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Shawn Uplaznik
Приєднався 23 лют 2011
The TRUTH about the world of Opera
The Truth About the Opera World
In this video, I share my experiences with one of my students and the challenges fully engaged singers face in the opera world. It's important to note that this isn't just about opera production in the USA, Canada, or mainstream Europe. My student works in a Ukrainian theater where the standards are still traditional, yet he encounters similar challenges.
Imagine the mental strength required to pursue a career singing fully engaged, especially in the more western parts of the world. This highlights the importance of building a supportive and healthy community that prioritizes genuine great singing without any compromise whatsoever.
In this video, I share my experiences with one of my students and the challenges fully engaged singers face in the opera world. It's important to note that this isn't just about opera production in the USA, Canada, or mainstream Europe. My student works in a Ukrainian theater where the standards are still traditional, yet he encounters similar challenges.
Imagine the mental strength required to pursue a career singing fully engaged, especially in the more western parts of the world. This highlights the importance of building a supportive and healthy community that prioritizes genuine great singing without any compromise whatsoever.
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Tenor student auditioning
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Hi everyone, It has been too long that I haven't posted, but I am very well alive and still having some results. This is one of my tenor student. When he came to me his voice was unbalanced and pressed. We work on breathing, balancing the register, the release of the air and depth. He was singing only as a bariton. In our first lesson, I warmed him up until high C and it was quite obvious he is...
Young Soprano progress
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Hi everyone, It has been too long that I haven't posted, but I am very well alive and still having some results. This is one yet another of my soprano student, when she came to me, she was suffering of pressed phonation and bodily tension. We work hard at, it has been fruitful. This clip is taken at the end of a lesson. She was already tired vocally at this point, but the results that she have ...
Madrid sang at a national contest in France
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Hi everyone, This is a continuation on my strike to import on the web numereous of my talented students. Enjoy!
Soprano student singing Violetta from La Traviata (live)
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Hi everyone, It has been too long that I haven't posted, but I am very well alive and still having some results. This is one of my soprano student, she was already extremly talented when she came to me although she didn't had any chest voice at all. We work hard at it has been fruitful. She is Ukrainian. I hope we will know how to support them in this terrible time that is bestowed upon them. С...
Aperçu of some more progress - Baritone student - Avant de quitter ces lieux
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This is my still young baritone student, he is getting rid of constriction and becoming more and more ferocious in his singing. A coach that worked with him in the past couldn't believe the transformation he went through. He said singing had never felt so easy for him before. I am very proud of him. Enjoy!
Mario Del Monaco very young, Pagliacci "A venti tre" Corrected speed
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I corrected the speed of this clip of young Del Monaco, so many people thought he did a high C here, when it is a marvalleous high B, the speed of the vibrato makes the singing much more realistic and pleasant to the ears... No wonder why pianist and accompagnist talk about fast vibrato and are doing harms to young singers. ''This is a very young Mario del Monaco singing Pagliacci live for the ...
Soprano student (Work in progress)
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This is one of my talented soprano student. When she came to me, she had a caprino, her larynx was high and the registers were undevelopped. Now, this is what could be accomplished with a talented student in a very short period of time. Unruined talent only needs to develop strong registration and learn how to fully release in the center of the pitch. So many talents never unleashed their full ...
Fake musicality; Whimpy vs Vocal musicality; Real men singing
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This will be a guessing game; in order to not insult anyone, I will ask the commenters themselves to identify which singer is a modern singer with fake musicality and a bad voice, and which one is a good old school singer who sings like a real man. The solution will be posted in an indefinite future. You can, of course, add any adjectives you want; if you can name the singer it will be great to...
Dynamic singing, the efficiency of one's voice; Balancing the vocal vector.
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Here are some examples of vocal efficiency, you can hear the full depth and full core in the voice at all time; in the sound, you can hear the falsetto pull that is there to a maximum without losing the clarity(voce squillante). With that balance, one can move better with the whole of the voice, one can go mezza di voce to full voice without cracking; in short, if one stays in that perfect stat...
Baritone Literature; The release of the air
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Here is a good example from the baritone literature where one must truly release the air to its maximum; it is from la Forza Del Destino. "The key to singing great is efficiency. If our voices are not efficient we end up having all kinds of problems from "pushing the voice" to lack of power and range. We have to understand vocal registration and the vocal vectors." -Jeremiah Silver www.thesilve...
