1.   Best new artist nominees were Hill, Backstreet Boys, blind Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli, the Dixie Chicks and Imbruglia.

2.   A better comparison is to the Italian tenor idol of the generation before Pavarotti, Giuseppe di Stefano.

3.   But he also has a keen interest in Andrea Bocelli, the blind Italian tenor whose work ranges from opera to pop.

4.   But this was entertainment as well as art, and the Italian tenor has found his own path between the two.

5.   Del Monaco, a son of the celebrated Italian tenor Mario del Monaco, seems emotionally enveloped by the project at hand.

6.   Even in the prime of his Italian tenor days, Domingo was sometimes faulted for an effortful quality in his pianissimo singing.

7.   His understanding of the bel canto operatic tradition was gleaned from his studies with the Italian tenor Tito Schipa, one of its great exponents.

8.   In the role of Count Ory, though, the Italian tenor William Matteuzzi let the team down and was rewarded with boos at the final curtain.

9.   No wonder the Italian tenor was beaming.

10.   One opera singer who during his long career embodied the best qualities of the great musical theater artists was the Italian tenor Carlo Bergonzi.