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An Italian tenor, a Serbian baritone, an American basso cantante, and some twenty extras milled around, preparing for the big Act I brawl.

Groissboeck describes himself as a “basso cantante,” a higher, more lyrical voice than a “basso profondo,” who is strongest at the bottom of the range.

THE superb German bass René Pape has impressed in recent years with his Wagner performances at the Metropolitan Opera, demonstrating a lyrical, sensual basso cantante and regal stage presence.

The baritone for the New York season was "Garcia, jr.," as the subject of this memoir was advertised, and the cast was completed by d'Angrisani as the basso cantante, and Rosich as the buffo caricato.

László Polgár was capable of producing a true basso cantante Photograph: Janos Vajda/EPA The Hungarian bass László Polgár, notable for his outstanding interpretation of the saturnine antihero in Bartók's Duke Bluebeard's Castle, has died unexpectedly at the age of 63.