In Reply to: RE: Not "operatic" posted by RGA on April 7, 2019 at 19:50:22:
"Are these singers NOT opera singers because their secondary careers in secondary parts limited by time?"
--> Nope. Time on stage has nothing to do with it. And there are, thankfully, few roles that keep any singer on stage and singing for most of the performance. Think about the stresses involved: the singer is filling a 3,000-seat house with sound generated from the larynx, which is about the size of a dime.
"a professional classical lied singer... Sibelius Academy"
--> Lied, or lieder is a genre of art song best known through pieces that set German poems to music. Singers who perform it are opera singers.
--> I'm happy to do a 180 here. I said she was a pop singer because I looked her up on youtube and that was what she was doing. Apparently she can do more.
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Follow Ups
- RE: Not "operatic" - Bill Way 21:19:02 04/07/19 (6)
- RE: Not "operatic" - RGA 22:54:47 04/07/19 (2)
- RE: Not "operatic" - Bill Way 06:50:52 04/08/19 (1)
- RE: Not "operatic" - RGA 19:18:49 04/08/19 (0)
- "Singers who perform it [the Lied repertoire] are opera singers" - Chris from Lafayette 22:02:58 04/07/19 (2)
- RE: "Singers who perform it [the Lied repertoire] are opera singers" - Bill Way 06:34:02 04/08/19 (1)
- He had a small voice which was not suited to the Wagnerian roles - Chris from Lafayette 18:43:10 04/08/19 (0)