Date: 2013

77 posts

Gerald Finley – Donde lieta usci (Puccini) – 2/3

Master Artist: Gerald Finley

Biography

Master Artist Voice: Baritone

Venue: Guildhall School of Music

Date: 2013

Language of Instruction: English

 

Selected Video - Scene 2 of 3

Performer Voice Type:  Soprano

Title:  Donde lieta usci

Composer:  Giacomo Puccini

From:  La Bohème

Genre:  Italian Opera

Libretto/Synopsis/Translation

Scene One

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Performer Voice Type:  N/A

Title:  N/A

Composer:  N/A

From:  N/A

Genre:  Opening Comments

Scene Three

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Performer Voice Type:  Soprano

Title:  L’ île inconnue

Composer:  Hector Berlioz

From:  Les nuits d’ été

Genre:  French Mélodie

Translation

Gerald Finley – Opening Comments (Guildhall School) – 1/3

Master Artist: Gerald Finley

Biography

Master Artist Voice: Baritone

Venue: Guildhall School of Music

Date: 2013

Language of Instruction: English

 

Selected Video - Scene 1 of 3

Performer Voice Type:  N/A

Title:  N/A

Composer:  N/A

From:  N/A

Genre:  Opening Comments

Scene Two

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Performer Voice Type:  Soprano

Title:  Donde lieta usci

Composer:  Giacomo Puccini

From:  La Bohème

Genre:  Italian Opera

Libretto/Synopsis/Translation

Scene Three

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Performer Voice Type:  Soprano

Title:  L’ île inconnue

Composer:  Hector Berlioz

From:  Les nuits d’ été

Genre:  French Mélodie

Translation

John Wustman – Cara, cara e dolce (Scarlatti) – 1/4

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​Master Artist: ​​​John Wustman

Biography

Master Artist Voice:​ ​​​Collaborative Pianist

Venue: ​​​​Grand Rapids Community College

Date:​ 2013

Language of Instruction: ​English

 

​Selected Video - Scene 1 of 4

​Performer Voice Type:  Soprano

Title:  Cara, cara e dolce

Composer:  Alessandro Scarlatti

From:  Tigrane

Genre:  Italian Baroque Opera

Synopsis/Translation

​Scene Two

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​Performer Voice Type:  Soprano

Title:  Die Forelle

Composer:  Franz Schubert

From:  N/A

Genre:  German Lieder

Translation

​Scene Three

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​Performer Voice Type:  Soprano

Title:  Tu che di gel sei cinta

Composer:  Giacomo Puccini

From:  Turandot

Genre:  Italian Opera

Libretto/Synopsis/Translation

​Scene Four

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​Performer Voice Type:  Soprano

Title:  Allerseelen

Composer:  Richard Strauss

From:  N/A

Genre:  German Lieder

Translation

John Wustman – O mio babbino caro (Puccini) – 1/3

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​Master Artist: ​​​John Wustman

Biography

Master Artist Voice:​ ​​​Collaborative Pianist

Venue: ​​​​Grand Rapids Community College

Date:​ 2013

Language of Instruction: ​English

 

​Selected Video - Scene 1 of 3

​Performer Voice Type:  Soprano

Title:  O mio babbino caro

Composer:  Giacomo Puccini

From:  Gianni Schicchi

Genre:  Italian Opera

Libretto/Synopsis

​Scene Two

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​Performer Voice Type:  Tenor

Title:  Am Meer

Composer:  Franz Schubert

From:  Schwanengesang, D.957

Genre:  German Lieder

Translation

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​Performer Voice Type: Tenor

Title: Un aura amorosa

Composer: W. A. Mozart

From: Cosi fan tutte

Genre: Italian Opera

Libretto/Synopsis/Translation

Emma Matthews – Variety – Opera Australia


Master Artist: Emma Matthews

Biography

Master Artist Voice: Soprano

Venue: Opera Australia

Date: 2013

Language of Instruction: English

 

Special Note:  We include this class for the value of Ms. Matthew's comments across four different singers and pieces.  Because of the shorter length spent on each piece, however, we have decided to provide the video as a whole, rather than split it into scenes.  Please also note, however, that we have provided resources below pertaining to each piece encountered in the video.   

