How to sing Rossini with Mark Elder (The Royal Opera)

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  • Conductor Mark Elder and mezzo-soprano Rachel Kelly explore the music of Rossini through Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville).
    Find out more at www.roh.org.uk/barbiere
    The 23-year-old Gioachino Rossini completed his masterpiece Il barbiere di Siviglia incredibly quickly - legend has it in just 13 days - which Rossini attributed to ‘facility and lots of instinct’. He drew on Pierre-Augustin Beaumarchais’ play Le Barbier de Seville - part of a dramatic trilogy that also inspired Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro.
    Il barbiere di Siviglia has all the ingredients for comic chaos: an imprisoned young woman, her lecherous guardian and a young noble suitor. Skilfully plotting behind the scenes is Figaro - an irrepressible and inventive character in whom many have seen a resemblance to the young Rossini himself. The score fizzes with musical brilliance, from Figaro’s famous entrance aria ‘Largo al factotum’ to the frenzy of the Act I finale, when the five principal voices pile on top of each other. Within a few decades of its 1816 premiere, Il barbiere di Siviglia had been toured round the world, reaching opera houses in New York, Buenos Aires, Trinidad and Ecuador. It has remained one of the most prominent and popular operas in the repertory.
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  • @divolifecoaching
    @divolifecoaching 9 ปีที่แล้ว +77

    Royal Opera House, Please keep doing masterclasses such as this video! I have officially became a fan of Rachel Kelly! Bravo!

  • @FJMLAM
    @FJMLAM 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Mark Elder is just SO engaging . He makes everything so clear. Brilliant musical mind.

  • @Tenortalker
    @Tenortalker 7 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    It is always healthy for a singer to be reminded of the essentials of the aria from a conductor's perspective. We have so much to cope with in one go - notes, rhythms, clean vocal technique, words, expression that sometimes basic things like arriving neatly on the beat so as to preserve the structure of the piece - which is what gives this aria its sparkle - can become slightly smudged. This is an enjoyable class with Mark Elder and the second half shows off Rachel Kelly's lovely voice.

  • @flaze3
    @flaze3 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    What a beautiful voice! And a terrific performance too. I would happily listen to her sing the whole opera :)

  • @benjenkins3314
    @benjenkins3314 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Fantastic teacher and musician.

  • @jkgou1
    @jkgou1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thank you very much for great performance
    Appreciate you guys treat this masterpiece so very very very seriously
    This work is my all time favorite

  • @Huaimek861
    @Huaimek861 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Thank you Royal Opera House and Mark Elder for this most interesting and inspiring talk , I have enjoyed every minute and Rachel Kelly , what a beautiful voice and singer .

  • @chooyaohui1870
    @chooyaohui1870 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    A lovely tutorial

  • @vijayagita3158
    @vijayagita3158 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    she has a very beautiful, warm , clear and rounded voice, love it!

  • @atmplayspiano
    @atmplayspiano 9 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Wow. Her voice is really warm and colorful.

  • @jazznotes3802
    @jazznotes3802 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is incredibly in-depth

  • @rogerpropes7129
    @rogerpropes7129 7 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Rossini is the first composer whose music starts to sound modern, like a Broadway musical; it came as such a surprise to me that he is largely responsible for the whole belcanto romantic period in 19th century music, (along with Beethoven of course.)

  • @ioannastrom1126
    @ioannastrom1126 9 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Rachel Kelly is really lovely!!

  • @ghostofguy
    @ghostofguy 8 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Such a cool video, Mark Elder is brilliant. No elitism going on with this cool man. Seen him sat in a public space working on scores and helping another conductor (I could here him pitching melodies. Found his perfect pitch astounding). Took time to speak to me once on the street and even crossed over a road to do it. This was when I worked at the home of the Halle. Made many fond memories of them all. Not many conductors that I met from other orchestras treated you as human.

    • @sherlockholmeslives.1605
      @sherlockholmeslives.1605 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I don't like Mark Elder! Despite the fact he is a big head. He is not that clever either!

    • @unabarry2476
      @unabarry2476 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I happen to know him and worked with him! Fabulous guy, and well liked in America too.

  • @kmlbnm
    @kmlbnm 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Wonderfull lesson and Rachel Kelly us bravissima!!!

