Ha! It's true, I have a special love for operatic tenors whose voices code to me as baritone (hi there Jonas Kaufmann!) :) (I do like tenors a lot! Just... not really operatic ones, and then also tenor roles, omg. But Ian Bostridge is my fave ever!)

You're no baritone.

Hee!

he had never sung the role with orchestra!

GOSH. No rehearsal?? That's Something.

Now, that many Wagner parts would have destroyed the voices of lesser men.

Tell me about it! Way fewer than that destroy people's voices, omg!

Lauritz Melchoir was a good character as well as a good tenor

Oh, I LOVE that. I love when people who are good artists are also awesome people.