How to sing Bel Canto II

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  • @BrettOwen71
    @BrettOwen71 9 років тому +158

    Love watching the greats just hanging out, sharing their knowledge, learning from each other, joking, teasing each other. Really nice to see them as real people. For me, it makes their artistry all the more magnificent!

  • @merleelizabeth
    @merleelizabeth 4 роки тому +46

    Has anyone noticed how Mr. Pavarotti blushed when Ms. Horne sang into his ear? A hint of shyness.....so sweet!

    • @flav2689
      @flav2689 3 роки тому +6

      I didn’t at first as I was focused on her singing but I rewatched it when I saw your comment. That’s so cute!! He was very adorable. That voice and such a nice, warm personality - the world lost a lot when he passed away.
      Rest in peace, maestro. ❤️

    • @johnpagaduan3755
      @johnpagaduan3755 3 роки тому +2

      @@flav2689 What is the aria she sang?

    • @flav2689
      @flav2689 3 роки тому +3

      @@johnpagaduan3755 I’m sorry I’m this late (UA-cam notifications are not so great, half of them don’t work), but if you are still searching for it:
      The aria is called Per lui che adoro, it’s from Rossinis opera L'italiana in Algeri 😊

    • @flav2689
      @flav2689 3 роки тому +4

      It’s no wonder really…😂 Because the lyrics she sang are full of romance - the translation:
      ”For him whom I adore,
      for him whom I treasure”
      That and the way she playfully flirted while singing, it’s not a surprise that our maestro who loved women very much in general, thought it was nice ;) I’m a bit jealous for Horne, a lucky lady - she got to do that!

  • @shayanmardanbeigi2697
    @shayanmardanbeigi2697 4 роки тому +53

    That whistle is an instrument of its own, maestro wow!!!!

  • @JuliaThornton0823
    @JuliaThornton0823 16 років тому +51

    I love it when Luciano does his whistling! That is awesome!!! He sounds just like a birdie.

  • @luiscuesta0719
    @luiscuesta0719 4 роки тому +136

    That whistle deserves a grammy

  • @NatiDeNut
    @NatiDeNut 14 років тому +56

    Pavarotti's whistle is so beautiful!!!

  • @cybermoose602
    @cybermoose602 7 років тому +67

    WOW I have never seen a human whistling and actually having a insane vibrato there too, what the hell did I just watch, I just love Luciano even more now.

  • @MrStpendouslvforjo
    @MrStpendouslvforjo 4 роки тому +17

    Joan is INCREDIBLE at 3:33! I wonder how many singers could do that? I bet not many...

  • @TMPSpodcast
    @TMPSpodcast 17 років тому +30

    This video rocks!! Thank you very much for posting it. Three of the greatest singers in the past 100 years. Dame Joan Sutherland!!! Luciano Pavarotti!!!! Marilyn Horne!!!!! Plus conductor Richard Bonynge!! This is truly awesome!!! I want this DVD or Tape or whatever!!!

  • @TheRominaShow
    @TheRominaShow 17 років тому +34

    Three GIANT singers!!! Thank you for this great video, great lesson and great archive! It's so great!

  • @chrisukeYouTube
    @chrisukeYouTube 11 років тому +22

    That's whistling is unbelievable! Defo going to practice that

  • @tecnica-de-voz
    @tecnica-de-voz 16 років тому +79

    'I learnt from the birds!' maravilloso.

    • @musettina6adina224
      @musettina6adina224 3 роки тому +3

      Callas used to watch a canary sing - during her Greek years ,trying to learn from him,too.

    • @kbhprinsesse
      @kbhprinsesse 3 роки тому +1

      I think that was in NY. In Athens she had proper tuition.

    • @musettina6adina224
      @musettina6adina224 3 роки тому +2

      @@kbhprinsesse she had both in Athens. She recalls watching that canary sing in her biography. And was also training at the Athens Conservatory after being initially refused- as well as studying privately with Trivella first,then Elvira de Hidalgo.

