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GreekOperaLover (August 23, 2008 at 8:49 pm)
she is the only one who performs that finale and i must comfess that i love it but i will not believe it 100% untill i see it live!!!
patukott (August 10, 2008 at 6:21 am)
Thanks for the suggestion ! I certainly will.
Thrax1982 (August 10, 2008 at 12:48 am)
Listen to Paolo Abel do Nascimento, he was probably the closest thing to alto castrato we are ever going to hear.
handelfan610 (July 25, 2008 at 11:26 pm)
hey thanks that helps alot...i'll try that.
agnellodei (July 25, 2008 at 5:00 pm)
The most common way is a glottal coloratura, but singing with a slight puff of air, not quite an H infront of the the vowel but enough to give it definition.
olympicfreak678 (July 24, 2008 at 1:40 am)
Maybe the arias themselves were originally written mezzo-sopranos. But Ewa is a contralto all the way.
handelfan610 (July 15, 2008 at 6:54 am)
how would one do those fast melismas like such? i always....and i love to sing baroque music...but i can't sing melismas this fast and i though not a counter i could sing this in falsetto.
patukott (July 9, 2008 at 8:39 am)
Thanks for the useful information:) I just meant that Ewa sounds really VERY dark «downstairs». But that's what contraltos do:)
agnellodei (July 8, 2008 at 7:36 pm)
Maybe closer to the low end of a mezzo, BUT...their performance style was masculine. The range of most castrati repertoire rarely goes above a high A, Bb at the most, and of course singers ornamented higher if they could, but more middle range was used because they used more chest register as high as they could take it.
patukott (July 5, 2008 at 8:52 pm)
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