He took lessons with this notable Swedish tenor, whose voice Gedda's closely resembled, for two years, and also studied composition at the Swedish Royal Academy of Music.
He began his career as a lyric tenor, notable in roles such as Nemorino in Donizetti's L'Elisir d'Amore, Alfredo in Verdi's La Traviata and Des Grieux in Massenet's Manon.
The cast is new, with the notable exception of the tenor Jerry Hadley, who created the role of Gatsby in New York.
If Mr. Perry's solid lead holds up, he will have prevailed in a race that became notable for the often vicious tenor of the television advertisements.
Of the vocal soloists, William Towers, an alto with a powerful, ringing sound, and James Gilchrist, a lyric tenor, gave the most notable performances.
Bray and soprano Susanna Fairbairn were equally strong in the portrayals of the women, tenor John-Colyn Gyeantey made a notable contribution and each singer in their turn showed their prowess in their individual arias.
German-Canadian by origin, light lyric by vocal type, this tenor has been making a notable mark on the international scene, from Toronto to Salzburg and Vienna.
The Athenians were excellent: the robust baritone Nathan Gunn as Demetrius, the tender soprano Susan Chilcott in a notable Met debut as Helena, the bright-voiced tenor Paul Groves as Lysander, the vulnerable mezzo-soprano Maria Zifchak as Hermia.
There's a bleak tenor to many of the most notable films here at this edition of South by Southwest that seems to fit the nation's undercurrent of seriousness.
