But his voice was incredible: the kind of deep, rich, black bass that is almost an endangered species now. Listen to that resonance! I also love how singers of that era weren’t afraid to take liberties with rubato. I don’t think I’ve ever heard Philip’s great aria sung better.

Ivy Lin

Ivy Lin teaches science as her day job, and in her spare time reviews dance for Bachtrack. She also obsesses over her 20-year-old cat Pumpkin. Ivy is excited to be back in this wonderful, vibrant opera community after a long hiatus. If she were singing opera, she'd still be cast as Despina until she was in a wheelchair. You can follow Ivy on insta as poisonivy326. Although she's mellowed from her "poisonivy" days she still had a discussion recently with her editor about being "too harsh" in her reviews.

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