Couldn't remember which topic(s) had several discussions about Gord's voice changing over the years (due to age, smoking etc.) but I have to tell you the brouhaha goes on at other sites as well. I was doing some research on rec.music.opera for my mother on Robert Merrill and came across the same back-and-forth about the quality of his baritone today - not that he performs much beyond the occasional National Anthem at a Yankees game, and he's got more than 20 years on Gord (he's 86!) General consensus there is the sonority is still there even if the breath control isn't (which makes it sound like he's rushing through the anthem, but who wouldn't? <g> ) And there's considerable outrage that he hasn't been honored yet by the Kenedy Center for Performing Arts. So it's not just us, folks.
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