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From:  Dré de Man <dredeman@w...>
Date:  Tue Aug 27, 2002  4:02 pm
Subject:  Prégardien and other singers in interviews

Dear co-vocalists,



For those who are interested in the tenor Christoph Prégardien and speak
either German, Dutch or both: the Dutch radioprogram a4 put an interview
with him online (in German with a Dutch translation). It is quite nice,
he explains e.g, why he works with two quite different pianists (Staier
and Gees, resp. authentic and romantic) and the pros and cons of both.



Quote: 'Then I say to Gees: "you are not *allowed* to do this" (about
Gees taking certain romantic liberties to disobey marks in the score).
In German: 'das *darfst* Du nicht'; there he sounds like a combination
of obedient choir boy (which he once was, a choir boy at least) and a
German music professor (which he is now actually):).



He also says that by singing Lieder his voice became heavier, which made
it more difficult for him to sing Bach, and that he needs some time
after a 'Lieder'-period to make himself singing lighter again, in order
to be able to sing Bach, which has a relatively high overall tessitura.



More on: <http://info.omroep.nl/ncrv/radio?nav=elyiFsHjHACiBeGfHsB>
http://info.omroep.nl/ncrv/radio?nav=elyiFsHjHACiBeGfHsB



(Otherwise: www.ncrv.nl/a4, then look for interviews)



More interviews on a4: Bostridge, Cura, Terfel, Van Reisen, Koopman and
others.



Best greetings,



Dré







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