Boris Christoff

Christoff was among the greatest of singing actors, but he is a bit stiff in tails on the concert platform – even more in interview. This is nonetheless a tribute to a superb performer, still in fabulous vocal form. Michael Tanner

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Michael Tanner

Published: January 20, 2012 at 3:57 pm

COMPOSERS: Boris Christoff
LABELS: Dynamic
ALBUM TITLE: Lugano recital and interview
WORKS: Lugano recital and interview 1976
PERFORMER: Boris Christoff (bass); Orchestra della Svizzera italiana/Bruno Amaducci
CATALOGUE NO: 33476

Christoff was among the greatest of singing actors, but he is a bit stiff in tails on the concert platform – even more in interview. This is nonetheless a tribute to a superb performer, still in fabulous vocal form. Michael Tanner

Michael Tanner

Journalist and Critic, BBC Music Magazine

Michael Tanner is a critic for BBC Music Magazine and the opera critic of The Spectator. He is now a fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, having lectured in the Philosophy faculty at the University of Cambridge for 36 years. In 2010, he released The Faber Pocket Guide to Wagner.

Boris Christoff

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