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This is the section where I tell the audience that there’s nothing more devastating than expecting a note to be in head voice and getting in chest voice… or vice versa. This is last years version featuring the fabulous head voice of Andrea Burns from IN THE HEIGHTS and the chest voice of Broadway’s original Annie, Andrea McArdle. If you like the clip, email Emily@nffr.org for tix!! Monday March 9th at 7PM at the New Amsterdam Theater!
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Personally I’m always a big belting-fan.
And brava to Andrea McArdle, that tomorrow is frickin’ amazing!
Comment by Johan — February 2, 2009 @ 2:03 pm
This is so true, Seth! I’m just listening to the London cast recording of ONCE ON THIS ISLAND, and at the end of “Mama Will Provide” the singer, who has been belting the entire song, ends up going into head voice for the final F and Ab. It was one of the major let downs of my day.
Comment by James — February 10, 2009 @ 11:01 am
There’s a great youtube clip right now on parterre.com in which famous old operatic mezzos debate the use of the chest voice in their respective singing - or deny that these huge, honking sounds are actually “chest” sounds. I think that people forget that both are vital to effective singing. Who wants to hear some soprano whose voice evaporates as the line descends?
Comment by Peter — February 18, 2009 @ 5:41 pm