Vocal tips for opera singers: Joyce DiDonato Masterclass in full (The Royal Opera)
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- World renowned mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato gives a vocal masterclass with artists from the National Opera Studio as part of the Royal Opera House Insights series. Find out more at www.roh.org.uk
American mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato made her Royal Opera debut in 2003 as Fox (The Cunning Little Vixen), and has since returned to sing Rosina (Il barbiere di Siviglia), Donna Elvira (Don Giovanni, including on tour with The Royal Opera to Japan), Cendrillon, Elena (La donna del lago), Maria Stuarda, Charlotte (Werther) and in Plácido Domingo’s 2012 Operalia concert. She returns in the 2017/18 Season to sing Semiramide and in a main-stage recital with Antonio Pappano.
DiDonato grew up in Kansas and studied music education at Wichita State University and singing at the Academy of Vocal Arts, Philadelphia, on the Santa Fe Opera’s Apprentice Singer Program (1995) and on San Francisco Opera’s Merola Young Artists Program (1997). She won second prize in Operalia in 1998 and has gone on to win international acclaim in bel canto and other repertories. Engagements include Composer (Ariadne auf Naxos), Sycorax (The Enchanted Island), Angelina (La Cenerentola), Isolier (Le Comte Ory) and Maria Stuarda for the Metropolitan Opera, New York, Cendrillon for the Liceu, Barcelona, Rosina for Vienna State Opera, Octavian (Der Rosenkavalier) for La Scala, Milan, Idamante (Idomeneo) for Paris Opéra and Edinburgh Festival, Elena for Paris Opéra and Santa Fe Festival and Sister Helen Prejean (Heggie’s Dead Man Walking), Béatrice (Béatrice et Bénédict) for Houston Grand Opera, Romeo (I Capuleti e i Montecchi) in concert for Deutsche Oper Berlin and Didon (Les Troyens) with Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra.
DiDonato appears regularly at the world’s leading concert halls and sang at the 2013 BBC Last Night of the Proms. Her wide discography includes seven solo albums. She was the 2010 Gramophone Artist of the Year, won a Grammy Award for Best Classical Vocal Solo in 2012 and in 2015 won Female Singer of the Year at the ECHO Klassik Awards. - บันเทิง
She is such an amazing teacher! She piles compliments on the student and then simply asks them to do a task. Then offers instruction, feedback and insight while the student does the exercise. Just brilliant.
Nope, she's a bad teacher.
@@xxsaruman82xx87 clearly that’s what not the Royal Opera House, Carnegie Hall, Juilliard, etc think.
@@Theaterofthepilgrammige Appealing to authority…
You don’t understand that you are writing utter nonsense! This teacher understands almost nothing about academic singing. Judging by your comment, you don't understand either. The work shown here is a fraud, behind which there is nothing but emptiness. Who needs deep singing while exhaling??? When every note is in a completely different place!
This is hard work by the students and not easy in front of an audience, a camera. Very impressive. Also, great coaching.
A REALLY great master class...!!!
John Adams what's impressing? All that bad singing?...
They need to be thrown in the deep end and be made to sing for an audience right from the start and not just their loving parents and friends, either because these will never tell children just how atrocious they sound and look and so they get a false idea of their abilities (or lack of). If they have any basic talent, they need honest critical acclaim and an unknown audience cheering or jeering is the most honest and useful appraisal to help them deveop their talent. Or make thewise decision that they would be far better off pursuing an office worker career and sing for fun in the shower as they get ready for the office...
@@joebloggs619 actually what you said is bullshit. you never met my mother xD she will tell me to "stfu", whenever i train at home, because for her opera is screaming and she wants chill and silence, all my life she told me to stop chasing my singing dreams and go to a normal work, because for her singing is useless path to take, and she always makes comments to make me feel inferior when it comes to my singing, looks, anything. and trust me, im a good singer. so dont push the idea that parents wont criticize children, because every parent is different. some parents will lie to their children to make them feel good, some will be realistic with them and some toxic, like my mother.
I got to sing in a masterclass when I took a voice class to satisfy an art credit in college. It most certainly is nerve wracking to say the least.
I just love how Joyce sets up a safe learning environment from the onset. She is a true teacher! And oh, what a singer. Time to go listen to her sing "Thy Hand, Belinda."
