The Danger of Singing Heavy Repertoire with a Lyric Voice
In two of the articles this month, the NYIOP auditions and the interviews with two European managers [see pages 22 and 28, respectively], there is a discussion on whether singers should or should not sing one Fach heavier than their natural voice would allow. It seemed important to address this question, and CS turned to veteran voice teacher David L. Jones. This excellent article was already known to us because it was posted on his website [http://www.voiceteacher.com], but we wanted to make sure singers everywhere were aware of the dangers of singing “one Fach heavier.”