Full Video:

Performer Voice Type:  Variety

Title:  Variety

Composer:  Variety

From:  Variety

Genre:  Variety


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Performer #1

Performer Voice Type:  Soprano

Title:  Senza Mamma

Composer:  Giacomo Puccini

From:  Suor Angelica

Genre:  Italian Opera

Libretto/Synopsis/Translation

Performer #2

Performer Voice Type:  Soprano

Title:  Caro nome

Composer:  Giuseppe Verdi

From:  Rigoletto

Genre:  Italian Opera

Libretto/Synopsis

Performer #3

Performer Voice Type:  Baritone

Title:  Aprite un po’ quegli occhi

Composer:  W. A. Mozart

From:  Le Nozze di Figaro

Genre:  Italian Opera

Libretto/Synopsis

Performer #4

Performer Voice Type:  Soprano

Title:  Il bacio

Composer:  Luigi Arditi

From:  N/A

Genre:  Italian Art Song

Music/Scores of "Il bacio"

Noteworthy Recordings

Translation

Michael Feinstein – Blue Skies (Berlin)

Master Artist: Michael Feinstein

Biography

Master Artist Voice: Baritone

Venue: Great American Songbook High School Vocal Competition

Date: 2013

Language of Instruction: English

 

Performer Voice Type:  Mezzo-Soprano

Title:  Blue Skies

Composer:  Irving Berlin

From:  N/A

Genre:  Popular Song

Emma Matthews – Eccomi in lieta vesta…Oh! quante volte (Bellini) – 1/5


​Master Artist: ​​Emma Matthews

Biography

Master Artist Voice: Soprano

Venue:​ IFAC Australian Singing Competition

Date:​ 2013

Language of Instruction: ​English

 

Selected Video - Scene 1 of 5

​Performer Voice Type:  Soprano

Title:  Eccomi in lieta vesta…Oh! quante volte

Composer:  Vincenzo Bellini

From:  I Capuletti e i Montecchi

Genre:  Italian Bel Canto Opera

Libretto/Synopsis

Scene Two

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​Performer Voice Type:  Baritone

Title:  Hai gia vinta la causa

Composer:  W. A. Mozart

From:  Le Nozze di Figaro

Genre:  Italian Opera

Libretto/Synopsis

Scene Three

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​Performer Voice Type:  Soprano

Title:  Quando m’en vo

Composer:  Giacomo Puccini

From:  La Bohème

Genre:  Italian Opera

Libretto/Synopsis

Scene Four

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​Performer Voice Type:  Baritone

Title:  Or dove fuggo io mai…Ah! per sempre

Composer:  Vincenzo Bellini

From:  I Puritani

Genre:  Italian Bel Canto Opera

Synopsis - Translation

Scene Five

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​Performer Voice Type:  Mezzo-Soprano

Title:  Dopo notte atra e funesta

Composer:  G. F. Handel

From:  Ariodante

Genre:  Italian Baroque Opera

Libretto/Synopsis/Translation

Michael Feinstein – Skylark (Mercer)

Master Artist: Michael Feinstein

Biography

Master Artist Voice: Baritone

Venue: Great American Songbook High School Vocal Competition

Date: 2013

Language of Instruction: English

 

Performer Voice Type:  Mezzo-Soprano

Title:  Skylark

Composer:  Johnny Mercer

From:  N/A

Genre:  Popular Song

Kristen Chenoweth – No One Made You Love Me (Wootton)


Master Artist: Kristen Chenoweth

Biography

Master Artist Voice: Soprano

Venue: Broken Arrow, Oklahoma

Date: 2013

Language of Instruction: English

 

Performer Voice Type:  Soprano

Title:  No One Made You Love Me

Composer:  Dan Wootton

From:  A Few Doors Down

Genre:  Musical Theater

Show Review

Bruno von Nünlist – Du meines Herzens Krönelein (R. Strauss)

Master Artist: Bruno von Nünlist

Biography (German)

Master Artist Voice:  Baritone

Venue:  Apeldoorn

Date: 2013

Language of Instruction: German

 

Performer Voice Type:  Tenor

Title:  Du meines Herzens Krönelein

Composer:  Richard Strauss

From:  Opus 21, no. 2

Genre:  German Lieder

Translation