Now here is (finally!) a master class teacher who literally doesn't only want to hear her own voice, but that of her students just as much. Unlike the formidable ES, she lets them sing their aria straight through before knuckling in. The most intelligent way, since thusly she gets the total impression, the total interpretation, such as the student desires to get across. With ES, it became rapidly clear that she wanted to imprint in her students her own interpretation, so it was rare they got through 2 phrases w/o interruption. Love DiDonato's smile as she listens, the interest in her regard. Nothing more laudable in a teacher, except, ofc the teaching that follows, always kind, precise, attentive, respectful & lots of fun. Her applause alone is praise. But then she does praise before going into possible improvements. The students benefit from her musicianship as well as from her teaching techniques, which are frankly impressive. Not all singers or practising artists have that ability.
who is ES? i'm not an opera expert though i do enjoy it
@@anxietyace7825 Elisabeth Schwarzkopf. You can see her masterclasses on TH-cam. After five minutes of her relentless criticism, the students can barely sing anymore.
@@philipkuttner7945 thanks for telling me. i'm curious to watch her approach, though i know i'll hate it! real learning comes from people like joyce.
@@anxietyace7825 To be fair, Schwarzkopf was equally critical of herself, and her husband, Walter Legge, who produced her records and many others for EMI, was even harsher with her. But that's not a good way to teach, I'm sure you'll agree.
Callas also let them sing all the way through before critiquing
"singing into a hairbrush"... spot on!
Ms DiDonato is so full of nice, authentic, real-life humour that it is a pleasure to listen to her even when she's "just" talking.
I used to use a spray can
Min. 49:06
Big keys to success
¹ Know what you do better than most people and do that.
² Know what your biggest weakness is and improve it so that it doesn't control you.
When she worked with the second girl, at the end, when she corrected her those energy feelings, i cried so much.
I cried too! This was huge!!
me, too... and i the last woman made me so happy... great singers are great storytellers, you don't just have to understand the story, you have to feel it :)
Absolutely! I firs thought Joyce was being a bit harsh on her but look what she enabled her to do! It was so intense
I get butterflies in my stomach every time a new masterclass with joyce is posted!!!
I am stupidly excited because yesterday I found out that there are master classes open to public and she'll be doing some in NYC when I am visiting.
HOW WONDERFUL to be so inspired!!!
Here in the West of Ireland, there is no visiting artists so Grazie a Dio there is TH-cam for now...
@@grazia23 Did you go? If so How was it?
@@MissCaraMint Yes, at Carnegie Hall, they hold them regularly apparently. It was pure joy, really, she was just wonderful!
grazia23 Oh wow. How are the singers chosen? Are they scedualed long ahead of time? I would love to have her tell me everything I’m doing wrong and how to fox it.
I have met Joyce and she's the REAL DEAL. She is an appreciator of music and interested in the people who sing it. This is not typical in a field that is highly competitive and demands perfection, even on the college level. I was a music major and we connected well. To have had her as a vocal coach would have been nothing short of inspiring. When it comes to vocal coaching, Joyce BRINGS IT!
That exercise of subdividing and stressing/energizing different notes of the subdivision is one of the first exercises my violin teacher gave to me, didn't know singers did it. Is so good to make you understand and internalize the notes.
And the physicality Joyce makes you remember in music is so spot on. Is so easy for musicians to freeze and get stuck because they don't prepare in the right way, remembering they have a body and that the music has to go through it. I've seen people study a piece for hours a day for months and still have a hard time with it, me included, because the practice was limited to fingers and brain only, the body was there just to care it.
THANKS FOR THE CLASS !!
Well said!
I was so inspired when studying the Kodály pedagogy of music making... always beginning with the Body as the prime musical instrument, (i.e., singing) and working out from there,
Can't recommend enough if you're not familiar!?
this is a master class for any person who wants to sing with love!
You don’t understand that you are writing utter nonsense! This teacher understands almost nothing about academic singing. Judging by your comment, you don't understand either. The work shown here is a fraud, behind which there is nothing but emptiness. Who needs deep singing while exhaling??? When every note is in a completely different place!
OMG that second girl when Joyce brought all that emotion out of her, I was nearly crying.
for me... it wasn't "nearly". ;)
Tears from *both* eyes, me
Especially from 56:18
(or 59:05 if one can't wait!) till 1:02:11
Going to check out that piece now by Purcell..... 💗
Joyce DiDonato is one of the greatest voice teachers around. I just love the way she puts students at ease, gives them her full attention and encourages them instead of demeaning them. Her advice is invaluable and so useful for all of us who are trying to master singing!
