Estelle Liebling

Estelle Liebling (April 21, 1880 – 1970) was a vocal coach who taught singing using the three-register method. She stressed the "unmusicalness" of the seventh octave, as well as the avoidance of the head register in men. One of Liebling's most famous pupils was Beverly Sills,[1] a coloratura soprano. Also instructed Meryl Streep as a young girl as a singer.

Estelle Liebling had been a pupil of Mathilde Marchesi[1] and carried forth the Manuel Garcia Jr. (Manuel Patricio Rodríguez García) tradition.

Liebling had been a favored soprano of John Philip Sousa earlier in her career.[2]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Moore, Gerald (December 2006). "Beverly Sills". Opera Magazine. Retrieved 2007-10-22.
  2. ↑ Danner, Phyllis; Coppen, David Peter; Werner, Ann Marie (Spring 1998). "Anatomy of a Preservation Project: The Sousa and Clarke Archives at UIUC" (– Scholar search). Sonneck Society for American Music Bulletin XXIV (2). Retrieved 2003-10-23.