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Stephen Sondheim – Later (Sondheim)

Master Artist: Stephen Sondheim

Master Artist Voice: Composer

Venue: Guildhall School, London

Date: N/A

Language of Instruction: English

 

Performer Voice Type:  Baritone

Title:  Later

Composer:  Stephen Sondheim

From:  A Little Night Music

Genre:  Musical Theater

Synopsis

Stephen Sondheim – Send in the Clowns (Sondheim) 2

Master Artist: Stephen Sondheim

Master Artist Voice: Composer

Venue: Guildhall School, London

Date: N/A

Language of Instruction: English

 

Performer Voice Type:  Mezzo-Soprano

Title:  Send in the Clowns

Composer:  Stephen Sondheim

From:  A Little Night Music

Genre:  Musical Theater

Synopsis

Stephen Sondheim – Send in the Clowns (Sondheim)

​Master Artist: ​​Stephen Sondheim

Master Artist Voice:​ ​Composer

Venue: ​​​Guildhall School, London

Date:​ N/A

Language of Instruction: English

 

Performer Voice Type:  Mezzo-Soprano

Title:  Send in the Clowns

Composer:  Stephen Sondheim

From:  A Little Night Music

Genre:  Musical Theater

Synopsis

Maureen Forrester – Frauenliebe und leben (Schumann) 2

​Master Artist: ​​Maureen Forrester

Master Artist Voice:​ ​​Contralto

Venue: ​​N/A

Date:​ N/A

Language of Instruction: English

 

Performer Voice Type:  Variety

Title:  Variety

Composer:  Robert Schumann

From:  Frauenliebe und leben

Genre:  German Lieder

Emma Matthews – Variety – Opera Australia


Master Artist: Emma Matthews

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

Performer #3

Performer Voice Type:  Baritone

Title:  Aprite un po’ quegli occhi

Composer:  W. A. Mozart

From:  Le Nozze di Figaro

Genre:  Italian Opera

Performer #4

Performer Voice Type:  Soprano

Title:  Il bacio

Composer:  Luigi Arditi

From:  N/A

Genre:  Italian Art Song

Music/Scores of "Il bacio"

Translation

Maureen Forrester – Frauenliebe und leben (Schumann)

​Master Artist: ​​Maureen Forrester

Master Artist Voice:​ ​​Contralto

Venue: ​​N/A

Date:​ N/A

Language of Instruction: English

 

Performer Voice Type:  Variety

Title:  Variety

Composer:  Robert Schumann

From:  Frauenliebe und leben

Genre:  German Lieder

Michael Feinstein – What Did I Have That I Don’t Have (Lerner)


Master Artist: Michael Feinstein

Master Artist Voice: Baritone

Venue: Great American Songbook Vocal Competition

Date: 2010

Language of Instruction: English

 

Performer Voice Type:  Mezzo-Soprano

Title:  What Did I Have That I Don’t Have

Composer:  Alan Lerner

From:  N/A

Genre:  Popular Song

Michael Feinstein – Blue Skies (Berlin)

Master Artist: Michael Feinstein

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

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

Scene Two

Performer Voice Type:  Baritone

Title:  Hai gia vinta la causa

Composer:  W. A. Mozart

From:  Le Nozze di Figaro

Genre:  Italian Opera

Scene Three

Performer Voice Type:  Soprano

Title:  Quando m’en vo

Composer:  Giacomo Puccini

From:  La Bohème

Genre:  Italian Opera

Libretto/Synopsis

Scene Four

Performer Voice Type:  Baritone

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

Composer:  Vincenzo Bellini

From:  I Puritani

Genre:  Italian Bel Canto Opera

Scene Five

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

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