decades of performing operas, concerts and recitals, Alfredo Kraus keeps on singing. He doesn't let his age slow him down. According to Gianandrea Gavazzeni, another opera singer, Alfredo Kraus is a master tenor, perfectly changing his voice to adhere to his various roles. Rodolfo Celliti, Tullio Serafin and Giuletta Simionato all agree that Alfredo Kraus represents perfection in both his singing and acting. Although critics say his worst performance was Arie antiche with Jose Tordesillas.
Title: Midnight Lounge - Chill Out Classics and Meditation
Artist: Neville Marriner, Hans Vonk, Juliane Banse, Alfredo Kraus, Hermann Prey, Gwyneth Jones, Axel Kohler, Rundfunkchor Leipzig, Mitsuko Shirai, Bela Bánfalvi / Bela Banfalvi, Budapest Strings, Geoffrey Parsons, Jochen Kowalski, Hartmut Höll / Hartmut Holl, WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln / WDR Sinfonieorchester Koln, Das Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg, Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, The Academy Of St. Martin In The Fields, Rundfunk - Sinfonie - Orchester Leipzig, Cologne West German Radio Chorus, Cologne Radio Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Wolfram Rieger, Helmut Froschauer, Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Sandor Vegh, Max Pommer, Ernö Sebestyen / Erno Sebestyen, Andreas Juffinger, Andrea Vigh, Janos Balint, Geoffrey Simon, Deborah Sipkai, Berlin Deutsches Symphony Orchestra, Cologne West German Radio Orchestra, Petersen Quartet, RIAS Chamber Chorus, New Berlin Chamber Orchestra, David Shallon, Heinz Geese, Jörg-Peter Weigle / Jorg-Peter Weigle, Kurt Wöss / Kurt Woss, Male Section, Michail Jurowski, Elisabeth Werres, Cologne Radio Chorus, Pinchas Steinberg, Elizabeth Steiner, Armin Fromm, Wernigerode Youth Radio, Friedrich Krell, Moscow Rybin Choir, Christine Pendrill, Evelyn Dubourg, Emmerich Smola, Eclair Salon Orchestra, Michael Erxleben, Edelmiro Arnaltes, Miranda Van Kralingen, Wernigerode Radio Youth Choir, Tabea Zimmermann, Wannsee-Sanger, Thomas Gabrisch, Wladimir Baka, Valerij Rybin, Bratislava Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra
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Title: Alfredo Kraus - Canción de Libertad / Alfredo Kraus - Cancion de Libertad
Artist: Alfredo Kraus
Genre: Latin
Title: Alfredo Kraus - Ensueño de Amor / Alfredo Kraus - Ensueno de Amor
Artist: Alfredo Kraus
Genre: Latin
Title: Bizet: Les pêcheurs de perles / Bizet: Les pecheurs de perles
Artist: Alfredo Kraus, Armando La Rosa Parodi
Genre: Opera
Title: Alì Babà (Recorded 1963) / Ali Baba (Recorded 1963)
Artist: Alfredo Kraus, Teresa Stich - Randall, Piero De Palma, Coro Del Teatro Alla Scala, Orchestra Del Teatro Alla Scala, Agostino Ferrin, Paolo Montarsolo, Virgilio Carbonari, Lorenzo Testi, Vladimiro Ganzarolli, Orianna Santunione
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Title: Dúos y Romanzas de Zarzuelas / Duos y Romanzas de Zarzuelas
Artist: Alfredo Kraus
Genre: World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Grandes Éxitos de Alfredo Kraus / Grandes Exitos de Alfredo Kraus
Artist: Alfredo Kraus
Genre: Latin
Title: Tenor: Master of Mid Century Spanish Music
Artist: Alfredo Kraus, Orquesta De Camara De Madrid, Jose Luis Lloret
Genre: World Music
Title: Villancicos, Las Canciones De Navidad Mas Bellas
Artist: Alfredo Kraus, Renata Scotto
Genre: Pop
Title: The Art of Belcanto
Artist: Alfredo Kraus, Roberto Scandiuzzi, Renato Bruson, Giuseppe Sabbatini, Lucia Aliberti, Giovanni De Angelis, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, Mariana Nicolesco, Sona Ghazarian, Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, Roberto Paternostro, NHK Chamber Soloists, Edelmiro Arnaltes, Stefano Rinaldi-Miliani
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Title: Singers Of The Century: Alfredo Kraus – The Voice Of Spain
Artist: Alfredo Kraus
Genre: Classical
Title: Bellini: La sonnambula
Artist: Nello Santi, Alfredo Kraus, Renata Scotto, Ivo Vinco, The Orchestra
Genre: Opera
Title: Verdi: Rigoletto (Recorded Live 1961)
Artist: Alfredo Kraus, Aldo Protti, Giorgio Tadeo, Gianna D'Angelo
Genre: Opera
Title: Vintage Tenors No. 9 - EP: Canciones Italianas
Artist: Alfredo Kraus
Genre: World Music, Opera
Collections
Title: Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: 100 Best Encores
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Title: Villancicos de Siempre
Genre: Traditional Pop Music
Title: Los Mejores Cantamos Villancicos
Genre: Latin, Traditional Pop Music
Title: Las Estrellas en Navidad
Genre: Traditional Pop Music
Title: 24 Exitos - 10 Grandes Artistas Paris - Italia
Genre: World Music, Country
Title: I Love Zarzuelas
Genre: Opera
Title: Best Of Opera
Title: 24 Exitos de Zarzuela
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Title: Navidad Gitana. Flamencos por Villancicos. Vol. 3
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Title: Masters of the Voice - Tenor
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Title: Mozart Voices
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Title: Mozart: The Opera Highlights
Genre: Classical
Title: The Essential Classical Wedding Music
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Title: Les classiques de l'opéra / Les classiques de l'opera
