A journalistic endeavor into music, traditions, and its rituals.
Opera singer Anthony Roth Costanzo describes his warm-up routine in seasonal terms: “It’s kind of like starting a car in the winter.”
From a pandemic-era quarantine hotel in Hong Kong, Chinese opera performer Li Pui Yan remarks, “Before an opera, warming up makes me comfortable. It’s just not possible without it.”
South Indian vocalist Ganavya Doraiswamy, speaking from a wooden chapel in the Oregon desert, “Many of the best singers I’ve sung with know, before entering the concert hall—it’s not about warming up your voice. It’s about warming up your spirit.”