  • @eradesso
    @eradesso 15 років тому +30

    Joan is insane.. her trills...to die for!
    Pavarotti's whistle sounds just like Yma Sumac's trill

  • @SimonWallfischMusic
    @SimonWallfischMusic 14 років тому +45

    "Now Luciano.... that's another thing..." Wonderful!

  • @Sicilia928
    @Sicilia928 Рік тому +9

    In my humble opinion, Luciano and Dame Joan are still unmatched. And what a lovely and long marriage Joan and Richard Bonynge had. Quite a pair indeed!

    • @65NART
      @65NART 11 місяців тому +1

      You are right. They don’t make them like that anymore.

    • @operaox10
      @operaox10 4 місяці тому +1

      Right, despite Richard's being gay.

  • @bagatelleno.2593
    @bagatelleno.2593 6 років тому +64

    4:35 that laugh is staccato xD

    • @stormcorrosion176
      @stormcorrosion176 5 років тому +8

      Bro her laugh sounds like a vocal sampler w massive delay. She is awesome haha

    • @ronaldkatsuki7413
      @ronaldkatsuki7413 3 роки тому +3

      I wish I able to laugh with belcanto

  • @udonloews1301
    @udonloews1301 Рік тому +2

    I just came on to this channel 45 minutes ago. I will spend this weekend go through all. Thank you❤️❤️😘❤️❤️

  • @AdIgnorantiam
    @AdIgnorantiam 14 років тому +25

    This is so educational. It's awesome watching masters of a craft discussing the mechanics behind the craft.

  • @nickbigd
    @nickbigd 17 років тому +25

    thanks very much for this. love pavarotti's whistle, dame joan's trill, and horne's everything. bonynge is so right on the ephemeral nature of bel canto. it is difficult to summarize in words.

  • @StStStS
    @StStStS Місяць тому

    Pavarotti is also the best whistler I have ever heard! 😂❤😂❤😂❤😂 And Joan when she laughs in delight at it, is also operatic! Can’t thank you enough for posting this. It seems unreal to see such famous figures all in one room so informally.

  • @876234ABC
    @876234ABC 16 років тому +7

    I wish I were young!! I'd love to start my life over with this knowledge!

  • @guidodiiorio6183
    @guidodiiorio6183 4 роки тому +37

    Marilyn Horne... great voice and great personality

  • @tomkenyon4517
    @tomkenyon4517 4 роки тому +7

    They make it seem so easy and effortless to produce perfect sound.

  • @wasabi7497
    @wasabi7497 2 роки тому +14

    5:33 i love how Marilyn just starts speaking Italian like it's nothing

    • @flav2689
      @flav2689 Рік тому +3

      I know, it’s funny and adorable - she’s so talented it’s ridiculous. Not only a incredible singer but also mastering many languages…damn 😂❤

  • @missmia1
    @missmia1 16 років тому +8

    What amazing footage! Thank you for sharing this! Oh to be in the room with these people!

  • @petermeikle
    @petermeikle 16 років тому +10

    What a wonderful 2 video's - So astonishing to see and hear these 3 extraordinary people discussing their actual technique. Thank you for posting xx

  • @tantricsurfer
    @tantricsurfer 16 років тому +6

    Fantastic video! Thanks so much. Not only very useful for singers, but also very funny, especially when Luciano whistles. LOL!

  • @tetiana8
    @tetiana8 Рік тому

    Це відео як джерело чистої води! Дякую!!!❤🙏💐💐💐

  • @powerinpraise2000
    @powerinpraise2000 17 років тому +7

    this is so necessary to see. I wish this kind of documentation on technique happened with all of the greats in their repertoire, Nilsson and Hotter and Melchior for Wagner, Price Corelli and Tebaldi for Verdi and Verismo etc.

  • @alessandrott7568
    @alessandrott7568 Рік тому +4

    This is simply priceless. Thank you very much for sharing it.

  • @gerhards6430
    @gerhards6430 4 роки тому +8

    2:11 - 2:29 is soo beautiful, she's amazing.

