<< I don't see any reason why a man should sound like a woman. What parts
call for this ? >>
What about any one of the "pants" roles?
David Grogan
ETBU
Marshall, Texas
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Subject: Re: [vocalist] falsetto/head voice in Countertenors WAS:
Countertenor hogs
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> I don't see any reason why a man should sound like a woman. What parts
> call for this ? Why should a man be dressed like a man and sound like a
> soprano ? Are there any parts for transvestites in opera ? I don't recall
> that in any story line. Maybe when Octavian is dressed like a girl in
> Rosenlavalier he could use a falsetto voice. What other plots that call
for
> this ? Why would a woman be attracted to a soprano sounding man ? Are
they
> doing parts today where a countertenor gets dressed like a woman and plays
a
> womans' part ? If they do do this, is this done for titilation ? If not,
what
> is the purpose ? David Daniels, to me, sounds like a third rate female
voice.
> Why not have a first rate female voice sing his parts in drag ? What am I
> missing here ? There is no comparison with the castrato singers of olden
> times. The falsettist is not carrying on a tradition. A castrato voice
> didn't sound like a falsettist or countertenor or whatever you call them.
> Maybe if somebody with a lovely voice would like to volunteer for
castration
> before they reach puberty and cultivates their voice from that point on,
we
> will have the sound that Handel and others had in mind when they wrote
their
> great epics, but until then, the falsettist does not fill the bill, in my
> opinion.
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