Today we have lyrical and dramatic tenors. We have coloratura sopranos. Long time ago you were just a tenor or a soprano, but of course even then you sing the material that suited you or transposed it to suit. But I'm not interested in this thread to discuss should we do that or not. But should lyrical singers sing dramatic roles and vice versa. To many singers that is natural progression when they get older and perhaps can't sing the really high notes that lyrical roles have. Some singers just [...]
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