On Tue, 5 Dec 2000, Ingo Duckerschein wrote:
> That being said, there are some absolutely lovely tenor arias in the
> St. John's Passion and I wish I had the vocal equipment to sing them,
> but that's not going to happen I fear.
Ah, they are beautiful, but I wouldn't wish them on any tenor LOL - Bach's
writing seems almost sadistic in those arias! He must have hated tenors
[don't most basses?] ;-)
Now the Evangelist recitatives, on the other hand... gorgeous and such
natural writing! I almost wonder if that doesn't qualify as haute contre
role - it lies so high.
Tako
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