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Posted on:March 26, 2019May 26, 2019Advice Singers Teachers

Marchesi: education I

In the twenty-fifth chapter of her book Singer’s pilgrimage, Blanche Marchesi expressed her considerations regarding the education of the voice in the art of singing.

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Posted on:March 1, 2019May 25, 2019Advice Singers

Lázaro: 5th advice I

Spanish tenor Hipólito Lázaro (1887 – 1974), a celebrated interpreter of verismo, gives his fifth piece of advice to singers in his book My method of singing, published in 1947.

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Posted on:February 28, 2019May 25, 2019Advice Anecdotes Singers Teachers

Marchesi: voice trial II

At the end of the twenty-third chapter of her book Singer’s pilgrimage, Blanche Marchesi relates some other very revealing examples of the voice trial.

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Posted on:January 29, 2019May 25, 2019Quotes Singers Teachers Treatises

Lehmann: education today

Lilli Lehmann published in 1902 her singing treatise Meine Gesangskunst (My art of singing) and the book’s success led to two more editions and numerous printings.

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Posted on:September 9, 2018June 5, 2019Advice Anecdotes Quotes Singers

Calvé: education II

Second part of the passage where Emma Calvé describes her teaching work and the values she considers essential for young people who wish to dedicate their lives to the art of singing.

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Posted on:August 6, 2018June 5, 2019Advice Anecdotes Singers

Calvé: education I

Emma Calvé devotes several pages of her book to her teaching work and to the values she considers essential for young people who wish to dedicate their lives to the art of singing.

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Posted on:June 23, 2018June 8, 2019Anecdotes Singers Teachers

Marchesi: voice trial I

In the twenty-third chapter of her book Singer’s pilgrimage, Blanche Marchesi takes us into the very revealing instance of the voice trial and shares valuable reflections that we can very easily apply to the current state of the world of singing.

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Posted on:June 21, 2018July 30, 2020Advice Quotes Teachers Treatises

Panofka: considerations V

Fifth chapter of Panofka’s Voices and singers, twenty-eight chapters of general considerations on the voice and the art of singing, about the harm of accustoming singing students to beat with the hand while singing.

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Posted on:June 6, 2018June 9, 2019Advice Anecdotes Interviews Singers

Flagstad: Wagner

Kirsten Flagstad (1895 – 1962) was a famous Norwegian soprano, celebrated for the quality of her Wagnerian roles. We transcribed a radio broadcast she gave in 1950 in which she offered advice to young students who wanted to follow her example.

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Posted on:April 19, 2018July 30, 2020Advice Teachers Treatises

Panofka: considerations IV

Fourth chapter of the book Voices and singers, twenty-eight chapters of general considerations on the voice and the art of singing, published in 1866 by maestro Heinrich Panofka, where he addresses the bad habits that contribute to vocal fatigue.

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