| Date sent: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 14:38:21 EST Subject: Re: Un bel di questions To: vocalist Send reply to: VOCALIST <vocalist>
In a message dated 1/25/00 11:03:47 AM Pacific Standard Time, soprano-at-telus.net writes:
<< > Whether a student should use this as an audition piece is a > different issue.
In what way?
Jennifer >>
For many auditions, the panel will be looking for one to be singing in one's correct fach (vocal category). A lot of judges are prejudiced as to what they consider the acceptable voice for a particular role. If they feel you are singing something that is too heavy for your voice or age, your evaluation will suffer accordingly. They are also often narrow-minded about what they feel is a suitable audition piece. Although they are most often distressed by arias with which they are not extremely familiar, they also have a mental list of audition pieces for each voice type that they expect to hear, somewhat of a standard list of repertoire for audition.
You will probably find that you'll need to tailor your repertoire list for the particular audition. What is appropriate for an opera audition may not be what you'll want to sing for graduate school entrance.
On the other hand, always sing what you feel shows your voice to its best advantage, and that with which you are most comfortable. Sometimes you might even be able to crack the panel's perception a bit!
Rosy Freudenstein, mezzo ladivarosy-at-aol.com
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