The sheer beauty of his sound, withoutacting and without musicianship, could bring the audience to its feet, and hewould earn the hard-negotiated money that made him the highest-paid singer inopera.

他的嗓音美得纯粹，没有丝毫的矫揉造作和音乐技巧，能让他的听众乖乖就范，而他则会赚取通过艰苦谈判换来的酬金，使他在歌剧界一直是出价最高的歌唱家。