"Si canta come si parla" probably only works for people who have flawless speaking habits, as it is my experience that it is often their bad speaking habits which prevent people from developing as a singer. Only if you speak with full, resonant vowels (and consonants !), sort of like a stage actor, you are in the luxury of not having to re-think all your vowels and consonants when learning to sing, but maybe the old Italians were indeed referring to 'stage speech' when they came up with this advice :)
Wim
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