Tenor Literrature Analyses - Keeping all the clarity in the covered voice
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Here's an excellent example from the Tenor repertoire where it shows F# followed by a Bb. For the sake of time, I choose not to included some other examples of the same passage ; For further study, you can listen to Tom Lomonaco (good), Cura (bad) and Licitra (bad). The cover is what happens in a man's voice where the passaggio starts ; It is a physical change that results in an acoustical one....
Baritone Literature Analyses - The Covered Voice
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Here's an excellent example from the baritone repertoire. The cover is what happens in a man's voice where the passaggio starts ; It is a physical change that results in an acoustical one. The cover is essential to keep the chest voice all the way up (clear vowels as well as dark ; chiaroscuro). One must know what to listen for in order to imitate it well, nothing replaces a good teacher, but t...
Tenor Literature Analyses - The Covered Voice
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Tenor Literature Analyses - The Covered Voice
The Covered Voice - A Tenor Comparaison
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The Covered Voice - A Tenor Comparaison
Tenor comparaison Old vs New school of singing
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Tenor comparaison Old vs New school of singing
One noticeable problem with Kaufmann is the hard attack on words beginning with vowels. His vocal folds cannot be happy, and then there's the change of vibraot speed in the upper register - oops! The latter is almost enedemic nowadays (with women as well) - why does no-one correct this?
Hey Shawn, this came up in my feed, glad to see you online! ~Steve
Bravissimo Shawn!You are a brilliant teacher!
Love this
It is good to see you are working so nicely, Shawn. Congratulations to the singers too. The excerpt from Cavalleria was particularly good, and that is not an easy role for the tenor. It would be very interesting to see him in Puccinian operas like Manon and Fanciulla del West.
Great Turridu. Ben fatto tutti e due.
"BuT hAvE yOu EvEr TrY tO sInG tHrOuGh A sTrAw ?" Bravo Shawn and tenor student ! Keep pushing this great standard 💪🏻
Absolutely amazing results! Yes! Let's build something healthy at last!
I agree with you!
What’s the name of this wonderful soprano? Is she already singing professionally? I haven’t heard such a good dramatic coloratura soprano in this century so far! Bravissima
Carlos Alvarez is a great baritone. At 60 he is just as fresh as ever. He sang Il tritico with ease very recently when I heard him. His voice is large, beautifull and man can he act. He knows how to sing very, very,very well!!!
I think the real question is: "Who are the ones singing with a solid technique??"
Is number 3 that choirboy who infamously sang Wagner?
To cover the voice, the best explanation : ua-cam.com/video/aajFNsyytsw/v-deo.htmlsi=OG2oXNZCuySvmOY2
La mayoría de los que no cubren en tu ejemplo suenan mejor. Tiene que ver con la calidad de la voz y la emisión. Por ejemplo ni Cappuccilli ni Zancannaro necesitan cubrir. Es una cuestión de apoyo y técnica.
All I can hear is that in older recordings they sound like having much more forward placement of the tone. I think the modern singers use more of the space created by the soft pallet and older singers used to sing from the larinx more thus having that speechlike timbre.
Foward placement of the tone in reality makes very little sense, sound is sound there is no place to be placed. You can only resonate and the main resonator is the pharynx. I understand where this come from but I have the moral obligation to tell you with certitude it is nonesense.
@@1UShawn I assume that you have sung opera before. If you did you must have felt that you can easily change the position of the sound. Ex. Position of tounge, how low your larynx goes, how much space you create in pharynx also constrictors of your nostrils. But i agree that old recordings sound better in certain parts mainly legato phrases. Soft and sensual singing with more pp I prefer in modern singers.
It’s been just under a year since I’ve found this video and have reflected on my own progress as a Baritone. At first I didn’t really quite understand as to how and why these pairs you presented sound similar to their predecessor, yet sound like they’re in completely different leagues between the pairs. But there’s so much you can learn from the singer that you listen to and the techniques that they use to make singing easier for them in hard areas, but also sound “Noble” as Pavarotti would call it. I currently go to a small college where practically everyone listens to contemporary singers both pop and opera. Yet as respectful as I would like to be, they all sound like they’re dying and squeezing out every single note out of their throat. Sure the small theatre helps them out a bit, however a grand piano still manages to overpower even their fortissimo notes. So far there has been only one who is a Soprano that sounds incredible. And as for me, I listen to baritones like Ettore Bastianini and Robert Merill having them as the standard when it comes to Dramatic repertoire that I aspire to perform in an opera house.
