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Rene Pape is an artist who thrills his audiences with charisma, intelligence and a one-in-a-million voice: the luxurious timbre of Pape's supple, expressive bass is unmistakable, its velvety, dark-brown texture shot with ear-catching flashes of brightness. The beauty of his singing aside, there is a special pleasure in watching Pape, a true "stage animal" whose characterizations are charged with a sense of urgency. The bumptious antics of his...
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