Re: Jose Carreras "La vita e inferno al infelice" Forza Act 3
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Re: Jose Carreras "La vita e inferno al infelice" Forza Act 3         

Group: rec.music.opera · Group Profile
Author: stefano
Date: May 15, 2008 22:13

On May 15, 1:40 pm, "premiereop...@aol.com" gmail.com> wrote:
> On May 15, 1:22 pm, arbe...@hotmail.com wrote:
>
>
>
>> Ed, you praised this to the skies and commended Carreras's passion. I
>> don't want to get into any wars with you so let's keep it clean. This
>> is important. Ed, your understanding of the physiology of voice is
>> seriously deficient. Many voice teachers are in a similar position and
>> I'm not having a go at you. Carreras is way over parted here and I
>> found it almost pitiful to listen and watch. The passion you commend
>> is nothing more than his attempt to keep afloat with the piece.
>> Nothing to do with Alvaro. That you singled this out for praise
>> indictes to me you know very little about the actual business of
>> singing, are a poor judge of what's right for a singer, and are
>> confusing desperate effort with passion and emotion. Once again,
>> nothing personal, but I dearly hope you are not teaching singing or
>> advising the multitudes of singers you claim to personally know.
>> You'll ruin their careers, no question.
>
>> Warmest wishes,
>
>> Ben
>
> Not even worth a response, but I teach no one, and advise no one. I
> discuss, if asked. I still say Carreras in the 1978 Scala Forza is
> magnificnet.
>
> Ed

Isn't this the same mean-spirited "Ben" who criticized Carreras for
rising up on his toes when he sang high notes? Maybe Domingo, his
favorite tenor, should have tried it a few times (at least at the end
of Pira). Yes, a real authority on vocal technique...

I particularly loved his "nothing personal"!

Frank
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