In a message dated 11/16/2002 4:11:21 PM Eastern Standard Time,
sopran@a... writes:
> Mike's anecdote doesn't tell us what, specifically, made the boys think that
>
> she was crazy. It may not have been her "classical technique" at all. Many
>
> vocal exercises can sound pretty crazy. Practicing a single phrase over and
>
> over to get it right can make you sound crazy. The repetition can be very
> annoying. And then, there are a lot of soprano arias for characters who
> are,
> after all, INSANE! That could very well have been what they were reacting
> to,
> not the classical sound.
>
or, maybe it was the way she was waving her hands while she sang...or,
maybe it was the clothing she was wearing...or, maybe it was the way the
light caught her hair...or, maybe it was the alignment of the planets. but
no, surely it couldn't have been the classical sound. rest assured,
cleopatra.
mike
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