I think people need to realize, that you don't immediately have the full range of a voice type. If your range is only what seems to be a mezzo range it could also be because you're voice isn't trained properly. My highest notes are probably still lower than many of the mezzos and I'm still a soprano who just needs to learn a lot
Milly Wesrik everyone wants to think they wake up, decides to be an opera singer, and whatever notes they can hit on the first day is what their voice type is lol
do you have any idea how long people take to train their operatic voices? she isn't under developed in any shape or form. She has full and control of her instrument. she is a professional. Then tessitura of someone's voice is the range they are comfortable singing for long periods without strain and with beauty and strength.
@@arxsyn I wasn't referring to her, she's brilliant. I meant the tons of people in the comments saying stuff like: if she's a mezzo then I must be blah blah blah. I didn't mean to attack her
Yes, as a mezzo, capable of a 4octave range, though my middle notes are strongest and soprano high notes easier than extreme lower contralto notes that require so much sir and strength, I often have this vocal identity crisis and wonder if I am not just a dreaming contralto too feeble to sing rich, strong, full, powerful dark low notes. Or some frustrated wannabe colatura high soprano. I can do those high notes, but they get a bit sticky and foggy sounding, not clear and bright, like they should be. But they are much easier to sing than booming very low contralto notes. I hate singing the octave below middle C but can tolerate the highC and even higher with reasonable comfort. I just don't like the thicker mezzo tone, preferring sparkling easy,breazy, light, agile high colatura on these high notes. All those fancy rapid frills andtrillsI have no hope of being able to execute with a thicker mezzo voice, but it's fun trying and sometimes I can even do some of them or hit the occasion booming very low contralto note. But, with the mezzo voice, it's hard to sustain these extremes even if you can do them. Or to do too many such notes in a sequence. Tooexhausting on very low notes, easy to get dizzy and lose your grip on the extreme high ones and wobble all over place. Some days, depending on my mood, I am more contralto ie darker. Forget high notes. They get too dark and foggy. Other days I can warble up high, like the birds, some of which actually come to join in, especially magpies, who sing very well, very agile voices and I have no hope of keeping up with them. They just stare at me, start warbling again, as if to say: This is how you sing that phrase, now you try...Any sin ger who can imitate their song is an indisputable star. I have yet to hear one.
Annemarie May there’s nothing wrong with having your high notes sound dark. That “brightness” and “clarity” you talk of comes from unhealthy squeezing.
@@blonda.bacoviana Yes I've heard all kinds of voices. The case remains that producing a C#3 in a clear voice is deep for a woman. Contralto repertoire typically doesn't go below an F3.
@@Dunstlookalike I honestly think every single person can go below F3 or even sing a C3 but lighter fachs definitely won't be able to use it in performance.
I though altos were andrygynous meaning they can sing anything from D3-D5( chest voice)-F5(head voice), like tenors..... Even Tenors can reach notes below F3. I think the only vocal fach that may have trouble going below F3 while maintaining vocal quality would be sopranos. Mezzos, altos shouldnt have any trouble unless they don't develop their lower register.
Most pop singers and some country singers, too, sing mezzo. I'm one who wishes I wasn't in a zone that is so unclear, being considered a mezzo though I can't hit anything high. I can only go from 3C to 4B, barely a scant 2 octaves.
@@alexandraasbury9974 Sometimes fach is complicated. You don't have to rush it. In fact, rushing too quickly to find your voice type can make you end up singing repertoire that isn't fit for your voice. It's okay to take your time :)
This is a wonderful demonstration of warm ups and discussion of range. I don't understand the judgmental comments except to note that we live in a time where singing is so severely judged. The young lady is not demonstrating her full-on singing as she would do in performances; she's simply giving information.
@@draganvidic2039 it's not just about what sounds right, it also about what feels right. These old school opera singer don't always have the answers. Some no longer have their voices now now because this technique YOU are talking about.
Interesting to see how everyone in the comments are suddenly experts. Why not just respect her, her voice and profession without trying to get on your high horses about whether she’s a mezzo or soprano. How incredibly rude and disrespectful.
It happens always, in all the professions, people pretend that they know everything better than the professonist. As example as a nurse when I give advices to my family members or friends everyone is "knowing better everything" than me. It's really annoying!
Wallis is a professionell opera singer and sang as a mezzo at the Leipzig Opera the roles for mezzo: Cherubino, Cenerentola and Carmen. She has a beautiful voice that clearly differs from our sopranos.
Mezzo-soprano is a colour, a texture, a timbre not JUST a vocal range. Some mezzos have higher notes than some sopranos. I am a tenor, but I know a couple of baritones who have higher top end notes than I do. A voice type isn't JUST a range of notes!
Mezzo-soprano is a voice type just like soprano is voice type. Timber is vocal color like tessitura. Look at the words Mezzo= half, and sop in soprano means above. Mezzo-soprano is a voice type, not a texture or color.
@@victoriataylor5584 It's all of these things and I'm not sure what you're trying to prove. This singer doesn't have any Mezzo depth and she's very lightweight. She also doesn't project her lows sufficiently to be at a typical Mezzo level for repetoire. Honestly, there's more evidence pointing to her being a Soprano who has a decent middle to sing Mezzo repetoire in today's Opera. It's not really uncommon.
@Tired For a supposed mezzo who's had extremely expensive professional training, it's quite sad for her to have such a small, underdeveloped chest register.
