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From:  John Alexander Blyth <BLYTHE@B...>
Date:  Tue May 23, 2000  9:06 pm
Subject:  Re: [vocalist-temporary] RE: (Tech) Question about Fach (tenor arias)


Tako,
The role of Iopas in "Les Troyens a Carthage" has a high D.
Unrelated: there is a recent disc of countertenor David Daniels which
makes a very good case for this kind of voice in the classics, including an
"Adelaide" to rival Bjoerling's. I wonder if he would do a Brahms disc?
john




At 09:34 AM 5/23/00 -0700, you wrote:
>Ingo Duckerschein <ingo_d@y...> wrote:
>> Completely unrelated question -- how many tenor arias actually require
>> the high C?
>
>Do you mean "require" or "written"? ;-)
>
>Rossini has quite a few written high Cs (ex. William Tell, but he didn't
>expect full chest voice), but most high Cs in the opera rep are
>"traditional" rather than notated. To get a real sense of those, you'll
>have to listen to a lot of recordings. Written high Cs are rare.
>
>Is the high note in La Boheme a C or Cb? I think Stravinsky has a
>written high C# in Persephone (sic?). There's also that nasty high D in
>Orff's Carmina Burana... What are some other "rude" tenor high notes
>that were actually notated? Anyone?
>
>Tako Oda
>
>
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John Blyth
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