Hello Tako
I must protest your use of the term full chest when speaking of tenors singing G4 and above in full voice. All of the pictures of this kind of singing which is common in all opera from most of the bel canto and on indicate that the voice is not in chest configuration but rather in head configuration. The vocal folds are elongated and the cricothyroid is very active. This kind of head voice is more virile than a sotto voice or mezzo vocal head voice but it is still head voice. Any tenor who sings in this register in his chest voice will not last long. There are some notable tenors who have tried it. It is know as singing on the principle, not the interest.
We have discussed this before on this list. Regardless of the stunning ring that is present when the tenor sings G4 and above and the fact that this ring is remindful of the quality of the tenor's middle range chest voice, it is really a well produced, strongly supported head voice.
Regards -- Lloyd W. Hanson, DMA Professor of Voice, Vocal Pedagogy School of Performing Arts Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, AZ 86011
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