  • @czerjyo
    @czerjyo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    En México, los coaches de estos eventos son Lupillo Rivera, Espinoza Paz.

  • @Dancing4Me33
    @Dancing4Me33 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Just Lovely!

  • @magdahearne497
    @magdahearne497 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Brilliant....more please

  • @BerenKaderfidan
    @BerenKaderfidan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    What a brilliant singer! Brava!

  • @sherlockholmeslives.1605
    @sherlockholmeslives.1605 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    My Favourite Pieces of Music -
    Venus - Holst
    Hill St Blues Theme - Mike Post
    Cliffhanger Theme - Trevor Jones
    William Tell Overture - Rossini
    1812 Overture - Tchaikovsky
    Fingal's Cave Overture - Mendelsohn
    Night on a Bare Mountain - Mussorgsky
    Ride of the Valkyries - Wagner
    Dance of the Hours - Ponchielli
    Procession of the Sadr - Ippolitov-Ivanov
    Ruslin and Ludmiller Overture - Glinka
    Panic - Harrison Birtwistle
    Interludes from Sadko - Rimsky-Korsakov
    Atmospheres - Ligeti
    Wooden Planes sung by Art Garfunkel - Jimmy Webb
    Cheers - Mike.

  • @hetedeleambacht6608
    @hetedeleambacht6608 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    perhaps the diminution the singer made was not appropiate because it was to early? Like first expose the theme and in the da capo you can do this? I would love to learn about these stylistic things too, great tutorial, thanks! and awsome singer ofcourse

  • @llumviz
    @llumviz ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I want to know the rules that Mark Elder explains are the same for serious Rossini?

  • @ruskor87
    @ruskor87 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Bravissima!

  • @gd3172
    @gd3172 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    isn't she the person who Joyce DiDonato taught on how to trill?

  • @nairbittar
    @nairbittar 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Awsome!

  • @GeorgeOu
    @GeorgeOu 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Wonderful singing and enlightening video.
    Also thank this channel's administrators for finally using non-interlaced video. No more ugly horizontal line artifacts in your videos.

    • @Michael-mg3lu
      @Michael-mg3lu 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ***** This link is a virus, dont click it.

  • @paacer
    @paacer 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Unusual sounding piano, sounds partly like a harpsichord , not keen . Love all these insights into compositions .

  • @alfredoihldausend4093
    @alfredoihldausend4093 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Is Rachel a mezzosoprano? It sounds like a beautiful soprano to me. Specially it is audible in the top notes. They have the typical ring of a soprano.

  • @fetrfetr8996
    @fetrfetr8996 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Пожалуйста,сделайте субтитры !

  • @dkl6397
    @dkl6397 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I absolutely agree with him on extra “colouring”… When you know the actual notes it sounds disappointing… Doesn’t Rossini enough colourful 🙂

  • @dionisisathens7030
    @dionisisathens7030 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    14:15 Rosina's aria

  • @vanesopranolirica
    @vanesopranolirica 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Please traductino in spanish

  • @FJMLAM
    @FJMLAM 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Mark Elder is Brilliant- so's the soprano

  • @vierdubbeleziekte
    @vierdubbeleziekte 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    What is the song called she sings on the end?

    • @RoyalOperaHouse
      @RoyalOperaHouse  8 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      +O deer gawd Rachel is singing 'Una voce poco fa' from Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia (the aria is in a number of smaller movements)

    • @vierdubbeleziekte
      @vierdubbeleziekte 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Royal Opera House Awesome, thanks!

    • @sherlockholmeslives.1605
      @sherlockholmeslives.1605 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I don't like Mark Elder! Despite the fact he is a big head.

    • @SeikoMeetsWorld
      @SeikoMeetsWorld 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Una Voce Poca Fa

    • @Ariadne-cg4cq
      @Ariadne-cg4cq 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I deer gawd. Is is all one song from beginning to the end. It is called “Una voce poco fa”. It means “ I heard a voice just now”

  • @fabriziomariagarzi5534
    @fabriziomariagarzi5534 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Non e' cosi che si puo' insegnare "Una voce poco fa".

  • @genaroguerrero9228
    @genaroguerrero9228 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    So that's how Christian Bale will look when he gets older...

  • @richardchilvers7391
    @richardchilvers7391 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    That piano looks like a grand, but sounds like an electric piano ??

