amballa (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

hahaha, artificial male singers! haha

herenyuan01 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

It's impossible nowadays to find three such brilliant musicians together agian

agnellodei (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

Ok you just showed you don't know shit. The role of Rossini's Otelli lays in spinto tenor range and has quite a bunch of low A's and doesn't have notes written above high C, in fact, most peak at Bb. I got the score if you actually wanna take a look at it. The role that is for a light tenor is Iago, not Otello...that's why when Guiditta Pasta and Malibran sang it as contraltos they simply sang it an octave down because it was already low for a tenor!

willthrillws (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

You mean Verdi's Otello. Rossini's Otello is for a light tenor.And Verdi's Otello is not an example of bel canto.

tklogan11809 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

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LordMoe9 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

but Pavarotti's voice was much more stable than Carreras's

agnellodei (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

1> - Yes, I am living proof of that. 2> He wasn't pure bel canto, he was more of a modern tenor technique, his bel canto aspects were related to legatto and passagio transition. 3> Modern tenors do not use bel canto method, but Domingo certainly did in his early years, he was able to sing coloratura quite well.

agnellodei (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

Well, certain bel canto tenor roles are baritonal such as Rossini's Otello.

vickersman (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

Perfectly fair and intelligent question.The story line carried by the tenor usually involves a love battle for the soprano.While baritones certainly have the capacity to sing beautifully, the real love duets involve the tenor and soprano-just the way it is I guess...there are exceptions of course.hope this helps

taternut (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

This is just a question from an aspiring singer...(don't yell at me please...(How come when people thing of bel canto they never thing of any baritones. do baritones not have something that high voices have)