Opera Singing

This book presents the method of the integration of
two teaching approaches: vocal and voice-speech. The
book will be both illuminating and surprising for a
wide audience: professional musicians and singers,
lay people who are interested in music and arts,
opera fans, singing teachers and students of singing
and musicology.

What is happening inside the pharynx of an opera diva
when she is singing a high C? An MRI experiment
described in this book is the first that makes it
possible to literally see internal geometry and
dynamics of the working vocal apparatus of an opera
singer. Experienced vocal coaches, who know
intuitively what should be done to improve quality of
voice and increase its range and power will see
directly which of the intrapharyngeal muscles should
be trained (and to what extent) in order to reach the
desired result. Widely-used expressions, such as open your throat or flatten your tongue are now
visualized and supported with a quantitative
analysis. Specialists in phonetics and phoniatrics,
vocology and speech/singing acoustics will find the
book novel, having both immediate and far-reaching
implications.

Autorentext

Irene Gullaer, MA in Opera Singing, PhD in Music Education (UNSW,Australia). For 20 years Irene sang as a principal soprano at theMusical Theater in Ekaterinburg (Russia). She lectured OperaSinging at the Theater Institute (Russia) and at the NationalAcademy of Singing (New Zealand). Irene is the author of the book"Building the Singing Voice".

Klappentext

This book presents the method of the integration oftwo teaching approaches: vocal and voice-speech. Thebook will be both illuminating and surprising for awide audience: professional musicians and singers,lay people who are interested in music and arts,opera fans, singing teachers and students of singingand musicology. What is happening inside the pharynx of an opera divawhen she is singing a high C? An MRI experimentdescribed in this book is the first that makes itpossible to literally see internal geometry anddynamics of the working vocal apparatus of an operasinger. Experienced vocal coaches, who knowintuitively what should be done to improve quality ofvoice and increase its range and power will seedirectly which of the intrapharyngeal muscles shouldbe trained (and to what extent) in order to reach thedesired result. Widely-used expressions, such as"open your throat" or "flatten your tongue" are nowvisualized and supported with a quantitativeanalysis. Specialists in phonetics and phoniatrics,vocology and speech/singing acoustics will find thebook novel, having both immediate and far-reachingimplications.