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You are objectively wrong about Fanciulla. Despite the lack of showpiece arias the scene between Minnie and Johnson is unlike anything else in opera and the scene when she arrives to save him at the end... I like Turandot but I don't like how casually they throw away Liu.... and the end is kind of a letdown.

You are my new favourite content creator! Sooooo interesting, fun, unique, and beautiful. I hope more people will discover your work and enjoy it like I just did. (Loved your other videos too!)

I.NEEDED.THIS.🙏

I'm used to reading the subtitles because...operas translated into Portuguese? Yeah nah, it barely happens

Thanks for the video!

I guess I’m part of the one percent that still loves most classical music 🙃

Alexander Alyabyev;s Cherubic Hymn is going on my playlist! Thanks for the introduction to this work.

My fav recording is with Cornelia Wallisch and Peter Fried, conducted by Peter Eotvos.

Powaaaahhh!!!!

Just realized my primary comment went to somebody else's post (I was SO inspired!!) but also want to write to you directly-- I feel like I've just found out a way to nerd out once more on music and perhaps even dabble in something else I've considered: composing! I think it's really time to get a keyboard. Well, after I spend the month of December committing to 4 concurrent writing projects. 😉 I'm a Music History/Theory major from a tiny liberal arts school, C '92. Listening to your analysis and 'let's make this all relatable, shall we?' approach has reminded me why I also looked into a Master's in Ethnomusicology! And why I sat for the Music version of the GMAT... I think that came and went. Anyhoo! Thanks for letting me feel so immediately at home! So excited to take my time and browse your trove of education and, doubtless, commentary and insights! I feel like I just won a lottery of some kind, truly. 💜

Absolutely loved this video. I’m an opera major and this is a topic that should be explained right away to students in schools before throwing terms around. Thank you so much for much!

I’d still like to know how I would be classified. Pretty sure I’m a contralto. As you mentioned in the description of the contralto, there are women who can get lower. My personal range is Ab2 to D5. Any time I stretch over D5, I lose my voice the next day. I’m most comfortable from C3 to C5.

what ignorance leggero is not from age but from structure, genetics

sorry but flores is leggero

This was incredible fun to watch and listen to. I worked for a classical concert house, we had Diana Damrau, Renee Fleming and the likes on the stage and I had no idea there was so much vocal diversity. ^^ The contralto is amazing!! Thank you so much!

This was fantastic! Thanks for doing this. I knew of some of these kinds of voices, but holy MOLY, I had no idea there were that many. Also, I love you using physical metaphors for these. As a singer and dancer, I completely felt seen. LOL Love this!

I just watched (and greatly appreciated) your fach videos, scrolled through your list of videos, and found this. Wow. Thank you for sharing your story. Although not in music, my ‘world’ came crashing down when I was not yet 20 and the career that my parents had groomed me for, all throughout my life to that point, became no longer possible. I can completely understand what you said about a mental health issue being seen as less stigmatising than a vocal injury. Music is such a gift and I’m glad to see you renewed in outlook after your injury. Best wishes for the future. o7

Hm. Sophie from Rosenkavalier isn’t a soubrette.

Gotta be honest - i'm not a huge fan of opera. I think it's beautiful - but in general the singing style bores me. Having said that - mad props to the people who can do it because I know it takes an immense amount of skill and practice. Thank you for putting these together to explain opera more to the lay person!!

mmmm a few errors here. Bryn Terfyl is not a Verdi baritone (he's a bass baritone - his best role is the Dutchman), whereas Horostovsky arguably is (and you have him singing Verdi)?

In which category does Pavrotti ou Michael Spyres fall?

Thank you for this. I particularly loved the athlete analogy. I was surprised, though, by your choice of roles and singers. Why not Sutherland for a dramatic coloratura? She was the greatest who ever lived IMHO. And why no Verdi for dramatic mezzos? That is their bread and butter. Just curious.

'Fach' is also the word for a school subject like math or a language. I guess thats more what the word is aiming at. Different 'vocal subjects'.

Wow. The grass is not, in fact, greener on the other side. This is a good lesson for those of us who feel like we wasted our life and talent by NOT pursuing something. Every industry has its gross side and it's REALLY good for people to know what those are. I'm sorry you went through all that but I'm happy for the growth and self-actualization you've achieved.

