JLines@aol.com wrote: Would anyone care to make suggestions for duets to close a recital, for bass-baritone and soprano? If we can't come up with the Victor Herbert, we need a group of light and/or comic to finish. English, please! Hello Carol,How about "Bess You Is My Woman Now" from Porgy & Bess - I don't know that it is necessarily "light", but what a gorgeous piece... "All I Ask of You" - Phantom of the Opera I have sung the following as a high baritone - they might work for a bass-baritone, depending on his top notes or perhaps could be transposed: Merry Widow Waltz - Lehar tunes by Ivor Novello such as "My Life Belongs To You" There is a a very nice contemporary pop tune I have done called "Here We Are", not to be confused with the Gloria Estefan tune of the same title. Unfortunately, I don't have it in front of me and I don't know the composer offhand. The chorus goes, "Here we are, together we have found a dream come true... I think it came originally from some wedding anthology... Hope this helps... Cheers. Michael Eckford <michaelb@yknet.yk.ca> Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada |