Sh*t Opera Singers Say

[PrimaRagazza]

OMG!!!!! .. I'm not even professional and I'm always going on about phlegm, my palate, I never drink ice cold drinks .. and the "spinto quality" thing .. LOL, that actually is me. I've heard caffeine and too much milk aren't great but i'm way too addicted to cups of tea to go that far ..

[znamoperu]

Is that Sumi Jo?! hahahahahahahahhahaha

[Hayleyscorpio]

lol thats me at 1:30, i am a classical soprano and i think this is jokes!

XD I drink and eat what I like! Alot of classical singers are like this which is annoying! >.<

[Killer22Queen]

Loved the Sumi Jo one!!! I am so guilty of these

[coloratura21]

hahah I havn't run through this with the piano had me rolling!!! This video is pretty much all of my friends and I'm guilty of a couple myself but what singer isn't lol LOVE THE VIDEO!!!

[OrfenioM]

@coloratura21 

[ladybugmalibu]

I'm guilty on all levels!! :) And proud of it! teehee!

[rekupp]

I was waiting for a snarky comment about Anna Netrebko and how 'wonderful' she is.

[Tetsuo315]

hi-larious!

[shellygenevieve]

This video is absolutely priceless...hahaha. What is the song played at 0:05?

[PierretteDeFermat]

@shellygenevieve

its a melody of l'italiana in algeri of Rossini. The Ouverture.

[PierretteDeFermat]

@shellygenevieve

youtube.com/watch?v=YVUzmpAiG9­M

[VintageHussy13]

I lost it at "simply saline." I carry that round with me hahah. Sopranos!!

[kryan407]

Hahaha! Hit the nail on the head! I (am a singer) and am totally guilty of all of this at one point or another! This was awesome :)

[thegirlinblue0]

mucinex... flonase.... allegra.... hahah

[mjp804]

coming from a baritone...I have every one of those medications and the Neti-pot........and a deviated septum lol im so ashamed!

[Brignostic]

I think I have said almost everything in this video at one point or another! I am not so sure I should be proud of that!?!?!? Does that make me a closet soprano or can I remain a tenor?

[AudreyN]

@Brignostic Isn't that the same thing? ; )

[michaelbw813]

I seriously have all that medication in my cabinet. (i'm a singer...)

[LadyLolitaJenny]

Don't decongestants raise your blood pressure?

[SickMouth]

This is SO true. I'm constantly getting angry at my soft pallet.

[lehane92]

is it cold in here--NO

THERE IS NO DRAFT

[thewiz4]

this is almost everyday life for any kind of singer hahaha

[claireify88]

what is the piece playing?



[terahtereseagamble1]

This is what my life consists of

[Hottebenedicte]

Wannabe royal danish ballet!!! dislike

[sestissimo]

@Hottebenedicte what do you mean? Did they do a video?

[Phreddiva]

This is *awesome*, and I'm wondering if this is the same Jenny Rivera with whom I was in the prep program at the conservatory. :) If so... it would make sense because she is awesome.

[happykitty11]

ahahaha i wasn't expecting someone to answer. Is it cold in here? NO.

[mircavalcante]

LOL! This is soooo funny! The antibiotics stuff... LOL!

[SerafinaLily9]

Neti Pooot

[signerh]

Scenes from my life :D

[rfgcc]

Hilariously accurate!!!!

[sharonasiana]

ohmawgawd... is that sumi jo?

[Checkerdshades]

This is so freakin' true!

[Phersephoie]

All true and worldwide

[DianaandherGuitar]

My doctor says singers are waaaayyyyyy more prone to acid reflux and gerd because our diaphragms are super strong! lol .... duh...

[kentonotes]

I always like the ones who refer to their voice in the second person... "The voice is having a hard time today..."

[andicn]

Incredibly accurate!!! I'm totally the singer with an entire pharmacy in my bathroom cupboard :p

[madamevera]

Screamingly (no pun intende) funny. And so accurate.

[HeidelbergSoprano]

Was that the lobby at Juilliard? 

[mrice99]

@HeidelbergSoprano lobby at alice tully

[HeidelbergSoprano]

@mrice99 Ahh next door haha ;D

[divoboy]

Dying @ 2:59. I have said that so many times to people, also followed by a hair flip.

[divoboy]

OHHHHH MMMMMM GGGGG I love this sooo much! Thank you for making this video!

[immature0916]

lmao @ 1:36 bwahahahaha!!!

[coyotepassing]

"I can't drink ice."  NO SHIT!

[mrice99]

@coyotepassing oh, you. such a stickler.



[expatmartin]

I would like say I was NEVER like this...I swear it! I don't care what you think, I was never ever like this. Do you hear me there ??