  • @julianaspector3391
    @julianaspector3391 ปีที่แล้ว

    She's a soprano.

  • @luisortega4991
    @luisortega4991 9 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    what is wrong with the pianist???

    • @aleksanchobanovcounter-ten1240
      @aleksanchobanovcounter-ten1240 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Nobody knows, sadly, if they have given him the score just 10 minutes before the recording... (it might well be the case) :D So - poor pianist...

    • @unabarry2476
      @unabarry2476 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Nothing! Could you do better????

    • @CamoflaugeDinosaue
      @CamoflaugeDinosaue 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Probably the first time he's played the piece. Rossini isn't something you can just pick up and play without a minute of practice, also this piano score was the more complex version of Il Barbiere Di Siviglia.

    • @oaaooaooaao
      @oaaooaooaao 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@aleksanchobanovcounter-ten1240 no he is just a bad pianist
      Every pianist has played this aria

    • @mykytaoliinyk
      @mykytaoliinyk 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@unabarry2476excuse me, I respect your opinion. But!
      Music is profession and you have to be able to demonstrate some level, especially when you speak about correctness of performance.
      Some minimum level, at least, we have to play notes that composer wanted us to play.

  • @zuraiashvili8647
    @zuraiashvili8647 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Who is this guy and how does he know and how Rossini meant his music?

    • @Lorenzo-be1nm
      @Lorenzo-be1nm 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Because Art has parameters, because there are many many books written by specialists of how a composer is suppose to be sung, because of the score, because of the time in which was written, because of stories and reviews written in the time of Rossini's, because of conductors who have been passing their knowledge about these things from generation to generation, because there are people who have devoted your life to find out the true that there is to be found in "style"....

    • @unabarry5496
      @unabarry5496 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Because he is a musicologist, has done all the research, and highly respected in our profession.

  • @unabarry5496
    @unabarry5496 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you for your obscene language.

  • @mariamgotsiridze8053
    @mariamgotsiridze8053 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    he looks like Christian Bale

  • @user-jo2hx4py7g
    @user-jo2hx4py7g 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    She is good singer.but she loos position sometimes and not in ritm

  • @felicefelice
    @felicefelice 9 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Poor Rossini....

    • @cys8964
      @cys8964 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +felicefelice lesson learnt: if you are a composer, never write an Italian opera.

    • @giusepperometta2634
      @giusepperometta2634 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      L opera deve essere compresa da tutti ...anche stranieri , senno a che sere ...

  • @rwhiterw3
    @rwhiterw3 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    she should sing through the dotted upbeat before her high note...

  • @xxsaruman82xx87
    @xxsaruman82xx87 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    She is not a mezzo. She is a soprano.

  • @LaDivinaLover
    @LaDivinaLover 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I’m still not convinced she is actually a mezzo.

  • @user-jo2hx4py7g
    @user-jo2hx4py7g 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is recetativ, better to be in tempo

  • @AllenFigueredo5
    @AllenFigueredo5 ปีที่แล้ว

    She's not a mezzo, but a soprano, and she need to develop her chest voice

  • @LalehanLale
    @LalehanLale 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    rozina is not mezzo soprano, you failed right at the beginning Mister...

    • @zuraiashvili8647
      @zuraiashvili8647 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      +Lalehan Lale lots of mezzos have done it.

    • @LalehanLale
      @LalehanLale 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      yes you are right even altos can do it but bellcanto age rossini donizetti bellini requires coloraturas...thank you for the info..

    • @LalehanLale
      @LalehanLale 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      bel canto loves coloraturas...rossini, donizetti, bellini, writes for coloraturas...as far as i know...

    • @jbouthiette
      @jbouthiette 8 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      +Lalehan Lale Coloratura is not a range, it is a quality (quick florid notes). One can be a coloratura soprano or a coloratura mezzo (or a contralto even).

    • @marjie012000
      @marjie012000 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Written for Coloratura contralto... but as there are not many around (they're all singing pop music)... mostly this role in opera is now sung by the mezzo soprano

  • @Gotlev6
    @Gotlev6 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    She sounded better in the beginning and worse by the end. Diction like that will kill any voice.

