A favorite bass performance from Mr. Fabulous

Before hearing Samuel Ramey as Zaccaria in Nabucco, I had always been more interested in higher voices.

But hearing this voice at its peak stopped me right in my tracks. The control, the long vocal lines, the ability to go high and low. I was dumbstruck. I know the voice got wobbly later in his career, but at its zenith, there was nothing more beautiful.

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