Gregory Kunde?s story is more than just another account of a personaldetermination to succeed. In the course of a long professional lifespanning over forty years, this American tenor has displayed aremarkable capacity for surmounting obstacles that destiny has placedin his path, from the life-threatening illness that put his life incheck, to a crisis with his voice that nearly brought his career to an untimely end before the age of fifty. Far from giving up the struggle and accepting his fate, he went into battle and won; Kunde is todayone of the most respected performers of lyric opera worldwide, withcommitments in prestigious opera-houses in cities such as London andVienna, Barcelona, Rome and Berlin.