Why is conte Almaviva in the Nozze di Figaro described as a light and pleasant role"? That imposing aristocrat--bully....

4:22 I came here for the brush up on music education. But dear God yes! Monostatos based around Wario is the kind of inspiration that would leave not so secretly crude and childish Mozart filled with joy.

This was really cool!! What would have made it cooler is highlighting several big name singers of each type. Like, what was Jessye Norman ? Renata Scotto ? Maria Callas ? Renee Fleming ? I would love to know where they fit in

Again, this is a great access to roles. Florez in "Una furtiva lagrima" I damn near caused an accident listening to Florez on the radio. That's when I ripped out my radio. It's really James Morris, not James Morries. Props for Blitch! We should talk. A low F for the basso profundo. When I was in college in the 70s, there were 7 of us with notes below that F. Later in my live I have sung tenor II for opera chorus and Lord Chancellor in IOLANTHE, Jailor in TOSCA, and Frederick in ALNM.

You obviously hate the culture surrounding the production of classical music. Just make one video and save your audience the trouble of watching any of your productions. Or, put an essay up on Medium and save the bandwidth for those with more instructive attitudes. The supposed cultural sins that you rant about in your videos pertaining to classical music and opera are found in all other human endeavors if you would care to look. Take the example of prima donnas.

Can a tuba even reach the depths of the basso profundos in that choral piece? More fun from your channel! Thanks!

I slightly disagree with you on a few points, but Barbara Bonney and "O babbino caro" are spot on. When I was a baby opera chorister I was next to a soprano singing Tosca and people asked me how I could stand the sound. Frankly, I wondered how anyone could hear her, since her voice was so delicate five feet from her. Then she sang Marguerite in FAUST and the chorus was placed in the balcony behind the audience. We had to hold on to keep from being plastered onto the back wall. I actually know a true contralto. Her name is Emily Geller. She could sing Don Giovanni, but could also sing Amneris. She has a problem: she is a dead-ringer for Hedy Lamarr, so it is hard for her to get the battle-axe roles even though she is a brilliant comedienne. Aside from that, didn't there used to be a lyric coloratura category? A friend of mine did Gilda and Adina before she got called into public service. At 70, she still has a ringing high E above high C, but only does that a church Cabaret Nights.

What a fun and educational video! Thanks!

I had no idea there were so many types.

Not funny? I just went in Atlanta and the audience roared, young and old.

This piece of music is one of my most favorites!!! I loved listening to it and seeing the amazing and wonderful effort and energy you put into it!!! Thanks so much!!!

Incredible singing and musicality! Who ARE you???!!!! ❤

Wonderful explanation! Funfact: „Fach“ does‘nt actually mean „pocket“ in German. It is more like „compartment“, for instance in a wardrobe. And a subject in school is a „Fach“ also.

You should've showcased Birgit Nilsson or Kirsten Flagstad as examples of High Dramatic voice type. Jennifer Wilson's voice comparing to these two Wagnerian sopranos, is tiny, no offense.

Compare the final line of Otello: Italian: "ah!... un’altro bacio..." English: "ah!... another kiss..." In English, the tenor sounds like a dying snake; "ssss." In Italian, that final "cio" (the last syllable) is his final breath. Also Götterdämmerung: German: "Ruhe, ruhe, du Gott!" English: "Rest , rest O god!" "Ruhe" is a word with more and deeper meanings than "rest": rest, repose, requiescence sleep peace, quiet silence, tranquillity, peacefulness, calm, stillness, quiet silence calmness, composure, composedness, imperturbabilit y. Furthermore, "Rest" is one syllable, but "Ruhe" is two, allowing "Ruhe" to capture that changing key that embodies the end of the gods, and the endlessness of her love. BOTTOM LINE: Sure, you can translate, but in doing so, you lose some of the meaning. At best, it's like seeing a digital image of an illuminated manuscript, as opposed to seeing the gold shining on the borders of the parchment'

When you have figured out how to bottle your infectious enthusiasm, send me a case. Express shipment.

