VOICE QUALITY
Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language
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VOICE QUALITY. The characteristic sound of the
VOICE brought about by the mode of vibration of the vocal cords or folds. Differences in the degree and manner of glottal closure distinguish
modal voice and
whisper, and
breathy voice and
whispery voice. The quality of the voice also depends on the degree of tension in the larynx and pharynx, and on the vertical displacement of the larynx: a raised larynx produces a thin tense voice, and a lowered larynx a booming ‘clergyman's’ voice. Apart from distinguishing voiced and voiceless sounds, voice quality does not make linguistic contrasts, but conveys information about the speaker, such as language or dialect background, individuality, and emotional state. See
ACCENT.
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Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London; 2/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...disaster. There is a wonderful story about the tenor Leo Slezak who during a performance of Wagner's Lohengrin missed...early. As he watched the bird disappear into the wings Slezak turned to the audience and asked, 'When does the next...
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Magazine article from: Opera News; 2/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...eminence Mary Ellis Peltz. My favorite quiz, on a Meistersinger matinee, featured actor Walter Slezak, son of the famous Wagnerian tenor Leo Slezak. Professionally a comic player, Junior was an outright zany when off script, and he tore the...
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From the absurd to the supreme
Magazine article from: The Spectator; 10/21/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...speak for themselves: Michael O'Kelly, who sang for Mozart and worshipped `the little man', as he called him, Leo Slezak and Galina Vishnevskaya of the Bolshoi. The itch to rejig someone else's anthology is a well-known psychological...
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In review: Vienna
Magazine article from: Opera News; 3/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...Court) Opera, Rossini's Guillaume Tell was a favorite with Viennese audiences -- especially when such tenors as Leo Slezak could cope with the heights of Arnold. (Even Karl Terkal was able to provide the requisite animal thrill at the last...
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Magazine article from: Fanfare; 1/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...acoustic era with equal enthusiasm. Now I only have seven in my collection: Caruso (who doesn't?), Emma Calv, Leo Slezak, Lehmann, Johanna Gadski, Mattia Battistini, and John Forsell; and of them all, it is Lehma
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Magazine article from: Opera News; 2/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...is such a big sound.' Instead, you hear the music." Botha is forthcoming when questioned about looking more like Leo Slezak or Lauritz Melchior than some of today's matinee-idol tenors. "Sometimes I feel I am fighting a losing batde...
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German Brno.(theme)
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; ...was under his auspices that the Ring cycle was first staged as a whole in Brno. Aman also discovered the famous tenor Leo Slezak and the baritone Rudolf Berger. The core of the opera repertoire continued to consist of German music. Only at the...
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Slezak, Walter (Leo)
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre
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Leo Slezak
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
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Slezak, Leo
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
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Slezak, Erika 1946–
Book article from: Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television
SLEZAK, Erika 1946– PERSONAL Full name, Erika Alma Hermina Slezak; born August 5, 1946, in Hollywood, CA; daughter of Walter Leo (an actor) and Johanna Elizabeth (maiden name, Van Rijn) Slezak; married first husband, 1968...
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