Irish tenor John McCormack captured the heart of my father and many music-lovers around the world. Because Daddy loved McCormack, I, naturally, did not. Every time he put his scratchy McCormack ...

Most of us have heard of John McCormack, the great Irish tenor. Even though few, if any, of us have ever actually heard McCormack sing, people of Irish heritage were never shy about arguing that ...

The year was 1906.The setting was a stage in Savona, Italy, a northwestern port town south of Milan. The opera to be performed that particular evening was "L'Amico Fritz" by Pietro Mascagni, with a ...

In the early 1900s, the great Irish tenor sang in packed concert halls, without a microphone, before audiences of more than 7,000 people. He sang... John McCormack: The Charming Irish Tenor John ...

John McCormack was one of the greatest, most versatile singers of the last century. Not only did the Irish tenor sing famous folk songs like "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling," he also was a much-admired ...