Dear Lisa and co-vocalisters,
the stories about and from people that have had to
sing for years or decades as mezzo or baritone (mostly
conservatorium students in the Netherlands), only to
find out when it is (almost??) too late, that they in
reality are soprano resp. tenor, have always horrified
me.
To me your story sounds as you have found your own
voice and that your voice teacher is stubbornly trying
to push you back in her or his idea of how your voice
should sound like. I think most good soprano's or
tenors can sing as mezzo's and baritones, (I don't say
the reverse is also true!) and of course in the
beginning of a voice training it's wise to stay in the
middle region. But continuing with this too long is in
my opinion just as bad as letting someboy sing in a
tessitura that is too high. Singing where the voice is
not 'at home' and trying to sound as a lower voice
will make passagio problems only bigger and not only
them.
I have made partly the same experience as you, but my
teacher was just in doubt (#2, in fact) whether I was
a tenor or not. At some point I just started to refuse
to sing bariton things (and have been hiding some of
my 'lower qualities' for some time). Now nobody would
contradict the fact that I'm a tenor.
In your case, I would try a few lessons with another
teacher, maybe even with a teacher that is a not too
high soprano with a good healthy voice production.
(Just my 5 eurocents)
Best greetings,
Dre
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