TABLE of CONTENTS My Adventurous Journey - from a lost 11 Speaking Voice to a Coloratura Soprano Historical Roots of Opera Singing 37 Farinelli - Male Soprano & true Belcantist 45 Secrets of Opera Training, a Definition 50 of the Famous Italian A of Belcanto APPOGGIO - or How to Sustain the Voice 54 ATTACCA - Start & End of a Tone 56 AVANTI -the Front Position of the Tone 62 ALTO IN PALATO - The Raised Palate 67 Enrico Caruso & Luisa Tetrazzini - 69 Golden Throats or Perfect Voice Training? Singing by Natural Body Use - Teacher, 79 Therapy or Self Awareness? Body - the Instrument of the Soul 85 Correct or Careless Posture - 85 Head, Neck and Body Activate your Pelvic Floor 92 The Navel Lift for Wellbeing & a Slim Line 94 Washboard with Navel Lift 96 From Lying Position to Standing Ovations 98 Squatting like Oriental Street Hawkers 105 A Trick of the Proud African - for the Head 107 Singer's Throat - the Human Bird 112 Voice Box- a Miracle of Creation - 112 a Short Anatomy of the Larynx 5 http://d-nb.info/1036972151 Body Symmetry and a Balanced Throat 119 Tongue, Root of Tongue and Jaws - 123 Choir Members for the Tone Massage, Turn & Biter - the Remedies 128 for the Tongue Dumpling Moshe Feldenkrais'Tongue Turn 126 Kristin Linklater's Tongue Biter 128 Cork, Rubber & Key Tag - Some Tricks 131 to Relax your Jaws The High Palate - every Singer's Cathedral 138 Suck your Finger Tips instead of Biting your 141 Nails Avanti, Avanti - the Front Position of 144 the Voice - the Balcony of the Diva Harley Buzzer & Fluttering Lips for 148 'Avanti' & Legato Natural Facelifting & Good Vibes - 152 open your Umbrella Caruso's Egg to Bridle the Tongue: a Joke 154 Glottis Closure: Hiccup of Heroic Tenors 156 Correcting Frequent Misunderstandings 160 about the Connection of Body & Voice A Healthy Voice in a Healthy Body- 166 the Forceful Voice Disease in Opera Anatomy meets Physics: Overtones, 168 Singer Formants & Vocal Beauty Breath-Spark of Life & Toneless Voice 170 Breathe - and I tell you who you are! 172 Chee - Foo, Buddha's Breathing as 176 Antidote for Stage Fright Buteyko Breathing for a Free Nose - 180 Sinusitis & Ashtma, Good Bye! Nose Clip Test for Brilliant Overtones 185 Diaphragm, your Voice Trampoline 189 Tenors at the Stake - Belly Squeezer 191 6 Take the Train to Diaphragm Activation 192 Yogic Breathing & Voice Sustain from the 192 Navel or "Hara" Emotional Marriage of Tone & Word 196 Speaking, Singing or Reciting - How to 197 Produce Recitatives & Arias? Ventriloquism & Belcanto are Twins - 203 the Mickey Mouse Training Messa di Voce - the Ultimate Voice Test 205 Broken Voices & Passaggio Problems 207 Emotions, Passion & Charisma in Singing 210 Scale of Emotions & Emotional Releasing 214 by Singing Vowel Balance - Bella Italia is greeting 227 Vibrato, Tremolo or Jelly with Wobbles 232 Maria Callas, Aris Christofellis & Iwan 234 Rebroff -Secrets of Voice Power The Dissemination of Italian Belcanto 271 Famous Teachers & the Dawn of Vocal Science True Belcanto - the Secret Conspiracy 273 since the Renaissance Lodovico Zacconi's Prattica Musica: 274 the Start of Belcanto Teachings Manuel Garcia I & his Famous Children - 278 First Scientific Research on Opera Voices Francesco & Giovanni Battista Lamperti 283 Expert Tips from the Italian School Mathilde Graumann Marchesi: 290 7 Practice makes Perfect! Emma Diruf Seiler - the Dawn of Vocal 261 Science John Franklin Botume: Belcanto has 264 no method! Frederick Husler: A Modern Belcanto 267 Scientist, by Intuition From Theory to Practice in Daily 273 Belcanto Training Masterclasses for Singers - Catalyst for 273 for Career or Torture Instrument? Voice Categories, Dramatic Voice 278 Changes Daily Voice Practice - Some Hints & Rules 281 Some Useful Books About Singing 294 for Students & Professionals with short comments 8 .