On Wednesday, March 6, 2019 at 9:51:18 PM UTC-6, razzking wrote:that key and wouldn’t it be embarrassing if someone from the audience knew and thought we couldn’t sing it in F so why sing it at all. Any comments?
On Wednesday, March 6, 2019 at 9:46:19 PM UTC-6, razzking wrote:
On Wednesday, March 6, 2019 at 11:50:52 AM UTC-6, elena...@gmail.com wrote:
Is the “Mira o Norma” duet between Norma and Adalgisa ever sung in Eb. What is the history with that? What key is traditional? I’ve only heard it in F but a mezzo friend wants to sing it with me in Eb but I have never heard anyone do it in
time opera singers?. If so you might be flirting with trouble. If not, 1 semi-tone won't get you in the papers.I looked up some sheet music and they all have it shown as being in "F"
A one semi-tone transposition will likely not be noticed. If there's one person in the crown with that good an ear, it'll be literally ONE person. One semi-tone is not exactly real cheating. Are you all trying to sell yourselves as "gen-yew-INE", big
D'OH! Meant to say TWO-SEMI TONESDon't know if this thread is still alive. It's actually easier to find Mira o Norma performed in Eb, going back to at least Callas. I'm more surprised when I hear it performed in F. I saw it at the Met in 2013 and it was in Eb, but then they brought it
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