There are plenty. Classically trained people often have attitudes and are know it alls they usually can’t sing naturally without a vocal coach . Not trying to make a blanket statement but I’ve seen lots of rude know it all comments in the replies
What is wrong with you people, so much hate... your so one way mentality is the reason people does not go to see opera anymore and children don't even dream to become operatic singers. Every voice is different, did you realize how young she is? How her voice will change through the years? Those big mezzos that we know, didn't have that dark colour when they were younger. This girl is a joy to watch and to listen to, let her do her and start to mind your own business, how many of you have accomplished something...
@@Makenor13 no, but I happen to be in a conservatory of music and know that the voices develop in your middle twenties and keep changing through the years
Why do people think that one can be trained to sing? You either have a vocal voice or you don't! What a singer can be trained in is breathing techniques and voice control. I was fortunate enough to have a vocal coach as my music teacher in my 3rd high school year. She definitely knew what she was talking about!!!!
This video is an outstanding articulation of the range, thankyou for uploading such a high quality presentation of the topic! Liz Marsh - Vocalist, bassist and academic from Australia. 🎤 ✌🏻
There mezzos with higher notes than some sopranos, and some sopranos with lower notes than mezzos. Young singers tend to sort themselves into a fach prematurely, but really it’s not set in place ever, so y’all young singers in the comments don’t stress!! Her voice is gorgeous, love it.
My range while i was studing lyric was G3-C7 I am light coloratura soprano but i always felt a bit jealous of my coloratura mezzo mates, their tones were warm and not too high or too low, just perfect, while mine was too high and light, i think i look up too much mezzos, i just love them, sorry
She's brighter than usual for mezzo however, she's probably doing what HER voice can do... Brighter does not equal higher. As much as we revere the "old" school let us not forget the disasters that happened in the last century from people doing too much because people said "you can sing higher than that"
@@Johnwilkinsonofficial Callas, Di Stefano come to mind first and there were others. Also many mezzos of that generation singing things like Norma and Gioconda with lot of disappointment
@@jhinkson8314 Both Callas and Di Stefano had vocal problems that arised from wrong repertoire choice (Callas singing dramatic roles too early and Di Stefano from trying to sing more spinto-ish in roles he didn't have the size for) and technical problems (In the case of Callas: producing her pianissimi wrong and loss of support due to her weight loss. For GDS: Not "covering" and not mastering the highest notes before his decline and having to force them.)
Such a lovely, lyric Mezzo. Beautiful control throughout her range. I do wonder why she is using the term Alto for Contralto though. Alto is a choral part that is sung almost exclusively by mezzo sopranos. It's extremely rare to find a contralto singing the alto line. Alto singers differ from our operatic mezzo sisters in a few distinct ways. We have a slightly lower secondo passaggio and don't go into our head voices nearly as low as a classical mezzo. We also rarely venture above E5 though the occasional F5 isn't a total rarity. And most of us would probably fall into the "light" lyric category since that weight balances better with the chorale soprano. Contraltos, the lowest female voice, is warmer, rounder and richer than the alto part calls for. I've known of a couple of true contraltos that were actually more comfortable singing the tenor line. Wagner liked contraltos. In the pop world a great example of a classicaly trained contralto would be Annie Lennox.
I sing alto in choir and I wouldn't be able to sing the tenor line as the tenor is higher than the alto. Contraltos would be more comfortable singing the bass than the tenor.
@@amyhatch3761 if you move the tenor line up an octave it would be higher, sure. But if you sang it with tenors you'd be fine. I've sung with the tenors before. Of course with my timbre being nothing like theirs it can throw off the weight of the section but it isn't uncommon. In fact, if you're familiar with Voces8, they recently did a piece where their alto 1 switched places with the tenor 1.
@@amyhatch3761 I sing alto too and we definitely sing higher than the tenors! Don't forget their music is usually written one octivave higher than they are actually singing.
With my mother and a bit of natural ability as a young boy, I’m just glad I didn’t end up as a castralto. I still have everything I need to appreciate this beauty. Lovely voice and very pretty.
@@gabrielfrota4190 really? but, whenever I sing roles like when I have to sing the The flower duet I think my voice sounds better and my throat feels better singing the Mezzo-soprano part rather than the Soprano part argh...... Now IAM confused 😣😣😣
Actually, it's all about the technique approachment you've learned. If you think about open pharyngeal space, low larynx, tongue retracted, singing on the vowel all the time to keep the legato, using chest voice with no fear, jaw droped and backward, non mask singing, diaphragmatic support, etc, then don't change it. Never.
There are lyric and dramatic mezzo-sopranos. For example Lilli Paasikivi from Finland is more lyric than dramatic mezzo. And definitely a mezzo. And what determines your voice type is not your range but your passaggio. Mezzos (such as the mezzo on this video) have the same range as sopranos (and the same high notes) but the voice "sits" a little lower and may be darker. But passaggio is a biological and physical characteristic of your body, it cannot be changed. Range can be developed by the right training.
