[Trombone-l] Cimbasso or tuba?

[d. sleeman]

Listmates,

I have been asked to play the tuba part in Verdi's opera I Lombardi.

Shouldn't that be a (contra)bass trombone or a cimbasso instead?

Regards,

Dick Sleeman, Lelystad, Holland. <d.sleeman at hccnet.nl>

"...Of all the musical instruments in use today, the trombone is one of,
 if not THE most difficult of instruments. I know, 'cause I have one..."

  (Dewsnap in "THE TROMBONE", December 10, 2002)