choral part-balancing

[cellio]

Overheard at last night's choir party:

Director: ...And I told (another choir's director) that we have five tenors now and quite a few basses too, and she was blown away. [Context: for whatever reason, SCA choirs and maybe amateur choirs in general have a lot of trouble getting enough tenors. Our choir has about 25 members and five tenors is considered very good.]

Transgender tenor: Some of our tenors used to be sopranos.¹ She could suggest...

Other choir member: In the Debatable Choir we make tenors!

¹ Two, in fact. There is also a woman in the bass section (who hasn't undergone physical changes thus far).

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[(Anonymous)]

Taking the thin excuse to plug my favourite baritone: Lucia Lucas is singing as Don Giovanni at the Tulsa Opera! She's an American trans baritone who's mostly sung in Germany so far. I find her voice amazingly rich and I love her as Falstaff (you can find a clip on Youtube).