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From:  Karen Mercedes <dalila@R...>
Karen Mercedes <dalila@R...>
Date:  Fri Mar 30, 2001  2:31 pm
Subject:  Re: [vocalist] "Excerptable" Puccini for bass


On Thu, 29 Mar 2001, Tako Oda wrote:

> Karen Mercedes <dalila@R...> wrote re: slim pickins for basses
> Karen Mercedes <dalila@R...> wrote re: slim pickins for basses
> > You forgott about "Vecchia zimara", didn't you?
>
> Nope, that's the one I mean. It is a beaut, like I said, but not even
> two pages worth of music when you add it all up!
>
> Besides, it's typically done by a bass-baritone, not a true bass...
> even a tenor has done it under dire circumstances ;-) (who can name
> the tenor? ;-)

Well, there's that recording of it by Caruso...

K
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