Singing, as a teacher of mine once disarmingly put it, is simply “an exhaling of sorts.” For most people, the mechanisms of breathing are hardly noticed unless they stop working as intended. That caveat has become more present in the last year, with the nature of COVID-19 leaving us paying more, and more nervous, attention to the breath. We scrutinize unexpected coughs. We protectively shroud ourselves from the exhalations of others. We wonder if our shortness of breath is the first sign of an infection, anxiety, or both.
Collective Breath
How opera breathing techniques are helping long COVID patients
