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From:  Tako Oda <toda@m...>
Date:  Fri Jun 23, 2000  10:22 pm
Subject:  Re: Head voice range (was: Height/Range)


> > Schonberg in his 'The Virtuosi' mentions two belcanto
> > tenors that reached F5 and even G5 in an impressive
> > way: Giovanni Battista Rubini and his successor Mario.

To be fair, I'm sure there were more of these high flying tenors in the
age of bel canto. Height is inversely linked to vocal weight in most
cases. Since the advent of the Wagnerian tenor, there have probably been
fewer tenors who can soar to F5.

-Tako


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