From: Karena Aslanian
Subject: Art Song vs. Aria (Was Re: Musical Theatre Fachs?)
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Delphigaia-at-aol.com wrote:

> There are lots of great old-fashioned musical theatre songs that
> sound beautiful when sung "legit"...but the belt numbers, or numbers which
> require crooning or a more pop type of presentation sound ridiculous when
> sung as if they were full-blown arias (as do many art songs).

This is something I have been wondering about for a while! What is the
difference between the "opera voice" and the "art song voice"? Is it
simply a matter of volume?

Thanks!
Karena