SINGING GLOBE
Truth be told, I don’t get to live in the opera singer world as much as I would like to. When I get a chance to focus on the craft of singing, it is difficult, wonderful, demanding, humbling, and inspiring. These sessions can make me feel like a human snow globe. I need a coaching shake to clear away habits and freshen up the whole picture. Learning how to navigate the vocal architecture of great opera roles will be a lifelong quest if I am so fortunate. I had the opportunity to work with another set of musical ears tonight. The suggestions offered gave me a lot of food for thought. We addressed singing pitfalls like vowel clarity, breath compression, language cohesion, and phrase direction. Some thoughts were differently worded reminders and other thoughts were new ways of fixing vocal traps. I can get bogged down by too many details in strenuous coachings. As a result, I get fuzzy brain. I have found that it works better when I try to think of new ideas in a global sense.
INSIGHTS
-Keep placement high esp lower on staff and when the continuing phrase ascends
-Remember to support the release as well as the onset
-Make sure same vowels in text match
-Singing Ls is my own personal diction nemesis-try to sing a late and brief L; extend vowel and shorten L; don’t allow the L to color the vowel
-breathe on upbeat and in tempo; breath is a part of the score and overall expression
-text with multiple vowels stay in neutral embouchure
-sing rolled rrs early
-Thinking of a concentrated oboe sound helps to master extend phrases without running out of breath. (Helped especially in dove sono)
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