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László Polgár, Bass (1947-2010) Mozart: DON GIOVANNI Leporello, Act I: “Madamina, il catalogo è questo“ - Don Giovanni, Act II: “Deh, vieni alla finestra, o mio tesoro“ Conducted by János Kovács / Recorded 1997 My personal opinion: During the hype about the “Three Tenors“ in the 1990s, the Hungarian basses József Gregor (1940-2006), László Polgár (1947-2010) and Kolos Kováts (*1948) gave a joint concert in Budapest under the baton of János Kovács. In good humor, they sang together music by Mozart, Rossini and Verdi - and turned many an aria into a tercet. In this way, the differences between the three voices became clearly evident: Gregor was the playful, almost bufforesque singer, while Kováts with his deep black tone embodied nearly the opposite. The most interesting interpreter of them, however, was Polgár, whose lush and flexible voice combined the virtues of the other two. So it was on
