7 Opera Songs for Beginners | How to Sing Opera
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In this singing lesson, Betsy shares a few helpful tips for singers looking to learn how to sing opera for beginners.
You'll learn seven of the best opera songs for beginners to try, including some that don't require you to learn another language!
Here are few of the simple opera songs Betsy recommends for different voice types, when learning how to sing opera:
-O Mio Babbino Caro by Giacomo Puccini (Soprano)
-Voi Che Sapete by Mozart (Mezzo Sopranos)
-When I'm Laid in Earth by Henry Purcell (Contralto)
If you’ve ever wanted to transition from another genre of music into opera or classical, keep watching.
You’ll not only learn some good opera songs to sing, but also tips for getting your voice to carry over an audience and orchestra.
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Me: an opera singer
Also me: has asthma
Little Lionn same 😂😂😂
little lionn ....i m here to hit jimin's note
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Samd ahahahaa 😬
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Lmao I came here from The Penthouse
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Me too
Me: trying to sing operatic...
My Mom: what’s wrong with the cat?!
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That was me when my daughter (at age 9) started playing the violin!
@@lynn9744 Oof, that is rude...
I’m learning to sing the song in the penthouse 😂
yes same here
omg co~army and yes i came from the pent house to HAAHHA
How are you here were lost
Me too now I know that I can actually sang Lascio chi'o pianga
same
i learn because of penthouse kdrama, it seems like I can do it but it's very complicated 😭
SAMEEEE
Sm here
Same😭
Same here.. I really like opera songs but it's so hard because it's high 😂 can't reach it
Self Isolation brought me here 😂
same 😂
Same I decided I like classical music and opera 😂
Madame Lev Same 😍😂
I hope you're playing with the line by the dead head, _“talking brought me here,”_ here.
Me too!
Me: I want to learn opera
Her: Sing into the mask
Me: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
My mom: ARE YOU POSSESSED?
Me too 😹
Came here after watching "The penthouse". Cheon Seon Jin, you better watch out
Don’t let ha eun beoyol see u 💀
yes i agree
Lmao
I wish I could sing in theaters someday
Keep going and one day you will! I believe in you!
You can do it 💪 i believe in you too ❤️
I just hope I live in New York.
HeyIt's Gab that’s why I’m here. I dream of playing Christine Daae and eponine
U will some day
I've came to this video because my goal in life is to sing an operatic song for my fiancee at our wedding. Thank you for your advice!
Aw that's so sweet
If only we are rich, I would like to study music and be an opera singer.
Move to Germany it’s free.
Nothing can stop you trust me
Cauasia Rush , really?😱 For all ages?☺️
Same
@Kasugari Miri wait what? but not in my state o.o
I need to go to an empty place so that I can sing with my voice
Me too, I sooo want to sing in a place with a lot of echo and no public 😍
SAME OMFG😂😂 I BE SCARED TO SING IN FRONT PEOPLE💀💯
Same. I tend to sing in my truck or bathroom 😂
@@myheartwillstopinjoy8142 same😍😍😍
Same...
influence of the penthouse that's why i'm here 🙂🙂🙂
Ok so here’s my problem:
My voice is strong when I sing low, HOWEVER I can’t sing TOO low. I can sing pretty high but my voice gets quieter and more breathy. I want to be able to sing louder when singing higher without strain (sorry if that didn’t make too much sense! Anyways nice video!)
sounds like you need to train your air support or you just cant sing that high because of the way your vocal cords are
I would say have proper breath support and do exercises to strengthen and lengthen the top voice. It takes effort to sing high loudly
This is my same situation. Chest voice and head voice sound like two different people :/
You need to find an optimal placement and sing higher while keeping in. For ex. I'm singing a low note and than making a glissando and reaching an octave higher, and higher again and than go back, while leaving the mouth shape and the feeling inside as close as possibile. Sorry, cannot explain it better in english 😅
estupidosdemierdable headvoice might need more chest voice participation in it
The kdrama penthouse brought me here. I get interested
came here after watching the penthouse kdrama lol😆
Same🙂
Lmao me after watching penthouse
Me: Opera singer
Also me: struggling singing like *Beyoncé, Whitney Huston, etc*
Don’t even get me started on trying to beat musical theatre songs... I’m a high soprano
That provably means you should develop your chest voice more. Back in the day opera singers developed strong chestvoice. But nowadays most opera singers(specially female voices) neglect that very important part of their voice. Even the ones considered as great opera singers today have very week chestvoice.
