Mon, 17 November 2008
In a series of occasional surveys of specialized voice types here are a few words (and a few sound clips) of every opera lover's stratospheric dream...the coloratura soprano. When the composer says 'jump', she asks 'how high?'
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Mon, 3 November 2008
Whatever happened to recitative? Did it die with Donizetti or did composers somehow carry on the style? And more importantly, does recitative still have a place in so called modern opera? |