The other day I was listening to the San Francisco AM CM radio station they call K-Mozart. This is one of those syndicated outlets, but nonetheless, pretty decent, esp. compared with KDFC, known around here as Classical Muzak. There was a wonderful performance of a bass aria from Zauberflote, "In diesen heiligen Hallen," sung, I was absolutely certain, by Ezio Pinza. I listened to that wonderful lilt in his voice and just really enjoyed it, only to discover it was Norman Triegle. Baffled that I'd never noticed NT's resemblance to EP, I looked around my collection and found I have the great Julius Caesar recording that features Triegle as Caesar (and Beverly Sills as Cleopatra.) Sure enough, the vocal resemblance was striking. Which leads to my question: among basses and bass-baritones, who do you like, and in which arias? And as a side-note, can anyone recommend other Triegle recordings of note? Dave Wolf [log in to unmask]