78转时代的男高音

Tenors of the 78 rpm era

萧伯纳曾经说过：那种认为这个世纪歌唱在走下坡路的观点,其实是由于人们在缅怀逝去的美好时光时所产生的一种错觉。他认为现代（他的时代）的歌唱水平不但没有变糟,反而大大地提高了。

George Bernard Shaw once claimed that people nostalgic of yesteryears complain about the standard ot singing in the 20^(th) century.Shaw lived during the golden era of bel canto,with many great singers having emerged during the several decades before 1900. But what of the art of singing nowadays?