Breathing a la "Simsannabim" is at The Metropolitan Opera, New York ....WOW !!!

Hello Dear Readers - 'The proof of the voice is in the breathing' - vis a vis = 'The proof of the pudding is in the eating'.....for many years I've enlightened some hundreds of willing human beings, from all walks of life, ethnic backgrounds, faiths, professions, etc....the common link - simply - BREATHING ....yes, as simple as that ! Many cynics have declared that my interest and application to the subject is a joke "After all, everyone can breathe" they usually say..."Ah yes, but it's the 'quality' of your breathing that is paramount" I reply...Then usually ensues a debate as to how one can quantify 'the quality of natural respiration' ...and unless the sceptic has well connected inspiration, they are usually surprised - should they then try my little 'inspirational' excercises, at their benefit, almost immediately...It takes about two years for anyone who has not trained their breathing for some specific motive - dance, sport, singing...etc., to fully co-ordinate the respiratory system to maximum effeciency = "less is more". That is fairly general - the longer project, which can take years, is to re-train the natural respiratory function for those who constantly OVERBREATHE - most of my time is taken up with this particular malfunction...especially with singers and musicians...the good news is that several of my brilliant breathers without these problems have made it to The Met...all female ! When I manage to train and persuade the average male singer of the 'Less is More' attitude, they are not terribly happy to discover that they don't have to push and shove their voice, and feel pain in the throat - !! I'm chuckling at this - one sweet man, who sang fabulously after about three years of 'goat bleating' - suddenly let out his gorgeous 'natural' voice. When I complimented him he was so angry " You mean I've spent all this time for you to show me how I sang before I was trained by a singing teacher"...enough said...So, it's great to report that Erika Sunnegardh has sung 'Turandot' in the hallowed New York house of opera, Rosalind Plowright, O.B.E., who has been a regular at The Met over her entire career, amazingly sang 'The Mother' in 'Hansel and Gretel' in the 2009 Christmas season, breathing and singing immaculately !! Another very successful soprano, Nina Stemme with whom I worked in the 90's in Stockholm and uses the technique, is about to continue her association there as 'Ariadne auf Naxos'...and last Saturday Adrianne Pieczonka, the impressive Canadian soprano, sang 'Amelia' in the matinee premiere performance of 'Simon Boccanegra', with Placido Domingo - it was broadcast 'live' on BBC 3 - fabulous....later, in the evening performance - on the same stage, my 'voice idol', from whom I learned by association almost all I know about singing, the ikonic, brilliant, adorable Dame Kiri (te Kanawa), played the speaking role of 'The Duchess of Krackenthorp' in 'La Fille du Regiment' - what a coup !! We can hear it 'live' this Saturday 13th. Feb. 2010 at 18.00 on the same programme relay...not to be missed...yeah, yeah,yeah ! I know several other Annabreathers who are booked for some really exciting dates, but not released yet ..mmmm...and watch out for the gorgeous Natasha Sutton-Williams, cross-over contralto, MOST exciting potential, so delightfully young .WOOW... and k..p b.......g....