Léon Escalaïs

[Opera Vivrà]

Léon Escalaïs sings "Sicilienne" from Meyerbeer's Robert Le Diable.

Escalaïs possessed a voice of scintillating heroism and effortless bright squillo. Facile, agile but remarkably strong and piercing.

Learn more about Léon Escalaïs: http://www.operavivra.com/artists/tenors/leon-escalais/

[Jimlejim]

The color of the voice is not my cup of tea, but the top is like thunder. Exciting stuff.

[Alvari]

Escalais was a wonderful heroic Bel Canto tenor, the sort you would want to hear as Arnold in Rossini's Guillaume Tell. I wonder if his sound is anything close to Gilbert Duprez, the innovator of the high C from the chest? Very few tenors could compete with the facilty and power of Escalais' top notes. Tamagno, Lauri-Volpi, Filippeschi and Tony Poncet, perhaps...