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Dream roles

Scarpia 06 Feb 2008 at 12:16pm (Report this message)

If you had the voice for it, what operatic role would you love to sing more than any other?

smitty 27 Jun 2008 at 2:44pm (Report this message)

my choice would be BORIS, the clock scene and death scene take a fine voice and real acting skills. i was lucky enough to see the bolshoi production in 1976 at the kennedy center and it was stunning! it helped that i had first row center seats. john

aaronbear 29 Dec 2008 at 8:31am (Report this message)

That is a good questions that gets thrown around alot in my program. I have a couple of dream roles, of the ones I am familiar with. I really enjoy singing Papageno, as he has many oppourtunities for character work, as I have a young voice. As I mature vocally, I would like to sing any of the Dr. Bartolos from Figaro and the Barbers. Balstrode or Swallow from Grimes would also be wonderful as the opera is a personal favourite. Also, any of the Falstaffs would be fun.

wagnertuba 29 Dec 2009 at 11:43pm (Report this message)

 I would  love  to  sing  Wotan  in  the  Ring .  What  a  role !  It's  one  with  endless  possibilities  and  so  many  different  nuances  and  range.

Walkyrie 15 Jun 2010 at 9:43pm (Report this message)

Tristan...on the recording I have at home the tenor makes a right dog's dinner of the role...my dream is to improve on it!

cassio 27 Aug 2011 at 10:58pm (Report this message)

I cannot resist this question. My answer would be Orpheus ( Orphée ) as a tenor in Gluck's French version of his Orpheus and Eurydice. The role is beautifully sung by Leopold Simoneau in a 1956 recording conducted by Hans Rosbaud.


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