  • @crystalv6122
    @crystalv6122 3 місяці тому

    So much greatness in this video ❤ that whistle was something else 😮

  • @Orfeus80
    @Orfeus80 17 років тому +17

    The Pavarotti bird trill is amazing!

  • @magicmonkichi
    @magicmonkichi 14 років тому +9

    I love Joan's "I don't remember" (sonnambula) then "oh yea" and then she throws it out...BRAVA~!

  • @marcoshbrj
    @marcoshbrj 17 років тому +13

    From 4:26 to 4:34 was one of the most impressive things I ever saw in my life, Pavarotti is eterno!

  • @frenchenstein
    @frenchenstein 3 роки тому +1

    These two videos are a delight. Thank you.

  • @delibeslakme6451
    @delibeslakme6451 4 роки тому +9

    Trio fantástico!!! Las voces más bellas que han existido, timbre bellísimo....

  • @flav2689
    @flav2689 Рік тому +2

    7:33 I cannot. Marilyn is spectacular. ❤

  • @r7diego
    @r7diego 14 років тому +4

    this is so wonderful, here you have a casual friends talk, but htis friends are some of the greatest exponents of lyrics

  • @vincej9352
    @vincej9352 6 років тому +35

    Pavarotti even makes whistling sound fantastic

  • @micheleguillerez5915
    @micheleguillerez5915 3 роки тому +37

    This wistle of Luciano Pavarotti deserves a Grammy !💖👏💖

  • @LoveLeeDay
    @LoveLeeDay 3 роки тому +3

    Bel Canto is given much like grace; and angels pile in to be heard!

  • @ternitamas
    @ternitamas 7 років тому +17

    2:50 the SHADE! hahaha love it!!

  • @handrionurhan
    @handrionurhan 17 років тому +18

    I like this sooooooooooooooooo much! The mezza di voce of Horne is awesome,, i think it is superior than of Sutherland.(sutherland is the one in red right?)Pavarotti's bird singing is AWESOME! how can he did that???!!!! Jeeezz.

  • @operagirl81
    @operagirl81 13 років тому +1

    What a wonderful clip, hearing some of the greats showing and talking about vocal techniques! I need to find Part 1.

  • @mdgaultney
    @mdgaultney 16 років тому +4

    Thank you very much for uploading this! I am currently a studying Tenor student and I have found this very helpful.

  • @ChuckNYC71
    @ChuckNYC71 17 років тому +1

    Thanks for posting this. Aside from the musical aspect is a great insight on how all 3 of them interact. Miss you Luciano..

  • @vintagepipesnightmares
    @vintagepipesnightmares Рік тому +6

    Look how normal and nice these people were and look at the “ stars” we have today.

  • @1mmickk
    @1mmickk Рік тому +4

    Dame Joan always looked lke she was working when she sang. Ms Horne the sound just appears as if out of thin air. Its also fun to see how these singers are culturally different to your average lead singer in a band.

    • @geminikid1617
      @geminikid1617 7 місяців тому

      Well it’s easier in Marilyn’s case b/c she placed her voice heavily into the mask (practically forcing it there sometimes) & eliminated chest coordination. Singing mask placed, nasal, light, bright & w/the elimination of some chest voice, is far easier than singing in the pharyngeal space w/a low larynx, vertical mouth, naturally dark & lots of chest coordination.

  • @ahimsainternational
    @ahimsainternational 12 років тому +13

    Pavarotti is incredible at about 4:20+ -- really amazing.

  • @mermodfreres
    @mermodfreres 17 років тому +4

    What a wonderful posting -- I learned so much! Thank you!!

  • @tenorschofield
    @tenorschofield 14 років тому +4

    Bravo!!!!,great, it helps a lot all of us singers!!!!!
    I guess all of us, are followers of these extraordinary talented artists...that pobe their own words that you need double porcentage of working, than of natural abilities. Of course,in here you find most of the Lords Blessings given in this singers voices!!!!