We’re you at Beyonce or Whitney Houston’s House 🏡 when they was practicing every day morning and night weeks before small and major performances? Where you there all those times in private when god heard them hit each bad note 🎼 and kept restarting timelessly until they got it right? Michael Jordan even stayed an additional twos hours each 4 hour game practice. Just working on “self “ Question: where you there? Point is.. we all are there for the shows / performances of all the greats / celebrities. However they to go to the bathroom 🚽 alone. And they never stop practicing. “At home 🏠 “ in Private. No friends, 🙅 just them and God. Practice is what makes perfect. “ gifts should be polished NOT neglect.”✍🏾
I MP very true
Jed Cauan oh exacly for me its kind of weird why opera singers cannot sing such a songs?
Me:Singing queen of nights
My oxygen:Is this a joke to you.
cheon seojin brought me here #penthouse
I love the Italian arias and composers. I spent a decade learning a bunch of songs and arias that I would sing for about another 10 years. Then I heard and learned 2 French arias that I really liked. I was amazed how the language seem to fit my voice and technique. Don't really know why, but the placement seems to fit my voice better. I am not professionally trained, although I have been paid to sing over the last 20 years as a hobby. Opera for ever!
I want to sing opera but i feel like if I tell my parents there gonna think its weird.its like coming out of the closet but for opera
Lol Same!!!
Idk why, though... my parents already know I love Classical music and Opera
There's just something Weird in admitting to them that I want to learn to sing it?
I know exactly how you feel
The Penthouse brought me here
phantom of the opera brought me here. I am determined to sing christine daae's songs
SAME!!!
I was high af and thought that this was gonna be a good idea, but this is actually complicated
"The Penthouse" brought me here LOL
Me watching penthouse so thats why I'm here : 👉🏻👈🏻🤩
Her as a soprano: “these songs are not that bad, they only go up to an A flat”
Me: *in alto* 😔
Loved the way you explained everything, and the way you opened a new world for people who wants to try, thanks so much. ❤️
Thank you so much! You are very positive and inspiring. I'm a young 60 year old and love to sing my heart out. I'm looking forward to checking out all the recommendations above. I'd be interested in your free class, if you are still doing them.. Thanks again.
Oh my.. for a first moment I thought this would be totally stupid video, but there is actually some nice advice! Thanks. Although I would appreciate some more specific repertoir for baritones :D
Legolasicek I’m a beginner.
Started with Avant de quitter ces lieux
Now Di Provenza Il Mar, Il Suol
I am practicing opera and so far I am doing VERY well. This video helped out alot
Hello in another episode of where quarantine has led me today!
Tenor/CounterTenor here. My niece is interested to singing opera so this video helped. Thanks 🙏🏻
caro mio ben
ombra mai fu anything central
Wagner: now for beginners!
🤣🤣🤣
Ironic 🤣
Literally
My problem is I can’t sing clearly. Like it always comes out crackly no matter if I sing high or low. It sounds like I have a dry throat even though I don’t. Any tips?
Hi Lucinda! Betsy just finished a video on voice projection. These tips might help you out! th-cam.com/video/evWIerF3eeU/w-d-xo.html
TakeLessons thankyou so so much!!
Try steaming or changing your diet also!
My voice is a contralto voice, so thank you for the tips!
Great video! I like my voice as low as possible, but I feel like I am something special when I sing something like "when I am laid in Earth" or Ave Maria.
I am not good, for sure. But I feel like I live my life fully.
"The Penthouse" bought me here LOL
Even as a mezzo I have more ease and comfort at the top of my range(I know it's odd). So arias like o mio babbino caro, porgi amour are in the comfortable placement of my voice. My problem and struggle has always been the bottom, finding that resonance within my lower notes. Mid and top are fine, it's the lower notes. The fifth octave is where I have the most resonance/comfort/ease.
You might be a soprano not a mezzo
you are soprano
Love Betsy's videos. She has really good information and I've used some of her tips.
me after watching "penthouse"
came here•_•
Thanks, you explained it very well!
