| From: sjdr9523@y... sjdr9523@y... Date: Fri Mar 16, 2001 10:09 pm Subject: Re: is there a market for Mozart/Donizetti tenors?
| <<--- In vocalist-temporary@y..., Tenore Lirico <vocalist-temporary@y..., Tenore Lirico <
bigger voices, would a Mozart tenor have a chance? >>
The tenore leggiero fach is generally not as overpopulated as, say,
that of the lyric soprano, but more so than the dramatic types. Of
course, Mozart is performed in virtually every opera house in the
world, so there is no shortage there.
Let me ask you: Are you that rock and roll guy that was here a little
while ago? Are you thinking of making a quick career out of this?
I may be reading between the lines here, but if you're thinking of going into the classical singing business, let me tell you that it is a fantastically difficult way to make a living, perhaps one of the most difficult things anybody could do in life. You won't be a star, you'll be lucky if you even earn enough from singing to scrape by (which will still take 5-10 years to happen). Virtually nobody who begins voice study ends up with a professional career (less than 1 percent). Your teachers won't tell you this because a) they have a vested interest in keeping you coming back for more lessons and getting more degrees, b) many of them haven't had professional performing careers themselves, so they don't really even know what's involved, and c) if they ever did have any professional experience, it may have been so long ago or on such a small scale that they are out of touch with today's market. Maybe what you should be asking is "does anybody have a chance?" I'm not being pessimistic, just realistic.
On the flip side, if you're talented (who isn't these days?), determined, and lucky, you can work very hard and possibly carve out something resembling a career for yourself. There's a market for every voice type, but a career won't happen just *because* of your voice type (not even for heldentenors!).
Good luck! -John
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