But the only reason anyone would *want* to submit themselves to such discipline is that they love to sing. And if you love to sing, you sing, no matter what anyone says. I'm sure all of Porpora's students snuck an occasional aria in when they got back to their rooms! Your argument, if you will forgive the comparison, has the same sort of idealism that one used to find in Communism or in Behaviourist psychology, in that it states an unattainable position made unattainable by some inalterable facts of human nature. john At 06:10 AM 6/13/00 -0700, you wrote: ... >Actually, I am advocating having a young singer spend >5 or 6 years in the studio, concentrating on NOTHING >but technique ... >Isabelle B. ... John Blyth Baritono robusto e lirico Brandon, Manitoba, Canada
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