Oberon603@a... wrote:
> This fall I will be joining an opera workshop in my local city & I cant > wait (= . However recently, I found out that the music school that runs the > workshop also has a separate choir ensemble that will be performing "Carmina > Burana". I know nothing about this opera except that I think that one of the > roles is performed by either a Lyric Tenor or a Countertenor. Am I correct > in saying this? What's the role like, is it huge? Is it more suited to a > countertenor than a tenor?
Carmina Burana isn't an opera - it's a major chorus/orchestra/soloist work. Though the subject matter is secular, it's like an oratorio. It occasionally gets a staged production, but even when staged, it's nothing like an opera. I remember only one tenor solo, and it is VERY high. It's about a dying swan, and sounds like it. A great piece for a tenor who can handle the tessitura. Countertenors often sing it these days, but I prefer it sung by a lyric tenor, because I think the piece supposed to sound like the high notes are difficult to sing. My choir is performing the piece this fall, also.
Peggy
-- Margaret Harrison, Alexandria, Virginia, USA "Music for a While Shall All Your Cares Beguile" mailto:peggyh@i...
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