| re: This gives me hope for a film of THE MOST HAPPY FELLA | |
| Posted by: Michael_Portantiere 02:28 pm EST 02/15/21 | |
| In reply to: re: This gives me hope for a film of THE MOST HAPPY FELLA - larry13 02:12 pm EST 02/15/21 | |
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| Thanks. Again, I do understand but I simply disagree with most of what you wrote, even though you have supported your opinions well. It could be that Loesser felt it was super-important for Tony to be a high baritone rather than a tenor, or maybe not. Maybe if he knew of a middle-aged or older operatic tenor who he wanted to pre-cast in the role, he would have written the part a little higher. The fact that it's written for SUCH a high baritone would seem to indicate that a darker, lower voice quality was not really what he was going for. Oh, and the fact that the second largest male role in the show, that of Joe, was also written for a baritone might just as easily have prompted to write Tony for a tenor as another way to go with that role. By the way, did you by any chance get to hear Paul Sorvino as Tony in THE MOST HAPPY FELLA when he did it at City Opera, either live or in video/audio clips? That performance was, alas, a near-disaster, but (in my opinion) not because his very tenorish sound was in any way inappropriate for the role. I thought he sounded great from a vocal standpoint, so it was a pity that he was unable or unwilling to learn the role properly in the time allotted. |
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