Yeah, beautiful aria, but I believe it's generally for a mezzo isn't it?
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From: Fiona Chow [mailto:fionat@i...]
Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2001 11:35 PM
To: vocalist-temporary@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [vocalist] looking for yet another piece of music...
Peggy wrote:
> Other good arias in English are from L'Allegro, il Pensoro,
> ed il Moderato. I'm thinking of one that I once heard
> Judith Blegen sing, a bird-imitative aria, which is in the
> International high voice Handel anthology.
Probably Sweet Bird - from Il Pensiero.
I'm not sure oratorio Handel arias in English are suitable for met
auditions though... as much as I like Handel! What about Dido's lament? I
know, it's done fairly often, but not always well. :).
Fiona
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