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March 7, 2016 Justin Petersen
This video of Lina Vasta is making the rounds again, with several marveling at her abilities (myself included). Vasta has wonderful control of her instrument, and the voice sounds fresh, youthful, and clear. There is very little effect of the passage of time on her voice.
I am not aware of Ms. Vasta’s training, but I can say that a well-used voice need not deteriorate at all until ill-health prevents one from singing. We needn’t be shocked and amazed at senior citizens singing well. The idea that they can’t comes from either poor singing technique, ill-health, or other mitigating factors. The wobbly choir lady singer is common, but it need not be so!
The traits of freshness and youthfulness in the vocal sound were not rare occasions in the training of the Old Italian School.
USE of the voice need not be relegated to ABUSE of the voice
Madame Marchesi (with whom Arral studied), Garcia, and other great teachers of the past began with the voice as it naturally existed…
If the scale is built on what is already there, the beautiful, personal quality of the individual voice is retained. Those teachers found the natural quality of each voice and preserved it, so that what nature had begun was developed, polished, equalized, not changed. That is why such voices lasted.
The pupils, finding art securely built on nature, grew confident as one never can be with artificiality. They gained the authority because they were manifestly singing the right way. They felt at ease and were able to express their individuality in song.
"Senza mamma" - Giacomo Puccini da Suor Angelica - Lina Vasta
"Ave Maria" di Gounod - Lina Vasta
March 7, 2016 Justin Petersen
This video of Lina Vasta is making the rounds again, with several marveling at her abilities (myself included). Vasta has wonderful control of her instrument, and the voice sounds fresh, youthful, and clear. There is very little effect of the passage of time on her voice.
I am not aware of Ms. Vasta’s training, but I can say that a well-used voice need not deteriorate at all until ill-health prevents one from singing. We needn’t be shocked and amazed at senior citizens singing well. The idea that they can’t comes from either poor singing technique, ill-health, or other mitigating factors. The wobbly choir lady singer is common, but it need not be so!
The traits of freshness and youthfulness in the vocal sound were not rare occasions in the training of the Old Italian School.
USE of the voice need not be relegated to ABUSE of the voice
Madame Marchesi (with whom Arral studied), Garcia, and other great teachers of the past began with the voice as it naturally existed…
If the scale is built on what is already there, the beautiful, personal quality of the individual voice is retained. Those teachers found the natural quality of each voice and preserved it, so that what nature had begun was developed, polished, equalized, not changed. That is why such voices lasted.
The pupils, finding art securely built on nature, grew confident as one never can be with artificiality. They gained the authority because they were manifestly singing the right way. They felt at ease and were able to express their individuality in song.
"Senza mamma" - Giacomo Puccini da Suor Angelica - Lina Vasta
"Ave Maria" di Gounod - Lina Vasta
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