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I 1. COPY as GENERAL, EFATY Uje5 ORPQRATION a! PAUL HARVEY NE®S CONTINUED = PAGR #2 «FOR RXLZASR: SAT, OR SUR. — eee a et 9+29/20-59 The tribal behavior of opera stars has been analyzed by psycholegists in terms of complexes and by laryngologists who exylair the strain, i High C 4s not in the normal voice range, -.- ----—.—-——-—-----_: ! To sing & Sustained high C 4s ekin to running a four minute alle, . Even one who can do it can't always do it, He or sho faces — each test with uncertainty, terror. The norwal human voice will not produce a high C, This top tone is the product of years of training, physical effort, mental concentration, nervous stinulation, ccrrect breething, good health, It may be affected by climete, diet or even by the singer's wood, Ail these factore must be just right before that arta pan be sustained under the hot lights in front cf 4,000 pesple, Also, the prima donna ie in copstent competition with cther wingers, with ths orsbestra, with the conductor, the critics, the audience and herself, . _ To come out on top of that kind of cowpetition demands great _ Physical strength and absolute. epotisny .. Too many of Miss Cailas* tantrums have beer construed as an insatiable thirst for hoadlincs, There is littie substance to that. ‘ If the supercharged prima dcuna were in any less demanding profesnion, she could properly be considered a "nental case." But the huran brain and body cannot attain to superhuman acsomplishnenta vithoct agonizing strain, And ve won't per $5,580 * to hear anything leas, - (COPYRIGHT 1959, GENERAL FEATORES CORP.) \