From: Kurt Theurer
To: vocalist
Subject: The way from F# to G (Bass-Baritone)
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Dear singers out there,
I am a Bass-Baritone and while generally I am very happy with my
progress and my voice (and so are audiences in the performances I
give), it is taking me what seems to me ages to cross the barriere from
F# to G in my highs. I can sing a top F# at almost anytime and a G
during practising, but when it comes to those real long "Verdi" G's,
something blocks me and I just cannot make it. I simply cannot find the
right way into the tone.
Now I know that for a Bass Baritone a top G is not always needed, but I
know that it helps a lot if you have a safe one "in your pocket", only
if it is to throw in one or the other in a cadenza.

I should add that I have very good depths (down to the Sarastro-E on a
good day) and sometimes I wonder whether I should not become a Basso
profondo....

If anyone has any advice to offer, thanks in advance.

Kurt Theurer
Bass Baritone
Munich, Germany