In a message dated 10/2/00 1:11:48 PM Central Daylight Time, RALUCOB@a... writes:
<< randy, you spoke of an 'sls sound' that might not appeal to those accustomed to the 'distorted' operatic sound. i wonder if there are singers who, though not sls people, come close to the results achieved by sls opera singers. i am hoping that these would be well known examples. >>
Dawn Upshaw and Sylvia McNair would be very good examples of singers who mirror SLS production in opera although they were not trained through SLS. They both bridge out of chest (their speaking voice more or less on the bottom) and carry it higher than the norm but in such a way they are still able to connect out of it. This is why they are both so versatile. Ms Upshaw in the current NATS JOS states she doesn't change a thing production wise between her classical repertoire and her more popular works which is something SLS people would stress also.
To some maybe she doesn't sound "operatic" enough, but I'd much rather listen to her any day rather than someone who distorts the vowels and timbre beyond the point that it loses its humanity.
Randy Buescher
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