I sang CB several years ago, and two high arias (the swan one and another
which I do no remember words from – just a melody) were sang by tenors - one
by lyric another by (I think) a dramatic one. Both of them were straggling
with the tessitura and were tense.
In the recording I have, these arias are sung by baritone singing falsetto -
it sounds much better. Falsetto gives them a little unusual color and
changes the meaning a bit: from just a very high aria, to a something witch
goes along with the whole CB sound, maybe even magic (for a lack of a better
word), enchanted sound.
I haven't heard CT singing it, but I bet, he can bring some color to it too!
It would be nice to know what Orff actually wanted there....
My 2 cents,
Maria
www.cs.wisc.edu/~boris/maha
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