Topi Lehtipuu
Image from Bach Cantatas website
Finnish lyric tenor Topi Lehtipuu as Ferrando singing "Un'aura amorosa" from Mozart's Così fan tutte. Mr. Lehtipuu is perhaps the best singing actor on stage today. When he swoons about his love during this aria, you want to swoon too. Warm voice, piercing eyes, trim, and intense. A new favorite for me.
Dmitri Hvorostovsky
Image from LA Opera website
Russian (Siberian) baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky as Hérode singing "Vision Fugitive" from Massenet's Herodiade. One of my favorite arias sung by the silver fox himself.
