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Classical Music

defacto7

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4. I've known 2 sopranos who imitated the Calas sound

Reply to JHan (Original post)

Mon Apr 22, 2019, 07:12 PM

Apr 2019

and they did fairly well for themselves. But I always thought of it as the adenoid technique. I think only Calas could actually pull it off.

Edit: I just listened to that recording. Enh.
She's right about Corelli if you could stand the lisp.

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