There are not many 72 year old tenors who would sound as good as Mr. Gedda does here. It's a real testament to his technique as well as to the wise decisions he made about his career and repertoire over the course of his long career.
He did opera. Did he also do an operetta career? He could fill all opera houses just with the leading parts in great operettas. When he was in his best years, he must have been a perfect caracter or personality for the leading parts in great operettas. Such a great fantastic voice that tenor had. Bravo, bravo Nicolai Gedda!
He did it all in every language perfectly. Light roles and heavy, his voice lasted a long time. Great technique, although his mouth positions always seemed strange. Try to sing like that. Can't be done, but something worked.
ich wage zu sagen, dass er der vielseitigste Tenor im allgemeinen war. Mir fiele kein anderer wahrhaft großer Tenor ein, der von Bach bis Puccini geglänzt hat .
