"I believe that Anthony
Rolfe-Johnson did not start studying voice properly until he was 29. "
Anthony Rolfe_Johnson has such a beautiful voice. I also heard that
the great Jon Vickers started studying voice at a latter age. I wonder if
that's true. Does anybody know?
I sure feels reassuring that not all great singers started in their
early pubescence !!!!
Rick
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dr Colin D Reed [SMTP:colin.reed@e...]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2000 11:25 AM
> To: vocalist-temporary@egroups.com
> Subject: RE: [vocalist-temporary] Age limits (wasOPERA: Met Regional
> Auditions, )
>
> >===== Original Message From vocalist-temporary@egroups.com =====
> >In a message dated 4/11/00 10:02:56 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> >dalila@R... writes:
> >
> ><< Age cut-off, I believe, is 33 for women, 35 for men. (An inequity that
> I
> > find frankly offensive. It's bad enough imposing age limits, but
> imposing
> > them differently for men and women really peeves me!)
> >
> >
> > Karen
> > ----- >>
> >I understand your gripe. However,dont mens voices mature later than
> female
> >voices?(asking)
> >
> >:jc
> >
>
> Not necessarily, it again depends upon the voice type. I would suggest
> that a
> Tenore Leggiere (sp?) would mature sooner than a dramatic soprano. In
> fact, I
> think that 33 - 35 is probably pushing it a bit for genuine dramatic
> voices.
> They may be maturing by then, but will not have had the chance to build up
> as
> much audition and performance experience as the lighter lyric voices that
> may
> have matured ten years earlier. I would agree with Karen that there
> should
> not be a difference between the genders in age limits, but I agree more
> strongly that there should not be age limits. I believe that Anthony
> Rolfe-Johnson did not start studying voice properly until he was 29. If
> there
> had been such an age limit on art song recitalists then he may never have
> had
> a career!
>
> Best wishes
>
> Colin
>
> Colin Reed, Tenor
> Newark, UK
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