The Low D in Osmin’s aria “Ha! Wie will ich triumphieren“ is one of the lowest notes in any standard repertory opera.
Eleven basses, representing 60 years of freakishly low voices.
In chronological order:
1. Ezio Pinza 1947 (in Italian)
2. Mihaly Szekely 1959 (in Hungarian)
3. Gottlob Frick 1966
4. Kurt Moll 1974
5. Marti Talvela 1984
6. Matti Salminen 1987
7. Jaako Ryhänen 1988
8. Robert Lloyd 1991
9. Cornelius H
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