--- Peter Louis van Dijk <plvdijk@i...> wrote:
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>
> Dear List.
>
> Help!
>
> A baritone student of mine chose this operetta aria
> (My Desert is waiting)
> from a Romberg album.
>
> Is this sung by a bariton or a tenor? His research
> produced Mario Lanza
> singing this in the movie. (??)
> Dear Susi,
This is a high baritone piece, and no, Mario Lanza
does not sing it in the movie; it's Gordon Macrae
(wonderful as well) It does call for that typical
baritenor type of operetta chap; the sort of voice
prevelant in German operetta.
> Is this actually a duet and would he be penalized if
> he sang both verses for
> an exam? The album version does not indicate that
> this is a duet.
No, it's not a duet either. If you have editions
that are, then they are arrangements, not the
original.
>
> Perhaps it's safer for him to sing "The Impossible
> Dream"!?
>
Perhaps it would!!! Anyway, good luck with it,
whatever he chooses.
Best wishes,
Ian Belsey Voice technician, Bromley, Kent, England
>
> Many thanks.
> Regards
>
> Susi
> C T RSA
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