Dear Mark and Vocalisters:
You wrote:
>I have my reservations about beginning voice lessons with operatic arias,
>but we've hashed that out here before and have agreed to disagree. I
>can't think of a tenor student for whom I've suggested any Mozart aria.
>Normally, I offer Una furtiva lagrima. I find it much easier in teh
>passagio area.
Quite the contrary, I have found "Una furtiva lagrima" to be one of
the most difficult arias for the lyric tenor exactly because it tends
to lie in the passaggio region with many open vowels. Surprisingly
"Salut, demeure, chaste et pure" is much easier if the French is not
a problem because it has few open vowels in the passaggio area. I
also frequently use "Il mio tesoro" as a first Mozart aria to keep
the lyric tenor voice flexible but without removing the body of tone
necessary for the aria. The more sustained Mozart arias are much
more of a challange to the young lyric tenor.
--
Lloyd W. Hanson
Professor of Voice, Vocal Pedagogy
Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, AZ 86001
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