Well, there is a big controversy in the vocal science regarding pregnancy and the singing voice.
Richard Miller shows, in "The Art of Bearing", that the uterus (a.k.a. the womb ) is not acoustically prepared to protect the embrio and fetus from a future mother soprano, so as to cause involuntary movements on its walls, which may lead to miscarriage, malformation and/or premature births.
Titze's data, on the other hand, indicate clearly that the risk is not exactly related to the acoustics in the uterus, but to intense breath support, which has reportedly catapulted babies toward the audience's faces, what has contributed to the process of elitization of opera, since only doctors, lawyers and closet communists would venture into baby-flying vicinities ( doctors, because they know what to do; lawyers, because they will tell you what to do; and communists, well, for a free meal, of course! ).
We have in the past discussed that, in our late Vocalist, sniff sniff, and I can recall Lloyd saying Titze's position is preposterous and based upon rumor: such intense support would cause the vocal folds to adduct, with the obvious damage due to the involvement of extrinsic muscles, and with the baby bouncing back and forth in the singer's thorax. Randy added that CTs display 3 adult people living inside Montserrat Caballet, her never born children, with that accounting for her oversized-ness. Concerning Pavarotti's, CT shows pasta only.
I hope the information above was helpful.
Bye,
Caio Rossi
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