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The palace in an Italian village where two retired US sopranos ‘repair’ broken opera voices.

Voice coaches Lisa Paglin and Marianna Brilla have transformed an old palazzo in Osimo into a ‘bel canto’ sanctuary where promising young artists and established opera singers alike come to retrain their vocal cords.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20250910-the-palace-in-an-italian-village-where-two-retired-us-sopranos-repair-broken-opera-voices?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#Opera #Italy #Singing #VocalCords #Voice #Culture #BelCanto

These #Whales Still Use Their #VocalCords.
Unusual experiments on organs recovered from three carcasses suggest how #baleen whales call out at #sea. #Toothedwhales, like #spermwhales and #dolphins, use their larynges like a cork to seal their airways; they evolved a way to produce sounds in their nasal cavities instead. But #scientists suspected that filter-feeding #baleenwhales, including the musical #humpbacks and huge #bluewhales, still use their voice boxes. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/21/science/whale-song-voice-box.html?unlocked_article_code=1.XE0.Ohuo.tSXoT0veB5Lc&smid=url-share

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Beyond Vocal Abuse: The Science Behind Extreme Metal Singers
It might seem like mindless screaming, but it takes real technique in order to pull off extreme metal vocals without risking serious injury.

https://www.wearethepit.com/2023/08/beyond-vocal-abuse-the-science-behind-extreme-metal-singers/

#ExtremeMetalSingers
#VocalAbuse
#VocalCords
#Phonotrauma
#PitchProduction
#OscillatoryBreathing
#VocalContusion
#bruxism
#Phonosurgery
#LaryngealBiomechanics