I took some lessons at the United Conservatory of Music from a delightful ukrainian couple. They both sang with very operatic voices and taught that style.
Singing is actually quite difficult to teach, as you cannot see the instrument. By taking lessons with someone unqualified, you can learn too many bad habits and it is very hard to identify and break those habits, which is a problem that I had. If you're serious about operatic singing, you'll have to pay top dollar from day 1.
Jeff Buckley actually took up smoking to become a better singer, and it worked too. The singer from modest mouse had a couple smokes during their show a while back. To each their own.
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