“When you breathe, it’s like a swimmer taking a deep breath before going underwater,” Carol explains．“You have to take a lot of air into your lungs．”

　　According to Carol, the main difference between pop singing and opera is “how you breathe, how much air you take in, and how you control it coming out．Regular singing is more like speaking, and it’s lot softer．When I sing for children, they’re often surprised by how the vibrations strike their ears—like waves on a beach, ”Carol says．“In opera, the air doesn’t just go out of your mouth—it vibrates in your chest，the way a guitar vibrates when it’s played．”

　　Ever since she started piano lessons at the age of ten, Carol has loved music．As she got older, she decided to become a music teacher．When she went to college, she took singing lessons as part of her studies．Her voice teacher discovered that nineteen-year-old Carol had an exceptionally beautiful soprano voice-the highest singing voice for women．

　　Carol decided to make opera her goal, not only because she loved to sing but also because she loved the drama．Opera is a play in which the characters sing the words instead of speaking them．The stories of opera can be tragic or comical．They can be personal stories about two people falling in love or grand stories about kings and queens who lived long ago．As the characters in an opera sing, the emotions（情感）expressed by words and music come to life．

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