I just gotten into this style from Choir Singing as a *wait for it* Soprano vocalist a while back
I love this! Contralto from Italy 🤗🇮🇹
Thank you so much for the video👌
I just need this for Phantom of the Opera 😂
I learned classical singing from a female opera singer and she always wanted me to sing bass arias, but it was difficult for me. Later I tried bariton arias and they were much easier for me to sing! So it's very important to find what's the best for your voice and how you can use your talents in the best way! It's really fun to learn and sing with a good teacher and one day maybe you will sing so well, that you wouldn't even imagine right now!
True! My first voice teacher always made me sing alto & I always had a lot of problems. My 2nd teacher made me sing soprano pieces & all of a sudden it was so easy.
Penthouse brought me here lmao
I'm here because our teacher task this to us to perform tomorrow we just had 3 days of practice
How did ur performance go?
I logit have an hour or sooo 😲😭
@@frederickroykharkongor3688 how did it go??
#penthouse
Thank you for this!!
Thanks for watching! :)
No one:
Me today: *I want to be like Sierra Bogggess*
Ive actually always wanted to sing Opera. When I was a child my mother would play the great tenors on either record or cd. I always loved hearing it. I actually was born with a very powerful voice and i have very large lungs i found out after nearly succumbing to heat exhaustion one summer. haha. I'm not quite sure of my range or what i'd be called as i can sing as low as Richard Sterban(bass for Oakridge Boys) and can actually get as high as Josh Groban. Which, he obviously isnt the highest ranged vocalist, but I can usually get as high as anyone you'd hear on the air waves. I just dont know where my best range would be. I would love to have coaching to learn. i believe that everyone on this earth has a special talent inside them, that you just have to find it within you. i believe that this could be mine. It's just sad that it's taken me many years to finally discover that this is what i want to do. My mother as a child always told me that i should pursue operatic singing, as i had such a powerful voice for it. My dream would be to hone the skill well enough to have the confidence to one day perform in front of an audience which included my family, and mother in particular. Blessings to all who read this. Don't wait to pursue your dreams. Do it while you can!
Thank you, Betsy!
Very interesting and helpful!
Good luck!
8:37
All I can hear is Racetrack from Newsies saying "The woild is ya eryster"...
Btw I'm the only opera singer in my school and in advanced choir so yay...... I'll go now
Thank you for this video. It was very interesting. I am Mezzo Soprano but after 2 years I can sing a fair bit higher now. I am probably wrong to describe myself now as "lower end of soprano" (I can sing up to C6). My main genre is Musical Theatre but I also sing light opera and included there is O Mio Babbino, Non ho l'eta, Ave Maria to name a few. My head voice is the strongest and I have to "work" to tone down my volume, so I was very interested to hear what you had to say here, and I must say it makes sense to me and I know exactly what you are saying. I am now a (new) subscriber and look forward to discovering your other videos. Thank you once again.
Thank you!!
I'm amazed with Queen Of The Night so that's why I'm here
Honestly.. I watched tons of videos about singing 🎶. Some good stuff but mostly things that weren't that helpful. I find your video (content) very informative. I'm signing up for more information. Thank you!
Una Voce Poco Fa my favourite song. I know it might be hard but really want to master this song.
Thank you! Any suggestions for a beginner tenor? Thanks.
kdrama penthouse bring me here..noOOo idk abt myself
Thanks ❤️☺️
penthouse brought me here
I'd really like to find what fits my (female) voice type.
I'm by no means well informed, but this is what I think I know:
My tessitura may be around the 4th octave. But how do I really know? Is this only determined by where I can sing loudest?
My range (not well trained though) is e3-a5.
I conclude that I may be a Mezzo?
I know there are such things as "vocal fachs" - is this important?
Thanks for everything, you helped me understand my voice better :)
Is Purcell's "when i am laid in earth" a contraalto song? I think its pretty high for an alto isn it?
Thanks for making. This video shows that your conthidint 😁
Thank you maam
Im auditioning for all state does anyone have any advanced opera songs that are about like level 6 nyssma my teacher wants me to sing Il Mio Bel Foco in the high key does anyone have any other suggestions
What would be the entry song for someone who is most likely a spinto?
does anybody have suggestions for "easy" mezzosoprano or soprano songs that dont go beyond G5 (I cant reach A5 good yet) that are dramatic or sad? I dont really the fast/happy songs that were mentioned in this video so I also find it hard to act the part because i dont like the song. I am also not so good in the long jumping runs yet.
