At 04:26 AM 26/01/03 -0800, you wrote: > >Dear James & Colin, >AGREED! My violinist friends can bow away for hours without lifting that bow, which, regretfully, singers aren't able to do in exactly the same way. >Colin, the chicken OF COURSE came first! Frances Alda's autobiography was titled "Men, Women and Tenors". I rest my case! >Ed
Oh Edward...stop being a chicken and come straight out and tell us you agree that all the angels in heaven will be tenors. :)
Seriously though, messa di voce is easy even for tenors once the noble position is combined with the proper epigastric support, Bjorlings delightfully curled lip, and relaxation of the belly. Just my experience.
Reg.
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