Joyce DiDonato is becoming a great pedagogue! My Gawd, keep teaching like this! You are totally and completely relatable!!
i'm a pianist but i was transfixed by this; i watched the whole thing, this was friggin' awesome!
This first example makes you realize the interpretative combination of not only singing but acting, artistry, emotion, language and confidence!
I don’t know the first thing about operatic singing, my experience being limited to English Church choral music.....but wow...I was browsing TH-cam and and came across this. But I was a teacher for 30 years and Joyce is a fantastic teacher. I think I’m going to spend a lot of time today watching Royal Opéra House vids today.
Warrendoe welcome to this amazing world! :) ps: you should also look around for other of Joyce's masterclasses. They're all fantastic!
Operatic singing is a ridiculous amount of work and effort. It's nothing short of sport and art at the same time. One of the most intense things there is at highest level in terms of the combo of physical energy and mental artistry required
Stone I agree, I started classical singing as hobby and it’s one of the most difficult things I did in my life
This needs to be on tv, a series.
I just about gave that mezzo at the end a standing ovation. To sing that aria, under ANY circumstances, is ridiculously difficult. To sing it in front of an audience AND the mezzo that many would argue is the best of her generation (and a Rossini specialist to boot?)....damn. I honestly was cheering at the end of this, and I hope that young woman holds on to everything she learned in that half hour, because the difference in her singing was extraordinary!
Christopher Clough thank you very much!! I learned a lot on this day and to have it recorded means I can revisit it whenever I need to :)
you're really great, sinead!!!
@@152Sinead keep going love it!
Their work on the Purcell had me in tears. Brilliant coaching!
new joyce masterclass? my day is made
Mine too ! (and the following days also)
I love the first singer. Great acting, Not overdone. So nice to see.
Joyce is so expressive with hand and body shapes? How the singers understand this is truly amazing! Feeling the twists and turns, and ‘spins?’ I wish I understood it? Breath control?? Incredible! Plus the musical maths!! Wow!! Vibrato beating 16ths?
the girl singing Thy Hand, Belinda has a phenomenally beautiful voice, so tragic!
@SMD 014 I get you. I was all the more impressed by the huge difference the coaching made.
@SMD 014 It didn’t seem fully controlled in the beginning but I also think she has a lovely voice.
2nd aria in the end, I cried wow!! What a difference
Um, that beautiful contemporary flare at 48:14 is stunning. Her voice, as a whole, is absolutely gorgeous. I relate to the second singer because I’m more of an auditory and a kinesthetic learner. I love sight-reading and sight-singing but often times my expression overshadows the academics of the piece. I suck at rhythm and I have to establish ways of both hearing and feeling it over and over again so that I can experience it in my body.
And, Joyce, wow - just wow. I will never tire of her. She is otherworldly. We do not deserve her. My soul is eternally fed. Thank you.
When I see this now I understand how beautiful music is. It's a complete and so delicate construction of emotion in information. The work of it is simply perplexing. When people explains music this really opens a new road and respect to these artists for all the struggling they do to get it perfect.
“Now I want to be an opera singer and so everything I do must be perfect. 𝐎𝐡. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭.” OMG YESSS😂😂😂
Regarding the "gioco", "giuoco" thing in "Non più mesta": they're the same, they both mean "game"... the one with the "u" in it is an older, archaic form we don't use anymore. But probably Rossini did write "giUoco", cause at that time the "u" was still pronounced. Nowadays we use "gioco", probably we felt that the "u" was useless lol. That is why Joyce was sure it was "Gioco", because she's quite used to hear italians speaking italian and we say it that way.
Grazie Mateo! Greetings ;)
Anyway, looking online the various librettos, I find "Gioco" and not GIUOCO... And Giuoco is a nightmare to sing, so GIOCO it is :D
This is so beautiful, and Joyce DiDonato is a Master and a delight. I will never be an opera singer, but I learned so much from listening to her. To can truly see and 'feel', the adjustments she brings to these very courageous students. The Sing-Sing story blew me away. If anyone understand the tragedy of life and death it's an opera singer.
Breath control is so important and this is the crux of her lesson. Legato and voice control.
The masterclasses with Joyce DiDonato make me SO happy!!!!! Wonderful.
You don’t understand that you are writing utter nonsense! This teacher understands almost nothing about academic singing. Judging by your comment, you don't understand either. The work shown here is a fraud, behind which there is nothing but emptiness. Who needs deep singing while exhaling??? When every note is in a completely different place!
