Hi Listers,
A young friend (she's 16) asked me for advice today:
She has a friend (I'm assuming about the same age) who is planning to do a recital as part of her music studies, and she would like my friend to sing a duet with her. They are both sopranos. I asked what genre they had in mind and ascertained that they are looking for secular music, probably leaning more toward the classical or art-song style than toward opera or operetta, and suited to an intermediate to somewhat advanced level. (They would like it to be challenging enough to be interesting, but not so difficult that it gives them fits trying to learn it!)
I'm guessing that they would like it to be in English, though my friend is comfortable in German, Norwegian, and Latin and can also do a very creditable job in Italian. I don't know what language skills her friend has. Both are very talented and have been studying music (mostly instrumental until a couple of years ago, at least in my friend's case) since they were small.
Does anyone know of a duet that might work for them?
Many thanks, Robin mezzo(?)-in-training
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