He cannot perform in a staged opera due to his physical status. If you have seen him or done a concert with him you would know it. But his voice is really something special and he is a great artist having limitations, not in the singing but acting.
But anyway, it is not fair quoting the extremes as samples. We talk about the average not about the sensations. If we would just talk about the extremes, we would reduce our forum to the level of the cheapest daily newspapers. =========================================================== -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris Tedesco Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2003 8:05 PM To: The Horn List Subject: RE: [Hornlist] something to think HR-Thomas Quasthoff that reminds me of Thomas Quasthoff. Thomas Quasthoff is famous baritone with some physical deformities, but has made some great recordings and often performs in concert opera performances as well as oratorios etc. I heard recently that he performed, or will perform in a staged opera though. --- Hans Pizka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >...<SNIP> > > See the example of the phantastic heroe tenor singer. But he is just 5 > 1/2 feet. Can you hire him for the title role in Siegfried ??? The > audience would starting laughing, special when he encounters the 6 feet > + Bruennhilde of 150 pounds. His voice will not matter then. If he > wears high heels, he would walk on stage quite comical & degrade to a > caricature of the role. But he might be very good as recording artist. > ....SNIP>> > ========================================================== > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, October 17, 2003 9:06 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Hornlist] something to think HR > > Professor Pizka and others, > While you continually make this point about some people are not > suited > for some things, I feel that you go about it in the wrong fashion. It > seems > that your take on the matter is that if someone tries to make it in the > world > of horn playing, who does not have an ideal tongue, or lips, etc. then > he is > out to "ruin" the profession. Is there idealism in music? Of course. > Idealistically Beethoven would not have become deaf. Yet, almost > > every conductor still ends their tenure with an orchestra with his Ninth > symphony. > Audiences still love it. If a hornist with thick lips or an imperfect > embouchure can play the music, no matter what Hans Pizka thinks is the > definition > of "music," and the audience enjoys it, they will get hired. Even if > this > person has to work slightly harder than the posterboy hornist, but can > play, > what's to stop him from trying? Biased orchestral hornists who feel > that only > their way is right; the same people that will only let their section > play a Conn > 8D, or an Alexander, or a Paxman. While there is constant dissuasion to > not > letting the irregulars try, there seems to be no reasoning for it. > There is > reasoning for why they may not make it, whether it is biases or that the > person > simply isn't good enough, but there is no reasoning why this person may > not > try. While you say that you are not trying to discriminate, in effect, > you are. > > Keep more of an opened mind, and maybe keep your eyes closed from > that > guy with the thick lips playing a Holton really well. While practice > may > never make him perfect, he can get just about as close as anyone else. > > Michael Scheimer, > Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania > 2003 Interlochen Arts Camp Concert Band, > 2002, 2003 PMEA Honors Band and 2003 District Orchestra > Founding co-member of Fünf Brass Quintet > _______________________________________________ > post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > set your options at > http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/hans.pizka%40t-online.de > > > _______________________________________________ > post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > set your options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/tedesccj%40yahoo.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] set your options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/hans.pizka%40t-online.de _______________________________________________ post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] set your options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
