> > Isabelle, the SF Bay Area is FULL of opera > companies. <snip> > You'll hear small, well-rehearsed and > talented choruses. Just > might change your mind...
I think we agree -- the smaller choruses are better (as choruses) to listen to (and WBO and SJO do have a better choral sound than SF -- I have subscriptions to all three). They are worse (if you are a trained opera singer) to sing in, however, unless you want a chorus career.
I'm not saying that you can't sing in a chorus with good technique -- it's just *different* technique, and won't serve you well in your training. Principles have to have voices that will be heard through and over a chorus -- totally different technical approach. If I'm in training to become even a smaller-voiced operatic singer, I want to TRY to have my voice stick out in the chorus. I want you to hear my squillo and brilliance from the midst of my 50 soprano chorus-trained colleagues. That kind of singer doesn't make for a great-sounding chorus, but it's the only kind I would recommend soloists joining.
Isabelle B., on a rantin' roll today
Isabelle B.
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