Which role or piece is on your bucket list?
Imagine yourself on stage, bathed in the glow of the spotlight, poised to deliver a performance that will resonate through the ages. Now, consider this: if you could step into the shoes of any character or lend your voice to any piece of music from the classical repertoire that fits your fach, what would your ultimate dream role or piece be? This week's discussion is all about our bucket list roles and pieces. We're not talking about the pieces that will never work for us (In another life, I want to come back as a bass-baritone just so I can sing "The Vagabond"). We are talking about those pieces that we could sing, but haven't dared to... just yet. What is the one role or piece you have always wanted to sing? Why do you love it so much? What's holding you back from tackling it?
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Hello!
Ok so I know this classic piece is from an Opera but I have to admit that I haven’t seen the Opera so I can’t speak to the role, just the aria.
I would Love to one day sing Casta Diva .
I love it because in the renditions because something about the runs give me a calm sense of sadness and nostalgia . even during the opening phrase a tear wants to fall. Maybe it is because of the Sincerity of norma’s plea.
I have not sung it yet , because I am waiting until my voice becomes more consistently grounded so am able to achieve the depth of color and resonance to sing it the way I want to and know i can
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Thank you so much!!!!!! Just printed it along with the IPA 🥳
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Mozart, Requiem in D minor K626 in the choir. Not soloist.
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When I first started voice lessons again just over a year ago I set my heart on "Beim Schlafengehen," one of Richard Strauss's Last Four Songs (Vier Letzte Lieder). I soon realized its range was beyond my capacity at the time, though I hold out hope. Maybe someday. In the meantime I've started working on "Che Gelida Manina" from La Bohème.
"Moonstruck" is a favorite date night movie for me with my wife, and finding a copy in D major, within my range, was a blessing (the words in the copy I've attached need some parsing to get the Italian right, but fortunately that is in my wheelhouse). I love this piece. It is the first aria I've spent time with. I hope to perform it as part of a set in August at an eldercare facility nearby, accompanied by my ear training teacher.
Another song in the set will be Robert Schumann's "Widmung," my favorite art song. I love how sweeping it is, with its gorgeous words of devotion. Here's my translation (in this moment) of the German:
You, my soul, you, my heart,
you, my joy,
O, you, my pain,
you, my world in which I live!
My sky, you, I'm floating in you!
O, you, my grave, in which I bury all my sorrow.
You are rest, you are freedom,
you are heaven's gift to me.
That you love me gives me worth,
your glance helps me see myself clearly,
you raise me up,
my good spirit,
my better self.
You, my soul, you, my heart!
You, my joy, O, you, my pain!
You, my world in which I live,
my heaven, you, in which I float!
My good Spirit!
My better self!