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From:  "Karin Mandix" <kmx@m...>
"Karin Mandix" <kmx@m...>
Date:  Tue Aug 14, 2001  8:35 pm
Subject:  RE: Names for less-than-admired singers


Welcome to the new lurkers from an "older" lurker.
Nice of you to introduce yourselves.

The "testicular tenor", got me thinking of an old favourite expression for
an operatic soprano that is a bit over the mark vibrato-wise, but I'm not
sure it translates well into English. Anyway, here it is, to the best of my
translation ability:

"Soprano with a vibrato so wide that you can skip in it"

(that's "skip" as in "skip in a rope").

Karin Mandix


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