2nite I make my debut as a counter-tenor, albeit an open mike night. There have been many people to go on from the establishment I will be at. Some of the...
... I have ordered this CD and look forward to it. I am sorry not to have answered you sooner; lots of problems! But I can do so now, and I will e-mail you ...
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Dear all, I have just uploaded two contemporary pieces not generally associated with the countertenor voice; Marie-Joseph Canteloube's 'Tè, L'Co, Tè!' from...
Thanks, David :-) I *really* enjoy hearing what you guys can do... (couldn't sing my way out of a paper sack, but am in complete awe of those of you who can)...
Dear Friends, There is a new group that may be of interest to some of the members of this group - it is the Bach Alto Aria group and it is devoted to ...
I think I read somewhere that Napoleon II (or was it III?) had a castrato perform for him and didn't like the sound. Did the French not use castrati because?: ...
What a pleasant surprise. The only performances of Farinelli's aria that I have heard were the movie sound track and a several recordings of male sopranists....
You bring up an interesting subject. I myself thought that Vivica Genaux, that is the name of the singer, would not be able to pull off those arias, precisely...
Dear Wotan, In my opinion, at the beginning, in France the trouble has not been with the castrati, but with the italian opera, and has been less a question of...
Dear Katy, I'm delighted you liked the mp3s! In answer to your question, both mp3s are on my audition CD. The CD has 5 tracks: Marie-Joseph Canteloube...
... be ... There are a number of reasons why castrati did not play a part in French opera. These are a few suggestions. 1. The Papal ban on female singers was...
Added to this, I would refer you all to Patrick Barbier's "La Maison des Italiens, les castrats de Versailles", in which he introduces those castrati, whom we...
... Jacobs himself - he makes an interesting point, i.e. that it was more important for an 18th century castrato voice to have solid, strong bottom notes than...
I think he is wrong; one has only to /look/ at Farinelli's arias to see that Jacobs' opinion has little basis in fact. Perhaps he is trying to justify the fact...
I forgot to state Jacobs' source for his statement which is Johann Ada Hiller (Anweisung zum musikalisch-zierlichen Gesang, 1780): "A good note in the lower...
... recordings ... that ... Just to clarfiy, "coloratura" soprano in no way denotes the range/tessitura of the sop, just the technique/style of voice/music. ...
Hello Felice, ... the upper register that sound like the twittering of a bird." There is more to the point in the essay. I hope there is effectively more than...
... And such a voice capable of coloratura is sometimes categorised as "acuto sfugato"; but who has not enjoyed Rossini's heroines with /their/ coloratura...
... voice/music. ... as "acuto sfugato"; but who has not enjoyed ... roles ? Or even tenor and bass. Handel and earlier? How rarely we get to hear such rep...
Thank you very much to all for your quick and informative replies to my question. ... Maison des Italiens, les castrats de Versailles", in ... D'Ollican's...
Thank you very much for sharing with me your deep insight. If you had a problem with my using the term coloratura soprano to denote high soprano, should I ...
I am a natural tenor(quite high one) and also a falsetto soprano(same rule as tenor applies here as well) who cannot easily sing in the lower registers....
... denote high soprano, should I offer you an apology? I did not want to deal with 'accuracy' of terminology too much when it is evident to many of us that...
... (same rule as tenor applies here as well) who cannot easily sing in the lower registers. Frequent descent into chest voice is my problem when singing many...
hmmm this is tricky....i've haven't seen much at all written for farinelli that goes way into the stratosphere, of course this doesn't mean he didn't sing up...
Agreed;> I've haven't seen much at all written for ... But his highest notes may well have lain in the area of the embellishments, but I quote here from...
Hehehe quote didn't quite work, but i've seen it before so i understand what you mean :) i never disputed that farinelli and other castrato could sing very ...
