Macbeth Opera North 3
An audience not introduced to the world of opera, and in particular young people, are familiar with the Tenors, voices exalted in the past by Pavarotti, Domingo, and Carreras, what are the characteristics of a baritone? At some point, all the voices should reach the same characteristic on the listener. Singing should move, engage, wake up emotions and feelings and transcend the experience that travels with the presence of the voice in the theater. When singers are on the stage, we create with the public an imaginary sculpture, a painting of expressions. We slowly curate together the energy exchange carried by the voice and the music. If we are perfect enough, we create that sculptor representing the experience of the expression at that time, something that is irreplaceable and can’t be reproduced, not even in recordings, because the nucleus of the expertise disappeared at the last mayor. This is the main difference with performing arts, which is why we always want more. A difference between the great Painters and sculpturists was that they could transcend time by encapsulating their emotions in their pieces that we can access every time we visit a museum. In performing art, the sculptors or paintings we create vanish with the last note of the score. This intangible experience makes us hungry to return to the theater and immerse ourselves in the background again. As a Baritone, I commit selfishly to that goal, sometimes with more or less success.
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