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From:  cantare@p...
cantare@p...
Date:  Mon Dec 4, 2000  2:17 am
Subject:  Re: purity of expression


This wasn't posted until I had already posted my response to your
earlier post. . I agree with you 100%.

Thanks
Karena

--- In vocalist-temporary@egroups.com, "Lloyd W. Hanson"
<lloyd.hanson@n...> wrote:
<lloyd.hanson@n...> wrote:
> Mike:
>
> Thanks for your comments. I realized that what I wrote might be
taken to
> mean that just singing the notes and making clear the text was all I
> considered necessary for a good opera performance. That is far from
what I
> meant and I think you recognized that.
>
> I expect all of the above and with that I look for "organic" acting,
that
> is, acting that grows out of the singers and directors understanding
of a
> role. This process tends to create an acting that, although
technically
> secure, still meets the "Areeba" protocol (Authentic, Real and
Believable).
>
> And such acting will inform the singer more naturally how to color
the voice
> for emotional innuendo. Because it is "organic", that is, comes
from the
> singers emotional understanding, it will speak volumes, if the
listener
> will allow such subtleties to be noticed. I am afraid that many
listeners
> today expect to be overwhelmed at every emotional moment. They
expect the
> music to come to them with force rather than they going to the music
with a
> quiet mind.
>
>
>
> Regards
> --
> Lloyd W. Hanson, DMA
> Professor of Voice, Vocal Pedagogy
> School of Performing Arts
> Northern Arizona University
> Flagstaff, AZ 86011


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