I have been working on a Donizetti Opera these last few weeks and enjoyed singing a new style. In fact I seem to have saved the day as the previous tenor dropped out and there appear to be few tenors who can sing Leicester in Maria Stuarda. Perhaps even fewer tenors from England!
I seem to have stumbled on the music that fits my voice as the role has been getting easier and has had the effect of polishing my voice. Never has it been easier to produce or sound so good.
This is a very good thing as there are very few tenors in the world that can sing this repertoire with ease. I shall be looking at the Bel Canto repertoire more closely; for those not familiar this includes Donizetti, Bellini and Rossini mainly and was brought back into popularity by Maria Callas, Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti and Marilyn Horne to name a few.
Watch this space!
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I had a very busy time at Christmas which started with a visit to Lapland with my family to meet the real Father Christmas! My son Nick was very impressed with the real deal who knew his name and had a real beard. We had snow and similar temperatures to the UK - about -2 degrees.
I had the pleasure of singing at the local Dutch Nursery before Christmas. This was very enjoyable with a number of CD sales and people signing up to my newsletter. I even had a lady of a certain age telling me how handsome I was in front of her husband! I will be singing there again on 25th January at lunchtime.
New Year's Eve was also fun as I was singing at the Oakes Grill at Hanbury Manor. I was busy all night as I was also managing the two other bands appearing plus the Scottish piper. There were 140 guests who really appreciated my singing especially the Italian romantic songs and operatic arias. I had to sing a number of encores before I was allowed to leave for a party which I just made by midnight. I will also be appearing at Hanbury Manor on Valentines day so come along if you wamt to be serenaded.
This week has been about gearing up for Valentines Day and the rest of the year. I am in contact with a number of potential events for Valentine's Day - a great time for The Romantic Tenor! Watch this blog for more details.
I had the pleasure of singing at the local Dutch Nursery before Christmas. This was very enjoyable with a number of CD sales and people signing up to my newsletter. I even had a lady of a certain age telling me how handsome I was in front of her husband! I will be singing there again on 25th January at lunchtime.
New Year's Eve was also fun as I was singing at the Oakes Grill at Hanbury Manor. I was busy all night as I was also managing the two other bands appearing plus the Scottish piper. There were 140 guests who really appreciated my singing especially the Italian romantic songs and operatic arias. I had to sing a number of encores before I was allowed to leave for a party which I just made by midnight. I will also be appearing at Hanbury Manor on Valentines day so come along if you wamt to be serenaded.
This week has been about gearing up for Valentines Day and the rest of the year. I am in contact with a number of potential events for Valentine's Day - a great time for The Romantic Tenor! Watch this blog for more details.
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