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For Chaliapin ...beautiful singing was not merely elegant vocalism with some dexterity in the execution of ornaments, but a language of expression, the grammar of its effects responsive to the setting of the words. [Michael Scott, in The Record of Singing]

("Для Шаляпина ...красивое пение было не просто набором элегантных вокализов с виртуозно исполненными украшениями, но выразительным языком, грамматика эффектов которого должна была соответствовать произносимым словам.")

That's what singing really is. Not some mindless coloratura chirping without any story or expression that so many critics seem to appreciate nowadays.

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