You know a teacher and the students are really good when this was a complete emotional roller coaster to watch! So wonderful and helpful!
I will never understand why people dislike videos like these...
Everyone of us had a different view of things, that ia a fact, i love this video but luckly we all are different, of course im a talking about deep personal stuff.
Cheers
Same.
I never understand why ppl comment on the amount of dislikes
cause of all the melodrama... lol
Easy: she sings wrongly and teaches wrong singing. Don't get yourself distracted by her lovelyness.
Loved the first student's voice! So expressive!
I enjoy this so much! It is not only for singers, all musicians, performers, she is so great on details. This is amazing!
I totally can’t understand how they were teaching and learning,but I am obsessed with this marvelous teaching video,a great teacher
She is the best teacher I've ever seen teach anything. Its awe inspiring
I adore Joyce!! Thank you for posting the whole thing. She’s blowing my mind.
her voice is fantastic; and her pedagogy, an equal match!
davvero ?!
ahahahahahahahahahah !
Re the first singer: Right away I could hear that she had no legato; the notes didn't connect to each other. What fascinated me was how Joyce DiDonato got her to sing legato using subdivision. I'm going to add that to my repertoire of coaching techniques. DiD. is such a lovely person--so warm and encouraging.
Philip Kuttner right. I was immediately intrigued when she started to suggest 8th notes
Gosh, I loove Joyce's master classes!! Wonderful person and a teacher as well as the performer!
I’m using her advices for my very audition in one week, I’m Mezzo-soprano with soprano tendency 😊 wish me success!
Don't, don't, don't! Follow someone else's advice!
Diomedes why?
Thank you ! I was literally complaining the other day that because of today's culture of perfectionism there is no space left for learning. Given the range of opportunities and material and internet, we're just supposed to be all and know it all without any practice. I love that you're bringing back the fundamentals of becoming great, which is, starting SOMEWHERE ! and from that somewhere having the space and care of others to work it out through mistakes until you're confident and comfortable at a higher level than before. So again thank you !! I wish for all the gods out there that this would be taken as an example at all Universities !
I thought of Baroque opera as static compared to later era. But Ms DiD brought out such rich meaning from the Purcell piece and its sensitive singer. I had to watch and re-watch the transformation.
I have loved Joyce di Donato since hearing her debut as Rosina at Covent Garden years and years ago. Such a wonderful pedagogue as well. Love what she says about the toxic environment in the opera world with being perfect. Singers are now handcuffed to being someone’s ideal, rather than being free. She is lovely and refreshing
The room is sucking away all the ring and the echos :( But glad this is online and I love Joyce
This is so great. Thank you for posting and more, please!
such a GREAT teacher...!
You don’t understand that you are writing utter nonsense! This teacher understands almost nothing about academic singing. Judging by your comment, you don't understand either. The work shown here is a fraud, behind which there is nothing but emptiness. Who needs deep singing while exhaling??? When every note is in a completely different place!
Non piu mesta is so dramatically improved! She was adding so much age to her voice by singing in her throat, so getting it out was primary. Huge improvement!
I like how both students and teachers were smiling and enjoying themselves! It’s nice to see such passion!
I like her way of coaching love it i'm a mezzo soprano but still struggling to hit the right note this video made my day 😇
These classes look like a whole bunch of fun
What an amazing teacher and such a great opportunity for the upcoming stars.
Omg. I'm singing when I am laid for a concert and this was so helpful! Such a lovely teacher too!
What an amazing Teacher! She really brought out greatness in those students! Just Wow! Very impressed. Would that all teachers had such passion for the subjects they teach!
Excellent masterclass. The students were able to respond to the changes and suggestion, resulting in a brilliant performance and musicality. Bravo!
This is so beautiful! Every problem in music is solved by rhythm! Finally a classical singer/musician who understands. Listen to how Joyce controls her vibrato. She can keep straight notes like Natalie Dessay. The intelligence of a singer in any genre lies in how they use their vibrato and the girl here vibrates all the time from the beginning of the note on. It eats up all the energy. Can I hear a straight note please?
Nailed it! Yes, vibrato is the key - you are not just projecting notes, you are infusing them with emotion, and storytelling.
Straight tone? This isn't a Lutheran choir. Smh...
