How to sing Bel Canto I

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This is just a small introduction to bel canto music, with the most important singers at that time:
Joan Sutherland
Marilyn Horne
Luciano Pavarotti
Richard Bonynge

Channel: Music
Uploaded: May 13, 2007 at 4:42 pm
Author: SueAnnNivens

Length: 00:07:32
Rating: 4.93
Views: 91222

Tags: joan sutherland luciano pavarotti marilyn horne bonynge bel canto concert opera

Video Comments:
agnellodei (October 11, 2008 at 11:29 am)
1> - Yes, I am living proof of that.
2> He wasn't pure bel canto, he was more of a modern tenor technique, his bel canto aspects were related to legatto and passagio transition.
3> Modern tenors do not use bel canto method, but Domingo certainly did in his early years, he was able to sing coloratura quite well.
taternut (September 28, 2008 at 12:22 am)
This is just a question from an aspiring singer...(don't yell at me please...(How come when people thing of bel canto they never thing of any baritones. do baritones not have something that high voices have)
vickersman (September 30, 2008 at 2:49 am)
Perfectly fair and intelligent question.The story line carried by the tenor usually involves a love battle for the soprano.While baritones certainly have the capacity to sing beautifully, the real love duets involve the tenor and soprano-just the way it is I guess...there are exceptions of course.hope this helps
agnellodei (October 11, 2008 at 11:27 am)
Well, certain bel canto tenor roles are baritonal such as Rossini's Otello.
ilbacioditosca (September 15, 2008 at 12:38 am)
Question 1 and 2 are a logical excercise, the 3 is ironic, because Carreras Legato was and is better than Pavarotti, and Domingo voice had and has a palette of colours that Pavarotti never had, of course Pavarotti technical security and focus as a tenor is better than Domingo but the singer has some musical challenges where Domingo is much better than Pavarotti.
k0229071 (September 6, 2008 at 5:55 pm)
What video series did these come from. I want to purchase them myself. Please advise.
chameens (September 1, 2008 at 10:07 pm)
What sets theses singers apart, apart from intelligence and fine musicianship, is the fact that they having extraordinary natural high placement of the tone which, most likely, leads to their amazing breath. Each of them speaks "high" in placement which was probably natural for them.
donerlich (August 31, 2008 at 8:58 am)
Interesting excercise that one that prevents weight coming up from below, I've got huge problem with that as I have a high tenor voice that hates going low and therefore I overcompensate and sing too hard, and then bring it back into the higher register when I come back up, which pretty much kills you in a long aria.
33blueberries (August 27, 2008 at 10:38 pm)
Really? Of all the interviews with Bonynge I've seen, I never got a sense of envy from him. He was first a pianist, and quite a fine one at that. He just seems to have a gift that suits one particular kind of work, and so he does that work with consummate brilliance. Maybe that's just my impression. He seems to have an idea of sounds and methods that Sutherland, with her unsurpassed mastery of breath management, could most fruitfully practice. The two were well matched.
jenni4claire (September 9, 2008 at 2:06 pm)
Perhaps I am mistaken in my impression of him.I was first struck by it watching the tributes paid to Pavarotti after his death, and he seemed so begrudging in his praise, in the context. I know RB was always said to be a Svengali without which we would not have Joan Sutherland as we know her. Obviously he is a talented man at what he does. Perhaps I am projecting: who would NOT want to sing like these performers?