Genre: Opera
Title: Opera Arias, Vol. I
Genre: Opera
Title: 50 x Opera
Genre: Opera
Title: 100 Best Tenor Arias
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Title: Operetas Famosas
Genre: World Music
Title: Opera Love Songs
Genre: Classical
Title: Essential Verdi
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Title: Mozart for The Brain
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Title: The 100 Best Classical Impressions: Romantic Italy
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Title: Mozart: Opera Arias & Overtures
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Title: Classical Arias: Soprano
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Title: The Greatest Tenors of the Century
Genre: Opera
Title: Opera! The French School
Genre: Opera
Title: Voices Of Italian Opera
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Title: Puccini Opera Favourites
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Title: Mozart's Opera Essentials
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Title: Art of Classics: History of Opera
Genre: Opera
Title: I Do! - Classical Wedding Music
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Title: Modern Art of Music: Opera Highlights
Genre: Opera
Title: Viva la Zarzuela!
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Title: Classical Study Music
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Title: Arias Famosas
Genre: Opera
Title: 50 Opera Arias
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Title: Alfredo Kraus : Popular Songs
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Title: The Opera Album 2011
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Title: Voices of French Opera
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Title: 50 Best Film and Movie Classical Music Pieces
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Title: 100 Best Film Classics
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Title: Classical Masterminds - Verdi
Genre: Opera
Title: 24 Grandes Exitos De Zarzuela
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Title: Exitos Zarzuela Vol. II
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Title: 50 Film Classics
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Title: Discos Dedicados. Vol.1
Genre: Pop
Title: Nessun Dorma - Puccini 2008
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Title: Antologia de la Zarzuela - Duos y Romanzas
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Title: The Great Love Duets
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Title: Mozart for the Brain
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Title: One Hour of Classical Music: Puccini
Genre: Opera
Title: Essential Puccini
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Title: 50 Best Verdi
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Title: I love Verdi
Genre: Opera
Title: Dans la Vie (Remastered)
Genre: World Music
Title: Puccini Love Songs
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Title: The Platinum Collection (Disc 1)
Genre: Operatic Pop
Title: Villancicos (CD1)
Genre: Pop
Title: 50 Greatest Opera Classics
Genre: Classical
Title: TikTok Klassische Musik 2023 (CD1)
Genre: Classical
Featuring albums
Title: Ses plus belles scènes d'amour / Ses plus belles scenes d'amour
Artist: Maria Callas
Genre: Opera
Title: Puccini: La Bohème - Highlights / Puccini: La Boheme - Highlights
Artist: James Levine
Genre: Opera
Title: Amadeo Vives : La Generala (Zarzuela en dos actos)
Artist: Orquesta De Camara De Madrid, Enrique Estela
Genre: Opera
Title: Opera - Vol. 8
Artist: Herbert Von Karajan, Wiener Philharmoniker, Wiener Symphoniker, Alfred Scholz, Carlo Rizzi, San Francisco Opera Orchestra, Tiziano Severini, Bruno Campanella, Orquesta Sinfónica De La Radio De Ljubljana / Orquesta Sinfonica De La Radio De Ljubljana, Norddeutsche Philharmonie Orchestra, Paris Opera, Coro De La Radio De Ljubljana
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Title: Il Mito dell'Opera - Virginia Zeani (Live Recordings 1957-1969)
Artist: Virginia Zeani
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Title: Verdi: Falstaff
Artist: Mirella Freni, Geraint Evans, Georg Solti, RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra
Title: Katiuska (1958)
Artist: Pablo Sorozábal / Pablo Sorozabal, Madrid Symphony Orchestra
Genre: Opera
Title: Selection of Best Operas
Artist: Tullio Serafin, James Levine, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra Del Teatro Dell'Opera Di Roma, Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen / Wurttembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen, London Symphony Orchestra And Chorus, Stuttgarter Choristen, Roberto Paternostro, Budapest Opera Chorus, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, Budapest Opera Orchestra, Opera In Ahoy´Chorus
Title: Alfredo Kraus - La Verbena de la Paloma
Artist: Ataulfo Argenta, Gran Orquesta Sinfonica
Genre: Classical
Title: Joyas de La Música Vol. 4 / Joyas de La Musica Vol. 4
Artist: Berliner Philharmoniker, Pietro Di La Corona, Gudolff Rendell, Conjunto Sinfónico Ars Divine / Conjunto Sinfonico Ars Divine, Gianni Ezzio, Franz Aaron Kiendrich, Prag Orchester Freunde, Orchestra Del Teatro Firence
Genre: Classical