The mezzosoprano voice is probably my favourite, especially when the singer is a great actress (for instance, Cathy Berberian). Back in February 2014 I felt like going to a concert, so I looked up the Spanish National Orchestra (ONE) to see if they were playing that weekend in Madrid, and they were. I saw that they were performing an oratorio by Manuel de Falla, L'Atlántida, completed by his disciple Ernesto Halffter, so I thought it might be interesting. There were a couple of other works on the program but I can't remember them right now. The performance began, one of the female singers sang, and then another female singer started singing and I suddenly had tears rolling down my cheeks. It was the aria of Pirene, sung by the mezzosoprano Lidia Vinyes Curtis. She was singing in Catalan, and since then I've heard her sing live in Latin (Mozart), German (Richard Strauss), Spanish (José de Nebra) and Italian (Haendel). Either her voice was made for my ears or my ears were made for her voice, but she really did something to me that day. She can be found on UA-cam, often singing cantatas and other works by Bach. She trained as a violinist focusing on the baroque repertoire, but when she took up singing there seemed to be no going back.
Thanks for that. I've been trying to find a recording of the Mezzo Soprano singer/actress Marie Studholme - a popular turn of the 20th century 'Gaiety Girl' - Unfortunately, I've not been able to find any but your demonstration of the range has given me a glimpse of what she was capable of. Cheers.
I don't know she did a mix of roles which suit mezzos more and roles which suit sopranos more. Some which definitely suit sopranos more and were originated by them like the title role in Miss Hook of Holland and San Toy.
I am a Soprano who likes to sing Mezzo. The warmness is so Beautiful. My range is C3-F#6 I am developing my whistle register but won’t claim it till it can be sustained😉
So true. Well except for the wagnerian soprano, who sounds heavier, and almost sounds like a mezzo, at times.. Also it is not the same range in pop music. What they call alto in my gospel group would be mezzo in the classical field..
For the people that don't have ears and think this woman is a Soprano you're all wrong and have no proper listening ears. I can hear the Mezzo in the quality and Dept of her speaking voice without her even singing. And the high note she attempted doesn't sound as effortless as a true Soprano that has more brightness in her high B's and C's regardless of the range being the same for most Mezzos into the Soprano range. The quality of all Mezzos isn't always as deep within some Alto lower ranges. Sometimes the Mezzos voice has to age some more for her to have a noticeably deeper sound in her middle and lower range. This woman is a Mezzo and probably already classified as one by her voice teacher. The Soprano has a bigger brighter sound than a mezzo that usually more heard than the Mezzos when singing in duets with the Sopranos
@Tired I'm talking about people saying they can't hit a G5 or whatever because they're a mezzo and therefore they can only hit low notes when in reality sopranos and mezzos have pretty much the same range (unless we are comparing extremes in the spectrum). The difference is mainly in the timbre and sound quality of the voice in that said range.
@Tired you really justified yourself with the most basic (and wrong) knowledge you can find on the internet lol. I actually know what I'm talking about. You can save your Wikipedia explanation
This is very interesting. I'm not sure what range I should focus on. My absolute limits that I've been able to get are D#3 (more of a grunt) to G5 (more of a squeak) and I can't always get these notes. I can reliably make singing sounds from G3 to D5. My comfortable range is B3 to C5. My voice is very soft and light sounding and I struggle to belt anything. My speaking range is approximately G3 to E4 for usual speech but my excited speech can go up to the B4-C5 range. I think my head voice is underdeveloped. I've felt that I can't sing high enough for soprano or even mezzo-soprano range but don't sound strong enough in the low notes to be alto. The closest singer I can think of that I sound just a bit like is Jodi Benson from the Little Mermaid (with less range and breath control). I have a similar youthfulness to my tone. I cannot do opera in the slightest. I think I just have a small voice with a short range but I'd love to get stronger within that range.
I tried a little more and I can make sounds down to C#3 and up to C6 but I wouldn't call it singing. I can sing and sound ok from F3 to F5 but I only really enjoy the notes from A3 (or B3) to C5 (or D5) depending on the day. I'm not sure I even enjoy hearing notes higher than that even by professional singers. I think it's best to focus on the most comfortable, enjoyable range of notes and strengthening that range before trying to expand it too much.
yes, as well as Delphine Galou, Sonia Prina, Nicole Marie Lemieux. These are all fine contraltos who have made a name for themselves in the opera world. There are too few of them. Wish there were more high profile contraltos to discover.
Francesca Onida yes l know of her. her middle voice is really nice and warm. Contralto Corner is an amazing blog to discover more talent, especially more obscure ones. I am one too and I'm obsessed 😊
Thank you so much for the video! You are incredibly talented! I needed this because I just joined literary and my teacher checked our vocal range for the girls trio. She said I was in between an alto and soprano though, so she probably meant that I was this title. She put me in the soprano 2 spot though which I’m really happy for😊
Bryn Stables I’ve been taking lessons for almost 7 years, and my range seems to continuously get smaller, so I think I’m doing something weird with my voice that I must not be noticing. 🤣😭
Vera Arianna Schülle-Stork von Hilvety you are probably an undevelopped soprano. Also do you open your mouth horizontally at high notes? They dont count because thats throat closure
Wow, that was great. At one point her voice got really powerful and it made me think of the logo with the guy in the chair in front of speakers getting blown away by the sound. :-)
Im no expert but ik that some mezzos have the same range as sopranos just dont have the flexibility, like some mezzos can hit a A5 or B5 but they cant hold it & do technique, and a lot of people also get confused is that just not all sopranos can hit a high C, some sopranos can only belt up to a A5.. it depends on the type..
It depends on the singer but usually it's more about where the sweet spot of the voice is. Most mezzos can hit a top C but won't want to stay up there for any length of time. Mezzos usually have a warmer tone as well
Ella Lawrence things like sweet spot and warm color doesn't mean anything. Her voice is very contricted to begin with. And 99% of the mezzos "who can hit a high c easily but don't like to stay up there very much are underdevelopped sopranos" . A mezzo has a deep voice period.
