Question 6

Dear Ms. Lang,
I always get tired when singing in class and often leave my singing lesson with a sore throat. When practicing at home, I also don't get anywhere and get stuck singing. What would you advise me to do?
A.K.

Dear Ms. K.,
"Remote diagnosis" is difficult in your case and would not be serious in my opinion.
Your symptoms leave room for all kinds of assumptions and speculations about the reasons and triggering factors.
Your contact partner in this case is your singing teacher. Talk to him about it. It will also be in his interest to help you get a grip on your problem.
In the course of a singer's life, one can often get into a situation where "it" or directly said, "the voice" does not "work" as we would like it to. Then, of course, it is wonderful to have a network that takes hold and can quickly help solve the problem. In my opinion, it is much more important that we singers develop a healthy feeling for our body and our voice, which quickly allows us to get back into our balance.
My teacher Angelo Loforese told me that when he changed voice category from baritone to tenor, he sang the Turiddu aria to his teacher and that he had difficulty with the passaggio. He was given the following advice: "Everything is in you and only you know how not to get tired. So: learn not to get tired while singing!"
This may sound hard, may require great personal commitment, patience and time, but in a positive case it will lead to singing stability and to YOUR OWN voice.

Sincerely
Yours
Petra Lang