Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Braşov - Series VIII: Performing Arts  Vol. 12 (61) Special Issue – 2019 https://doi.org/10.31926/but.pa.2019.12.61.46 Occupational diseases of the Opera singer: Connection and therapy through the breathing technique Anda Olimpia POP 1 , Ignác Csaba FILIP 2 Abstract: This article addresses both professional singers in the midst of their career and those who study the art of singing and prepare themselves for this path in life. I bring to the attention and awareness that a minor disorder of the phonatory apparatus, if ignored and not treated on time, can sometimes lead to irreversible damage. Therefore, I stress the importance of a phonatory physician and voice therapy prevention that should be maintained through the entire career of a professional singer, mentioning the main factors that lead to the occurrence of these disorders and the connection of healing through conscious breathing. Key-words: conscious breathing, voice therapy, opera singer, stress, dysphonia. 1. Voice – the most frail instrument “Singing, this supreme act of human intelligence conducted at the limit between matter and spirit” 3 is one of the fields researched from times immemorial and yet, in 1987, Dr. Johan Sundberg 4 would say about the human voice that “it seems that we know precisely what we understand by the word voice, as long as we do not try to define it”. If we ask a professional singer what defines or what represents him or her – the answer will certainly be the Voice, to which many refer as to an alter ego, for at the moment an illness or a feeling of discomfort occurs, they identify with the 1 Transilvania University of Braşov, anda.pop@unitbv.ro 2 Transilvania University of Braşov, f_ignac@unitbv.ro 3 Stephan Poen-researcher of the voice phenomenon from a bio-psycho-somatic perspective 4 Johan Sundberg-specialist in Acoustical aspects of Music, the Science of the singing voice, member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music.