The ever-popular Aria Frequency lists from this year’s audition tour are now available for your post-turkey tryptophan haze viewing pleasure! Hop on over to the Aria Lists page to link to a separate document for each voice type. Best wishes for a lovely Thanksgiving! See you on the other side, where I’ll begin to drop
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What the Guys Are Singing
Aria frequency lists for tenor, baritone, and bass/bass-baritone are ready for your eager consumption. I’ve reformatted all of the lists so that they’re easily downloadable as PDFs. Start here for the entire menu. After we finish auditions (by Thanksgiving!), I’ll put together a list of starter arias for each voice type, separating out the Studio
Read MoreMezzos: Who’s Singing What
If you want to know what the popular YAP audition rep is this fall, this is the place to be. This weekend, it’s the mezzos’ turn. The list was compiled at 34,000 feet, thanks to the miracle that is Gogo Inflight Internet. Here’s the jumping off point for all the lists: https://opera.wolftrap.org/aria-frequency-lists/. Countertenor, tenor, baritone,
Read MoreSopranos: Who’s Singing What
If you want to know what the popular YAP audition rep is this fall, this is the place to be. Sopranos, you’re first in line. My completely unscientific conclusions? Well, I have no idea why so many of you feel compelled to sing Pamina’s breathtakingly-beautiful-and-supernaturally-difficult aria. And I’m alternately pleasantly surprised and relieved (I won’t
Read MoreAudition Arias Offered: Filene Young Artists
This list was culled from the first arias offered by singers auditioning for this year’s Filene Young Artist Program. If you are looking for the comprehensive list of pieces in the 4-aria audition packages from this season, start here. SOPRANO You might remember that of the selections listed on the application forms, Pamina’s aria was
Read MoreLinks to Fall 2009 Aria Frequency Lists
The Aria Frequency Lists for this fall’s audition tour are found in separate blog posts: SopranoMezzoTenorBaritoneBass & Bass-baritone These lists represent the frequency with which individual arias were listed in audition packages of singers in that voice type. Next week I’ll compile and post the list of arias offered as first choices in each category.
Read MoreAria Frequency List: Soprano
The following list was compiled from the arias listed on audition applications of singers who were heard during this fall’s WTOC audition tour. The number in bold refers to the number of singers in this voice type who listed each aria. (This does not refer to the arias actually heard in auditions; that list will
Read MoreAria Frequency List: Mezzo-soprano
The following list was compiled from the arias listed on audition applications of singers who were heard during this fall’s WTOC audition tour. The number in bold refers to the number of singers in this voice type who listed each aria. (This does not refer to the arias actually heard in auditions; that list will
Read MoreAria Frequency List: Tenor
The following list was compiled from the arias listed on audition applications of singers who were heard during this fall’s WTOC audition tour. The number in bold refers to the number of singers in this voice type who listed each aria. (This does not refer to the arias actually heard in auditions; that list will
Read MoreAria Frequency List: Baritone
The following list was compiled from the arias listed on audition applications of singers who were heard during this fall’s WTOC audition tour. The number in bold refers to the number of singers in this voice type who listed each aria. (This does not refer to the arias actually heard in auditions; that list will
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