Aug 11, 2026 · 55 min · 12 segments
This week, your resident Trained Musician™️ talks with contralto Emily Geller about voice types, branding, casting, and the somewhat complicated business of figuring out what kind of singer you are…
Emily GellerGuestRobert BosworthHost... and all those kinds of conversations where you're putting yourself out there.
Yeah, I mean, from my experience, from my experience, if I go in to an audition and I say, "I'm a contralto," which I have been doing for the last five years, um, no one has been like, "I don't think you're a contralto." I have not heard that once.
... you're a mezzo." Like, it's just, you know, when you hear my voice, when you hear where I...
like, where my voice sits, where it sounds, like, there are different types of contraltos.
Not every contralto is going to sound like the one famous person that you have in your head who's a contralto.
Yeah, I mean, I think it's all just casting, so it's like, oh, you need someone...
So that was an aria that I brought the idea of that aria to my management, like years ago.
... and all those kinds of conversations where you're putting yourself out there.
Yeah, I mean, from my experience, from my experience, if I go in to an audition and I say, "I'm a contralto," which I have been doing for the last five years, um, no one has been like, "I don't think you're a contralto." I have not heard that once.
... you're a mezzo." Like, it's just, you know, when you hear my voice, when you hear where I...
like, where my voice sits, where it sounds, like, there are different types of contraltos.
Not every contralto is going to sound like the one famous person that you have in your head who's a contralto.
Yeah, I mean, I think it's all just casting, so it's like, oh, you need someone...
So that was an aria that I brought the idea of that aria to my management, like years ago.
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