One of my lifelong dreams is to be in an opera. I would like to do this before I am 18. My choir teacher says that she thinks I could do it, though, because I have a very rich, loud voice and I know how to use my diaphragm to maximize sound without losing quality. She also says that my voice is very developed for being 14 years old. I was wondering if there are any parts in operas for young ladies (I've matured into a 16-year-old's body!).
2007-01-28 15:05:35 · 3 answers · asked by Leafy 6 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Performing Arts
Opera is full of parts for young ladies, although many of those parts would require years of practice. For example, Gilda in RIGOLETTO or Juliet in ROMEO AND JULIET could both be relatively young ladies, but Gilda especially is a demanding role (find a recording of the "Caro Nome" and you'll see what I mean). You might want to look at Menotti (THE MEDIUM or AMAHL, that perennial holiday favorite, have good female roles), or Mark Adamo's newish LITTLE WOMEN. You didn't say whether you're a lyric or mezzo soprano, or an alto for that matter--do a little browsing in Amazon or any of the online stores that will give you samples of recordings, and that might give you some further ideas. Good luck!
2007-01-28 15:18:40 · answer #1 · answered by Tony 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All the roles i can think of off hand are actually for much younger children. But, even if I could think of one, you'd need to have some orginization very close to you performing it, and people don't perform too many operas each year... so you're choices are limited. But this doesn't mean that you can't start doing things write now.
Sure the opera voices are impressive, but what I love, and what many opera fans love is the amazing diction of singers. They make love to those italian words, and fire from the german. Start now singing italian art songs, these are the foundations of opera, and work on impoving your italian and making it the best, and most clear you can. Then start with german and learn all those twisted vowels and consonats.
I'm sure you have a great voice now, and it will only get better. But remember the magic of the opera singer is not in just how loud or how well they can sing a line, it's very much in how they say each word as if it was their own.
2007-01-28 23:23:09 · answer #2 · answered by locusfire 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Me too! I'm exactly the same way!
My choir teacher said that she wants me to be in Little WOman on Broadway, when I grow up.
2007-02-03 14:45:12 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