<< I don't see any reason why a man should sound like a woman. What parts call for this ? >>
What about any one of the "pants" roles?
David Grogan ETBU Marshall, Texas ----- Original Message ----- From: <Axwell@a...> From: <Axwell@a...> To: <vocalist-temporary@yahoogroups.com> To: <vocalist-temporary@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2001 7:56 PM Subject: Re: [vocalist] falsetto/head voice in Countertenors WAS: Countertenor hogs
> > > I don't see any reason why a man should sound like a woman. What parts > call for this ? Why should a man be dressed like a man and sound like a > soprano ? Are there any parts for transvestites in opera ? I don't recall > that in any story line. Maybe when Octavian is dressed like a girl in > Rosenlavalier he could use a falsetto voice. What other plots that call for > this ? Why would a woman be attracted to a soprano sounding man ? Are they > doing parts today where a countertenor gets dressed like a woman and plays a > womans' part ? If they do do this, is this done for titilation ? If not, what > is the purpose ? David Daniels, to me, sounds like a third rate female voice. > Why not have a first rate female voice sing his parts in drag ? What am I > missing here ? There is no comparison with the castrato singers of olden > times. The falsettist is not carrying on a tradition. A castrato voice > didn't sound like a falsettist or countertenor or whatever you call them. > Maybe if somebody with a lovely voice would like to volunteer for castration > before they reach puberty and cultivates their voice from that point on, we > will have the sound that Handel and others had in mind when they wrote their > great epics, but until then, the falsettist does not fill the bill, in my > opinion. > > > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > >
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