In a message dated 10/16/2001 5:27:40 PM Central Daylight Time,
dalila@R... writes:
<< It did strike me that the soprano version of "How beautiful" is not so
high that a lyric mezzo couldn't sing it successfully. Again, I haven't
got the score in front of me, but I did listen to the aria done by a few
different sopranos before posting my last response to this thread - and it
struck me that the key was hardly in the "pain" register. I think,
frankly, it's similar to "Come unto him" in Part I - yes, written for
soprano, but I've done it quite comfortably. "How beautiful" seems to have
similar range/tessitura in the soprano key. It's certainly not as
high-feeling as "I know that my redeemer" or "Rejoice greatly".
>>
I've actually done "How beautiful" several time. I just think on "the other
side of the hyphen." I've done "redeemer" as well -- not sure if I told you
all this, but last year, due to some wacky mixup, I was contracted to sing
the SOPRANO solos in a singalong Messiah... the recits before the Glory to
God and "Redeemer." Although the recits were high, they were actually easier
for me because they STAYED high so I just hung out in one place.
Christine Thomas
Wauwatosa, WI
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"Pace, mio Dio, pace, mio Dio."
-- La forza del destino, Giuseppe Verdi
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