Another possibility would be Suzuki's prayer, which opens the second act of
"Madama Butterfly."
Didn't write much for us mighty mezzos, did he?
Liz
>From: Karen Mercedes <dalila@R...>
>From: Karen Mercedes <dalila@R...>
>Reply-To: vocalist-temporary@yahoogroups.com
>To: vocalist-temporary@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [vocalist] "Excerptable" Puccini for mezzos
>Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 15:34:42 -0500 (EST)
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>I've decided the closest Puccini comes to an excerptable aria for mezzo is
>La Frugola's paen to her cat in IL TABARRO. There are interjections by
>Giorgetta, but I think those can be edited out reasonably successfully,
>resulting in a musically not-too-engaging but comically delightful aria
>for mezzo.
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>Karen Mercedes
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>A feeling of expectancy,
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>Expectancy and ecstasy....Sh's's's.
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Elizabeth Finkler
Sunnyvale, California
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"If you must be wrong, be wrong at the top of your voice!" --Lucy Van Pelt
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