@@operalover3966 Even contraltos like Kathleen Ferrier could hit top Cs. Obviously it's about having a low voice but dismissing any Alto with a strong top range as an underdeveloped soprano is just ridiculous. A lot of Alto arias require a flexible top range but they're still based lower down, that's what I mean by the sweet spot.
OMG. as I searched about my voice range, it came out that my vocal range is mezzo soprano but after watching her intro, fck, I'm not even near her.
Maria Kristina Alarcon
Because she’s a soprano
Do yourself a favour and listen to the great singers of the golden age.
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Dragan Vidic she’s a mezzo soprano.
canterlevi
Nope
I think people need to realize, that you don't immediately have the full range of a voice type. If your range is only what seems to be a mezzo range it could also be because you're voice isn't trained properly. My highest notes are probably still lower than many of the mezzos and I'm still a soprano who just needs to learn a lot
Milly Wesrik everyone wants to think they wake up, decides to be an opera singer, and whatever notes they can hit on the first day is what their voice type is lol
do you have any idea how long people take to train their operatic voices? she isn't under developed in any shape or form. She has full and control of her instrument. she is a professional. Then tessitura of someone's voice is the range they are comfortable singing for long periods without strain and with beauty and strength.
@@arxsyn I wasn't referring to her, she's brilliant. I meant the tons of people in the comments saying stuff like: if she's a mezzo then I must be blah blah blah. I didn't mean to attack her
Don't worry Milly, I understood you just fine.
how do you know which one you are if you can’t hit the notes yet?
wow Amy Adams really did THAT
King Cvnt That’s actually not Amy Adams. I thought so too in the beginning. The description of the video says who it is.
this made me laugh so hard
It's Caitlin Again girl I’m here to act a fool, i know that 😂 thanks though
Glad to see that I’m not the one only who thought it was Amy Adams on thumbnail because they look alike😅
You mean isla fisher?
*screams in confused contralto*
Totally me hhahahahahahhaa lol
Yes, as a mezzo, capable of a 4octave range, though my middle notes are strongest and soprano high notes easier than extreme lower contralto notes that require so much sir and strength, I often have this vocal identity crisis and wonder if I am not just a dreaming contralto too feeble to sing rich, strong, full, powerful dark low notes. Or some frustrated wannabe colatura high soprano. I can do those high notes, but they get a bit sticky and foggy sounding, not clear and bright, like they should be. But they are much easier to sing than booming very low contralto notes. I hate singing the octave below middle C but can tolerate the highC and even higher with reasonable comfort. I just don't like the thicker mezzo tone, preferring sparkling easy,breazy, light, agile high colatura on these high notes. All those fancy rapid frills andtrillsI have no hope of being able to execute with a thicker mezzo voice, but it's fun trying and sometimes I can even do some of them or hit the occasion booming very low contralto note. But, with the mezzo voice, it's hard to sustain these extremes even if you can do them. Or to do too many such notes in a sequence. Tooexhausting on very low notes, easy to get dizzy and lose your grip on the extreme high ones and wobble all over place. Some days, depending on my mood, I am more contralto ie darker. Forget high notes. They get too dark and foggy. Other days I can warble up high, like the birds, some of which actually come to join in, especially magpies, who sing very well, very agile voices and I have no hope of keeping up with them. They just stare at me, start warbling again, as if to say: This is how you sing that phrase, now you try...Any sin ger who can imitate their song is an indisputable star. I have yet to hear one.
mE TOO brO im a contralto and I wish I was deeper tbh
Annemarie May there’s nothing wrong with having your high notes sound dark. That “brightness” and “clarity” you talk of comes from unhealthy squeezing.
my range is f3-f5 and i am utterly confused in terms of what i am
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I am most impressed by the low C#3 she sung. That's below contralto repertoire. What a wide range!
Do you know what an operatic contralto sounds like?...or even a mezzosoprano?...ooor soprano?
@@blonda.bacoviana Yes I've heard all kinds of voices. The case remains that producing a C#3 in a clear voice is deep for a woman. Contralto repertoire typically doesn't go below an F3.
@@Dunstlookalike I honestly think every single person can go below F3 or even sing a C3 but lighter fachs definitely won't be able to use it in performance.
I though altos were andrygynous meaning they can sing anything from D3-D5( chest voice)-F5(head voice), like tenors..... Even Tenors can reach notes below F3. I think the only vocal fach that may have trouble going below F3 while maintaining vocal quality would be sopranos. Mezzos, altos shouldnt have any trouble unless they don't develop their lower register.
Listen to María callas or tettrazini, and you will see how low a soprano actually can sing
I love the richness of mezzo-sopranos but they still have a light and fluttery sound to them. Very well balanced.
Agnetha Faltskog one of the best voices ever
Most pop singers and some country singers, too, sing mezzo. I'm one who wishes I wasn't in a zone that is so unclear, being considered a mezzo though I can't hit anything high. I can only go from 3C to 4B, barely a scant 2 octaves.
@@alexandraasbury9974 Sometimes fach is complicated. You don't have to rush it. In fact, rushing too quickly to find your voice type can make you end up singing repertoire that isn't fit for your voice. It's okay to take your time :)
This is a wonderful demonstration of warm ups and discussion of range. I don't understand the judgmental comments except to note that we live in a time where singing is so severely judged. The young lady is not demonstrating her full-on singing as she would do in performances; she's simply giving information.
