Saint John wrote:Good point!! Could someone with a singing background shed some light on a "singer's diet." What are the advantages of losing weight, watching your diet, exercising, and even what foods you would eat or avoid? I always wondered why a lot of the world's greatest opera voices are fatter than shit. Never really made sense to me. Or are there some advantages to being fat? Some of those Italian singers must've really been shoveling down the pasta!! Singing experts please chime in.
It doesn't take an expert to know that if the average singer eats healthy foods and exercises, then they WILL sing better. In fact, if the average PERSON eats healthy foods and exercises, their entire quality of life will be of a better.
As for the opera people, not all of them are fat. Certainly some are, but most are not. Part of that "fat" look comes from the fact that they use their lungs to belt out stuff that most of us could never do and their lung capacity has increased. In order for their lung capacity to increase, the chest obviously must increase in size as well. I've seen and heard many medium built or even thin opera people who absolutely amaze. Pavarotti was suffering from ill health not long ago, due to age and his weight.
I noted with interest when we went to see Richard Elliot...his chest was large and he was not fat. His lungs were simply used to blow the hell out of his saxophone, which not only increased the strenght of his lungs, but also his lung capacity, which made for a larger chest cavity.
I think Steve looks 100% better than when he met those girls at the star this year. 
) but probably just trying to take in more air. 
