Love now sings with both Hot Natured and Infinity Ink, but at the time, this was the track that introduced the world to his tenor, and created a dancefloor classic in the process.
Sir George Power, the tenor who created the role of Ralph Rackstraw, opined in later life that the secret of the success of the Savoy operas is the way in which "Sullivan entered into the spirit of Gilbert's topsy-turvy humour, and was pompous when Gilbert was sprightly, or, when Gilbert's satire was keenest and most acid, consciously wallowed in sentiment".
Rufus Müller used his fluid tenor to create a suitably oily if ultimately compassionate Giove.
The cast is new, with the notable exception of the tenor Jerry Hadley, who created the role of Gatsby in New York.
The tenor Adolphe Nourrit, who created the part of Masaniello, the leader of the peasant revolt, began interpolating the "Marseillaise" into his performances, waving the tricolor as he sang.
In contrast, the Italian tenor Francesco Tamagno, who created the title role in Verdi's "Otello" in 1887, offers a dramatic reprise of the Moor's dying aria, "Niun mi tema," to piano accompaniment.
One Evening, which director Katie Mitchell has created with tenor Mark Padmore, pianist Andrew West and actor Stephen Dillane by interweaving Schubert's song cycle with a selection of Beckett's prose and poetry, attempts to establish a connection between the work of the two great artists.
It's Benjamin's first work since his 2012 opera Written On Skin, and was composed for the counter-tenor Bejun Mehta, who created the role of the Boy in that work.
Luciano Botelho's soft-grained tenor helps him create a credibly three-dimensional portrait of the conflicted Ghino.
(Chinen) GEORGE COLEMAN QUARTET (Thursday) A well-traveled tenor saxophonist, George Coleman creates a fluent variety of hard bop with Harold Mabern on piano, John Webber on bass and Joe Farnsworth on drums.