Timmy Jo Given
Because she cannot do the opposite.
Sing as a mezzo and give correct info.
She is modern travesty...
Thank you.
@@draganvidic2039 I don't know, sounds about right to me.
Victoria Taylor
What sounds right?
I’m right, this so called mezzo is not.
@@draganvidic2039 it's not just about what sounds right, it also about what feels right. These old school opera singer don't always have the answers. Some no longer have their voices now now because this technique YOU are talking about.
It's 4 in the morning I have a class tomorrow and no interest in singing. Why am I watching this?
You may have an underlying interest in singing, even though you say you don't.
@TreeFiddy bruh
you right i guess
Maybe it's telling ya that now's your chance to learn!
I would be interested to hear your own reply !!
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Interesting to see how everyone in the comments are suddenly experts. Why not just respect her, her voice and profession without trying to get on your high horses about whether she’s a mezzo or soprano. How incredibly rude and disrespectful.
I will never respect bad opera technique. Why should I?
@@celibidache1000 totally agree
It happens always, in all the professions, people pretend that they know everything better than the professonist. As example as a nurse when I give advices to my family members or friends everyone is "knowing better everything" than me. It's really annoying!
@@fairybabe u may see this is opera channel and then comw back to see what you think about modern opera singing
@@fairybabe pretend? How dare you? You know nothing of my background. If you doubt my knowledge, ask me. Bah!
Wallis is amazing!! I did a masterclass with her recently with Seattle Opera and she was so helpful and knowledgeable. Brava!
Wallis is a professionell opera singer and sang as a mezzo at the Leipzig Opera the roles for mezzo: Cherubino, Cenerentola and Carmen. She has a beautiful voice that clearly differs from our sopranos.
Mezzo-soprano is a colour, a texture, a timbre not JUST a vocal range. Some mezzos have higher notes than some sopranos. I am a tenor, but I know a couple of baritones who have higher top end notes than I do. A voice type isn't JUST a range of notes!
Mezzo-soprano is a voice type just like soprano is voice type. Timber is vocal color like tessitura. Look at the words Mezzo= half, and sop in soprano means above. Mezzo-soprano is a voice type, not a texture or color.
@@victoriataylor5584 It's all of these things and I'm not sure what you're trying to prove. This singer doesn't have any Mezzo depth and she's very lightweight. She also doesn't project her lows sufficiently to be at a typical Mezzo level for repetoire. Honestly, there's more evidence pointing to her being a Soprano who has a decent middle to sing Mezzo repetoire in today's Opera. It's not really uncommon.
Nobody:
Mezzos:
Nobody:
Mezzos: *They deserve more love, as a soprano my comment is valid*
I've seen multiple comments saying to stop hating and be respectful but I don't see a single hate or disrespectful comment
@Tired For a supposed mezzo who's had extremely expensive professional training, it's quite sad for her to have such a small, underdeveloped chest register.
There are plenty. Classically trained people often have attitudes and are know it alls they usually can’t sing naturally without a vocal coach . Not trying to make a blanket statement but I’ve seen lots of rude know it all comments in the replies
What is wrong with you people, so much hate... your so one way mentality is the reason people does not go to see opera anymore and children don't even dream to become operatic singers.
Every voice is different, did you realize how young she is? How her voice will change through the years? Those big mezzos that we know, didn't have that dark colour when they were younger.
This girl is a joy to watch and to listen to, let her do her and start to mind your own business, how many of you have accomplished something...
A deep voice is a deep voice even at 20 years old. Did you ever heard Ponselle at 19, Barbieri at 22 or Siepi at 25?
@@Makenor13 no, but I happen to be in a conservatory of music and know that the voices develop in your middle twenties and keep changing through the years
@@rayarthey3706 I'm in a conservatory too but today in those places they don't teach the right technique and the right stuff
A professional level mezzo soprano should have a much stronger lower range and bigger voice than this, regardless of age.
Regardless of her age, her singing technique is bad.
Interesting! As someone who likes to sing, but has never been trained, I didn't expect some of these types of warm-ups. Nicely explained :)
Why do people think that one can be trained to sing? You either have a vocal voice or you don't! What a singer can be trained in is breathing techniques and voice control. I was fortunate enough to have a vocal coach as my music teacher in my 3rd high school year. She definitely knew what she was talking about!!!!
I dont know what is happening as I'm so not an expert but I am loving this gorgeous creature's brain and talent
This video is an outstanding articulation of the range, thankyou for uploading such a high quality presentation of the topic!
Liz Marsh - Vocalist, bassist and academic from Australia.
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She’s so pretty tho 💞
There mezzos with higher notes than some sopranos, and some sopranos with lower notes than mezzos. Young singers tend to sort themselves into a fach prematurely, but really it’s not set in place ever, so y’all young singers in the comments don’t stress!! Her voice is gorgeous, love it.
The opera is the jewel of humanity. I loved the classical training and all that can be realeased about that
My range while i was studing lyric was G3-C7
I am light coloratura soprano but i always felt a bit jealous of my coloratura mezzo mates, their tones were warm and not too high or too low, just perfect, while mine was too high and light, i think i look up too much mezzos, i just love them, sorry
She's brighter than usual for mezzo however, she's probably doing what HER voice can do... Brighter does not equal higher. As much as we revere the "old" school let us not forget the disasters that happened in the last century from people doing too much because people said "you can sing higher than that"
wat disasters
@@Johnwilkinsonofficial Callas, Di Stefano come to mind first and there were others. Also many mezzos of that generation singing things like Norma and Gioconda with lot of disappointment
J Hinkson you are talking about vocal health or musical things ?
