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>It has everything to do with self-perpetuated gender stereotypes. If
>countertenors were common, people would eventually learn to distinguish
>them from women. When they heard a high voice, they would ask themselves
>"hmmm, is that a woman or a countertenor?" Of course they are not that
>many countertenors because it is difficult for men to put themselves in
>a situation where people will think they are attempting some form of
>transvestism.
>
>-Tako
>
My favorite on stage moment came when I entered the stage, walked around,
looked at some flowers, turned out to the audience, and began to sing. Of
course, I was playing the role of a shepherd boy. (Endimione in Cavalli's
"La Calisto") After about a phrase, a young girl (who happened to be
sitting in the front row) turned to her mother and said (loud enough for me
to hear), "Oh my GOD! That's a woman!!" It took all I could muster up to
not smirk.
Melanie
Melanie Kuolt--mezzo-soprano
University of Wisconsin at Madison
School of Music
Department of Women's Studies
mkkuolt@s...
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