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Anna Reynolds was a respected Uk mezzo-soprano with a solid Italian operatic profession. She was created Ann Reynolds in Canterbury, and researched piano as a woman. It was to teach like a pianist that she visited London to wait the Royal Academy of Music. While she was there, her vocal …

In a day and time even more generously endowed with dramatic Italian baritones, Leo Nucci may have achieved a reputation as a stylish lyric baritone with an uncommonly attractive voice. The dearth of large-voiced performers for the main Verdi baritone personas, however, developed the demand that led Nucci (and his …