Old school soprano Luisa Tetrazzini sings with Enrico Caruso record - 1932 (pitch corrected)

It only occurred to me today that this clip—which we’ve all seen and heard before—has almost always been presented with the pitch about a half tone too high. It does make a difference; the voice is slightly darker overall and less shrill seeming. Enjoy! Enrico Caruso singing M’appari tutt’amor ..................................... This channel is primarily about vocal emission—aural examples of basically correct singing, correct impostazione—chiaroscuro, vowel clarity, firm and centered pitch, correct vibrato action, absence of throatiness or thickness, sounds free from constriction and from the acoustic noise that accompanies it—with occasional video examples that demonstrate what the body, face, mouth, jaw, and tongue look like when used with correct impostazione—the vocal emission of the one and only Italian school. Caveat: I’m biased in favor of baritones and baritone literature, but if you want to learn about a
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