[SouthPacific005]

I am an Opera singer, and I do about 99% of these things...This is so accurate I don't even know what to say...TOI TOI TOI.

[Rubersonk92]

This. is. my. life.

[shortbow]

Jenny & Will are the shit. Posting on FB post-haste.

[kirinphoebe1]

hahahahahahahahaha! So familiar. So funny. So sad. So true.

[DeadlyMorrigan]

ROFLMAO!!!!! The medicine cabinet!!! I literally was nodding in agreement to each medication listed lol. And of COURSE the neti pot! I eliminated the multiple scarves by adding the Grand Froid Snood from Louis Vuitton LMAO.

[KitsuneSongs]

feel like i should be offended.. but it really is so true!!!

[foreveramyleigh]

Oh, god... this is so me.

I love the neti pot.xD

[lord666christoph]

I can't decide to like or dislike. This shit cuts way too close lol

[andreaclaburn]

"my larynx is a little fat today" - awesome. you should hear the sh*t jazz singers say.

[RenegadeJuggler]

Funny

[EllenBradley10]

I adore this video!! The stand, the medicine, the scarves! All of it is spot on!

[kaleidoscopeheart91]

only complaint; they didn't include anything about vocal rest!! :)

[Maceo4GOD]

This is completely #Hilarious "i can't drink this chilled", "is this distilled", *missing the most important* "I can totally sing that" #Epic clearly the pple who dislike are taking themselves way too serious!!!!

[caballe2010]

Hahaha I love this! I have all the Musinex they mentioned!

[JaimieAppleton]

She lifts her soft pallet with her finger... brilliant. 

[suzanneetmoi]

Oh Lord, it's like listening to my daughter!!

[asdfopera]

the blonde wig reminds me of fleming as thais.

[terahtereseagamble1]

This is so funny. I totally do 79% of this lol

[NealDwful]

ugh... this is some tired sh*t, yo...

[hollabackgurl5044]

What song was she singing at 1:26?

[TraurigeJunge]

@hollabackgurl5044 Mozart's "Queen of the Night" aria (minus the top notes, of course).

[MegAnn724]

This is me....shit

[geschreiben]

The 16 people who disliked this must be offended sopranos...

[SickMouth]

@geschreiben I'm a soprano and I happened to love this...

[geschreiben]

@SickMouth amen! :]

[SickMouth]

@geschreiben Yeah, so know that we're not all arrogant and self-absorbed. Thanks.

[geschreiben]

@SickMouth Of course. And I'm a soprano who loved this, too. Just a little joke about our reputation. peace.

[matosc]

Why are they only blonde? LOL



[christopherfulkerson]

The part about raising the soft pallette is a lie. They're messing with you! And the deviated septum comes from a different drug than the one in the meds cab. I think it's stupid that the soprano playing Baba the Turk appears with her stage beard on. You don't get more credibility by appearing in costume - hello, we know that's not real, since you're in your apartment! & That waitperson was really rude giving you ice TWICE! S/he was baiting you! NEVER go back there!

[Loismustdie26]

And just like in opera, they say the same amount of stuff, but take twice as long to do it.

love you guys! This rocks

[dinacarina88]

FABULOUS!



[tdelvecchio24]

I vocalize everywhere.......with my scarves...and my mucinex....

[elisethora16]

Omg this is so true hahaha!!!

[brendancooke1]

Fantastic. Ripped from the headlines of classical singer magazine. Beware, there is an imposter video out there that should be called "shi*t opera students say". This one is on the money, and full of hilarity....just like the operanow podcast.

[Dshelvey90]

Amaze. Amaze amaze amaze.



[ripplefargo]

Yep, I definitely heard all that in school. Saw the scarf thing, too, but then again, I love scarves. :) Hooray for being a pianist! But then, we have our own idiosyncracies.

[SouthPacific005]

I actually do most of these things...Awk.

[Puckiesmom]

I don't get it. Thisseemscompletely serious to me.

[bbridges711]

Being an instrumentalist, I love this video, because I hate opera singers.

[meroekhalia]

haha! thats all me with the scarves!

[krisschave]

LMAO!!! The funniest part is its SO true! :p

[operajulie]

The scarf thing is cracking me up!

[amazingmato]

"I can't drink ice"

[HeidelbergSoprano]

OH MY GOD - LOVE THIS XD I always ask for no ice and my parents look at with a blank stare I'm gonna show them this video.

[bwaybrat92]

Basic conclusion, opera singers are pretentious hypochondriacs. Quite funny. :-)

[freakybeast112]

lol this is so damn true...

[mascagny]

almost funny!!

[worries4u]

Vocalizing every fucking where..That annoys me soo much!

