Lyric Tenor aria for audition ?
L-J Baker
Can anyone suggest any arias for a lyric tenor ? He wants to audition
so one that has not been done to death by one fo the greats would be
preferrable.
Help please!
Steven Schnurman
ljb...@ccu1.auckland.ac.nz (L-J Baker) wrote:
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>Can anyone suggest any arias for a lyric tenor ? He wants to audition
>so one that has not been done to death by one fo the greats would be
>preferrable.
>
>Help please!
The tenor aria from the last act of Verdi's Falstaff is both romantic and
beautiful.
Hope this helps.
Steven Schnurman
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is in a number of anthologies. It is sometimes thought to be too easy
however.
A lyric tenor needs to show smooth control in the upper passagio area.
This means that things hanging around G or G# are preferable (though
hard). Several standard arias are classics for showing this, and this is
why they are heard so often in audition. Many auditioners in fact prefer
to hear something they know well because they know every pitfall in the
aria and can judge the singer better.
Here are a few:
Je crois entendere encore (Romance) (Les pecheurs de perles) A beautiful
aria and very difficult because it is high and soft.
Una furtiva lagrima (L'elisir d'amore) short and sweet
Un aura amarosa (Cosi fan tutte) the downfall of many Ferrandos
Il mio tesoro (Don Giovanni) breath breath breath
Dies Bildnis ist bezauberned schoen (Die Zauberfloete) almost never sung
well
Fenton's aria (Horch die Lerche singt im Hain) from The Merry Wives of
Windsor by Nicolai is also very lovely and rarely done.
lneff
Night" is nice. Others include:
Either of King Berendey's numbers in Rimsky's "Snowmaiden";
Sadko's 1st number in Scene I of Rimsky's "Sadko" (not the "Song of India"!);
Vakula's aria in Act II of Tchaikovsky's "Cherevichki";
Robert's aria in the same composer's "Iolanta";
Either of the title character's arias in Cui's "Prisoner of the
Caucasus".
Lyle Neff, ln...@ucs.indiana.edu
http://copper.ucs.indiana.edu/~lneff/home.html
Libretto Homepage
HenryFogel
>Date: 17 Aug 1995 01:42:15 GMT
>Message-ID: <40u6pn$d...@net.auckland.ac.nz>
>Can anyone suggest any arias for a lyric tenor ? He wants to audition
>so one that has not been done to death by one fo the greats would be
>preferrable.
Depends on how good he is. If he is really good, and has the unusual
ability to control the voice at the top of his register including the
passagio between middle and top, and if he can sing a soft high C -- I
know all this is rare, but if he can do it -- he will wow people by
singing well the aria "Magische Tone" from The Queen of Sheba by Karl
Goldmark. Leo Slezak and Nicolai Gedda have both made classic recordings
of it, and Caruso made a very good one too, but not too many others have
even tried it.
Henry Fogel
Joan Livingston
mock audition for students at the Music Academy of the West in Santa
Barbara, California several years ago: choose a relatively unknown piece
that shows off your voice. Any of the "standards" have a legacy of
comparison that is often difficult to overcome for a new singer.
He told this to a lush romantic "Italian" tenor who chose Che
gelida la manina which frankly suffered in comparison to other more well
known interpretations. But as his second piece he choose a more obscure
french piece (sorry I don't know which one) which brought the house down.
Good luck. Tell us what you pick.
--
Joan, Santa Barbara
Opera Cat
the first thing he asked me is: "What KIND of lyric tenor?" But since
your
post just says lyric tenor, in general, he suggested the Italian Aria from
Der Rosenkavalier. Most people can't sing it, but he says if the person
is
a real lyric tenor, he will be able to.
Buona fortuna, Cat
Mitchell Weitz
>Can anyone suggest any arias for a lyric tenor ? He wants to audition
>so one that has not been done to death by one fo the greats would be
>preferrable.
>Help please!
How about "O ne t'eveille pas encore" from Jocelyn (by Godard)?
Beautiful and will show off a fine tenor voice and technique. Will
impress the people he will be auditioning for IF they know what they
are doing (and if he sings it beautifully).
