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From:  ODivaTina@a...
ODivaTina@a...
Date:  Tue Mar 27, 2001  4:21 pm
Subject:  Re: [vocalist] The no man's land of mezzo-soprano (was Mozart for contraltos)


In a message dated 3/27/2001 10:29:55 AM Eastern Standard Time,
mbryant@f... writes:
mbryant@f... writes:


> I'd like to add my own lament on the other side of the coin - people
> expecting mezzo-sopranos to be able to sing contralto material!

I think it depends on what kind of mezzo you are. I am a mezzo and am more
comfortable singing the contralto literature than I am the lower soprano
literature. So, I would call you a high mezzo, for instance, and would
discuss that with the conductors.
TinaO




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