Classical Voice Audition

Hi, Does anyone know whether there is audition for young classical voices? Recitals, Oratorios, anything that accepts the 20+ years old voice quality?

Biodata:
Voice Type: mid baritone
Stable Range: low F# to high F#(two octaves)
Age: 19
Solo Repertoire: Handel's Messiah (bass), Faure's Requiem (baritone),
Ismeron(Purcell's Indian Queen), Count's Aria (Le nozze
di Figaro), Song of Toreador (Carmen and arias from
many other operatic pieces, Lieders and artsongs.
Choral repertoire: Handel's Messiah(bass) and Mendelssohn's Elijah(bass)

Ben17 wrote:
>
> Hi, Does anyone know whether there is audition for young
> classical voices? Recitals, Oratorios, anything that accepts
> the 20+ years old voice quality?
>
> Biodata:
> Voice Type: mid baritone
> Stable Range: low F# to high F#(two octaves)
> Age: 19
> Solo Repertoire: Handel's Messiah (bass), Faure's Requiem
> (baritone),
> Ismeron(Purcell's Indian Queen),
> Count's Aria (Le nozze
> di Figaro), Song of Toreador
> (Carmen and arias from
> many other operatic pieces, Lieders
> and artsongs.
> Choral repertoire: Handel's Messiah(bass) and Mendelssohn's
> Elijah(bass)


Yikes - you shouldn't be singing that type of repertoire at LEAST for another five - ten years. As your singing teacher should well be aware, doing opera arias while your voice is still developing is really irresponsible on your teachers part. Your voice will not settle until you are at least 25. Stick to lieder and artsongs and operetta. Otherwise you are at risk of wrecking your voice with the demands that are placed on you through opera.

Try auditioining for the Conservatoriums in your area as well. That should help.

:-)





Thou venomed swag-bellied joithead!

sorry, but as you know, its not that i can sing them with operatic capacity. and plus i have developed that voice stage. My singing teacher is Andrew Foote and he is quite well known in both Operatic and Musical Society. He teaches many of the best voices.

im thinking of conservatorium; but the lecturer said that I dont need to learn in conservatorium after an assesment. I know the songs i sing arent for my age, but i know my voice limit and I know i cant sing it, but i am someone; and my teacher knows, who aims higher than normal and someone who aims for the best; and we both agree that people today have too low quality for the expectation. even if i obtain C or D in exam, I always aim for A. Thats the logic of learning for me. I dont care waht people will say; I know my voice more than anyone does. I have early voice maturation; and i always aim to the quality of people of that age no matter what. as i say i am looking for recitals: repertoire doesnt mean i sing it in in opera halls; repertoire for me means that mentally and musically i learned it though not technically. I respect your worry, but I am all fine.

Hey I'm Sakhi M. currently working for the Joop van de Ende theater productions in Netherlands. original i'm from South Africa once work for the Cape town Opera Company. I'm looking for opera company that can take me cause that's where my heart is and thats my dream..