--- In vocalist-temporary@y..., Isabelle Bracamonte
<ibracamonte@y...> wrote:
<ibracamonte@y...> wrote:
> Do you people think that opera and lieder require
> different types of singing?
>
Opera pays better and in the US there very few cities that sponsor
regular song recitals.
>
> opera? Why aren't the operatic superstars singing as
> much lieder as opera?
>
See above answer. Also, some like Hepner do have regular recital
tours. Others like Eaglen, also do but shouldn't.
>we
> "expect" French melodie to sound like that
> mosquito-voiced Ameling, while we expect Italian opera
> to have the tone quality of a Tebaldi?
Out of line on this one. I've seen Ameling on two occasions prior to
her retirement and would never characterize her as "mosquito-
voiced." She had not problem filling the hall with a wonderful clear
tone!
>Is it thus a
> self-perpetuating cycle,
If you pay they will come.
alan
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