Do you expose yourself to many tenors? Do you do it in public?
I was able to sing with James Bowman when I was at university (John Taverner's
Akathist of Thanksgiving). I was impressed by his power and breath control,
since I had always thought of him as a hooty falsettist. He could really
fill the building, even singing very low in his head voice / falsetto (whichever
it is that he uses.)
What do people think of Christopher Robson? Great actor, but I'm not entirely
convinced by his voice.
Colin Reed, tenor
Newark, UK
>-- Original Message --
>To: Edward Norton <belcantist2003@y...>
>Cc: vocalist-temporary@yahoogroups.com
>From: Karen Mercedes <dalila@R...>
>Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2003 10:19:16 -0500 (EST)
>Subject: Re: [vocalist] Did Somebody Mention Counter-Tenors???!!!
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>I also like Daniels very much - just bought his recording (with Ian
>Bostridge, a tenor I'm currently exposing myself to) of Britten's
>Canticles - but I must admit my #1 countertenor favourite is male alto
>Andreas Scholl. There is such a sweetness and purity to his sound, which
>from all I can learn about him is entirely reflected in his personality
>and character - I always feel like I'm listening to a voice that is
>somehow the "missing link" between the human and the divine.
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>It's interesting to compare Scholl's GIULIO CESARE (which I have in a live
>recording) and Daniels'. Daniels seems to be a bit more flamboyant, a bit
>more of a risk-taker - yet the absolute perfection of Scholl's
>performances isn't, as one would expect, at all alienating - but rather
>tends to lift one to another plane. Scholl is sort of the countertenor
>equivalent of Micaela, and Daniels is the countertenor equivalent of
>Carmen (does that make sense?). And yet, I saw Scholl's Bertrarido on
>video in Handel's RODELINDA, and didn't feel at all that he was "too
>ethereal" or lacked either the machismo or earthiness one needs in the
>role. I'd really like to see more of him in opera, which is a domain he
>has only performed in rather rarely.
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>I'm developing more of an appreciation for James Bowman, though he is of
>that slightly earlier (and thus slightly "hootier") English countertenor
>"school" that was pioneered by the late, great Alfred Deller. Michael
>Chance is another English counter I can appreciate, but who I don't really
>feel passionate about.
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>I wish there were more solo recordings available by French countertenor
>Dominique Visse, whose voice is truly androgynous and quite lovely.
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>And then, for another supremely beautiful countertenor voice, I urge you
>to listen to Japanese countetenor Yoshikazu Mera.
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>I'm also waiting for more recent "comer" Bejun Mehta to record more.
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>Karen Mercedes
>http://www.radix.net/~dalila/index.html
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