Check out one of the songs Lee Hoiby composed for Leontyne Price: The Serpent on a text by Roetke. Humorous, tuneful, virtuostic and a definite crowd pleaser, especially if you pull out a hanky a la Pavarotti! It takes an overt personality to pull it off, as well as an accompanist of no mean ability.
Mark
> I am having a hard time finding things to end a recital with. I am a > lyric soprano, with a comfortable high C# held, E if I don't have to hold > it. :) > > My teacher says no arias, but I don't really care what language it is in, > > You know, a crowd pleaser, something stirring, something fabulous, > something that makes them stand up and yell at the top of their lungs, > "BRAVA, BRAVA!!" as the last of the chord melts away . . . .
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