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Warming to Tradition: The Culture of Vocal Exercise

Ganavya Doraiswamy (left) and Rajna Swaminathan Photo by Adrien H. Tillaman

Ganavya Doraiswamy (left) and Rajna Swaminathan
Photo by Adrien H. Tillaman


No matter the genre of singing, or where we’re from, our vocal exercises are meaningful.

Opera singer Anthony Roth Costanzo describes his warm-up routine in seasonal terms: “It’s kind of like starting a car in the winter.”

From a pandemic-era quarantine hotel in Hong Kong, Chinese opera performer Li Pui Yan remarks, “Before an opera, warming up makes me comfortable. It’s just not possible without it.” Full story.

Zofia Majewski (Smithsonian Magazine) / June 21, 2022

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