So why do they sing like that?

There is a lot to say about the operatic voice. In fact, there’s so much to debate, so much to disagree about that one page, one website, or even one book cannot cover half of it. There are hundreds, if not thousands of schools, all of which pretend to have the right technique, and the truth about how to sing correctly. 

All young opera singers in all of this big world put forward their voice teachers. It is sometimes the first question they are asked, and the first proof of their undeniable skill they themselves see as indubitable.

 – I studied for Gianfranco Cecchele, who studied for Marcello del Monaco, who studied for the great Arturo Melocchi…