David writes:
So there's this term Fach (plural Fachen): system is a method of classifying singers, primarily opera singers, according to the range, weight, and color of their voices. It is used world wide, but primarily in Europe, especially in German-speaking countries and by repertory opera houses (link).
They are sorted by range, and I recently worked out my range. The article gives some roles associated with each Fach. Here are some of mine (cites lifted from Wiki):
So there's this term Fach (plural Fachen): system is a method of classifying singers, primarily opera singers, according to the range, weight, and color of their voices. It is used world wide, but primarily in Europe, especially in German-speaking countries and by repertory opera houses (link).
They are sorted by range, and I recently worked out my range. The article gives some roles associated with each Fach. Here are some of mine (cites lifted from Wiki):
(Range: From about the E below low C to the F above middle C (E to f'))
Basso cantante/Lyric bass-bariton/High lyric bass
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- Don Pizarro, Fidelio (Ludwig van Beethoven)
- Don Alfonso, Così fan tutte (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
- Leporello, Don Giovanni,
- Don Giovanni (WolfgangAmadeus Mozart)
- Figaro, Le nozze di Figaro (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
- Boris, Boris Godunov (Modest Mussorgsky)
- Don Basilio Il barbiere di Siviglia (Gioachino Rossini)
- Silva, Ernani (Giuseppe Verdi)
- Philip II, Don Carlos (Giuseppe Verdi)
- Count Walter, Luisa Miller (Giuseppe Verdi)
- Zaccaria, Nabucco (Giuseppe Verdi)
Hoher Bass/Dramatic bass-baritone/High drama bass
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- Wotan Der Ring des Nibelungen (Richard Wagner)
- Caspar, Der Freischütz (Carl Maria von Weber)
- Philip II, Don Carlo (Giuseppe Verdi)
[Jugendlicher Bass
Leporello, Masetto, Don Giovanni (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
- Figaro, Le nozze di Figaro (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
- Colline, La bohème (Giacomo Puccini)
Spielbass/Bassbuffo/Lyric buffo
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- Don Alfonso, Così fan tutte (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
- Don Bartolo, Il barbiere di Siviglia (Gioachino Rossini)
- Don Alfonso, Così fan tutte (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
- Leporello, Don Giovanni (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
- Orgon Pernelle, Tartuffe (Kirke Mechem)
- The Sacristan Tosca (Giacomo Puccini)
So there you go.
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Comment: I can see David as Leporello or Figaro but Phillip II would be a stretch. I'm tempted to pursue this inquiry for myself except that my own range is about three notes. Still, I would really love to sing Germond in Traviata. As in
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Comment: I can see David as Leporello or Figaro but Phillip II would be a stretch. I'm tempted to pursue this inquiry for myself except that my own range is about three notes. Still, I would really love to sing Germond in Traviata. As in
Don't you understand, sweetie?
My daughter is a respectable woman.
And you are a whore.
So I'm sorry, but you'll just have to go.
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some years back i spotted a yard sale with some radios stacked up. i was looking for a used radio to put in one of my barns so i stopped in the driveway. i told the vendor i mostly listened to the local public radio station (WLRH) and a lot of radios didnt pick it up this far out in the country so could he plug one i picked out in to test. i dialed WLRH and sure enough it came in load and clear, blaring pavriotti. "you like that singin'," i asked the vendor. "It aint george jones," he said. i paid $2 but it never made it to the barn. my wife cleaned it up for a kitchen counter radio.
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