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What are the problems associated with training a coloratura voice that has been trained as a lyric soprano?

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What are the problems associated with training a coloratura voice that has been trained as a lyric soprano?

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It is not unusual for coloratura voices to have been trained as lyrics. This really doesn’t work at all well since the coloratura voice does not release into the head at the same place as the lyric voice does. The lyric voice passaggio is lower than that of the coloratura voice. The coloratura passaggio is around A flat and the lyric is at around F sharp. It is not at all helpful for the coloratura to look for what she perceives to be lyric colour in the sound at around the F sharp, as in order to do it she will tend to employ some of the techniques which have unsatisfactory results as follows:- • The notes in the middle voice and up to the passaggio will not be in acoustic balance as there will be too much air pressure. • A beat in the voice can appear in the middle voice which takes away from the beauty of the sound. • The mouth will often be too spread out at the sides in the middle voice which lowers the pallet and creates a false sense of covering the sound. • Too much breathe pre

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