For the past 13 years I've been obsessed with opera and involved in it in one capacity or another.
Like with any song that anyone could love there are just some parts of music that you find really powerful and you just want to share, so here it is...
If you can take 2 an a half minutes and listen to this, you'd be doing yourself a favor.
The baritone singing here, accompanied by the tenor and soprano, is named Sherrill Milnes, a good ol' American from Illinois I think. I would safely say amongst the greatest 10 operatic baritones to ever live, is just incredible here.
The composer is Gaetano Donizetti, one of the two main inspirations for one of the greatest composers to ever live, Giuseppe Verdi.
To be at a live performance of Sherrill Milnes singing this to an auditorium of 2,700 people with no microphone amplification and drowning out an entire orchestra would be something you'd remember for the rest of your life.
Enjoy!
Listen here - 1:10:46 - 1:14:00 The link should start there directly.
Lucia di Lammermoor - Gaetano Donizetti - 1971 - YouTube