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From:  Karen Mercedes <dalila@R...>
Date:  Sun Feb 2, 2003  3:25 am
Subject:  Re: [vocalist] Baritone/Tenor question

The "baritenor" (aka "tenor-baritone") and "baryton martin" (a
French-specific fach) are not mythical. There are even roles written for
the latter, including Debussy's Pelleas, L'annonciateur and L'amant in
Germaine Tailleferre's LE MAITRE, Le chanteur des serenades in Sauguet's
LES CAPRICES DE MARIANNE, Le Grand Pingouin in Ganne's LES SALTIMBANQUES,
Ange Pitou in Lecoq's LA FILLE DE MADAME ANGOT, the title role in
Fevrier's MAROUF.

French roles that aren't specifically designated "baryton martin", but
which are "tenor or baritone" roles include Le Dancaire in Bizet's CARMEN,
Paquillo and Second Notary in Offenbach's LE PERICHOLE, Wilhelm in his
LES CONTES D'HOFFMANN, Le Capitaine Francais in Bruneau's L'ATTACQUE DU
MOULIN.

In the category of "baritenor" falls such roles as Eisenstein in
Strauss's DIE FLEDERMAUS, Danilo in Lehar's DIE LUSTIGE WITWE, Ballad
Singer and Macheath in Weill's DER DREIGROSCHENOPER, Mangus in Tippett's
THE KNOT GARDEN (Tippett designated the role as being for "high
tenor baritone"), Orestes in Gluck's IPHIGENIE EN TAURIDE (cast by Gluck
himself with a high baritone in the Paris premiere, and with a tenor in
the Vienna premiere), Red Shadow in Romberg's THE DESERT SONG, Cyril in
Gilbert & Sullivan's PRINCESS IDA, Bunthorne in their PATIENCE, Macheath
in the Pepusch/Gay BEGGAR'S OPERA, Orfeo in Monteverdi's L'ORFEO, Roland
Lacy in Argento's THE SHOEMAKER'S HOLIDAY, Counsel for the Plaintiff in
G&S's TRIAL BY JURY, Orin Mannon in Marvin David Levy's MOURNING BECOMES
ELECTRA, Antenore in Rossini's ZELMIRA, Gernando in his ARMIDA.

(Noteworthy: the role of the Drum Major in Berg's Wozzeck, while written
for Heldentenor, was sung at the opera's premiere at the Met by baritone
Nelson Eddy.)

There are also some roles that are written for "high baritone",
but which aren't necessarily "zwischenfach". These include:

Dr. Falke in DIE FLEDERMAUS
Valentin in Gounod's FAUST
Eros in Barber's ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA
Journalist in Berg's LULU
Dr. Stone in Menotti's HELP, HELP, THE GLOBOLINKS!
Harry Easter in Weill's STREET SCENE
Lodger in Phyllis Tate's THE LODGER
Nathan in Maw's SOPHIE'S CHOICE
Seid in Verdi's IL CORSARO
Strephon in Gilbert & Sullivan's IOLANTHE
Conte di Luna in Verdi's IL TROVATORE
The King in Susa's TRANSFORMATIONS
Andy Warhol in Michael Daugherty's JACKIE O
Edouard in Humphrey Searle's THE PHOTO OF THE COLONEL
Lord Ruthven in Marschner's DER VAMPYR
Second Apprentice in Berg's WOZZECK
Wat Tyler in Alan Bush's WAT TYLER
Faninal in Strauss's DER ROSENKAVALIER
Athanael in Massenet's THAIS
Sancho in Boismortier's DON QUICHOTTE
Frank Lloyd Wright in Daron Hagen's SHINING BROW

Karen Mercedes
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