In my view,the greatest lyrical tenor of all time was not Mario Lanza or Enrico Caruso,but Beniamino Gigli,who died in 1957 at the age of 67 years.Interestingly,not one of the great operatic tenors have lived beyond the age of 70- Caruso was just 47 when he died of TB in 1921.Mario,who died at the very young age of 38,was very special in that he was so very versatile and oozed the X-factor from every pore of his being.And of course.he was extremely handsome,as is the blind tenor,Andrea Bocelli.Beniamino Gigli's voice combined sweetness of tone with great power and volume.So very vibrant and resonant was the celebrated tenor's  voice,that his pianissimo could be clearly heard from a considerable distance..Of all the great operatic tenors,Andrea Bocelli is the only one who is relatively slim- both Lanza and Luciano Pavarotti were very heavily built.Luciano was exceptionally handsome when in his twenties and thirties,in fact he was even more good- looking than was Magnificent Mario.