How to sing Bel Canto I
SueAnnNivens asked:
This is just a small introduction to bel canto music, with the most important singers at that time:
Joan Sutherland
Marilyn Horne
Luciano Pavarotti
Richard Bonynge
so true =/ I’m not out in the world of opera yet, still a student trying to get into the best school I can, but it seems as though the art is hitting a tiny decline in some areas…
this might seem weird but I really like Luciano’s SPEAKING voice.
learning is not the problem. hard to find anyone who can teach it. who the hell can. look at this singers of today. few like these three out there.
There are very few singers capable of learning a true Bel Canto technique.
“dangerous weight of the chest”—> the throat! cause chest voice is throat voice! thats what ive been saying, and ill say it again!
Wonderful video.
the comment was made about the castrati, not tenors
a “purists” view of male tenors. “Purists” didn’t like hearing male tenors going into the soprano and mezzo soprano range. It was considered against the grain of set ranges for Opera singers.
ow, c’mon. That was beer. That’s why they’re talking Beer Canto.
I think what i meant(about OOO or OuOuOuOuOu) is on 3:48!!
I have some more questions hehehe..
First I’m not a singer(i wish i were), thats why my doubt r kind dumb.. Sorry.
1-Legatto and passagio!! Could u explain it better?? =(
2-Pavarotti is the only one when singing does the sound OuOuOuOuOu, others do like OOOOOO. i don’t think i’ve made myself clear. Sorry hehehe =D
hahaha, artificial male singers! haha
It’s impossible nowadays to find three such brilliant musicians together agian
Ok you just showed you don’t know shit. The role of Rossini’s Otelli lays in spinto tenor range and has quite a bunch of low A’s and doesn’t have notes written above high C, in fact, most peak at Bb. I got the score if you actually wanna take a look at it. The role that is for a light tenor is Iago, not Otello…that’s why when Guiditta Pasta and Malibran sang it as contraltos they simply sang it an octave down because it was already low for a tenor!
You mean Verdi’s Otello. Rossini’s Otello is for a light tenor.
And Verdi’s Otello is not an example of bel canto.
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but Pavarotti’s voice was much more stable than Carreras’s
1> – Yes, I am living proof of that.
2> He wasn’t pure bel canto, he was more of a modern tenor technique, his bel canto aspects were related to legatto and passagio transition.
3> Modern tenors do not use bel canto method, but Domingo certainly did in his early years, he was able to sing coloratura quite well.
Well, certain bel canto tenor roles are baritonal such as Rossini’s Otello.
Perfectly fair and intelligent question.The story line carried by the tenor usually involves a love battle for the soprano.While baritones certainly have the capacity to sing beautifully, the real love duets involve the tenor and soprano-just the way it is I guess…there are exceptions of course.hope this helps
This is just a question from an aspiring singer…(don’t yell at me please…(How come when people thing of bel canto they never thing of any baritones. do baritones not have something that high voices have)
Question 1 and 2 are a logical excercise, the 3 is ironic, because Carreras Legato was and is better than Pavarotti, and Domingo voice had and has a palette of colours that Pavarotti never had, of course Pavarotti technical security and focus as a tenor is better than Domingo but the singer has some musical challenges where Domingo is much better than Pavarotti.
Perhaps I am mistaken in my impression of him.I was first struck by it watching the tributes paid to Pavarotti after his death, and he seemed so begrudging in his praise, in the context. I know RB was always said to be a Svengali without which we would not have Joan Sutherland as we know her. Obviously he is a talented man at what he does. Perhaps I am projecting: who would NOT want to sing like these performers?
What video series did these come from. I want to purchase them myself. Please advise.
What sets theses singers apart, apart from intelligence and fine musicianship, is the fact that they having extraordinary natural high placement of the tone which, most likely, leads to their amazing breath. Each of them speaks “high” in placement which was probably natural for them.