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Ladyhawk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-30-04 01:37 AM
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Did we have an altos discussion today?
As an alto, I feel discriminated against. Sopranos get all the best roles in musicals. Have you ever seen a musical where the alto gets the guy in the end?
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elperromagico Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-30-04 01:40 AM
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1. Well, Carmen...
Oh wait, she got stabbed. Never mind.
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Lydia Leftcoast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-30-04 02:04 AM
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2. Altos (or at least mezzo sopranos) also sing the leads in
The Barber of Seville and La Cenerentola.

They get some good solos in oratorios and masses.

But you're right in that they usually play the grandmother or the ugly sister in musicals.
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ncrainbowgrrl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-30-04 09:20 AM
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3. Gypsy is a great Alto show. Also, Stephen Sondheim's Passion
with Gypsy, there's not a soprano lead in sight. :-)

In passion, the alto gets the guy, and the soprano gets the heartbreak.
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LynzM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-30-04 10:57 AM
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6. Excellent!
I agree, as an Alto, we are underrepresented :P
One great alto song, in a couple of arrangements, is "Lonesome Road", always loved singing that in h.s....
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loafie Donating Member (115 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-30-04 10:26 AM
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4. Alto's
I agree. Alto's rock.
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Bunny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-30-04 10:29 AM
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5. Alto? Which character is that?
I don't remember seeing any "Alto" on the Sopranos!

:evilgrin:
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