Tako, The role of Iopas in "Les Troyens a Carthage" has a high D. Unrelated: there is a recent disc of countertenor David Daniels which makes a very good case for this kind of voice in the classics, including an "Adelaide" to rival Bjoerling's. I wonder if he would do a Brahms disc? john
At 09:34 AM 5/23/00 -0700, you wrote: >Ingo Duckerschein <ingo_d@y...> wrote: >> Completely unrelated question -- how many tenor arias actually require >> the high C? > >Do you mean "require" or "written"? ;-) > >Rossini has quite a few written high Cs (ex. William Tell, but he didn't >expect full chest voice), but most high Cs in the opera rep are >"traditional" rather than notated. To get a real sense of those, you'll >have to listen to a lot of recordings. Written high Cs are rare. > >Is the high note in La Boheme a C or Cb? I think Stravinsky has a >written high C# in Persephone (sic?). There's also that nasty high D in >Orff's Carmina Burana... What are some other "rude" tenor high notes >that were actually notated? Anyone? > >Tako Oda > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ >eGroups >The easy way to communicate with groups of people. >Start an email group at >http://click.egroups.com/1/3950/5/_/843894/_/959099640/ >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: >vocalist-temporary-unsubscribe@o... > > > > John Blyth Baritono robusto e lirico Brandon, Manitoba, Canada
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