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Delving deep into the dark voices of opera with three legends

The baritone, bass-baritone and bass are the lowest male voices in opera. These so-called 'darker voices' portray theatrical and complex characters such as Gods, devils, kings, servants, high priests and much more.

Euronews' Musica spoke to three legends of opera: Bryn Terfel, Ludovic Tézier and Ferruccio Furlanetto to explore the world of the darker voices and reveal what it takes to embody the most complex characters.

The baritone is the most common type of male voice. But it's far from ordinary. 

Warm and versatile, the baritone voice was traditionally reserved for villains, love rivals or fathers. The part of the hero who got the woman at the end was already taken by the tenors. 

"I'm delighted to be a baritone," Ludovic Tézier, one of the world's leading baritones, told Musica. "The baritone’s role is to transform drama into tragedy. We need this middle-range voice as it embodies tormented characters."

Theatrical and powerful, composers use the baritone voice range because it brings a dramatic dimension.

“The baritone is a character, who in romantic opera, is generally the one who brings evil, catastrophe or tragedy. Even if it doesn’t happen through him, it's he who pushes for it and it ends very, very badly,” Tézier explained.

“Generally these are quite dark characters, very tortured and they are really interesting to play and to create on stage,” he added.

Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi was an admirer of the baritone voice as it allowed him to create unforgettable characters.

"When it comes to baritones, the composers looked for a kind of kinship with the tenor, sometimes as an evil double," said Jules Cavalié, editor-in-chief at L’Avant-Scène Opéra. "In baritone roles, we can find the theatrical qualities of heroism and

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