I wish I had had this in music school, but the internet wasnt evolved yet. Might still be singing today as it would have boosted confidence to know my type. My vocal coach was pushing me into mid-second tenor range so I think he was trying to set me up to get work… shoulda stuck with it. Oh well. I did more musical theater and “Bring him home” from Les Mis was one he had me learning. (First time my wife heard me sing it she was… well, let’s just say it was a good night.) Thanks for this. Loved it!

Having had a chance to watch your other videos, I've discovered you have a very biased attitude on this topic. But for those who really care about the topic: Besides the toxic cultural environment, the greatest problem with furthering classical music as a human endeavor is that our education system in the U.S. fails to teach the fundamentals of music to all students at an early age. First graders should be introduced to the topic. For some odd reason, we introduce kindergarten kids to number theory but music theory is considered too esoteric. Or perhaps it's a matter of teacher training. Here's an example of the topics considered to be basic to musicianship. Music Fundamentals, A Balanced Approach By Sumy Takesue www.google.com/books/edition/Music_Fundamentals/gmtQDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=fundamentals+of+music+book&printsec=frontcover But behind what is commonly regarded as 'music theory' is the practice of sight singing. I wanted to let you know that interested readers would greatly enjoy a brief excursion into that topic so have fun researching it. However, no one will go very far in learning to sing or play a musical instrument without any skills in sight singing. The understanding of the phenomenon of gold medal elitism is best displayed when the sociology of child prodigies is examined closely. Quite often (more than 50% of the time) child prodigies burn out in the pursuit of lofty goals set by overbearing parents who are too interested in the product the child is putting out rather than ensuring their beloved family member has happy childhood memories to look back on as they develop a personality of their own making. REVIEW: A Revealing Look at the Hidden Lives of Child Prodigies www.thenationalbookreview.com/features/2018/1/9/o8vfq8jb6ueyadpvelw25afi2o6owk

I decided, definitively, not to go into classical music pretty early on. Despite that, I joined a national youth orchestra. The bullying, passive-aggresiveness, competitiveness, putting-others-down, name-dropping, elitist environment was like a high school times a hundred. As someone who was there as an amateur with no professional ambitions, I was seriously looked down upon. Some of these young musicians (around 14-20) already had an unhealthy relationship with alcohol or self-harm, and who can blame them, in an environment where whether someone was worth the chair they sat on was one of the most popular conversation topics... ...so I went into academia. I must be a masochist.

Character tenor not a pretty voice? I guess I have an unpopular taste in this case. They are less emotional and simpler than leading tenors, but in my opinion they have lots of charm, though in different way than leading tenors. Although leading tenors have beautiful romantic arias, they are usually too serious. Character tenor is a lovely voice for more jolly, funny melodies. In my opinion there is too short supply of this voice type. Maybe I like this sort of tenor that much, because the first character tenor I've heard was Pedrillo from "Abduction from seraglio" and his role was almost as prominent as the leading tenor - Belmonte and I like his singing part more than Belmonte's. Also ironically in the first production of this opera I've seen, the singer who played Pedrillo had far more beautiful voice than the singer who played Belmonte. It wasn't in all productions though, in the second production it was quite the opposite - the one who played Belmonte was great, while I didn't like the one who played Pedrillo (it also proves that each voice types have better and worse singers), but still I think Pedrillo is more appealing, so it is important to me that this character should have a pretty voice. Usually character tenors are for more episodic roles, so I get why some people say it doesn't have to be a pretty voice. However, in my opinion this voice type is underrated. Tenor is such a shiny, youthfull voice, it really does have a potential to sing, funny roles beautifully. But for some reason, more desired tenors are usually very melancholic.

This video did a really good job of teaching me about these voices.

'Helden' means 'heroes' so it makes sense they play the title roles

Now I watched the Nintendo-version of The Magic Flute, thanks for making me waware of that, it's hilarious! :D

I'm not really interested in opera at all but this was fascinating

I am 9:24. Many many years of training. It’s not over till I’m singing 😂😂 I don’t do it anymore though - I teach in a primary school but you should hear our school sing. They all put on a fake opera voice. Sounds ridiculous 😂😂😂