I seem to remember Beverly Sills telling of her child-star days, appearing
on the radio with a *handsome* older boy in a sailor suit, blessed with a
beautiful treble voice, who grew up to be Robert Merrill.
Liz
>From: Isabelle Bracamonte <ibracamonte@y...>
>From: Isabelle Bracamonte <ibracamonte@y...>
>
>Trebles who went on to become famous singers... I know
>there have been threads on this at rec.music.opera, so
>maybe a google search would turn up some names
>(although Karen has a better memory than I).
>
>I think it was mentioned once that one of the
>(original?) understudies for the treble role of Miles
>in Britten's Turn of the Screw was... Michael
>Crawford.
>
>Isabelle B.
>
Elizabeth Finkler
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