Here's a question for the group from an old singer (48 and haven't audition
in 20 yrs, last one in Boston - got all the same stuff - too short, too
small, not the right sound etc...). Anyway, I have been away from it for a
while. But I remember back then I did arias that weren't really done that
often (today they are standards). If someone sang Catherine's aria from
Washington Square by Pasatieri, how would they respond. It has all the
highs and lows (a below middle c and high c, with lots of nice b flats
etc...). Very dramatic, very exciting (IMHO) and very challenging. Would
they recognize it?? Would they want to hear something like that? Or are
they happier with the staples of Dove Sono or Mi chiamano????
Buffy Hunt
----- Original Message -----
From: Fiona Chow <fionat@i...>
To: <vocalist-temporary@egroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2000 7:08 PM
Subject: Re: [vocalist-temporary] Audition experience
> >
> > << At 5/17/00 03:05 AM , I wrote:
> >
> > >I know auditioners have NO WAY
> > >of knowing how one USUALLY performs the aria, so who cares really?
> >
> And Eva Zuber responded:
>
> > Fiona, I do not know for whom you auditioned, but, generally, most
> auditors
> > DO KNOW and care how a particular aria should go. >>
>
> and then Lee Morgan wrote:
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> >
> > I don't think you read the original quote the way it was intended.
I
> > think she was saying that the people hearing auditions have no way of
> knowing
> > how well or how badly a particular auditioner sings a particular aria.
I
> > don't think she was saying they don't know how the aria should be done.
>
> Well to be truthful, I'm not sure I meant that the auditioners have
no
> way of knowing how well/badly a singer performs, if it's their first time
> hearing him/her.
> I sang a fairly obsecure aria... well maybe not obsecure, I should
say.
> But honestly, I was the only person to sing it that day (a day full of
> auditions, all 5 minutes apart) according to the panel. And the pianist
> said he had only played my aria a handful of times in his life (and this
is
> someone who has played for opera singers for a long time!!!).
> And I still think - it's safer to go w/ leaving out the high
notes/extra
> frills, and sound good, rather than stick in high F's everywhere and sing
> them badly. Sometimes, it's rather anticlimatical to continuously be
> showing off one's upper range (this is just what I think - please, no
> flames!!) - I always prefer to leave that maybe for one or two select
spots
> in the aria, perhaps at the end.
> My point was more that for me, personally, if I have it all planned
> to sing a set number of cadenzas/high notes, and if I leave some out (even
> if it is a rehearsed back-up plan - which I think is a good idea) then I
> sort of feel like I cheated myself!
>
> Just my opinion.
>
> Fiona
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