Genre: Opening Comments

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Sir Thomas Allen – Opening Comments 1/2

Master Artist: Sir Thomas Allen

Biography

Master Artist Voice: Baritone

Venue: Royal College of Music

Date: 2014

Language of Instruction: English

 

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Genre: Opening Comments

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Performer Voice Type: Baritone

Title: Tired

Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams

From: N/A

Genre: British Art Song

George Shirley – Opening Comments 1/6

Master Artist: George Shirley

Biography

Master Artist Voice: Tenor

Venue: George Shirley Vocal Competition

Date: 2017

Language of Instruction: English

 

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Genre:  Opening Comments

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Performer Voice Type:  Bass-Baritone

Title:  What Makes a Man a Man

Composer:  Terence Blanchard

From:  Champion

Genre:  American Opera

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Performer Voice Type:  Soprano

Title:  N/A

Composer:  Nkeiru Okoye

From:  Harriet Tubman:  When I Crossed That Line to Freedom

Genre:  American Opera

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Performer Voice Type:  Soprano

Title:  Life and Death

Composer:  Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

From:  N/A

Genre:  American Art Song

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Performer Voice Type:  Soprano

Title:  Love Let the Wind Cry...How I Adore Thee

Composer:  Undine Smith Moore

From:  N/A

Genre:  American Art Song

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Performer Voice Type:  Bass-Baritone

Title:  I, too, Sing America

Composer:  Margaret Bonds

From:  Three Dream Portaits

Genre:  American Art Song

Kurt Elling – Opening Comments 1/6

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​Master Artist: ​​Kurt Elling

Biography

Master Artist Voice:​ ​​Jazz Artist

Venue: ​​​Chicago Voices

Date:​ 2017

Language of Instruction: ​English

 

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Genre:  Opening Comments

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​Performer Voice Type:  Mezzo-Soprano

Title:  In Walked Bud

Composer:  Thelonius Monk

From:  N/A

Genre:  Jazz

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​Performer Voice Type:  Mezzo-Soprano

Title:  Sophisticated Lady

Composer:  Duke Ellington

From:  N/A

Genre:  Jazz

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​Performer Voice Type:  Mezzo-Soprano

Title:  Don't Get Around Much Anymore

Composer:  Duke Ellington

From:  N/A

Genre:  Jazz

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​Performer Voice Type:  Baritone

Title:  Softly As In a Morning Sunrise

Composer:  Sigmund Romberg

From:  N/A

Genre:  Jazz

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​Performer Voice Type:  N/A

Title:  N/A

Composer:  N/A

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Genre:  Question and Answer

Robert Lyall – Opening Comments 1/5

Master Artist: Robert Lyall

Biography

Master Artist Voice: Conductor

Venue: Loyola University

Date: 2009

Language of Instruction: English

 

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Masterclass – Opera – Robert Lyall from Loyola University on Vimeo.

Genre:  Opening Comments

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Performer Voice Type:  Baritone

Title:  It is Enough

Composer:  Felix Mendelssohn

From:  Elijah

Genre:  Oratorio

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Performer Voice Type:  Soprano

Title:  Mein Herr Marquis

Composer:  Johann Strauss

From:  Die Fledermaus

Genre:  German Singspiel

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Performer Voice Type:  Mezzo-Soprano

Title:  Connais-tu le Pays

Composer:  Ambroise Thomas

From:  Mignon

Genre:  French Opera

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Performer Voice Type:  Tenor

Title:  Après un reve

Composer:  Gabriel Faurè

From:  N/A

Genre:  French Mèlodie

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Matthew Aucoin – Opening Comments 1/5

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​Master Artist: ​​Matthew Aucoin

Biography

Master Artist Voice:​ ​​Composer

Venue: ​Music Academy of the West

Date:​ 2016

Language of Instruction: ​English

 

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​Genre:  Opening Comments

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​Performer Voice Type:  Soprano

Title:  The Willow Song - "Piangea cantando" also "Salce!, Salce!"

Composer:  Giuseppe Verdi

From:  Otello

Genre:  Italian Opera

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​Performer Voice Type:  Bass-Baritone

Title:  Madamina, il catalogo è questo

Composer:  W. A. Mozart

From:  Don Giovanni

Genre:  Italian Opera

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Performer Voice Type:  Tenor

Title:  Here I stand…Since it is not by merit

Composer:  Igor Stravinsky

From:  The Rake’s Progress

Genre:  Russian/English Opera

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​Performer Voice Type:  Mezzo-Soprano

Title:  Non so più cosa son

Composer:  W. A. Mozart

From:  Le Nozze di Figaro

Genre:  Italian Opera

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Elisabeth Schwarzkopf – Introduction and Schwarzkopf Performance 1/3 (2)

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​Master Artist: ​Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

Biography

Master Artist Voice:​ Soprano

Venue:​ ​Edinburgh Festival

Date:​ 1980

Language of Instruction: ​English

 

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​Genre: Introduction and Schwarzkopf Performance

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​Performer Voice Type:  Soprano

Title:  Im Frühling

Composer:  Franz Schubert

From:  N/A

Genre:  German Lieder

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​Performer Voice Type:  Mezzo-Soprano

Title:  Er, der Herrlichste von Allen

Composer:  Robert Schumann

From:  Frauenliebe und Leben

Genre:  German Lieder

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Elisabeth Schwarzkopf – Introduction and Schwarzkopf Performance 1/3


​Master Artist: ​Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

Biography

Master Artist Voice:​ Soprano

Venue:​ ​Edinburgh Festival

Date:​ 1980

Language of Instruction: ​English

 

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​Genre: Introduction and Schwarzkopf Performance

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​Performer Voice Type:  Bass-Baritone

Title:  Madamina, il catalogo è questo

Composer:  W. A. Mozart

From:  Don Giovanni

Genre:  Italian Opera

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​Performer Voice Type:  Mezzo-Soprano

Title:  Non so piu cosa son

Composer:  W. A. Mozart

From:  Le Nozze di Figaro

Genre:  Italian Opera

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