Unlock Russian Opera: The three-floor house of Russian sounds

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"Think of the Russian language as a house with three floors. Let's take the tour." Using this metaphor, Lada illustrates the fluid nature of Russian, and how its sound production shifts between different levels. To sing idiomatically, performers must transition smoothly between these ‘floors’, and often find that Russian is more active and generally higher in placement than they first perceive.

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