In a message dated 3/8/2001 1:46:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, dalila@R... writes: dalila@R... writes: >>In God's name, why not? Aren't countertenors vocalists too? Perhaps it's because we no longer have our resident countertenor, Jay Wilcox, to wave the flag for his fach.<<
Yeah, why not? I take lessons, & endure rigorous training like anyone of any other voice type. The CT voice is a real voice type. Were not like the CT's of yesteryear. i.e. vibratoless, small in volume, & not capable of shading & coloring our voices.
While some of us still sing lute songs, the majority of the CT's that are coming up now specialize in opera; & like Karen said, there are quite a few of us that are doing a dam good job at it. Why should we not be included in discussions on this list. If that's the case I'm out!!
Kenneth Ealy countertenor
"The voice mechanism works best when you hold it gently in your hands and let it go. In other words, expecting things from it and pushing it into places it doesn't naturally want to be makes for disaster." Bejun Mehta
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TheCountertenors Founder/Moderator of TheCountertenors. A discussion group for countertenors, singers (especially baroque), and our devoted fans.
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