That tone is just so resonant and bright, yet it still retains that gorgeous baritone darkness. And Te Kanawa's comments and recommendations about breathing were absolutely spot-on of course - a solid breath support will only make this man's voice and singing even better.
he is not "definitely or definitely not" anything. Few people are. Maybe he develops a lower passaggio turn, maybe he goes the other way. Voices can do far more than most care to admit.
Here is a voice with great promise. As for Kiri, she's really disappointing in masterclasses. All very generalised stuff that any decent coach could do. Have a look at the wonderful masterclasses given by Callas, Cheryl Studer, Joan Hammond and Richard Bonynge and you will see what I mean.
Kiri is right about self absorbed conductors. They're almost as bad as modern(ist) stage director. This guy s speaking voice is very deep... I wonder if he s actually a tenor or a baritone.
