Check out one of the songs Lee Hoiby composed for Leontyne Price: The
Serpent on a text by Roetke. Humorous, tuneful, virtuostic and a definite
crowd pleaser, especially if you pull out a hanky a la Pavarotti! It
takes an overt personality to pull it off, as well as an accompanist of no
mean ability.
Mark
> I am having a hard time finding things to end a recital with. I am a
> lyric soprano, with a comfortable high C# held, E if I don't have to hold
> it. :)
>
> My teacher says no arias, but I don't really care what language it is in,
>
> You know, a crowd pleaser, something stirring, something fabulous,
> something that makes them stand up and yell at the top of their lungs,
> "BRAVA, BRAVA!!" as the last of the chord melts away . . . .
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