Tim BraithwaiteHenry Chorley on French Singing and ‘Portly, Middle-Aged Gentlemen’ Singing in Falsetto (1844) ‘A gallery of French tenor singers would not be the least edifying chamber in the Pantheon of Art. Few traces would be there found, it is...
Tim BraithwaiteEmma Calvé on the ‘Fourth Voice’ Taught to her by Domenico Mustafa (1922)‘During my sojourn in the Holy City, I often went to hear the choir of the Sistine Chapel, which was at that time under the direction of...
Tim BraithwaiteJean-Baptiste Faure on the Voix Sombrée and Raising the Head for High Notes (1886)[pp. 44-45] 'No historical method mentions this type of voice [the voix sombrée] ; it is only since Gilbert Duprez's debut that we have...
Tim BraithwaiteDame Clara Butt on Silent Practice and Vocal Rest (1912) 'Here is another point which beginners should take to heart, and follow as far as they are able. Try to avoid over-anxiety. Students...
Tim BraithwaiteA Recollection of Domenico Donzelli’s Singing in an 1829 Performance of Rossini’s Otello:On the occasion of this remarkable operatic event, the most accomplished tenore robusto of his times, Dozelli, was the Otello to...