@@jhinkson8314 Both Callas and Di Stefano had vocal problems that arised from wrong repertoire choice (Callas singing dramatic roles too early and Di Stefano from trying to sing more spinto-ish in roles he didn't have the size for) and technical problems (In the case of Callas: producing her pianissimi wrong and loss of support due to her weight loss. For GDS: Not "covering" and not mastering the highest notes before his decline and having to force them.)
Hugo Jugo right... so...???
This makes me miss my classical sing lessons and my teacher so much! Feels so nostalgic🤗
Professional opera singer: 'I wiggle around when I warm up'
I personally LOVE sopranos, but I have to say that mezzos are great!
Just chills. Her voice is wonderfu;. Love it
Such a lovely, lyric Mezzo. Beautiful control throughout her range.
I do wonder why she is using the term Alto for Contralto though. Alto is a choral part that is sung almost exclusively by mezzo sopranos. It's extremely rare to find a contralto singing the alto line. Alto singers differ from our operatic mezzo sisters in a few distinct ways. We have a slightly lower secondo passaggio and don't go into our head voices nearly as low as a classical mezzo. We also rarely venture above E5 though the occasional F5 isn't a total rarity. And most of us would probably fall into the "light" lyric category since that weight balances better with the chorale soprano.
Contraltos, the lowest female voice, is warmer, rounder and richer than the alto part calls for. I've known of a couple of true contraltos that were actually more comfortable singing the tenor line.
Wagner liked contraltos. In the pop world a great example of a classicaly trained contralto would be Annie Lennox.
I sing alto in choir and I wouldn't be able to sing the tenor line as the tenor is higher than the alto. Contraltos would be more comfortable singing the bass than the tenor.
@@amyhatch3761 if you move the tenor line up an octave it would be higher, sure. But if you sang it with tenors you'd be fine. I've sung with the tenors before. Of course with my timbre being nothing like theirs it can throw off the weight of the section but it isn't uncommon. In fact, if you're familiar with Voces8, they recently did a piece where their alto 1 switched places with the tenor 1.
@@amyhatch3761 I sing alto too and we definitely sing higher than the tenors! Don't forget their music is usually written one octivave higher than they are actually singing.
@@amyhatch3761 Um contraltos should be expected to sing tenor, alto, and soprano in a choral setting (SATB) comfortably.
I came across this video when trying to understand what range Dimash sings in. B2 to a D8. Definitely helpful.
I’m a choir student who is mezzo. This is pretty helpful ❤️
Fantastic to be shaken awake when this video came on auto play as I napped 😅😅😅
Wow, what a great and informative video. Really liked how she explained the different parts of the voice.
With my mother and a bit of natural ability as a young boy, I’m just glad I didn’t end up as a castralto. I still have everything I need to appreciate this beauty. Lovely voice and very pretty.
Great to see classic fm on youtube. ♥
Wow! You have such a pleasant, beautiful voice, and this was a great informative video!!
IAM a Lyric Mezzo-soprano too and I can also sing a high C6 but, it sounds heavier, darker than Sopranos
There's no "lyric mezzo-soprano". You're probably soprano.
@@gabrielfrota4190 really? but, whenever I sing roles like when I have to sing the The flower duet I think my voice sounds better and my throat feels better singing the Mezzo-soprano part rather than the Soprano part argh...... Now IAM confused 😣😣😣
Actually, it's all about the technique approachment you've learned. If you think about open pharyngeal space, low larynx, tongue retracted, singing on the vowel all the time to keep the legato, using chest voice with no fear, jaw droped and backward, non mask singing, diaphragmatic support, etc, then don't change it. Never.
There are lyric and dramatic mezzo-sopranos. For example Lilli Paasikivi from Finland is more lyric than dramatic mezzo. And definitely a mezzo.
And what determines your voice type is not your range but your passaggio. Mezzos (such as the mezzo on this video) have the same range as sopranos (and the same high notes) but the voice "sits" a little lower and may be darker. But passaggio is a biological and physical characteristic of your body, it cannot be changed. Range can be developed by the right training.
Me 2 D3 to D6 but im a dramática mezzo
Brilliantly explained.
The mezzosoprano voice is probably my favourite, especially when the singer is a great actress (for instance, Cathy Berberian). Back in February 2014 I felt like going to a concert, so I looked up the Spanish National Orchestra (ONE) to see if they were playing that weekend in Madrid, and they were. I saw that they were performing an oratorio by Manuel de Falla, L'Atlántida, completed by his disciple Ernesto Halffter, so I thought it might be interesting. There were a couple of other works on the program but I can't remember them right now. The performance began, one of the female singers sang, and then another female singer started singing and I suddenly had tears rolling down my cheeks. It was the aria of Pirene, sung by the mezzosoprano Lidia Vinyes Curtis. She was singing in Catalan, and since then I've heard her sing live in Latin (Mozart), German (Richard Strauss), Spanish (José de Nebra) and Italian (Haendel). Either her voice was made for my ears or my ears were made for her voice, but she really did something to me that day. She can be found on UA-cam, often singing cantatas and other works by Bach. She trained as a violinist focusing on the baroque repertoire, but when she took up singing there seemed to be no going back.
Im a mezzo dramatic i think
Thank you! I'll check her out! I love Elina Garança, but who doesn't?!
