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From:  Dolphin aura <dolphin_aura@y...>
Dolphin aura <dolphin_aura@y...>
Date:  Thu Aug 9, 2001  3:16 am
Subject:  Re: [vocalist] Duets for young sopranos?


How about "Laudamus te" from Vivaldi's Gloida?
--- rtpeacoc@e... wrote:
> 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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