----Original Message----- >From: Karen Mercedes <dalila@R...> >From: Karen Mercedes <dalila@R...> >To: vocalist-temporary@yahoogroups.com >Cc: >Subject: Re: [vocalist] is there a market for Mozart/Donizetti tenors? >Reply-To: vocalist-temporary@yahoogroups.com >Date: Monday, March 19, 2001 12:29 PM > >On Sun, 18 Mar 2001, Isabelle Bracamonte wrote: > >> In fact, if you have fair agility and can develop a >> good ability to sing clear coloratura (try taking Il >> mio tesoro at double-speed, for example, and keep the >> coloratura clean), you will be that most rare and >> prized thing, a Rossini tenor. Rossini is done a LOT >> and very few men can move the voice in the requisite >> way and sustain the high tessitura. You will be MUCH >> in demand. >
KM observed: >The real test is Almaviva's second aria from >LE NOZZE DI FIGARO. If you can do that really well, you're in clover! >
KM, I'm slow on the uptake...for this - I apologize... ...but isn't Almaviva in "Le Nozze" a baritone? Unless, you're referring to a "Le Nozze" other than WAM's?
EV
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