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To: "Vocalist"
Subject: Re: Un bel di questions
Date sent: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 10:22:30 -0500
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<< Also, how big a voice do you need to sing this aria? <<<

I'm constanly amazed that these questions come up. All one has to
do is go back and look at which singers have sung the role. You
will quickly see that both spintos and lyrics have sung this role
(unlike Turnandot and Tosca which are reserved for spintos and
dramatic sopranos). Probably one of the most endearing of all
Butterflys was Victoria de Los Angeles, a true lyric soprano!!
there are other numerous examples of lyrics who sang the role.

Whether a student should use this as an audition piece is a
different issue.

Alan