Dear Michael and James,
I agree and I don' agree ;) It was exactly Dietrich Fischer Dieskau I was thinking about. I also think he uses his head voice like a tenor, but it sounds definitively falsettoish to me. (You need good speakers - or a live concert - to hear it though!)
In fact, I don't like his soft passagio notes that much, although I do like his interpretations a lot, I always listen to him to check whether I thought about all the things in a song you can think about, because you can mostly be sure he has. (And of course continue then doing it different, because I think you cannot, and should not, copy an interpretation.)
But back to the original subject: Batistini's sound is much more brilliant than DFD's, if comparing the recording that were made with quite different equipment is allowed. But when talking about Batistini you might argue whether he is a tenor or a baritone! It would interest me to know whether you think of DFD as well, as an example of a baritone who does use his head voice like a tenor, and of Batistini as someone who had a tenor's head voice.
Best greetings,
Dre
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