On Aug 29, 2006, at 11:25 AM, Howard Posner wrote > ...I suspect > that's the case with a lot of singers today: assume that to be > audible, > you have to sing as loud as you can sing without losing your voice, > and > let the conductor tell if you need to come down in volume.
A rare occurrence! > Audiences > and critics who thrill to big voices will love you for it It seems that in all areas of classical singing except early-music purism, having a "big voice" is considered part of a singer's musical talent. One soprano in I know in DC has a website on which she's praised by some reviewer as being "the Steinway of sopranos." Yikes... David R [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.rastallmusic.com -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html