

"And it was impossible for me to hear the voice outside my room, while it remained only in my room. Et non seulement, elle chantait, mais elle me parlait, elle répondait à mes questions comme une véritable voix d’homme, avec cette différence qu’elle était belle comme la voix d’un ange. " ~13 La lyre d’Apollon "et il me fut impossible de trouver la voix hors de ma loge, tandis qu’ elle restait fidèlement dans ma loge. The Falsetto is characterized by a breathy flute-like sound, or resembling a cry or a ring sound to it.Ĭountertenor sing in the falsetto range as their natural vocal range.Įxamples of Male Falsetto, Philippe Jaroussky 'Che piu si tarda.Stille amare.' HereĮxamples of a true countertenor singing in head voice not Falsetto, John Holiday 'Stille amare ' Here The Falsetto sound is associated with the sacred, from the Middle Ages till the early 1800's. Singing falsetto is singing in a vocal registers that enables the singer to sing beyond the normal or modal voice vocal range. Singing in your 'head voice' is singing in one's falsetto. It is likely Érik used a falsetto range for the angel of music. Finally you have the angel of music, who taught Christine in a soft sensual androgynous voice, who plaid an exotic instrument and who came from on high just to teach a talented although melancholy present's daughter to sing like the angels in heaven.

The Phantom's voice laughs a lot, whispers through walls, and in people's ears, but it can also shout like when the chandelier came down. Érik's voice is described by Christine as having a metallic quality when he is angered. Next you have the Phantom, the ghost who haunts the Opera house halls and stage, who sits in box five, who demands his allowance, who scares the little ballet rats, and who gives orders on how to run the Opera house.

First we have Érik, The man, the genius composer, architect, magician, ventriloquist, assassin, abused child, exhibited man, who lived bellow ground. I have had servile discussions with phans about the different voices Érik used for the different personas he assumed.
