Gregory Kunde?s story is more than just another account of a personal determination to succeed. In the course of a long professional life spanning over forty years, this American tenor has displayed a remarkable capacity for surmounting obstacles that destiny has placed in his path, from the life-threatening illness that put his life in check, 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 today one of the most respected performers of lyric opera worldwide, with commitments in prestigious opera-houses in cities such as London and Vienna, Barcelona, Rome and Berlin.