I like how her singing is amazingly loud, while her talking voice is calm lol
So beautiful and talented!
Thank you, Paimon
She's like an Elven princess, so prettyyyy 💛
i love your cheerful, lighthearted aura!
Thanks for that. I've been trying to find a recording of the Mezzo Soprano singer/actress Marie Studholme - a popular turn of the 20th century 'Gaiety Girl' - Unfortunately, I've not been able to find any but your demonstration of the range has given me a glimpse of what she was capable of. Cheers.
I don't know she did a mix of roles which suit mezzos more and roles which suit sopranos more. Some which definitely suit sopranos more and were originated by them like the title role in Miss Hook of Holland and San Toy.
Thank you for this video, it is very informative. You have a wonderful voice.
I am a Soprano who likes to sing Mezzo. The warmness is so Beautiful. My range is C3-F#6
I am developing my whistle register but won’t claim it till it can be sustained😉
i LyriK I like F#6 give it for me now😁😁😁
Keep doing that and you will lose your range.
She’s STUNNING!
Proud to be a mezzo! 😍
Interesting I saw Aida Garifullina doing that warm up. Thanks for sharing the technical part.
So true. Well except for the wagnerian soprano, who sounds heavier, and almost sounds like a mezzo, at times.. Also it is not the same range in pop music. What they call alto in my gospel group would be mezzo in the classical field..
The Wagnerian soprano is also called Dramatic soprano.
@@victoriataylor5584 Yeah I know, I just wasn't sure it was called like that in english too ;) (I'm french.)
Fascinating and lovely
I never knew I wanted to see Julianne Moore do Opera. Jokes. This lady is so elegant and articulate and a beautiful singer. Very engaging.
Thanks! Very informative!
For the people that don't have ears and think this woman is a Soprano you're all wrong and have no proper listening ears.
I can hear the Mezzo in the quality and Dept of her speaking voice without her even singing.
And the high note she attempted doesn't sound as effortless as a true Soprano that has more brightness in her high B's and C's regardless of the range being the same for most Mezzos into the Soprano range.
The quality of all Mezzos isn't always as deep within some Alto lower ranges. Sometimes the Mezzos voice has to age some more for her to have a noticeably deeper sound in her middle and lower range.
This woman is a Mezzo and probably already classified as one by her voice teacher.
The Soprano has a bigger brighter sound than a mezzo that usually more heard than the Mezzos when singing in duets with the Sopranos
She's a professional opera singer. Winner of the Young Singer of the Year 2018 International Opera Awards.
Jim JJ
Correct!
@@annabellelovely4967 and Netrebko is popular :))). This is the problem here.
@@Marcus-xd8ux it's "giro della voce", not "girare". "girare" is the infinite in Italian.
There are plenty of recorded examples of lyrical sopranos with richer and stronger chest notes than hers. She is underdeveloped.
you are INCREDIBLE!!! Thank you
I hope people see this and understand that not having high notes is not about your voice type, it's about lack of technique
@Tired I'm talking about people saying they can't hit a G5 or whatever because they're a mezzo and therefore they can only hit low notes when in reality sopranos and mezzos have pretty much the same range (unless we are comparing extremes in the spectrum).
The difference is mainly in the timbre and sound quality of the voice in that said range.
@Tired you really justified yourself with the most basic (and wrong) knowledge you can find on the internet lol. I actually know what I'm talking about. You can save your Wikipedia explanation
Actually it is, high notes as well as middle, and chest are part of your range. Then comes tessitura, and last, but, not least, timber.
This lady does have high notes.
@@jodavitow yes ma'am.
I am really beginning to get interested in this. Thanks a lot!
This is very interesting. I'm not sure what range I should focus on. My absolute limits that I've been able to get are D#3 (more of a grunt) to G5 (more of a squeak) and I can't always get these notes. I can reliably make singing sounds from G3 to D5. My comfortable range is B3 to C5. My voice is very soft and light sounding and I struggle to belt anything. My speaking range is approximately G3 to E4 for usual speech but my excited speech can go up to the B4-C5 range. I think my head voice is underdeveloped. I've felt that I can't sing high enough for soprano or even mezzo-soprano range but don't sound strong enough in the low notes to be alto. The closest singer I can think of that I sound just a bit like is Jodi Benson from the Little Mermaid (with less range and breath control). I have a similar youthfulness to my tone. I cannot do opera in the slightest.
I think I just have a small voice with a short range but I'd love to get stronger within that range.
I tried a little more and I can make sounds down to C#3 and up to C6 but I wouldn't call it singing. I can sing and sound ok from F3 to F5 but I only really enjoy the notes from A3 (or B3) to C5 (or D5) depending on the day. I'm not sure I even enjoy hearing notes higher than that even by professional singers. I think it's best to focus on the most comfortable, enjoyable range of notes and strengthening that range before trying to expand it too much.
I haven’t been training long but my voice is able to go from e3-c6 so I believe I’m a mezzo... I’ve just gotten back into my vocal lessons.
I didn't know that Simone Simons had a sister.
Boa. Hahaha
This was beyond fascinating! 👏
Wow beautiful voice and you are so cool!!
Elena Migliorini she has a beautiful voice indeed!
The intro really gave me goosebumps
I'm a contralto, I don't know why I'm watching this lol
She is talented and beatiful! 💙
And here I am with my dream role being Christine Daae
Loved this!