I really like slow/dramatic/sad songs and I find songs like Ave Maria by Schubert, Ombra mai fu, e lucevan stelle easy and fun to song. There are a lot of songs that fit my voice but the ones I know and like are mostly for choirs or duets like lakme flower duet which I love. I would appreciate any suggestion for other songs that I dont know yet that fit me/my voice that are also appropiate for women for auditions. Thanks
borednow maybe try When I am laid in earth. Unsure how high it goes but such an amazing aria! Try it out and keep working on it 😊 you’ll get there! 💖
chelsie robinson definitely a good choice! It only goes to a G5
Flower duet Lakmé I think would do fine.
@@keyanahood2612 but that song requires 2 people so it's not suitable singing solo
Voi che sapete would be a good song without singing too high
Anyone here from penthouse?
What are some more good opera songs for beginners? Share with us if you've found any!
When I started I just want Ave Maria and then sung Nessun Dorma 😂😅
Magic flute by Mozart.
Parla piu piano
@@Overlord_1847 thats not opera...
O mio babbino
Caro mio Ben from
(24 Italian arias and song book) amazing and cheap!
Silent noon
The black swan - the medium
O goddess wise - G&S
Vijlia
La perichole
Dove sono - marriage of Figaro
Porgi amor- marriage of figaro
someone please recommend me an easy song for countertenors 😀there'ss not even vocal warm up videos for CT in youtube so when i try to do a video for sopranos its too high, but if i try to do a mezzo warm up its too low
I'm tenore ligero or di grazie! Bel canto tecnique. ❤❤❤
I haven't watched the full video yet cause I'm with my family so sorry if this was metioned 😅 but can I still sing opera even if I don't have perfect pitch?
Am I the only one came here after watching the penthouse? 😂😂
I’m not an opera singer but I kinda wanna learn bc some of my favorite pop singers out there can also sing a little opera and I love it
Is it possible to learn how to sing opera without any previous training?
I have a question to ask 2 and a 1/2 octaves and I want to expand it to have a 5 octave rang And I'm a guy so I don't know but will help me
how do you practice if you are a shamy person and with family always in home? i really want to practice but i can't do it freely
Lol I came here because of the drama "the penthouse" I just freaking discovered that I can sing an opera
Do you do vocal therapy for damage? @takeLessons?
I do! I’m a classically trained opera (and theater and pop) singer and teacher, and I love helping voices recover from damage. My voice was damaged once upon a time and helping others heal and find their voice again like I did is such a good feeling!
Me after watching The Penthouse*
open yt: "how to sing opera"
Baritone can be sing high note Opera
What do you consider a "real soprano"? (8:24)
Penthouse drama brought me here
I'm a chorale singer and a tenor. I've tried "Ave Maria" by Caccini as a doxology in an event. It's not much but I was able to pull it through at least. It's hellish on my part because I remember suffering from cough and asthma that time and the piece requires long sustains. Hahaha
So how do I find my voice type? I think I’m somewhere between a baritone and tenor, but I’m not certain.
There are a few videos where you can sing along to the note played until you can no longer go lower or higher. Remember your lowest note and your highest note and then check the range chart at the end.
i can sometimes sing the Magic Flute but maybe Lower, a little bit...the chorus only
Gr8 Video
im here so i can enter the cheong A
Penthouse fans are dearly welcomed🌚
Everyone, I'm interested on which techniques you guys use to sing opera, I use the barthelemy. I'm just very interested to know so if you guys can, care to reply? ÇwÇ
Can someone please tell me what that thing people do with there voice is called.
wdym?
Hi, I am 13 year old female and I find opera to be one of the most beautiful things. I really want to learn and I know it will take many years and practice and commitment but..... I just don't get HOW to sing that way. I am also not sure about my voice type regardless of how many videos I watched. I can sing songs like white Christmas in a good deep voice and higher notes I can sing but I can tell I strain little, and I am pretty good at songs in between. I am also very confused about how to sing with the different voices. I really want to sing opera but I am scared people will laugh at me. Please help ☹️
Tried learning how to yodel couldn’t get the pitch right so now I’m here.. thank you quarantine
yodeling is easier i swear
Should I have a good voice to sing opera As I sing like them but not the same I still at the first step of my way to sing
I’m here because of the penthouse