Uniquely great! William Wu (吳文修) sings "黯淡的雲天 (Gloomy cloudy sky)" by 林聲翕. Rec'd in Taipei, 1979.

Maestro William Wu (吳文修教授, 1935-2009) was a primo dramatic tenor of the National Opera House in Berlin during 1973-79. His biography has been included in The New York Times Who’s Who in Opera since 1976, where he was further selected as one of the 50 leading classical singers in the world. His outstanding performance as Radames in Verdi’s Aida in Tokyo won him the 1984 Vienna World Opera Award. His faultless vocalization is mainly based upon anatomic physiology and modern sound science fascinating with uniquely perfect high notes and solid middle register. It is the profound feelings in the every note he sings that is particularly touching. Among his numerous students in Taiwan and Japan, baritone Te-Tsung Hsu (許徳崇) is one of the best and tenor Yun-Seng Giang (姜雲生) used to receive the most care.

* Chinese Lyrics & English Translation of "黯淡的雲天 (Gloomy cloudy sky)" by 林聲翕:

* 黯淡的雲天 / 許建吾 詞；林聲翕 曲

秋陽悄悄地爬上山巔，海鷗愛戀著沙灘迴旋。
半山吹來一陣清風，疏林飄下幾滴雨點。

我們的遭遇，並不感到陌生；我們的契合，也不覺得偶然。
你訴說往事，往事如煙。
笛聲、鐘聲，都消失了。
你叮嚀著再見，再見！

我迷惘地靜立在菩提樹下，遙望，遙望，那蕩漾的海波，那暗淡的雲天。

* Gloomy cloudy sky / Lyrics: C.-W. Hsu; Music: S.-S. Lin

The autumn sun has quietly climbed the mountaintop, and the seagulls love and convolute above the beach.
There was a breeze blowing in the mid-mountain, and a few raindrops fell from the sparse forest.

Our experience is not unfamiliar; our harmony does not seem accidental.
You tell the past, and the past is like mist.
The piping and the tolling both disappeared.
You exhorted goodbye, goodbye!

I, in a maze, stood quietly under a bodhi tree, watching from a distance the rippling sea waves and the dim cloudy sky.