Dear Karen & Pat Smith & list,
I'm probably the dissenting voice here - but imagine what
kind of a world it'd be if we all agreed?! ;^,
I think living in Chicago - we're very lucky to have two
Classical Music radio stations. One's more of an independent
going concern - while the other is tied to the economic purse
strings of PBS & it's local network - WTTW.
Nevertheless - I'd have to say - a lot of vocal music is played
throughout the broadcast day (and I don't mean the Top 40
of Opera Land & just the three tenors or Kiri or Hampson).
On the morning drives - I've listened to Medieval to Baroque;
given that the morning host for the station WFMT 98.7 FM...
...sidebar - you can audio stream this station on Yahoo B'cast...
Carl Grapentein is in fact a chorale director among his many
other voice talent duties (he's also the public address announcer
for the U of Michigan athletic events!).
Both stations broadcast good vocal offerings throughout the day.
As for "wobbly singing" or "vibrato run amok" - I find the Snow
White voice to be an example of the period (maybe a more
pronounced example of the times) but there were voices making
quite a success & splash at the time both in opera & cabaret:
Conchita Supervia, Hilde Gueden, Bidu Sayao & Ezio Pinza &
Josephine Baker. I would call this aspect simply: fast vibrato.
Now, I've heard that an excessively fast vibrato is caused by
lack of support & breath. Is this truth? Louis Cunningham
mentioned this phenonmena in a Master Class ages ago
after judging Met competitions.
E.V.
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