Previous posts for December 3rd are here: Little Richard; Grace Moore (2019), Osvaldo Golijov (2020), and Francesco Scarlatti (2021)
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José Carreras (b. 5 December 1946) is a Spanish operatic tenor. while respected by opera fans as one of the most beautiful voices if his time, he is best as one of the Three Tenors.
The Three Tenors
Carreras is the center of a subplot in the Seinfeld television series, in which he is never referred to by name but instead as "the other guy" in the Three Tenors. -- Wikipedia
Though Pavarotti was a household name;
And Placido has almost equal claim,
Carreras was consigned to lesser fame,
But no one can explain the reason why.
The callow public came to classify
Jose Carreras as “the other guy”.
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Francesco Geminiani (bapt. 5 December 1687 – 17 September 1762) was an Italian violinist, composer, and music theorist.
Runner Up
BBC Radio 3 once described him as "now largely forgotten, but in his time considered almost a musical god, deemed to be the equal of Handel and Corelli". -- Wikipedia
Francesco Geminiani ranked
Right up there with the best,
But then his reputation tanked
As he was reassessed.
The moral is, if you’re a hit
Enjoy it while you can,
You never know if you will fit
In Fate’s eternal plan.
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