Boris Christoff
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COMPOSERS: Boris Christoff
LABELS: Dynamic
ALBUM TITLE: Lugano recital and interview
WORKS: Lugano recital and interview 1976
PERFORMER: Boris Christoff (bass); Orchestra della Svizzera italiana/Bruno Amaducci
CATALOGUE NO: 33476
Christoff was among the greatest of singing actors, but he is a bit stiff in tails on the concert platform – even more in interview. This is nonetheless a tribute to a superb performer, still in fabulous vocal form. Michael Tanner
Authors
Michael Tanner is a critic for BBC Music Magazine and the opera critic of The Spectator. He is now a fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, having lectured in the Philosophy faculty at the University of Cambridge for 36 years. In 2010, he released The Faber Pocket Guide to Wagner.