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From:  Karen Mercedes <dalila@R...>
Karen Mercedes <dalila@R...>
Date:  Wed Jan 31, 2001  6:24 am
Subject:  Re: [vocalist] What to call myself


On Tue, 30 Jan 2001 mikebarb@n... wrote:

>
>
> mikebarb@n... wrote:
>
> > Karen Mercedes wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > There are only two singers I can think of who actually call themselves
> > > this: Ewa Podles and Nathalie Stutzmann - the former is a lyric-coloratura
> > > contralto, the latter is mainly a recitalist, though she does sing some
> > > opera. No-one else seems willing to take the risk of using this rare (and
> > > possibly outmoded) label.
> > >
> >
> > My aunt (of Delos Records) has been making recordings with a Russian
> > orchestra, and she has also has signed a
> > Russian contralto.
>
> P.S. to an earlier post. Delos' Russian contralto might be Ewa Podles. I
> really ought to listen better to members
> of my own family. Yikes.


Except that Ewa Podles is Polish.

KM

P.S. I'm thinking of "Alexandra Tikhonova" as a stage name. Thoughts?
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