And one heckuva soprano Costanza must have been!
I've sung the choral part of several of Mozart's major church works & sit with my mouth hanging open when I listen to the soprano solos. I'm working on the soprano solos for the "Solemn Vespers" (as a rehearsal lead-in) &, while that part isn't difficult on its own, trying to put it together with the chorus & other soloists is quite the challenge. The soprano entrances frequently come out of nowhere....maybe I need to think about them more like some of the 20th century pieces that I've sung. There are a good number of running lines that I've been getting tripped up over because I can't always seem to be able to keep up with the tempo that the chorus has been singing at.
Pat
On Fri, 23 Mar 2001 21:49:48 -0700 "Lloyd W. Hanson" <lloyd.hanson@n...> writes: <lloyd.hanson@n...> writes: > Dear Grumpy Mozart Vocalisters: > (snip) > > His experience as a teacher of his first love, who happened to be a > soprano, gave him a wondrous understanding of this voice type and he > > wrote for it with precision and pushed it to new heights of beauty, > a > beauty that can be achieved by almost every well trained soprano. >
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