Baritones are nasty, horrible people. Baritones have hunchbacks. Baritone soldiers never outrank tenor soldiers. Basses are old. Basses are kings, wisemen or priests.
Basses can be funny.
Some of these pictures are available in colour - move your mouse over the images. A Verdi specialist with a repertory of almost 50 operas. Tito Gobbi 1913-1984 One of the finest singing actors of his generation. A good , but not always pleasing voice. Robert Merrill 1917- American, sang on opening night of Bing dynasty at the Met.