I have a range of F3-D6
Keremy Hoshor probably you aren’t a soprano, cause you’re lows are well developed for what you said and your high notes aren’t that high for a soprano
Ir mezzo
Wow. My ears can't handle them high notes. But You Have a beautiful voice
Wallis is so good. I have heard her in opera. So good.
Wonderful video, wonderful singer
Can you do the same with an alto ? With Ewa Podles, or Nathalie Stutzmann , or Marijana Mijanovic ?
None of them are true contraltos.
yes, as well as Delphine Galou, Sonia Prina, Nicole Marie Lemieux. These are all fine contraltos who have made a name for themselves in the opera world. There are too few of them. Wish there were more high profile contraltos to discover.
@@arxsyn Listen to Sara Mingardo!
Francesca Onida yes l know of her. her middle voice is really nice and warm.
Contralto Corner is an amazing blog to discover more talent, especially more obscure ones. I am one too and I'm obsessed 😊
@@KajiVocals Yes, they are.
Thank you so much for the video! You are incredibly talented! I needed this because I just joined literary and my teacher checked our vocal range for the girls trio. She said I was in between an alto and soprano though, so she probably meant that I was this title. She put me in the soprano 2 spot though which I’m really happy for😊
I would never have thought she was a mezzo soprano. Well I'll be darned!
She's a soprano singing as a mezzo.
Yaaaassss girl! I love this so much 🤎
Alto is a part of the harmony that is sung.
Contralto is a voice type that sings alto.
Loved this!!!!!!
Wow okay, so I can’t sing low enough to be a mezzo or high enough to be a mezzo, so I guess I just have a tiny, tinyyyyyyyyyy range 🙃🤣
Well I can sing higher than a mezzo but I can't sing lower but I don't know if I'm a mezzo-soprano or a soprano
With a bit of work you can grow your range!
there are people -few- who are born with a developed voice. The others need to work. A lot.
Bryn Stables I’ve been taking lessons for almost 7 years, and my range seems to continuously get smaller, so I think I’m doing something weird with my voice that I must not be noticing. 🤣😭
The voice can stretch! If you carefully incorporate exercises that test your voice, you can increase your range!🥰
She has a gorgeous speaking voice, as well as singing voice🤩!!!
Randomly looking through the this and the music world is fascinating
I'm mezzosoprano coloratura, I can go as low as her (C3) to E6/Eb6 (E/Eb above high C)
Vera Arianna Schülle-Stork von Hilvety there is no such thing as a mezzo coloratura
Vera Arianna Schülle-Stork von Hilvety you are probably an undevelopped soprano. Also do you open your mouth horizontally at high notes? They dont count because thats throat closure
@@operalover3966 yes, bartoli, von stade, ann murray, etc.
@@operalover3966 no, I dont open mouth horizontally. Maybe I am undevelopped soprano, I was called that before, and I think its true.
Vera Arianna Schülle-Stork von Hilvety they are not real mezzos either
Wow, that was great. At one point her voice got really powerful and it made me think of the logo with the guy in the chair in front of speakers getting blown away by the sound. :-)
When she hit that high C
Me:
Im so in love with her hair! 😍😂
I'm a contralto. I can go from C3 to A5
Same.
Me D3 to Eb6 mezzo
For me from G2 to D6.
G3-C7 light coloratura soprano
@@ledesmaabril that's wonderful. I've always wondered how sopranos can sing that high.
Hey Ive seen her live with my opera class!
Me who doesnt have that much idea: i sit at the middle of contralto and mezzo.
same! my range is f3-f5, what's yours?
You're still one or the other. Statistically speaking, you're much more likely to be a Mezzo.
Range is not actually the most important factor.
your voice is amazing. I’m an alto tenor, with some baritone
*starts dancing like joker* i still dont know what i amm but i cant go high so imma just say altooo
Thank you, I am learning to sing also, this helps a lot!!
Jesus loves you!
Im no expert but ik that some mezzos have the same range as sopranos just dont have the flexibility, like some mezzos can hit a A5 or B5 but they cant hold it & do technique, and a lot of people also get confused is that just not all sopranos can hit a high C, some sopranos can only belt up to a A5.. it depends on the type..
Josiah Butler those are usually underdevelopped sopranos
It depends on the singer but usually it's more about where the sweet spot of the voice is. Most mezzos can hit a top C but won't want to stay up there for any length of time. Mezzos usually have a warmer tone as well
Ella Lawrence things like sweet spot and warm color doesn't mean anything. Her voice is very contricted to begin with. And 99% of the mezzos "who can hit a high c easily but don't like to stay up there very much are underdevelopped sopranos" . A mezzo has a deep voice period.
@@operalover3966 Even contraltos like Kathleen Ferrier could hit top Cs. Obviously it's about having a low voice but dismissing any Alto with a strong top range as an underdeveloped soprano is just ridiculous. A lot of Alto arias require a flexible top range but they're still based lower down, that's what I mean by the sweet spot.
Ella Lawrence also someone has to spread their mouth horizontally to sing the high notes that is not legit because it is throat closure/high larnyx.
Love her voice!
I was trying to figure out if this was Amy or Isla. Is none.
Saory Bautista Glad to see that I’m not the one only who thought it was Amy Adams on thumbnail because they look alike😅
She’s a delight
0:45 yes...color is important...
Es lo que explico y como doy mis clases. Exelente.
They say my voice is Mezzo but I think my voice is kind of weak or soft.
This woman is just so amazingly fabulous :)