| From: Margaret Harrison To: VOCALIST <vocalist> Subject: Re: Opera Send reply to: VOCALIST <vocalist>
Aliaknife-at-aol.com wrote:
I'd like to > further the ? and ask how long do you work on art songs or other exercises > before you hit the arias??? Just want to get an average idea. Thanks.
When I first started studying voice, I was SO far away from sounding good in arias, that my goal was to be singing well enough to sing one, so of course I longed for one to sing. In my case it took me a few years, but my progress was slower than most. Since then I've worked on more than my share of arias.
These days, I like to sing the smallest, least "advanced" pieces, but sing them incredibly beautifully and movingly. This is not easy, technically, artistically, or emotionally. Nowadays, I feel like I don't want to work on an aria unless I can sing it as beautifully as I can sing my favorite art songs. In fact, I am happiest nowadays working on art song because the poetry is so interesting, and I enjoy discovering how in each song the vocal line, the text, and the piano part are working together to interpret the text, and I enjoy making music with my favorite pianist to make it all become reality.
Peggy
-- Margaret Harrison, Alexandria, Virginia, USA "Music for a While Shall All Your Cares Beguile" mailto:peggyh-at-ix.netcom.com
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