A REVOLUTION IN SINGLE.

Dunstan Times, Issue 833, 5 April 1878, Page 3

A REVOLUTION IN SINGLE.

A Into writer nay* Paris has now a professor who is, I think, ilcstiiieil to create a revolution in the world of soil}'. 11c is a Spaniard by birth, by name Emilio licl.ui, and is himself a singer of note, having been tho leading tenor at Lcs Itahens a few years ago. Though still in tho prime of life and of his vocal powers, he quitted the stage in order to devote himself to tho development of his theory, audits basis is common sense, llavind studied tho throat, its conformation, and its maladies as a physician, M. Ilclari comprehends perfectly the art of emission of sound, and tho methods by which weak or defective voices may bo developed or improved. Tho progress made by his pupils is something really marvellous. In six weeks the organ is completely changed, as a first-class piano manufacturer might change a piano by a careful and scientific tuning and by replacing every imperfect string or key. Under his training the singer never becomes fatigued, never pants for breath, and, jin some instances when the pupil was delicate, the expansion of the chest and the consequent improvement in health was really remarkable. It is very interesting to see him give a lesson, lie stands with his keen, intelligent eyes fixed upon the scholar, correcting every injudicious manner of drawing the breath, of opening the mouth, or of holding tho arras, as well as the style and manner of singing. So rapid is the progress of the pupil under ins method that he declares he can train a perfect novice for the operatic stage in eighteen months, the time usually required being three years. He has had wonderful success in repairing and setting to rights the voices damaged by other professors. Ho is by birth a noble, and wears infills buttonhole the black rosette of the Order of the Knights of Malta—a decoration but rarely seen, as it is only bestowed upon those who can boast of heaven knows how many generations of aristocratic descent. And what is far more to the purpose, he is an intelligent, cultivated, and refined gentleman. He is quite enthusiastic about American voices, declaring them to be among the finest natural organs in the world, and he says his desire is to make his establishment the Conservatoire of America