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The Real Traviata
The Real Traviata is the rags-to-riches story of a tragic young woman whose life inspired one of the most famous operas of all time, Verdi’s masterpiece La traviata, as well as one of the most scandalous and successful French novels of the nineteenth century, La Dame aux Camelias, by Alexandre Dumas fils.
Nessun Dorma from ‘An Evening With Puccini’
Opera Voices and Their Ranges
In opera, you can subdivide the human voice into dozens of finely differentiated categories, but the above figure shows the Big Six and their ranges shown on a piano keyboard.
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How Does An Opera Singer’s Voice Actually Work?
Ever wondered how an opera singer manages to project their voice over a full orchestra? Or how tiny changes in posture can affect the vocal folds?
Vocal coach Paul Farrington shared these secrets and more at a coaching session with Korean tenor and Jette Parker Young Artist David Junghoon Kim, as part of a recent Insights event celebrating the opening of the Wellcome Collection’s This is a Voice exhibition.
‘If you were to drive down the road at 50 miles per hour in first or second gear, what kind of noise would the engine be making? It would really be working hard and the vocal folds are the same,’ explains Paul. ‘So we need to make sure that we are in the right gear for where we are in the range in order that the vocal folds are vibrating optimally’.
During the session, Paul demonstrates how specific vocal techniques and movements can support a singer’s passaggio.
Photograph by Brian Slater.
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