Placido Domingo Masterclass 5

[veeerooniicaaa]

Gracias por haber publicado este video, fantàstico.

[classicalgal14]

Great technique but she doesn't seem to have a sense who the character is :/

[PuertoRicanDivas]

Jenny Lalov is an AMAZING Soprano. I love her voice and her presence on stage is really impacting. Great Job. And Placido is Bravisivo.

[Staymewithflagons]

So wonderful...Jenny was my college roommate in music school...we were all singers...but she was the best. :)

[SuperMarkova]

Ma questo si chiama FORTUNA ! Senza la Fortuna non é possibile fare carriera! :-)

[SuperMarkova]

hahaha!!!!!!!! Perché no?! E anche solo uomo...

[bodiloto]

come si chiama questa bellissima soprano?voce stupenda ,sensibile ,brava si vede che domingo non era in forma ,e stato impressionato dalla bellezza di questa donna?nessun consiglio tecnico vocale durante tutta la lezione ...

[LordoftheTrapdoors]

She appear, and at once Placido put in order the jacket and comb his hair!

[charmingemily]

is her singing like first love?

[RonaldBarone]

OMG... this man is amazing

[ereccay2k22]

i love how placido describes the substance of the music

[Tennismun]

It is Jenny Kelly when she was 23 years old. I do not appreciate the comment about what should go in my mouth!

Jenny Kelly

[kevin86h]

So are you the person that is in this master class? If so, that is pretty cool.

[corellithebest]

I agree with you! She is AMAZING and has a great talent. And Domingo is, apart from being a superb singer and conductor, also an excellent teacher. He is so kind to his students and teaches them right things, such as thinking about the words and the character as well, not only the notes and music, because opera is primarily MUSIC WITH WORDS !

[Nadir2711]

Cette chanteuse a une bonne technique...il ne lui manque qu'un peu plus d'âme dans ce qu'elle chante....et ce sera très bien!

Le R est une dicussion que j'entends depuis des dizaines d'années....dans le langage parlé rouler les r n'est pas bien vu (pérjugé?)....par contre le rouler dans le chant est demandé..pourquoi?

c'est une "habitude" qui perdure et non une règle absolue de diction.....

Le R final est plus utile ....mieux vaut l'amouR que l'amou....avec un r inaudible.

[pebbls2001]

she is hot..

[lalia2001]

oh damn!

[Nhlvrnfla]

soooooooooo

who is she? I like her.

[alexandriusgirl]

A Soprano AND a Blond!... She's like a robot..

[forwardge74]

I hope not...

[2ManyHighCs]

. . .and here we all are yet again asking "Who is she?". . . . . think about that for a moment, and the implications

[JuillHope17]

UGHHHHHHHHH she's copping out on the "r"s. americans, italians, and germans always fuck up the french "r"s in opera. it's a throat sound, it's not some variation of an american "r" UGH, i hate that, and you think someone would tell her.

[themusicman428]

In my experience, with french diction, singers do this for two main reasons. 1. The guttural R is not what is taught as "High French" and 2) Guttural consonants destroy the line.

[JuillHope17]

hmmm, that's funny. so roberto alagna destroys his lines when he sings? natalie dessay? any others? because from what i can see and what is being commonly taught nowadays in popular conservatories and opera houses it to use the throat "r" sound. and definitive opra scores that are printed nowadays tell you to make that sound as it is true to original interpretation. so hmmm... stick with what seems to be safe and easy, or go with what's right? hmmm... tough choice... OH WAIT! it's not.

[themusicman428]

wow, are you that arrogant and narrow-minded that you can't appreciate both interpretations? I can see the use of the uvular 'r' if you are in a role that is of a lower class, but just as in high German, high French deviates from the use of guttural consonants. Plus, pronunciation and diction is much different from everyday conversational language. There are more interpretations other than your own, and you shouldn't be so quick to dismiss them. Really shows your arrogance.

[JuillHope17]

other than my own? i swear, it's like you didn't even read my comment: I SAID OTHER PEOPLE THINK THIS AND IT MAKES SENSE TO AGREE WITH THEM SINCE THEY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT. ignorance is not listening to what someone says and going your own way, and obviously i've listened to someone else, especially if the someone else is the one giving a master class in this video. seriously, i think you're ignorant because you're not listening to what i'm saying, and going with your own thoughts.

[jhvorotin]

Guttral "r" is bad because it is not good for your vocal chords. This guttural "r" exists in common French. The rolled "r" with the tongue is the Italian or Spanish, classical one. It is the best for classical singing including opera. The teachers who advocate the guttural "r" either are bad or see that the student cannot pronounce the rolled "r" and therefore say to stick to the guttural "r". In any case, the English "r" is the worst of all "r". When used, the voice is not bright and open.

[JuillHope17]

um... i'm sorry, but that's the dumbest excuse ever, and you're a bad singer if that's causing your voice to not be bright and open. french opera singers have been doing it for YEARS, and they're doing fine last time i checked. really, that was soooo stupid, i can't even.... UGH. if a teacher it teaching you a gutteral r, and it's stopping your vocal production from coming our right then you're overdoing it and you're forcing it, because it's supposed to be a light sound. try learning a little.

[jhvorotin]

So we do agree. We agree that gutteral "r" is not the best way to sing generally, although it is an alternative for the rolled "r". In French opera, performers sing a sort of guttural "r", although it is very soft.

[JuillHope17]

well yes, the actual sound is soft. i haven't been saying to warp your throat on this "r", i've been saying do the guttural "r" and if people KNEW what i was talking about and actually knew the REAL guttural "r" sound, they'd know that it's by nature a light, soft sound.

so yes... i guess we agree... although i stand by using it when singing in frech as it is true to the language itself. if you're singing in french, you don't fit the language to you, you sing with the correct pronounciation.

[enricodicapri]

Al though SOME french singer use the gutural R (alagna for example does it wodrfully) The usual teaching is to do the italian R. Even gedda who is fluent in french sings italian Rs instead of the guttural french ones.

[Chivalryaintdead]

Lol she was trying to get in his pants with that dress imo.

[vickersman]

wonderful singer, doing an excellent job on a tough aria and a wonderful opera "Romeo and Juliet"

[musiqmarquis]

She does have a wonderful voice, but she lets her voice fall back on her sometimes instead of constantly leaning it forward, especially after/at the end of higher notes. Still a lovely rendtition.

[singinginachurch]

Thank you!

[singinginachurch]

what aria is she singing?

[themusicman428]

i think it is Come Nome, but I might be wrong

[JuillHope17]

caro nome is rigoletto... and if it were caro nome it wouldn't be in french, and at some point she would say "caro nome" and wouldn't keep saying "je veux vivre"

[wansob]

It is "Je Veux Vivre Dans Ce Reve Que M'enivre", Juliette's walz from the first act of "Romeo et Juliette" by Gounod.

[martafloria]

Is she not over dressed a little

[themusicman428]

not really, especially considering she was singing for Placido Domingo. The only way to be over dressed is to wear a wedding dress.

[primadonna13]

She practically is!!!

[avth76]

i would prefer a "clothing optional" theme....

[55patri]

Fantastico y Placido requeteguapo

[chrisvetera]

Please somebody knows the name of this soprano, bellisima