tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post5777636568456978850..comments2024-01-24T08:24:14.555-05:00Comments on My Favorite Intermissions: The Concert with the Long NameMaury D'annatohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14136129943169313348noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-55214347853266387252008-05-07T18:29:00.000-05:002008-05-07T18:29:00.000-05:00Thanks for the encouragement- I plan to trot out "...Thanks for the encouragement- I plan to trot out "Must the Winter" this weekend. Let's hope I don't bore everyone to tears.Babyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15355994068132781459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-61103066041512292462008-02-27T00:15:00.000-05:002008-02-27T00:15:00.000-05:00Rosalind Elias once recorded Totem Tom Tom from Ro...Rosalind Elias once recorded Totem Tom Tom from Rose Marie. I think this qualifies it as a bonafide mezzo audition piece.<BR/><BR/>"Late at night, all tired and sleepy<BR/>They would return to the tee-pee.<BR/>Totem tom tom. Totem tom tom"<BR/><BR/>A true test of elequence, narrative ability, and especially imagination, when dealing with the repeats of the last line.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-57926510894680730202008-02-26T14:49:00.000-05:002008-02-26T14:49:00.000-05:00JSU: there must be other interesting mezzo choices...JSU: there must be other interesting mezzo choices in English (other than the Purcell) but just at this moment I'm having trouble thinking what they would be.<BR/><BR/>Not sure if that's the Studertroll or just someone else who likes her. As long as it's comments and links and stuff, I'm down with it. If he starts posting those psychotic poems, I'll just delete them, because they creep me out.Maury D'annatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14136129943169313348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-17813376887346082592008-02-26T14:33:00.000-05:002008-02-26T14:33:00.000-05:00"Make mine "Must the Winter Come so Soon". Why is ...<I>"Make mine "Must the Winter Come so Soon". Why is this depressing aria so ubiquitous in audition circles?"</I><BR/><BR/>I think they want to sing something in English... I wish some would pick "New York Has Changed Me" instead.<BR/><BR/>(Hey, it looks like the Studer stalker is lurking here.)JSUhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02477558636942883735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-26173453481374810462008-02-26T12:15:00.000-05:002008-02-26T12:15:00.000-05:00"Klange der Heimat" can be a bore indeed. But not ..."Klange der Heimat" can be a bore indeed. But not when sung like this:<BR/><BR/><B>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnL_fYG1SjQ</B>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-56180644920229260202008-02-26T10:19:00.000-05:002008-02-26T10:19:00.000-05:00amer: yes, by all means no more Largo al Factotum ...amer: yes, by all means no more Largo al Factotum EVER. And if you sing the last "Figaro" of "Figaro, Figaro, Figaro" in falsetto, you should be catapulted from the stage out into the street.<BR/><BR/>Stella: well I do love Vansesa but you're quite right about that aria as an audition piece. Out of context it's just bland.Maury D'annatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14136129943169313348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-54506880320756565492008-02-26T10:04:00.000-05:002008-02-26T10:04:00.000-05:00Make mine "Must the Winter Come so Soon". Why is ...Make mine "Must the Winter Come so Soon". Why is this depressing aria so ubiquitous in audition circles? If you're a mezzo with no top, better to trot out "Va Laisse Coulez Mes Larmes" - at least it's got some drama.<BR/><BR/>And by the way, that aria from Le Prophete is "O Georges Pretres de Baal". One of my favorite gut busters.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14453591922918670053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-55147260422577757872008-02-25T19:49:00.000-05:002008-02-25T19:49:00.000-05:00Oh, and 'Largo al Factotum' can go, too. Make them...Oh, and 'Largo al Factotum' can go, too. Make them do 'Rivolgete a lui lo sguardo' instead.jondrytayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07014577384156823525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-50647026964940552902008-02-25T19:48:00.000-05:002008-02-25T19:48:00.000-05:00Some of the UK drama schools ban certain Shakespea...Some of the UK drama schools ban certain Shakespeare speeches as audition pieces. Maybe the time has come to have a similar moratorium on competitions etc. I would like to nominate 'Leise, Leise' 'E sogno... O realta?' 'Come Scoglio' and the Sogno di Doretta.<BR/><BR/>Although I suppose young singers need to sing young singer things, I guess. But wouldn't it be fab for a competition bill to be 'Niun mi Tema' followed by 'Die Zeit, die ist ein sonderbar ding' followed by 'Non piu di fiori'?jondrytayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07014577384156823525noreply@blogger.com