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From:  Karen Mercedes <dalila@R...>
Karen Mercedes <dalila@R...>
Date:  Sun May 13, 2001  3:46 pm
Subject:  Re: [vocalist] reading skills or rather a lack thereof


On Sun, 13 May 2001, Jeffrey Snider wrote:

> Which leads me to another point. The days of learning four or five
> roles and having a career are GONE! One of my teachers at Indiana
> told us that he could have had a career just singing Manrico,
> Cavaradossi, Rodolfo, and Canio. Look at the schedules of the opera
> companies. Oh, yes, they still do Trovatore, Tosca, Boheme, and
> Pagliacci, but they are also doing Streetcar named Desire, A View
> form the Bridge, Cold Sassy Tree, Emmeline, you get the point.


And when we have such a high-profile example as Placido Domingo proving
that it is physically possible to learn (throughout a career) and perform
over 100 roles AND become the world's leading opera singer - well, I fear
that such an example makes it impossible for other singers to build
careers that are too much less prodigious.

KM
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