[RAATCC36]

@worries4u When I do it is coz I go to these auditions and they have nowhere for you to warm up, so it's like well I can warm up at home, then commute three hours and hope I am still warmed up when I get there.... or just suck it up and try to ignore the annoyed looks LOL

[micaelarose94]

11 people are insecure sopranos.

[27elt]

Brilliant!

[NativeCain]

They don't even make Simply Sleep in those bottles anymore. And Melatonin with make you see crap when you wake up.... O_o

[imya77]

so, so true ...priceless

[dotbishop]

Hilarious!!!!! thank you

former light lyric with an extension but I really have spinto qualities going to take some mucinex dm now......LOLOLOL

[mrice99]

Hmmmmm

[tinkerbell199193]

haha i love the analysis of the voice that guy gives 'with spinto qualities' ...so true of singers

[MegaPrincessbear]

I generally think these Shit ---- Say copies are too long (the original ones were definitely not 5 minutes long), but this is pretty good.

[punkchic911]

when he broke out the neti pot i lolzed

[aimammadiva]

if it weren't for the wigs you coulnt tell its supposed to be a persiflage;

[zinoviamaria]

Lemon is not bad for reflex, it is actually help against it...:-)

[judefox2010]

mmm yeah I skip the F on Der Holle Rache too haha

[SFtrovatore]

not that funny!!!!

[NinaKoufochristou]

HAHAAAAAA Very nice video!! I was planning to do sth similar (but now my chance is gone... Ohime... qual dolore!)

[jeanpaulbjorlin]

Go Will and Jenny! Hilarious :)

[Capcoor]

I have friends who are opera singers.One referred to them as "Phlegm factories." Unintentional illiteration there.

[pianoislove21]

i feel like i'm watching all of my opera singer friends! haha this is perfect!

[jennizzlebits]

Oh my god is that Sumi Jo?

HAHAHAHAHA

[ZingerRed21]

No wonder Duane Reade is so popular in NYC

[r085049]

ha

I don't really warm up.

ha ha.

[ecl411]

This is scarily accurate. lol

[JoanaStanelyte]

so true ;DD

[abbynormal0ne]

Hahahaha, oh, gosh, too darn good.

[SCEEPster]

In Germany, we used Hufflatischtee for hoarseness. We're all crazy, but when you have to depend on a couple of millimeters of gristle in your throat for your livelihood which is subject to dryness, humidity, colds, over work, it's no wonder.

[LiyahLova]

"my larynx is fat today" LOLOLOL...love it.

[mriltrovatore]

Love the overhead shot of the bathroom sink filled with medicines.

[GEF69]

hahaha,,,priceless!!! I see myself, and my entire circle of friends here. "while I'm singing? agh"...

[TheLCusi]

what song is playing in the background? beautiful oboe piece :D

[bmh4d0k3n]

@TheLCusi It's the overture to Rossini's L'italiana in Algeri.

[TheLCusi]

@bmh4d0k3n thank you so much!!!

[jcm1116]

ah shit, i say half of this ALL the time!! lmao. "I'm really phlegmy today; what's wrong with this stand?!; i feel a draft; i asked for no ice!" omg.... I'm terrible. AND i feel my soft pallet in public! but i do musical theater... is that bad? haha. although, i must say he can hit those notes in 'queen of the night' pretty well :)

[lucyliesinashes]

The NG sirens! I wish I could say I'd never done that in public...

[erzulierecords]

I'm just German so what does he say at 3:00 "Omg, I never take... that can make..." Sorry for bothering.

[radoian]

@erzulierecords "OMG, I never take Advil, that can make you vocal hemorrhage".

[mrice99]

@erzulierecords never take Advil. An over the counter pain reliever.

[TheLCusi]

@erzulierecords Oh god, I never take *Advil*. That can make *you vocal hemorrhage*.

[erzulierecords]

@TheLCusi Thank you, kind sir :)

[techondrius]

OMFG, yes!!! The QOTN without the high Fs was just too much... Love it!

[HayleyRaphael]

honestly I love this sooo much

[NormanNorma]

Rather than 'Shit' Opera Singers say, this should be titled 'Shit Opera Singers' say...

[lcossentino85]

Lol, she left out the high F.

[narutoclaymore]

LMAO at "Is that Sumi Jo!?"

[Likkadudes]

hahahahahah And what is REALLY sad is I know singers just like this!

[bravoryno]

Do you know how many times a day I get the phlegm report??

[musikgrrly]

OMG, this is 5:05 minutes of comedy GOLD!!!!! definitely in my top 5... queen of the night aria "i can totally sing that" and medicine cabinet sequence... going through your actual medicine cabinet!!! :))) AMaZiNG!!

[MrThisistotalcrap]

tedious

[Krissyy13]

You forgot gingertea ;)

[UberCarla]

"oh I could totally sing that." BAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!