Tizoboz you're argument is full of fallacies. Please review the following website and refine your comment.
http://www.logicalfallacies.info/
I assume you have criticized The President of the United States at some point. Based on your reasoning, until you hold the office of president you must be quiet.
The issue is not about my writing compared to others but I'm confident I can hold my own with other music bloggers.
No one EVER takes the mic to sing opera. There are no microphones in opera. None. It is not part of the art form. — December 17, 2010 5:20 p.m.
Bocelli is NOT an Opera Singer
Tizoboz you're argument is full of fallacies. Please review the following website and refine your comment. http://www.logicalfallacies.info/ I assume you have criticized The President of the United States at some point. Based on your reasoning, until you hold the office of president you must be quiet. The issue is not about my writing compared to others but I'm confident I can hold my own with other music bloggers. No one EVER takes the mic to sing opera. There are no microphones in opera. None. It is not part of the art form.— December 17, 2010 5:20 p.m.
Tale of Two Tenors
Undisputed Heavy Weight of the World is not a pun. Wikipedia does a good job of explaining it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pun— December 17, 2010 1:56 p.m.
Tale of Two Tenors
Sailinsax, you walk a very fine line between being on topic and being down right insulting. Here's your homework: Explain the different types of tenor from leggerio, Rossini, lyric, spinto, dramatic, and heldentenor. Name the roles those voices are suited for based on the current and historic performance practices. Name specific tenors who were those voice types. So you know, the role of Calaf in Turnandot is a spinto/dramatic role. Pavarotti was INDISPUTABLY a lyric tenor. Why is his most famous aria from a role his voice was unsuited for and that he rarely performed? Hint it has something to do with money, lots and lots of money. Tell me where the tenor passagio lies and how to balance the registration of the voice between head and chest. Talk about how to cover through the passagio and how to manipulate the vowels to create a consistent tone quality from top to bottom. Explain how using cover can change the dramatic quality of a note to fit the emotion required in the current musical moment. Explain how vowel production stains the color and pitch of the voice. Explain which vowels are head register dominant and which are chest register dominant. Explain which vowels are closest in relationship to one another. For example Ah and Eh and more similar than Eh and EE. Talk about what singing with an open throat is. Explain, the role of a lowered larynx and depressed tongue. Of course, I think we all know about the soft palate so you can skip that one. Explain which consonants are fricatives and how they relate to singing a legato phrase. Explain appoggio breathing and why it is necessary for consistent pitch, tone, color, and phrasing. No Googling. Now explain why I should take your comment seriously. Those that know already take me seriously, it's just the philistines I have to worry about.— December 17, 2010 1:51 p.m.
Pet Peeve
Mi dispiace. Ciao bella! Che bellisima Nan!— December 10, 2010 3:27 p.m.
Pet Peeve
Ciao!— December 8, 2010 2:15 p.m.
Frostiana: Seven Country Songs
Nan, thank you for sharing that Frost poem.— December 2, 2010 4:25 p.m.
Wachet Auf
It's interesting to see Wagner, Brahms, and Verdi all agreeing about something!— December 2, 2010 4:23 p.m.
From the New World
BeeDeeDobro, please spread the word that ideally jazz is not repetitive. At times I think I'd rather listen to Philip Glass...again.— November 17, 2010 4:55 p.m.
From the New World
sailsax, the information you shared about Porgy and Bess is wonderful.— November 17, 2010 4:52 p.m.
From the New World
Nan, you're a baller!— November 16, 2010 1:07 p.m.