[Magdalen] Opera Style?

[M J _Mike_ Logsdon]

>>>The diaphragm seems to divide "serious/classical" singing from the
popular genre which uses the chest exclusively.  By these  standards,
I guess I am an "opera" singer, too.<<<

The best instruction I got in college choir was from a fellow tenor, who taught me that when I inhaled my belly should not be concave, but convex, indicating I've filled my lungs completely, with the diaphragm just below ready to help the air out steadily instead of rather too quickly which is so often the case.