Who decides what's right or wrong? You? And I am sure that even those you critizise outsing you with ease. They are simply known and recognized as world class tenors.How about you?
what does inverted vibrato mean? I couldn't hear the difference
Bad schooled - Correctly schooled
Calleja also has a goat tremolo.
Imagine being so delusional to think you can say Thatcher Dietrich-Fischer-Dieskau was a Bad Singer.
He was a suboptimal vocalist compare to what is humanly possible. There is nothinf delusional about that.
@@1UShawn yeah right :) one of the greatest singers of the last century was suboptimal. you have no idea. come on lets hear it than sing me some lindorno and we will see who is suboptimal
Kauffmann is simply awful......I cannot understand why anyone would wish to listen to his wailings
0:56 "Completely open A" Really? My musical ears tell me it is a F sharp..........0:08 "There is this Kaufmann-like quality...." Kaufmann has been the leading tenor worldwide for years now......is it wise to go against his singing style? By doing so, you let all of the conductors, theater directors and audiences of the biggest opera houses, who have booked and went to see him over the years know, that they are clueless individuals and you know better than them... smart move?
1) ...as in vowel "ah". 2) Yes.
@@АлексеевМаксим-р2ь 1) okay. 2) No.
As for your latter questions, yes, the answer is yes, but you don't need to make it that dramatic. Current trends in both singing and appreciation of music deviate from the operatic tradition as it was before the middle of 20th century. Videos like this attempt to illuminate the viewer on what that tradition was, and why it was better.
@@FueganTV No. Your answer is yes. Think outside the box. Videos like that are for the uneducated mass. Artistic directors, conductors and the likes on a professional level know very well how singers from the past sounded. And obviously the decision makers opted for Kaufmann to be the leading contemporary tenor. Despite the fact that there are voices around resembling old school singing. How come?
This whole discussion seems a bit pointless to me. Why not listen to the recordings we have of dead singers and enjoy the living ones live. They are doing their best, being coached by their teachers, winning competitions and the hearts of the audience. They are actually living the singer's life, performing night after night, being recorded and judged everywhere non stop. If Caruso is God, what's the point? How can anyone be as good? Maybe by making recordings on shellac again?😉
The point is reminiscence of what once was. Period. Not really difficult to comprehend. If there was no difference, they would be nothing to be missed; but it is different, so it is missed. A great art form of esthetic vocal production is dying. You don't even know (from what I see from your comment) so of course for you it is all the same. I understand that to you the discussion is pointless because in your eyes there is no great loss. It is based on ignorance.
Just because someone is from the old school of singing doesn't mean that everything they do is perfect. Two of the old school examples were pretty flat on the A.
Non è questione di old scholl o new school, è questione di tecnica, il canto è sempre stato "sulla parola" o "recitar cantando", arrotondare e mettere il suono in maschera pregiudica lo squillo, ci vogliono i sottotitoli per capire quello che cantano, e soprattutto si perdono tutte le raffinatezze del "belcanto", piano, mezzavoce, ecc..... che nella maggioranza dei casi sono fatti in bocca e non sull'attacco del suono.
Who is the first singer?
It is written in the description, it is Gigli. Very skillful singer.
Tetelman is a Kaufmann imitator too
actually, I did't hear much a difference. It's a matter, if you like the voice, or not.
That's simply not true, it is not a matter of opinion or taste, there are clear definable facts that make one a better singer than another. The fact you fail to hear differences is by no mean a sign that there are no differences. Just think about it for five seconds.
