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From:  "Fiona Chow" <fionat@i...>
"Fiona Chow" <fionat@i...>
Date:  Sat Nov 10, 2001  8:19 pm
Subject:  Re: [vocalist] obscure arias?


Elsa wrote:
> I would just suggest that, if your best "shot" is the obscure aria, start
with that; (what is it, by the way?)

"Barbara, io ben lo so" - from Handel's Alcina. Sung by Oberto, yes,
it's a pants role.

> I am not a musician, I am afraid; just an historian. Best of luck, anyway,

You are not "just" an historian!! Historians of any sort are quite
important, I think.

Thank you all for your advice on this topic. Yes, I sing the Handel
well, which is why I start with it. Even though it's obsecure, the emotion
(anger and rage) is very apparent, from the first note.

Fiona



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