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Mitchell Weitz
mwe...@ix.netcom.com
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Patrick Togher
(L-J Baker) wrote:
> Can anyone suggest any arias for a lyric tenor ? He wants to audition
> so one that has not been done to death by one fo the greats would be
> preferrable.
>
I've always had success with The Aubade (Mylio) from Le Roi d'Ys by Lalo -
it's bright, descriptive and short!
Yours,
Patrick Togher
Bob Morrow
In article <41gjlk$g...@pipe4.nyc.pipeline.com>, aug...@nyc.pipeline.com (Robyn Frisch) writes:
|> I once heard a tenor have a go at Scarlatti's "Ganges" piece. I haven't
|> been able to find a recording of it. Does anyone know of an available
|> record? It is some piece of music.
Pavarotti recorded it in the 1960's with Richard Bonynge and
the Orchestra dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome. It was
a London/Decca recording.
Beniamino Gigli recorded it in the 1930s. It last appeared on
his Seraphim vinyl "Bel Canto Arias" in the late 60s/early 70s.
I sang it as a recital piece in the 70s when I was seriously
contemplating a music career ("serious" artists must starve,
you see?). Thankfully, no recording exists of my performance. :-)
BOB
Les Taylor
You asked:
>I once heard a tenor have a go at Scarlatti's "Ganges" piece.
Now, please don't hold me to the spelling, but is it "Gia Il Sole Dal Gange"?
First line goes: Gia il sole dal gange, gia il sole dal gange piu chiaro, piu
chiaro svavilla. Piu chiaro svavilla, piu chiaro, piu chiaro svavilla.
> I haven't been able to find a recording of it. Does anyone know of an
>available record? It is some piece of music.
If it is the above, you may want to write to a station on the Public
Broadcasting System (PBS) and get a copy of a Pavarotti concert in which he
performs that piece and many other elementary pieces normally assayed by voice
students. If memory serves, he did a concert of the old Italian classics in
his home town as a sort of a return to his vocal roots. Tito Gobbi (although a
Baritone) also performs "Gia Il Sole" on a record of Italian classics. I'd
give you the title but I don't have it on hand here at work.
Regards,
Les
AJYC
nicely on the following CD's: *Jose Carreras In Recital* Seattle 5-4-89
Legato Classics LCD-156-1; and, *Jose Carreras: The Comeback Concerts*
1988 Acanta 44 1001-2. Also on two videos: *Carreras in Salzburg,* and
*Carreras--Music Festival in Granada,* both available from Kultur.
Pablo Fernandez
>
>In article <41gjlk$g...@pipe4.nyc.pipeline.com>, aug...@nyc.pipeline.com (Robyn Frisch) writes:
>|> been able to find a recording of it. Does anyone know of an available
>|> record? It is some piece of music.
>
>the Orchestra dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome. It was
>a London/Decca recording.
>
>Beniamino Gigli recorded it in the 1930s. It last appeared on
>his Seraphim vinyl "Bel Canto Arias" in the late 60s/early 70s.
I got it three years ago, in a 7 tapes (yes, TAPES) Gigli Colletion.
(By a chance, I stoped to see a big box that was filled with tapes on offer,
and I was surprised to see this collection for 400 pesetas (about 3 dollars!!)).
It is an italian edition of 1983, International JOKER production (MC 1319).
Pablo,
from Spain
Robert Sheaffer
>
>In article <41gjlk$g...@pipe4.nyc.pipeline.com>, aug...@nyc.pipeline.com (Robyn Frisch) writes:
>|> I once heard a tenor have a go at Scarlatti's "Ganges" piece. I haven't
>|> been able to find a recording of it. Does anyone know of an available
>|> record? It is some piece of music.
>
>Pavarotti recorded it in the 1960's with Richard Bonynge and
>the Orchestra dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome. It was
>a London/Decca recording.
>
>Beniamino Gigli recorded it in the 1930s. It last appeared on
>his Seraphim vinyl "Bel Canto Arias" in the late 60s/early 70s.
Richard Tucker also recorded it in the 1960s, releasing it on
an LP of Italian art songs.
--
Robert Sheaffer - shea...@minerva.robadome.com - Skeptical to the Max!