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PDP-CH - Emil Schipper, bass-baritone with the Vienna Philharmonic, Karl Alwin -…
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PDP-CH - Maria Olczewska, contralto and Emil Schipper, bass-baritone with the Vienna…
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From Wikipedia
A bass-baritone is a high-lying bass or low-lying "classical" baritone voice type which shares certain qualities with the true baritone voice. The term arose in the late 19th century to describe the particular type of voice required to sing three Wagnerian roles: the title role in Der fliegende Holländer, Wotan/Der Wanderer in the Ring Cycle and Hans Sachs in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg. Wagner labelled these roles as Hoher Bass ("high bass")—see fach for more details.
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- PDP-CH - Emil Schipper, bass-baritone with the Vienna Philharmonic, Karl Alwin -… – Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
- PDP-CH - Maria Olczewska, contralto and Emil Schipper, bass-baritone with the Vienna… – Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q810480 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Bass-baritone – CC BY-SA 4.0