Tenors lead violent, stormy lives.
Nor are they above wreaking havoc on entire operatic productions if they feel their interests have been ignored. Monarchs of all they survey, they are the kings of the overheated jungle scene that is the opera world. And in this gorgeous, exotic, excessive atmosphere, they are both loved and detested. Yet being a tenor is also about hard work, study and physical denial, of which these three young visitors gave a good demonstration. To face a throng of tenor admirers must be a chilling business for tenor fans love their singers only so long as they deliver.