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unusual facts about Basso profondo


Kurt Moll

His voice was notable for its range, a true infra-bass ( Basso profondo) , including full, resonant low and very-low notes with relaxed vibrato; also for its unusual combination of extreme size and a purring, contrabassoon-like timbre.


Rosalie King

The decisison also cost the company the services of her husband, basso profondo Gordon Simpson, for which she later said that Dunham never fully forgave her.

Vladimir Pasyoukov

Vladimir Pavlovich Pasyukov (Pasjukov) (Russian:Владимир Павлович Пасюков ) (July, 29th, 1944 - June, 20th, 2011) was a Russian opera, folk and church singer who possessed a very powerful, extremely rare low-ranging basso profondo (Oktavist) voice, one of the lowest voices in the world.


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Mikhail Zlatopolsky

Chesnokov differentiates between a basso profondo whose range ends around C2, and strong oktavists, whose range may extend as low as G1 or F1.