| Date sent: Sun, 30 Jan 2000 03:30:58 EST Subject: Re: Musical Theatre Fachs? To: vocalist Send reply to: VOCALIST <vocalist>
"...to say an opera singer is out of place in a role created by an opera singer is, frankly, absurd." -karen mercedes
out of place? she can be there if she wants. if that's what leonard bernstein wanted and he can get a great singer like christa ludwig, good for him. even if the supreme court recognized the 'squating' rights of opera singers in candide, i still don't want to hear it and it still sounds stupid to me. a friend of mine from high school, last i knew, was directing paying theater gigs in boston. if an opera sounding person auditioned for this role for him, she wouldn't get it because he doesn't want to hear it either. he thinks it sounds stupid too. the original point being, whenever we audition for anything, we are selected or rejected according to the whim of the decision maker. and, just as a soprano auditioning for a mimi might worry about whether or not her voice is too light for the role, so too should the mezzo think about whether or not she's too 'opera-sounding' for a musical theater role. if 'a role created by an opera singer' is justification enough, do you then assign all your 14yr. old sopranos 'juliet's waltz'?
mike
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