T.L.,
I can understand where you are coming from. I am also a light lyric
tenor who is more suited to Mozart than Verdi. I am sure there is a
market for our type of voice. I know personally of more lyric tenors
working now than dramatic tenors. (mainly because lyric tenor is a
more common fach.) Having said that, I think the most important
thing is that you sing in your fach well. Bigness of voice comes in
the form of "Ring." Dont try to make your voice sound bigger than it
is, let the "ring" do the work for you.
As Alan stated, Paul Groves, who is one of the leading tenors at the
met right now, is this type of tenor.
The point is that you sing with a solid technique, musically, and,
most importantly communicate the intent of the text and music.
Artistic Directors will notice and you will get hired.
Also, consider auditioning in Europe. The houses are smaller there
and dont require such large voices. Many singers singing in the
states today got their start in Europe. Germany's market is a little
different now than it used to be, but plenty of Americans are getting
work over there. (Be sure to bone up on your German before you go.)
Anyway, I have rambled long enough. Keep the faith.
Richard
--- In vocalist-temporary@y..., Tenore Lirico <vocalist-temporary@y..., Tenore Lirico < > I'm sorry,
> I guess I didn't phrase my question as well as I should. I am now
realizing the
> specific type of tenor voice that I am, and have started working on
appropriate
> repertoire. As my teacher said, "my voice should sound very nice
doing Mozart."
> Donizetti is another composer that I should be very comfortable
singing as well.
> Maybe I'll be able to sing a few aria's like Che gelida manina, or
recondita
> armonia (eventually) but I doubt I'll ever be able to do the role
as a whole.
> In my limited understanding of the professional world I was under
the impression
> that the sweeter tenor voices were being overlooked in favor of the
more
> dramatic voices. The specific quality of my voice does nothing to
diminish my
> desire to sing a beautiful line (even if it were to only be heard
in my house
> :O). To sing a line where the composers thoughts get conveyed is my
goal. This
> past week my top finally started coming into its own. When I
stopped belting and
> quit trying to make a sound, the sound was there.
> Thank you Alan for enlightening me.
>
> Tenore Lirico
>
> I guess I don't understand the question here. There are lots of
nice lyric
> tenors who have and still do sing Mozart/Donizetti. I don't think
that anyone
> would qualify them otherwise. Just off the top of my head:
>
> Juan Diego Flores, Marcello Alvarez, Paul Groves, Richard Croft.
> Remember that this kind of a voice can also sing light Verdi roles
as
> well, witness the career of Alfredo Kraus
>
> Alan
> --- In vocalist-temporary@y..., Gina <vocalist-temporary@y..., Gina < > >
> > Tenore Lirico wrote:
> >
> > > With what I'm seeing as a leaning of opera houses torwarded
bigger
> > > voices, would
> > > a Mozart tenor have a chance?
> > >
> >
> > Not sure that exclusive Mozart voices exist any more. The word I
> got is
> > nay. Everyone seems to do something else, too.
> >
> > Gina
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