  • @FranzFischerSDG
    @FranzFischerSDG 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    She is trying to sing like mezzo. Her vowels are too dark. She should sing like what she is, not like someone else. HE is showing diphthong in "o". It should be pure "o" , not "ooo-u". She also needs to understand declamation and sing softly on unaccentuated vowels. Her vowels not clear.

  • @paulinaluc
    @paulinaluc 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    "All music has to have pulse" - It's just like quite a stupid comment. Is he some sort of a music god? Not watching further

  • @sherlockholmeslives.1605
    @sherlockholmeslives.1605 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I don't like Mark Elder! Despite the fact he is a big head.

    • @unabarry2476
      @unabarry2476 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      He is our wonderful conductor of the Halle Orchestra in England, and a delightful man with his feet on the ground, and doesn't talk over people's heads or as snob!

    • @sherlockholmeslives.1605
      @sherlockholmeslives.1605 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He is an Egomaniac SCUM BAG!

    • @sherlockholmeslives.1605
      @sherlockholmeslives.1605 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      To call him a Pretentious Tit is an understatement!

    • @katie8325
      @katie8325 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Why are you all over videos of him you freak?

  • @tomhase7007
    @tomhase7007 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    A pianist who fails at side reading, a soprano without developed upper register who thinks she is a mezzo and a conductor who doesn't seem to take note of either of these facts. Curious...

  • @draganvidic2039
    @draganvidic2039 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Lyric or even spinto soprano trying to sing as mezzo with unfocused fake darkened and nasal voice. Like so many out there unfortunately .

  • @Abigayl1950
    @Abigayl1950 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Elder is teaching how to destroy Rossini 🤬
    Elder & the soprano are so horrible ......
    what a shame 😅😅🤮🤮🤮😡🤬

    • @flaze3
      @flaze3 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ma di cosa parli? Lei è bravissima

  • @bunburyrichard
    @bunburyrichard ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It could have been a really informative and enlightening session. Unfortunately the speaker "plays to the gallery" and feels obliged to make a joke ever 2 minutes. The jokes are not particularly funny, at least for non-English people, and they detract from the topic. They are obviously crowd-pleasing but also very facile, sometimes bordering on the vulgar. I would gladly watch a version that was focused on professional advice and serious analysis.

  • @desideria747
    @desideria747 8 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    I have opened this video by case and remained unfortunately more than disappointed. I didn't know that the level of the ROH was dropped down during the last 10 years SO rapidly. Mediocre conductor is trying to sell himself as "Rossini-specialist", mediocre pianist, the singer who should sing maximum in the chorus because her only musical quality is that she doesn't sing out of tune. She has absolutely NO VOICE because there is no timbre. And everybody is obediently applauding? Shame on you all!

    • @desideria747
      @desideria747 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      ***** Come back when you clean your ears you full idiot!

    • @desideria747
      @desideria747 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      +Claudius Oh maestro Elder, I did not recognised you, sorry! ;)))

    • @celloguy
      @celloguy 8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      She was in the young artists program, not a main stage singer. Mark Elder is superb.

    • @Dadacomero
      @Dadacomero 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      u're so right.
      It's so sad

    • @aleksanchobanovcounter-ten1240
      @aleksanchobanovcounter-ten1240 7 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      I don't think you need to be so mean... level of ROH might not be what you expect, or just maybe you expect shaky sopranos with "timbre" well defined then overwhelmed by their vibrato of a fifth in both sides of the tone object of it.
      Rachel Kelly might not have colored everything in the way you expect, it is clearly she is working and achieving. So forgive her the fact she's not as mature and wise (neither native speaker) as Cecillia Bartoli (for example) would be to hit every possible color in this aria - after all she has all needed to make it shine and she needs to learn somehow how to use what is given to her. I, personally, find her voice lovely and convincing both in color and strenght - she will be an amazing Rosina one day, a day which is coming rapidly.
      Neither the director is that bad... he is charming in his own way and I think he says some interesting things. After all, it is not possible that everything will be as high scholarly level or language as you would like it to be, especially given the fact it has been produced for the "wide" audience.
      Besides nowhere in this video have I seen the director described as Rossini specialist, neither anybody in this video pretends for anything more than exploring the music through "Il Barbiere di Siviglia".
      Thus comment of hatred like this one, opens only the discussion of Your personal attitude towards ROH and I guess (out of Your comments) the director "starring" in this video. Please, get clear with Your inner demons and then comment again!