Mirko
I'll add a couple of suggestions to Nick's. I'm a 30 year old tenor, who
has struggled for a long time with that "effortless top" that we're all
supposed to have. It's coming now, but I also have difficulty with arias
like una furtiva lagrima. If you want two contrasting pieces, and this is
just picking two that I could pull off, and you sound like you may be at a
fairly similar place to me, then I would suggest "En fermant les yeux" from
Manon (Massenet), and maybe "Questo a quella" from Rigor Mortis by Joe
Green! Of these I find the Massenet the more difficult, but it does have
some lovely floated lines, and is generally not too high. Neither has high
C's, although they are both genuinely tenor pieces.
Best wishes
Colin Reed, tenor
Newark, UK
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From: " Mirko Ruckels" <mirkoruckels@i...>
From: " Mirko Ruckels" <mirkoruckels@i...>
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Sent: 06 November 2001 09:35
Subject: [vocalist] Re: debut
> Thanks to everyone for their kind words. You're all very supportive.
> Ok, well, I've decided that I'm going to audition for the opera chorus.
> I'd like some opinions as to what sort of material I should audition with.
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> I'm 29 years old, I'm a tenor, with spinto tendencies, but with no
> performing experience (apart from the wedding!!). I've need two pieces,
and
> I think I've worked out the first piece should be 'Dies Bildniss' by
> Mozart, but I can't seem to find the second aria. I like singing 'Amor ti
> vieta' but I feel that it's too much of a 'statement' - in other words, it
> may seem like I don't know my voice well enough and am doing material that
> is too heavy at this stage. I want to keep it... 'young tenor' if you
know
> what I mean. I don't want to sing any verdi or puccini at an audition,
as
> I feel that would be way too premature (not to mention slightly beyond my
> capabilities).
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> I thought of 'una furtiva lagrima' but it's a little too tricky for me to
> pull off confidently. Any other arias?. I need something that isn't too
> hard, but is still impressive for an opera chorus level.
> Here are some other arias with their problems listed next to them
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> Lensky's aria - russian (I'd rather stick to the italian, german or
french,
> as they are my strengths)
> Il mio tesoro, dalla sua, wie angstlich... - I don't want to do too much
> mozart.
> La fleur (flower song)- too ambitious
> Salut (bizet)- too scary with the high C!
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> Do you see my prob? Everything seems to heavy or too 'advanced' and as
I'm
> not really an experienced singer (even though I can do a lot of these
songs)
> I don't want to waltz in there and make an idiot out of myself. Any
> suggestions.
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