Thinking of Breathers at Kulturama, Stockholm.....

Dear Readers - just home from Paris and the Palais Garnier, I was brought down to earth by Anna's (Larsson) blog this evening - to our lovely young singers at the other end of our endeavours - hopefully inspiring them to the life of a profesional singer, enjoying the fruits of their studies... It's worth the effort to develop your gifts, and please don't be downhearted at the time it takes to train your disciplines - I'M still learning, it never ends ! As I explained to one puzzled tenor, when he said he thought he'd really "cracked it" - meaning the use of his wonderful voice . "Yes, you have - and now we go on to another higher level..!!" I replied... 'tis true, all the finest singers I've ever met said they never stopped learning, and when one is at the peak of their excellence - it all becomes much easier and simpler. So keep the mind open, if something feels wrong it usually is, although it's not always believable how easy it is to sing when it's "right". Rely on your instinct more than intellect in the matter of phonation, stop "listening" and keep creating - toi, toi, toi to you all - and you know whom I mean - puss, puss, kram, kram = kiss, kiss, hug, hug for any non - Swedish readers . And most of all -k..p b.......g