Mrs Joyce DiDonato is a amazing person who teach people to be great person, I wish my childhood surrounded by this kind of teacher/person few years ago, maybe I’ll be somebody out there for now, thank you Royal Opera House for awesome content
I'm strongly feeling tempted to learn to sing opera.
I have the advantage of being new to opera ! Few weeks in, so everthing sounds just perfect.
Can't believe I've come from metal to Opera
She is my absolute favorite. I went down a YT rabbit hole a few months ago and watch every video I could find with Joyce D. in it! I even signed up for medici TV. I am obsessed!! ❤️❤️❤️
😁 I've Just discovered her recently and am Currently going down the rabbit hole of her videos. 🙆♀️ Her voice is an Absolute Phenomenon!.
What a wonderful singer and teacher.
Gioco of course. Joyce is right. Great work with all singers as usual. Many thanks for uploading!
So nice to see a very brave and engaging student prepare for this masterclass one of Ms. DiDonato's signature roles, Rossini's Cenerentola. What a wonderful presentation and education, and delight to hear them both, and witness the process of learning. Thumbs up to every comment on Ms. DiDonato's skill and abilities in giving these classes! Brava!
Joyce DiDonato is a amazing teacher and a great person. And of course a wonderful singer...Brava!
Had the privilege of being able to see one of her guest masterclasses recently- amazing teacher truly
这是我听过最棒的大师课，尽管英语听懂的不过，但是在Joyce老师的指导下，每位学生都有很大的改变，真棒👍👍👍
After searching for a quite good hour for videos on how to improve flute breathing technique I ended up here.
This is a stunning lecture, the best I have seen.
Now I need a flutist with the same ability to teach... or a may not, applicable tips right here, thank you for uploading.
Excellent teacher and student relationship
You don’t understand that you are writing utter nonsense! This teacher understands almost nothing about academic singing. Judging by your comment, you don't understand either. The work shown here is a fraud, behind which there is nothing but emptiness. Who needs deep singing while exhaling??? When every note is in a completely different place!
The way she sings the word "guest" at 52:40 was a piece of art in itself! I'm in awe and so humbled, it's so amazing to watch! Thank you for posting this.
Marvellous aria! Marvellous voice! Phenomenal!
Thanks for share this. The second singer is wonderful, she really sings!
phenomenal. great master class!!
So nice to see a young singer and know she will be a real diva some day. Great pianist by the way. So inspiring.
Amazing work!
A lot of goosebumps and great learnings!
Thank you!
Joyce Di Donato is a great super fantastic awesome teacher 💙💕💞👍👍👍👏👏👏
Thank you for posting this video 💞💙
What a wonderful teacher!
This has totally inspired me. Thank you I’ve hit notes I’ve never reached before quite easily 🙏
Inspiring and mesmerizing!
Thank you for posting!
What a beautiful class. Truly a masterclass. This woman is laying down some serious life lessons.
You don’t understand that you are writing utter nonsense! This teacher understands almost nothing about academic singing. Judging by your comment, you don't understand either. The work shown here is a fraud, behind which there is nothing but emptiness. Who needs deep singing while exhaling??? When every note is in a completely different place!
Wow, I wish there were more voice teachers like this.
I like Di Donato's lessons.
Ellegance and a pleasure watching/hearing you 💙. Thank you ❤💗💙
Loved this...
Just fantastic!
Love love love this!
What an amazing singer and teacher ❤️The art of dramatic movement and breath. So amazing to watch something come alive!!!
you are in a terrible delusion. this teacher is very bad: the basics of singing involve singing all notes while holding a breath in one position. And here all the notes are in different places and the singing itself is VERY DEEP! That's horrible!!!
amazing!!!
WOW! Great work in progress! Positive approach.
Stunning how a 30mn class can make a difference : from quite dull to beautiful and moving !
Beautiful beautiful beautiful!!!!!
Phenomenal class - what a gem of a video! Thank you.
you are in a terrible delusion. this teacher is very bad: the basics of singing involve singing all notes while holding a breath in one position. And here all the notes are in different places and the singing itself is VERY DEEP! That's horrible!!!
So compelling. She reminds me to remember why I make music.
i feel the classmaster is fantastic attentivve to small things as well as strong areas ,wonderful she lovexs to build and release and come down softer in some cases i loved it she iw wonderful
This is great advices for any kind of singers
This is amazing
I’m glad I came across this. I’m going to include some of this in my R&B/ jazz singing.
Can I say I love this wonderfull singer?
Wow what a great teacher!
She helps them blossom.