I had the opportunity of meeting Allen Costa at AIR a few years before he
retired on some occassions that our village choir went for recordings along
with (late) Maestro Fr. Lourdino Barretto and (late) Mons. Fr. Chico Monteiro.
Talk of AIR and I can hear the voice of Allen Costa reverbrate. Another voice I
greatly loved to listen to was that of Imelda.
Such voices will be rare in future with hardly any attention being given to
voice training in schools today.
"Vhoddlem ghor, ani dar naslelem, ......." what a song with a bass voice ?
Those were the days my friends that produced voices like that of Ms. Leopoldina
Figuereido, Mr. Velho Pereira, Mr. Agnel Crasto, Ms. Delilah, ..........