  • @AmhranaiAlainn
    @AmhranaiAlainn 15 років тому +5

    Essentially there are two schools of thought on singing: The technical way based on tone and physicality and the natural way based on the fact that what nature has given you is all that is needed. The natural way is at the heart of the Bel Canto way of singing. Many of the early recorded singers up until the advent of WW2 sang this way. The advances in science brought about a different approach in teaching by looking at how the voice operated. This has subsequently distracted from the true way.

    • @senna6773
      @senna6773 4 роки тому +1

      Don't talk bullshit. You don't pick an incomplete voice, without head voice development and put to sing opera "naturally". And even those who have natural voices have to learn INTELECTUALLY why and how they are doing something correct and the way to obtain it when facility is lost with ageing. ALL CLASSICAL AND OPERATIC SINGING IS TECHNICAL. The singer have to BUILD or at least DEVELOP his instrument, and one DOES NOT achieve it by merely opening the mouth and singing "naturally". At the end, art conceals art. That's why there are so many ignorants denying the existence of registers or trying to push the chest voice up.

  • @Janibeva
    @Janibeva 17 років тому +3

    Cuando vi por primera vez estos videos, me preguntaba quièn era la dama de cabellos oscuros, me imaginè que tendrìa que ser una excelente cantante para estar al lado de estos dos monstruos de la òpera, pero no sbaìa que era mi admirada Marylin horne!!!! Què sorpresa tan agradable conocer al fin su rostro... enormes los 3.

  • @bbnCRLB
    @bbnCRLB 6 років тому +1

    Old but lovely video. Enjoyed every second.

  • @YVRopera
    @YVRopera 17 років тому +2

    OMG! this is exciting! even since i got hooked on opera, these 3 have showed what bel canto is all about....BRAVI!
    thanks much for posting this.

  • @jenni4claire
    @jenni4claire 17 років тому +10

    It does seem like an affectionate, even flirtatious, teasing of Sutherland - the birds he recalls seem to be trilling the mad scene from Lucia , which Sutherland did so famously and so well, with him.

  • @dianaventura7999
    @dianaventura7999 10 років тому +36

    Sutherland's trill, 1/2 tone and full tone!!!

  • @ereccay2k22
    @ereccay2k22 15 років тому +7

    do they have more of these? i wanna watch more of them. so fun to watch them argue too!

  • @puccinislarondine
    @puccinislarondine 15 років тому +12

    Pavarotti is not confused. "mezza voce" does mean 1/2 voice, but "messa di voce" means the placement and or adjustment of the voice. Look up the word "messa" in an Italian dictionary & you'll see what I mean.
    btw, did anyone notice that Pavarotti's whistle is the lead into "Strinodo lassu" from Pagliacci? lol!
    thanks to SueAnne for posting these, these 3 were my holy trinity when I was a young singer. :)

    • @C_Madrid
      @C_Madrid 6 років тому +2

      thanks ua-cam.com/video/Qql5X_EWpWU/v-deo.html Stridono lassu*

  • @user-of4kk4in9f
    @user-of4kk4in9f 4 роки тому +46

    Sutherland is amazing. True bel canto. Watch her breathe into her lower back and hold her mouth as an oval lying on its side. Pure Caruso!!! The throat is FREE. Don't fool with the natural placement. NO action in throat!

    • @orion8835
      @orion8835 2 роки тому +1

      There is action in the throat. The tone is just centered in the middle of the palate. The throat is always engaged. The larynx is low versus raised of course but this fantasy that the throat is bypassed is absurd.

    • @user-of4kk4in9f
      @user-of4kk4in9f 2 роки тому +2

      @@orion8835 Caruso would disagree. Can you sing like Tetrazzini, who said similar.? They just mean dont actively push, let the BREATH direct the sound through the throat. The breath carries the sound, there is no 'conscious' action in the throat. Obviously the throat moves resultantky. Luckily many students are smart enough to get this.

  • @samlarmer4412
    @samlarmer4412 3 роки тому +3

    Joan has such a delightful laugh

  • @rebal1681
    @rebal1681 6 місяців тому

    I remember seeing this when it first aired on PBS way back when!