@@1UShawn I have learned what to listen for. It just takes longer for some people. If they want to learn… 90% of operalovers, singers, conductors and teachers don’t hear this…
i think you are frustrated on things you dont understand... sound is to be made as you wish not as others think
i dont want to sound like my grandpa or anybody else, there is little to do with how it is right or wrong to sing... even these artists if u would like to talk about that... are 0 in comparasion with pavarotti.. he actualy made the songs sound like what they are.. all these artists at the same time dont do '' the best'' either... so then again... u are just mad lol
@@deaddarkones1089 Can you tell me what am I mad against please?
it is not becouse i dont understand in a way where u are heading with the (overdarkened) but i dont think you really understand what the voice really is... it is sound.. any sound you like... as long as people watch you and listens to you.. who is anybody to be able to say it is too overdarkened and his vibrato is bad in 1 way and another.. as you say in ur clips.. i like the people from the past but why do we all act like we want to be them? i dont want to become as good as Pavorotti or second Pavarotti... i wanna become me.. the throat is there to make sound not math.. i dont belive there is such thing as bad or wrong when it comes to sound recreation.. as long as it is made health and not pushed(but even this is only for the health of your own throat...)@@1UShawn
you basicly say that there is a true vibrato and a fake one, too dark and good dark@@1UShawn
music is not math@@1UShawn
1:37 Mario Del Monaco!
This is your view , the thicker U behind is not a garanty of balance and freedom . Check Joseph Meternich .
It all depends on what you mean by thick. Thickness is usually a bad thing. Joseph Metenich, I just listen to his di provenza, it is flat but if anything he doesn't cover enough. It has anything to do with thickness. Can you please tell me a example of what would be balance and free?? We can't agree with terms but maybe we agree with the sound. If not, there is no point in discussion.
Man, Masini seems to be struggling really hard.
Are you for real?
It's sad that singers these days won't have as good technique on average as singers back then. That doesn't mean that modern day opera singers have no talent, they're often decent singers, just not amazing most of the time.
They do have talent, they just lack the esthetic and the proper training.
MDM demonstrates how it is done. Who is the second?
Di Stefano.
The first is MDM, easy to recognize.
The first is too covered so that the vowel is just wrong
Sir, please could you drop your email just so I or anyone who’ll like to reach you can . Thank you
ushawn@live.ca
Good lessons, Shawn! However, here's a much better version of Del Monaco's "Addio" prior to the 1960's when he was in his prime: ua-cam.com/video/Htw5APxvoGU/v-deo.html
Thanks
Kaufmann is very mosquito here
what piece is this?
From Butterfly. Pinkerton’s aria
To call Corelli's high notes dark is quite brazen and the opposite of what's actually going on.
What do you mean by darkness? There is a lot of resonance which means there is a lot or energy in the fundamental of the pitch.
@@1UShawn You used the word darkness in the video. Corelli's high notes are bright sounding notes, not dark. Same with Lauri Volpi. Kaufmann's voice and high notes are dark in comparison.
@@ilecier Voice can be bright and dark at the same time, it is not exclusive. Some voices are bright but lacks depth, some are deep but lacks clarity. I have no idea what you are talking about.
@@1UShawn Gave you the example of Kaufmann. Compare his acuti to Corelli's. Which stand out bright with lots of razor sharp squillo (could also take Lauri Volpi for that matter)? If you think that dark sounding tenor voices can produce the same bright, squillo sound as the aforementioned Corelli and Lauri Volpi ( there are others, of course) then you should come up with names. Dark and bright at the same time would be like long and short at the same time. These are antagonists. It is either or. Again, name some singers whose acuti you believe are dark and bright at the same time.
@@ilecier that's totally untrue, I don't need to argue. Short and long are exclusive, dark and clear are NOT.
Carrying too much weight up the scale has been the downfall of many tenors.And is dangerous, ugly and unsustainable. Most of these tenors dont sound too good. It's not the same as covering. Proper cover is barely noticeable, and allows a singer to be forward and retain brilliance. Pavarotti did it right. All these singers are " too far back ". They have low larynx but they arent covering.
Mmmm, interesting.
Imagine saying Mario del Monaco, a tenor whose technique allowed him to sing at top level post-near death accident and while suffering from renal failure, “don’t sound too good”
Yup
She sounds very good in this house recording! I love how you incorporate that tricky head voice into a much more audible sounding and clearer (which is very important in women) middle and girare areas. Well done!
Bravo à la chanteuse et au professeur ! Je suis fier que des français.ses redonnent au chant ses lettres de noblesse !
Shawn is rocking the singing world with incredible students and great work on vocal technic !
Oh my God, this is something!