Tenore di forza: Kristian Benedikt Sings Favorite Tenor Arias

Featuring

Modestas Pitrėnas
Kristian Benedikt
Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra
Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre Chorus
Giuseppe Verdi
Camille Saint-Saëns

Umberto Giordano
Fromental Halévy
Giacomo Puccini
Richard Wagner
Ruggero Leoncavallo
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Jules Massenet
Amilcare Ponchielli
Vytautas Klova

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Performer Biography

Kristian Benedikt has a repertoire of over forty roles, including Don Jose, Cavaradossi, Calaf, Pinkerton, Canio, Dick Johnson, Edgardo, and Hoffmann.

Recording & Production

This album, Tenore di forza, is Kristian Benedikt's debut recording.

Performer Biography

Kristian Benedikt made his Metropolitan Opera debut in 2018 as Samson in Saint-Saëns's Samson et Dalila.

Performer Biography

Kristian Benedikt's first international appearance was singing with Placido Domingo in Ponchielli's La Gioconda.

Performer Biography

The Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra has recorded for several labels, but this album, Tenore di forza, is their first recording for Delos.

Performer Biography

The Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra, which performs on this album, was founded in 1940 by composer, conductor, and pianist Balys Dvarionas.

Performer Biography

Kristian Benedikt, the tenor on this album, has performed the title role in Verdi's Otello more than 120 times in major cities across Europe, North, and South America.