  • @Gobbi2007
    @Gobbi2007 17 років тому +8

    I agree, Agorante, he can really whistle! I found it funny that he whistles part of Sutherland's Lucia mad scene cadenza.

    • @musettina6adina224
      @musettina6adina224 3 роки тому +1

      He could sing the ladies role too. Did so during auditions, sometimes.

  • @KimBakTarot
    @KimBakTarot 3 роки тому

    Jewel~ 너무나 소듕한 비디오입니다... 우어우어..I LOVE technology!!! Thank u whoever made that video! Bless you!

  • @jamesliketheking
    @jamesliketheking 16 років тому +3

    Loved it! Inspiring!

  • @gepal7914
    @gepal7914 Рік тому

    Fantastic pair of videos! What a grouping!

  • @ShawDAMAN
    @ShawDAMAN 16 років тому +8

    Ha ha that's cute how Horne hugs Luciano when she sings :P

  •  14 років тому +1

    Great! You've made me absolutely happy in posting this Video!!! Thank you so much! I've never seen it before. But all those things i've heard from my great teachers, Maria Stader, Dame Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, who told absolutely the same about 'passagio' like Pavarotti in this film, and Gundula Janowitz. Through Maria Stader i've become legal successor of the 'Genealogical Tree of Belcanto since 1659' which you can follow back until to the founder of the Art of Belcanto, the Castrato Pistocchi!

  • @AmhranaiAlainn
    @AmhranaiAlainn 15 років тому +2

    At the heart of natural singing is 'less is more'. Basically, the more you leave things alone with regard to the voice, the more the voice will grow and shine and the feeling of effortlessness will become apparent to the singer especially in parts where one would think great effort or technique was involved. Bjorling is a great example of a Bel Canto singer. If you listen carefully you will hear that it is essentially his speaking voice with more animation, expression and sustaining - natural.

  • @katstrut
    @katstrut 15 років тому +1

    What a treat thank you so much for posting! :) Re the mother comment, it is true what dynamicstuff73 said. Dame Joan wasn't being disrespectful, on the contrary. Thanks again SueAnne.

  • @pluck833
    @pluck833 5 років тому +3

    Tyne Daly has a beautiful voice..

  • @jenni4claire
    @jenni4claire 17 років тому +20

    The wee birds in Modena in the 30's and 40's must have been better educated than the birds in Ireland. Ours don't even trill 'Happy Birthday'.

  • @ernestomenendez-conde6017
    @ernestomenendez-conde6017 3 роки тому

    Marvelous!!! Thanks for sharing.

  • @gracesu-weatherby6626
    @gracesu-weatherby6626 4 роки тому +1

    Love them all!

  • @declan332
    @declan332 15 років тому +1

    Very interesting! A great insight....

  • @rayre3617
    @rayre3617 Рік тому +1

    I’m so so impressed!

  • @tneprescintr
    @tneprescintr 16 років тому +1

    Priceless!
    Thank you!

  • @maureenderry
    @maureenderry 17 років тому

    Absolutely brilliant!. 5 stars and favourite.

  • @benedictdsilva3954
    @benedictdsilva3954 Рік тому

    Nice video The Joan and Luciano I've heard. The other lady had a musical voice too.

  • @mrloverman2.0
    @mrloverman2.0 6 років тому +110

    Omg Pavarotti can whistle better than Mariah Carey.

    • @Cassiopée777
      @Cassiopée777 5 років тому +2

      @Scott Kasaboski 😂😂😂

    • @am-gobears5191
      @am-gobears5191 5 років тому +2

      @Scott Kasaboski Great point - very funny!

    • @moe5201
      @moe5201 4 роки тому +2

      @Scott Kasaboski anyone who says shush should be forcibly castrated

    • @gianca60
      @gianca60 4 роки тому +1

      @@moe5201 so Joe Biden should.

