Composer: Britten

7 posts

Claude Webster – Embroidery Aria (Britten)

Master Artist: Claude Webster

Master Artist Voice:  Vocal Coach

Venue:  Lyrique de l’OdeM

Date: 2017

Language of Instruction: English

 

Performer Voice Type:  Soprano

Title:  Embroidery Aria

Composer:  Benjamin Britten

From:  Peter Grimes

Genre: British Opera

Libretto/Synopsis

Renée Fleming – Sonnet #32 (Britten) 2/2

Master Artist: Renée Fleming

Master Artist Voice: Soprano

Venue: Eastman School of Music

Date: 2015

Language of Instruction: English

 

Selected Video - Scene 2 of 2

Performer Voice Type:  Tenor

Title:  Sonnet #32

Composer:  Benjamin Britten

From:  The Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo, Opus 22

Genre:  Italian Art Song

Scene One

Performer Voice Type:  Soprano

Title:  Dove sono

Composer:  W. A. Mozart

From:  Le Nozze di Figaro

Genre:  Italian Opera

Libretto/Synopsis/Translation

Allison Voth – Embroidery in Childhood (Britten) – 3/6


Master Artist: Allison Voth

Master Artist Voice: Diction Coach

Venue: Loyola University

Date: N/A

Language of Instruction: English

 

Selected Video - Scene 3 of 6

Performer Voice Type:  Soprano

Title:  Embroidery in Childhood

Composer:  Benjamin Britten

From:  Peter Grimes

Genre:  British Opera

Libretto

Scene One

Performer Voice Type:  N/A

Title:  N/A

Composer:  N/A

From:  N/A

Genre:  English Diction Discussion

English Diction Recommended Texts

Scene Two

Performer Voice Type:  Soprano
Title:   Must the Winter Come So Soon?
Composer:  Samuel Barber
From:  Vanessa
Genre:  American Opera

Scene Four

Performer Voice Type:  Bass-Baritone

Title:  Hear Me O Lord, I Beseech Thee

Composer:  Carlisle Floyd

From:  Susannah

Genre:  American Opera

Libretto

Scene Five

Performer Voice Type:  Soprano

Title:  Ain't it a Pretty Night

Composer:  Carlisle Floyd

From:  Susannah

Genre:  American Opera

Libretto

Scene Six

Performer Voice Type:  Tenor

Title:  It's about the way people is made, I reckon

Composer:  Carlisle Floyd

From:  Susannah

Genre:  Carlisle Floyd

Libretto

Allison Voth – Ain’t it a pretty night (Floyd) – 5/6

Master Artist: Allison Voth

Master Artist Voice: Diction Coach

Venue: Loyola University

Date: N/A

Language of Instruction: English

 

Selected Video - Scene 5 of 6

Performer Voice Type:  Soprano

Title:  Ain't it a Pretty Night

Composer:  Carlisle Floyd

From:  Susannah

Genre:  American Opera

Libretto

Scene One

Performer Voice Type:  N/A

Title:  N/A

Composer:  N/A

From:  N/A

Genre:  English Diction Discussion

English Diction Recommended Texts

Scene Two

Performer Voice Type:  Soprano

Title:   Must the Winter Come So Soon?

Composer:  Samuel Barber

From:  Vanessa

Genre:  American Opera


Scene Three

Performer Voice Type:  Soprano

Title:  Embroidery in Childhood

Composer:  Benjamin Britten

From:  Peter Grimes

Genre:  British Opera

Libretto

Scene Four

Performer Voice Type:  Bass-Baritone

Title:  Hear Me O Lord, I Beseech Thee

Composer:  Carlisle Floyd

From:  Susannah

Genre:  American Opera

Libretto

Scene Six

Performer Voice Type:  Tenor

Title:  It's about the way people is made, I reckon

Composer:  Carlisle Floyd

From:  Susannah

Genre:  Carlisle Floyd

Libretto

Kiri te Kanawa – The Last Rose of Summer (Britten) – 2/8

​Master Artist: ​​Kiri te Kanawa

Master Artist Voice:​ ​​Soprano

Venue: ​​​​Ravinia’s Steans Music Institute

Date:​ N/A

Language of Instruction: ​English

 

​Selected Video - Scene 2 of 8

Performer Voice Type:  Baritone

Title:  The Last Rose of Summer

Composer:  Benjamin Britten

From:  Folk Song Arrangements, Vol. 4

Genre:  British Art Song

​Scene One

Performer Voice Type:  Baritone

Title:  Hai già vinta la causa

Composer:  W. A. Mozart

From:  Le Nozze di Figaro

Genre:  Italian Opera

​Scene Three

Performer Voice Type:  Bass-Baritone

Title:  Chanson triste

Composer:  Henri Duparc

From:  N/A

Genre:  French Mélodie

​Scene Four

Performer Voice Type:  Bass-Baritone

Title:  La vie antérieure

Composer:  Henri Duparc

From:  N/A

Genre:  French Mélodie

​Scene Five

Performer Voice Type:  Soprano

Title:  Ave Maria

Composer:  Giuseppe Verdi

From:  Otello

Genre:  Italian Opera

Libretto/Synopsis/Translation

​Scene Six

Performer Voice Type:  Soprano

Title:  Morgen

Composer:  Richard Strauss

From:  Opus 27, No. 4

Genre:  German Lieder

Translation

​Scene Seven

Performer Voice Type:  Tenor

Title:  Ah! lève-toi, soleil!

Composer:  Charles Gounod

From:  Roméo et Juliette

Genre:  French Opera

Libretto/Synopsis/Translation

​Scene Eight

Performer Voice Type:  Tenor

Title:  Pace non trovo

Composer:  Franz Liszt

From:  Tre sonetti di Petrarci

Genre:  Italian Art Song

Translation

Sarah Connolly – Johnny (Britten) – 2/2

Master Artist: Sarah Connolly

Master Artist Voice: Mezzo-Soprano

Venue: Royal College of Music

Date: N/A

Language of Instruction: English

 

Selected Video - Scene 2 of 2

Performer Voice Type:  Mezzo-Soprano

Title:  Johnny

Composer:  Benjamin Britten

From:  Cabaret Songs

Genre:  English Art Song

Scene One

Performer Voice Type:  Mezzo-Soprano

Title:  E pur cosi in un giorno…Piangero la sorte mia

Composer:  G. F. Handel

From:  Giulio Cesare

Genre:  Italian Baroque Opera

Sir Thomas Allen – Before Life and After (Britten)

Master Artist: Sir Thomas Allen

Master Artist Voice: Baritone

Venue: Royal College of Music

Date: 2014

Language of Instruction: English

 

Performer Voice Type:  Tenor

Title:  Before Life and After

Composer:  Benjamin Britten

From:  Winter Words

Genre:  English Art Song