> Which leads me to another point. The days of learning four or five
> roles and having a career are GONE! One of my teachers at Indiana
> told us that he could have had a career just singing Manrico,
> Cavaradossi, Rodolfo, and Canio. Look at the schedules of the opera
> companies. Oh, yes, they still do Trovatore, Tosca, Boheme, and
> Pagliacci, but they are also doing Streetcar named Desire, A View
> form the Bridge, Cold Sassy Tree, Emmeline, you get the point.
And when we have such a high-profile example as Placido Domingo proving
that it is physically possible to learn (throughout a career) and perform
over 100 roles AND become the world's leading opera singer - well, I fear
that such an example makes it impossible for other singers to build
careers that are too much less prodigious.
KM
Hey, there's nothing wrong with continually learning new roles- I like the
idea of continually learning music- I'd hate to be stuck with four roles
for the rest of my life- Even though the four roles you mentioned are the
ones that I would most like to sing! apart from rodolfo- I'd explode if i
had to sing that. Manrico and Cavaradossi however...that's my cup of tea.
Maybe a Turridu here and there as well....
Mirko
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