    • @musettina6adina224
      @musettina6adina224 3 роки тому +5

      I can testify to that, he d even whistle female roles to help students during auditions.

  • @tenormcgee
    @tenormcgee 17 років тому +2

    oh how i wish to have had the three of them as teachers...it'd be the bast damn studio.

  • @stephaniestanley8041
    @stephaniestanley8041 Рік тому

    ❤and they are all projecting their power and control while sitting!!😮

  • @kakurangers1993
    @kakurangers1993 14 років тому +12

    Dame Joan Sutherland! Brava!

  • @operagirl81
    @operagirl81 13 років тому +3

    Nice trills! Especially Pavarotti. :o)

  • @bigus
    @bigus 15 років тому +4

    lastly, it is by freeing the voice that you get to actually hear what the persons natural dynamic sound is. if the average joe picked up some music and started to sing, perhaps someone would find beauty in that but they aren't necessarily hearing his natural voice. they might hear hints of it, but with any number of technical problems that 99% of humans will have based on language and bad habits, what you will hear will be the distortion not the natural. no one ever sounded like pavarotti(cont.)

  • @bigus
    @bigus 15 років тому +9

    also in the first part of this video pavarotti does a demonstration of the covered sound and says it takes maybe 10 years to make a sound like that. its true because the muscles do not naturally phonate that way unless there is lots of practice and support underneath. one cannot simply pick up the music and sing it beautifully in their natural voice (as you say) immediately if they cannot technically do it. also no one wants to hear someone making adolescent sounds on this music which they will.

  • @achillesbuchanan2095
    @achillesbuchanan2095 Рік тому

    Fascinating. Thank you.

  • @thomasgrass6357
    @thomasgrass6357 6 років тому +1

    Absolutely amazing......

  • @aleksandrosipov7901
    @aleksandrosipov7901 6 років тому +4

    4:26 Bravo Luciano !!!!

  • @MyNewEra2012
    @MyNewEra2012 3 роки тому

    Thank you for the upload ❤️🤗

  • @mka7741
    @mka7741 Рік тому

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    🌹BRILLIANT!!!🦄
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  • @raigekimaru
    @raigekimaru 15 років тому +3

    I never had to learn how to trill. the hardest thing for me has been learning to sing softly.

  • @magicmonkichi
    @magicmonkichi 15 років тому +1

    Trills...brilliant...and at 4:20...even better ^^

  • @zlauriault
    @zlauriault 3 роки тому +4

    Pop and rock singers are down in the dirt compared to the art, ability, natural gifting, and technique it takes to sing bel canto.

  • @markeli613
    @markeli613 17 років тому +2

    very nice bird sound.. i miss pav well

  • @stormcorrosion176
    @stormcorrosion176 5 років тому +1

    My first time seeing these people speak.
    The woman in red is very interesting. Pavarotti is strange. But definitely a good moment when the woman w the short hair sings to Pavarotti, there was a purely joyful moment between the two. Cool video.

    • @Tkimba2
      @Tkimba2 5 років тому +2

      Listen to the woman on red in her prime, you'll be shocked what she could do. She is the most phenomenal of the three here.

    • @et4751
      @et4751 5 років тому

      Joan Sutherland, she and Maria Callas are often talked about as being the best sopranos of their generation (of the 20th century by some) she was particularly known for the role of Lucia di Lammermano (garanteed spelt wrong) an opera by Donatelli. It is a role that is all about the techniques they are talking about in video. There are videos on UA-cam but remember the audio quality won't be as clear as today. Worth listen even if not an opera,or classical fan..... Got the right spelling... Lucia di Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti... Check "mad scene"

    • @flav2689
      @flav2689 3 роки тому

      Agreed but what do you mean Pavarotti was strange? He was wonderful.

  • @sharonazar1
    @sharonazar1 Рік тому

    Magnificent!!!!

  • @UKS12345
    @UKS12345 Рік тому +1

    Wonderful

  • @ILoveTobin
    @ILoveTobin 17 років тому +4

    what year is this? it's just awesome, Luciano is the best! ;)