| Date sent: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 13:16:40 EST Subject: Re: Arias Transposed? To: vocalist Send reply to: VOCALIST <vocalist>
kurt, karen is right. if you sing these transposed arias in a public performance there will be those who will be shocked beyond repair and you may never be invited back. however, one of the most respected lieder singers of the century, dietrich fischer-dieskau, sang almost all his lieder perfomances and recordings in transpostition. this practice was not only accepted but praised by 'serious' audiences. if you desire to perform opera arias transposed in public, and i encourage you to 'go for it', you may want to brace the 'museum-minded' members of your audience with a warning in the program notes along with a passionate statement as to your reasons for doing so.
mike
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