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Expert: Pamela Thomas - 8/6/2008

Question
My friend and roomate is going to have a recital due to college graduation in
spring, mine will be the following fall. We would like to perform a duet
together. She is the ideal Soubrette soprano, and I am somewhere between
soubrette and light lyric. We have been told the flower duet and sul l'aria from
figaro.
any more ideas?

thanks  

Answer
Hi Mary,

I think sul l'aria would be good.  If you want to do something funny and engaging try Rossini's Cat Duet ("Duetto buffo di due gatti"i.  The only words are "meow" - but it's cute and funny.  You also might think about doing the duet from Hansel and Gretel (When at night I go to sleep).

Good luck!

Pamela

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